To an awakened person, an enlightened one what mattered most was service of mankind at large all the time. Very few enlightened souls after reaching stage of enlightenment left their mortal frame. Most engaged in the service of mankind after reaching stage of enlightenment. Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism) gained enlightenment at 42 years of age. For full 30 […]
Enlightenment was never caused; it always was achieved indulging in spiritual scriptures like Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads (independent treatises). In the entire history of mankind whoever reached stage of enlightenment… all of them indulged in teachings of Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads including Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed. During missing years in the life of Jesus Christ, he came to Nalanda […]
Enlightenment could not be reached indulging in scriptural texts literally. In the last about 150 years amongst 7 billion people existing world over only two spiritual stalwarts Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana finally succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment. As ordained by god and written in Hinduism scriptures in a time span of 100 to 200 years not more […]
In yesteryears people indulged in Padmasana pose of Asana (Lotus Pose) to contemplate on God Almighty. In present times one could easily indulge in yoga meditation via path of contemplation even while walking, standing, sitting, swimming, indulging in any day-to-day activity. Right from six years of age I indulged in yoga meditation via path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning to […]
All my life from 15 years of age I indulged in shavasna pose of yoga to seek answers to my spiritual queries. While going to bed in the night, lying in shavasna pose of yoga I used to call a roundtable conference on which sat Lord Krishna and other enlightened souls like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ, Prophet Mohammed, Sri […]
All human beings evolved from stage of animals, not necessarily directly from monkeys. We just could not say, as many human beings exist as many monkeys should have been there. Based on residual balance of karma at the time of death our soul atman manifesting another form! The moment our soul atman crosses animal threshold, we could evolve from any […]
Can we distinguish between enlightened souls like Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism, preceptor), Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed… even Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana! All these enlightened souls covered path of spirituality individually but reached the same source in the end. All became pure soul atman in the cosmic journey of life. After reaching stage of enlightenment […]
In Pranayama (breathing exercise) we try to connect with consciousness, our soul atman existing in our heart. This effort of trying to connect with the spirit inside was highly captivating, energizing. It also produces inner calm, at times feelings of total tranquility, serenity. Pranayama primarily was part of spiritual journey undertaken by seekers. As there were no side effects, there […]
When young, so many stories about sages, Rishis… seekers going to confines of Himalayas did the rounds that one believed in that. When I grew up 15 years of age I asked my mother permission to become a recluse to contemplate in deep dense forests, Himalayas. She only said, over my dead body. Remaining wherever I was, even while living […]
Visibly good people in present life may be hoarding a negative residual balance of karma from previous manifestations. Likewise, seemingly bad people in present life may be holding a positive residual balance of karma from previous manifestations. No matter how much bad one indulged, it got neutralized by positive residual balance of karma from previous manifestations. In case of good […]
Realization of God was not that easy process prime reason why God Almighty ordained a long journey of 1.1 million manifestations in human form to become a Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed in present life. For realizing God we need practicing the following – 1. Indulgence in nishkama karma yoga all the time. 2. […]
If we succeed in overpowering five senses then control over jealousy, greed, anger and fear gets established automatically. Control over five senses could be realized by traveling path of nishkama karma yoga. Never attaching self to fruits of karma performed is what nishkama karma all about. We have to become a trustee, caretaker in the game of life for whom […]
As a human being we were not all one but our essence, consciousness within was of same essence. Our soul atman existing in our heart was the same as that existing in any insect, plant or an animal. Let us take a lump of 100 KG of gold ore that contains one KG of pure gold. So now we […]
What exactly is Dharma? “Dharma” … “Your right to do what is just and right and not what was destined”… a definition directly dictated to me by God Almighty. Dharma is ingrained into every living being including human beings from the beginning of life. Indulging in righteousness all the time was our dharma. Working for welfare of mankind all […]
Dominated by ego, living in materialistic world mesmerized by glare of worldly riches what more could we think other than in terms of money. In present times money which was only a means has become an end in itself… more so in India, the so-called spiritual citadel of world! In countries like United States of America, for masses at large […]
On path of pure spirituality in search of God, everything always flowed from top. We only need indulging in our karma; rest is taken care of by God. Indulging in contemplation, introspection all the time we could reach stage of Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed. Everything relating to spiritual awakening, full awakening of kundalini shakti existed in […]
Imagine we had a robot in our hand and poof, it gets destroyed. With the death of robot, nothing happened to the operator of the robot. The operator will get a new robot. Same happens in real life. The human form was only a robot for soul atman within. After death occurs the released soul atman again manifests a new […]
Traveling path of spirituality, in search of God from six years of age I finally achieved permanent peace in my heart. Having become a pure soul atman forever, the cause for any anxiety vanished forever. The moment I overcame five senses and mind… it was only tranquility, serenity all the time. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who […]
Do we remember Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism), Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed in present life? Yes, we do all the time. Only when we engaged in service of mankind all the time could we be remembered for times to come. On the spiritual front we could gain enlightenment, become immortal forever. On the physical manifest front we […]
How can contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning produce any side-effects? Most human beings world over indulge in yoga meditation the wrong way. Yoga meditation is the precept to reach God in present life… indulgence in contemplation, logical reasoning… introspection… the path! Yoga meditation can never be indulged sitting in a studio or a treat. Siddhartha Gautama sat under a bodhi […]
Swami Vivekananda went in search of money to United States of America in 1893. He gave his famous speech in Parliament of the World’s Religions with the hope that he would barter spirituality with wealth. He returned empty-handed. The spirituality of India that Swami Vivekananda carried to USA was beyond comprehension of Americans. The brokenhearted Swami Vivekananda did not live […]
I indulged in spirituality as detailed in Bhagavad Gita and Upanishads (independent treatises). I was totally truthful at all stages of life. I had 100% faith in God Almighty all the time, a God that we called Brahman in Hinduism, the one and only creator of cosmos. Traveling path of nishkama karma yoga I could subdue my ego to zero. […]
Path of yoga meditation does not relate to physical manifest life still, every single indulgence in yoga meditation resulted in feelings of extreme happiness, ecstasy… joy that could never be expressed in words. When we connected self to God Almighty (Brahman in Hinduism) via path of yoga meditation… indulgence in contemplation, introspection, logical reasoning… we practically connected to infinite! […]
Sitting in our house can we climb Mount Everest? No external medium could help us gain enlightenment in present life. To reach within, to realize our existence as a soul atman, the consciousness within… our traveling path of pure spirituality, indulgence in jnana yoga, practice of absolute celibacy, indulgence in nishkama karma yoga was necessitated. 100% faith in God, practicing […]
Unable to visualize, conceptualize the one and only God Brahman in Hinduism, religious preachers of different era divided Brahman into three entities so that mankind could worship God in Sakaar form (having a form) even though Brahman was always Nirakaar in form (having no form). Lord Brahma was created as creative attribute of God Almighty. Lord Vishnu as the maintainer […]
Whatever our residual balance of karma at the time of death, accordingly the next manifestation by our soul atman! Remaining angry we only spoiled our karma. We would manifest a life form in next life at a lower level than what we could have, had we not angered. Why anger and spoil our present and future? Our feelings of compassion, […]
When we had a clear and absolute goal in life, we could channelize all our energies behind that single goal of life. Slowly we develop infinite power of concentration. Furthermore practicing celibacy (Brahmacharya Vrata) we could channelize sexual energy behind the only goal of life. Sexual energy is the most potent of all energies made available to mankind by grace […]
If we say, there was no spirituality or higher power in life then why did Lord Krishna advent in Dwapar Yuga in a period of total strife and tribulation. So was the case with most Tirthankaras of Jainism (preceptors). All started their spiritual pursuit of life amidst total chaos in the society. When dominated by our ego, everything seemed […]
I indulged in yoga meditation via path of contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning. For me yoga meditation could be indulged anywhere. Even while walking, standing, talking, swimming, indulging in business or even going to sleep, I could all the time indulge in yoga meditation. I loved lying in shavasna pose of yoga when going to bed in the night and calling […]
The word attachment has been very wrongly interpreted in yoga meditation circles. It is not attachment to action but fruits of action that must be negated. That is how we indulged in nishkama karma yoga. Indulging in karma without attaching self to fruits of karma performed is what nishkama karma all about. If welfare of entire mankind was our goal […]