Quotes@DhyanFoundation

Satya- Truthfulness

2012-02-14T06:13:00.000-08:00

Satya- Truthfulness- Truth that doesn’t hurt others. This definition is absolutely right. But the state of satya should be complete- inside and outside. (Satya ki sthiti poornta se honi chahiye andar- bahar honi chahiye . Jo satya ka vrat rakhta hai usko akaal mrityu ka bhay khatam ho jata hai…uski akaal mrityu nahi hoti. ) The one who keeps the vow of satya s/he does not fear untimely death.The one who follows the yam of satya he cannot suffer an untimely death. Because he is all the time in truth, He never lies for anything. He is not lying to serve his own interest, not betraying anybody (kisi ko dhoka nahi de raha).When such a state is reached neither he fears nor he can ever have an untimely death. Because Patanjali Rishi had said- Abhnivesh- fear of death. And this abhnivesh will not go till the time you are not sthir in the 5 yams. Because death is of many types and fear of death is also of many types. So the one who is able to become sthir in the 5 yams then he does not die, he leaves his body at will. (sharir iccha anusar chodta hai chahe jaise bhi chode) Very well knowing where is he going why is he going what is going to happen. So the first 2 siddhis of yog are in yam. A total of 5 siddhis are there and yams are so important that first 2 siddhis are in them, what we call vak shakti- what you say happens and avyakt se vyakt mein lekar aana, ie, manifestation of thought. These are the 2 basic siddhis.

Yog does not mean standing on the head. If a Yogi wants something and that thing does not happen, then s/he is not a yogi- it is very important for us to understand this. (Agar yogi koi chees chahe aur woh chees na ho toh phir woh yogi nahi hota … yeh baat samajna bahut zaroori hai) If a yogi wishes that he forms a political party and becomes the prime minister and he is not able to achieve it... then he is not a yogi- there is no doubt about this at all. Whatever a yogi wishes, only a thought should come in his mind that 'I have to do this', then nobody can stop that from happening. It will happen. This is the shakti of yam.

Desire

2012-02-12T09:03:00.000-08:00

"Desire is the cause of Creation. We came into this physical world because of our desires and are still continuing being here because of desires only. This desire for experience is unending, that is why a soul goes through so many cycles of births and deaths. For if there were no desires, what are we doing here in this physical world? We are looking for more and more…This is the play of maya, tokeep us engaged in the physical only. Maya is the glue that keeps us tied to and stuck with all that is around us. We think that is all that exists; there is nothing beyond our family, our relationship, our work, our mini-world. It seems nearly impossible to think beyond this, no? Maya is the strongest tool of Lord Vishnu, who looks after the sustenance of the world. It is through the aid of maya, a balance is maintained in the physical creation, because this is what holds you or binds you with whatever is around you. In the form of attachments – bandhans you have tied yourself with. It can take any form; ego, attachments, buddhi, material or emotional gains to keep you engaged and not go beyond the physical."-Yogi Ashwini

The 'salt' and the 'ocean'

2012-02-09T03:06:00.000-08:00

‎"You can never be separated from the creator (paramatma). You exist within him and at the same time, due to your Ego (asmita or ahankar), you also exist as an individual. While the ego and the five basic senses enable you to perceive yourself as an individual, you are unable to perceive yourself as a part of creator. This maybe understood by the example of salt and ocean. The salt particles exist in the ocean but at the same time they have a separate identity. You separate yourself from the ocean for the desire of an experience, but after that you become so engrossed in the desire that you forget about the ocean. In order to become aware of the ocean, the salt particle has to merge back with the ocean and for this it has to dissolve its ego and there is only one way of achieving this- Yog."- Yogi Ashwini

2012-02-09T02:12:00.000-08:00

A normal individual is only engaged in food, material comforts, money and sexual pleasures, he/she cannot think beyond the two basic chakras. As a result, at the time death, soul leaves the body from that chakra and immediately enters an identical physical body with the same kinds of problems and sufferings. Because the karmas do not improve, the soul keeps taking duplicate bodies and keeps going through the same experiences, lifetime after lifetime, sans any vertical progression- Yogi Aswini

Swayam ko pehle samjho

2012-02-07T23:37:00.001-08:00

"You may think yourself to be "Gods gift to mankind" but only what you have experienced is truth for you. You may think yourself to be whatever but the problem is you don’t understand yourself even one bit. And when do you get to know your truth (apni asliyat kab samajh mein aati hai) when you are in Guru sanidhya. Without your Guru you cannot even know your own truth- "that I do not know anything at all even though I think myself to be such a scholarly person". And till the time you don’t know your truth, you cannot enter yog. Or in other words you have not entered yog kyunki entry uski hoti hai jo swayam ko pehle samajhta hai. Swayam ko pehle samjho...First understand your own self" - Yogi Ashwini

Concept of Ahimsa

2012-02-02T00:14:00.001-08:00

‎"The rishis who understood every aspect of creation, nature, subtle and physical bodies and all of a being’s requirements, gave a lot of importance to the concept of ahimsa (non-violence). Non-violence does not mean holding back aggression. It translates as “not using force”, which also prohibits holding back anything forcefully, even if it is an emotion or a desire. There are too many misconceptions about yoga and spirituality, one of which is that one has to do away with a certain lifestyle and maintain a diet to get into yoga. Yoga does not bind one with anything, rather it sets you free. The practices suggested by our yogis go in tandem with nature. That’s why yoga is taught one-on-one following the guru-shishya parampara. Yoga is never taught en masse. A guru assesses the disciple’s capacity, his/her needs and limitations and then prescribes a kriya, because he knows if a desire is suppressed forcefully, it will surely resurface at a later stage and yoga will not be achieved. The beauty of yoga is that it elevates you to a level where the senses do not control you, you control the senses and command them at will."-Yogi Ashwini

Bow to the Lord of physical creation

2012-02-01T00:06:00.000-08:00

Just take a look around, at any house, any city, or any country. You will come across similar people, leading similar lives and sharing the same set of four problems — health, finances, relationships and emotions.

Selfishness has veiled the vision of man. The man of Kalyug sees everything from the point of view of what he can get out of it. His business mindset has not even spared the energy world; there too he attempts to strike a profitable deal. Lord Ganesh is seen as an elephant whose worshipping will rid one of his/her problems and bring in material comforts. Likewise, every house, every office, every vehicle today sports an idol of Ganesh.Let me tell you Lord Ganesh is not an elephant and elephant-worship will take you nowhere. Ganesh is the lord of physical creation; the gatekeeper to subtler dimensions. In this heyday of negativity he is entrusted with the task of letting in only a true seeker and keeping out selfish people by engaging them in material pursuits.So the only way to access the energy of Ganesh is through selflessness and that will rid you of your problems on its own. - Yogi Ashwini

Poorna

2012-01-31T22:39:00.001-08:00

"The sloka Om poornamadah poornamidam poornata poornamudachyate poornasya poornamaadaya poornamevava shishyate Om implies that infinity plus infinity is infinity, infinity minus infinity is infinity, infinity multiplied by infinity is infinity and infinity divided by infinity is also infinity. But infinity has no definition or does it? If two mirrors are kept facing each other and you stand in between the two, then would you be able to count the number of images? No that is infinity. That is why the star, the creation, is called infinity, everything has originated from it and will go back into it and it has no boundaries. Can you explain something which has no boundaries, something which has no limits?YOGI ASHWINI."

Role of a GURU

2012-01-28T20:39:00.000-08:00

Fulfillment of the desires at the basic level first, but the purpose of Guru shakti is not this, its purpose is to lift you, to develop siddhis inside you. Its purpose is not solving your business or emotional problems or curing diseases, for this there are consultants, These are all by-products, when you are focussed and you don’t hesitate (hichak nahi hai) and if you are walking on the path told by your Guru only then you will get the anubhav. When you are with your Guru every moment (har shan har pal) is a learning experience. For example, when a mother teaches a child to walk (whatever might be your age- all of you are kids for me) she holds hand of the child (ungli pakadkar chalna sikhati hai) and then at a time she let go the hand, so what happens then? Child falls and gets hurt. Because learning to walk is an experience. What if the mother thinks let him lie in the bed only, what is the need to make him walk, then how will he learn how to walk? If she fulfils all his desires and makes available everything on the bed then the child will become obese. Senses in him wont develop. Till the time he does not walk, he will not fall and till the time he doesn’t fall, he will not learn to stand up again and till the time he doesn’t know how to stand up again, he will not be able to run. So the purpose of the Guru is this and not that he keeps appreciating you because the Guru needs something from you- what is happening these days."-Yogi Ashwini

2012-01-26T09:57:00.001-08:00

There are moments in life,” said Mahatma Gandhi “when, about some things, we need no proof from without. A little voice within us tells us you are on the right track, move neither to your left nor right, but keep to the straight and narrow way.”

Positive Thinking

2012-01-25T02:17:00.000-08:00

We like to be with some people and prefer to stay away from some. This is because people who are at peace or are shaant create a serenity around and one feels good in their presence whereas people who are ashaant or disturbed create disturbance wherever they go and send signals to people to stay away.This is due to the difference in positive and negative vibrations. Birds of feather do flock together, people with similar vibrations like each others’ company. This is why some people love chaos while some prefer stillness.If there is a coin at the bottom of a river bed, it can only be seen if the water is clear and still. Slight ripples and waves affect the clear view. Similarly, if a person is disturbed, he or she will not be able to take any concrete decision and will remain in a state of conflict and turmoil while creating more disturbance within and all around.The key to shaanti is stilling the brain, takingit to a state of no thought. Our thoughts are linked to the movement of the eyeballs.The basis of thoughts is desires. It is impossible for a normal person to try to achieve complete stillness by meditating on one’s own. The process is long and needs a Guru’s guidance. That is the reason why Rishi Patanjali propagated the eight limbed yog on which the Sanatan Kriya is based.The power of the person who is able to sit absolutely still in a thoughtless state is unimaginable. Anything is possible for such a being. That is the state when all ripples have died down and the vision is crystal clear.This state of being absolutely still reveals dimensions which are beyond logical explanation. Even one thought, movement or a slightest twitch will distort the vision.Find your Guru today without falling prey to clever businessmen selling “meditation or yoga “. Let your Guru guide you to this blissful state of shaanti.Yogi Ashwini is an authority on the Vedic sciences and is the guiding light of Dhyan Foundation. He is also the author of Sanatan Kriya - Yogi Ashwini

Why Yoga cannot be done without a Guru?

2012-01-23T12:40:00.000-08:00

Why Yoga cannot be done without a Guru?
The spinal cord is the physical manifestation of the sushumna nadi. There are 3 channels inside this nadi- brahma nadi, chitrangada and chitrangani.. It is only your Guru who can tell you which out of these paths you have to undertake to reach the goal.
Every guru has a maryada and a Guru never ever makes shishya of some other Guru his shishya, There is no competition between Guru’s. Every guru has his own shreni. Depending on your karmas you get your Guru. Without your Guru you won’t be able to evolve. Why because every single person is tied by his karmas. So whichever holy place you may go to or whomever you may worship, it will be of no use. You will keep on going round and round lifetime after lifetime. In order to rise you have to open your karmic bandhan, which only a Guru can open. There are three granthis or knots that need to be opened in order to rise above- Brahma granthi, Vishnu granthi and rudra granthi, (in that order) these can be opened by the force of your Guru only.

Guru is not God; many people have this misconception and consider his /her Guru to be God. Guru is only a medium for the divine energy to flow to you. Thus, a Guru has to be in the physical to channelise this energy to you, once a Guru leaves his or her body s/he merges with the supreme consciousness and wont be able to channelise it then. Two things you should remember always- Guru has to be in the physical form and an individual can never have two Gurus. If this was not so, then what was the need for avtars of vishu- Krishna and Ram- to go to their respective Gurus (who were in their physical form) . This is because Gyan can only come through your Guru; reading books or attending discourses is of no good.

More than you need your Guru, your Guru needs you because in order to fulfil his Guru’s aadesh and for that he needs to channelise his/her Guru’s energy into his extensions. Just like you need hands and legs in order to do something, only having energy wont do, similarly a guru needs extensions to complete the Aadesh given to him by his Guru. Only when this aadesh is completed can a Guru leave his/her body, although he has accessed the supreme(Brahm leen) . And how do you know who your Guru is- your experience will tell you. When you are in presence of your guru you will experience something inside you and if you do not experience anything that means either you are not with your Guru or the person who you think is a Guru is not so.:- By Yogi Ashwini ji

No Two Individual are same

2012-01-23T01:48:00.000-08:00

Just the way no two stars are same similarly every person is an individual no two individuals are the same. Each one has individual needs and has an individual journey. Nobody comes with somebody nor goes back, we just keep fooling ourselves that too till the time old age comes and senses become dull, if these basic senses only do not work then how will higher senses develop, ultimately Maya has the last laugh…when your body is on the funeral pyre.YOGI ASHWINI

Yoga?

2012-01-22T01:08:00.000-08:00

"Markandeya Rishi and Rishi Vyas have predicted (clearly in vanparva of Mahabharat) that a time will come (and this is that time) when the pious sciences of the Vedas will be sold, they will be misinterpreted and that nobody will raise a voice against it and this is exactly what is happening. An asana, which is sukham sthiram asanam,has become the jumping posture of a monkey. A pranayama, which was supposed to be a kumbhak, is now interpreted as – ‘breathe as fast as you can, more energy, more adrenaline rush’ (and so you feel so good initially but again it leads to destruction of the body). No one talks about service and charity. Satya (truthfulness, the first yama)- There is no mention of cure of any diseases in Patanjali Ashtang Yoga. But today nearly every yoga school boasts of curing diseases through yoga. Similarly, asteya and aparigraha –don’t take anything that belongs to someone else and do not collect – are the next two yamas. But if you look around just the opposite of this is happening, the prime aim of every major yoga school is to collect more, make more, build more. So tell me, where will you go to learn yoga? How will you know what yoga is?"-Yogi Ashwini

Relationships

2012-01-20T02:48:00.000-08:00

"Your relationship with every individual is a result of one basic principle — as you sow so shall you get. It is a mere give and take. This give and take is a payback of our karma from our previous births and from this lifetime. You get associated with people because they need something from you and you need something from them too. Without any level of dependency or give and take you will not remain in touch with people. The amazing fact is that you remain caught in this cycle of give and take lifetime after lifetime. This is the state of the common man; he forgets that he is alone, he then gets troubled by those seeming to be close to him. Such a turbulent life leads to innumerable ailments and diseases, hyperactivity and a general state of dishevelment.YOGI ASHWINI."

"This world is an illusion"- The real meaning

2012-01-18T02:26:00.000-08:00

Dharma, artha, kama, moksha are the real stages of your journey, the problems are only to keep you entangled, so that you keep going round and round in a circle lifetime after lifetime and ultimately you begin the search of the starting point. But since a circle has no end or beginning you will find neither a beginning nor an end - it is an illusion. You must have heard/read about a saying that this world is an illusion. It does not mean that nothing is existing, it is existing but it is an illusion. You feel your problems and life have a beginning and an end. And once you are stuck in this illusion you are gone as you just keep going round and round. A being becomes so engrossed in his/her problems that he asks “what to do?”, only if he could move a little away and watch himself he would realise “what am I doing?” This lifetime is passing away very quickly and constantly. In fact the word sharir means that which is moving towards destruction constantly. The more you are tensed about your problems the faster you move towards destruction. These 'problems' or what you think as a problems, are not problems at all - they are just a ‘reaction’ to your bad karmas.

Dharma gyan is crucial, but if you don’t have it in your karma then in whichever way I may try to explain, you will not get it. This is the reason in earlier times when students used to go to Gurukul they used to simultaneously improve their karmas. How? By taking care of the cows, ashram sewa and begging alms. Ok tell me if the rishis were evolved beings who could access the subtle energies of this creation, will it be difficult for such a being to procure food? No. But still the students were asked to beg for alms. This was to inculcate feeling of helping others (sewa bhaav) i.e. collecting food for others. Also this would bring the ego of a student lower and as a result automatically the shishya would get the gyan as to what he was doing and why he was doing - Yogi Ashwini

Yoga and Yuga

2012-01-17T10:10:00.000-08:00

"The subject of Yoga was given to the humankind when creation began. When creation began, it was marked as the Satyug. In Satyug, Yoga primarily was gyan (not knowledge). We differentiate knowledge from gyan – while knowledge is limited to the physical brain and the 5 senses, gyan is embedded in the deepest core of the physical and etheric self. Then the yugchanged and so did Yoga. In Tretayug, Yoga changed from gyan to remembrances, what you know as shlokasand smritis. Next, in Dwaparyug, Yoga changed to karma - nishkaam karma - as given by Krishna in Gita. Now in Kaliyug, Yoga has again changed its form. It has now become Patanjali Ashtang Yoga comprising of 8 limbs-yama, niyama, asana, pranayama, pratyahar, dharna, dhyan and samadhi. " - Yogi Ashwini

Be in the present moment. No memory’s neither past nor future.

2012-01-17T05:56:00.000-08:00

"In yoga we say live in the present moment, i.e. only now exists, there is no past or future. When you are in the present moment, eye muscles become still and the thoughts cease. It is the movement of eye muscles that creates thoughts in the body. When you still yourself, you still the eye muscles, thoughts cease and thus the process of ageing is stalled. That is why in Yoga, stillness is the key. When you think about something that happened to you in the past, this thought "cooks" up the cells as energy is being produced. You can test it for yourself. You will observe that whenever you are thinking hard, automatically your breath rate and pulse rate shoots up. This is owing to the play of agnis which consume the vital prana and causes ageing."-Yogi Ashwini

Charity..

2012-01-16T10:40:00.000-08:00

One of the five ‘yamas’ in the Ashtanga yoga translates as charity. Selfless service and charity is termed as one of the most effective purification techniques in the ancient Vedic texts, that makes one eligible for higher practices.

Charity is usually seen as giving something to the needy. While doing so, it is important however to keep in mind that it is not ‘you’ who is giving, as you are just a channel. Hence, the simplest way to define charity is to do something for someone without expecting anything in return for it.

Dhyan Foundation runs a number of service initiatives as we feel it is our responsibility to create avenues for you to come forth and participate in a noble cause, in any/all means possible. Further, Dhyan Foundation is totally voluntary in nature and all its activities are run by regular people like you and me, who volunteer to work for a cause in their own personal capacity and degree.

Talking of degree, the obvious question arises - does charity need always be in monetary terms? No, Charity need not be with money. Charity can be kind words, helping someone, teaching, blessing someone, it can even be something as simple as a smile if someone needs that, at that moment, without expecting anything in return. It is any act of helping someone without any direct benefit to you. Your work is only to do your karma and forget about it.

The ageless dimension

2012-01-15T09:51:00.000-08:00

Age is just a number.There is no such thing as a number. When the senses begin to dull, it means you are aging. It could happen when you are 20 or 80; it’s entirely in your hands.

People in their 20s and 30s are graying and balding. Why? The root cause is a bent spine. When the spine bends, it’s the first sign of ageing. As stress levels overwhelm people of all age groups, women in India are countering ‘age-discrimination’ because their biological clocks are ticking, whereas men don’t. Brahmacharya Kriya counters this problem among women. The process of biological aging is not restricted to women!

What then is the art of living? It goes beyond commercialization and selling yoga. Understand life, it goes beyond the boundaries of yoga. You have five senses, and if you shut off one, your vision becomes limited. If you shut of all senses, there’s no vision at all !

6th sense in every human

2012-01-13T07:17:00.000-08:00

"Every organ of body is controlled by a chakra but this chakra is not in the physical body. Most of the saints of kaliyug have faltered at this point. They have started looking for chakras in the physical dimension. I was surprised when one of the saints (with a renowned organisation and are doing a lot of good work too) in his books writes that there is nothing called as chakra as when we dissected the body we could not see a chakra. But while making such a statement one forgets a simple fact that our eyes see only in the visible spectrum of light, in a specific frequency range. Likewise our ears hear only in a specific frequency range. So saying that it does not exist at all because you cannot see it is quite foolish, because how can you see something which is of a frequency which your eye itself is limited to see. Just to give you an example infra-red radiations are not visible to a human eye but that doesn’t mean these radiations do not exist! Infrared cameras are able to catch these. But here we are talking about chakras which are of much more subtler frequencies. A few people also claim that Kirlian camera can take a picture of an aura. I have done extensive research on this and I found these too are false claims as these cameras capture only thermal heat radiation of body, which is not what an Aura is by any means. Seeing colours and origination of problems in the body is beyond the 5 senses, it is not the dimension of the 5 senses rather a 6th sense.

So basically what we have in a nut shell is that different chakras control different parts of body through specific kinds of energies seen as specific colours, visible only to a clairvoyant. A normal person cannot see it but when you do Yog properly then you too can develop this 6th sense." -Yogi Ashwini

Sanatan Kriya

2012-01-13T02:09:00.000-08:00

Sanatan Kriya means complete action. Based on the principles of Ashtanga Yoga, it encompasses in totality whatever needs to be done in this entire janam — yam, niyam, asana, pranayaam, pratyahar, dhaarna, dhyan, samadhi. A practitioner of Sanatan Kriya is on the path of Yog, which leads to only one state — that of ananda or complete bliss. To attain this, one has to overcome hurdles called experiences — each experience being a new salvation, taking him a step forward from where he was. Everyday I encounter seekers with problems ranging from common cold to those of the cosmos. Yet, all are able to find their answers in Sanatan Kriya. That’s because the Kriya is designed to facilitate salvation, to each his own.- Yogi Ashwini

Responsibilities and Yoga

2012-01-12T10:51:00.000-08:00

It is very important for you to know that you have to fulfil your duties, there is no running away from your duties. If you have taken up a duty willingly in life then you cannot turn your face away from it. You cannot take the escapist route, saying that I am now a saint and above all this. This is not allowed in yog. However you must also remember you cannot ever completely fulfil anyone else's desires in life. Is there anyone who can say “I am really happy with a person X in my life as he/she has satisfied me completely?” No. Even if you die for someone s/he will say 'this is not the way I wanted him/her to die, he/she should have tried 'that' way instead! - Yogi Ashwini

The lamp & the treasure

2012-01-12T01:28:00.000-08:00

"The true spirit of Diwali thus lies not in buying expensive clothes, decorating the house and eating sumptuous foods. It is in internalising the energy of Lakshmi and spreading the light of Diwali to millions, through selfless charity and service. When Rama, Lakshman and Sita returned to Ayodhya, all the houses were lit up. The moral is to not light up your houses and attract Lakshmi with this artificial light, but to be the force that can aid the Ayodhya of creation and attract divinity.Om tamaso maa jyotir gamaya." - Yogi Ashwini

DESIRES

2012-01-11T08:06:00.000-08:00

"Depending on your desires you catch thoughts from environment and that thought(desire) goes into every cell and gets embedded in each and every cell of your body. There is a very interesting study on this,ie, Consciousness at the level of the cell. A person named William Sheridan went for a heart transplant and after the operation suddenly he started painting and sketching landscapes and wildlife. He was himself surprised to see this...So later research was done and it was found that the heart given to him belonged to a person who was an artist. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-381589/The-art-transplant.html)

After this agni gives shakti to that thought so that the thought can be manifested on physical level. And ultimately this leads to ageing of cell (as explained above).That it why we say- You don’t consume food, the food consumes you. …..Your desires don’t satiate you, your desires consume you! Your desires, (eating, drinking, getting a big car or house or losing or gaining weight) whatever, howsoever small they may be, every moment takes you towards ageing. It is these desires which mislead you from your path or the truth because they make you work then. They form a veil over you and cloud your vision and as a result what you see is what your desires make you see!"

-Yogi Ashwini

"The Universe Exists inside a being , outside is only the reflection. So, go inwards if you choose fathom it . Or else , the reflection would fool you into wasting your life" - Yogi Ashwini

2012-01-11T01:18:00.000-08:00

Ayurveda

2012-01-10T00:39:00.000-08:00

"Ayurveda disregards any such thing as disease or healing, as the purpose of Ayurveda is not healing, it is to achieve a state of balance and maintain it. It eliminates the root cause of imbalance and brings the body into a state of balance. When the imbalance is removed, the disease is automatically cured and the body radiates with glow and strength" - Yogi Ashwini

who are we??

2012-01-09T08:25:00.000-08:00

"Your heat, heat of your star, heat of the sun and thus the heat of whole creation is reducing. And as this heat is reducing, the form is changing - because the energy can neither be created nor destroyed it only changes form. That is why the form of human being today is not the same as the ones who were born say 500 years ago and that form was not same as the form of rishis 5000 years ago (heat then was much more from now). This is the reason why gyan of rishis has become lupt (lost) because how many people today have enough heat in them to hold, understand and act on the gyan of the rishis. How many people have that much curiosity- very few! Most people think- "What can I get? How big is my house? Which car will I buy next? How can I improve my looks?" You just cannot think beyond your own self. Moreover you do not know who you are, even if you think for yourself first you should know who are you and from where you have come and where you will go. You know none of these answers and you are just following what your limited buddhi is telling you, collecting and getting stuck more and more with each passing day and losing that vital heat every instant. The heat is also called Prana shakti, iccha shakti and chitta shakti. All these are present in the mother and all these are reducing because the heat of womb is declining because of your births." Yogi Ashwini

Catch your breath

2012-01-09T01:46:00.000-08:00

"Breath is a direct indicator of your state of being. You derive vital prana (energy) from the breath you take in. When the body is under stress, cells consume prana at a faster rate. Consequently the body gasps for more breath and the breathing rate is higher. When you breathe at a faster pace, the body while producing greater amount of energy, also generates toxins (ama) in proportionate amount as an equal and opposite reaction. This ama causes corrosion of body cells and accelerates the ageing process.We will understand this with an example. A dog breathes 25-30 times a minute; its average life span is 12-15 years. Compare this to the 100-150 years a tortoise lives. Do you know the breath count of a tortoise? It is two-three breaths per minute.More is not always good. Prana should be optimum. Sanatan Kriya, the age-old tool of the Vedic rishis, optimises the pranic consumption of the cells and makes them efficient and healthy.- Yogi Ashwini"

Moksha is Vairagya

2012-01-08T10:20:00.000-08:00

‎"Moksha does not refer just to the state of leaving everything and uniting with self - as at this level of evolution it is impractical for you to think about that. Here I am talking about people in general and not about exceptions. For a common man, rising above his/her current state is Moksha. In short, vairagya is Moksha and Moksha is vairagya. This implies you keep climbing up the steps one-by-one but this upward progression depends on the shakti of your vairagya. It depends on what you are ready to ‘leave’ but this ‘leaving’ is not by forcing yourself, it happens naturally. As you move up or evolve, by being on the path of yog, your gyan increases and when you do rise the lower heavy things are left behind, ie, the physical (lower) things lose their value for you and when it has no value then you leave it by choice and not forcibly (aap swecha se chod dete ho zabardasti nahi)"-YOGI ASHWINI.

Service and Charity

2012-01-07T07:46:00.000-08:00

‎"Money and position are very easy to attain but if you make them as your target then remember the closed cupboard and drowning in the river. Don’t forget one thing, to get more than your requirements you have to deprive somebody of something as the resources are limited and desires are unlimited. The more you take from limited resources you will take somebody else’s share. What is funny for me is that you block this money by buying property, etc and become happy that you have built so many assets. This in economics is called 'Snob Value'. Deriving happiness by seeing others becoming jealous of what you have. It is good to earn money, nobody is stopping you but collecting it is wrong. Keep it in circulation by building schools, hospitals, feeding hungry etc. always remember that your requirements will never stop as this is human nature - the one who owns a house wants a palace and one who owns a palace wants a city. A person who is not satisfied with a room will not be satisfied even with a city. As such a person only wants to show to others that 'I have arrived'. The more you get into this thought process, the more you collect and the more you collect the more bad karmayou are accumulating for yourself. You should earn more but don’t collect. This is the reason why ashtang yog has aparigraha and asteya as yamas.YOGI ASHWINI."

Yoga sets you free!

2012-01-06T10:45:00.000-08:00

"Don't underestimate, undervalue, or commercialize Yoga because Yoga releases you from the clutches of Maya. There is no ritual, no lifestyle, no diet in Yoga; Yoga sets you free."-Yogi Ashwini

If you want to go and buy something from market you will get only a shopkeeper not a saint.

2012-01-06T10:42:00.000-08:00

"Since the creation began we have taken so many births and have spent lifetime after lifetime, in the pursuit of satisfaction of physical pleasures only. The more you run after physical the more you devolve and thus sink more and more into the physical. There is no doubt that physical satisfactions are very important but you should know where you are heading, what exactly are you doing. Buying mahalakshmi yantra, dhanlakshmi yantra, siddhlakshmi yantra, etc will not get you more wealth. You forget that those selling such things to you are themselves struggling actors, none of them are successful themselves, but you still fall in the trap and buy them.
If you want to go and buy something from market you will get only a shopkeeper not a saint. Untill you search for your Guru with a feeling of surrender (samarpan bhaav) you will not find your guru."-Yogi Ashwini

Power of Stillness

2012-01-05T06:19:00.000-08:00

"The power of the person who is able to sit absolutely still in a thoughtless state is unimaginable. Anything is possible for such a being. That is the state when all ripples have died down and the vision is crystal clear. This state of being absolutely still reveals dimensions which are beyond logical explanation. Even one thought, movement or a slightest twitch will distort the vision.
Find your Guru today without falling prey to clever businessmen selling “meditation or yoga “.
Let your Guru guide you to this blissful state of shanti." Yogi Ashwini

2012-01-04T10:36:00.000-08:00

"When the soul chose to go through the set of certain experiences, it took birth in the form it desired. On the basis of the karmas generated by the soul in its first incarnation the events of his life and lifetimes came to be programmed. That is the law of karma. The events of one’s life- pleasant or unpleasant– are the choices the soul makes in order to fulfil the desires or experiences one wants to go through. And majority blames the Divine for being unjust to them. Divine has no role to play in an individual’s life when he chooses a separate existence. Like a parent looks after every need of a child and gives him the best according to his requirement, the moment the child starts taking his own decisions, he has to go through the result of the choices he made, the same way when a soul chooses to go through the experiences he desires, those experiences are given and on the basis of the karmas generated, the results are given." -Yogi Ashwini

barriers of our karmas ......

2012-01-03T06:41:00.000-08:00

"Till you improve your karmas you will not find your guru. Your karma is that baggage, it is drowning you and you fear death, thus you become tensed and guru tatva is lost. Either don’t be afraid of death, but if you are afraid you have to walk on the path holding the hand of your guru, there is no other way."-Yogi Ashwini

How to cease the thoughts?

2012-01-01T22:04:00.000-08:00

‎"When your focus is on that ek tatva then thoughtless state will come automatically.. As that ek tatva will not allow any other tatva to interfere. But this takes time. That is why it is said Yog is not very easy; infact it is the most difficult thing to do." -Yogi Ashwini

Satisfaction is not inertia

2011-12-30T22:44:00.000-08:00

"Satisfaction with what we have. It definitely does not imply inertia. There should be a constant effort to earn more and grow in your career, but at every stage the motivation to grow should not be because you are dissatisfied with what you have, but it should be because growth is life. Be completely satisfied with what you possess.” -Yogi Ashwini

2011-12-29T22:31:00.000-08:00

‎"The Guru is the anchor who holds you firm in theocean of attachments. Find your anchor."-Yogi Ashwini

Evolution

2011-12-28T05:25:00.000-08:00

"A dimension is our level of existence at any given point of time. The state that we humans exist in is called the Bhulok. Dimensions below the Bhulok are called Tals; Sutal, Rasatal, Patal are the levels of existence below the Bhulok, while above the Bhulok exist the Bhuvah, Svah, Maha, Janah, Tapah and Satyalok, each lok having layers of existence to it. While the evolution through the layers below the Bhulok is a natural process, it is a matter of your own actions and deeds that determine your vertical growth beyond the Bhulok. The key to this is to adopt more and more responsibilities. For example in a factory a worker can grow up the hierarchy only when he is ready to or takes on voluntarily additional responsibilities. When that happens he is immediately identified by the senior management and given a higher position. The management is always on the lookout for responsible people and such voluntary acts never go unnoticed. Similarly, in the world of spirituality, this evolution happens when the practitioner becomes more responsible for the larger part of the creation beyond him."-Yogi Ashwini

What is a miracle?

2011-12-26T23:37:00.000-08:00

"In the words of my GURU, "A miracle is actually a fact of nature which is beyond the capacity of the normal mind to interpret. As you grow in Yoga, miracles become a way of life for you...But then for you they are not miracles anymore but simple laws of nature that you now understand and use for aiding the positive forces of Creation to make this world a happy place to be in, and in the process you too go beyond."
-Yogi Ashwini

(An excerpt from preface of the book 51 Miracles ... and a Haunting http://www.dhyanfoundation.com/51_miracle_book_dtl.php )

"Our perception about Yoga and abilities of a Yogi have changed for the positive."-Indian Medical association

2011-12-26T23:19:00.001-08:00

http://www.dhyanfoundation.com/dhyan-foundation-ima-certification.php

2011-12-26T23:10:00.000-08:00

"Lets leave business to company board rooms, shops and market places, yoga is a sadhna not a business."-Yogi Ashwini

2011-12-26T22:55:00.000-08:00

"It was observed by me in the course of my teachings that mostly the students who came were more interested in their present physical well- being than their spiritual evolution. As spiritual evolution is not possible without experiencing financial and emotional stability and physical well being, I took recourse to ancient Indian sciences of Yoga, Tantra, Spiritual Healing and Nigams and synthesized a simple kriya- “SANATAN KRIYA” (the complete kriya , to aid a normal being in achieving a balance between the material and the spiritual and evolving on both planes simultaneously. This seemingly basic level of the kriya is enough to experientially explain to the reader the power of the ancient Indian sciences."

-Yogi Ashwini

http://www.dhyanfoundation.com/sanatan_kriya_significance.php

Problems

2011-12-22T04:52:00.000-08:00

"Whenever I am travelling, a thought always strikes me when the plane is taking off or is about to land, on seeing the millions of lit houses below -- that in each of those houses there are individuals troubled by only four types of problems- Financial, health, relationship and/or emotional problems. And lifetime after lifetime, one continues to be fatigued by just these 4 problems, the only change maybe a different house, a different city or a different country. One or more of these 4 problems are always there in every single house on this planet and interestingly no other category exists! Do you know the cause of these problems? Selfishness. A selfless person will never face these problems. But then your senses do not allow you to understand the point in becoming selfless. What you must understand is that the basis of the existence of this creation is selflessness. Have you ever seen sun asking something for itself or the oceans or the rivers? No." -Yogi Ashwini

2011-12-18T09:07:00.000-08:00

"God has not destined anything for you. God is not someonewho is sitting up there with a stick in his hand to punish you. It is you whodecides what will happen to you and when. A fundamental principle of economicsis- the resources are limited but the wants and needs are unlimited- sowhenever you draw something from the limited resources you’ll have to pay backfor it, as simple as that. Now, there are some who want to make a down paymentwhile others choose EMIs. It is your own choice. Those who choose down paymentget major problems like cancer, or a huge financial loss etc, while those whochoose EMIs have minor problems every once in a while like fever or mildillnesses, emotional problems, etc. Also the choice - whether you want to keepcoming lifetime after lifetime to face these or to go beyond this cycle, lieswith you only."-Yogi Ashwini

Dharma is not religion..

2011-12-05T10:57:00.000-08:00

“Dharma is not religion. It is the lifeline that keeps Creation going. For a lay person, dharma is the code of nature, that which sustains Creation, something which is inherent in every microcosm and is thus instinctive to human existence; but that whose awareness we are losing on account of ignorance.

It is the dharma of every one of us to protect those who are weaker; to feed all persons, animals and plants in the vicinity; to provide clothing and shelter to those in need and give according to each one's capacity. We need to protect, conserve and nurture the environment, avoid pollution, and foster holistic growth and abundance. It is our dharma to develop strength of character such that we are able to deal with injustice and exploitation. With ignorance comes increasing incidence of adharma. It is time for resurrection of lost principles and values and it is time for conservation through the practices ofyog. Sanatan Kriya accounts for basic purification of a being so that he may progress undeterred on the path of truth and non-violence, non-stealing and non-hoarding, as laid down by Vedic seers.”-Yogi Ashwini

”You must not ever forget that GYAN belongs to the DIVINE and to no one individual. You just need a channel to receive the energy. It will come to you if you do not block it with the veil of your ego.”-Yogi Ashwini

2011-12-01T11:03:00.000-08:00

2011-11-25T11:02:00.000-08:00

"The diversion & distortion of facts marks the beginning of the end of this Yug. Descent of a new avatar is not just inevitable but also much awaited. As predicted, tenth & the final time Lord Vishnu will take form of Kalki but only with the invocations by means of prayers & havans. As followers of Dharma, the righteous way of living, all the positive souls of this Yug need to get together & pray to the Divine to descend as an avatar to remove vices from dharma and save the yug from annihilation. For this time the asur is not through invasion but amongst us eating on our culture & eroding dharma."- Yogi Ashwini

Relationships

2011-11-12T11:31:00.000-08:00

"Relationships are based on selfish foundations so be the opposite and they will improve."-Yogi Ashwini

2011-11-12T11:28:00.000-08:00

"We always believe that one should not give it (money) to someone who will not use it in the right way. We first make a judgment whether a person needs money and then we give it. That person whatever he chooses to do with the money is not your business.
In Gita (Lord Krishna) says that judgment is only in my hands. In order to judge another human, you ought to be perfect first and we know that only God is perfect and no one else.
Judgment is a state of mind and this state of mind will interfere with the charity you are doing. This charity will be done for some satisfaction. So effectively what you have performed is a business transaction, bought satisfaction by giving something.We all have heard of Karna in Mahabharata. He used to pray to the sun god and every morning after the puja, when he would turn around, whoever came and asked him for something/ anything, he would just give it.
If you have something, you should feel lucky that someone has to ask you for something."- Yogi Ashwini

2011-11-05T11:05:00.000-07:00

"When the soul as a result of the positive karmas of the past life meets the Guru, only then it chooses to go back to the state it came from. With the blessing of the Guru, it chooses the path of sadhana, the path of evolution and reaches the state of complete merger. The journey of the spirit gets completed there. This state is described by ancient rishis as “Aham Brahmasmi”, “I am like Brahma” — not Brahma but part of the unmanifest, or to say looking similar to Brahma, like salt in the ocean."-Yogi Ashwini

"First you need to decide what is it that you are looking for- If you are looking for a cure for a disease, go to the doctor or vaid; if you are emotionally disturbed, go to a counsellor; if you have a financial problem, go to a financial consultant. Only and only if you want to do Yog find a Guru." -Yogi Ashwini

2011-10-29T01:58:00.000-07:00

2011-10-20T06:22:00.000-07:00

"Just as light consists of a spectrum of colours, visible only when the light moves through a prism, and each colour has a different frequency, similarly prana also vibrates at different frequencies to form the various forms of physical existence."-Yogi Ashwini

2011-10-09T11:15:00.000-07:00

"We all are bound by our limited senses and cannot think beyond what the individual mind perceives. To go beyond the limitations of the body and the senses, one has to gradually evolve or transform — one cannot learn, just have the knowledge and go beyond. It’s the Guru who gradually gives you the experience so that you gently transform and are finally liberated."- Yogi Ashwini

2011-09-27T11:31:00.000-07:00

“If you hire an architect for a project, what is the first thing that he says on seeing the site? “I have to create space here.” Similarly your body has the whole creation inside, all you have to do is to “create space” by doing yoga. Once you are able to do that then you can access everything in this creation within you. There is nothing in the physical that you cannot achieve, you can change your form by a thought alone. But this knowledge is of no good to you. Only when you experience it will you believe in it. Yoga is a practical subject and an individual journey.”- Yogi Ashwini

Guru

2011-08-15T11:02:00.000-07:00

"A Guru is not a teacher, nor a master, nor a trainer, neither an astrologer, nor a black magician, neither a supernatural healer, nor a tarot reader, neither a doctor, nor a vaidya, neither a pandit, nor a swami, neither a palm reader nor a face reader. A Guru is beyond maya because a Guru is supposed to take you beyond the clutches of maya. A Guru releases you, from yourself, makes you experience all the pleasures of the world and then takes you beyond them. He /she does not take classes or run courses, infact when you are with your Guru there is no need for a class or course, one look from your Guru's eyes transforms you completely."

-Yogi Ashwini

2011-08-14T04:48:00.001-07:00

"The seven sins are- politics without principles, wealth without work, pleasure without conscience, knowledge without character, commerce without morality, science without humanity and worship without renunciation of ego." - Mahatma Gandhi (1928 Young India)

2011-07-28T09:53:00.000-07:00

"Just as a raindrop gets contaminated as it descends onto earth, and needs to be heated to leave behind the impurites to be able to return to where it came from, so is true for a being. Through rigourous tapa and sadhna, one disposes off the impurities to merge back with supreme consciousness in the Satyaloka, which is the lok of ParamGuru."- Yogi Ashwini

2011-07-14T04:05:00.001-07:00

"To grasp what is a Guru, imagine that the sadhak is a piece of very hot stone and that ultimate knowledge is like ice. If this ice melts and falls straight on the sadhak, the body of the sadhak would crack with the force and sudden change in temperature. The Guru is the force that holds this ice cold water and very gently pours it on the sadhak’s body — very gently the sadhak begins to cool and ultimately becomes as cold as the ice, now he is also a Guru."
-Yogi Ashwini

2011-06-23T09:53:00.000-07:00

The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
-Mahatma Gandhi

2011-06-23T09:49:00.000-07:00

If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one.
~Mother Teresa

2011-06-12T22:08:00.001-07:00

"That man is richest who, having perfected the functions of his own life to the utmost, has also the widest helpful influence, both personal, and by means of his possessions, over the lives of others."

- John Ruskin

Every single being on this earth has to change- either evolve or devolve- it cannot stay the same.

2011-05-26T05:52:00.000-07:00

"Each one of us, through our thoughts, actions and deeds, are constantly creating ripples and just like ripples, one thought leads to creating more... and with each ripple created we get tied into the reactions of those ripples… more and more.. Because of this constant play, the universe is constantly growing and evolving. Nothing is ever static. Even the modern, most relevant to the present-day, Business Theory of Economics says: “A company has to either grow or fall down, it can never stay static. And in order to grow, companies have to constantly innovate and create; otherwise they will cease to exist." Similarly, every single being on this earth has to change- either evolve or devolve- it cannot stay the same."

-Yogi Ashwini

Give back to creation what the creation has given you

2011-04-04T10:13:00.000-07:00

“Life is a flow, stagnancy is death. You need to give back to creation what the creation has given you, only then can you grow— don’t forget, the most dirty water becomes pure when it flows, and the purest water rots when it is stagnant. Give wherever, to whoever… but give”

- YOGI ASHWINI

2011-04-04T10:07:00.000-07:00

‎'Only that being can tread on the path of Yog, who is willing to help others''
- YOGI ASHWINI

GURU and GYAN

2011-03-31T08:44:00.000-07:00

"There is no synonym for “Guru” in English; the Guru is not just a master or a teacher. The Guru is to the sadhak, what the sadhak seeks, and more – the friend, the mother, the father, the guide, and more. The Guru is the channel through which the Divine energy flows to the sadhak. By the Guru’s grace you get ‘gyan’. Gyan is not about intellectually understanding a subject, it is not knowledge, it is not even wisdom. There is no synonym for gyan, either, in the English language. Gyan is your experience, an experience which takes you beyond the desire of that experience."

- Yogi Ashwini

2011-01-07T05:59:00.000-08:00

"A rocket in order to escape the earth's gravitational pull needs an additional final propulsion. If not for this, a rocket would keep going round and round the earth. Similarly, journey of the soul is in concentric circles due to the effect of maya and only yog has the power to give it that extra propulsion to break free of the cycle and go beyond."

- Yogi Ashwini

2010-11-20T23:44:00.000-08:00

"A jar gives volume and shape to space, which is already existing. It is foolish to think that on breaking of the jar, the space within is lost. the same is also the relation between soul and body."

- Yogi Ashwini

2010-09-30T02:57:00.000-07:00

"The events of one's life- pleasant or unpleasant- are the choices soul makes in order to fulfill desires or experiences one wants to go through. And majority blame the Divine for being unjust to them. Divine has no role to play in an individual's life when he chooses a separate existence."

-Yogi Ashwini

2010-09-02T03:38:00.000-07:00

"Planets revolve around the sun because they need the sun's energy, the sun does not need the planets. Similarly, your guru does not require anything from you, it is you who need your guru for your evolution."

- Yogi Ashwini

Karma

2010-08-12T04:09:00.001-07:00

"karma is a thought. As soon as thought enters your mind, it is considered to be done, what follows in the physical is its result and finally as every action has a reaction so it has a consequent reaction too." - Yogi Ashwini

2010-08-08T06:50:00.000-07:00

"Every object of creation, all lokas (dimensions of existence) and yugas (dimensions of time), as per the revelation of the ancient yogis, exist as energy forms. The movements of earth change the dimension of time — it lies tilted on its axis, and when the axis tilt, yugas change, just as when it moves on its axis, the seasons change. Every movement from one dimension to the other brings about a change or transformation as every day comes with its unique energy patterns."

-Yogi Ashwini

2010-07-21T12:28:00.000-07:00

"Yog brings you close to the nature and this leads to developing the intuitive ability. Thus, when you are in tune with nature, nature supports you and when you do acts against nature, nature acts against you!” - Yogi Ashwini

"Sanatan Kriya, touches a being from core to periphery, completely transferring one from a state of artificiality and heaviness to a state of pure bliss and nature." -Yogi ashwini

2010-07-21T06:57:00.000-07:00

Your search is said to end when you find your Guru.

2010-06-22T00:17:00.000-07:00

"It is extremely difficult to find a right Guru but in your search for a Guru do not go by what you get to hear from others. yoga is all about experiences and it is your own experience and own insights that will lead you to a Guru. Once you reach your Guru you no longer feel the need to go to any other discourse or any other teacher to get the answers to your questions. Your search is said to end when you find your Guru."

-Yogi Ashwini

"Just as a good seed does not sprout in contaminated soil, so does your contaminated body not allow the seed of the positive to sprout in you. Purify the body for a wholesome, fulfilling life." -Yogi Ashwini

2010-05-25T03:15:00.000-07:00

Prana

2010-04-28T10:03:00.000-07:00

"When Swami Nada Brahmananda smeared his body with wax and sustained himself in glass enclosure void of air, food and water, it was proved that it is not oxygen on which the body thrives. There exists a force beyond. The Vedic masters had identified this force, prana — the ultimate force, of which life force is one part."

-Yogi Ashwini

2010-04-18T02:57:00.000-07:00

"Western thinkers have accepted the power and authority of Yogic sciences, it is time for people here to rediscover their culture and heritage and appreciate the power and beauty of Yoga, the most advanced of all sciences."

-Yogi Ashwini

Yoga is a complete science...

2010-04-05T10:09:00.000-07:00

"Yoga is a complete science which addresses not just the spiritual quest of the seeker but also the physical life, as Yoga does not divide between the physical and spiritual. The physical world we all relate to can be very easily accessed and commanded by higher consciousness with various yogic practices like Sanatan Kriya under the guidance of a guru."

-Yogi Ashwini

2010-04-01T05:28:00.000-07:00

"Gyan actually is Guru kripa. When you are no longer separate from your Guru and everything you see or do is because of your Guru, then every interaction, everywhere, every moment, is a possibility in getting gyan. When not one with Him, you could listen for hours to the words he speaks and yet the gyan would not dawn upon you. Gyan is not about intellectually understanding the words he speaks but absorbing the force behind those words. It flows from the eyes of the Guru. Look into his eyes and even if there is a certain level of preparedness through the purifications of the practice and a sense of surrender, then even if no words are spoken, the gyan shall come to you. Gyan can happen anytime, anywhere, because the Guru is omnipresent."

-Yogi Ashwini

2010-03-23T09:18:00.000-07:00

"When a Guru accepts somebody as a shishya he takes his complete responsibility. Then the shishya is monitored by the Guru not daily, not hourly but at every moment."

-Yogi Ashwini

2010-03-10T10:22:00.000-08:00

"There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; not going all the way, and not starting."
-Buddha

Charity

2010-02-22T07:56:00.000-08:00

“Charity need not be with money; charity can be kind words, can be helping someone, can be teaching or doing service without expecting anything in return. Your work is only to do your karma as a channel and not count your blessings”

-Yogi Ashwini

"The beauty of life is in its experience, not in reading about it.The same goes for the journey of the sprit also." -Yogi Ashwini

2010-02-22T07:53:00.000-08:00

2010-02-17T08:10:00.000-08:00

"Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal with the intent of throwing it at someone else; you are the one who gets burned. "

-Gautam Buddha

2010-01-30T10:11:00.000-08:00

"Load the ship and set out. No one knows for certain whether the vessel will sink or reach the harbor. Cautious people say, "I'll do nothing until I can be sure". Merchants know better. If you do nothing, you lose. Don't be one of those merchants who wont risk the ocean."
-Rumi

2010-01-27T02:31:00.000-08:00

"Your senses have bound you to the physical, so you cannot comprehend anything beyond that. So even when you go to God, you ask him for something that has to do with your physical world, your senses, your intellectual life. This limits you. The key to maximising your boons is to leave it to the limitless, what He chooses for you."

-Yogi Ashwini

2010-01-05T07:57:00.000-08:00

"Every living being longs always to be happy, untainted by sorrow;

and everyone has the greatest love for himself,

which is solely due to the fact that happiness is his real nature.

Hence, in order to realize that inherent and untainted happiness,

which indeed he daily experiences when the mind is subdued in deep sleep,

it is essential that he should know himself. For obtaining such knowledge

the inquiry 'Who am I?' in quest of the Self is the best means."

-Sri Ramana Maharshi

2009-12-28T09:02:00.000-08:00

'The Master said: 'Everything that exists is God.' The pupil understood it literally, but not in the true spirit. While he was passing through a street, he met with an elephant. The driver (mâhut) shouted aloud from his high place, 'Move away, move away!' The pupil argued in his mind, 'Why should I move away? I am God, so is the elephant also God. What fear has God of Himself?' Thinking thus he did not move. At last the elephant took him up by his trunk, and dashed him aside. He was severely hurt, and going back to his Master, he related the whole adventure. The Master said, 'All right, you are God. The elephant is God also, but God in the shape of the elephant-driver was warning you also from above. Why did you not pay heed to his warnings?'

In Yoga desires are not suppressed...

2009-12-21T09:40:00.000-08:00

"Suppressing your desires or avoiding maya(the glue that binds us to everything around), is not the solution. Evolving to the extent that maya does not distract you is evolution or in simple words Yoga."

-Yogi Ashwini

2009-12-21T09:31:00.000-08:00

"There are only two ways to live your life.

One is as though nothing is a miracle.

The other is as if everything is."

-Albert Einstein

2009-12-07T01:51:00.000-08:00

"Not knowing the power of flame, the insect falls into it.
The fish swallows the bait, not knowing the hook inside.
That, well aware of the vanity of the world,
We cannot give it up — Such is the power of Delusion."

-Swami Vivekananda's translation of a verse from Bhartrihari's Sanskrit poem

Vairâgya Shatakam.

"As we are all divine beings going through a human journey each one of us is unrealized divinity." -Yogi Ashwini

2009-12-07T01:42:00.000-08:00

2009-12-01T02:04:00.000-08:00

"What we think, we become."
Buddha

2009-11-27T11:16:00.000-08:00

It is in the best interest of a man to become a Karma-Yogi and work to the best of his abilities, without bothering about the results.
- Sam Veda

Inner world

2009-11-26T04:00:00.000-08:00

"Whether you believe in the inner world or not, is of no consequence; it does have its effect on you. If you are living on earth, you are bound by gravity-you may believe it or not."

-Yogi Ashwini

2009-11-24T09:09:00.000-08:00

"However many holy words you read,However many you speak,

What good will they do you if you do not act upon them?!"

-Gautam buddha

2009-11-10T01:24:00.000-08:00

"Yog is not tying yourself up in knots or standing on your head. Yog is a complete science of the being's evolution, and physical, is just the beginning."

-Yogi Ashwini

2009-11-06T01:46:00.000-08:00

"Old age watches us, roaring like a tigress.
Disease, like enemies, is striking us often.
Life is flowing out like water from a broken jar.
Curious still how men do evil deeds in this world!"

-Swami Vivekananda's translation of a verse from Bhartrihari's Sanskrit poem

Vairâgya Shatakam.