Imagine a traditional doctor of bygone times, always ready with a little black bag of remedies. This image, in essence, mirrors the role of a Sadhu, traversing paths, providing guidance,
There is a comedian I used to like, called Steven Wright, and he had a joke. He said once, “I heard that you don’t know what you got till it’s
It is not that we are a body or an entity and then we get a spirit, or we have a soul. We are the soul. We are spiritual beings,
How we carry ourselves in life and the direction we decide to go depends on the song we keep in our hearts. The body is like a chariot, and the
Where do desires come from? We have a subconscious mind. The Yoga-sūtras are the psychology of yoga that describes the mind; called the Chitta. Our subtle body, or subtle material
Patañjali, the author of yoga-sutras, describes in the psychology of yoga the five kleśas, or the sufferings within the mind, and identifies the causes. Here they are in broad categories:
To focus our attention, the yoga wisdom texts recommend the process of mantra meditation—fixing one’s mind on a kind of potent sound. Authentic metaphysical sound vibrations may seem like any
This universe is designed for learning, not comfort. We are subtle spiritual beings ensconced in a material world with which we are incompatible. As oil and water never mix, similarly
As long as we are in this world, we have to work and interact with it. It’s hardly practical, or desirable, to ignore the world or the loving relationships we
Purpose means the reason for which something exists. A tiny screw, for example, exists for a reason. When lying on the street, the screw is insignificant. If you find it
