The cooling inner light. Most light, you know, is hot. So when we think about light shining, we think about a heat source. Whether you’re talking about a candle flame or a fire or a light bulb, or even an electrical wire that glows. We’re used to seeing electrical wires wrapped in a casing but i...

Yoga defines love as your recognition of the Divine in another. When you see someone’s Divine Essence shining through, you love them. And when you let your Divine Essence show, they are drawn to you. I have just given you the secret of how to be popular. It’s simple. Ease into your own Beingness ...

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...

Yoga defines love as your recognition of the Divine in another. When you see someone’s Divine Essence shining through, you love them. And when you let your Divine Essence show, they are drawn to you. I have just given you the secret of how to be popular. It’s simple. Ease into your own Beingness ...

Getting enlightened is as much about unlearning as it is about learning. Yet unlearning is harder than learning, at least for most people. The things you learned first are – to you – right. Everything else that comes along and disagrees with it is wrong. Even when the new information is proven to...

You’re always seeking bliss. Your mind helps you with this, always looking for something to captivate it. I really noticed this when I left my Baba’s Ashram in India to return to the USA. I vividly remember the 2 hour taxi ride to the Mumbai airport. My eyes were drawn to the billboards, to the ...

Getting enlightened is as much about unlearning as it is about learning. Yet unlearning is harder than learning, at least for most people. The things you learned first are – to you – right. Everything else that comes along and disagrees with it is wrong. Even when the new information is proven to...

Wholeness and holiness. These are the words that I use to help us with Western minds begin to understand what has been described so richly, and so extensively in the Sanskrit literature beginning thousands of years ago by the great sages of ancient times, all the way through to modern times, inc...

You want to be happy? To get happy, you’re probably using the methodologies that you learned from your family and in school. Let me ask you – the people who taught you those methodologies, were they happy? Is that the kind of happy you want to be? It took me decades to figure out that the probl...

You’re always seeking bliss. Your mind helps you with this, always looking for something to captivate it. I really noticed this when I left my Baba’s Ashram in India to return to the USA. I vividly remember the 2 hour taxi ride to the Mumbai airport. My eyes were drawn to the billboards, to the ...

Once you've seen, once you've experienced, once you know...it’s not merely visual, the seeing means knowing your own Self. Once you’ve had the experience of your own Divine essence, you can’t go back to the way you were. You are expanded inside. And all your attempts to fit yourself into that tin...

You want to be happy? To get happy, you’re probably using the methodologies that you learned from your family and in school. Let me ask you – the people who taught you those methodologies, were they happy? Is that the kind of happy you want to be? It took me decades to figure out that the probl...

Baba would walk around the meditation hall and give Shaktipat to 300 or 400 – all in an hour, about 10 seconds per person. And the universe unfolded within for each person, each in their own way. I got zapped. And yes, the universe unfolded within. It’s like if you get in the shower – you’ll get ...

Baba would walk around the meditation hall and give Shaktipat to 300 or 400 – all in an hour, about 10 seconds per person. And the universe unfolded within for each person, each in their own way. I got zapped. And yes, the universe unfolded within. It’s like if you get in the shower – you’ll get ...

It is the inner bondage that causes all your problems. When you’ve got a sense of spaciousness inside, you can handle whatever shows up in your life. You can step into the world with an open mind, with an open heart, with open breath, because you’re not limiting yourself to your idea of who you ...

Baba would walk around the meditation hall and give Shaktipat to 300 or 400 – all in an hour, about 10 seconds per person. And the universe unfolded within for each person, each in their own way. I got zapped. And yes, the universe unfolded within. It’s like if you get in the shower – you’ll get ...

That’s what you want, instant enlightenment. It’s like Baba lobs a tennis ball your way and, instead of hitting it back, you catch it in your hand and you see the whole universe within you. You are That. Baba! I got it! This is Shaktipat. This is a blast of transformative energy, revelatory ene...

That’s what you want, instant enlightenment. It’s like Baba lobs a tennis ball your way and, instead of hitting it back, you catch it in your hand and you see the whole universe within you. You are That. Baba! I got it! This is Shaktipat. This is a blast of transformative energy, revelatory ene...

Everybody loves the inner upwelling. It doesn’t have to be a spiritual experience. You love when you feel an upwelling of laughter. You love when you feel an upwelling of love. You even love when you feel an upwelling of tears. You love that feeling of the inner upwelling. This is why we love thi...

All words are powerful. Words of love are powerful. Words of hatred are powerful. Which ones do you remember longest? The good news is that yoga gives you such a deep inner sense of your own being that others’ words don’t hurt you. Every tradition, every religion, every ancient culture, every m...

Your mind reflects whatever you receive in the outer world. Now, your mind can reflect things even when you're not looking at them. So the metaphor of a mirror is not a complete description of how the mind functions. But it's a good starting point. So your mind can reflect things of the world ev...

When you are enlightened, your past changes. You see that your childhood was perfect for you. You see that your adolescence was perfect – for you. You see that all the wrong choices you made were the right choices – for you. That even if you took a long and windy road to get to your own Self, it ...

All words are powerful. Words of love are powerful. Words of hatred are powerful. Which ones do you remember longest? The good news is that yoga gives you such a deep inner sense of your own being that others’ words don’t hurt you. Every tradition, every religion, every ancient culture, every m...

The Truth of your own Essence is that you are Beingness. These three words are synonyms in the Sanskrit texts, pointing you inward to find your own Divine Essence, also called your Inner Truth. The practice of satya, truthfulness, aligns you with your Inner Truth, so you live from this deeply ful...