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There is prana in all of us and that energy is linked intimately to our thought process. When this energy goes one-pointedly in the direction of the inner, then everything ceases and you go back to...
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There is prana in all of us and that energy is linked intimately to our thought process. When this energy goes one-pointedly in the direction of the inner, then everything ceases and you go back to...
When the mind stops moving in any direction, when it stops, then you understand that which the Upanishads have described as tad dure tad vadantike — it’s so far and it’s so near — within us.
There is a witness in us who is there in waking, dreaming, and deep sleep, and perhaps the witness himself or herself or itself is the source of the joy and the pain you feel in all the experiences...
The fragrance that you seek is in you. You think it is outside but the good news is that fragrance happens to be your true soul or happiness, your true identity, free of all other distractions.
Any place, where the truth is worshipped, is a temple for us. The most important temple is the body. Inside us is the heart where the Truth sits.
The Upanishads say that the Truth is something which is far and yet so near; it moves but it’s faster than any movement. It is that which is, and not that which was. Every minute, it is new.
We are either full of our own thoughts or our own prejudices. We are full of what others have taught us or what has been filled into our brain. Usually, there is no space at all! If you are filled ...
Spiritual development is not a mass affair. We cannot develop spiritually in groups. All that should be taken off our minds. We are not sheep that can be herded together and made to eat the same fo...
Every day when you wake up in the morning, or go to bed at night, look at yourself and say, ‘what am I doing? How many falsities are still in my life? Am I really doing my sadhana sincerely?’ Peopl...
If both shraddha and saburi are there, then definitely, there is no problem in sadhana. Both are necessary. Absolute, one-pointed total attention is required in our path along with infinite patience.
What each one of us must understand is to first lead a good life - helping as many people as possible, to sing the name of God, to do our ‘japa’, and to dwell on the Inner Spirit constantly.
Satsang is critical because you ‘become’ according to the company you keep. If I live with people who talk about the Truth or want to find out what it is; who do japa, kirtan and bhajan, then I wil...