Link to Original Document The only way to go into Samadhi is Pranidhan. Very loosely it translated into surrender or committed to ( God ) or respectful to God or great effort So surrender to God, has a variety of meaning and depth to it. Most people believe they have surrendered to God. If God …
Tag: surrender
Nov 28
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 …
Aug 31
Grace
Link to Original Document Yesterday, someone very smart asked me what is Grace? So, guess what,I asked the people I worked with today, what is Grace? The answers were What we say before meals – is grace Dancing is done with Grace…. Sometimes we get a grace period when we are behind say payments No …
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 15
Surrender is not easy
We are always afraid to let go And say we trust God We like to worry. Do you truly think that worrying will change outcome? But we are afraid to stop worrying. Sometimes pondering on a problem can give ideas but most of the time worry generated thoughts are of no value Just try to …
Feb 29
Grace versus effort
Both are needed. Effort till you realize it is the divine itself that is shanti. Till you realize grace and shanti themselves are divine. This is the error with doing mantra – people make it mechanical. Like the humming of a song or railroad track sound. It happens automatically – even against your will. And …
Feb 23
God is the doer ??
FEBRUARY 23 – SRF DAIRY – HUMILITY Humility comes from realizing that God is the Doer, not you. When you see that, how can you be proud of any accomplishment? Think constantly that whatever work you are performing is being done by the Lord through you.—Paramahansa Yogananda, “ Self Realization Magazine “ So it is …
Feb 16
Babaji on suffering!
I do not do anything, it is god who does it. . Whenever people thanked Baba for his act of grace, He would say….I do not do anything, it is god who does it. Baba would often say that following the spiritual path was like “walking on a sword’s edge” and such person have to …
Sep 30
Grace
Grace is always there! Grace is always there Then why is there suffering? Why is there disease? Many people believe in God ( Jesus, Ram, Krishna, Shiv, etc) But they still suffer. So is there really grace? You can convince yourself – maybe the suffering was grace. Maybe. But it sure does not feel Like …
Sep 11
Difficult to do Bhakti
It is very difficult to do true Bhakti. True Bhakti = total surrender = not a thought of worry during adverse impossible times
Jun 21
A healing prayer from Yogananda
O Spirit, teach us to heal the body by recharging it with Thy cosmic energy, to heal the mind by concentration and cheerfulness, and to heal the disease of soul ignorance by the divine medicine of meditation on Thee. Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda Spirit is Atman. Pure consciousness Soul is not atman. It is the …
Jun 16
The purpose of prayer
The purpose is to find a Guru. Once that is done and the dissciple has faith in Guru then it is only a matter of time
Dec 14
Energizing Exercises of the SRF (Self realization fellowship)
Paramhansa Yogananda has a series of lectures and pamphletes which are available to all who take the SRF fellowship and newsletter. In the lessons, he talks about energizing exercises and also insits that all disciples practice it for 30 min to an hour a day. I could not understand the reason and thought it was …
Nov 05
February 16, 2006
The vital or desire has its own limited intellect, its own ego and its physical aspect. For eg. the physical aspect is the sexual desire. It only seeks satisfaction for its own satisfaction and not for the satisafaction of the body. (Sri Aurobindo). When the vital or desire surrenders, it no longer insists on its …
Nov 05
Central Process of Yoga
The following is ancopy and pasteof things I wrote over the last year. The central process of Yoga. There are many different paths that take us to God. Everyone follows a different path to reach God. However, in spite of differences that are perceived, it is my firm opinion that all paths …
Nov 03
For everyone !
These blogs are meant for those who seek Guidance in the spiritual world. They contain pearls and if taken seriously, it will help everyone continue to progress without having any self imposed block by imagining that they have reached any high level. I am tempted to write, God bless…but who am I to say God …
Bhavin
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