Abandoning all lusting without exception or residue the cravings of the desire-will, by willfully holding the mind from wandering in its natural disorderly and restive tendencies, take the mind under control. Slowly and gradually it starts to be stilled with the intellect subdued by patient... Sign in to see full entry.
We have talked about the techniques of yogic practice of the highest order. Now, let us see the results they bring. When the mind is brought to a state of silence, unwavering and still, through the service of yoga, then the self ( the lower ) upon perceiving the Self ( the higher ) in its soul,... Sign in to see full entry.
Make space for God by emptying the mind, banish all desires of lordship over things, be unmoved to injuries and insults on your person, practise yoga being centered in the self, be not disturbed by failures, never tire of practise and reach the goal of your seeking. These penances may sound... Sign in to see full entry.
A body without the spirit is a corpse and a spirit without the body is a ghost. As living entities we are neither; we are both the matter and the spirit. Focussed in the matter, including the body, mind and the intellect, our consciousness is attached with the material, subject to fluctuations and... Sign in to see full entry.
Today I am taking up a serious query from Tzippy. She says, “I have a book called "Bhagavad-Gita as it is", but I don't understand it, for example this is what it says Text 13: The devotees of the Lord are released from all kinds of sins because they eat food which is offered first for sacrifice.... Sign in to see full entry.
Now begins the sixth chapter of the Bhagavad-Gita. The blessed lord said: Totally indifferent and devoid of all dependence on the fruits of work, one who works utterly devoted with a sense of responsibility of duty, he is both a sannyasi ( a renunciate ) as also a yogi ( united in Supreme ), and not... Sign in to see full entry.
Driven by the attraction of external objects our energies are drawn outside and we become fragmented and weakened. Centered within in the self we remain integrated and strong. Krishna says: Enjoyments born of the external touches of things are sorrow-causing, because they have a beginning and an... Sign in to see full entry.
T wo days and three nights A violent storm raged deep In the quarters of my mind Dark and dank and black Pregnant clouds sans rain Sent me the to the throes of pain So much so to madness’ height That none could understand my plight Oh how l longed for some invisible delight To come my way and kiss... Sign in to see full entry.
God accepts neither your sins nor your virtues. This is so different from the Western thought that the Gita teaches us. In other words, this is a fine assertion in strength, so as not to be overburdened with guilt-ridden consciousness. Sins are committed only in ignorance is the message. In... Sign in to see full entry.
All involuntary actions on which I can have no control, called kriyas, cannot be the causes of any fruitive work or bondage thereof; only the ones that I can voluntarily or through various practices in yogic techniques/breathing/resolute will, bring under control, but falter impelled by motives of... Sign in to see full entry.