Action done in the state of ego and desire gives rise to bondage to ignorance and invariably brings suffering and pain at some point as
It was a beautiful experience. The darkness was the prelude to the emergence of the true light, a sign that you were preceding on the
Yes the mantra ‘aham brahmasmi’ I am Brahman may and usually does inflate the ego. The ultimate experience it contains comes after a long time
There are different traditions and not all say the same thing. Besides this subject has its own complexity.
The basic principle is that there
Faith is that the Divine exists and hence all will turn out to be good, not necessarily from the point of view of the ego
It is somewhat like a person watching over a plot or a house, being interested in it but never really living in it. The psychic
It is perfectly fine to follow your inmost nature which, at this point, seems to take you through a process of inner intellectual widening. It
The descent of Light is generally and for a long time in the head region. Later it descends below if there is an opening of
There are two kinds of void experiences. The higher is full of Peace and inner strength and joy. The other is its shadow from the
It is true that will, ‘dhriti’ and not just ‘mati’ is of greater importance. But it is not either-or. Man needs both. The intellect must
What is the difference between Krishna and Shiva, Hari and Hara? They are a single god in two modes of working of the One Divine.
It was not the Highest Heaven of the yogis but the heaven of the vital worlds, for the warrior souls. From all available descriptions …
It is a story told about the Buddha that as he stood upon the verge of Nirvana he turned away refusing the dissolution as long
The outer being is all that is formed by and responds to the contact of the senses, the weather, appearances of life, the surge of
That is how everybody begin their journey but through persistent aspiration and practise one slowly comes out of this state. It is a long and
One has to see and take account of both sides. In fact devotion is incomplete without service and what kind of devotion would it be
The Gita is a synthesis of sankhya, yoga (synonymous with karma yoga) and vedanta (the gyaan aspect). To these it adds a powerful and uplifting
As far as I know the only life that has been mentioned is of the sages Nara Narayana though the story of these two sages