Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita , Shloka 2.40: “In this path (of yoga action) there is no danger of unfinished business, nor are there latent within it the opposite, canceling effects of duality. Even a little practice of this religion will free one from dire fears and colossal sufferings (which are inherent in the unceasing cycles of death and ... Read More
I was really pondering on this topic. whenever we use the word ‘versus’, – it means that in our spiritual path as we ascend, they are two different things, which ideally it should not be. As Jesus emphasized repeatedly the Spirit, not the letter of the law. Even Swami Sri Yukteswarji in the Autobiography of a Yogi says, not the ... Read More
The thought of playing football is one of the few things that makes me excited and very enthusiastic. It’s fun to contemplate what Swami Kriyananda said : “Most people are willing or unwilling according to their likes and dislikes.” If you think about that, you realize how true it is. If somebody asked us to do something that we like, ... Read More
This topic of willingness is one that we try to emphasize in our own spiritual training, right from the moment that we come into the path. If most of us did a little bit of introspection at the beginning, what we probably noticed is that there’s a ton of resistance that comes up. Just something simple like meditating five minutes ... Read More
Does God hide the truth? I don’t think so. I think we hide from the truth. Swami Kriyananda says, that we depend and we live a lot by our reasoning faculty. That if we are not able to make sense of things, we think there is something wrong. And we try our best to arrange circumstances in a reasonable way ... Read More