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Question: Very recently, all of my possessions were stolen. What is there to be learned from this experience? Answer: Those things have served you enough; you don’t need them anymore. And somebody else probably needed them more than you did. If you sti… |
When hatha yogis concentrate their minds on the six supports (the sad cakras), they concentrate their minds on the respective presiding deities also, viz., Ganesa, Brahma, Vishnu, Rudra, Tsvara and Sadasiva. Control the breath through pranayama. Subdue… |
How can anyone explain that Cosmic Consciousness? It’s like trying to measure the sky with a twelve-inch ruler. Our measuring instruments—the mind and the vocabulary—are very, very limited. All we can say is, “It’s something blissful.” In that blissful… |
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You can concentrate internally on any of the seven plexus or chakras or centres of spiritual energy, or at the tip of the nose, or tip of the tongue or externally on the picture of any devata (deity), Hari, Hara, Krishna or Devi. You can concentrate on… |
A friend is not necessarily someone to always smile at you and go with you to parties. A real friend should be able to help you in becoming a better person. A friend in need is a friend indeed. What is your need? To maintain your peace, your health and… |
Dhāranā (concentration) is fixing the mind on an idea or a point or object either internal or external. It is very difficult to say where concentration ends and meditation begins. Meditation follows concentration. Purify the mind first through the prac… |
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OM is the sound of the Cosmic Vibration. The entire cosmos vibrates. Every cell vibrates. In fact, the whole universe is nothing but sound vibrations. The basic vibration is a hum, and the sum total of the universal vibration is also a hum. In between,… |
Satva, rajas and tamas are the three gunas, or qualities of the mind. Satva is purity or light or knowledge. Rajas is passion or activity. Tamas is inertia or darkness. By checking rajas and tamas you can increase the satva. When the satva is increased… |
Ultimately, the Higher Will is the final authority. In the case of human beings, free will has been given with certain limitations. You are not free to do everything you want. You can’t fly like a bird. There are many other such limitations. Your will… |
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Pleasure that is derived from sensual objects gives pain to one who discriminates. Worldly-minded persons who have lost the faculty of discrimination, rejoice in sensual objects on account of lack of discrimination. They weep in old age. You weep when… |
Keep in mind that you want to perfect your life; but know that perfection doesn’t come overnight. Making mistakes is part of learning to be perfect. So when you make a mistake, don’t get upset. Find out the cause for the mistake, what situation caused… |
When you are deeply engaged in solving a mathematical problem, you do not hear any sound though your friends shout loudly by your side. Tram-cars and motor-cars run about in the street. If you are deeply engaged in something, you do not hear them. Why?… |