In present times we do not expect to find yogis living in inner confines of Himalayas. So was not necessitated. Even while living in society one could indulge in contemplation, introspection… path of logical reasoning to reach hidden underlying cosmic truths of life contained in sacred texts of different religions of world. More than contemplation, sometimes Satsanga amongst like-minded thinkers […]
Indulging in karma without attachment to fruits of karma was practicing nishkama karma yoga. Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita explicitly details merits of indulging in nishkama karma yoga. Negation of karma, a necessity of spiritual path was possible only through indulgence in nishkama karma yoga. We need working like a trustee, a caretaker for whom everything belonged to God Almighty […]
In the entire history of mankind not hundreds but thousands reached stage of enlightenment in erstwhile Bharatvarsha (now India)! For an enlightened one, nothing to achieve further one gains emancipation from cycle of birth and death forever… reaching stage of moksha salvation nirvana moment one leaves mortal frame. For an enlightened one gaining moksha salvation nirvana was automatic. Starting […]
Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita clearly says a true seeker who indulged in yoga meditation even while living in confines of home (Grihastha ashram) was the biggest Yogi of all. In present times one need not go to confines of Himalayas for penance, indulgence in contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! Everything could be achieved even while living in society. It was […]
In yesteryears yogis primarily indulged in tapasya (penance) in deep dense jungles (forests) where the epidemic of mosquitoes was much widespread than in present times. Prime reason why Tapasvi’s preferred colder climate of snow-clad mountains to avoid the menace of mosquitoes etc.! In the higher reaches of Himalayas, animals also were limited. In older times, the body of yogis […]
Cleansing of self (karmic cleansing) can be indulged only by the individual self. By overpowering five senses and mind we could always negate karma to zero forever. All travelers of spiritual path indulged in karmic cleaning which was a very slow step-by-step process. Overpowering five senses and mind takes time. By indulging in good karma, positive karma most of time […]
As detailed in Hinduism scriptures namely Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads (independent treatises)… every single human being on mother earth had spark of divinity within to reach stage of Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed. Every single human being on mother earth would become a man god one day. God (Brahman in Hinduism) ordained a long journey of 1.1 […]
Heaven (swarga in Hinduism) was the size of core of sun where existed all souls atmans. As detailed in Upanishads (independent treatises) Heaven was a place in core of sun for hibernation of souls’ atmans where temperatures exceed millions of degrees centigrade. It was in such high temperatures our soul atman felt comfortable. After death of human form if matching […]
It was beyond capacity of even enlightened ones to assess from where came matter and energy after occurrence of big bang! We all know it just came, everything just happens! Travelers of spiritual path could understand to minutest detail how big bang occurred and also about dissolution of cosmos (Pralaya in Hinduism) but never about what happened in the […]
Yes, everything to the minutest detail was preprogrammed from beginning of life right from stage of big bang (when God Almighty explodes self) to dissolution of cosmos (Pralaya in Hinduism). The human form was only an instrument, a medium for our soul atman to purify itself of dross impurities within. Even if desired, even God Almighty (Brahman in Hinduism) […]
Childhood was meant for playing never indulging in abstract values of life. As origin of cosmos relates to big bang theory, path of spirituality… only a teenager around 14 years of age was competent to indulge in same. The move we clutter the brain of a child, greater the possibility of ones dullness. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The […]
A practitioner of Brahmacharya Vrata (celibacy) of the highest order, Swami Vivekananda was an exemplary traveler of spiritual path who could have easily gained enlightenment in his lifetime but refused to do so. When his spiritual master Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa asked him why he had come to him if the goal of his life was not reaching God… Swami Vivekananda […]
The power of concentration exhibited by Swami Vivekananda evolved with time. By practicing celibacy (Brahmacharya Vrata) Swami Vivekananda could channelize sexual energy towards his only goal of life. With time he established absolute control over his thinking prowess… so much so that he could indulge in any subject extempore all the time. When we were truthful, concentrated on our […]
Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says, one who could travel path of spirituality while in Grihastha ashram (family life) was the biggest Yogi of all. In present times we need not become a mendicant, recluse and go too deep dense jungles (forests) to contemplate on God. We could achieve everything on path of pure spirituality even while remaining in confines […]
Bhagavad Gita and 11 primary Upanishads (independent treatises) were worth indulging on path of pure spirituality. Furthermore we could indulge in anything relating to Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana, the two spiritual stalwarts who succeeded in reaching God in their lifetime. Reliable commentaries on Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads were available with Gita press, Gorakhpur, India. By: Vijay […]
When I started in search of God six years of age I also hoped of meeting God in person. Thinking Lord Krishna was embodiment of God on mother earth, during my spare time I ventured all over my village in search of Lord Krishna. It was only after many days of search I realized that Lord Krishna existed more than […]
All my life from six years of age I questioned God Almighty not for sufferings I faced on mother earth but to reach hidden underlying truths contained in scriptures of different religions of world! I traveled path of spirituality, indulged in yoga meditation… questioned God at each and every stage of life to realize my true self. Finally realizing that […]
If we keep our brain free of clutter, we could not only think wisely but better. Unless we channelize all our energies behind a single goal of life, we could never enhance our thinking prowess. Invoking thoughts form reservoir of mind plus or mind minus depends on our residual balance of karma. Those with a sunny disposition and godly thinking […]
If we keep our brain busy with clutter, we never gained anything in life. For a vessel to hold something it must be empty. By forming a definite goal in life we could channelize all our energies behind that single goal of life. This way we could not only reduce clutter in our brain, our thinking process but also succeed […]
No human being ever had an independent mind. The mind of entire cosmos was one. Human beings only had a brain that works like a receiving and transmitting station. All thoughts flowed from reservoir of mind plus or mind minus. Positive thoughts invoked by human beings came from reservoir of mind plus, and negative from reservoir of mind minus. Invocation […]
In subconscious state I was all the time aware of my presence. Lying in shavasna pose of yoga I could distinctly hear sweet small promptings of my soul atman coming from within my heart. This becomes possible when we were truthful in life all the time. By becoming truthful we could know our goal of life, something indulging in which […]
In sleep, in subconscious state… our soul atman, the consciousness within always tries to tell us its goal of life. Dominated by a bloated ego whenever human beings indulged in karma that did not further requirements of our soul atman, it was through mediums of dreams our soul atman tried to correct us. Mind waves traveled at speeds much […]
If it is one single giant bright light then it is God Almighty in all its glory that we are pursuing. We could even call it our soul atman, consciousness existing in our heart. This is the real self of us. It is this light that manifested this body to work out its karma, remove dross impurities within. There would […]
In dreams we never travel to our soul atman. In dreams the absolute reality of life becomes clear. It was in dreams our soul atman, the consciousness existing in our heart exerted itself. Dominated by a bloated ego human beings indulged in material pursuits of life. Forgetting that we were primarily a spiritual being manifesting human form! In the dreams […]
Allegorically Gopis represent various senses and sense objects existing in human body. Before human beings could realize self, reach consciousness existing in our heart… we had to overpower five senses and mind. These senses were Gopis surrounding Lord Krishna all the time. Lord Krishna represents our soul atman existing in our heart. Lord Krishna was the sarthi (charioteer) of our […]
Pranayama (breathing exercise) primarily relates to yoga meditation, path of spirituality! We were primarily a spirit, a spiritual being manifesting human form. As a spirit, consciousness residing in our heart, our soul atman was the real self of us. To reach this real self our indulgence in pranayama gets necessitated. It was only through breath we could reach our consciousness […]
Hinduism should aptly be termed Sanatana Dharma, something that exists since inception of mankind. The oldest religion of world, the first words of God Almighty invoked by mankind exist in Sanatana Dharma (Hinduism). By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161103) Bhagavad Gita Study Circle: a meeting point for people from all […]
As ordained in scriptures of Hinduism, an avatar manifests on mother earth every 3500 to 5000 years. Only when society reaches a point of no return, advent of an avatar… savior, messiah was mandated. To re-establish Dharma (righteousness) in present Kali Yuga advent of Kalki avatar was the only solution. We are presently experiencing almost similar conditions that existed in […]
Sleeping eight hours is normal for all human beings. Travelers of spiritual path gradually reduced their sleep time so much so that Arjuna was called Gudakesha (one who had overpowered sleep forever). An enlightened one can complete eight hours of sleep in five minutes. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161103) […]
By traveling path of truthfulness all the time we could become as confident as any other successful human being on mother earth. Lack of confidence germinates from non-belief in self. When we were truthful, our confidence recoiled back. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161103) Bhagavad Gita Study Circle: a meeting […]