Daily Thoughts

The first chapter of Bhagavad Gita is 'Arjuna Vishada Yoga' - it begins with the sorrow of Arjuna. This is an important thing to understand. One will not turn around and try to find the truth behind the appearances unless sorrow comes about in some form. Otherwise, one would remain satisfied with the...

Q:  Is sorrow a thought?A:  All thoughts are sorrowful.Q:  Even pleasurable thoughts must be sorrowful.A: Yes, because thoughts take one's attention away from the Self, which is undiluted happiness. From A Practical Guide to Know Yourself: Conversations with Sri Ramana Maharshi  We are meant to enjoy life. This...

Reality is merely an illusion, albeit a very persistent one. Albert Einstein The Sanskrit word maya often is used to describe the world as illusion. In fact, maya refers more to the mind's propensity to divide the world--which the Veda tells us is one, whole, complete reality--into apparent duality. When we live through...

After the appearance of The Autobiography of a Yogi, very few authentic spiritual biographies have appeared, and the writers of even those are no longer alive and available for discussion. Also, however authentic Swami Yogananda's autobiography is, he hadn't personally spent much time in the Himalayas. Therefore, I thought it...

Bright but hidden, the Self dwells in the heart. Everything that moves, breathes, opens, and closes Lives in the Self. He is the source of love And may be known through love but not through thought. He is the goal of life. Attain this goal! The shining Self dwells hidden in the heart. Everything in the cosmos, great and...

The Self is everywhere. Radiant is the Self. Indivisible, untouched by sin or evil, wise, In all things and beyond all things. He it is who holds the cosmos together.  Isha Upanishad The Veda tells the story of an ancient time, a Golden Age when consciousness was full and all were born enlightened.  For eons before, man had worked...