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 …
Tag: Yoga
Jun 26
Hidden enemies
To find freedom from the enslaving power of the senses, the greedy, angry, sensual individual first must avoid the material environment that easily excites his specific psychophysical weakness, and then must kill the inner desires that will otherwise accompany him wherever he goes. The devotee who exercises outward self-restraint and thereby feels secure against temptation …
Jun 21
Reincarnation
Something to ponder Divine Justice and the Law of Reincarnation. “”””””””””””””‘”””””””””‘”” You may or may not believe in the law of Reincarnation;but if life is the beginning and the end of Human existence,it is impossible to reconcile the enequalities of life with a divine justice. Why is one man born in a rich family, whereas …
Jun 21
How many kriya yogis are there?
Hundreds of thousands, not dozens merely, of Kriya Yogis are needed to bring into manifestation the world of peace and plenty that awaits men when they have made the proper effort to reestablish their status as sons of the Divine Father….May all men come to know that there exists a definite, scientific technique of Self-realization …
Jun 19
Why knowledge or experience
Knowledge prepares the way to love. You cannot love that which you do not know. Knowledge of God must therefore precede love for Him. That knowledge comes by practice of Kriya Yoga, the technique that Lahiri Mahasaya gave. When you know God, you will love Him; and when you love Him, you will surrender yourself …
Jun 17
A riddle and old poem
Tell me tell me What it is No thought no logic No ego no emotions Neither life nor death Who am I ? Knowledge limits you Beyond understanding am I Compassion am I But I have no compassion Love I have none For love am I Thus spake the great The riddle to be solved …
Jun 17
Bubble of pure consciousness
The Ocean of Spirit has become the little bubble of my soul. Whether floating in birth, or disappearing in death, in the ocean of cosmic awareness the bubble of my life cannot die. I am indestructible consciousness, protected in the bosom of Spirit’s immortality. ~ Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, “Metaphysical Meditations” This is a description …
Jun 17
Child – experience of pure consciousness
“In the spiritual life one becomes just like a little child, without resentment, without attachment, full of life and joy.” “What are you afraid of? You are an immortal being. You are neither a man nor a woman, as you may think, but a soul – joyous, eternal.” ~ Paramahansa Yogananda (Autobiography of a Yogi) …
Jun 17
Where is the enemy
Learn to see God in all persons, of whatever race or creed. You will know what divine love is when you begin to feel your oneness with every human being, not before. Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda, “The Law of Success” The only enemy we had was our own personality. We held on to so many …
Jun 17
Body
So long as we are immersed in body consciousness, we are like strangers in a foreign country. Our native land is omnipresence. Paramahansa Yogananda—Sayings of Paramahansa Yogananda So this is the problem. When we sleep we are not aware of the body. When immersed in a wonderful movie we are not aware of the body. …
Jun 17
When can I see God
He is the nearest of the near, the dearest of the dear. Love Him as miser loves money,as an ardent man loves his sweetheart,as a drowning person loves breath. When you yearn for God with interest,He will come to you… Sri Sri Paramahansa Yogananda. Where There Is Light… Page-183. Ramkrishna described it the same way …
Jun 17
Witness attitude
My only interest in people is to help them. And as long as breath shall flow in this lungs, so long shall I try to help others and tell them to get away from this motion picture of delusion. Because you are a part of it now, you suffer. You must stand aside and watch …
Jun 17
Private talks Yogananda
Everything is God. This very room and the universe are floating like a motion picture on the screen of my consciousness…. I look at this room and I see nothing but pure Spirit, pure Light, pure Joy… The picture of my body and your bodies and all things in this world are only rays of …
Jun 12
Annapurna stotram
These verses were composed by Shankaracharya Maharaj There is a story that Lord Shankar talked about the illusory nature of the world. Now the word , the world is an illusion is grossly misunderstood. Yes we can say it is an illusion when you no longer have a body. But while you have a body …
Jun 10
Tattva shuddhi
Aum Aim Atma Tatva shodhayami Nama: swaha Aum Hrim Vidhya Tatva shodhyami Nama: swaha Aum Klim Shiva tatva shodhayami Nama: swaha Aum Em Hrim Klim Sarva Tatvam Shodhyami Nama: Swaha These are steps of shuddhi This is not just the sankalpa that Brahmins have you do with water but much more!
Jun 07
Death
Here Is a description of death. BUT THIS IS THE DESCRIPTION OF DEATH FOR THOSE WHO HAVE SUBSTANTIAL PURITY IT DOES NOT APPLY FOR THOSE WHO ARE SELFISH OR HAVE DONE BAD DEEDS. PLUS THE COMMITTING SUICIDE FOLLOWS A DIFFERENT COURSE But for those with good deeds not to fear ( good deeds measured by …
Jun 07
Inadequate translation
I did not reveal this for a long time. Many times j have hinted in my blogs about faith. Even in prashnoupanishad, it is said God First created prana and then faith Faith is important everywhere. It is important in business relation, family relations, spouse relations and just in general to run the world In …
Jun 06
Was Ramana Maharshi a yogi?
Well, he talks about observing where ego or thoughts come from. He gives everyone freely, and discusses ideas But… But , in some dialogue he very clearly talks About yoga. He even talks about kriya yoga This is a clear indication of him talking in terms of yoga The sattvic mind resolves itself into the …
Jun 04
Vegetarian or Non veg
A common debate. Recently someone sent me a video by SadGuru, about his take on Veg versus non veg. For a Yogi, this is no debate. Anything that increases your attachment to a body is not good for meditation Now of course there is no scientific study out there. But a yogi, it does not …
Jun 04
The inquiry method
Ramana maharshi talked about the insurer method On surface it looks like it is nit yoga and your contemplating But that is not true. All the thoughts you have in the inquiry method becomes an object and is no longer the source So he talks about who am I? And says find the I Now …
May 31
Saints are not heartless
So the world is in turmoil. So much agony. Disease. Misery. Crises. People know of Babaji. Besides I am to believe there is Krishna, Rama, shakti, Jesus, Buddha. All full of loving and caring Them why is they so much suffering! Oh I forgot, the famous Indian theory of Karma. I am not sure we …
May 30
Last minute
If you keep your mind with God, you will be Free…….. When desires come,be guided by wisdom, not by whim or stubbornness. If you can control your senses and keep your mind with God, you will be free. But if, on the last day when the time comes to go to the Heavenly Father, the …
May 28
Vyadha Gita
There are many Gita. The Gita that most people quote is Bhagvad Gita. But there is Ram Gita, Avdhoot Gita, Vyadha Gita, Uttar Gita, etc Gita in sanskrit means song. This is the celestial songs, which the greatest sages have made. These savants cannot be mimicked and everything else that people write is merely an …
May 28
Contradiction
Someone posed a question – the blogs of top secret shakti and a big book – are they contradictory? I described in detail about awakening of shakti. The long course with multiple levels of awakening But in the next breath I say all you need is silence the mind and what is left is pure …
May 28
Sincere souls!
“I can give my life for a sincere Soul” “”””””””””””””””””””””””‘””‘””””””” I can give my life for a sincere Soul, but insincer souls I stay away from. I am never insincere with anyone, and that is the way we all should live in this world. We must be fearless, sincer, surrounded not only with those whom …
May 28
A big book!
When you can’t understand things you need an explanation If you still can’t get it you need a bigger book and a book on the explanation If you still can’t get it you need an encyclopedia But a smart person gets it in one word Shivohum. You are shiv. Now it creates all the problems! …
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 28
An old repost
“Sundere sundero ram sundere sunderi katha Sundere sunderi sita sundere Kim na sunderem” This verse says most beautiful is Ram and Sita and their story That’s why Sunderkand is very beautiful. This is a chapter in Ramadan The real reason is Sunderkand has detailed yoga related instruction written in a very cryptic way. Hanuman flies …
May 27
The converse is true
Your true personality begins to develop when you are able, by deep intuition, to feel that you are not this solid body but are the divine eternal current of Life and Consciousness within the body. Paramahansa Yogananda “Man’s Eternal Quest” So this is a sign of progress. A true first step. Until then we are …
May 26
Be wise!
So today I saw a picture of a shivling. With some water droplets around it abs they called it ananda and yellow drops as consciousness and light rays as shanti and the channel as shakti What nonsense! What happens is we read a few words and join it to to shivling and in a haphazard …
May 26
Failure
Success develops arrogance and the man’s spiritual progress is thus arrested. Failure on the other hand is beneficial, inasmuch as it opens the eyes of the man to his limitations and prepares him to surrender himself. -Talk 423. Sri Ramana Maharshi The question is – does the same apply to spiritual progress? Depends on the …
May 25
Levels of Progress – from Mahayoga
Once again, this is part two of the above blog. It has been written for my children. May I request you, if your not my children to skip the blog please? There are 4 levels or steps in progress Prarambha Avastha. This is the beginning stage Here one begins to experience smaller signs of awakening …
May 25
Different Yogas
The world is innundated with different yogas. Whatever path you follow, I wish you luck The following blog is written for my children. It is very basic but yet profound. May I request you that if you are not my children, perhaps you should stick with whatever definition of yoga you have and not read …
May 24
How to quiet the mind?
A very common problem. Universal. We can focus the mind with ease on tasks related to worldly activity. But tell the mind to stop thinking, start to see the divine, love God, etc and it a Herculean task Maha yoga vigyan and paramhansa Yogananda talk about it very clearly My blogs have said it clearly. …
May 24
Information versus experience
The reason that God remains unknown to millions who worship Him in temples and churches, and in holy cities and places of pilgrimage, is that the physical instruments of knowledge can apprehend only the products of the Creator; Divinity Itself is perceived by the supramental faculty of intuition, the soul’s God-given power of knowing truth. …
May 20
Diet
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
Real or dream?
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 17
Patanjali Yoga
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 12
Highest method
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
Help – did I go in Samadhi?
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 09
What most be done
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 01
Shakespeare : Was he a Yogi?
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, …
Apr 30
Subtle
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 …
Apr 05
Yoga and its goal
Yog, (not really yoga) means to join or be anchored . The goal of every person is to join or remain anchored in one self. That supreme being can be called God, Atman or Pure consciousness. But why? When we are not anchored in the self, the question is why? After all, your asked to …
Mar 30
Stitha pragna
Such people are rare Everything in this world is a trap. And we fall for it. Anguish is a trap. Why? The reality of The world is not there. Just a dream created by God. Hence they say wake up Happiness attracts us by false promises. Everything in this world will cause pain. I repeat. …
Mar 26
Path of a yogi
There are many aspects of being a yogi. Many things are written but certain key things are just not written There are 8 aspects of yoga Yama Niyama These two constitutes the physical and mental discipline. Without perfection in this all other steps are bound to fail Asana ( posture ) Prayahar ability to go …
Mar 08
Yoga
I had a blog on Kriya yoga. I had a few. I have a few blogs on Kevali Pranayama I have not shared much details although the article seems long However, the fastest way to enlightenment is doing Yoga. Why is it the fastest? 1. Our past Karma are binding to us. …
Mar 01
True light versus phosphene
Some people follow a “Jyoti mudra” They see light ! Yogananda describes it god talks with Arjuna in chapter 6 What he described is phosphene. Flickers if light. They are partly divine light but not completely. They tend to disappear quickly. It is a good start So when can you see true light in its …
Feb 29
Yoga Vasistha – one of the highest book ever
THERE IS NO OTHER WAY THERE IS NO OTHER WAY this is the only way wisdom or experience that you are the pure consciousness arises All four are needed 1. A Guru to help you go within. 2. Get rid of the habit of identifying as thoughts 3. Constantly pursuing and making the habit of …
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