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- The Nature of the Illumined Mind - by Submitted on Sep 10, 2023 from santosh krinskyThe aspiring yogic practitioner starts from the basis of the normal human egoistic standpoint of the mind-life-body complex. The process and method of perception, thought, logic, analysis, classification and labeling, reasoning, understanding and implementation in action is quite well-defined ...
Views: 247 - Perspective on Dealing with Recurrence of Undesirable Reactions Occurring During the Attempt to Change Human Nature Through the Yogic Practice - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen an individual takes up the practice of Yoga, he generally expects to see palpable and constant progress towards whatever he has set as his goal in that practice. When the yogic practice is focused on bringing about the next stage of the evolution of consciousness, and integrating the ...
Views: 246 - The Expanded Field of Consciousness Beyond the External Awareness - by Submitted on Mar 23, 2024 from santosh krinskyConsider that we remove ourselves from active participation in the external world and its activities for some 30% of our lifetimes while we are asleep. Sleep provides the physical body-life-mind complex with the opportunity to undertake basic ‘maintenance’, repair the body, soothe the life ...
Views: 246 - The Self, the Spirit, the Soul, the Terrestrial Evolution and the Supreme Divine Being - by Submitted on Sep 14, 2023 from santosh krinskyAs an individual begins to consciously try to understand the yogic path and connect with his soul and discover his true self, and then find and consciously participate in the spiritual purpose of the divine manifestation, he is confronted with a number of different terms and elements that need ...
Views: 246 - The Two Beings of Man: the External Self and the Inner Self - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2023 from santosh krinskyAs long as we focus our attention on the surface perceptions, events and actions, we respond to the vibrations associated with those things. We may focus on our physical needs, our vital desires, our mental interests, our emotional states, or on our aesthetic and artistic sensibilities, or on ...
Views: 246 - Consciousness in the Unconscious - by Submitted on Aug 23, 2023 from santosh krinskyHow can something arise out of nothing? How can consciousness develop out of unconscious matter? Western science has tried to explain how life and mind can arise through random recombination of atoms and the impact of energetic forces on these atoms, but Western science has not explained where ...
Views: 245 - Overcoming the Influence of the Subconscient on the Physical Body - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe understand that there is an electro-magnetic spectrum, ranging from very short wavelengths to extremely long wavelengths. We can visualize the color spectrum with a similar range. There is also a sound spectrum. In each instance of a vibrational spectrum, there is a range within which we can ...
Views: 245 - The Mental Process and Developing Independence of Thought - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe may believe that we create our own thoughts and ideas, but a close examination makes it clear that streams of thoughts, ideas, mental energies are constantly bombarding us, both overtly through what we read, what we hear, what we see and what we experience, and covertly through the subtle ...
Views: 245 - The Role and Benefit of the Physical Body - by Submitted on Oct 15, 2023 from santosh krinskySpiritual aspirants frequently complain about the obstructions provided by the physical body. There is a need to eat, a need to sleep, the constant pressure of physical existence, the wear and tear of the aging process, the potential for illness or injury, and the eventual breakdown and ...
Views: 245 - The Vital Nature and Its Ability to Withhold Cooperation and Obstruct Progress in Spiritual Pursuits - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2023 from santosh krinskyIn order to carry out the spiritual practices and work for the transformation of human nature, the vital being needs to agree to changes its habitual sources of satisfaction and fulfillment to an entirely different basis. The pursuit of pleasure, and the accompanying experience of pain, is ...
Views: 245 - Is it possible to live a life of bliss and joy without any suffering whatsoever? - by Submitted on Mar 29, 2021 from Dada BhagwanMost likely, each one of us has experienced suffering in life, in one form or the other. The statistics go on to show that today, nine out of ten people in this world are suffering either due to some mental or physical or emotional or financial problem. WHY DO I SUFFER ? The word suffering ...
Views: 244 - Morality and Spirituality - by Submitted on Nov 16, 2023 from santosh krinskyIn the Bhagavad Gita, Arjuna becomes conscious of the sin of fighting against and killing his relatives, revered teachers and elders, and declares that the moral code supports the idea that he should not fight. Sri Krishna responds that the divine intention is not limited by human-made moral ...
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Views: 244 - What is the difference between contentment of enlightenment and isolation of loneliness as both have one common thing lack of desire? - by Submitted on Jun 10, 2021 from Dada BhagwanOne often gets to hear about the wonderful bliss experienced by enlightened beings like Lord Mahavir or current Tirthankara Lord Simandhar Swami. When one ceases to desire anything, one becomes truly and completely free. But the lack of desire that comes with enlightenment should not be mistaken ...
Views: 244 - Developing Will-Power - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen we are interested in something we naturally focus on that to the exclusion of other distractions. Time passes and we do not notice it. Things that would ordinarily engage our attention are disregarded. This power of ‘one pointed’ concentration is however elusive when it arises just out of ...
Views: 243 - The Initial Psychic Realisation Helps You Go Beyond the Barriers of Your Egoism - by Submitted on Feb 10, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen the astronauts left the planet and were able to look back at Earth from outside, it radically changed their viewpoint. It represented a visceral shock that forced them to see things in an entirely new way from a new perspective. Analogously, when the shift of standpoint occurs for the ...
Views: 243 - Can someone who has always been negative and pessimistic about life change their mindset and become more positive and happy with life? - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2023 from Dada BhagwanYes, it can be done... through right understanding! The Enlightened One, while providing us this understanding, says: “Failures come in almost everyone’s life. There are speed-breakers on road, aren’t they? Seeing them, one doesn’t stop there, they pass over it and move ahead.” He too has ...
Views: 242(1 vote) - The Difficulties of Changing Human Nature and the Need for Patience and Perseverance - by Submitted on Oct 19, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen a seeker awakens to the deformations of the body-life-mind complex, the distorted feelings, the misdirected emotions, the incomplete and misguided thoughts, the entire complex focused on and rooted in the idea of the aggrandisement of the ego-personality at the expense of everything else, ...
Views: 242 - To Be In a State of Attentive Observation - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2023 from santosh krinskySome years ago, a visitor residing temporarily at Sri Aurobindo Ashram in India attempted an experiment. He determined to undertake a period of ‘social’ silence, while remaining active in the community and undertaking various work assigned to him. The rules he set for himself included utilizing ...
Views: 242 - What Do the Umrah Packages Look Like? - by Submitted on Feb 15, 2024 from sitara GullEvery religion has its set of prayers, and its believers seek forgiveness from their God through these prayers. Muslims seek forgiveness and salvation through prayer in the blessed masjid Al-Haram in Makkah and Masjid Al-Nabwi in Madina. It is a matter of great importance to know that Umrah is ...
Views: 242 - Dial +1(855)649-3480 QuickBooks Support Phone Number - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2022 from ashima khanDial +1(855)649-3480 to Get QuickBooks Support. We help companies achieve more efficiency as well as save valuable time when it comes to the management of the pros of their human resources. An efficient pro is user-friendly and is flexible enough to accommodate a company’s particular rules and ...
Views: 241 - The Ego Experience and the Experience of the Jivatman - by Submitted on Oct 07, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen we observe the standpoint we inhabit closely, we find that we tend to identify ourselves as a distinct ‘person’ or ‘personality’ with specific traits, habits, relationships and viewpoints about ‘who we are’ and ‘what we do’. This is the ego-personality and we tend to try to associate ...
Views: 241 - Time Perspective on Achieving Spiritual Realisations and Change of Human Nature - by Submitted on Oct 03, 2023 from santosh krinskyLife is so short! When one wants to accomplish something extraordinary or difficult, it takes considerable time and focus. If we reflect however, that the first 16 years or more are formative years and are focused on physical growth, development of vital powers of action, and cultivating the ...
Views: 241 - Can Destiny Be Modified Through Conscious Intention? - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2023 from santosh krinskyHowever difficult it is to predict specifically the destiny of any individual, due to the complex interactions that create that destiny (or shall we say ‘destinies’), there is still a sense that life carries out the path of the energies at work, as well as the trajectory those energies follow. ...
Views: 240 - The Exploration of Inner Space - by Submitted on Oct 21, 2023 from santosh krinskyHumanity has developed a method for exploration of the world around us, and in recent times, the exploration has expanded to include exploration under the vast oceans, exploration of the solar system and further reaches of outer space. Attention has now turned to the internal foundations of life ...
Views: 240 - The Purpose and Significance of Life Becomes Clear as the Individual Contacts the Psychic Being - by Submitted on Oct 02, 2023 from santosh krinskyMost people do not understand why it is they are alive, what it is they are here to do in the world. Many simply think that ‘eat, drink and be merry’ is the sum of their purpose; in other words, they do not recognise a life purpose or mission in that sense, and just want to find a way to enjoy ...
Views: 240 - What Is to Be Done With Our Multiple Personalities in the Spiritual Path - by Submitted on Nov 21, 2023 from santosh krinskyThere are numerous strategies adopted by spiritual seekers throughout the ages to try to address the divergent pulls of the various aspects or ‘personalities’ within each individual. Brute force has been tried. Stoicism and resistance to the force of desire has been tried. Abandonment of the ...
Views: 240 - ASE - A Deep Dive into its Spiritual Meaning: Navigating the Depths of Divine Energy - by Submitted on Mar 04, 2024 from Krishan KumarIn the realm of spirituality, certain concepts transcend cultural boundaries and speak to the universal longing for connection with the divine. One such concept is ASE, a term steeped in spiritual significance and profound meaning. As we embark on a journey to explore ASE from a spiritual ...
Views: 239 - How to Change One’s Character - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2023 from santosh krinskyHumanity has struggled with the idea of an individual changing his character and becoming something more, or different, than what he was before. Numerous methods have been tried, and at the end of the day, almost everyone agrees that human nature and the individual character that expresses that ...
Views: 239 - Individuation Is Not Isolation from External Influences - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen we reflect on the individuation process for which the ego-consciousness is the instrument of Nature, we oftentimes go to the extreme of believing that we are totally separate, independent and free of outside influence. We believe that our individuality is a wall of separation that keeps us ...
Views: 239 - The Influence of the Soul on the External Nature or the Direct Relationship with the Soul in the Deepest Inner Being - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2023 from santosh krinskyIt is common for an individual to take some kind of illumination of the mind, or some strong positive emotion in the heart, for instance, as a sign of their contact with the soul. Yet in many, if not most, cases the contact is with a mental or vital movement tinged with the influence of the ...
Views: 239 - The Power of the Evolved Soul to Tread the Spiritual Path - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe frequently hear people speak about the ‘law of attraction’. In most cases, they treat this as some kind of method or ‘trick’ to attract wealth, fame or other objects of desire to them, through use of a sort of mental focus or vital magnetism effect. The true ‘law of attraction’ however is ...
Views: 239 - The Progressive Nature of Increasing Consciousness - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2023 from santosh krinskyAs the seeker becomes more and more conscious he may experience reflections of his past actions which, in retrospect, were incorrect, inaccurate or false. This frequently brings feelings of regret and soul-searching. This is however an over-reaction to an increasing sense of awareness. It is ...
Views: 239 - The Realisation of the Self and the Realisation of the Psychic Being and the Individual Ego-Consciousness - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe generally live, most of the time, within a framework of the ego-consciousness. We look at and experience our lives from this standpoint, and it places limitations on our understanding and our response to circumstances. Those who are called to yoga and spiritual development practices in ...
Views: 239 - Gnostic Consciousness Transcends Rigid Mental Rules for Living - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2024 from santosh krinskyAs long as we remain fixed in the mental framework, we tend to create judgments and rules for everything we do that are founded on the limited and fragmented understanding that the mental power possesses. The advent of a new wider, more expansive, more unifying and comprehensive consciousness ...
Views: 238 - Interaction Between the Individual and His Social Relationships - by Submitted on Oct 24, 2023 from santosh krinskyThere is a subtle interaction that takes place in any social setting. Even an individual who is awake and conscious of his own thought and expression may, and frequently is, subtle impacted and influenced by the physical, vital and mental forces with which he is in contact. When an individual ...
Views: 238 - Listening and Heeding the Voice of the Soul - by Submitted on Jan 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe voice of reason, the urging of desire, the warning of what we call the conscience, all of these are aspects of the inner dialogue that takes place within the individual as he determines his direction and his response to life situations. None of these are, however, the voice of the soul. How ...
Views: 238 - Seeing Oneself and Others With Open Eyes - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2023 from santosh krinskyTo the extent we fail to see the underlying motivations and desires that drive our thoughts and our actions, we tend to take a relatively benign view of who we are and how we respond to life. Similarly, to a great degree we tend to assign a similar motivation to others, although, it must be ...
Views: 238 - The First Step in Unifying the Consciousness - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2023 from santosh krinskyThe mind, vital, and physical body tend to pull one in different directions, based on their differing needs, wants or desires, and propensities. This creates a tension in the being when the pulls from these aspects come into conflict with one another. For instance, someone has the desire to ...
Views: 238 - The Individual Soul and the Divine - by Submitted on Sep 30, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe remain so fixated on the external surface being, that we fail to recognise the divinity within us. Just as we go through our daily lives in the light of the day and do not attend to our world’s connection to the vast galaxies and universe of which our world is a part, so also we do not ...
Views: 238 - What Is the Role and Importance of the Physical Body for the Evolution of Consciousness? - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhy do we have a physical body? We undergo pain and suffering related to having a body as we age, experience illness, injury, the infirmities of old age, and eventually the process of death of the body, in some cases through very painful means. Those who conclude that the body is purely an ...
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Views: 237 - The Inconstancy of the External Nature Under the Influence of the Action of the Three Gunas - by Submitted on Nov 13, 2023 from santosh krinskyThe Bhagavad Gita provides an extensive review of the operation of the three Gunas, the qualities of Nature, Sattwa, Rajas and Tamas. These qualities are always interacting and changing based on that interaction. There is no consistency or constancy in how an individual responds so long as he is ...
Views: 237 - The Phenomenon of the ‘Evil Persona’ - by Submitted on Dec 18, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe are ingrained with the notion that we own both the positive and negative qualities we can identify within ourselves. We work to enhance those we consider positive, and we struggle to overcome those that we view as negative. Through the practice of separating out the witness consciousness from ...
Views: 237 - The Subtle Energetic Interchange That Takes Place at a Subliminal Level - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe tend to pay attention to the various forms of external communication that take place between people. Written, verbal, and visual non-verbal cues through body language or expression, are all considered to be the major means of creating a relation between individuals. What we do not always ...
Views: 237 - To Become A Conscious Instrument of the Divine Force - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2023 from santosh krinskyThe Mother identifies a distinction between those of goodwill who are ‘unconscious’ instruments of the Divine, and those who can and do become ‘conscious’ instruments of the Divine. Those with good will and aspiration may be guided or impelled to undertake actions which support the divine ...
Views: 237 - Addressing the Contradictions Between the Spiritual Consciousness and the External Body-Life-Mind Complex - by Submitted on Nov 15, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe have numerous historical anecdotes about individuals who were creative and productive in their own field, but who had elements of their being that seemingly could not hold the creative force easily and devoted into various forms of dissipation when they were not directly engaged in their ...
Views: 236 - How to Establish Unity in the Being - by Submitted on Nov 12, 2023 from santosh krinskyThe Mother advises that the way to establish unity in the being is to treat the psychic being or the central aspiration as the guiding principle, and then observe and manage the mind, the life-energy and the body to conform to the intentions expressed by that central guiding principle. It is ...
Views: 236 - Personal Effort, the Ego and the Nature of Selfishness - by Submitted on Dec 30, 2023 from santosh krinskyThere is considerable confusion about the role of the ego and the nature of actions one undertakes. Many believe that charitable actions, altruistic or philanthropic actions by definition are unselfish acts and evidence the elimination of ego from the action. This, however, is not accurate. The ...
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