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Aug 20
1 min

Meditation is the antidote to Avidyaa - Forgetfulness of the Self

Of all the obstacles to knowing the Self, Avidyaa is the one at the center. Avidyaa, or forgetfulness of the Self, is the root cause of a hu

Sampriya

Mar 20
3 min

The precious Gift of Pause

For a long time we have been saying that we don’t have enough time. The busyness of our lives was the pretext to run and to keep running....

Sampriya

Mar 4
3 min

You are the ever-present Presence

When we think of "me", or "my identity" as a human being, we think of our body. In most people, the sense of I is consisting of the physi...

Sampriya

Aug 21, 2019
2 min

Vivek - the Power of discrimination

For a meditator, Vivek, the power to discriminate between the Unchanging and the ever-changing, is an absolute necessity. Without it s/he...

The Mantra of Mantras bestows freedom from the torture of the mind

Sampriya

Jul 18, 2019
3 min

The Mantra of Mantras bestows freedom from the torture of the mind

Is it an exaggeration to say that the mind has the power to torture us? In a moment of stress, take 1 minute to sit and watch the content...

Sampriya

Jun 19, 2019
2 min

Saadhana

Many books have been written on the subject of Saadhana, a Sanskrit word that loosely translates as spiritual exercise. The term Saadhana...

Sampriya

May 13, 2019
3 min

How Meditation transforms our life

Every time we sit down and close our eyes to meditate, we engage in a powerful process of transformation.

Meditation opens the door to Santosh - the infinite Power of Contentment

Sampriya

Apr 10, 2019
3 min

Meditation opens the door to Santosh - the infinite Power of Contentment

Santosh is the Superpower of Meditators. It gives one the ability to remain content under all circumstances, be they pleasant or unpleasa...

Sampriya

Feb 27, 2019
2 min

Answers arise from Stillness

Have you noticed how we can spend entire days or sleepless nights ruminating, thinking and trying to figure out the answer to a problem, w...

True Stillness is not the absence of noise...

Sampriya

Feb 6, 2019
2 min

True Stillness is not the absence of noise...

One of the many obstacles to Meditation concocted by our mind is the idea that we can’t meditate if we are in a noisy environment. We thi...

Sampriya

Jan 11, 2019
2 min

Let's make 2019 the Year of Meditation

Meditation develops an extraordinary power: the ability to know, in our own being, that we truly are Divine Beings having a human experie...

Meditation uncovers the Secret of who we really are

Sampriya

Dec 5, 2018
4 min

Meditation uncovers the Secret of who we really are

What if everything we have been told and believed about ourselves were inaccurate or, at the very the least, incomplete? Many seekers hav...

Sampriya

Nov 26, 2018
0 min

Sampriya's Meditation Quotes

Sampriya

Nov 17, 2018
2 min

Gratitude is more than an attitude

As our friends in the United States are about to celebrate Thanksgiving this coming Thursday, these reflections on gratitude, written a w...

To see the Truth
you need to close your eyes...

Sampriya

Oct 3, 2018
3 min

To see the Truth you need to close your eyes...

As human beings we have an interesting relationship with the concept of truth. To our waking-state mind the idea of truth seems straightf...

Meditation works - always and without fail - but only if you do it

Sampriya

Sep 18, 2018
3 min

Meditation works - always and without fail - but only if you do it

As a Meditation teacher and lifelong meditator, I can say with absolute certainty that Meditation works. Success is inevitable and guaran...

You are Pure Free Forever - nobody needs to approve to make it so

Sampriya

Jul 26, 2018
3 min

You are Pure Free Forever - nobody needs to approve to make it so

The human condition is to forget that our originality or True Nature is Pure Free and Forever. We are born of that Divine Purity and Free...

Whatever pattern of movement takes place in the mind - one becomes that

Sampriya

Jun 22, 2018
3 min

Whatever pattern of movement takes place in the mind - one becomes that

Today’s quote is from Yog Vashishth, one of my favorite scriptures that Swami Shyam has brilliantly revived for those who want to know th...

Meditation allows the caterpillar to know it is a Butterfly....

Sampriya

Jun 4, 2018
3 min

Meditation allows the caterpillar to know it is a Butterfly....

Just as a caterpillar doesn’t know it can fly until it experiences its own metamorphosis, most human beings are not sure of their Divinit...

Sampriya

Mar 28, 2018
0 min

Life is creating you.....

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