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When you truly want to be released from this earth dream, there is no power that can stop you from attaining liberation. Never doubt it. Your salvation is not to be achieved – it is already yours, because you are made in the image of God; but you have to know this. You have forgottenContinue reading “Go within.”

Spiritual Awakening Kundalini Awakening and Spiritual Awakening, while related, are different experiences. Kundalini Awakening is a physical and energetic process involving the rise of the ‘Kundalini energy’ from the base of the spine to the crown of the head, usually resulting in profound physiological and psychological changes. In contrast, Spiritual Awakening is a broader, moreContinue reading “Kundalini Awakening Vs Spiritual Awakening: Different!”

“The knower of the Self crosses beyond sorrow.” “He who knows that Supreme Brahman becomes Brahman Itself.” “The knower of Brahman attains the Highest.” “One who is established in Brahman reaches Immortality.” “He returns not again, he returns not again.” “By knowing Him alone one goes to That which is beyond death. By knowing theContinue reading “Knower.”

“Bright is he” In the Katha Upanishad it is said of the self: “Him the sun does not illumine, nor the moon, nor the stars, nor the lightning–nor, verily, fires kindled upon the earth. He is the one light that gives light to all. He shining, everything shines.” The self is illumined by no externalContinue reading “Know Self first then Supreme Self.”

Meditation, Dhyana, is at first nothing but struggling with the mind, bringing it again and again from its flights to the sacred feet of the Lord. This very soon heats the brain. Therefore, in the beginning one must not exert the brain too much, or hold the breath too long. When one gets real meditation,Continue reading “Don’t struggle.”

DISCIPLE: How long should one continue to enquire into the Self?MASTER: Non-recrudescence of the darkness of Ignorance is said to be the “limit” of reflection. Therefore one should continue the practice until this darkness of Ignorance does not recur. DISCIPLE: Can the veiling once removed, return again?MASTER: Yes. So long as doubts arise, this IgnoranceContinue reading “Final fight strategy.”

“The real smile is the smile of bliss that comes when you meditate, when you feel the joy of God’s presence. That is the smile on Lahiri Mahasaya’s face. He is seeing the world partially, but seeing God fully. My smile comes from a joy deep within my being, a joy that you also mayContinue reading “Blossomed Soul”

Anandamayi Ma’s advice to a young English sādhaka before their return to England: Meditate on God all the time, whatever you may do, wherever you may be. Remember, whatever you see, whatever you hear is God’s manifestation. Pain exists because you believe yourself to be separate. Don’t consider anyone as separate from yourself. Regard everyoneContinue reading “Everything belongs to him.”

Absolute Consciousness and space resemble each other in being perfect, infinite, subtle, pure, unbounded, formless, immanent in all, yet undefiled within and without. But space differs from the other, in it being insentient. In fact, the conscious Self is space. This being so, they are not different from one other. Space is Self; and SelfContinue reading “Space is Self,Self is space.”

The Self is the one Reality that always exists, and it is by the light of the Self that all other things are seen. We forget it and concentrate on the appearance. The light in the hall burns both when persons are enacting something, as in a theatre, and when nothing is being enacted. ItContinue reading “Seer is more important.”