The Virat Swaroop taken by Krishna in Mahabharata was allegorical. Is only exemplifies the stage when Arjuna finally succeeds in gaining enlightenment after sermon of Bhagavad Gita. At this time Arjuna himself transforms to a pure soul atman, the so-called Virat Swaroop! After dwelling for some time in his Virat Swaroop, Arjuna comes back to reality of physical manifest life. […]
The inner voice that comes from within our heart is the voice of our soul atman, consciousness within! The voice coming out of our mouth was tainted by our ego (Aham in Hinduism). If both the voices synchronized, our spiritual journey became easier… expedited! By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161221) […]
A soul atman is cosmic consciousness that manifested human form to cleanse self of dross impurities within. The journey of life was not taken by human form, the body! The journey of life truly belonged to our soul atman, the consciousness… spirit existing in our heart. More on soul atman can be read by typing query human soul vijay kumar […]
When six years of age something in my heart fluttered all the time as if it wanted to tell me something! When this inner voice became very persistent, prominent… I one day sat down in isolation and listened to this inner voice… what it had to say! It was then I realized it was voice of soul atman coming from […]
Anything that makes us uncomfortable must be immediately quit! In the initial stages of spiritual pursuit when I indulged in yogic exercises (asanas), I could not properly indulge as there was stiffness in my body. On advice of some, I finally quit indulging in asanas in totality. Instead, I indulged in jogging, gymnastics to keep my body fit and fine. […]
As a human being we were only a trustee, an instrument in hands of God Almighty doing his bidding all the time. We were primarily a spirit, a consciousness existing in our heart as a soul atman. We manifest human form to work out our karma, remove dross impurities within… reach stage of enlightenment, moksha salvation… gain emancipation from cycle […]
Whenever human beings indulged in meditation yoga, the dormant lying portions of our brain activated. Normally human beings used their brain 1 to 2%, the remaining lying dormant all the time! By indulging in spirituality, yoga meditation human beings finally reached stage of enlightenment, moksha salvation. An enlightened one always uses brain 100%. The ticklish feeling results from dormant […]
Commentaries were always written by yogis, Rishis… seekers who indulged in path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom) to reach God in their lifetime. Those indulging in bhakti yoga (path of total submission to God) could not write a commentary. Religious practitioners believed more in bhakti than jnana yoga. For a traveler of religious path, indulgence in contemplation on cosmic truths […]
The definition of Creator as detailed in Upanishads (independent treatises) was… collective power of all souls’ atmans in cosmos in their pure form. All souls’ atmans in cosmos in their pure form carried the volume of half a thumb. This singularity, the size of half a thumb is called Brahman in Hinduism. As detailed in Upanishads it is only when […]
When it comes to re-establishing Dharma (righteousness)… everything indulged by Lord Krishna was justifiable… perfectly right, based on truth and only truth! In the Mahabharata war the evil Kauravas were hell-bent on decimating Pandavas forever. No amount of persuasion by Lord Krishna yielded any result. He finally gave sermon of Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna to emphasize upon him continuity of […]
As per Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita, Lord Shiva was part of Hindu Trinity… a powerful attribute of God Almighty (Brahman in Hinduism). Allegorically Lord Shiva represents a liberated soul atman, one whose kundalini had awakened fully. The serpent in the neck of Lord Shiva represents a fully awakened kundalini. Metaphorically every single human being who manifest on mother […]
From humanity point of view what seems exponential was seemingly insignificant in cosmic sojourn. As many souls’ atmans existed on surface of mother earth, thousands of times more existed in seas and oceans and millions of times more in the vast expanse of cosmos. Uncountable souls’ atmans remained in state of hibernation in absence of matching parents available on […]
Every single life form on mother earth had a soul atman within. All human beings evolved from stage of animals! In its entire lifetime a soul atman passes through 8.4 million manifestations of which 7.3 million manifestations occurred in insect, plant and animal life. In the remaining 1.1 million manifestations in human form one was expected to reach stage of […]
To understand precept of enlightenment belief in god and world of souls’ atmans was necessitated. Gaining emancipation from cycle of birth and death is what enlightenment all about. Undertaking cosmic journey of 8.4 million manifestations when a soul atman reaches last leg of cosmic life, the stage when human beings indulging in spirituality, yoga meditation succeed in removing dross impurities […]
We could not read into Vedas literally. Everything in scriptures could be assimilated only through contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! As distinctly displayed in Vedas… God Almighty (Brahman in Hinduism) was one and only one, the creator of present cosmos. As per doctrine of Maya propagated by Adi Shankaracharya nothing other than Brahman existed in entire cosmos! Brahman was […]
The purpose of life is manifest in Bhagavad Gita. Human life was the highest manifest stage in cosmic life cycle. The ultimate purpose of life as detailed by Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita was… gaining emancipation from cycle of birth and death at the earliest… becoming a pure soul atman forever! As per Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita we […]
Indulgence in scriptures of different religions of world was never about inner peace. Human beings primarily indulged in sacred texts like Bhagavad Gita, Bible and Quran to reach cosmic truths of life… God Almighty himself! It is a different matter that indulgence in spirituality contained in Bhagavad Gita gave immense inner peace, feelings of tranquility… serenity that could never be […]
Yoga derived from root word yog primarily means effort of soul atman wanting to merge, yolk with Parmatman (God Almighty), Brahman at the earliest! In Hindi two yog two equals four. Before indulgence in yoga sages, Rishis in yesteryears devised asanas (yogic exercises) to keep the body fit and fine. We cannot expect a sick human being to indulge in […]
Self realization, God realization is reaching inner domain of consciousness existing in our heart. Stage of self realization can be reached only by negating karma to zero. We realize our true inner self only by indulgence in spirituality via path of yoga meditation. Becoming a pure soul atman in the cosmic journey of life is realizing self, realizing god. Cutting […]
As willed by God human beings were endowed with free will to choose our goal of life. From beginning of life we were totally free to choose path of our making. We could lead a religious life or spiritual. Religious practices never led human beings to God Almighty. God (Brahman in Hinduism) can only be reached practicing spirituality as detailed […]
Reading a book one never reaches anywhere on path of pure spirituality. Ingredients of spirituality lay in scriptures, sacred texts of different religions of world. It is practicing spirituality as detailed in Bhagavad Gita human beings, man gods like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed finally succeeded in reaching stage of enlightenment, moksha salvation! As nothing in […]
Enlightenment is reached practicing spirituality, following path of yoga meditation. Meditation demands our negating karma to zero. Path of spirituality was irrespective of karma indulged. We must never forget, spiritual enlightenment means becoming a Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed in present life. In the last about 150 years amongst 7 billion people existing world over only Sri […]
As detailed in Bhagavad Gita Brahman, the creator of entire cosmos was the one and only God of Hinduism. As per Advaita Vedanta doctrine propagated by Adi Shankaracharya other than Brahman (God) nothing existed in cosmos. The perceived cosmos was only an act of Maya (veil of illusion). Lord Shiva was only an attribute of God Almighty, part of […]
As detailed in Bhagavad Gita total surrender to God was difficult in a Kali Yuga (Dark Age, metal age). Even without indulging in karma, one could surrender to God via path of bhakti yoga. Indulgence in karma was not necessitated. By becoming ego less, one could indulge in service of mankind. One on path of bhakti yoga makes self invincible. […]
Spirituality could not be defined in terms of any religion. We just could not say Hindu Spirituality, it does not mean anything. Spirituality was irrespective of any religion, faith or belief. The doctrine of spirituality lay in the fact that we were primarily a spirit, a spiritual being manifesting human form. As detailed by Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita, […]
Immortality belongs to our real self that existed in our heart as our soul atman, the consciousness within! Immortality can never be gained by the physical manifest self. Human life as detailed in Hinduism scriptures was limited by average 100 years of life span. After that individual body parts start failing. Initially our teeth give away, when our eyesight […]
Spirituality is best detailed in Bhagavad Gita of Hinduism. As per Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita, God Almighty was the cumulative power of all souls’ atmans in cosmos in their pure form. This primordial cosmic energy, size of half a thumb is what we called God in all its glory (Brahman in Hinduism). God was not the form of […]
Changing human nature was almost next to impossible! The reason was apparent. The human form was manifested by our soul atman after passing 7.3 million manifestations in insect, plant and animal life. Even in human form we do not know at what karmic level we existed between karmic index of 7,300,001 and 8,400,000. Our basic nature continued from previous manifestations, […]
When discussing of boon or curse in Hinduism we must bear one thing in mind! If an accomplished Sage puts a curse on someone… whatever the negative effect of that, half of that would be born by the Sage who put the curse. In yesteryears many sages and Rishis in their anger cursed people, seekers out of ignorance. They finally […]
God Almighty graced mankind with free will, power of discrimination exercising which we could distinguish right from wrong, truth from false! Indulging in good karma, positive karma was not that difficult… we only need following path of truthfulness all the time. If we were truthful in life, we could easily distinguish right from wrong, truth from false all the […]