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I am lost. I believe meditation can heal. I fear I am too lost. Can you help me?

23 March, 2018 @ 9:58 pm

Indeed, meditation will help but before you embark on meditation I would suggest that you go there Hatha Yoga and then breathing. Then meditation will begin to help the mind. It will give you clarity and intuition to move to the right direction.

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Could you shower your guidance on Asana perfection?

3 February, 2018 @ 10:15 pm

You are doing the asana only with your body, first do it in your mind, master it there, breathe, then let it flow into your body. 

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Deepening Your Sadhana

2 February, 2018 @ 9:49 pm

Let’s pay homage to the Guru Lineage. Let’s connect with their minds. Take the awareness through the presence of the Guru by the Guru Mantra, your personal mantra, your personal mantra reciting in your mind for a moment. Then join me for Guru Shanti and then we’ll begin: gurur brahmā gurur viṣhṇur gurur devo maheśhvaraḥ guruḥ sākṣhāt param brahmā tasmai śhrī-gurave namaḥ Om! Śhāntiḥ! Śhāntiḥ! Śhāntiḥ!

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Saumya Mantra

23 January, 2018 @ 5:03 pm

This mantra is addressed to the Divine Mother as Saumyā, Divine Mother as cool, gentle, moonlike peacefulness. It is used as a special mantra for the cultivation of these aspects of personality. The mantra occurs in Caṇḍī, or Devī-mahātmya, (I.62 or 71, depending on the edition) an important text in the tantric part of our tradition.

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What is Khechari?

21 January, 2018 @ 10:22 pm

Khe Charati Iti Khechara: Khe means Akash (sky), Chara means walking; therefore Khechari means walking in to the Sky. There is also a Khechari Mudra that which allows a Sadhaka to walk or roam into the Sky. The different layers into the Sky of a Sadhana.

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Letter from Minnesota

2 January, 2018 @ 9:57 pm

Yesterday I fell asleep watching a movie at my computer and knocked over a cup of water. I frantically sopped up the damage. A few hours later, I turned on the computer again and the setup looked strange. I rebooted and it was all back to normal.

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How to make the energies of the sun and moon meet at the muladhara?

25 December, 2017 @ 5:53 pm

Be patient and practice the simple method of breath awareness and meditation every day. If you are selfless in your actions and honest, full of love and dedication in your meditation, everything which is important for your special destiny will happen by itself.

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Guru-purnima 2001

27 November, 2017 @ 6:27 pm

May your physical eyes and ears and mouths of all senses be shut this day and your prana and mind be set as twin chalices on the altar to be filled with the amrita of Guru-Grace. As a priest's offering may you give him your beclouded identification with karmabrick-samskara-mortar-built home so that the Guru may leave you homeless and give you wings to roam freely with the light-breathing celestials.

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What is the Vishuddha chakra?

17 November, 2017 @ 6:37 pm

Here is one answer: Viśuddha means “purified.” This refers to the processes of tapas, “austerity,” replacing experiences of pleasure with experiences of joy and transcendent beauty by refining one’s enjoyments through concentration (tapas).

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What should I do with the disturbing and uncontrollable thoughts during meditation?

29 October, 2017 @ 6:44 pm

Remember that thoughts that arise in meditation are part of a natural cleansing process that the mind goes through. If you simply observe these thoughts and let them go without reacting to them, gradually your mind will clarify and settle down.

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