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Meditation Yoga Chapter 6, Verse 44 pūrvābhyāsane tenaiva hriyate hyavaśo’pi saḥ jijñāsur-api yogasya śabda-brahmātivartate By that former practice he is irresistibly carried on. The seeker after the knowledge of yoga goes beyond the range of the Vedas and Upanishads. The one who takes birth in a spiritually oriented family, is drawn to serving God. One is drawn to God due to one’s past lives. In this life, through sadhana, through following the words of the Master, the one who has faith in one’s practice, who has faith in God, transcends the enjoyment of this world, as well as the next one. And due to the fruits of past good punya, one continues practising and advancing on the path to Enlightenment. One rises in the true “knowledge of yoga” and “goes beyond the range of the Vedas and Upanishads.” They go “...beyond the range of the Vedas and Upanishads.” This means that in a past life, they had laid a Vedic foundation, they had practised the Vedic precepts, and ‘how to do ...

Bangalore Ashram, India, 7th June, 2000 Chapter 2 - The Path To The Goal That Is You Day 85 - Freedom (Continued) One who has given everything has also given freedom. Honour the freedom first and make good use of all things given to you. To think fresh you need to be free of all impressions. Let go of all impressions right this moment and be hollow and empty. When you hear a word, the sound instantaneously conveys the meaning.  Similarly, the knowledge that you are sitting, standing or talking needs neither confirmation nor proof. An intention to be free makes you free right away. Realising that freedom is your very nature brings enormous shakti, energy.  Forget about this knowledge note and be free. The full moon of Raksha Bandhan is dedicated to the seers the rishis. Bandhan means bondage, raksha means protection. This is a bondage that protects you. Your bondage to the knowledge, to the master, to truth, to the self, all save you. A rope can be tied to either protect or str...

Bangalore Ashram, India 14th May 1999 Chapter 2 - The Path To The Goal That Is You Day 84 - Freedom You usually do only that which is purposeful, useful and rational. Everything you see, you see through the rational mind. But an intuition, a discovery, a new knowledge goes beyond the rational mind.  Truth is beyond reason. The rational mind is like a railroad track that is fixed in grooves. Truth needs no tracks. Truth can float anywhere like a balloon. Some people step out of the rational mind in order to rebel against society.  They want to break social law but it is for the sake of their ego. They do it out of anger, hatred, rebelliousness and to attract attention. This is not stepping out of the rational mind, though they may think it is. We step out of the rational mind when we do something that has no purpose.  If there is no purpose, the action becomes a game. Life becomes lighter. If you are stuck with only rational acts, life becomes a burden. Suppose you play a ...

एक माँ अपने नवजात शिशु से जितना प्यार करती है उससे दस गुना ज्यादा प्यार करती है प्रकृति आपसे।

Lust is nothing but primordial un-harnessed energy. The same when harnessed manifests as enthusiasm, sharpness of intellect and love! Keep yourself busy and take on some creative challenges when lust grips the mind. ~ Gurudev Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Because fear is love standing upside down, everything that can be interpreted with love can also be interpreted with fear. A child clinging to its mother can be understood in both ways - the child clings out of love, or out of fear. This primal instinct of fear can be totally transformed through awareness of Divine love. Fear is an impression of the past reflecting the future of the present. When people deny fear, they become egocentric, when they recognize and accept fear, they go beyond it - they become free from it. Total lack of fear is possible only in utter chaos or in utmost orderliness. Neither a saint nor a fool has fear, but everywhere in between there is fear.  Fear is essential to preserve orderliness in the world. It is a primal instinct. Fear of death preserves life. Fear of wrong maintains right. Fear of sickness encourages hygiene. Fear of misery makes you righteous. A child has a pinch of fear so it is careful and alert while walking. A pinch of fear is necessary t...