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Online Resources for the Covid-19 Time
29 March, 2020 @ 8:30 pm
With the social distancing now in place because of Covid-19, we would like to share some online resources. There may be more of which we are unaware. You can contact us by clicking on the AHYMSIN Office contact regarding sources not mentioned or updated information.
Prayers and Succour for Current Global Uncertainties
22 March, 2020 @ 9:40 pm
May all our prayers be heard by the Almighty Universal Divine Mother and may these prayers be permitted by Her to resonate wherever there is a need to help anyone and everyone.
What is the ego and how can I get rid of it?
21 March, 2020 @ 8:37 pm
The ego is the “I-maker,” our self-identifying function. It is part of what creates our individual mind. If you don’t have an ego, you can’t have a body. So it isn’t a question of getting rid of ego, but how to live in the right relationship with it.
Eternal Dedication to Swami Veda Bharatiji
20 March, 2020 @ 12:33 pm
My yoga teacher Chandnaji introduced me to Swami Veda Bharati in March 2008, since he felt I was so curious about meditation and probably needed it at that point of time. On our way to Rishikesh I had picked up my book Walking with a Himalayan Master by Justin O’Brien which I had bought some time back, but never read.
Dignity to Every Moment of Life
20 March, 2020 @ 11:56 am
In deep meditation I heard one of the most beautiful definitions of Yoga: YOGA MEANS TO GIVE DIGNITY TO EVERY MOMENT OF LIFE. Now is the time and opportunity to practice it without disturbances from outside activities. Samkhya Philosophy is teaching that the only faculty which can lead us to freedom is the discriminative faculty of our mind.
Does the mantra initiation in the Himalayan Tradition burn the sanchita karmas?
19 January, 2020 @ 8:45 pm
The Guru is one who dispels the darkness of ignorance. All Gurus are the same, and ALL Gurus are ONE. Swami Veda told me once that Gurus change their departments so often in their caves.
According to Swami Rama: “You have no alternative but to learn to love your duty.” Which duty do we have to learn to love?
3 December, 2019 @ 8:51 pm
The point Swamiji frequently makes is not to dissipate one’s energy with contradictory thoughts (“I hate doing this, but I will anyway”), but to keep a focused, ekagra (one-pointed) sattvic mind.
How is it possible that many people I have encountered controlled their thoughts to often achieve desirable outcomes that involve hurting and damaging other humans or animals or the environment?
13 November, 2019 @ 8:54 pm
Michael’s response is very thorough. I would only add that the more one practices remaining mindfully aware all the time, starting with breath awareness, the less one’s internal dialogue becomes an exercise in projecting selfish needs.
What is considered bhakti? Is bhakti necessary?
22 October, 2019 @ 4:30 pm
Sooner or later all the yogas, all the spiritual paths, funnel into “bhakti,” or, in yoga-speak, īśvara-pranidhāna, or in vedānta-speak, ātma-tattva-avalokanam. The term bhakti is perhaps best used for where this path begins, with channeling emotions in a relatively pure direction and offering everything one does to the Divine in whatever form.
Silence. Stillness. Love.
20 October, 2019 @ 12:45 pm
Why Talk About Silence? For me, it is not something I am at all inclined to do, but a kind invitation came not once, but twice. I took a few moments one day out of the ninety days to write crystallized moments below photos I had taken, and the reason was this: Spiritual Insurance Policy. Should the mind arise with the drunkenness of doing, should the ego cleverly attempt to talk a good game again, should Illusion present itself, there is this insurance policy to review. To remember. To Know—the wordless words, that rang through the canyon where I sat--This alone Is Real.