Everything relating to rituals, the exact procedure was contained in Vedas but not Upanishads. All Upanishads dealt with spiritual aspects of life having nothing to do with rituals (religious practices). To reach God, to realize God… jnana wisdom contained in Upanishads was necessitated, never the ritualistic procedures contained in Vedas. In present times none could reach God following path of […]
What use reading the scriptures ritually, literally! No matter how many times one reads Bhagavad Gita nothing becomes clear. Upanishads (independent treatises) deal with spiritual aspect of life. Only those desirous of traveling spiritual path must indulge in Upanishads, never otherwise. Unlike Bible and Quran Upanishads contained much deeper aspects of spirituality that could never be assimilated literally. It […]
As per doctrine of Advaita Vedanta propagated by Adi Shankaracharya other than Brahman (God Almighty) nothing existed in cosmos. Brahman was the only truth of life. Based on this analogy and doctrine of Maya (veil of illusion) propagated by Adi Shankaracharya… the present manifest world could exist only in thoughts of God Almighty. If we manifest human beings exist, […]
When young six years of age something all the time tickled in my heart. At that time I did not know what it was. Discussions with elders in the family gave me an insight. Probably it was my soul atman, the consciousness within that activated from time to time. I was proved right in my surmise. As I walked path […]
Whenever seekers indulged in path of spirituality, yoga meditation… we activated portions of brain that lay dormant all the time. This results in our experiencing sensations mostly in head, sometimes in body. As we progress spiritually, such sensations would keep increasing. It is no denying the fact that normal human beings used their brain 1 to 2% but enlightened ones […]
The moment we form a definite goal in life, motivation automatically follows. It was absence of a goal that we felt falling in the rut of life. If we really desire success in life, we must follow our passion within. There is a vast difference between living life and passing life. If circumstances so prevail that we could not […]
Anything related to physical manifest world including intoxicants, psychedelics did not matter on path of pure spirituality. Journey of spirituality was always conducted through path of contemplation, logical reasoning… introspection. There was totally no space for indulgence in substances boosting neuro system. All such experiences were temporary often resulting in severe impairment. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man […]
When young what I liked best was… we could indulge in spirituality to become one with God. We were a soul atman that got mired in impurities. If we could cleanse self of dross impurities within, we could again rejoin the source God Almighty himself (Brahman in Hinduism). I was born in a Jain family. I spent most of […]
As dross impurities within our soul atman gradually lessened, we become more and more aware. As we controlled our desires and wishes, control over five senses establishes. Control over five senses comes gradually step-by-step. As our progress, proportionately our spiritual achievement! Greater the indulgence in nishkama karma yoga, lesser our ego! Slowly we start experiencing states of higher consciousness that […]
Human form, the highest manifest stage in cosmic life cycle was competent to decide for self our goal of life. Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism, preceptor) rightly said; do not preach unless you become an enlightened one. Why would we want to create a situation, an environment unless the other desired it from within! The initiative, zeal to travel path […]
If a shudra was transferred to the house of a Brahmin, does that mean one was competent to gain wisdom of Vedas! Migration from one religion to another, does it mean anything on path of pure spirituality? Spiritual progress can only be achieved by indulgence in contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning. Only then we could realize the true hidden underlying cosmic […]
What do we really mean by third eye opening? No sooner our kundalini awakens fully, Sahasra Pushpa (thousand petalled Lotus) existing in our brain behind forehead opens fully. One immediately becomes an enlightened one… a bodhi, a Jina… a Mahavira forever! The opening of Sahasra Pushpa in our brain behind forehead is termed as opening of third eye, a […]
Duality was part of nature if we have day, we also have night. If we experienced happiness, we also underwent our part of sufferings. If we have fire, we also have water. Non-duality was nature of Brahman (God Almighty). As detailed in doctrine of Advaita Vedanta propagated by Adi Shankaracharya, other than Brahman (God, creator of cosmos) nothing existed […]
Normal human beings relate to physical manifest world. They had no idea about the inner world… world of our soul atman, consciousness existing in our heart. Dominated by an ego they could never realize the world of souls’ atmans. Traveling path of spirituality when seekers subdued their ego to zero, they found that original master and controller of life on […]
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 […]