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Tag: Yogananda
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 ! …
Nov 23
Klesha
God Patanjali wrote about yoga. He gave the world the fastest way to liberation. It can be as fast as 3 years. However , for that you need to understand and implement exactly what he said Having said that, those ego can explain it – there is maybe one person right now. Since most readers …
Jun 09
Wisdom or Gyana
When Wisdom comes, her first lesson is, “There is no such thing as knowledge; there are only apercus of the Infinite Deity.” Sri Aurobindo. Here the word wisdom refers to experiencing God. Everything else including bookish knowledge of God is considered Avidya or ignorance Apercus means entertainment To say this more clearly Once you have …
Jun 04
What we lack
God is readily available. What we lack is a strong desire for him Yes. When we have pain inn life, physical challenges, health issues, financial or legal issues, social issues we wonder about the world. But that is not Rankit truly seeking God is it? It is our way of dealing with the problem. And …
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 18
Make friends
There is a magnet in your heart that will attract true friends. That magnet is unselfishness, thinking of others first; when you learn to live for others, they will live for you. ~Paramahansa Yogananda That Magnet is prana or chi. We pollute it with our thoughts of sex, pleasures, ego, money. We can make it …
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
From the holy science
Sapta Patalas, seven churches, As God created man in Hlis own image, so is the body of man like unto the image of this universe. The material man has also seven vital places within it called patalas, Man, turning toward his Self and advancing in the right way, perceives the Spiritual light in these places, …
May 01
Appearance versus Aura
Between the two aura wins. Everyone sends out some magnetic radiation. We get affected by it. Go to a grocery store or restaurant and suddenly your mood changes. Or you feel very tired. Or your mind stops functioning. Why ? There is an aura. Good or bad around everyone That aura affects everyone! So why …
Apr 27
Can the yogi help after samadhi?
Yes and no If the body is preserved as a shrine – most certainly yes. But the help is to a limited degree since the physical body is not there. Preserved as in Samadhi If the perfected yogi has dissolved all bodies maybe. But takes a very advanced disciple to bring him down. This is …
Apr 27
What is your frequency
” There is no more liberating action than sincerely to give people kindness in return for unkindness. Why not be like a flower that gives fragrance even when crushed in the hand ? ” Paramahansa Yoganandaji. So you want to watch say cbs news. Or you want to hear Hindi sangeet mala on radio What …
Apr 21
A beautiful prayer by Yogananda
This prayer displays faith! I know you will do what is greatest for me! APRIL 21 – SRF DIARY – HAPPINESS In a time of misfortune I heard Thy voice, saying: “The sun of My protection shines equally on thy brightest and thy blackest hours. Have faith and smile! Sadness is an offense against the …
Apr 14
Virginia Pastor passes from covid
A pastor in Virginia passes away from Covid. He was defiant. He has faith. And inspite of lock down held service in March. He believed his faith would save him and God is mightier than the virus. But yet he got afflicted and pased away. So what is happening? Did faith betray him? Or was …
Mar 08
Kriya Yoga
Everyone “thinks” they do Kriya yoga. Sadly, people maybe on the way to learning how to do Kirya but it can take decades to truly learn it Once it is perfected, and the consciousness has become pure, then all it takes is a few kriya and the dirt that we accumulate by living in …
Feb 02
Pranayama – Breathing Exercises, SRF, Kriya Yoga
Pranayama – prana is the vital force, the force or energy used by Om or the Holy Ghost to run all 3 universes – the gross, subtle and causal. The word ayama means control. The most gross manifestations of the working of prana is breathing. It also includes all other bodily functions. Similarly it has …
Jan 28
Third Eye, Ritambara Pragna
Todays meditation was more at the Manipura chakra. It was more clear. Last year, I had written about the experience of being one with the light. This experience, the portal to enter the Brahmanadi, starts near the Manipur chakra. When I entered there, I had the similar experience as I had being in the tunnel. …
Jan 21
Miscellaneous thoughts
In order to stay in meditation for longer durations, one has to learn the technique of turning the heart off. Somewhere, I have described this technique in previous blogs as Yogananda Maharaja explained it to me about 4 years ago. It takes a long time to reach that stage. However, right before this stage is …
Jan 08
Meditations
Last 3 days the meditations have been deeper. No matter how deep you go, you can always go deeper! 2 days ago, my meditation was so deep that all that was left was an awareness of a mass of energy. I suspect that this is the “siddhapitha” one of the places between Agna chakra and …
Dec 28
More clarifications
These clarifications are from Yogananda Maharaj and some from personal experience. There are three worlds. Gross physical world, the subtle world and the causal or karana world. The three forces, a sort of autonomic intelligence, hidden from the human eye are Virata, Hiranyagarbha and Ishwara respectively. To give an eg. the function of Virata is …
Dec 25
Meditation
Today’s meditation was exceptionally good. After all it was Christmas ! Yogananda maharaja has described that the halfway meditation is when one is at agnachakra the streams of prana are seen rolling back from the body going back to Agnatha chakra This is what I experienced. The color if the streams of Prana or light …
Dec 19
Random
Kumbh Mela : A place where many great saints gather. One should attend to the Kumbh Mela. In terms of Yoga, Kumbh means or refers to the head and mela is a gathering of the prana (withdrawn from the entire body). When that happens, one can say, we have attended the kumbh mela. Here all …
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 …
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 …
Dec 02
Nada
A common misconception is the hearing of Nada. The truest of true nada occurs when the prana actually ascends in the sushumna. These nadas have the following characteristics 1) Extremely soft, no longer heard by the physical body 2) Extremely pleasing and one truly just wants to hear it again and again 3) On hearing …
Dec 01
Law of Miracles – a borrowed title from Paramhansa Yogananda
Ever since the mental aspect of the subconscious has cleared, the shakti is now working on the vital physical of the subconscient. Unless you are very familiar with the terminology of Sri Aurobindo, it will sound like mumbo jumbo. What is becoming clear is the law or control over Prana. How it can be achieved. …
Nov 28
Jesus Christ
Today, I was reminded of a few experiences I had about Jesus. They were within the last 15 years. 1) I was new to USA and had no idea or concept about Good Friday. I was deep in meditation and I had a very clear and concise vision of Jesus. Later that day, while driving …
Nov 25
Vision of the Liberated Souls
A few days ago I had a talk with Pramodhbhai. During the talk, I made a statement, the way Great souls perceive this universe is different from our visions. I had a talk with Gurudev and he had told me that the light of the supreme never leaves the liberated souls, they constantly perceive the …
Nov 09
The mind (continued)
We ended the previous blog in a rather gloomy and dismal way. After all, who likes an existence where there is nothing to look forward to. A situation where the mind wants nothing and has nothing to look forward to is quite depressing! This is where the problem lies. The soul is not the mind. …
Nov 06
Bhagvada Gita
I have had a series of spectacular experiences some of which I have already forgotten. However, some of the experiences I remember about the Gita are as follows 1) I was very fortunate to have the darshana of Krishna Bhagwana. He started off with many many shlokas all praising his Guru. He praised his Guru …
Nov 05
February 8, 2006
Entry for February 08, 2006 A doll made out of salt took a dip in the Ocean! Ego is like the salt doll. Once immersed in the ocean of bliss (GOD) it no longer exists. It is that easy. Just immerse yourself in God. You loose yourself in God. That is why Yogananda said, in …
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 …
Bhavin
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