According to Swami Satyananda the easiest path to divinity is to think about others. To think about others is to think about God; to serve another is to worship God. Have at least some corners in one’s heart for the suffering and sadness of others. If one helps one’s fellow beings even a little, then God will shower his grace on one. Continue reading
Persevere plod on in your sadhana.
Introspect and find out your defects. Remove them one by one by developing the opposite virtue.
Find out the correct value of life here. It is not full and perfect. There is always a sense of want.
Meditate. Meditate. Meditate.
This is the secret for attaining God realization. – Swami Sivananda
Dear ones, practice self-introspection, self-reflection and become self-aware and detached.
These qualities do not develop in a day but persistent practice of Sadhana will lead us.
Swami Sivananda said that just saying the name of the Divinity we will be granted self-realization.
Aim Hrim Klim
Understanding the religious life with practicing one’s religion. Continue reading
What does Shiva represent?
Shiva represents inner strength, detachment and cosmic consciousness.
The core teachings of Shiva Sutra encourage living with wonder and removing fear through actions and realizing the divinity within oneself. Continue reading
How can one become free of this cyclical process of existence? It is an eternal question and Gurus give different interpretations. Continue reading
The last message of Sri Krishna. Uddhava Gita. Chapter IV
Thus, I have learnt these things from all these teachers. Now listen O King, to what I have learnt from my own body, as I relate it to you. – 24
Why should we perform Hridayadi Nyasa? The answer is to connect with the Divine and to become aware of our inner divinity. Continue reading
He who sees equally, whether in pleasure or pain, his own self in everything, because he can be compared with his own self, he is deemed the highest yogin Arjuna. – Chapter 6.33
The Yogin experiences the pleasures or suffering of all beings as his own.
A yogin is someone who has achieved a state of self-realization and union with the divine, often through dedicated practice and self-discipline. A yogin is characterized with equanimity, control over the senses and detachment from worldly desires, viewing everything dispassionately.
Aim Hrim Klim
There is trouble in the body, trouble in the tongue and troubles in the mind. Having renounced these troubles, I live happily in life’s supreme goal. – Astavakra Gita Chapter 13, Verse 2
However, by practicing penances, the body becomes free, the tongue becomes free by reciting the scriptures and the mind becomes free with meditation. Continue reading
To know that we know what we know, and to know that we do not know, that is true knowledge. – Nicolaus Copernicus
The Bhagwad Gita emphasizes the importance of self-realization and the pursuit of knowledge as a means to attain spiritual enlightenment. It teaches that true wisdom lies in understanding the impermanence of the material world and recognizing the eternal nature of the soul. By seeking knowledge and introspecting on the nature of reality, we can transcend the cycle of birth and death and become spiritually liberated. Continue reading
How are we affected by the law of opposites. Prince Ram in the Yog Vasistha said to Sage Vashisht that he did not long to live and he did not long to die. He remained neutral about life as well as about death. Duality exists around us and there is uncharted space which Krishna describes as being free from opposites.
The karma yogis, who neither desire nor hate anything, should be considered always renounced. Free from all dualities, they are easily liberated from the bonds of material energy. – Gita 5.3
According to ancient scriptures and yoga, the human body is nothing but energy. We are not identifying with essence of life but with something that is created from that essence, and which is material and gross. Our collective consciousness is based on the body and the senses. Continue reading
You are not the body, which is composed of the five elements—Earth, water, fire, air and ether. Consider yourself liberated, when you know yourself as consisting of consciousness, the witness of these.
Know this and be happy. You are not in any of the four stages of life or caste. You are not perceived by the eyes or other senses. Unattached and without form, you are the witness of the whole universe. Know this and be happy.
You are the one observer of all, and in reality, always free. Your bondage is this: you see the other–not yourself–as the observer.
Ramagya – Prashna is a book written by Goswami Tulsidas that is considered a jyotish or astrology treatise. It was written by Tulsidas at the request of his friend Gangaram Jyotish. The book is written in the Awadh language and is a collection of free verse. It is presented in the form of do has a rhyming couplet, with each Doha preceded by a passage from the Ram Katha and followed by a discussion of a good and bad outcome.
I read the Oracle of Rama, and I got this reading. The verse was:
All men and women of the city were enchanted:
This is the root of beneficence.
The Gods sent down blossoms
From heaven as the sages chanted,
And celestial music filled the air.
The explanation is a great welcome is given, not only from the earthly but from heavenly realms, lauding a great success and bringing together the hearts of all the people. All the worlds are in harmony and good fortune is guaranteed. The meaning is that we must make people happy in order to be successful.
Firstly, one must serve and help others, before thinking about oneself. If one is working unconditionally then one can become happy.
The story of Rama reflects the spiritual view of life found in Yoga and Vedanta, the practice and philosophy of self-realization. Rama is an incarnation of joy, compassion and strength. He is the perfect mortal. The oracle enables one to overcome the bonds of karma.
Reference: The Oracle of Rama by David Frawley.
Aim Hrim Klim
How do we describe divinity? Divinity refers to the quality or nature of God’s being. The concept of divinity is linked to how one perceives the universe and chaos. Divinity enables one to relate to a higher power. According to Swami Satyananda Saraswati when one must think about others then one can think about God. Continue reading