Two ways to know our attachments
To understand our attachments, we need to notice where our thoughts go when they have nowhere else to go. Our minds are always full of [...]
Gita 07.12 – Explanation
Gita 07.12 – The Gita’s vision of God is not pantheistic but panentheistic Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-07-12-the-gitas-vision-of-god-is-not-pantheistic-but-panentheistic/ ye caiva sāttvikā bhāvā rājasās tāmasāś ca ye matta [...]
How to avoid acting thoughtlessly
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 [...]
Gita 06.26 – Explanation
Gita 06.26 – Expect and correct the mind’s restlessness Audio Link: https://www.thespiritualscientist.com/gita-06-26-expect-and-correct-the-minds-restlessness/ yato yato niścalati manaś cañcalam asthiram tatas tato niyamyaitad ātmany eva vaśaṁ nayet [...]
Help me to manage my mind with vigilance and diligence (6.05)
Bhagavad Gita 6.5 uddhared ātmanātmānaṁ nātmānam avasādayet ātmaiva hy ātmano bandhur ātmaiva ripur ātmanaḥ "Use the mind for the soul's elevation, Let not the [...]
Navigating the inner marketplace
Introspection is meant to tune out the louder voices inside us so that we can tune in to the wiser voices inside us. Suppose we [...]
Screen your inner screen
Our mind is like an inner screen. On it appear sensory stimuli from the outer world as well as recollections arising from past impressions in [...]
The more our consciousness is crowded the more our conscience becomes clouded
Suppose we are walking through a crowded place where people are pushing each other. In that crush, if a pickpocket reaches into our purse and [...]
Seeking to understand our nature won’t box us in, it will reveal the box we are already in
Seeking to understand our nature won’t box us in it will reveal the box we are already in Some people resist any system of categorization [...]
We are always full of thoughts but we aren’t always thoughtful
We are always full of thoughts but we aren’t always thoughtful Our consciousness is always filled with thoughts, for we can never stop thinking. Even [...]