Spirituality
Prakrati differentiates into antahkarana (the psychic apparatus ) , indriyas (senses) and bhutas (matter). ´Antahkarana (the psychic apparatus ) has Buddhi, Ahamkara, and Manas. (14) Buddhi – ascertaining intelligence (vyavasayatmika), external object reflected through eye and internal images built out of samskaras ( impressions on the mind) (15) Ahamkara – Read more…
Limited Individual ( Subject-Object ) (12) Purusa – Siva thus subjecting Himself to Maya and putting on the five kancukas or cloaks which limit His universal knowledge and power becomes Purusa or the individual subject. Purusa is not just human person but every being able to perceive or feel things. Read more…
(6) Maya and the five Kancukas – From this stage – ASuddhadhvan or the order in which the real nature of the Divine is concealed. Maya – “Ma” means measure out. That which makes experience measurable i.e., limited and severs ‘This’ from ‘I’ and ‘I’ from ‘This’ and excludes things Read more…
As the ocean chooses to “limit itself” and transforms into vapors and then to cloudsfinally to snow, hail or rainand back through the little streamsjoyously flowing through mountains and valleyshappy and dancing through the transactions of samsara with turbulence and falls, ups and downs,in the process forgetting its true nature Read more…
ॐ नम: शिवाय Advaita simply means not two. Our path is a simple, direct path of self recognition . It is said that only due to divine grace one will have a desire to walk on this path. To recognize our non-dual nature, one has to rise above body and Read more…
ॐ नम: शिवाय Kashmīr Shaivism is the path of Divine Love. It is a direct path which teaches that liberation comes through a sustained recognition, called pratyabhijñā, of one’s true Self as nothing but Shiva . The entire Universe as we perceive is Shakti ( Shiva’s energy) expressing in form. “As Read more…
(1) Siva Tattva – Initial creative movement (Prathama Spanda) of Parama Siva. His Svatantrya or Absolute Will feels like letting go the Universe contained in Him, the first vibration or throb of this Will is known as Siva. (2) Shakti Tattva – Energy of the Siva – In Siva tattva, Read more…
ॐ नम: शिवाय Sadhana for this week is very simple but profound. Just Be Please take out 15 min daily to sit and do nothing. You can sit comfortably on a chair or on a couch. Alone or with Read more…
ॐ नम: शिवाय Sadhana for this week “The Witness” All meditation techniques have the same goal, which is to make us more aware of being aware itself. A few essential things are necessary in every technique: a relaxed state and no fighting with Read more…
ॐ नम: शिवाय Sadhana for this week Finish what you start Spiritual Unfoldment does not take time. It takes a tremendous will. That will has to be cultivated, just as you would cultivate a garden. It has to be cultivated.You need a tremendous, indomitable will to make Read more…