Atman Brahman Before we can even begin to understand the way to Self-Knowledge, it is necessary to understand the concept of Atman.   In our reading,  this particular passage sums up the basic definition of Atman and the quest for Brahman:  The word  "Atman"  is generally rendered here as "Soul"  or  "Self."   The Sanskrit word really cannot be translated.  Atman is the deathless,  birthless,  eternal,  and real Substance in every individual.       

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Baba Hari Dass

MEHER BABA

RAMANA MAHARSHI

Nisargadatta Maharaj      

Dadashri                       

Swami Sivanana           

 Neem Karoli Baba           

Adyashanti                      

TEACHINGS     

Patanjilis Yoga Sutras  Sutra 2                           

  Ashtanga Yoga                 

  Atman Brahman             

  Atma Bodha                     

  Buddhist Samadhis       

  Avadhutas Gita                 

 Summary of Buddhist Samadhi                            

Nirvikalpa Samadhi by harshaji                 

Moksha Gita      

BOOKS

Autobiography of a Yogi   

   Donate to Sri Ram    Orphanage                               

 Radhas Prem      A Play    

 Kali Ray Tri Yoga            

The goal of life for the spiritual being is God Realization which includes complete Self Knowledge and a Complete Knowledge of  the Universe. This website is devoted  to my Guru Baba Hari Dass and all the  brilliant Beings in form and out  of form who have guided me on my spiritual path.

The Chakras are energy centers along the spine representing the levels of consciousness. They are sensed and seen as spinning discs, wheels of radiating energy,  vibrations, sounds,  and balls of light. Chakras pick up cosmic vibrations and distribute them throughout the body in the nadis (energy channels).  According to Tantric texts, Kundalini,  the divine cosmic energy in our bodies, lies coiled like a snake at the base of our spinal column in muladhara chakra. There are three and a half coils in the snake which represent the three states of mind, awake, dreaming and in deep sleep.  The last half of the coil represents a combination of all three which trancends the others.   Kundalini is awakened by the practice of yoga,  pranayama and other practices.  As it ascends up the spine, energy blockages are cleared.   It ascends up through the nadis.  After piercing the intervening chakras, it finally unites wit the Supreme Soul, realization of the higher Self occurs. It is called  yoga,  union with God,  or Samadhi.   For more info

"Love God Love Yourself You Will See Love Everywhere"       Baba Hari Dass

Harikahn Baba

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hanuman chalisa by geoffry gorden

 

To penetrate into the essence of all being and  significance and to release the fragrance of that inner attainment for the guidance and benefit of others- by expressing, in the world of forms, truth, love, purity, and beauty-this is the sole game that has intrinsic and absolute worth. All other happenings, incidents, and attainments in themselves can have no lasting importance"          Meher Baba

"When I met my Guru, he told me: "You are not what you take yourself
to be. Find out what you are. Watch the sense 'I am', find your real Self." I obeyed him, because I trusted him. I did as he told me. All my spare time I would spend looking at myself in silence. And what a difference it made, and how soon! My teacher told me to hold on to the sense 'I am' tenaciously and not to swerve from it even for a moment. I did my best to follow his advice and in a comparatively short time I realized within myself the truth of his teaching. All I did was to remember his teaching, his face, his words constantly. This brought an end to the mind; in the stillness of the mind I saw myself as I am unbound.  I simply followed (my teacher's) instruction which was to focus the mind on pure being 'I am', and stay in it. I used to sit for hours together, with nothing but the 'I am' in my mind and soon peace and joy and a deep all-embracing love became my normal state. In it all disappeared -- myself, my Guru, the life I lived, the world around me. Only peace remained and unfathomable silence."  Nisargadatta

The goal of life is to attain perfection, immortality or God. The nearer one approaches the Truth, the happier one becomes. For, the essential nature of Truth is positive, absolute bliss. There is no bliss in the finite. Bliss is only in the Infinite. Eternal bliss can be had only from the eternal Self. To know the Self is to enjoy eternal bliss and everlasting peace. Self-realization bestows eternal existence, absolute knowledge, and perennial bliss. None can be saved without Self-realization.  The quest for the Absolute should be undertaken even sacrificing the dearest object, even life, even courting all pain. Study philosophical books as much as you like, deliver lectures and lectures throughout your global tour, remain in a Himalayan cave for one hundred years, practice Pranayama for fifty years, you cannot attain emancipation without the realization of the oneness of the Self.

"Once we come back to our Self, then whatever is created is happening not so much from a perspective of “What do I want?” but from a pure intention. Not an individual intention, not a collective intention, but the intention, the primal intention. It’s not an intention with a choice or a chooser. It’s a primary creative energy that comes from the source."

Adyashati"s non-dual teachings have been compared to those of the early Zen Masters and Advaita Vedanta sages. Expressing both the infinite possibilities and the ordinary simplicity of a spiritually realized life, Adyashant's teachings are directed to those who are sincerely called to awaken to their true nature and embody this life-changing realization.

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