Gurudev Uvacha

Monday, November 30, 2020. 10:50. AM. “Essentially, each seeker should know "What am I aspiring for? Is my aspiration being fouled by the occasional reverse gear—if not frequent reverse gears or a permanent inbuilt reverse gear—or am I totally out of gear?" All the calls of the Gita to Arjuna are to stand up and shake off weakness. "Strive" is what all the scriptures say.” **** =================================================

  Saturday, November 28, 2020. 09:44. AM. "No saint has been able to maintain the spiritual balance throughout his life. There have been occasional reversals though these might not have left any impressionon their minds any more than the mark left by a stick drawn on water. But the mark is there when it appears. Such is the difficulty of leading the spiritual life.The case of immature seekers is much more precarious, indeed." **** ==================================================

  Friday, November 27, 2020. 02:53. PM. "The egoistic mind is the root of bondage. The non-egoistic mind is the root of Moksha. When there is no ‘I’ or egoism, there is liberation. When there is ‘I’ or egoism, there is bondage, or birth and death. It is bondage when the mind is attached to any object or any sense-organ. It is liberation when the mind is not attached to any object or any sense-organ. It is bondage when the mind desires or grieves over anything, rejects or accepts anything, feels angry or happy at anything. It is liberation when the mind does not desire or reject or accept, or feel happy or angry. Emancipation is release from the bondage of the ego and its desires, of the ego and its propensities, its cravings for the sensuous." **** ===================================================

Yogam Defined : "The word 'Yogam' comes from a Sanskrit root 'Yuj' which means 'to join'. In its spiritual sense, it is the process by which the identity of the individual soul and the Supreme Soul is realized by the Yogi. The human soul is brought into conscious communion with the Divine Reality. Just as camphor melts and becomes one with fire; just as a drop of water when it is thrown into the ocean, becomes one with the ocean; the individual soul, when it is purified, when it is freed from lust, greed, hatred and egoism, when it becomes pure (Sattvic), becomes one with the Supreme Soul. The science that teaches the way of acquiring this occult knowledge is called 'Yoga Sastram'." ****

“Essentially, each seeker should know "What am I aspiring for? Is my aspiration being fouled by the occasional reverse gear—if not frequent reverse gears or a permanent inbuilt reverse gear—or am I totally out of gear?" All the calls of the Gita to Arjuna are to stand up and shake off weakness. "Strive" is what all the scriptures say.”

Sunday, June 14, 2020. Total Thinking-The First Thought of the Day "When you wake up in the morning, observe the first thought that occurs to your mind, which will give you an idea of the predominant thoughts governing your previous day’s life, or several earlier days. Make this a daily habit of noting down your first thought every morning for days or even months. Often, when we get up in the morning we have a rush of such anxiety and a feeling of responsibility that we would not be able to note our first thought. We are pushed into activity by the impulse of anxiety regarding the duties of the particular day. But it is good to have a habit of trying to note the first thought that occurs in the morning."

"The secret of success behind all men of achievement, lies in the faculty of applying their intellect in all their activities, without being mislead by any surging emotions or feelings. The secret of success in life lies in keeping the head above the storms of the heart."