Life is not what we think it is…

Occasionally we catch a deeper glimpse of what life is really about. It may be something we read, or hear, or simply a thought that seems to come from a deeper, wiser part of ourselves. I had such a moment an hour ago. It left me realising how easily I can slip back into a...

Thoughts of P.R. Sarkar

People are heading towards Parama Puruśa (The Supreme Consciousness) through their devotion. The microcosmic point is heading towards the nuclear point of Parama Puruśa. The closer it comes, the more it realizes the proximity of the Macrocosmic nucleus and the more the nature of the point changes. The closer a drop of water moves towards...

The Supreme Consciousness is not a “Him” but…

I have written elsewhere about the gender issue when referring to the Supreme Being, the Supreme Consciousness. Obviously the Supreme is beyond gender, so why do we so often refer to the Supreme Being as Him or He or His? Previously I said that this is a limitation of the English language, that it does...

Dealing with grief and loss…

Below is a reply to a person who, several years earlier, had lost her only son and then her husband within one year of each other... I have attempted to give a spiritual perspective of dealing with grief caused by the loss of a loved one. In broader terms, the ideas will be relevant to...

Spirituality is love for the Supreme

Spirituality is love for the Supreme Being. The Supreme Being is not far away in some distant heaven. The Supreme Being - the Supreme Loving Consciousness - is within everything as its fundamental essence. As such the Supreme is within us and with us - closer than the closest, nearer than the nearest, dearer than...

Nityam Shuddham mantra explained

Nityaḿ Shuddhaḿ 15 October 1978, Patna There is a shloka of Tantra, Nityaḿ shuddhaḿ nirábhásaḿ nirákáraḿ niraiṋjanam; Nityabodhaḿ cidánandaḿ Gurubrahma namámyaham. Nityam means “unchangeable”, that which is permanent, which does not undergo any change. That which is nitya is also known as deva [divinity, god]. Deva is the expression of Paramátman [the Supreme Soul] which...

Why is genuine meditation taught free of charge?

Genuine meditation practices are taught for free because: to meditate is the birthright of every human being - it is like breathing, it would be totally unacceptable if we had to pay to breath! meditation is a spiritual practice - things of the spirit are free. meditation is ultimately to connect us to the Supreme...

Stories

https://www.ramdass.org/ram-dass-gives-maharaji-the-yogi-medicine/ Richard Alpert / Ram Dass Ram Dass first went to India in 1967. He was still Dr. Richard Alpert, a prominent Harvard psychologist and psychedelic pioneer with Dr. Timothy Leary. He continued his psychedelic research until that fateful Eastern trip in 1967, when he traveled to India. In India, he met his guru, Neem...