SATSANGA SERIES: How Are Detachment & Discrimination Related?
This infographic shows the relationship of detachment and discrimination, which are the two key factors of the Sadhana Chatushtya, or Qualifications Of Aspirant.
PSYCHOLOGY SERIES: Most People Are Delusional: The Psychosis Of Everyday Life
Dr. Orion Taraban Most people on the planet are subject to a delusion so prevalent that it is functionally invisible. In so many words, the delusion is that one’s judgments about reality inhere in reality, itself. It kinda works like this: people judge phenomena according to egocentric standards, project those judgments into reality, block awareness of that projection, and then mistake their projected judgments for empirical observations. This transforms the universe into a hall of mirrors, which is the narcissistic dilemma. The way out is through awareness.
SATSANGA SERIES: The Profound Journey Of Compassion
Swami Dayananda Saraswati unravels the parallel paths of personal development and attaining true compassion. He walks us through each step of self-realization, from helpless infancy to the fearless act of caring for others.
STUDENT QUESTION SERIES: Is it OK to sleep after meditation, yoga or exercise in the morning?
What What Are We In Reference To The Whole Universe?
Sometimes, when meditating or doing pranayama, I get a sense of a large unity, and I wonder what am I related to the universe as a whole?
We are the whole universe.
We possess a mind that can both unify us with it and create imaginations that we think divide us from it and yet our skill set is often fatally divided in our thinking.
STUDENT QUESTION SERIES: What Are We In Reference To The Whole Universe?
What What Are We In Reference To The Whole Universe?
Sometimes, when meditating or doing pranayama, I get a sense of a large unity, and I wonder what am I related to the universe as a whole?
We are the whole universe.
We possess a mind that can both unify us with it and create imaginations that we think divide us from it and yet our skill set is often fatally divided in our thinking.
STUDENT QUESTION SERIES: The Akashic Library
What Can You Tell Me About The Akashic Records?
How does one approach practice so I can have access to these?
TL:DR; You don’t. Such knowledge is, at best, a side effect of sincere practice.
STUDENT QUESTION SERIES: Regarding Beliefs
What do you say to someone who believes they will gain supernatural powers by doing yoga or other practices?
You’re barking up the wrong tree.
Freedom FROM belief and “powers” is what you want, since they are a trap like all motivations that originate in the mind.
All beliefs and ideals are traps.