Gita 06.30 – The perception of Krishna everywhere takes one beyond the reach of illusion Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-30-the-perception-of-krishna-everywhere-takes-one-beyond-the-reach-of-illusion/ yo māṁ paśyati sarvatra sarvaṁ ca mayi [...]
Gita 06.29 – By seeing sameness in the material, yogi penetrates to the supreme spiritual substance Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-29-by-seeing-sameness-in-the-material-yogi-penetrates-to-the-supreme-spiritual-substance/ sarva-bhūta-stham ātmānaṁ sarva-bhūtāni cātmani īkṣate yoga-yuktātmā [...]
What makes life dangerous is not just outer threats, but inner traitors What makes life truly dangerous is not merely the external presence or occurrence [...]
Life is filled with ups and downs. These fluctuations, when seen with exaggerated importance, can turn routine events into massive dramas, escalating into emotional traumas. [...]
Whenever we decide to discipline ourselves, we are often jolted into action by external situations. For instance, we may notice how much weight we have [...]
As we go through life, we learn that we can't always take things and people at face value. Part of growing up involves realizing that [...]
Stop worrying whether God is there for us; start working on whether we are there for God. When facing difficulties, we may sometimes expect support [...]
When someone experiences emotional turbulence, especially during difficult or potentially traumatic times, our response can significantly influence not only their emotional state but also their [...]
Our life may be difficult, but that doesn't give us the right to be difficult When we face tough situations, they naturally affect our behavior. [...]
Morality often carries associations with religious moralizing, conjuring stereotypical images of outdated codes of conduct dictated long ago. These are frequently dismissed as being regressive [...]
Purposefulness helps us move through complexity to clarity Life is often characterized—and sometimes confounded—by complexity. Externally, the world around us offers an overwhelming array of [...]
When we are thoughtless, it's not that we have less thoughts; it's that we give less thought to the thoughts that drive us. We all [...]
A Diwali Deep Dive – Significance of the Six Festivals Diwali is not just a festival of lights; it’s a festival of insights. Each day [...]
Why we need to listen to our intelligence not our mind Listening to our intelligence insulates us from illusion, whereas listening to our mind insulates [...]
Break up with our mind or a break from our mind? We can't break up from our mind, yet we need to have breaks from [...]
How spirituality, meditation and bhakti are related When we take a life of deeper meaning or higher purpose, we may encounter many terms that seem [...]
Actions that start as senseless can lead us down a slippery slope, where we may end up not just shameless but even soulless. One of [...]
Whatever feels important and seems permanent today will eventually become little more than a memory. Experience it fully while it endures, so that it becomes [...]
If we don't protest against the mind's pretexts, we will never pass life's tests. When faced with life's difficulties, especially those requiring us to persevere [...]
Gita 06.12 – Concentration is the foundation for purification Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-12-concentration-is-the-foundation-for-purification/ tatraikāgraṁ manaḥ kṛtvā yata-cittendriya-kriyaḥ upaviśyāsane yuñjyād yogam ātma-viśuddhaye (Bg 6.12) Word-for-word: tatra — [...]
Gita 06.11 – Seek a balance between externals and internals Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-11-seek-a-balance-between-externals-and-internals/ śucau deśe pratiṣṭhāpya sthiram āsanam ātmanaḥ nāty-ucchritaṁ nāti-nīcaṁ cailājina-kuśottaram (Bg 6.11) Word-for-word: [...]
