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May Satsang Signup – Religious Imagery Podcast
Our May online satsang with Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) will be on Saturday, May 4th, at 12 noon, EST. Visit this page to register. Also, listen to or watch a recent podcast on “Religious Imagery and the Yogi.”
Chakras and Meditation: What Is the Best Practice?
To someone who asked which of the chakras was the best to focus on in meditation. Meditation on a specific chakra can confine and limit the yogis awareness. What happens spontaneously alone is correct and worthy of attention. I wrote in Soham Yoga: “Sometimes during meditation you may spontaneously become more aware of some point or area of the body,
5 Useful Questions About Meditation
To someone who asked if Soham means “I am he” or “I am that.” “So” is not a personal pronoun. It only means the impersonal “That.” It is a simple matter of linguistics. “I am He” is an absurd mistranslation because neither Brahman nor the Atman can ever be “He.” Only “That”–Tat as in Tat Twam Asi: You are That.
Add the “Dharma for Awakening” Series to Your Spiritual Library
Part 2 of 5 Ways to Grow Your Spiritual Library Last week we discussed the five ways you can expand your spiritual library: Web content, PDFs, podcasts, eBooks, and printed books. Today we will highlight one of the most important sections on our website, the Dharma for Awakening series. We are working on making all of this content available in all five
5 Ways to Grow Your Spiritual Library – Part 1
Growing a spiritual library is important for the aspiring yogi. The study of the books and sacred texts which deal with the nature of the true Self (spirit) and its realization is one aspect of swadhyaya, one of the “Ten Commandments” of yoga (yama and niyama) outlined by the sage Patanjali in his Yoga Sutras. Food for the mind in
What are the Consequences of a Misuse of Free Will Regarding Negative Spirits?
To someone who objected to what I wrote in the section “What are ‘demons’?” in Satsang With the Abbot. “Those who are devoted to the gods (devas) go to the gods. Those who are devoted to the ancestors (pitris) go to the ancestors. Those who are devoted to the spirits (bhutas) go to the spirits. Those who are devoted to
Suffering and Karma: A Yogi’s Perspective
Q: May I ask, when it comes to suffering, particularly of the chronic physical type, is this all a result of inflicting such pain on others in a past life? Karma works very exactly. Karma is extremely complex because exactly what we did must come back to us. It does not get bundled up with various types of causes and
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Yogis Who Saw Jesus
The Many Advantages of Vegetarianism
Seeing the One in All
In response to our recent blog posting about the reality of Jesus in the experience of India’s great yogis, we received a most heartening letter from India. I want to share parts of it with you and my reflections on it for I feel it presents the most authentic perspective on these matters.