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The Experience of Bliss

Posted on January 24, 2013 by admin

There is a special kind of Vedic ritual called the soma sacrifice that was once very important and done on a regular basis. It was done during a time when all the practitioners in a particular community gathered together, all … Continue reading →

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The Power of Devotion

Posted on January 11, 2013 by admin

There’s a story about Nityananda that I heard from the man who was attending him at the time.  It was about an hour or so before Nityananda passed away, maybe a little more. This man was a civil engineer and … Continue reading →

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Depth Over Time

Posted on December 20, 2012 by admin

At the core of each of us is an energetic mechanism, a condensation of creative energy, that is filled with power and potential. It’s a power that has nothing to do with the circumstance that we have attracted as a … Continue reading →

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Kundalini and the Energetic Mechanism

Posted on November 16, 2012 by admin

One of the important texts of Kashmir Shaivism, the Spanda Karikas, says that space, which is vast and infinite, is not empty at all. Rather, space is filled with vibrancy, with resonance. It is the resonance of space itself that … Continue reading →

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There Is Nothing to Change but Yourself

Posted on October 24, 2012 by admin

If you ever want anything to change, the only option you have is to change yourself. There’s no other choice. There’s nothing other than yourself that will ever need to be changed. In fact, if we all did change ourselves, … Continue reading →

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Real Life Is Within You

Posted on June 11, 2012 by admin

The most important thing for a human being to understand is very simple; that we are in this world to grow. If you understand that, there doesn’t have to be any confusion anymore, or any displacement, or any suffering or … Continue reading →

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The Meaning of Inner Work

Posted on May 14, 2012 by admin

My teacher, Rudi, used the term “ inner work” in reference to spiritual practice, which could be understood as making an effort and working for an accomplishment. But Rudi, in talking about “inner work,” was not talking about that at … Continue reading →

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Patience and Concentration

Posted on April 26, 2012 by admin

It’s very important to have a deep commitment to your practice. It’s so important to understand, to somehow get, that there is unimaginable depth within you. You then have to honor that depth through your practice by dissolving the tension … Continue reading →

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Creating the Space in Our Life

Posted on April 9, 2012 by admin

Nityananda once said that not everybody can be the guru at the same time. Somebody needs to be a disciple. What he meant by that is that each of us is called in our life to a unique experience that … Continue reading →

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Our True Responsibility in Spiritual Practice

Posted on April 2, 2012 by admin

When we engage in an authentic spiritual practice, we have the responsibility to change ourselves. With that personal responsibility, there is a requirement of additional thoughtfulness. Otherwise, what tends to happen is that as we are empowered by our contact … Continue reading →

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