Just a collection of one line thoughts! My last written blog of adhara was incomplete due to the computer crashing. The whole article was written and the computer crashed! 1) Surrender occurs in three stages. a) Surrender with effort. Here there is surrender with the sense of I ness. As long as there is a …
Category: Quotes and References
Mar 21
Navratri – Chaitri, Durga stories and meaning.
It has been a while since I am writing. In the Indian calendar there are 2 navratri – the one we all know about and the other is chaitri. The regular navratri is usually in October and this is usually in March. In the regular Navatri which is more widely publicized people are supposed to …
Mar 14
Desires and Satisfying the Senses
As I have written in my previous logs, Vishnutirthji Maharaj told me a few months ago, that the Gita for a yogi is Devatma shakti. I compare God talks with Arjuna, written by Paramhansa Yogananda like it is the Vedas and devatma shakti is the Gita or smaller excerpt of it. In Devatma Shakti, Maharaj …
Mar 09
Fleas / Worries and Fear
Worries and thoughts are like fleas on a dog. They constantly bite the individual, suck the energy (blood) and torment. It is only when the number of fleas or worries become insurmountable do we see it as a problem. After a while the individual becomes comfortable being a worry wart. In fact they believe if …
Feb 08
Sunderkand and Ramayana
prabhu bhala kinha mohi sikha dinhi, marajadi puni tumhari kinhi. dhola, nagaar, sudra, pasu, nari, sakala tadna ke adhikari This is from Sundarkand, verse 58. This particular paragraph caught my attention because of Arvind Pathak when he stated in his lecture that he was making a change in what Tulsidasa had to say. He …
Feb 07
Mantra, The Word, Aum
I am glad my daughter is taking immense interest in spirituality. This beautiful and royal road to God has become complicated by everyone claiming to know the way, giving their own versions of concocted ideas and floating in the world of thoughts and ideas but not walking the royal road to God. This blog will …
Feb 05
Polarity of Chakras
I have alluded this to a few times in my past blogs. Every chakra except Sahastrar has a negative downward pole, a consciousness that is directed towards the world. This is referred to in the Bhagvad Gita as the “Dakshinayana” or lower six months of the calendar. If a person leaves the body while the chakras …
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