The purpose of our life is to realize that our “I” is God’s consciousness, the true Self. For most of us, mistakenly, the ego makes us believe we are something other than what we really are.
The Path from Relative to Absolute
When God created the universe, He vibrated His absolute, unchanging, pure consciousness into the thought of the ever-changing relative, and the sound Om vibrated forth.
Freedom From Desire
Desire arises when there is ignorance of the true Self. In this forgetting, we mistakenly believe we are limited individuals identified with our bodies and thoughts.
Life Force: Understanding Prana
The physical body is simply a composite of chemicals. It is prana that gives it life. When the prana leaves the body, the physical body dies.
An Uncontrolled Mind: The Fearful Time
We all want relief when our mind wanders uncontrollably in an inner land filled with fear. The Ramayana says, “The fearful time, which is like death, comes when the mind forgets about God and starts wandering here and there.”
To Calm the Restless Mind
The only thing the mind wants, the only thing all our desires seek, is love. The restlessness of our mind shows us that our mind will never stop seeking and desiring until it finds permanent love.
Who We Really Are
When we forget who we really are, we identify with the gross body. Because we don’t remember the inner Self, the witness consciousness, we believe we are this body. We are like the person sitting inside a house, believing we are the house. In this limited understanding, we become caught up in the conflict of desire and doubts.
The Spiritual Eye and the Vision of God
Explore the profound teachings of spiritual masters like Muktananda and Yogananda, revealing the inner journey towards realizing the divine within oneself through the imagery of the blue pearl and spiritual eye.
Desire and Liberation
All through our life, we want this or that. We desire one thing or another and our lives become consumed with desire. Lacking knowledge of the Truth, we choose according to our interests, not understanding if they are good or bad for us.
Revelation and Realization
There is but one thing to renounce; regarding something as ours which does not belong to us. This means that our delusion is identifying ourselves with that which is not the Self.