“How much ever we may try, the brain is a very limited organism with limited inputs. All that the brain can think of, decide and conclude is from the information that it gets— the inputs. Now the in...”
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“What does a human worship most - Desire? Enjoyment? Wealth? These are the things that man worships - pride, prestige, respect, wealth, lust and power. Absolute power corrupts absolutely. One need n...”
“Mantra is a technique and it is not the goal. The goal is the deep state you get in. So when you have gone into the deep state, where even chanting of the mantra is an effort, you will think, ‘let ...”
“Very often, we tend to mistake ‘tamas’ or ‘tamo guna’ for ‘sattva’. ‘Sattva is goodness, calmness and quietness. ‘Tamo guna’ is laziness and sloth pretending to be good.”
“Kundalini is considered by the Tantras to be the manifestation of the infinite supreme energy called ‘Parashakthi’ or ‘Bhawani’ in the human being. It’s said to reside in potent form, not active bu...”
“Actually, if you are a practitioner of yoga or sadhana, your attention becomes very good. You are able to concentrate fully on whatever activity you are doing. If your full concentration is on the ...”
“Those sages who are desirous of offspring, who want their glory to continue on this Earth even after they are gone, take the southern route.Their aim is self-happiness in this world. They want thei...”
“According to the Tantras, Shiva—the Supreme Being—resides in the ‘sahasrara chakra’ with his legs let down touching the ‘brumadhya’, the center between the eyebrows. The point at which the ‘sushumn...”
“Look inside our minds and we will see we have hundreds of images and it’s because of these images we get hurt, our ego expands and we have so many problems! “I believe that I am an intelligent man”...”
“In matters that are beyond the rational mind, realisation takes place only when the rational mind becomes absolutely still. To find that out, we need a rational mind.”
“When Patanjali defines yoga in the yoga sutras, he defines it as ‘yogas chitta vritti nirodha’ which means yoga is the stopping or the stilling of the ‘vrittis’ of the ‘chitta’. ‘Chitta’ means mind...”
“The seeds have been sown but no seed will become a tree and give fruit in three days, it takes its own time.So sow the seed, keep the climate clear, water it properly and then, we’ll see what happens.”
“If the world were a complete obstruction to the attainment of spiritual fulfillment, the Supreme Being would not have created the world at all. The very fact that the world exists around us and als...”
“One of the symbols that Shiva carries is the ‘paasha’ - a noose. Shiva only throws this noose on those who are ready to accept the noose; it is not thrown at random. Believe me, it is a beautiful n...”
“The salient feature of the last chapter in Bhagwad Gita, the 18th chapter, is after instructing Arjuna through the whole course, Krishna says, “Surrender everything unto me. I will take care of you...”