“Initiation into subjective meditation is like a bridge to those who are earnest and determined to transcend all inner finiteness. Realization of the imperishable Brahman, the absolute Self, is the goal of self-liberation.”
Read moreUniversal Love
One who is completely free from ill will and is friendly and compassionate towards all, who has overcome attachment and egotism, who is self-composed in pain and pleasure, and forgiving, who is ever content, meditative, serene, resolute in spiritual effort, and whose mind and intellect are dedicated to me; he who is thus devoted to me is dear to me.
Read moreIdeal of the Spiritual Life
The spiritual life has only one ideal, the realization of the Supreme Spirit, Brahman, God. The theoretical and intellectual knowledge of God is not enough; in fact it is of secondary importance in our spiritual endeavor. What is of supreme importance in our spiritual aspiration is that each of us must attain the realization of God within his own effulgent cosmic pure consciousness, for thus alone we reach Kaivalyam, we become the absolute One.
Read moreChildren of Immortality
The source of man’s divine qualities is the infinite perfection of God. But man cuts himself off, though not completely, from this cosmic spiritual reservoir by his own thought of self-separateness and consequently of self-limitation. “Man thinking himself separated from Brahman, revolves on the wheel of birth and death.”
Read moreMeditate on the Light of AUM
“By meditating on AUM, the Word, within the effulgence of each of the seven lotuses, the mystic centers of spiritual revelation, is gained the inner illumination of the self which consumes the causes of all finiteness and self-limitation.”— Kaivalya Upanishad “The Self is symbolized by the word AUM. AUM is composed of three mystic sound vibrations. These also signify the first three states of consciousness in the self." — Mandukya Upanishad
Read moreFinding Freedom from the Gunas
All aspects of creation are the various modulations of Sattva, Rajas and Tamas—the law of harmony, the self-manifesting power, and the evolving potency—but in reality these are the objective manifestations of myself. I am not limited by them, though they exist in me... Rise above the pairs of opposites, be thou firmly established on truth, be not attached to material gain and possession, be established on the Self, and thus thou shalt find freedom in and from the relative world of the Gunas.
Read morePower of Cosmic Prana
Like the spokes on the hub of a chariot wheel, all beings are established on Prana. Life, Prana, is born of Atman, the absolute Self. Prana sustains and determines the functions of various currents of life-force within the body.
Read moreGuiding the Mind in Meditation
The Self is immutable and self-composed. It is transcendental. It is more subtle than the mind. It is beyond the limits of sense perception. It is serene; yet it is more active than the mind or the sense faculties.
Read moreHeart-Centered
The state of pure-consciousness, transcends all other states of spiritual enlightenment; it is enshrined within the effulgence of the heart lotus, Anahata. Those who aspire with patience and perseverance to reach that blessed state become completely immersed in it. Meditate on the lotus of the heart with calm serenity and subjective purity.
Read moreSelf-Subjectivity
The self is endowed with the power to guide itself to the realization of absolute perfection. And the self, having fulfilled its divine duty by revealing cosmic illumination at Sahasraram, merges in the limitless, luminous dynamic stillness.
Read moreFive Ways of Meditation
Meditation is a very broad term in the field of philosophy and religion. It includes all righteous efforts of mind, heart and soul that lead to enlightenment, revelation and realization. Enlightenment is the result of the right comprehension of truth. Revelation is the result of the inner unfoldment of truth. Realization is the perfection of becoming one with truth.
Read moreIsha: Philosophy of God-Consciousness
Whatever exists in the phenomenal universe should be perceived in the light of the consciousness of the supreme Self, Isha, God, Consciousness-Existence-Bliss Absolute
Read moreThe Devout Gift
Whosoever with devotion offers me a leaf, a flower, a fruit, or water, I accept it from him as the devout gift of a pure heart.
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