Yoga begins the moment human beings wills to break the reign of unconsciousness, ignorance, and falsehood and aspires for excellence in life. There should be zeal to practice and incorporate yoga in life and as a “way of life”. Tantra yoga says,” when you are eaten up by the zeal to practice yoga, you reach […]
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4 Step Relaxation Practice Eastern wisdom clarifies that when scattered mind is gathered within and mind is allowed to live within, it manifests as state of relaxation. The state of rest and relaxation is state of being that expresses itself at physical, mental and emotional levels. The state of rest is more than ‘cease to […]
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The simple answer is every human being should practice mindfulness. Because they are self-conscious, unlike other living beings. Secondly, every human being is a seeker of peace, excellence, happiness, love, and wisdom. The eastern wisdom aims at excellence in outer life by awakening to our true nature. My master used to say,’ we eat food […]
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The human being is a seeker of happiness. Mind is caused in wrong perception, claims pleasure as happiness. Pleasure is short-lived. The search for happiness as pleasure continues in the world outside. The mind starts wandering and become impure. The impure mind results in suffering. Master taught that there are three levels of suffering the […]
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Why we are asked to feel sensations in the body and of the breath? Why we use the mantra in meditation/ mindfulness? What contemplation and reflection on the first six steps of the noble path do in the path of mindfulness? Masters have answered the above questions differently but with one goal in mind – […]
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Do we need a change in our day-to-day living i.e. from anxiety, anger, agitation, fatigue, disturbed sleep, distractions, reactions, and stress? Then we need to practice it for relaxation, calm, and peace; enhanced awareness and attention; improved concentration, memory, retention; increased performance and productivity; work-life balance. One needs to think and reflect upon the journey […]
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Vivekachudamani-1.15 (after understanding the cause of suffering and happiness) the seeker (the person is ready and qualified) should guide the mind to do right thinking with teacher. The teacher is the knower of the subjective reality and is full of compassion. The masters and texts of eastern wisdom lays emphasis on right thinking. The right […]
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The word ‘mindfulness’ is a fashion word. Google has more than 25 million hits. We listen to this word daily more than 100 times or more at work, at home, from friends and relations. Everyone from common man to scientists defines mindfulness in their own ways. When some word or practice becomes popular or buzzword, […]
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चिन्तायास्तु चितायास्तु बिन्दु मात्रम् विशेशतः । चिता दहति निर्जीवम्, चिन्ता दहति जीवितम् ॥ chintayastu chitayastu bindu mataram visheshatah. | chita dahati neerjivam, cheenta dahatee jiveetam. || Chinta (worry) is like chita (pyre) they differ by dot (‘n’ in their spellings). Chita (pyre) burns dead, Chinta (worry) burns Living. Worry burns the living person and pyre kills […]
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Jijnasa Adhikarnam. The inquiry into Brahman (our essential nature) and its prerequisites. Athato Brahmajijnasa Now begins the inquiry into our true nature Any journey in life begins with inquiry. The mindfulness begins with working on a mind. the working on the mind , means understanding the nature and states of mind and clearing the impurities. […]
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