November 2021 archive

Daily struggles

Link to Original Document Everyone is struggling. On a regular basis. Every day, or every week, or every month or every few years. Once you get trapped , based on the karma of the past, it is impossible to escape without paying your dues. However, sometimes, the suffering we have is created by us, our …

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I want to help the world

Link to Original Document Many people – either from ego or from a sense of good will or from something higher want to change the world. Help others. So how do you do it? By creating groups and agitation? By Revolution? By having group prayers? By group meditations? By going to temples? The key truth …

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The sensitivity of the mind

Link to Original Document Once the mind gets attached to something, it is very difficult to undo it ! Logic simply does not work Let’s take alcohol Or smoking. Once the mind and the body gets attached to it, it is very difficult to get rid of it. I have seen smokers , who had …

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The power of maya ?

Link to Original Document We have a lot of emotions. Thoughts. Randomness in thinking. Anger. We also know alcohol at a level of 0.8 or 0.7% is considered intoxicated and impaired! Think about it ! Only 0.8% is sufficient to consider intoxicated! Think About thyroxine – only 5 micrograms is needed for body function 1 …

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ShankarAcharya quote

Link to Original Document Reality can be experienced only with the eye of understanding, not just by a scholar. What the moon is like must be seen with one’s own eyes. How can others do it for you? _ Adi Shankaracharya(788CE _820CE.). The word understanding / gyan refers to a state of consciousness not covered …

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Is shaktipat or awakening of shakti needed multiple times?

Link to Original Document Someone asked me this question? It is a very good question If the person is extremely pure, has no desires for the world , not even traces of desires, loving even to his enemies, full of respect for Guru, and truly seeks to know his true self – that person can …

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A story of Samadhi in 1805, USA

Link to Original Document There is a famous US figure. Everyone knows him. Robert E Lee. His mother, often had “seizures” and would go into what i called as post ictal stage. Yogananda knew about it. But he knew a little more. I am not here to judge if the story if true or not. …

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Pranayama

Link to Original Document This means control of prana. People ordinarily think of prana as breath but that is not true. What is true is one of the function of prana is breathing When shakti is awakened – eventually you experience the difference. After a Guru awakens shakti, if and only if he tells you …

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A few questions answered

Link to Original Document Question 1. Do we need a living physical Guru to learn Yoga? Yoga is not about learning. The only part of Yoga that is learning is to learn the small steps on how to meditate properly. However, once you know the small steps, you stil need the inner doorway opened. For …

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The effect of Kali Yuga

Link to Original Document Yuga are something peculiar to Hinduism. There is some description of it in Christianity. Instantly. The story of Noah. In Hinduism it is the story of Manu. But otherwise similar. Construction of a ship. The world as we now will change. And like starts again. This story in Hinduism means the …

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Not so easy to understand

Link to Original Document करारविन्देन पदारविन्दं मुखारविन्दे विनिवेशयन्तम्। वटस्य पत्रस्य पुटे शयानं बालं मुकुन्दं मनसा स्मरामि।। kararavindena padaravindam mukharavinde vinivesayantam vatasya patrasya putesayanam balam mukundam manasa smarami I meditate on that infant Mukunda (Krsna) who is sleeping on the leaf of a banyan tree with his the lotus like foot placed in his lotus like …

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It takes years

Link to Original Document The process is simple Clean yourself – body, mind, and your inner consciousness However you do not realize the amount of dirt in your inner consciousness Fear – that is dirt Anger – that is dirt Craving taste food – that is dirt Craving money – that is dirt Jealousy – …

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