Meditations on Transcendence

 Yoga Q like IQ is important Yoga means integrated thought Thinking process is wholistic and connected to center Action should always be connected and inspired by the whole IQ, EQ, SQ, YQ - the birth of Yoga quotient What is quotient and reminder? - is it derived by division Quotient divides the whole - quotient is result of an operation of division Quotient means -> a  particular   degree  or  amount  of something: What is difference between quotient and Quality? Breath and time are related - hence both keep ticking Breath ticks with inhalation and exhalation Hence focus on breath is focus on time and time is Kala purisha vishnu hence focus on breath and time will be a spiritual experience Fame is like drug addiction Fame means seeking appreciate from others; validation from others for any special skill Does lack of fame make one feel worthless? yes because the person may feel iam not special; i dont have special skills What is the purpose of a skill? I...

 The masters appearance on nandotsava, same day as Krishnas appearance was revealed to the vrajavasis Nand ke anand Bhayo Jay Kanhaiya lal ki Prabhupada had contrasting aspiration from father and mother for his future He dabbled with freedom movement for sometime Mother wanted him to go west and become barister But father wanted him to become a kirtaniya especially under shelter of Sri Radha The seeds of gaudiya theology was sown by his father a pure devotee, himself a servant of Sri Radha Sri Radha is the embodiment of hladini, the pleasure giving energy to God and his emanations Service activity will not have bliss without touch of Hladini If hladini is withdrawn, whole world will steep into depression The femininity is needed to sustain interest in life High cases of depression in world is attributed to lack of femininity and lack of respect for femininity The seeds of depression were sown with woman equality movement Woman are unique, what we need is Uniqueness and respect for ...

 What is life? Its about breath and the heart beat, Both have connection to prana sakti Prana sakti is outer anavarana of the inner soul Yes thru breath one can catch hold of something sublime inside hence the importance pranayama has.....the particular way to deliberately guide breath cycles Posture and breathing have a very high importance to realise our other dimensional existence Dont think festivals are both just eaating, like Janmastami is coming Festivals are about exploring divine dimension of existence Thru mantras, thru rituals, thru food - one has to explore the connect to other worldly The dieties are in the other dimension which needs a different mindset to connect I mean they are n the service dimension, a mindful in the moment dimension The present moment has potential to connect to the inner dimension The breath, The posture and the moment - powerful triumverate, isnt it? Why the mind has to get transported to past and future? When the mind is in the moment it can a...

 Lord Vyaasa is a tapo Nidhi, Brahma nidhaye Brahman is a sheath of transcendence on everything rests Everything rests on joy, isnt this wonderful? Some people get yoga to Brahman, by thinking, contemplating, writing, expressing Please connect to Brahman  thru means which work to you there are 9 methods and there are 64 methods, feel free to adopt but stay connected to background joyful layer of brahman treasure trove of tapas, austerity.... Yoga of thought, i intend to create a new website This is about offering ones thoughts for the pleasure of the supreme It may be a verbal act or a great revelation on attribute of the absolute The realization of a sloka offered back thru broadcast satisfies the supreme Where one can attain transcendence thru continuous thought alignment with Gita Thru canceling negative thoughts or non complied thoughts receiving great thoughts broadcast by the slokas Broadcasting and discussing of thoughts broadcast by slokas Service of slokas thru deep r...

 Abhilasha or desires is driven by change of state Change of object for every one of our senses Change of possessions - house, car, phone etc.... How about stopping this process of craving for the next change? Can i practice contentment? or be happy with no growth in my external life in terms of possessions? This is needed for practicing spirituality Yoga begins when santosha starts or contentment window is open No aspiration of external change or so called improvement High aspiration for internal connect to the inner Buddha, the source of bliss The suprising thing one will find in vedanta philosophy is that happiness is a mental culture and practice As one studies vedanta, ones faith about soul being the wave generator of inexhaustible happiness increases, yoga is the attempt to connect to that wave center Bliss of being, natural happiness is the future

 Life is a series of problems Garland of problems with capacity for trishula, tritapa One has to get out of samsara chakra while traversing the garland of problems One should not have foolish optimism that the chain of problems will end Learn to practice to sit  on the chariot with Sri krishna as the charioteer This can happen by taking shelter of his sound form - divine transcendent sound form Vikara are accepted as norm in society Present day society is dangerous turn - where so many ethical deviations are considered norm Especially sexual deviations This is as a result of too much persual of external pleasure External pleasure is driven by continuous change First thing to go internal is to stop change in the external pleasure Start process of vrata withdrawal and engagement at same level of sense pleasure Going inside automatically leads to minimalism - niskincana, akincana Bliss by nature is a wonderful concept to pursue Bliss by nature is lying dormant to be explored, the...

 Lotus and Guru is related Lotus is very much related to yoga and Guru Why is it so? The flower is beautiful and everything in vedas is always compared to a lotus Lotus feet and Lotus mouth are the 2 most prominent of Sri Guru The sabda brahma or spiritual living sound emanates from Gurus lotus mouth Yes i reiterate that it is living sound Living sound which has a personality Which has action post reception It works its magic once it enters the ear into consciousness Some heart association 'chitta' with the sabda brahma The most valuable gift from Sri Guru is sabda brahman...... recieve it, assimilate it, absorb it, and you are sure to manufacture ecstacy from sound Have you heard of manufacturing ecstacy by processing sound? Thats Guru purnima folks One having near death experience gets new realizations on life, values life The fact that whatever one does one has to leave behind Its how one has done in life is more important than what he has done Doing in a lovely way causing ...