The Dual Vision of the Yogi: Seeing Krishna in Everything & Everything in Krishna
In the Bhagavad-gita (6.30), Krishna describes the vision of the enlightened yogi. Such seers have a dual divine perception: they see Krishna in everything, and [...]
Is Krishna with me? Am I with Krishna?
Devotion centers on arriving at an affirmative answer to two questions: Is God with me? And am I with God? The Bhagavad-gita (6.29) and (6.30) [...]
A better place even through a dark phase
In the Bhagavad-gita (6.30), it is said that for the realized yogi, Krishna is never lost to them, nor are they ever lost to him. [...]
Two dimensions of meditation
Meditation is a process of both taking in as well as going in. When we meditate on Krishna by chanting his holy names, we are, [...]
Gita 06.30 explained
Link to purport by A C Bhaktivedanta Swami Srila Prabhupada Transcript of Bhakti-Shastri class on this verse by Chaitanya Krishna is talking about perfection of [...]
When the distance between us and God seems unscalable …
We sometimes succumb to such improper actions and succumb so frequently and so grievously that we may feel that there is an unscalable distance between [...]
Meditation can shut things up and out — and can do more
Different people approach meditation for different purposes. Some people feel drained by the world's constant demands and turn toward meditation, hoping to shut things out [...]
Krishna is just one thought away from us – always
When we practice spiritual life, we may feel forlorn: “I am trapped in this material world and Krishna is in the spiritual world, so far [...]
Take mindfulness to its fullness by becoming mindful of the fullest reality
Mindfulness is, broadly speaking, the conscious awareness of what we are doing, why we are doing it, what we are thinking and why we are [...]
The Absolute’s oneness is not in non-differentiation, but in non-disconnection
The Absolute Truth is one. This intuition has dawned on many thinkers worldwide who have sought first principles, the foundational reality underlying all things. Moreover, [...]
To change the way you feel, change the way you think
Suppose someone wants to rid a field of weeds – and they get a lawn mower. They may remove the weeds, but the roots will [...]
Bhakti makes expanded awareness our enduring awareness
During the course of our life, we may get a glamorized lifestyle product, but find the pleasure thereof pathetically short-lived. Or we may lose something [...]
Maya is not just illusion in perception – it is essentially illusion in conception
Thoughtful people know that our perceptions can illusion us. Such illusions are, say, mirages or the apparent bending of a stick kept partially in water. [...]
We may be far away from Krishna, but Krishna is always close to us
The distance between two people in any relationship is a function not of bodily location but of emotional disposition. Family members living under the same [...]
Devotion implies meditation independent of location
Many of us tend to compartmentalize our lives into the material side and the spiritual side. Such compartmentalization is initially helpful in ensuring that we [...]
Reality is more fascinating than what we have been allowed to believe
Today’s mainstream ideology is materialism, which doesn’t allow people to believe in non-material or spiritual truths. In the materialistic conception of life, the only possible [...]