November 2013 Blog Posts (35)

This asana's name has been derived from the sanskrit word 'Dhanu' meaning bow.The body takes the shape of a bow in this asana.For practicing this you have to first lie down on the ground with your face downwards.Inhale deeply.Bend your legs and grasp your ankles with your hands.First raise the hind part of your body and then raise your chest slowly.Looking at the sky,Bend your neck backwards.Now you can notice that your entire body comes to rest on your navel.Bend your body into a bow shape.…

Do you really want God? Do you really thirst for His Darshan? Have you got real spiritual

hunger?

He who thirsts for the Darshan of God only will develop love. Unto him alone He will reveal

Himself. God is a question of supply and demand. If there is sincere demand for God, the supply

will come at once.

Pray fervently like Prahlada. Sing like Radha. Repeat His name like Valmiki, Tukaram and

Tulsidas. Do Kirtan like Gouranga. Weep in solitude like Mira over the…

I have been told that if I know this, I will find it easier to meditate. Could you tell me how to discover the answer to this?



The aim of life is God-realization. To become one with Jesus is the goal of life. To

transmute the brutal instincts and to become divine is the goal of life. If you control anger,

eradicate selfishness and develop tolerance, compassion, selflessness, generosity, courage,

forgiveness, you will become divine. Is selfishness good? No. So become…

A Karma Yogi says: “Do all works without expectation of fruits. This will produce Chitta

Suddhi. Then you will get knowledge of the Self. You will get Moksha or Eternal Bliss and

Immortality.” This is his doctrine.

You will get purity of mind if you work in the spirit of the above doctrine. This is a very

great reward for your actions. You cannot imagine the exalted conditions of a man of pure mind. He

has unbounded peace, strength and joy. He is very near to God. He…

The notion that others depend on you is due to sheer delusion. God alone takes care of

everyone. Being deluded, you think that you are supporting your kith and kin and undergo

endless troubles, miseries and vexations. Even if you turn an anchorite, God will arrange

everything and maintain your family. And no sin will accrue to you, provided you have intense

Vairagya. Swami Ram Tirth had burning Vairagya; so he resigned his job, and leaving behind

his wife and two…

When you develop Ruchi or taste for Dhyana and Japa, you will be able to sit longer for

Japa and meditation. Before going to bed, also in the morning at 4 o’clock, and before taking

meal at noon, you should do Japa and meditation. Just as you take tea three or four times a day,

so also, you should do Japa three or four times a day. Do not worry if the mind wanders. By

gradual practice, it will come under your control. Do Kirtan when the mind wanders much.…

An owl says, “There is no light”. Is there no light? Similarly, the ‘owl’ professor says

that there is no superconsciousness. Because an owl professor says that there is no

superconsciousness, does superconsciousness cease to be? Study Yoga Vasishtha which affirms

the existence of superconsciousness. He who denies superconsciousness is like the owl that

denies light simply because it cannot see light.



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Be righteous always. Never deviate from the path of righteousness. Stand upright. Be bold.

Be fearless. Practise Truth. Proclaim it everywhere.

March forward in the spiritual path. The light is within you. Fix the mind on the Lord. Kill

egoism and pride. Cultivate fellow-feeling and universal brotherhood. Love all. You will have full

life.

Control the senses. Pray fervently with intense faith and sincerity. Have an unshakable

conviction in the existence of God…

Western psychologists are babies. In the Yoga Vasishtha and in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras, it

is mentioned that absolute desirelessness is Moksha. A Jivanmukta has no desires. Desire is

imperfection. A Jivanmukta is a perfected soul. How can there be desires in him? How can

perfection and imperfection go together? So, it is quite possible to be free from all desires.



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Now, think of Lord Rama and repeat Ram, Ram. When you mentally repeat Ram, keep a

picture of Ram. The senses will be withdrawn.

Now the eyes run towards objects and the ears run to various sounds. When you repeat

Ram, Ram loudly, the ears hear only Ram, Ram; and they will not run. The inner eye will see

only Ram’s picture. The mind will be concentrated on God. It will not run towards objects. So,

gaze within, introspect. You can do Pranayam also. Stop the breath. It…

May it be, Swamiji, that these places which have had the impress of the saint’s personality, his Tapasya and Siddhi, on

the very atmosphere, retain that sanctity for a long time?



Yes, yes. And not only that. The saint himself may live in those places. The liberated

sage has the option to merge in Brahman or to live in a subtle form and carry on the work of

Lokasangraha, guiding aspirants, awakening in people a religious fervour and so on. This motive

is…

It is because Jnana and Bhakti are essentially the same! Look at the various Stotras that

he has composed. They indicate clearly that he had developed devotion to a very high degree.

Atmanivedan or self-surrender leads to Jnana; and Jnana is synonymous with Para Bhakti.

People nowadays condemn Bhakti and think that it is inferior to Jnana Yoga. They have

no understanding of Bhakti. They think that they can jump at once to Jnana Yoga Sadhana.

They have really no faith…

I will become lethargic and lazy. On account of my

various ambitions, I move about hither and thither, I exert and I am energetic. Kindly

remove this doubt of mine. I am quite bewildered.

Contentment can never make you idle. It is a Sattvic virtue that propels man towards

God. It gives strength of mind and peace. It checks unnecessary and selfish exertions. It opens

the inner eye of man and moves his mind towards divine contemplation. It turns his energy in

the…

This is an Ati-prasna or transcendental question. You will find this question coming up to

your mind in various forms: When did Karma begin? When and why was the world created?

Why is there evil in the world? Why did the Unmanifest manifest itself? And so on. The same

question is asked by Rama in Yoga Vasishtha and Vasishtha says: “You are putting the cart

before the horse. You will not be benefited by an enquiry into this question at all. Meditate and

realize…

Compared to the man-of-the-world, a philosopher is a mad person in the sense that the

latter cannot take a lively interest in external appearance as the former does. To the philosopher,

the external world is only an appearance, but to the man-of-the-world, it is all real and eternal.

There is nothing wrong with either of them, since the word ‘mad’ is used only as a mutual,

relative attribute. What the philosopher says, the layman cannot believe; and what the…

Don’t the sins and evil intentions of the giver of food get mixed up with his charity and thus spoil the mental peace of the Sadhus and Sannyasins by their contaminating influence?



A true Sadhu or a genuine Sannyasin is he who has no attachment to the world even in

the slightest degree. Such Sadhus are Brahma-Nishtha Purushas (persons in the constant thought

of the Divine or Brahman) unmindful of their bare needs even. They should not cook for

themselves.…

It is difficult even to lie on the sides and breathing has become difficult. In spite of all this, I am

regularly carrying on my Yogic exercises and Kriyas. Kindly write immediately if there is

any cause for alarm. Also suggest some prescription to get rid of this excessive pain on

both sides of the lungs.



There is absolutely no cause for alarm owing to the pain that you experience now. Give

up Nauli and Uddiyan for three or four days. You can practice even…

I am slowly understanding why people have difficulty moving forward... We say to ourselves that we have forgiven those that have hurt us, we say we are no longer angry at the decisions we made, we try to forget and not discuss various event of our life...

I want to share that we need to search for the triggers that bring us back to that event and stop us from moving...

I realized my triggers is always pleasing my family, friends, love one and work. I fear failure others. I have…

I will explain it to you. Listen attentively.

The first Mahavakya is: “Prajnanam Brahma. Consciousness is Brahman”. This is

Lakshana Vakya. The teacher gives the definition to the student that pure consciousness is

Brahman.

Then the teacher says: “Tat Tvam Asi. Thou art That. You are the all-pervading pure

consciousness”. This is known as Upadesa Vakya.

Then the student contemplates on what the teacher expounded, in the form of the idea,

“Aham Brahmasmi. I…