Friends and yoga students often share with me that they would love to build a meditation habit, but they find it difficult. Indeed, meditation takes commitment and, for many of us, it is uncomfortable to begin with.
When commitment is required, I find that deep motivation comes with understanding why we do it. Today’s Seeds of Insight is dedicated to this question.
Read MoreWe look at the lives of inspiring people and we wonder what power guides them to achieve what they do. Leonardo Da Vinci, Mozart, Einstein, Jesus Christ, Mary Magdalene, Buddha, Van Gogh, Rumi, Joan D’Arc and on and on - they all lived extraordinary lives of full dedication to their mission. How? Rod Stryker, author of “The Four Desires”, suggests that what sets them apart is their alignment with their life purpose.
Read MoreWhen this question arises, no answer feels right, at least not to my limited mind. In the 1970s, the L/L Research group was formed in the US by a bunch of researchers to channel extraterrestrial intelligence. In the transcripts of their sessions, a multi-dimensional being called the Ra group revealed the wisdom of the Law of One and a beautiful answer to this existential question.
Read MoreWe spend much of our lives and energy accumulating more - more knowledge, more money, more achievements, more experiences, more power, more control, even more suffering. If we honestly examine this tendency for “more”, we will see that at the source of it lies our mind’s attempt to avoid an old grief - the grief of betraying our true Self.
Read MoreWhen the desire for freedom from all suffering arises, the next thought that usually comes is “What to do?” Our mind is looking for a new skill to acquire, a new problem to solve, a new practice to master.
With that, new bondage is created as we naturally transfer our old habits of grasping to a fresh and more noble goal of liberation. Can you relate to this?
Read MoreWhen our teachers speak of Silence in a spiritual context, they mean something bigger, quieter and closer to us than simple lack of words.
Read MoreA couple of weeks ago, I spoke about True meditation - the practice of letting go of any form of control and allowing the experience to be as it is. Today’s post is a follow-up to take us one step further into the practice of Self-inquiry. Who are we? How to inquire into our true nature - a dialogue with Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Read MoreSome of our mental constructs seem so old that we can hardly imagine what life would FEEL without them. We may have picked them up in our earliest days, before we even had the ability to describe them in words. And when we step on the mat, sit to meditate or turn towards Peace, we inevitably bring them along. For me, it is the feeling of not being good enough. Can you relate? A welcome reminder that we are all equally good enough to realise the Self in a conversation with Sri Ramana Maharshi.
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