Link to Original Document Just like humans have karma – which must be endured,similar is the plight of a country. I believe it was Vivekananda who said, India went through misery since the country did not help others when it could have thousands of years ago This by itself becomes a warning for ruling countries …
Tag: karma
Sep 17
The game of unfairness
Link to Original Document Life will seem unfair to you. Always. At many levels. A few people with keen insight will recognize there were times when life was very nice to you – even without merit Remember this and grieve not. Some days the dice rolls in your favor and other days against you. Some …
Sep 14
Karmayogi – an ill interpretation
Link to Original Document So everywhere is go – everyone claims to be a karmayogi ! Especially a politician! How convenient And comfortable You pretend to be krishna or Arjuna , say krishna is doing everything, you are in the right side And everyone else is duryodhana And you do the right thing by slaying …
Oct 16
Sweeping
Link to Original Document Everything you have seen or done or heard or felt leaves an impression on your inner consciousness. It is called inner consciousness because with the physical mind you can’t access it. Nor can you access it in dreams. Yes dreams sometimes get impulses from it but cannot access it That is …
Oct 10
Adverse times
Link to Original Document We are all here to learn. Learn to love. Learn to forgive. Learn to be perfect. Similar to many countless saints in the past. This school we enrolled in – rather involuntary – the school of life and death, the world – in order to graduate we have to learn from …
Oct 06
Rough times
Link to Original Document One of the biggest mistakes we make is dealing with challenges Everyone feces rough times and many times it is rougher than rough. Initially we fight it. But later, as the rough time continues, we get depressed. Sad. And if you are religious and pray to God , then slowly the …
Sep 25
Shraadh
Link to Original Document In Hinduism, there are 16 days a year which are known as shraadh. Many people consider those days as inauspicious for doing certain activities. Activities such as marriage, starting new projects etc Currently this year, we are on the 7 day of Shraadh. So what is it about? I cannot tell …
Aug 06
Family matters
Link to Original Document This is a common issue and happens everywhere , all the time How do you meditate and practice self realization or go to Samadhi with all the problems we face? A valid question for centuries but even more so right now Lets answer it in 3 different steps Just remember that …
Nov 07
Theory of Karma
Many people have written on this. Both Yogananda and Vivekananda have talked about it in length And a million other books are out there on karma and sadly, these books are all wrong What is to be done? People use theory of Karma to justify pain and sometimes happiness in their life. It helps minimally. …
Jul 19
Sincere friendship
DID WE MEET BEFORE! When you love God, you can truly love others. Your perception of souls is pure-like a crystal-clear mirror. Whoever comes before you will be reflected there as he really is. When you unconditionally love your friends, you will see that divine friendship in them. In my earthly father, and in so …
Jul 11
Is this an Ordinary simple statement?
You cannot be free unless you have burned the seeds of past actions in the fire of wisdom and meditation. ~ Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, “Yogoda Satsanga annual-series booklet” This is a profound statement! It gives a complete solution! Karma – until all karma is destroyed you can’t escape Reading this is karma. Breathing is karma. …
Jun 22
Karma
Generally people are narrow minded. They think of karma as amount of money, security, people and relations they get. Usually many people focus on their bad fortune and use it to justify not helping others who suffer But here is a powerful statement from Yogananda If you give out love and kindness you will get …
Apr 25
Can this be an exception – reincarnation and hypnosis
Hypnosis is a failure in defining reincarnation. The mind being very imaginative it can fill in details when asked questions about going deeper into the past So it is inaccurate even for regression into current childhood details. Remember this hypnosis is inaccurate. This is not a matter of debate Now Hollywood and our need to …
Apr 14
Destiny – something to ponder
Certain great destinies of the world cannot be changed Let us take world war 2. At that time Yogananda was there Aurobindo Mother, anandamayi ma, ramana maharshi were there but the world war 2 still happened. Babaji and other immortal souls were there Yet this terrible tragedy happened Or take world war 1. You can …
Apr 08
Circumstances in life and spiritual progress
There are timely words from aurobindo and mother In short Never despair Stay in tune with Mother Nature Even the great people have despair moments. It is the cycle of progress. Fight it Success and failure in events of life are both equally helpful in spiritual progress An uneventful Life keeps The soul stagnant Even …
Mar 31
Smallpox and Babaji
I did not know this BABA AND THE WESTERN WORLD- Part II In continuation……….. Dr. Larry Brilliant has an amazing and a heart moving story to tell about Baba. He and his wife Girija were with Baba in the hills and the doctor was down to his last five hundred dollars and with no employment …
Mar 31
Smallpox and Babaji
I did not know this BABA AND THE WESTERN WORLD- Part II In continuation……….. Dr. Larry Brilliant has an amazing and a heart moving story to tell about Baba. He and his wife Girija were with Baba in the hills and the doctor was down to his last five hundred dollars and with no employment …
Mar 27
It’s not necessarily one sided
We seek an enlightened Guru. A Guru who is above maya. Creation. The ultimate. A being beyond everything that we can imagine But here is the other side. Such a perfected being also seeks a true disciple. What can they do when they are surrounded by people who are only interested in the body platters, …
Mar 26
If this is true, then… why is there misery
“God is love. His plan for creation can be rooted only in love. Does not that simple thought, rather than erudite reasonings, offer solace to the human heart? Every saint who has penetrated to the core of reality has testified that a divine universal plan exists and that it is beautiful and full of joy.” …
Mar 25
A different take on theory of karma
Let’s say you do something. You want to lose weight or pass an exam. You don’t do well. And you make another effort and again you don’t do well. What do we do ? We get sad. Upset. Give up on it emotionally But this is what Yogananda said “Failure season is the best time …
Mar 23
Our mistake!
How to be happy? This statement – charity- includes having an enormous amount of wealth – having both wealth and health, humans can still never be happy until the human outlook and personality changes! Let’s say you have unlimited money and health. What next? The basic human flaw of wanting power, control, jealousy, hatred has …
Mar 18
Worry and lack of faith and surrender are synonymous
Actually lack faith and surrender causes worry. Plus there is the ego that our thoughts and actions have significant impact Our will can. But will is not perpetual thoughts Will is something Deep Deeper than determination The bottom line is we have much house cleaning and work to be done. Adverse reactions expose our flaws. …
Mar 13
How does karma create a body – part 2
Those who know how karma creates a body, cease to be deceived or attracted to the body. Yogananda had an experience. One of his disciples had a new born baby. They brought the baby for His blessings. When he lifted the baby , he was shocked the baby was a murderer in the last life! …
Mar 13
How does karma create a body?
Interesting question, isn’t it? Did somehow your karma inspire your parents? When does the soul enter the body? At birth ? At conception? Somewhere in between? And if the body has say blindness- how did your karma influence the body to be blind? Or is there a magistrate or / judge out there saying – …
Mar 12
Said this before – purpose of life
If that is the case, why look outside? Why read blogs, or think of anyone outside? Why thin of food and Pleasure? Why think of past or future ? They All exist outside you! Everything outside will eventually be a source of pain! So why bother? Go within! Blogs are good only if they can …
Mar 12
How can I get my wishes fulfilled
Prayer of course. But prayer as a child of God. But as a beggar A forceful , polite , firm will Q I have tried It but it does not work Then try again This is what Yogananda said MARCH 12 – SRF DAIRY – WILL POWER To create dynamic will power, determine to do …
Mar 04
In the news today – daily observer
LONDON, Mar 4: Mysterious and invisible, dark matter is believed to be all around us and is estimated to make up 85 per cent of all matter in the universe. But why can’t we find it? Scientists are sure it exists because without the extra matter the movements and gravitational interactions of galaxies and stars …
Mar 01
Why are people reborn?
Desires And repetition of desires makes it a strong habit. Like eating. Strong habit eating 3 times a day. And there is a favorite food item which will crop up repeatedly. And you’re back in this world. But the desire is food. Taste buds change from time to time. Just one is replaced with other. …
Feb 26
Delicate karma
“The moment you quarrel, you are not going God ward, you are going backward, towards the brutes.” Swami Vivekananda So let’s say someone does injustice to you. They steal your money. You know it. Now, do you fight the person – a sort of quarrel ? Take the person to court? Or do you look …
Feb 22
How to make money – part 2
So what I like and what the great Guru and saints like are only those who are truly tired of this world. Not temporarily but for sure – for ever They want to explore the joy of self consciousness and no longer seek things that are material. Those are the people who are ready for …
Feb 22
How to make money !
There are some general buzz words which we can use – and hardly anyone will oppose it. Yoga ( be careful they can be associated with musculoskeletal injury) The other is meditation It is a great buzz word. I suspect everyone – irrespective of religion or even if atheist or agnostic – they all will …
Aug 11
Want to come back?
This is a great argument from Warren Buffet. It is old. So world population is off Buffett is best suited for the society he’s in now The Oracle of Omaha took great care in laying out a scenario to illustrate how “extraordinarily lucky” he already feels today. He told the audience to imagine a barrel …
Dec 23
Fishbowl
After 2 days of struggle, I was finally able to go back to my true consciousness. When certain karmas are about to come into play, or if one does something that is not appropriate, the first thing that happens is the consciousness gets clouded and one is no longer able to go that deep. Yes, …
Dec 05
A beacon!
Every human being is a beacon! They are constantly emiting and transmiting vibes which attracts the universal vibrations which translate into karam. This has been said by Patanjali, Mirdad and all great souls. Every thought we have becomes a nidus which attracts similar universal vibrations. One should constantly, no matter what and no matter what …
Nov 29
Name of God and other miscellaneous experiences
Today, we were reciting Sunderkanda. Now, in the version of Sunderkanda as recited by Ashwin Pathak, in some of the shlokas he follows it by Shree Rama Sharnam mama. However, he speaks Ramaa instead of the traditional Rama without an aa at the end of m. The normal and real pronounciation is M with an …
Nov 05
February 5 2009
There is something very physical that turns over. The yogis called it turning over of the Kundalini and according to Aurobindo that is birth of the psychic. When this happens, we see yellow, green and white light in the upper part and black and red light in the lower half. The 5 lights, in yogic …
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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