May 2011
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“You are already liberated.”
– the Guru
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“To laugh often and much; to win the respect of intelligent people and the...”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson (via http://cosmoasis.tumblr.com/)
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Anonymous asked: I just stumbled across your blog, and am very interested in all of it! I've suffered from depression for many years. I also just had my first existential crisis, and that hasn't helped it at all. Everything feels so meaningless. I try to enjoy life and be mindful, but the thought that I will die one day haunts me everyday. I feel so empty. I've looked into meditation, and I'm...
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ournatures-city-deactivated2011 asked: hey, i really love your blog :) do you know any other meditation-type blogs like yours?
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What it means to be a Yogi
Many people think yogis are these inaccessible old dudes who chill on mountain tops and ponder the unponderable. Well some are but not all. A yogi is more than a collection of beliefs and superstitions. They aren’t just another flavor in the cosmic shopping mall.
Powers and meditations do not make a yogi. A yogi is made by a question.
A yogi looks at the universe and sees an unbalanced...
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“When you try to meditate, allow the mind to get purified without trying to...”
– Shri ShivaRudraBalaYogi
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For those interested in tantra and nath yogis... →
Shri Mahendranath was an englishman who became a nath yogi and tantric guru in India. His words speak volumes.
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“If you try and meditate regularly, you will automatically develop devotion,...”
– Shri ShivaRudraBalaYogi
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Anonymous asked: Alright, I have a question. I meditate, and I try to do it regularly. But when it comes to your comment about karma and how we react to situations and things, how does meditating help prevent from making negative comments affect us? How is one supposed to react and not take offense while still living life intimately? In my place of work, talk happens, and comments or attitudes are hard to ignore...
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temptingtimeonimpulse-deactivat asked: Hey. I've been wanting to study Hinduism for a while but I'm looking for a place to start. I like to start with literature, as unbiased as possible. What would you recommend. my friend?
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Shri Gurudev Mahendranath on the Nath yogis
(photo of my brother nath yogi Hathanath, http://cosmoasis.tumblr.com/)
A Nath can do no wrong. This is our spiritual way of life. What a Nath sees fit to do, they do, in private or in public. The only restraint is not to hurt the feelings of lesser-developed people.
The Naths are an in-group who are not content to live in the rat race and think as they are told to think and do or not do as...
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Anonymous asked: Hello there, I was really mesmerized when I read your post on the power of non-reaction and I just wanted to ask if you could tell me more about it. It such an incredible and simple concept. I really can't believe I haven't heard of it before.. it just feels like I've been totally oblivious to everything. Anyway, thank you for keeping up such a fantastic blog and I hope you have a...
Anonymous asked: What do you do in your life besides be a "lazy yogi" ?
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Namaste
Many of you have heard me say it and many have said it themselves. “Namaste” is a customary greeting in India. It is an intimate way of greeting another person without actually touching them. But it has a deep esoteric meaning.
As it was explained to me by another tantric yogi, namaste means “I recognize the divinity within you and allow you to manifest it.” In this...
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cosmos-in-blue asked: hello there, have you ever read the bhagavad gita? what did you think?
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“When the clarity of practice becomes obscured by the dark and swirling energy of...”
– Ezra Bayda
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Anonymous asked: what can you say to someone who wants to have a psychedelic experience, but cant find a drug like lsd or pslocybin ?
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usgroovykids22-deactivated20130 asked: What would be the most important advice you would give to anyone?
Anonymous asked: Does meat effect meditation and how you feel?
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“That one I call a brahmin who has turned his back upon himself. Homeless, such a...”
– Gautama Buddha, the Dhammapada
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The Strength from Breaking Habits
It is a psychological fact that once we adopt a habit or routine, it takes less mental energy to continue that habit or routine than it would to break it. When you think about it, this makes a lot of sense. Adults are nothing but a jumble of habits and routines, evolved over time. Children are blobs of feeling and perspective upon which habits and routines are passed on to.
These habits limit...
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“Directly upon encountering the dharma, we will abandon the law of the world.”
– Dogen, on the nature of reality
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Q&A on the Subject of Prayer with my guru...
Questioner: Could You please talk about prayer compared to meditation?
ShivaRudraBalaYogi: In prayer, you consider yourself separate from God, and then pray to God. If prayer gets concentrated, it becomes more effective - because the Ultimate Truth of the mind is God. When we pray, we should pray for everyone, just as in the prayer we recite "Loka Samastaa," we pray that everyone should be in peace and prosperity. If the mind becomes concentrated, it goes inwards, it becomes introverted, and touches the Divine. Thus prayer can be so effective. In the same way, when we meditate, the mind becomes concentrated, and gradually goes inwards and loses all the imaginations of the mind, and merges with the Self. Both are effective and both are the same.
Q: How do you decide which practices to adopt? Sometimes it seems to me that prayer is far more important than meditation and other times it seems that meditation is far more important than prayer. Should you be spontaneous?
SRBY: Everything will be useful. There is really no conflict. When you feel like praying, you pray so that the Divine's Grace might descend on you and a conducive atmosphere will be available so that the inspiration comes. There is no problem. So when you feel like meditating meditate. That's it.
Q: How do you pray? How do you have a personal relationship with God?
SRBY: I pray for peace and happiness of all the worlds. My mind is always at Peace. If you pray, pray for peace for all, then you are also automatically included. Pray "May Thy will prevail, and give us the wisdom so that we can surrender in the proper way that is necessary."
Q: When we pray to God and ask for an answer, for guidance on a particular matter, how do we know how to recognize the answer?
SRBY: The answer will come from within. You have to recognize it coming from within. But if the mind is confused or agitated it won't notice this inspiration from within.
Anonymous asked: Why should one go on living if one feels like he wants to end his life? What is the one thing that he should contemplate before deciding to do so?
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be-like-water-deactivated201107 asked: hey there! i know i've asked before, and i kind of feel like a reiki whore, but could you send me some reiki? i feel like i have no balance or peace of mind atall in my life! and im currently doing exams which doesn't help! namaste!
Anonymous asked: how does reiki work? could you send some to my mother?
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becomingbuddhist asked: hello, i don't think i've told you how much i love your blog, but i do :). i read your bio and am intrigued by your journey -- it seems as though you have long been searching for the path that suits you. i would love to hear more about your views and beliefs that you have come to hold!
peace to you
peace to you
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The Power of Non-reaction
One of the greatest things meditation does for you is grant the power of non-reaction. Non-reaction is freedom.
The world controls you through eliciting reactions. If you get a cookie, you react happily. Therefore cookies control you. If someone calls you a bad word, you react with fury. Therefore words control you. If you hate working, your job becomes slavery. Therefore…I think you get...
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“What we call “world” is only an opinion…. Take away your...”
– Zen Master Seung Sahn
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ganja--mama asked: Hi there. I just saw that you liked my meditation post and I checked out your blog and was so captivated. :)
I am new to meditation and just attended a kundalini meditation intensive and received shaktipat from a guru. After that, I have been drawn even more to meditation with the intent of reaching samadhi. Also, I am not sure if I feel connected to the guru who gave me the shaktipat and...
I am new to meditation and just attended a kundalini meditation intensive and received shaktipat from a guru. After that, I have been drawn even more to meditation with the intent of reaching samadhi. Also, I am not sure if I feel connected to the guru who gave me the shaktipat and...
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thesleepinggardener asked: Sorry if this is a moronic question but do you know any literature on the practice of meditation, or is it better learned first person?
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Zen: Studying Intent (From Dream Conversations)
The method of studying intent is to lay aside all intellectual understanding and emotional assessment and look at a saying or story directly.
Even if you are reading records of ancient sayings or listening to a teacher lecture, if you forget what is on your mind and open up, not producing rationalizations of what you are reading or hearing, this is studying the intent.
I have found this zen...
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Meditation Procrastination
Until today, I hadn’t done a full meditation for about a week and a half! The end of college took up all my energy and focus as I strained to sashay through several years worth of intoxication. But back to the meditation.
Let me tell you, I felt how out of practice I was. I cannot stress enough how important a regular meditation practice is. Even if it’s just for ten minutes a day,...
eat-lay-grub asked: I hope you don't mind me asking this, I was wondering who did the artwork that's displayed in your background image? It's beautiful.
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How Buddhism Began
“Are you a god?” they asked. “No.”
“An angel?” “No.”
“A saint?” “No.”
“Then what are you?” Buddha answered, “I am awake.” His answer became his title, for this is what Buddha means. The Sanskrit root budh denotes both to wake up and to know. Buddha, then, means the “Enlightened One”...
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meow--zedong asked: Hey there, do you remember me? You probably dont haha, i sent you a message once before, i was pretty harshly skeptical back then, but ive been looking into Hinduism, Buddhism and Taoism in recent weeks, and a lot of it is making sense to me! Especially the whole maya(illusion) thing, that makes a ton of sense to me, ive always felt like everything was an illusion.
Anyway, im...
Anyway, im...
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“The brain is in touch with the nervous system and the universe. Through its...”
– My guru, Shri ShivaRudraBalaYogi
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