Sutra atma
May 23
Kabir was an enlightened being. He was enlightened and had all siddhis. I have written his stories elsewhere in my blogs Here is a collection of some of his hymns. Most of his hymns were similar to the “chapka of Akho”. Meaning Akho wrote a lot of reminders for foolish people who fall into the …
May 21
Change yourself and you have done your part in changing the world… ~Sri Paramahansa Yogananda It works simply because if you change, your change will affect at least 2 or 3 other people around you. Once they become sufficiently advanced in their change they will change 2-3 people Thus a chain reaction is created All …
May 20
The aim of life – be happy True joy is being with God Why can we not go to God? Our emotions and constant mental activity Makes it impossible It is not possible to subdue it without sustained prolonged effort This is where diet comes into play Take alcohol for example. Drinking make the mind …
May 20
When man becomes a little enlightened he compares his experiences relating to the material creation, gathered in the wakeful state, with his experiences in dream; and, understanding the latter to be merely ideas, begins to entertain doubts as to the substantial existence of the former. His heart then becomes propelled to know the real nature …
May 20
Are our prayers granted? M: Yes, they are granted. No thought will go in vain. Every thought will produce its effect some time or other. Thought-force will never go in vain. Even if you don’t pray, constantly thinking of something will make it materialize. In time. When you have enough good karma for it. You …
May 20
If you want to be loved, startloving others who need your love.If you want others to sympathize with you, start showing sympathy to those around you. If you want to be respected, you must learn to be respectful to everyone, both young and old.Whatever you want others to be, firstbe thatyourself then you will find …
May 18
There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you. ~Paramahansa Yogananda That Magnet is prana or chi. We pollute it with our thoughts of sex, pleasures, ego, money. We can make it …
May 17
Q. What is yoga? A. Chitta vritti nirodha iti yoga what is chitta? Chitta is something that is a reflection of God. This is to be differentiated from Chitt. After chitta something within it wants to enjoy and that is the soul. One has to go way beyond the soul to reach chitta. Preventing the …
May 17
“All meditation must begin with arousing deep compassion. Whatever one does must emerge from an attitude of love and benefitting others.” Milerepa Compassion is something very strongly emphasized in Buddhism. In Hinduism it is there. It is called karuna. It is a much better word. Compassion inherently means someone is inferior or needs help That …
May 17
“In the gap between thoughts, non-conceptual wisdom shines, continuously.” Milarepa Here is a famous quote. It has been repeated by many Buddhists, Sufi and in Hinduism But the quote is very incomplete. There are many pitfalls to it First when you try to see what is between thoughts, that itself is a thought you create …
May 17
Yogananda talked about a lot of miracles Neem Karoli Baba did a lot of miracles Now you believe in them. Do You think you will be cured miraculously? You can walk in a covid positive patient and not get sick? Public worship gathering and God will prevent the mass spread of the virus? He is …
May 17
Loyalty to a spiritual custom without sincerity and conviction is hypocrisy. Loyalty to the spirit of a custom even without clinging to a form is wisdom. But loyalty neither to spiritual custom, nor principle, nor teacher is spiritual degeneration. Stand by God and His servant, and you will see His hand working through all things. …
May 16
Only those who partake of the harmony within their souls know the harmony that runs through nature. Whosoever lacks this inner harmony feels also a lack of it in the world. The mind in chaos finds chaos all around. How can one know what peace is like if he has never tasted fi? Buthe who …
May 14
In those whom God loves, have delight; On those whom He pretends not to love, take pity Sri Aurobindo He sometimes pretends not to love I guess most people fall in that category My answer to God – NOT FAIR! Maybe , just maybe if he showed love people will reciprocate! Come on God. Be …
May 14
My father one asked this question Let me give you a phrase from Gita. One can find these Kind of phrases in other books too To those thus ever attached to Me, and who worship Me with love, I impart that discriminative wisdom (buddhi yoga) by which they attain Me utterly. Bhagavan Krishna—in the Bhagavad …
May 13
Let us suppose there is reincarnation. And that souls can be re born thousands of times or more So an extension of that knowledge means that you were present when many of the great Guru- the same Guru that you swear by now – were physically present So you were there when Krishna was there, …
May 13
Attachment is blinding; it lends an imaginary halo of attractiveness to the object of desire. SWAMI SRI YUKTESWAR GIRI in “Autobiography of a Yogi” Why do some things look pretty to us? It may not be pretty but we think it is? Our attachment gives the object power!!! This happens in love often. If you …
May 12
I know it – right? That’s what we all think Yogananda said kriya yoga Kriya Yoga is the highest method of God-contact. In my own search for God I traveled all over India, and heard wisdom from the lips of a number of her greatest masters. I can therefore vouch for the fact that in …
May 12
Short answer is no This is the simple test for it. Sit down in mediation. Keep your phone next to you. With ringer on text message on and go to mediation. Or sit in front of TV or have radio on Go within. If you hear the radio tv or phone – much needs to …
May 12
This started more than 7000 years ago. The great Guru who started it is still present That’s what I have read. I can’t offer any proof However it is a very powerful path and it demands total purity. In recent times it was rekindled in the 13 century. I believe the name was Paramanand tirthji …
May 11
Peace Prayer May the entire universe be blessed with peace and good hope. May everyone driven by envy and enmity be pacified and reconciled. May all living beings develop abiding concern for the welfare of others. May our own hearts and minds be filled with purity and serenity. Prahlada’s Prayer, Srimad Bhagavatam It is a …
May 10
Today May 10 is his birthday Happy Birthday Paramguru Sri Yukteswarji “All human ills arise from some transgression of Universal law, The scriptures point out that man must satisfy the laws of Nature, while not discrediting the Divine Omnipotence.” ~Sri Yukteswarji So there we have it! Covid – human transgression. Globally. Human greed. Corporate greed. …
May 10
Read thousands of books Scholar I became Master I was All in ignorance My guru gave a book When I was 20 Dusty it became Til I learnt to open it A score later I opened the book! ABC’s in it In Sanskrit it was A letter a year Is all I could read The …
May 09
MAY 9 – SRF DIARY – LOYALTY God is equally present in all, but He is most definitely expressed in the heart of the spiritually minded, loyal person who thinks only of Him. Through your loyalty to God you can establish your Oneness with Him. Loyalty attracts the Divine Attention. Thus when the storms of …
May 09
The deeper the Self-realization of a man, the more he influences the whole universe by his subtle spiritual vibrations, and the less he himself is affected by the phenomenal flux. SWAMI SRI YUKTESWAR This says it all This also explains why Ramana Maharshi said mauna or silence Such great people whether they speak or not, …
May 09
Within your heart cry constantly for God. When you have convinced the Lord of your desire for Him, He will send someone — your guru — to teach you how to know Him. Only he who knows God can show others how to know Him. When I found such a one, my guru Swami Sri …
May 08
Total. All day. All night. Till you take your last breath But the mind being accustomed to pleasures of the world, will take a while to get there After all don’t you want to be with God for eternity? The other option is hell – which includes this world Easy choice. Hard to want to …
May 08
Does the desire to be one with God come from within when we are ready? Is this an external longing or will it come from within when we surrender? Easiest way is in being in the company of those who have such a desire ( a true sadhak) Ora Guru. Constantly around them there are …
May 08
“Spiritual practice is a subject of faith, sincerity, surrender, and continuity.” Vishnu Tirth Majaraj. Second Dawn. In my opinion this sentence might be the hardest to grasp Sincerity refers to the clear and sole desire to reach God. An occasional desire to reach God can’t carry us all the way. That passion for God must …
May 08
“Imagination is the door through which disease as well as healing enters. Disbelieve in the reality of sickness even when you are ill; an unrecognized visitor will flee.” Swami Sri Yukteswar Birthday is May 10. Keep in mind very few people can reach that level where existence of body and its illness is denied on …
May 06
Would you rather enjoy a movie with action, drama , romance and comedy? Or would you repeatedly watch a movie with a love of a person who does nothing? This life is a romance dance with God The action and drama are our troubles. Face them and win by not getting upset The mistakes we …
May 06
Steve Jobs has received the blessings of Neem Karoli Baba. His last words were – Oh wow, oh Wow, Ph Wow” There’s words were repeated at his eulogy I suspect Neem Karoli Baba Was there Now mind you Steve , by many reports was mean. But a saint never stops doing good
May 06
True devotees may be called fanatical in their devotion to Him. The only right kind of fanaticism is loyalty to God — night and day, night and day, thinking of Him. Without this kind of loyalty it is impossible to find God. Those who never miss Kriya, and who sit long in meditation and pray …
May 05
Knowing that you are a child of God, make up your mind to be calm no matter what happens. If your mind is fully identified with your activities, you cannot be conscious of the Lord, but if you are calm and receptive to Him within while being active without, you are rightly active. Each time …
May 04
Realized souls, who have healed themselves of ignorance, behold the body as a dream of God, frozen mind of Divinity. When the eye of wisdom is opened by meditation, the gloom of mortal ignorance and physical and mental agonies is dispelled by God’s light reflected in the soul. Jesus knew the causal relation between mind …
May 04
-Letters, 246. Bhagavan. SrieRamana Mabarshi We have any number of desire= If one desire is satisfied another one comes up. Hence where is the chance for our desires to be satisfied? So go ahead. Listen to a great lecture. Read all the books you like Now come back and tell your mind, from now on …
May 04
Birthday of Sri Sri Rajarsi Janakananda Speaking before a convocation of Self – Realization Fellowship students in 1953, Rajarsi said: “All that I have to give to you is the spirit of Master and of God. I have nothing more to say nothing more to do except to carry out the wishes that Master had …
May 04
Satan, the Cosmic Evil Intelligence, has his satellites in disreputable persons who have lost in the moral and spiritual battle, working through these decadent beings not only on earth while they are living but also in their afterlife astral existence. As evil-possessed persons do mischief on earth, so these Satan-obsessed astral beings continue their mischief …
May 04
In the spiritually receptive, loyalty to the guru rises spontaneously when the disciple’s heart is bathed in the aura of the guru’s unconditional love. The soul knows that it has found at last a true friend, counselor, and guide. The disciple strives therefore to reciprocate the guru’s unconditional love, especially when tested, even as the …
May 04
I take a sacred vow: Never shall the sun gaze of my love sink below the horizon of my thought of Thee. Never will I lower the vision of my lifted eyes to place it on aught but Thee. Never will I do anything that reminds me not of Thee. -Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, “Whispers …
May 04
Disease germs have a dormant intelligence that at an opportune time is roused and directed by Satan. Jesus could see the evil force that was responsible for the introduction of fever into the body of Simon’s wife’s mother, and thus he rebuked it away and restored the harmony of health. Jesus commanded the predominating evil …
May 04
Sapta Patalas, seven churches, As God created man in Hlis own image, so is the body of man like unto the image of this universe. The material man has also seven vital places within it called patalas, Man, turning toward his Self and advancing in the right way, perceives the Spiritual light in these places, …
May 04
Akho wrote a lot of “chappas” poems that had 6 sentences. All his chappas had deep meaning ! Most of the meaning has been lost to the scholars and assumed they were poems. In reality there were far deeper than Poem The true meaning will remain controversial in society and even amongst sadhaks આંઠ વેંત …
May 04
Akho was an enlightened poet from Gujarat. He searched far and wide for a true Guru but was unsuccessful for a long time. However, after years of search, he found a Guru. He did not need much contact with a Guru and was enlightened in a very short time He was upset with one of …
May 02
Years ago, anthropologist Margaret Mead was asked by a student what she considered to be the first sign of civilization in a culture. The student expected Mead to talk about fishhooks or clay pots or grinding stones. But no. Mead said that the first sign of civilization in an ancient culture was a femur (thighbone) …
May 01
Oh fool why do you meditate? Why fast and why go to temple Why do Japa and why chant name Why do yoga and why enjoy bhoga? Know you not your already the divine? If you lose something you look for it If you don’t have it you want it If you have no joy …
May 01
Those who have not started imagine yoga to be easy However once you start you realize it is very difficult Your mind will not focus. It will constantly wander Your mind will constantly revolt In day to day activities – you know the you should remain calm. Loving. Non egotistical. But in a fraction of …
May 01
I don’t know. Recently I heard Sir Patrick Stewart sing the sonnets by Shakespeare. He did a good job. I do not think he is aware of the spirtual depth that can be taken in the sonnets Here is Sonnet 21 Those pretty wrongs that liberty commits, When I am sometime absent from thy heart, …
May 01
Between the two aura wins. Everyone sends out some magnetic radiation. We get affected by it. Go to a grocery store or restaurant and suddenly your mood changes. Or you feel very tired. Or your mind stops functioning. Why ? There is an aura. Good or bad around everyone That aura affects everyone! So why …
Apr 30
In Gita Chapter 4 verse 8 paritrāṇāya sādhūnāṁ vināśhāya cha duṣhkṛitām dharma-sansthāpanārthāya sambhavāmi yuge yuge Now the general interpretation is In order to uplift good people and destroy evil, and to restore religion, I reincarnate from one yuga to yuga I got this verse a few days ago. However a yogi sees through the meaning …
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