You are Consciousness, but your condition is limited. This is because Consciousness amped down in three stages to become you: 1) to become your mind, 2) to become your senses which always look outward, and 3) to become your body. In this way, Consciousness is the “experiencer” – the ultimate rea...

When you rely on your senses for happiness, for pleasure, for comfort – you will be upset more of the time than pleased. When things don’t go your way, unfortunately you dwell on them and complain to everyone. At length. Or you will withdraw from others and from the world, so they won’t disturb ...

When you rely on your senses for happiness, for pleasure, for comfort – you will be upset more of the time than pleased. When things don’t go your way, unfortunately you dwell on them and complain to everyone. At length. Or you will withdraw from others and from the world, so they won’t disturb ...

Your senses are usually chasing after external things. The classical yoga teachings prescribe pratyahara, withdrawing your senses. But that can lead to going numb and losing interest in your life. With Shaktipat and with mantra, you open up the inner bliss of your own Self. It fills your mind fr...

Yoga says we have 10 senses. Not five but ten. The five that Western science names are called the senses or organs of perception: ability to see, hear, smell, taste and touch or feel sensation. Plus we have five more, the organs of action, karmendriyas: your ability to speak, excretion, sexuality...

Yoga says we have 10 senses. Not five but ten. The five that Western science names are called the senses or organs of perception: ability to see, hear, smell, taste and touch or feel sensation. Plus we have five more, the organs of action, karmendriyas: your ability to speak, excretion, sexuality...

Meditation experiences are wonderful, but they are not the point of meditation. When you see the inner lights, hear sounds or feel thrills of bliss, you are diving deeper. But the deepest meditation, the most profound level within, the goal of meditation is found when…

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Chanting mantra is the best chant ever. Now, any chant is good. I’m talking about yogic chants, though there are Buddhist chants, Taoist chants, Gregorian chants, and even football chants. Chanting mantra gives you all the benefits of chanting, plus all the benefits of mantra. Chanting is sublime...

Chanting mantra is the best chant ever. Now, any chant is good. I’m talking about yogic chants, though there are Buddhist chants, Taoist chants, Gregorian chants, and even football chants. Chanting mantra gives you all the benefits of chanting, plus all the benefits of mantra. Chanting is sublime...

Peek into a conversation with Guru and Disciple from 1200 years ago. Adi Shankaracharya has been explaining the nature of enlightenment for a couple of hours, over 400 verses. Then his disciple gets it! He sits quietly, immersed in the inner infinity, then opens his eyes and speaks…

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If you want a door to be opened, you have to knock on it. Or you have to have the key. In a tantric tradition, one who lives inside is able to open the door for you, opening you into the deeper dimensions of your own Beingness. That’s called Shaktipat. But to get the key to the door, you have to ...

If you want a door to be opened, you have to knock on it. Or you have to have the key. In a tantric tradition, one who lives inside is able to open the door for you, opening you into the deeper dimensions of your own Beingness. That’s called Shaktipat. But to get the key to the door, you have to ...

In yoga, it’s all about the see-er – WHO is seeing. In life, you’re used to it being about WHAT you see. When it’s about the object or the person you’re seeing, or holding in your mind’s eye, when you’re looking at the past or your imagined future – you’re pulled out of center. You reach out wi...

In yoga, it’s all about the see-er – WHO is seeing. In life, you’re used to it being about WHAT you see. When it’s about the object or the person you’re seeing, or holding in your mind’s eye, when you’re looking at the past or your imagined future – you’re pulled out of center. You reach out wi...

You can attain yoga’s promise, the bliss-filled knowing of your own Divine Essence. The process is described in the Paramarthasara, “By climbing step-by-step, the yogi reaches the highest stage of Oneness with Shiva.” You need to go through stages so you are able to expand into the inner openings...

Today is Guru Purnima. I honor my Guru, with great love and respect, with great gratitude, and with a full heart because he is the one who filled it. But he didn’t fill my heart with him. He filled my heart with me. He showed me that the filling comes from…

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Today is Guru Purnima. I honor my Guru, with great love and respect, with great gratitude, and with a full heart because he is the one who filled it. But he didn’t fill my heart with him. He filled my heart with me. He showed me that the filling comes from…

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In the West, people think they can get it from books. They don’t try to learn how to drive from a book. They don’t learn how to ride a bicycle from a book. They don’t learn how to sing or play the violin from a book. They know they need a teacher. How come they think they can learn yoga from...

The energy of which this universe is made was a subtle vibration before it banged into the Big Bang. The subtlest level can be perceived as a sound, for hearing is the most subtle of all your senses. Thus it is called the primordial sound. Its name is too sacred to be pronounced, say the ancient ...

The energy of which this universe is made was a subtle vibration before it banged into the Big Bang. The subtlest level can be perceived as a sound, for hearing is the most subtle of all your senses. Thus it is called the primordial sound. Its name is too sacred to be pronounced, say the ancient ...

You will discover, in the deepest levels of meditation, that all three realms are real – this physical universe as well as heaven and hell. Yoga says that, at the end of your lifetime in this body, your balance of merits and demerits determine the world you go to next. But if it is hell or heaven...

When you meditate, you have meditation experiences. They are different from your everyday experiences and your usual mental activity. As you develop your capacity, your meditation experiences change. Your capacity includes…

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When you meditate, you have meditation experiences. They are different from your everyday experiences and your usual mental activity. As you develop your capacity, your meditation experiences change. Your capacity includes…

Join Gurudevi online at her next Meditation Program - www.svaroopa.org/...