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Yoga - Obliterating Boundaries

"Yoga means, in every possible way, preparing a human being to slowly obliterate his boundaries so that he can simply be. You need to understand this, if you create a boundary, one thing is you have to define it, next thing is you have to defend it – if the boundary becomes large you have to build an army." -…

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Added by Bijay Raut on June 12, 2013 at 5:45am — No Comments

5 Steps To Harness The Power Of Intention

Intention is the starting point of every dream. It is the creative power that fulfills all of our needs, whether for money, relationships, spiritual awakening, or love.

 

Everything that happens in the universe begins with intention. When I decide to buy a birthday…

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Added by Bijay Raut on June 11, 2013 at 12:00am — No Comments

The Role of a Guru

Question:

Sadhguru, what is the role you are going to play as a Guru in our lives?

Sadhguru:

As the word Guru suggests – gu means darkness, ru means dispeller – dispelling darkness. How to dispel darkness?…

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Added by Bijay Raut on May 31, 2013 at 3:22am — No Comments

DESIRES

"Now, should one fulfil the desires or eliminate them? The first principle is that one should fulfil one's desires. The second law is that desire cannot be satisfied. Therefore, the third principle is that one must practise both. If possible, one should aim for fulfilment of desires and for desireless-ness at the…

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Added by Bijay Raut on May 21, 2013 at 6:00am — No Comments

Fortune - A Poem by Sadhguru



Fortune is not found by

the diggers of gold or by those

who scavenge the marketplace

Fortune is not theirs who dive

into oceans to find what those

before them could afford to lose

In search of fortune, the pittance

that has enslaved too many…

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Added by Bijay Raut on May 1, 2013 at 4:13am — No Comments

Creating and Manifesting What You Want

Your mind can be in five different states. It can be inert. That means it is not activated at all -- it is in a rudimentary state. If you energize an inert mind, the mind becomes active but scattered. If you energize it further, it is no longer scattered, but oscillating. If you energize it even further, it becomes one-pointed. If you energize it still further,…

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Added by Bijay Raut on March 23, 2013 at 9:29am — 1 Comment

Meditation - Food for the Soul



By Sri Sri Ravi Shankar

Meditation is the journey from movement to stillness, from sound to silence. The need is present in you to meditate because it is your natural tendency to look for undiminished joy and love that doesn’t distort or turn negative.

 

Is meditation alien to us? That’s not true because you have been in meditation even before…

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Added by Bijay Raut on May 12, 2012 at 5:46am — 1 Comment

Be in the Center, Be in the Spine - A Poem by Bijay Raut

Be in the Center,

Be in the Spine,

There is Everything,

From Worldly to Divine,

Live with Detachment,

Live with Joy,

Everything is God's Leela ("play"),

Detach and Enjoy!…

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Added by Bijay Raut on April 12, 2014 at 9:41am — 1 Comment

A Brief History of Everything by Ken Wilber

Read on Amazon.com…

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Added by Bijay Raut on January 19, 2012 at 4:54am — No Comments

How to Stop Absorbing Other People’s Negative Emotions



I emphasize the importance of learning how to stay centered in a stressful, highly emotionally charged world. Since emotions such as fear, anger, and frustration are energies, you can potentially “catch” them from people without realizing it. If you tend to be an emotional sponge, it’s vital to know how to avoid taking on an individual’s negative emotions or…

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Added by Bijay Raut on January 12, 2012 at 1:49am — No Comments

The Top 5 Regrets In Life By Those About To Die

This article is written by Bronnie Ware, a palliative care worker who has worked with a countless number of patients who are sadly seeing their last days on earth. When Bronnie had questioned the patients about any regrets they had or anything they would do differently, common themes surfaced again and again. Here are the most common five:…

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Added by Bijay Raut on December 11, 2011 at 2:09am — No Comments

Renunciation, Celibacy, and Self-Realization: Chopra Answers

 

Question:

Is renunciation and celibacy important for attaining Moksha? If celibacy is not important then why do monks take that path? How does renunciation help the monks better than laymen? In what ways is their path better compared to those who lead a married life? Request you to answer this for…

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Added by Bijay Raut on May 26, 2011 at 4:20am — No Comments

The 8 Limbs and 4 Types of Yoga: The Spiritual Side of Yoga



Despite its amazing growth in popularity, many serious practitioners of the ancient art of yoga see it as nothing…

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Added by Bijay Raut on May 24, 2011 at 7:13pm — No Comments

Spiritual Discovery

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Added by Bijay Raut on May 25, 2010 at 9:44am — No Comments

Buddha, Sangha and Dharma

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Added by Bijay Raut on June 17, 2010 at 8:30am — No Comments

AWARENESS - The Beginning of Self-Discovery

Most of us have been told: “Be aware. Increase your awareness. Awareness is such an important thing. If you are unaware, you will miss life. Only total awareness will bring you peace and happiness, and will help you get rid of…
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Added by Bijay Raut on August 11, 2010 at 3:06am — No Comments

Airplane Route to God

Indic scriptures describe paths we can safely follow to experience increasing happiness and escape suffering. For example, by serving others, we can purify our hearts and expand our awareness and feel God’s love flowing through us to others. By chanting, we can…
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Added by Bijay Raut on January 9, 2012 at 1:47am — 1 Comment

I Am the Resurrection



To the best of our knowledge, Jesus the Christ did not write a book, nor was he promoting a set of tapes, DVDs or CDs. Jesus did not give motivational weekend seminars. Jesus didn't give…

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Added by Eric Allen Bell on April 28, 2011 at 3:09am — 1 Comment

Role Model

 

A Role Model is a must for all. It is a great help. Unconsciously we all have one. It is something which inspires us, it touches the core of our heart. Something we love to emulate. We want to be something like that. It is personification of our goal - in flesh. We can touch…

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Added by Bijay Raut on May 6, 2011 at 10:11pm — No Comments

King Janak: How To Meditate

 



 

There was once a great sage and his disciple. The sage send this disciple to the court of King Janak to learn how to meditate. The disciple did not want to go. Here he was, a Brahmin, a monk who had renounced the world. What could a King who was only a Kshatriya teach him. But since the master had ordered…

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Added by Bijay Raut on May 7, 2011 at 2:45am — No Comments

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