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Relationships - is the grass greener on the other side?
All relationships are subject to fluctuations. Be it family relations, friendships or intimate relationships, they go through cycles
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Sampriya
- Sep 24, 2020
- 2 min
Unwavering Confidence
Confidence or the lack thereof is an issue for many people. It is very common for someone to say "I don't have the confidence
Sampriya
- Aug 20, 2020
- 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
- Jun 29, 2020
- 1 min
The voice of the mind is not the truth
As soon as we wake up in the morning the voice of the mind starts commenting and interpreting every situation that arises.
Sampriya
- Jun 3, 2020
- 2 min
Know that you ARE the Self
When the world is upside down, the knowledge of our True Nature as the Self becomes a precious sanctuary.
Sampriya
- May 25, 2020
- 1 min
The Self is free
Our judgmental ego/mind has strong opinions about our ability to get things done. It is conditioned to make us believe that "if we just made a bit more of an effort", "if we were just a bit smarter, stronger or more efficient" then things would be better - we would be better... Mental scenarios like these run our lives and often go undetected. They keep us believing that we are somehow small or weak or not good enough. Nothing could be farther from the truth. Who we truly are
Sampriya
- May 21, 2020
- 1 min
Acceptance of the Self as my True Nature
My teacher used to say: "you know that you are the Light of the Self, but you don't accept it".
He was right of course. We accept that we
Sampriya
- Mar 4, 2020
- 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 physical form we see in the mirror and of the thoughts we have about it. We think of ourselves as being this or that; as small or tall, smart or stupid, beautiful or ugly. All these qualifications are messages from the surrounding environment that we have internalised and accepted as true. Our own thinking may have added to these definitions and
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 is eternally caught in the wheel of the mind that can only discriminate within the duality of its limited spectrum. The mind will know the difference between good and bad, black and white, right or wrong and especially between what it likes and doesn't like. In other words, the mind has the ability to discriminate within the dimension of th
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 is used to describe the variety of yogic practices that open the awareness of the Saadhak (the practitioner) to his True Nature, the Self. Most people are familiar with the practice of Aasana (physical postures) referred to as Yoga. They may also know about various exercises of relaxation and concentration that are the precursors of Meditat
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.
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 unpleasant, challenging or not. Imagine a life where nothing and no one can shake you out of an unwavering sense of contentment and inner peace. Life still happens as it always has, but your inner power of Santosh is such that you remain unaffected by its ups and downs. You no longer react to life’s challenges by fighting to change them or bend them
Sampriya
- Feb 27, 2019
- 1 min
New Online Satsang starts 3/10/19 at 9:00 am EST
Satsang is a Sanskrit word. It means to gather in the presence (sang) of the Truth (Sat). Satsang is a gift to yourself. It is the opportunity to consciously tune in to your ever-present inner Source or Self - to open yourself to it and to rest in it. Through Meditation, the chanting of Mantras and through discussion and dialogue, we realize that we are never separate from our eternal Source. In Satsang, accessing the space of Oneness is direct, simple and easy. Satsang with
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, without ever finding the solution? It seems that the more desperately we try, the more muddled the thinking becomes. When we eventually decide to set the problem aside, to go for a walk or take a shower - in other words, when we direct our attention away from the frantic thinking, onto something else - the answer often just pops into our hea
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 think of noise as a distraction to Meditation and an interruption of our attempts at concentration. Sometimes our mind will even use the noise it perceives as an excuse not to meditate... When we are overwhelmed by stimulation, agitation and sounds, we tend to crave stillness as a means to recover our inner calm. We believe that if the surround
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 experience. In Meditation we reconnect with our innermost Being, our own Divinity. It is how we can know ourselves as whole. Struggle, doubt and the sense of not being enough can't reach there. Immersed in the space of Meditation we know that our innate state of being is Freedom. In that state we are free from feeling small, free from old condition
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 have an innate sense that there is more to them than what they can see in the mirror. Their path often leads them to read the ever more popular classical texts like the Patanjali's Yoga Sûtras or the Bhagavad Gîta, only to find that they are not easy to understand without guidance. There is a very good reason why the ancient yogic texts seem so
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 straightforward and relatively reliable. Something is either true or it isn't. When we perceive something with our senses, or we reason out a fact with our mind, we think of that as the truth. Since our eyes perceive the sky as blue, we regard blueness as the truth of the sky. Someone who says the sky is green is considered to be deluded or lying. Wh
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 guaranteed. How can anyone be so confident about the outcome of an endeavour? It is my own experience and that of countless friends and students, as well as the knowledge transmitted by living sages and scriptures throughout the ages, that allows me to be completely doubtless in my affirmation. Whoever applies themselves to meditating regularly, w
Sampriya
- Aug 29, 2018
- 3 min
Worry is Optional...
Two very talented friends and meditators have recently created a YouTube Channel called Yog Tales, where they share deep and inspiring animated stories depicting the philosophy of Yog. 'Yog' (a sanskrit word translated as 'Oneness') is the name of an ancient science investigating many of mankind's fundamental questions such as 'Who am I?', 'What is the purpose of my life?' and 'How do I fulfill this purpose?'. These are the topics of each video presented there. Their stories
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