“We can go anywhere but we carry our mind with us. We can’t escape from the mind. So, the only way, according to the Gita and also according to people who have walked on this path at least to some e...”
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“This crescent moon is also called Soma. Therefore Shiva is called Somashekhara- one who keeps or retains Soma. Soma has two meanings. One – is the moon, you have the physical moon. The other is, th...”
“Those of us who do pious acts, charity, sacrifice themselves for others thinking that is the work one should do, really win the human world! But, they are not free of desire and, therefore, they re...”
“The yogis say that the joining or the crossing together, the sangam of the Varuna and the Asi rivers are in the human body, the ida and pingala at the brumadhya. This is called the ajna chakra situ...”
“You think you are this little pool of stagnant water that stands on the way with no movement whatsoever. The Guru says “Look my dear fellow you are a lion, you are not a goat. You are not this litt...”
“The crescent moon is a symbol of Shakti. You see it in Durga and Kali. The Navadurgas all have a crescent. Crescent is also the last digit of the moon either when it is waning or waxing. The cresce...”
“The limbic system is that which takes care of our feelings. If the limbic system didn’t work we would have no feelings. Therefore, in the raising or awakening of the Kundalini, emotion or feeling p...”
“My master (Babaji) once talked about how three people went to Himalayas to meditate. They went up the snow clad Himalayas, sat down with closed eyes and meditated. After one year, one of them opene...”
“When Patanjali in the yoga sutras defines yoga, he defines it as yogas chitta vritti nirodha. This means, yoga is the stopping or the stilling of the vrittis of the chitta. Chitta means mind stuff ...”
“All these activities like blood circulation and so on are not under our control, breathing too. We don’t say, ‘Breathe!’ And therefore the lungs breathe. It goes on by itself. But we can also volun...”
“When the sleeping energy – the great Kundalini is awakened by resorting to proper means, guided by a proper teacher, it awakens and begins to move up the Sushumna channel, touching six centers as i...”
“In the Gita, the chapter after Arjuna Vishada Yoga is Sankhya Yoga, the Yoga of knowledge. So, seeing that Arjuna is in sorrow, and observing the miserable state he has gone into, Krishna explains ...”
“You see, it is very simple. When we are little infants, we are helpless.. Even if we have to go to the other room – somebody has to lift us and put us there. We can’t even go to the toilet. Somebod...”
“If you can put your mind into an idea which you want to achieve, with complete visualization as if it is actually there, not as you want it, but as if it is actually there; if you can do this const...”
“If you have faith in an infinite supreme being, put all your heart into what you want to do or achieve. Pray hard, that is very simple, anybody can do it but pray with great feeling. The emotions a...”