The Effulgence Within

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Tuesday, July 20, 2010

Does a Practitioner Lose both this Life and the Other?

Arjuna is warrior trained in martial arts, and although one of the finest educated man of his time, he is not a yogi, who is trained in the perfect control of his mind. The experiences of yogis, the brahmagyanis (knowers of Truth), he does not know. Upon hearing the words of the divine teacher, he... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, July 19, 2010

Cessation of Karma

When though sincere, uninterrupted without boredom, and single-pointed pursuance of yoga practises a neophyte arrives, that is, realizes, the (higher) Self in his erstwhile (lower) self, then the difference between the lower and the higher no longer exists; the all becomes One and the one becomes... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, July 18, 2010

The Biblical and the Non-Biblical in Waiting for Godot

Since I got busy with a project, I did not find time to write or read. So, a little more from one of my earlier posts. Religion appears to be the motive force behind Beckett’s Waiting for Godot. Indeed, much of its dialogue, spectacle and images reflect traditional Christian values. The play... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, July 17, 2010

Waiting for Godot

An interesting story retold... Samuel Beckett’s Waiting for Godot is the story of two tramps, Vladimir and Estragon who meet at a country roadside spot, waiting for Godot, an enigmatic being, but he never arrives. His non-arrival provides the only fact about him in the whole pay. Many attempts have... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, July 16, 2010

Yoga and Bliss Divine

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.

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Thursday, July 15, 2010

Yoga is but Detachment of Attachment

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.

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Wednesday, July 14, 2010

Yogic Practices to Create a New Awareness

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.

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Monday, July 12, 2010

Why the Need to Move to Higher Consciousness?

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.

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Saturday, July 10, 2010

Verily Eats Sin?

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.

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Friday, July 9, 2010

Works and Its Cessation

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.

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Embarking on a journey in spiritual quest is fraught with the dangers of doubt, tension and anxiety, disbeliefs, misgivings, and a whole lot of uncertainties. Still, it is that one most integral aspect of life that humankind can rarely ignore or do without. Scientific minds are at loggerheads with what constitute religious truths; likewise, there are close-minded believers that give no credence to scientific facts. What I intend and invite you to discuss here is an intelligent amalgamation of the two seemingly diabolically opposite understandings: whether there exists an interrelationship that can help man to evolve and bloom like the perennial lily?

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