In the initial stages of spiritual pursuit when young about 15 years of age I indulged in pranayama soon after morning exercises… a routine I developed after reading some books. The whole exercise was very soothing both internally and externally. But later on when I realized the cause for indulgence in pranayama… I practiced pranayama lying in shavasna pose of […]
The main reason why children are considered direct representative of God mother earth. Absence of ego reflects on their faces… bubbling, giggling… joyfully enjoying life all the time. It was never total absence of ego but their ego lay dormant as a child. A growing child… mesmerized by worldly riches gradually develops full-blown ego. Enlightenment does not mean […]
Bhagavad Gita explicitly says every single human being on mother earth had a spark of divinity within to reach stage of enlightenment and finally moksha salvation. In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna segmented society into four Varnas (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra) that had nothing to do with caste. Lord Krishna relates to God Almighty only as an avatar (God manifest […]
One could never read Bhagavad Gita literally… it could only be understood, realized via path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! To reach hidden underlying cosmic truths of life contained in Bhagavad Gita our indulgence in contemplation was an absolute must. Following gist of Bhagavad Gita any human being world over could reach stage of enlightenment. Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus […]
Bhagavad Gita explicitly says to indulge in practice of absolute celibacy to reach God in our lifetime. Even while living in Grihastha ashram (married life) one could practice absolute celibacy. The meaning of absolute celibacy was different from Brahmacharya Vrata (celibacy). Abstention from sexual indulgence was necessitated for progressing spiritually but a maximum of two indulgences per month were permitted […]
Normal human beings used their brain 1 to 2% whereas enlightened ones 100%! Activating dormant lying portions of brain is what spirituality, kundalini… practice of absolute celibacy all about. The dormant lying portions in our brain could not be activated that easily, prime reason why God Almighty ordained a long journey of 1.1 million manifestations in human form to reach […]
Spirituality (not religion) is the field indulging in which human beings finally gained enlightenment in their lifetime. Spirituality demands our indulgence in sacred texts of different religions of world. Nirvana moksha is the stage when an enlightened one left mortal frame forever. Enlightenment is the end stage of cosmic life. Undertaking spiritual journey when seekers finally negated karma […]
Traveling path of spirituality when a seeker finally overpowers sexual inhibitions forever… the relationship between a husband and wife practically reduces to that of a brother and sister. This relationship could not be taken literally but spiritually as it underlines the fundamental truth of practicing celibacy and finally overcoming it. For a seeker, a true practitioner of absolute celibacy there […]
Driven by ego most human beings world over failed to recognize presence of soul atman in their heart! By becoming 100% truthful we could hear the sweet small inner voice of our soul atman coming from within our heart. The voice of our soul atman always guides us on right path. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who […]
The whole doctrine of Bhagavad Gita rotates around inscrutable law of karma… as we sow so shall we reap nothing less or more! People are poor in their thinking never in deeds. At times we notice one may be poor but intellectually rich. At other times we notice a so-called rich but mentally destitute, poor! People beg owing to […]
The human death announces released soul atman again manifesting a new form to start new journey of life. This circle of life continues until a soul atman reaches cosmic end of life, 8.4 millionth manifestation. Based on residual balance of karma at the time of death our soul atman keeps changing form after another. None could interfere in the inscrutable […]
From six years of age I developed a good habit of jogging. Initially it was a small distance which finally increased to about 7 km. I went for jogging in the early hours of the morning around 4:30 AM. I loved this time of Brahma Muhurta when I could contemplate on God Almighty even while jogging. In my childhood days […]
Simply wanting never helps. We have to work around things and reach our goal of life! If I wish I could go to moon… what does that mean? Will I ever get the desired results? Look within and try to locate the fault. Why worry about karma of past life that was never in our control. If we suffered in […]
Who can understand us better than us! By looking within, following path of truthfulness we could catch the culprit. Exercising power of discrimination we can distinguish right from wrong. Exercising willpower we could distinguish truth from false. Such things result from absence of a goal in life and the. Napoleon Hill in his book “law of success” tells us […]
Negation of ego is the biggest obstacle on path of pure spirituality. We can transcend ego only by subduing it in totality 100%. This becomes a reality pursuing path of nishkama karma yoga. We have to become a trustee in the journey of life. For a true nishkama karma Yogi everything all the time belonged to God Almighty. We were […]
No translation of Bhagavad Gita could be accurate. One must only indulge in commentaries and that too published by Gita press, Gorakhpur, India… the only authentic source! Gita press has commentaries on Bhagavad Gita both in Hindi and English by Jayadayal Goyandka, Swami Ramsukhdas and Hanuman Prasad Poddar. Commentary on Bhagavad Gita by Adi Shankaracharya is also available. Gita […]
As per Bhagavad Gita all earthly relationships come to absolute naught the moment one reaches stage of enlightenment. Even when embarking on spiritual journey one was absolutely clear that slowly with passage of time all earthly relationships would be left behind one by one. For an enlightened one the whole world becomes one large family. Enlightenment is reached cutting shackles […]
The 10th avatar of Lord Vishnu… the awaited Kalki avatar not only exists in this world but also closely monitors all the happenings of the world. Only at the opportune moment would Kalki avatar surface. We are passing almost five o’clock in the morning. The dawn has yet to begin. Between 5 AM and 6 AM lay Mahabharata or all […]
Nothing in scriptures could be understood literally. Everything contained in scriptures like Bhagavad Gita, Upanishads… even Vedas was allegorical, metaphorical… could be understood only through path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! Lord Shiva opening his third eye means advent of an avatar on mother earth (God manifest in human form)! Advent of an avatar does not mean destroying the […]
Yoga derived from root word yog means effort of soul atman wanting to yoke with Parmatman (God), Brahman! Yoga is indulged through path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning to reach hidden underlying precepts of spirituality contained in scriptures of different religions of world. Path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom) primarily means indulging in contemplation. For negating karma to zero, path […]
In search of a spiritual master from six years of age I finally found that none in this world paralleled teachings of Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita. If I could just follow Bhagavad Gita somehow! As nothing in Bhagavad Gita could be understood literally I started my indulgence with contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning to reach hidden truths of life contained […]
Spiritual enlightenment demands our indulgence in yoga meditation. The process of yoga meditation demands our traveling path of jnana yoga and jnana yoga demands our indulgence in contemplation to reach hidden underlying cosmic truths of life contained in scriptures of different religions of world. Contemplation though part of thinking process relates more to questioning than answers. Contemplation in conjunction with […]
No matter how best we try, it was just not possible to read our way into spiritual enlightenment! The reason was apparent… nothing in Bhagavad Gita or different scriptures of various religions of world could be understood literally. All scriptures demand reading in between the lines, we need reaching the hidden underlying meaning through path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! […]
What could be more pleasant than indulging in yoga meditation! It is following path of spirituality, indulging in yoga meditation human beings finally reached stage of enlightenment… became a man god like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed! Becoming a pure soul atman is our cosmic goal of life on mother earth. By negating karma to zero […]
Indulging in religious practices one could never reach stage of immortality. To understand precept of immortality one needs traveling path of spirituality. Belief or no belief we were primarily a spirit, a spiritual being manifesting human form to remove dross impurities within. The human form was but a medium to work out our karma. Indulging in spirituality, yoga meditation when […]
Immortality never relates to children. Immortality always belonged to our true inner self existing in our heart as soul atman, the consciousness! When human beings gained enlightenment and finally moksha salvation, our soul atman gets liberated from cycle of birth and death forever. This stage of emancipation from cycle of birth and death is termed immortality as soul atman need […]
Law of karma clearly stipulates… every single thought positive or negative precipitates into an act of karma! The doctrine of Bhava karma in Jainism clearly says if a murder has been committed even in our thoughts… the sin has been committed! It is a different matter that potency of sin committed in thoughts was much less than actual murder. […]
Atma jnana implies self realization! Traveling path of spirituality, indulging in yoga meditation when human beings finally reached stage of enlightenment… this stage was termed Atma jnana or Brahma jnana! In spiritual context enlightenment, spiritual awakening, full kundalini awakening, stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi, Atma jnana, Brahma jnana… self realization, god realization… all mean the same! Establishing absolute control over […]
Lord Krishna is considered God incarnate on mother earth… an avatar of his era, God manifest in human form! The usage of word incarnate was metaphorical. To highlight greatness of Lord Krishna, an avatar… the symbol of incarnate has been used. In reality, a commoner who in times of extreme strife, tribulation takes upon self responsibility of putting the society […]
Everything told in Bhagavad Gita was allegorical pointing to a deeper spiritual meaning! Lord Krishna is a soul atman of Arjuna, always depicted as sarthi (charioteer) of the chariot (body) belonging to Arjuna. If Lord Krishna says I exists in every age, we all know that souls atmans were indestructible… could neither be created nor destroyed. Lord Krishna […]