Link to Original Document Let’s start with the current sad state of affairs. Our modern day So called Gurus They have millions upon millions of dollars. They collect money. The unwitting disciple spends a lot of money and it all goes to their personal pocket book – but you can’t label it as their personal …
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Feb 07
How much money should a priest or Guru have?
Link to Original Document Let’s start with the current sad state of affairs. Our modern day So called Gurus They have millions upon millions of dollars. They collect money. The unwitting disciple spends a lot of money and it all goes to their personal pocket book – but you can’t label it as their personal …
Jan 31
The flawless mirror
One of Yogananda disciple called Yogananda the flawless mirror. There is a book on it by her What did she mean by it? A Guru reflects our inner consciousness and immediately has the ability to reveal it. Things we do not understand ourselves and things we would not readily accept If we have a tendency …
Dec 10
Ego check – a story from Autobiography of a Yogi -Ram Gopal
Ego check – a story from Autobiography of a yogi – Ram Gopal We are all very confident and ecstatic about our spiritual Growth. We read a lot and learn a lot. And we know so much about chakras. And we can impress so many people with the information we have gained And oh ! …
Dec 06
Antiques
Yogananda Maharaj****talked about antiques. In great detail. He used the word antiquated furniture What did he mean by it? He was referring to souls who have been thinking the same way for thousands of years! Same habit. Same style. With no change whatsoever! **For example – if they were stuck in collecting information , all …
Dec 04
A smart disciple
One common misconception people have is I am interested in making spiritual progress and hence every Guru will accept me and my work is done. There is nothing further from the truth A true Guru is not interested in disciples. None whatsoever. He only wants a few genuine disciples. Rest of the world, those who …
Nov 28
Stupidity
Let us all applaud on the stupidity on the net. What’s app So many profound foolish statements abound Look at this statement No anger means no enemy outside! But there are many times, enemies on outside just create fear, anguish, despair. Enemies – outside? Where is outside when you are in mediation! If you don’t …
Nov 21
Disciple
We read these great biographies and autobiographies. And we see how wonderful the Guru and the amazing gifts that the disciple got. What we dont see or understand, the tests the Guru had with his disciples. A guru simply will not accept a disciple without appropriate tests. The tests can be vicious and unforgiving. The …
Oct 08
Depressing blogs
Sometimes my blog gets depressing Depressing for the reader All I want is people to be cautious and not accept everything on the web. Or the million odd self proclaimed Guru That would be an unfortunate mistake. A life that did not accomplish much The immortal Gurus like Babaji, Ramkrishna Paramhansa, Neem Karoli baba, shirdi …
Oct 05
Be careful of the books you read or people who you hear
The mind is very impressionable. Once a wrong concept goes in your mind, it takes a lot of work to get rid of it In the name of spirituality , you think all books are ok to read and everyone is good to listen to – that is not true From my perspective – all …
Oct 03
I want to be spiritual and make progress
It seems wonderful. Many try. Most fail And why is that? Many reasons Of course if you don’t have a true Guru you will not progress. Nothing real will happen The mind is very artistic and easily creates an illusion of a divine experience but it was not real. It was your mind playing tricks …
Sep 09
Is my surrender complete?
This has to be with all your mind, all your emotions, not a shred of ego, with all your heart, no logic and no selfish interest that if I surrender God will take care of your wishes or needs. The surrender should be such – I don’t care if I am deprived of everything in …
Jul 26
Blessings – encounter with Babaji
From Autobiography of a Yogi I go to America At that moment there came a knock on the door of my Garpar Road home. Answering the summons, I beheld a young man in the scanty garb of a renunciant. He entered the house.

 “He must be Babaji!” I thought, dazed, because the man before me …
Jul 25
A reminder about Babaji
Babaji’s mission in India has been to assist prophets in carrying out their special dispensations. He thus qualifies for the scriptural classification of Mahavatar (Great Avatar). He has stated that he gave yoga initiation to Shankara, reorganizer of the Swami Order, and to Kabir, famous medieval master. The chief nineteenth-century disciple was, as we know, …
Jul 25
The problem with the masses
The average IQ of a nation varies. Singapore has IQ of 109 average USA 98 INDIA 81 Source : https://www.worlddata.info/iq-by-country.php Why is this interesting? Just an observation stupidity abounds So what does this have to do with spirituality? Ego plus lack of intelligence makes rumors and false information spread like wild fire. There are a …
Jul 22
Is a Guru necessary or is it just a weakness of thought?
Before we discuss this let us look at what Yogananda says The short season of life will be gone before you realize it. Reap the harvest of divine happyness that nothing can take away. It is not impossible; you have only made of yourself think it is impossible. The power of God is within you, …
Jul 22
I used to cry a lot!
When I was 12 years old I started daily prayers. I had my yagnopavit done at age of 8. Now when you get yagnopavit you are told to do 3 Gayatri mala a day ( 108 x 3). Initially I did it but then fell off. But in 8 grade I started doing it again. …
Jul 18
Enemies or friend
SPIRITUAL SELFISHNESS VERSUS EVIL SELFISHNESS In this world there are two teachers. If you take God as your mentor, you will have a wonderful time; but if you choose the devil as your guide, you will have bullets of misery. The key word for most people as they go through life is “myself.” The spiritual …
Jul 12
Impressive fake Gurus
Why do people get impressed with fake Gurus ? Several reasons The seeker is not truly interested in God. So he will get impressed by logic Ok what about the miracles? Do you think hydroxychlooroquine worked for covid -19 ? No. Yes millions of people squire by it! Placebo effect. 3). Our own thoughts empower …
Jul 12
On Becoming a Guru
Today is a fine sunny morning! Beautiful weather predicted. And you think, I have read a lot. I even have a few spiritual experiences. I know a lot And you contemplate. Suddenly you think aah I should share my knowledge. Write a book, blog. Now I am ready and entitled to be a Guru !!!! …
Jul 11
Fakes are abundant
On several occasions Paramahansa Yogananda told his disciples: “After my passing, many ‘mediums’ will say they are in touch with me and are receiving my ‘messages’ for the world. All such statements are false. “My message for the world has been expounded in my speeches, classes, and writings. Do not be misled by persons who, …
Jul 11
There is only so much spirituality you can handle
Like I mentioned there are 7 soul types. Somewhere in previous blog People can only handle spirituality only to a certain degree. Based on past and soul type What do I mean? 1). Let’s say you believe in God. A figure. And you do good deeds. Can you handle being with God for eternity. Just …
Jul 10
Is spirituality for everyone?
NO India suffered because the principle of non violence and titiksha was applied to the masses. How can a country defend itself if everyone decides and says – oh we will endure and not be violent towards others and forgive our enemies? Prithviraj Chauhan was foolish in forgiving Mohamed Gazni 16 times in war. In …
Jul 07
Kabir
Kabir was a perfected saint , Guru, God He was born in a poor family , an outcast He desperately was searching for a Guru. He heard of Guru Ramanand. He approached Ramanand – and Ramanand rejected him. Insulted him. Telling him he is full an outcast family and can’t accept him But Kabir was …
Jul 07
Guru
What do you do if your Guru is not there? you don’t have a Guru? Go to his samadhi. Worship him. And his photo. Or his sandals. But also without fail also do pranam to his foremost disciples. In my lineage, Dineshuncle, Kantikaka, kankuben, Niranjankaka are perhaps the foremost. Why? They never went to any …
Jul 07
Gurupurnima
Last weekend was one of the most auspicious days. It is called Gurupurnima. Purnima means full moon. Guru is the word used to refer to a spiritual teacher. I am talking of a perfected spiritual teacher whose level of experience is similar to Babaji, or Ramana Maharshi or RamKrishna Paramhansa So how is it observed? …
Jun 29
An interesting story
Nevertheless, because she received much special attention, Radha became filled with pride. So one day the Lord Krishna said to her, ” Let us steal away together.” He played on her vanity, making her think he wanted to be alone with her. She was feeling very happy and favoured. They walked some distance, and Krishna …
Jun 27
One pointed attention or dhayana or mediation
BE DETERMINED WHEN RESTLESS THOUGHTS INVADE THE MIND So, develop your desire for God; and when you are meditating, every time a distracting thought comes, remember that it is only static. Tune it out. If you are praying to the Heavenly Father, and suddenly you think that you should be in the kitchen working, just …
Jun 07
A sign of greatness!
Generally people think the more popular a person, he must be great. That’s what democracy works on. Popular vote. Not on merit. Just on perceived talent. Now most of the people who have an opinion don’t necessarily evaluate the candidate or care about it So what about in religion? Sadly it is the same thing. …
May 28
Top secret – Shakti
Since this is top secret – my description will be very incomplete too So, if you are a con artist and want to impress a lot of people or your a magician, and you want to fool people, what do you do? You create an aura of mystery, let the audience fill in the gaps …
May 26
Why can’t I recognize an advanced person?
Our filter and our ego We already have a preconceived opinion. In most people mind a Guru will be a monk of sort He will wear saffron clothes Might be shaved Speaks softly Has knowledge Do you know what is missing? Think about it! What is missing? The most important thing – having true experience!!! …
May 25
My mistake
One of the biggest error I made in mediation is thinking once I have a Guru and shakti is awakened life is a path of roses Also thinking that from now on I will have multitude of spirtual experiences every day and my personality will change! Nothing of farther from the truth Problems in life …
May 04
Talk with your mind?
-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
Raja Janakrishi
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
Perfect Guru disciple relation
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 …
Apr 19
Successor to lineage
Very few people are capable of being a true Guru. A century or two may pass before someone remotely worthy of being a Guru appears. The qualities needed for a Guru are too difficult for anyone to achieve in a few lifetime What do you do when there is no Guru left? This is what …
Feb 03
Self Realization Fellowship (SRF) energizing exercises (contd)
I would like to continue on expounding on SRF exercises. I wrote about it briefly in the past. However, to understand it fully, one has to have a clear understanding on prana. Yesterdays blog and elsewhere in my blogs there is a more precise explanation of the prana. As we talked about, the only way …
Jan 03
Mistakes
There are two ways of self improvement. The negative way is the way of learning from our mistakes. The positive way is by the love of God. The negative way : Let us say for example we love Pizza. We go to a pizza place and pig out. That very night we have severe abd. …
Nov 05
Simple ideas for spiritual progress
To clearly understand one owns fault by itself is spiritual progress. However, this understanding must be precise and clear. Liberation is not possible without a Guru. A disciple cannot understand many of his experiences. Progress is always there (especially true if you have a liberated Guru) but the experience can be best understood and explained …
Nov 05
January 27, 2006
Pearls – Entry for January 27, 2006 The light that you see is not only light but is also a force and knowledge. When you see the light from outside, you cannot understand this. You have to be in the spiritual plane, realize the light from within or be stationed within or be one with …
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