Points of Self Respect and Soul Study:
1. We, the cheerful souls, like the North Star, do not change our position...with determined thought and determined faith in the intellect, and with a constant and stable stage, we are the multi million times fortunate beads of the rosary...we are full and complete with elevated relationships, elevated connections, true love and all types of wealth and success...we have attainments of all relationships with the One Imperishable, Altruistic Father, the One w
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speck of space where He is not. Why do you then say that He is not the idols?
The idol is a support for the neophyte. It is a prop of his spiritual childhood. A form or
image is necessary for worship in the beginning. It is not possible for all to fix the mind on the
Absolute or the Infinite. A concrete form is necessary for the vast majority for practicing
concentration.
Idols are not the idle fancies of sculpt
after his estate. Under such circumstances, what should he do? Kindly let me have your
advice.
Why should you bother about heir for the estate? Did you bring the estate with you?
Would you take it also when you die? What is estate? Is it not a lump of earth only? Can this
estate and heir give you happiness and peace? Are they not sources of misery and worry? The
desires for property and children will bind a man to the wheel of
other three Ashramas. If the duties of a householder are strictly followed, there is no necessity
for Sannyas.
Become a true Brahmachari and give up sexual intercourse completely. You have enough
children. The practice of Yoga strictly demands this from you if you desire to make real,
substantial, rapid spiritual progress. Train your wife also in the spiritual path. Let her also repeat
the same Mantra you are repeat
For a lady, her husband is the image of God. She will have to realize God in and through
him alone. She need not go to temples even for worship. Your Vairagya is a momentary
bubbling. It cannot help you in any way in your spiritual progress. You may say, “This world is
unreal”; bu
Sannyasin, but I do not know where to find out a Guru. Kindly let me know what I have to
do to become a Sannyasin.
You should not hate the world, but you should hate the worldly life. The world is a
manifestation of the Lord. The world is the best teacher for you. The world cannot stand in the
way of your attainment of Kaivalya. You must change the way of your living and viewing
things. You will have to build a new mind and a new vision. Then the world will appear
egoism. The Indriyas are still powerful and outgoing. These are the obstacles. When these are
removed, you can hear the shrill, sweet, inner voice of God. Impure souls mistake the voice of
the impure mind for the voice of God.
From "May I answer that" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photographs of Swami Sivananda, German Pages on Swami Sivan
(« Detail of a poster for the International Hygiene Exhibition 1911 in Dresden » by Franz von Stuck)
« Understanding » is the third segue in the series that I have written as a means of combining earlier compositions into a conceptual piece of nearly one hour in duration.
Each of the miniature musical junctions emphasizes a particular lesson that was learned over the course of a demanding quest, proving essential to the success of the endeavour. In the case of « Understanding, » the acquired know
although there is life in them. There is life in plants, sensation in animals, mentality in human
beings and spirituality in sages. There is no Visesha Ahankara and reflection of Chaitanya in
plants and trees. Hence they cannot experience pain. The tree will not say, “I am experiencing
pain”. The mind in plants and trees is not developed. It is quite rudimentary. It is Jada and
insentient. Life on earth will be impos
Activity and Passivity must go together in Asanas. - B K S Iyengar
the veil drops, you will shine in your own Svarupa. Allow the Vasanas and egoism to pass.
Break the clouds. Behind the clouds, there is the luminous sun. Behind the mind, there is the
self-radiant Atman. Purify yourself. Destroy the evil Vrittis. Plod on in the spiritual path. You
have taken this life for this purpose only. For Self-realization and the spiritual path, Sanskrit is
not at all necessary. You will have to
practice Nishkama Karma Yoga for the eradication of the impurities in the mind. Nishkama
Karma Yoga gives you Chitta Suddhi and eventually culminates in the realization of the unity of
the Self.
Serve everyone with intense love, without the idea of agency, without expectation of
fruits, reward or appreciation. Feel that you are only a Nimitta or an instrument in the hands of
God. Worship God in the poor and the s
In this lesson, we learn about the beginning, the middle and the end of one complete ‘time cycle’ of this world. More than anything else, we will understand the great significance of the period we are undergoing at present.
The world has been in existence since eternity and it will continue to be eternal. The world was neither created anytime before nor will it get destroyed later, because matter can neither be created nor destroyed, it only undergoes transformation from one form
necessary for renewing life. All man’s mental powers give him no chance of escaping the
time-linked process of birth, life, aging and death. For the propagation of the species, man
and woman have been provided with this creative power; and the sex act is a necessity.
You have viewed the topic from a thoroughly wrong angle. The very premise for your
theory is wrong. Immortality does not pertain to the physical body. Once born, a man has to d
is a change inside the mind, there must be a change outside also. Wearing the ochre-coloured
cloth, the orange robe, is very necessary for one who has a changed mind. Due to the force of
Maya or habit, when the senses go to the objects of enjoyment, the moment you look at the
coloured cloth you wear, it will remind you that you are a Sannyasin. It will give you a kick and
save you from vicious actions. It has go
this world. It is quite true. But, to find out a true disciple who may sincerely follow the
instructions of a Guru is indeed a very, very difficult task in this world. Have you thought over
this point? Do not use your reason too much in the selection of a Guru. If you fail to get a Guru
of the first-class type, try to get one who is treading the spiritual path for some years, who has
right conduct and other
Mere study of the Vichar Sagar or Panchadasi cannot bring in the experience of pure
Advaitic consciousness. Vedantic gossiping and dry discussions on scriptures cannot help a man
in feeling the unity and oneness of life. You should destroy ruthlessly all sorts of impurities,
hatred, jealousy, e
