When young between 6 to 9 years of age I also had different notions about God Almighty. Sometimes I wondered what would happen when I died and went to swarga (heaven) to face God. In my spiritual pursuit of life I slowly realized something was amiss… I was definitely pursuing a wrong God! My search for God took me […]
Death facilitates migration of soul atman from one body to another. When the old form decays and dies, the released soul atman manifests a new body. In absence of a body, soul atman was inert! To purify itself, cleanse self of dross impurities within it needs a medium, a body to work out its karma! Souls’ atmans were beyond […]
The original sacred texts like Bible, Quran… Bhagavad Gita does not contain any impurity! It was only the interpretations that could go wrong. All invocations, all sacred texts were directly invoked from God Almighty. It just could not contain any impurity whatsoever. As writings in sacred texts could not be understood literally, they were most of the time interpreted […]
Those who reach stage of enlightenment… enlightened ones like Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ… Prophet Mohammed could never know when they reached stage of enlightenment! It was only when they get in communion with God Almighty on one-to-one basis every second of life; do they realize they had reached cosmic end of life, 8.4 millionth manifestation… stage of enlightenment! […]
Searching for some papers in the Almirah of my wife, a bundle fell down. Curious, I asked my wife what it contained. She looked at me coolly and said, “Mind your own business”. I just got a glance of the contents. The ruffling noise spelled it all. The marriage solemnized almost 6 months after the engagement. In the intervening […]
Never think negative of others! One thing that did most harm to human life was thinking negative of others and past life. If we could get over these two negativities in life, we would not only manifest success all the time but also destiny! By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161209) […]
God answered our prayers only if we worked for welfare of entire mankind most of time. Prayers were never a one-sided medium. If we desire something from God we ought to give something in return! As all were children of God, working for welfare of entire mankind always works wonders. In my entire life from six years of age […]
If we understand the phenomenon of dreams, everything becomes clear of its own! Through medium of dreams our soul atman, the consciousness existing in our heart tries to convey to us its cosmic goal of life. Dominated by ego human beings all the time indulged in a goal of life different from requirements of soul atman. Through medium of dreams […]
Altruism exists in animal world and was relative to stage of evolution. Higher the stage of evolution, more the feeling of altruism! Cases of altruism exists in scriptures primarily books of mythology and also real life. If we watch Geographic and Discovery Channel… we can see for ourselves! By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in […]
To travel path of spirituality successfully in yesteryears sages, Rishis left confines of home to contemplate on abstract truths of life in isolation. In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna says if one could indulge in contemplation while living in Grihastha ashram (family life), one would be biggest Yogi of all! If we could avoid having a family on path of […]
Everything in cosmic system works like a clock. Between 12 o’clock noon and 2 PM lay the brightest hour of the day. The sun is at its peak, Dharma has been re-established! No sooner the clock strikes 3 PM, the sun rays start weakening. Dharma (righteousness) re-established by Lord Krishna lasts at least one century if not two. Then dark […]
Truthfulness… one should never leave path of truthfulness if our goal of life was spiritual! In absence of truthfulness we could gain nothing on spiritual front. Reaching our true inner self existing in our heart demands our practicing 100% truthfulness all the time. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161209) Bhagavad […]
After reaching Mount Everest what is further left to climb? After reaching top floor of Empire State building… do we need an elevator to go any further? Enlightenment means ceasing of cosmic journey for a soul atman! Having gained absolute purity, in absence of dross impurities within the need to indulge in karma ceases to exist. Having become […]
The climax of battle of Mahabharata was… when society reaches a point of no return, in times of extreme strife… tribulation advent a messiah, savior… an avatar to re-establish dharma (righteousness) against evil forces of adharma (lawlessness). As Lord Krishna being an avatar could not exert its authority, it acts through a medium Arjuna to establish order in the society. […]
Lord Krishna in Bhagavad Gita says all prayers offered to various gods and goddesses (various attributes of God Almighty) ultimately get addressed to God (Brahman) himself. As medium of prayers was never one-sided, if we desire something from God we ought to give something in return. God answers those prayers that catered to welfare of entire mankind, never the […]
All souls atmans clustered in core of sun remained inert until mother earth became conducive for life. After formation of solar system and mother earth cooling to levels that could sustain life, souls’ atmans immediately started manifesting body after another. All human beings evolved from stage of animals. Our life is directly governed by karma indulged. As our karma, accordingly […]
It is a big misnomer that peace of mind demands indulgence in any kind of yoga. Ask Bill Gates who does not believe in yoga yet he beams total peace of mind within. Peace of mind ensues from establishing control over five senses and mind, subduing our ego in stages (Aham in Hinduism). Lessening of desires and wishes spells […]
When our heart stops beating, the physical body becomes dead and the released soul atman immediately manifests a new body provided matching parents were available on mother earth! When human beings indulging in spirituality reached stage of enlightenment, the soul atman liberates forever from cycle of birth and death. A pure soul atman in absence of dross impurities within need […]
Looking deep within we would realize that meditation is the path through which we indulged in yoga (the root word yog). Meditation was always performed indulging in contemplation, introspection… logical reasoning! The precept of meditation was not a proprietary of any religion. Even before Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism) came into being, yogis in erstwhile Bharatvarsha (now India) indulged in […]
The precept of reincarnation relates to our true inner self, soul atman existing in our heart and not the manifest physical body! With death, all relationships of present life come to naught. The karmic balance of present life transfers to next manifestation. Our present wife may become our son in next manifestation. We ourselves could become wife to our present […]
When we were totally truthful in life, the voice of spirit within existing in our heart tries to communicate with us. Remaining truthful from six years of age I could very distinctly hear the sweet small promptings of my soul atman coming from within. Guided by this inner voice I finally completed my spiritual journey. It was only in […]
Indulgence in meditation leads to clarity of thoughts, invoking lesser thoughts directly proportional to our spiritual progress! As queries within us reduced gradually, the invocation of thoughts also reduced proportionately. At the end of spiritual journey, yoga meditation one finally reached stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi (state of absolute nothingness) when not a single thought entered our brain uninvoked! The […]
If we listen to the sweet small inner voice of our soul atman, spirit existing in our heart… we would realize our passion, our goal of life! The voice of our soul atman was distinctly audible only when we were truthful all the time in all affairs of life. Those dominated by a bloated ego failed to hear promptings of […]
Our true inner self, the spirit existing in our heart was the ultimate master and controller of human body. The present journey of life was undertaken by this spirit, consciousness existing in our heart. To cleanse self of dross impurities within, to work out its karma our soul atman, the spirit manifested human body. The ultimate goal of life […]
As a karma Yogi treads higher levels of spiritual realm, our intake of food reduces considerably. The purer we became from within, lesser the requirement of external energy leading to reduced intake of food. Lower consumption of food, lesser work for our body to digest it! This helps body to live longer! In nutshell, lesser the wear and tear of […]
The original commentary of Adi Shankaracharya on Bhagavad Gita in Sanskrit is available with Gita press, Gorakhpur, India. They also have the original commentaries of Adi Shankaracharya on 11 principle Upanishads (independent treatises). Gita press has offices in most big cities of India. By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref. 161206) Bhagavad […]
Feelings of enjoyment always come from within! Forming a definite goal in present life and pursuing it with all eggs in one basket… we could channelize all our energies behind that single goal of life. Never looking back in past, we could relish every single moment of life. Human form was the highest manifest stage in cosmic life cycle… how […]
If we had a positive outlook in life, if we never looked behind (remembered our past)… if we could overpower five senses then we were bound to become positive, invoke positive thoughts all the time. Hinduism scriptures bluntly say practicing absolute celibacy we could stop flow of negative thoughts to our brain in totality. All seekers, sages… Rishis all the […]
Can a brain survive in absence of heart? Our brain acts as a receiving and transmitting station, nothing more! Of itself, it could never function independently! All thoughts invoked by human beings were primarily orchestrated by soul atman existing in our heart. Whenever we indulged in something… it was either our ego (Aham in Hinduism) or soul atman that acted. […]
Everything in human life was mysterious, unexpected because the reality of life was intangible, hidden from human beings! As a human being we could realize the reality of life by plunging in path of spirituality head-on. It is only traveling path of spirituality we realized… we were primarily a spirit, soul atman on its cosmic life cycle of 8.4 million […]