You spend your life looking at the differences between you and others, but what you really want is a connection at a deeper level. What happens in that connection? Your external connection opens you up inside. And when you open up, you feel YOU. Your essence shines forth. You experience a deeper ...

Before anything existed, before the universe existed, before the Big Bang, something existed, something that could somehow, somewhen — bang. We call that something — Shiva. Absorbed within, being Beingness, abiding in the bliss of pure Beingness, for eons beyond measuring, then Shiva began to hum...

What is found inside your heart? You’re usually looking outside for something to affect your heart. You’re either looking outside for somebody to trigger a feeling in your heart, or you’re looking outside for you to be able to express the feeling in your heart to somebody. Both of these are beaut...

All the yogic traditions have external practices for you to do – body, breath, chanting, study of the teachings, with seva and dakshina being ways to give back. External practices lead to more subtle and internal practices, with all of them being for the specific purpose of deepening your inner e...

You spend your life looking at the differences between you and others, but what you really want is a connection at a deeper level. What happens in that connection? Your external connection opens you up inside. And when you open up, you feel YOU. Your essence shines forth. You experience a deeper ...

Shiva is the One Reality that has become All, by taking on seeming differences. Things only seem to be different. When you scratch the surface and you look a little deeper, you find there’s only One Essence, One divine Essence, the same Essence in each and every one of us. The same Essence in all...

To make the mundane be Divine. To sanctify something is to make it sacred, to make it holy. A holy object is one in which God is tangibly present, or one that is dedicated to be used only for a sacred purpose, like an arati tray on which we place a candle, along with a flower and other objects to...

All the yogic traditions have external practices for you to do – body, breath, chanting, study of the teachings, with seva and dakshina being ways to give back. External practices lead to more subtle and internal practices, with all of them being for the specific purpose of deepening your inner e...

...or their clout in society or their media presence or their political power. Lots of people want to be measured in that way. But yoga says as valuable as that stuff is in the world, there’s something missing in all of it. And what’s missing is the essence. What’s the essence of the human being...

Enlightenment is your destiny. This is why you took birth, became a jiva — so you could make it all the way this time. You’re on a path toward God, found within as the inner expanse of your own Self, your inherent Divinity — Shiva. But you get distracted along the way, like taking the wrong tu...

Enlightenment is your destiny. This is why you took birth, became a jiva — so you could make it all the way this time. You’re on a path toward God, found within as the inner expanse of your own Self, your inherent Divinity — Shiva. But you get distracted along the way, like taking the wrong tu...

To make the mundane be Divine. To sanctify something is to make it sacred, to make it holy. A holy object is one in which God is tangibly present, or one that is dedicated to be used only for a sacred purpose, like an arati tray on which we place a candle, along with a flower and other objects to...

Your body is so important, for it gives you a way to bring your essence into this world. While you have a body, you are not your body. You discover the true value of your body when you see who dwells within it — your own Self. Your body is a temple, where God dwells in the form of the Self. To k...

Focus is so important, but so is peripheral vision. Usually you have one or the other. Being able to see both ways at the same time is one of the bonuses of being enlightened… I'll compare it to one of my favorite experiences, watching a sailboat glide by when I’m at the beach. I love to see the ...

You have had many auspicious days in your life. You have had great days that are full of nectar, days that are just divine. Your mind tends to remember other days. But when you turn your mind to the most auspicious days of your life, you can...

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Focus is so important, but so is peripheral vision. Usually you have one or the other. Being able to see both ways at the same time is one of the bonuses of being enlightened… I'll compare it to one of my favorite experiences, watching a sailboat glide by when I’m at the beach. I love to see the ...

What most people call “normal” is a constant feeling of low-level anxiety and frustration, with regular doses of blame, guilt and self-doubt. Meditation gives you a respite from your mind’s normal entanglements. While your mind is usually focused on worldly concerns, meditating attunes you to the...

You are at Satsang. So you would think that the time and energy and effort that you put forth for deepening your spiritual state has to be taken away from your worldly life. And that if you choose to be doing worldly things, you’re taking away from your spiritual life. This is a very common misun...

When your mind is clear, the light of your own Divine Essence shines through. The light of your inherent Divinity is even concentrated by your mind, like a laser. This is explained in a sutra, which I'll describe this way. There is a field of Consciousness – huge, vast, endless. To help your mind...

What most people call “normal” is a constant feeling of low-level anxiety and frustration, with regular doses of blame, guilt and self-doubt. Meditation gives you a respite from your mind’s normal entanglements. While your mind is usually focused on worldly concerns, meditating attunes you to the...

...and we have yogic things that will help you settle in deeply so you can experience a pain-free dimension of your own being. Which is a deeper dimension than you’re usually paying attention to. But this dimensionality is always there, always here. You’re usually looking at your physical body an...

When your mind is clear, the light of your own Divine Essence shines through. The light of your inherent Divinity is even concentrated by your mind, like a laser. This is explained in a sutra, which I'll describe this way. There is a field of Consciousness – huge, vast, endless. To help your mind...

Breathing is a sacred act. Every inhalation is an infusion of Divine energy into your body-mind complex. The sacredness of life is found everywhere, but you tend to look outside. Yet the sacredness of life is most easily found within. A simple and accessible access point is your own breath. You d...

I saw a video of an eagle being set free. Injured, it was rescued and got medical treatment and rehab. On the big day, the whole care team stood back as this huge dog crate was set near the edge of a cliff. The eagle poked its head out, stepped out, looked around. It flexed its wings and hopped...