Yoga says you need to look deeper than where you’re looking when you look inward. When you’re looking inward, you’re looking at your mind or you’re looking at your heart. You need to look deeper into your own Beingness. Into your own Essence. For your own Essence is made of Divine Light. Your own...

A dancer has to find center in order to twirl. An athlete has to be centered in order to move the ball to its destination. You have to be centered to manage your life effectively. When you cultivate your innermost center, you move into life differently. You can even bob and weave when needed, yet...

What happens when your mind isn’t agitated? All that churning mental energy, mental activity, as it settles, your mind settles into itself. And deeper, into it’s own Source. That’s all you need to know. Oh! It isn’t just...

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Time is found in the sequence of events. When things are happening, time moves fast. When nothing is happening, time drags. When you’re looking outward for satisfaction, time keeps on ticking. When you quit looking outward, not wanting to be entertained by external things, not even being subsumed...

Time is found in the sequence of events. When things are happening, time moves fast. When nothing is happening, time drags. When you’re looking outward for satisfaction, time keeps on ticking. When you quit looking outward, not wanting to be entertained by external things, not even being subsumed...

I’ve been watching them for days. What a sweet experience. I’m not wishing for it to hurry up, because if it hurry’s up then it’s going to end sooner. To cherish the moment as it is, without wishing for it to be different is extraordinary...

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Oh, the most auspicious of auspicious days – the day I received Shaktipat was the most auspicious day of my life. Yes, how fortunate was I, this Western girl, steeped in the culture of materialism and manipulation, with no idea, not even a fantasy about saints or Gurus, no preparation, no concept...

Oh, the most auspicious of auspicious days – the day I received Shaktipat was the most auspicious day of my life. Yes, how fortunate was I, this Western girl, steeped in the culture of materialism and manipulation, with no idea, not even a fantasy about saints or Gurus, no preparation, no concept...

You attain the bliss of Consciousness. Except, you already have the bliss of Consciousness. It’s not like you need to go online and buy a package, that they’ll ship you the bliss of Consciousness. They can ship you chocolate, it’s close, I grant you. But it doesn’t last long. The bliss of Conscio...

Food is important. Research shows that food affects your health, your mental health and your spiritual state. The light of your own Divine Essence shines through your mind and body, but if they are not doing well, then your light cannot shine so clearly. There are two problems with this: Your li...

Food is important. Research shows that food affects your health, your mental health and your spiritual state. The light of your own Divine Essence shines through your mind and body, but if they are not doing well, then your light cannot shine so clearly. There are two problems with this: Your li...

Shakti, energy, is any kind of energy, every kind of energy, light energy. Heat energy, microwave energy, energies we are familiar with. So how about cosmic energy? Cosmic energy lies intact within you, but until it’s awakened, it’s hidden in a state of dormancy so that you can try to maximize yo...

From my earliest years, I gave my life to God. Well, I tried. For the longest time I wanted to, but my problem was that I couldn’t find God, not the way God was described to me by others. I tried looking in the sky. I looked in the past, about 2,000 years ago. I looked in my mind, in my imaginati...

From my earliest years, I gave my life to God. Well, I tried. For the longest time I wanted to, but my problem was that I couldn’t find God, not the way God was described to me by others. I tried looking in the sky. I looked in the past, about 2,000 years ago. I looked in my mind, in my imaginati...

If you spend just a little bit of time looking inward, your fulfilling becomes a fuller filling, because happiness arises from an inner source. It is of the utmost importance to look into the source of happiness if you want to be happy. Patanjali in the Yoga Sutras describes how happiness works. ...

When he was teaching in the USA, my Guru was described by journalists as looking “like a stoned-out jazz musician.” Yes, Baba was a God-intoxicated being. But his intoxication did not make him stupid or senseless. He was brilliant! He was powerful yet kind, and funny, teasing us while teaching us...

When he was teaching in the USA, my Guru was described by journalists as looking “like a stoned-out jazz musician.” Yes, Baba was a God-intoxicated being. But his intoxication did not make him stupid or senseless. He was brilliant! He was powerful yet kind, and funny, teasing us while teaching us...

A classical teaching story leads the way, about your body being a map of your life. After storytelling by Swami Satrupananda, Gurudevi explains how your body responds to both external and internal phenomena. Physical sensations are called feelings. When your body responds to your thoughts, the ph...

I used to peer at my Baba in the dark of his meditation hall, trying to keep my eyes open during meditation. I wanted to watch him! As I tried to peer through the dark of the room, I could see the outline of his body, darker against the dark of the room. I was always a little surprised that he di...

I used to peer at my Baba in the dark of his meditation hall, trying to keep my eyes open during meditation. I wanted to watch him! As I tried to peer through the dark of the room, I could see the outline of his body, darker against the dark of the room. I was always a little surprised that he di...

Shaktipat is an initiation ceremony that awakens your own Divinity to arise within you and to shine from the inside out. The basis of this ceremony is the understanding…well, no. The basis of the ceremony is, whether you understand it or not, your essence is Divine. You may not be thinking of you...

I was trained to see myself as imperfect, flawed, needing to be purified, needing to be redeemed from my innate sinful nature. As I marinated in yoga’s description of my essence as Divine, I realized that Infinite Reality cannot be contained in a tiny little part of me. Light cannot be hidden by ...

I was trained to see myself as imperfect, flawed, needing to be purified, needing to be redeemed from my innate sinful nature. As I marinated in yoga’s description of my essence as Divine, I realized that Infinite Reality cannot be contained in a tiny little part of me. Light cannot be hidden by ...

In the Ashram, if someone offers to help, the rule is you cannot say no. I know that can be hard. Some yogis prefer to be self-sufficient, or simply to do it their own way. But this Ashram rule leads to more people offering to help more of the time. And it makes it easier to ask for help. You mus...