17 hours agoAcceptanceIf we have a certain idea of how we should be, then we cannot accept the experiential truths of our being. If we have the idea that we have to be brave persons, that bravery is a value, then it is difficult to accept our cowardice. If we have the…Meditation2 min readMeditation2 min read
1 day agoBecome WatchfulDon’t consider what is right and what is wrong, because if we consider what is right and what is wrong, we will be divided, we will become hypocrites. We will pretend to do the right and we will do the wrong. And the moment we consider what is right and…Meditation3 min readMeditation3 min read
3 days agoFind Balance in EverythingYoga does not advise us to fly away from our filial duties. It tells us to saturate ourselves with the thought of the divine while we do our part in this world where He has placed us. If we desire a life of seclusion in the forest or in the…Meditation2 min readMeditation2 min read
4 days agoLetting the Seed GrowEach and everyone of us is born with the seed of liberation planted within us. We carry this seed with us birth after birth, till we reach a stage when a Satguru enters our life. …Meditation2 min readMeditation2 min read
5 days agoThe Greatest AchievementTo be alone is the greatest achievement. One feels always a need for the other. There is a tremendous need for the other because something is lacking within ourselves. We have holes in our being; we stuff those holes with the presence of others. …Meditation2 min readMeditation2 min read
6 days agoMeditation Requires Effort — 2Then the corner will become charged and it will wait for us every day. The corner will be helpful to us, the milieu will create a particular vibration, a particular atmosphere in which we can go deeper and deeper more easily. That’s the reason why temples, churches and mosques were…Meditation3 min readMeditation3 min read
Jun 2Meditation Requires Effort — 1Swamiji keeps telling us to meditate alone for half an hour alone and for half an hour in collectivity at least once a week, if not daily. Seriously, how many if us actually do this? Swamiji in his discourses has mentioned that he comes and wakes those people who he…Meditation3 min readMeditation3 min read
Jun 1Do What Is NecessaryMan is born only as a potential. If we don’t develop our potential, if we don’t grow spiritually, we are just like an ox. The body will go on becoming bigger and bigger, but that is not growth. Growing old is not growing up, growing physically is not growing spiritually…Meditation2 min readMeditation2 min read
May 31Don’t Expect AnythingJust remember this, that if we are expecting anything from life, we will not get anything. Don’t expect and it is there in all its glory. Don’t expect, don’t ask, and it showers upon us miraculously. All its magic is there. …Meditation2 min readMeditation2 min read
May 30Enlightenment is not a GoalEnlightenment is not a goal to be achieved. We will become enlightened only when we have forgotten all about it — otherwise, never. This is not a question to be asked. Even if the Guru says that we have become enlightened, that won’t help. There is a lovely anecdote which…Meditation2 min readMeditation2 min read
