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ARTArticleLost SoulsDon’t let the title put you off, the challenge was how to write this without sounding depressive or pessimistic , I hope that it’s neither, more of an observational article, one that makes you think and feel more positive about life. That, there’s someone out there, who is experiencing life in a similar way to you.
I guess I can say I am the authority on this subject as I was a lost soul for the longest while and it seems I am destined to meet similar people. People who are experiencing things that I went through.rARTArticleManaging Work and People Without Harshness and a Domineering ApproachThere is an apocryphal story involving the Mother, a sadhak and a bullock. The sadhak complained that the bullock was being obstinate and not cooperating. The Mother asked the sadhak to bring the bullock so she could observe it. After doing so, she indicated there was nothing wrong with the bullock. She advised the sadhak that the bullock’s obstinacy was related to something inward the sadhak needed to address, and she counseled patience, understanding and goodwill. The sadhak and the bullock both benefited.ARTArticleMarriageIn this blog I attempt to talk about the institution of marriage, not that I claim to be an expert but in my culture it’s something that we are groomed for since the day we are born so in that sense I could fall into the category of knowing a little about the subject.rARTArticleMastery Beyond Asceticism and IndulgenceHuman beings have a tendency to move from one extreme to the other, like a pendulum swing. When we are faced with a particular conce
we want to resolve, we apply this tendency. When it comes therefore to the force of desire and the attraction of material objects, we either become attached to them and try to grab and hold onto them (the materialist approach) or else, we try to remove their influence from our lives and thereby deny our relation to these objects (the ascetic approach).ARTArticleMastery of Vital Impulses Requires Change of Focus and Management of the Energy FlowIt is obvious. If a system is set up to carry out vital demands, desires and wants, and it is provided more energy, it will simply expand its ability to achieve those desires. That is the reason that undertaking practices that increase the vital force, without first ensuring that the focus and direction has been changed, actually increases lust, greed, pride, ambition and other forms of desire.ARTArticleMediation for Beginners in 10 Simple StepsThough practiced around the world by people of all faiths and abilities, Meditation is seen by many beginners as a difficult practice to do.
In truth, the art of meditation can take many forms, but many of them are simple and suited just for beginners, as the 10 steps below testify.
The first step is to give yourself the gift of time.
1. Ensure you won’t be disturbed.ARTArticleMethods for Achieving a Silent Mind During MeditationBring the mind to a state of quiescence is essential for the practice of meditation. Once an individual is able to achieve this state during meditation, it is a next step to carry that silent mind into the exte
al life. People frequently ask how it is possible to have a silent nind at any time or under any circumstances. They are used to looking at the mind as a factory of thoughts and believe that the thoughts are created and disseminated from there.ARTArticleMinimizing the Rajasic or Tamasic Effect of Food on the ConsciousnessA popular proverb in recent years is ‘you are what you eat’. There is certainly an element of deeper truth in this expression. All material substance holds vibratory patterns. Rocks absorb heat and radiate it back afterwards for hours. Water absorbs thought vibrations as shown by Masaru Emoto in his book The Hidden Messages in Water.ARTArticleMoving Past Negativity and Hopping into HappinessMy spouse, CB, and I watched a mama bunny prepare a nest for her soon-to-be babies. It was fascinating to watch the cotton tail hop back and forth and bring twigs into the borough she prepared. Afterward she removed little rocks and sifted through the dirt to prepare the abode for her new arrivals. Now the hole is covered up and we have not seen the bunny (we are trying not to scare her) but I’m assuming she is in the hole with her babies.ARTArticleNecessary Conditions for the Transformation of the Physical BodyWhen the body experiences an influx of energy, for whatever source, it frequently finds that it cannot ‘hold’ that energy and must find a release for it. This may be expressed as some form of twitching or moving of the limbs, nervous drumming with the fingers, uncontrolled activity of the facial muscles or an urge to get up and ‘do’ something, or in some cases, expression of an ecstatic dancing.ARTArticleNeither Suppression, Indulgence, Blame-Shifting Nor Avoidance Solves the Issue of Overcoming the Vital Force of DesireWhen a spring is compressed, it builds up a tremendous power of potential energy, which gets released when the force that is compressing the spring is released. This is essentially how the vital force of desire operates when we try to suppress a drive through will power or other forms of restraint. The resultant “explosion” of the force when it gets a chance to express itself sometimes goes far beyond what the normal drive would do if simply allowed to operate in the ‘normal’ course. It is no wonder that attempts to control the vital through mental will power eventually prove to not work.ARTArticleNumerology and the Number 9: 7 Revelations for Self-AwarenessNumbers relate to quantities ("party of 3"), as well as qualities ("she's number one").
Personality traits, timing trends, and key events in your life are astonishingly and consistently represented by number symbolism, as empirically evidenced through the ages.ARTArticleObserving and Bringing Peace and Silence to the Mind-StuffMost people do not observe closely the status of the ‘mind-stuff’ as they focus on the impulses, or ‘ripples’ of the mind stuff. The yogic practitioner has a unique position in that observation of the mind stuff and bringing it to a state of quiet, focused receptivity is essential for opening to and integrating the spiritual force into his mind, life-energy and body.ARTArticleObserving, Controlling and Transforming the Forces That Create our Vital and Mental ActionsThe physical body and the sense of separateness that it creates for us acts both as a limitation and as a protection from the action of the energies and forces that are constantly moving in the universal creation and setting up vibrational patterns to which we may respond. The physical body itself has developed an immune system to ward off various forces that try to invade and break down the body itself.ARTArticleOne’s Attitude to Events Affects the Impact of the EventWe tend to evaluate events or circumstances based on their relation to our personal identification with the exte
al ego-personality, and our prevalent idea about ourselves at that point in time. In retrospect, we frequently find that those things which we considered to be ‘bad’ were actually the starting point of an entirely new development which turned out to be far better than what we anticipated at the time of the ‘bad’ event that interfered with our preconceived notions. For example, there was the case of a college student who excelled at his studies and had career goals in his mind.ARTArticleOvercoming Doubt and Fear of Failure in the Yogic Sadhana Through the Shift from the Ego-Standpoint to the Divine StandpointWe seem to be always second guessing ourselves. Are we doing the sadhana in the right way? Is there another method or technique i should be employing? Why am I not seeing the results I expect and desire? Am I even cut out for doing sadhana? Maybe this was all just a big mistake and I should get on with my life, my career, my family and my enjoyment….ARTArticleOvercoming Fatigue and Lack of Energy Through Receptivity to the Higher Planes of ConsciousnessPeople who reside in communities adjacent to the beach regularly see visitors stretched out on the sand, ostensibly sleeping while ‘working on their tan’, in some cases for the entire stay of a vacation. When asked, these people indicate that they are taking a well-ea
ed vacation and just want to have an opportunity to rest, shut down their mental faculties and absorb the sun’s rays.ARTArticleOvercoming Self-Doubt and Fear of Incapacity in the Spiritual EndeavourSpiritual seekers throughout the ages have been confronted with internal anguish about whether they actually have the capacity and ability to succeed in their spiritual endeavour. They go through periods of enthusiasm and joy as they feel the spiritual force working in them, bringing them insights, spiritual experiences and what appears to be progress. When these periods are abated for some time, they may be subject to doubt, despair or depression as they feel they may be unfit.ARTArticleOvercoming Suffering and Changing the Future of Our KarmaMany people believe that there is some kind of inexorable law of reward and punishment being doled out by God or some other all-powerful, all-observant being. In the West children are taught this lesson through the myth of Santa Claus, when they are encouraged to be “good” because Santa Claus is always watching and will only deliver desired gifts or rewards to good children.ARTArticleOvercoming the Bias of Materialism In Our Viewpoint About Living a Meaningful and Happy LifeWestern civilisation has a distinct bias in favor of what we may call a materialistic viewpoint. Money, possessions, status and power based on monetary power, a drive to own ever newer possessions, and the need to try to increase our enjoyment and satisfaction of life through these factors leads those born into Western civilisation to consider that having a good job, amassing wealth and buying things constitutes the basis of enjoyment.ARTArticleOvercoming the Distracting Force of Vital Desire to Find and Live the Truth of One’s LifeWind is a metaphor for the vital force. The vital being is moved by desire. When we covet or desire something, we are tossed about as by a great gust of wind. This is the normal state for most people, and they just get tossed about from one focus to another trying to achieve what is held before them as an object of desire. The other great motive force in the vital being is fear. Fear is the sense that one may lose what one has, whether, life, well-being and health, family, wealth, status, or any other thing which is the object of desire.ARTArticleOvercoming the Force of DesireIf we reflect on the course of human life, it is easy to determine that we fixate upon different things at different stages of life. As a child, our desires tend to be centered around physical and vital satisfactions. We may desire a specific food, or a specific toy, or a specific form of entertainment. As we grow into later stages, the form our desires take will tend to change, and we may be interested in various types of games, competitive sports, intellectual pursuits of various sorts, etc.ARTArticleOvercoming the Habit of Illness of the BodyThe first time we experience something it starts to create a “groove” in our neural network, nerves or responsive centers. As the experience recurs, the groove becomes a ‘pathway’. Eventually, the pathway becomes an embedded habit. When a similar vibration is experienced, it ‘automatically’ follows the established patterns, which is why it is harder to break a habit than to avoid starting one to begin with.ARTArticleOvercoming the Obstruction of Universal Adverse ForcesMost people are skeptical about the concept of conscious universal forces. Even if they profess a belief in God, angels, demons, and other unseen powerful beings, they tend to reject the idea when it comes down to actual influence in their own actions, reactions and responses. There is an inherent belief in the freedom and independence of their decision-process. People do not like to admit that forces outside themselves, particularly conscious forces, are controlling in any way how they think, feel and respond.ARTArticleOvercoming the Power of Exte
al Circumstances on the Inner LifeMost people have very little, if any, real control over circumstances that arise in their lives. They are born into a family, a community, a society, a religious background, an ethnic background, an economic system, an educational system and a raft of customs, traditions, habits and lifeways that they breathe in with every breath as the grow, learn and take their place within the social structure. This structure focuses attention on the outward existence and builds up the persistence of the ego-personality.ARTArticleOvercoming the Tendency to Rehash Past Work or Worry About Future WorkWe spent a considerable amount of our time rehashing events and actions that are past, analyzing them, worrying about whether we have done things correctly or not, and reflecting on how we might deal with similar events in the future in a better way. We recount what happened during our day to our close companions. If we reflect for a moment on how much time, energy and focus is spent in looking back at what we have recently done, not to speak of circumstances long in our past, we can easily understand the amount of time and energy spent is enormous.ARTArticlePatience, Perseverance and Firm Faith Are Needed Qualities on the Long Road of YogaThe seeker gets glimpses of spiritual opening, experiences of a vastness and a deep silence when the mind falls utterly still. He may get a vision of forces and powers that act in the world and in himself. He may get the sense that he is crossing a threshold into a space where he no longer exists as a distinct individual, but as a part of something infinitely larger and more complex than his own individuality can encompass. He may experience a power that is entering his being and he may feel the electricity of that force coursing through his entire being.ARTArticlePeace and Faith in the Divine Action Through a Shift in Standpoint from the Ego-Standpoint to the Divine StandpointThe individual in the surface ego-personality, measures everything that happens from his own unique individual perspective. This includes judgments based on perceived benefit to the individual. He wants to achieve certain results, obtain positive responses, and minimize or eliminate pain, suffering, disappointment and other signs that the ego is not getting what it needs or expects.ARTArticlePeace Is the True RemedyAs long as we are getting upset or disturbed, the exte
al personality is still reacting to things and we have not attained the true standpoint of the witness consciousness. Thus, we experience difficulties and respond based on the Guna that is predominant at the moment. We may react with happiness if things seem to be working according to our expectation, frustration or anger if we feel like we are not getting what we want, or despondency or depression if we lose hope or feel like our efforts are being rebuffed.ARTArticlePeriods of Apparent Emptiness or Dryness in the Spiritual PracticeIn the exte
al life we are trained to desire visible signs of forward movement, progress, constant development. We believe if we are not moving forward, then we must be retrogressing. We value action over quiet times. When we are relieved from action, such as during a vacation, or at the stage of retirement from the working life, we frequently find that there is a complete cessation from involvement in almost any form of activity.