Articles by Swami Rama 
Samkalpa Shakti
4 May, 2019 @ 10:38 am
The first task for a seeker of trust is to understand the words “coordinated effort.” This means that one should always follow the dictates of his conscience. When a normal human being considers doing something, his conscience helps him to choose what he will do by placing the consequences of his actions – good and bad, helpful and damaging, right and wrong – in front of him.
Journey of Love
15 April, 2019 @ 11:24 am
As love travels on its way it becomes increasingly powerful. In fact, love is the only force that can every really change the world or help people to grow. The greatest kind of strength that a human being can have is the gentle strength of love.
Energy of Consciousness in the Human Personality, part 2
14 April, 2019 @ 5:41 pm
Those whose awareness is bound to the earthly level frequencies know, as the real person, only the physical body. Others, who refine their self identification by attuning to finer frequencies, know of an undying consciousness. To know this is to know that we are immortal.
Energy of Consciousness in the Human Personality, part 1
14 February, 2019 @ 5:37 pm
The universe is a dance of energies which vibrate at many frequencies. They ebb and flow, merge and part, form ripples, tides, currents, eddies, and whirlpools. They become units of all sizes, from atoms to stars, individual souls to cosmic beings.
Violence
5 February, 2019 @ 3:39 pm
When for a moment I cast aside all rationalism and transport myself into the clear mountain air on the solitary rock, I spontaneously go into silence.
Yamas
10 January, 2019 @ 10:38 am
The Yamas are five restraints which regulate one’s relationship with other beings. They are Ahimsa or non-violence, Satya or truthfulness, Asteya or non-stealing, Brahmacharya or abstinence from sensual indulgence and Aparigraha or non-possessiveness.
Christ and John the Baptist
22 December, 2018 @ 12:17 pm
Jesus says of John the Baptist that he is the best if those born of women but that the least of the kingdom of heaven was greater than he. For example, John speaks to us of salvation through moral life; he tells us what to do, but he does not tell us how to be. Jesus insists on inner transformation. John asks us to become better; Jesus asks us to become new. John the Baptist was puzzled when he heard that Jesus and His disciples drank wine and did not fast.
Concentration
23 November, 2018 @ 2:52 pm
In Yoga Science the analogy of a lake is used in explaining the mind. The mind is like a lake disturbed by the rising waves of thoughts or vrittis. The practice of concentrating helps to still the waves. And when the thoughts are stilled, the aspirant can see his own reflection in the water of the lake and realize his true nature. The purpose of concentration is to wash off all the aspirant’s impurities, gather together the dissipated energies of his mind, and then lead his concentrated mind along one channel to the state of super consciousness.
Parenthood and the Spiritual Path
15 September, 2018 @ 12:07 pm
There is one single characteristic that has existed in all the great people of the different traditions in the world, and that is selflessness. Christ, the Buddha, and Krishna all attained the highest wisdom, but they remained themselves.
Learning to Die
15 September, 2018 @ 12:03 pm
All of life’s events try to teach that out of death comes life. In the process there is an urge to know and feel something that cannot die. Jesus taught that “whosoever will save his life shall lose it, but whosoever shall lose his life for my sake shall save it.”