On the spiritual pathway...

There is a popular misconception that if you are spiritual, nothing bad will ever happen to you. Good or bad are the labels that we put on external occurrences. These can lead to ecstasy, deep sorrow and depression in ordinary people. One with roots in spirituality will not be carried away to both the extremes, that is the difference.

Along the spiritual path lies a lot of self work as we have accumulated vasanas like knots over many incarnations, and they need to be slowly untangled. I started my journey right from childhood and during the lockdown period I thought of hastening the process. Since it was totally stay at home, I thought that I got a golden opportunity to hasten my efforts. I strived to keep my mind on the higher dimensions through the day, to continuously chant mentally, to have virtual discussions with likeminded people and to do multiple meditations.

As I kept going deeper, it was like more and more inner rooms were opening up in the heart realm. Rooms filled with cobwebs, grime, dirt and darkness. The satisfaction derived after each one got cleansed was tremendous. As human beings it is our weakness to look for some validation that we are going in the right direction

After a few days of such practice I asked the Universe for a sign to confirm this while  I was burning the ghee lamp for my deity. Usually after it burns down completely, it looks somewhat like this;

But that day I was surprised and overjoyed to see a different pattern:

I saw the picture of heart, there was darkness in the center, but it was flowing out. Sooner or later a total cleansing and opening up of my heart realm is definitely going to happen. That assurance has made me strengthen my resolution to continue my efforts patiently.

Healing blocked emotions

As we pass through life, many heart wrenching experiences come along, which change our way of looking at life and we form some core beliefs. These core beliefs colour our behaviour and with time, we may forget the emotion that was the basis for this belief. Because that emotion is too painful to experience on a daily basis, for our well being, it is buried deep in the back heart chakra. 

Back heart chakra is situated at the back of the chest in the centre. At the centre of the chest in front of the body is your front heart chakra. This video helps you to remove emotions that are blocked , to bring about a shift in your core beliefs, changing the quality of your life. Enjoy....

For clarity, calmness, and focus, 6 April 2020

Whatever happens with and around us are solely because of us. We are totally responsible for the good, and the not so good things that happen. If we can have more awareness, calmness and clarity, we can expand our focus and work towards our goal. This short video will help you achieve this.

It is time to own up (hu)man(s)!

Yesterday I was watching the Mahabharat episode wherein Dhritarashtra was lamenting to his wife Gandhari, “I was born blind because of my mother. She closed her eyes at the time of union with the Rishi. I lost the royal crown due to my blindness.” The wise Gandhari pacified him saying, “It will help us to lead a normal life if we learn to make peace with our destiny.”

Destiny , the result of yesterday’s karma

We are born with our destiny that was formulated from our previous karma. We need to own up the responsibility for our destiny and try to change our future destiny, by changing today’s karma. If you look around, it is interesting to see that nobody wants to own up the responsibility for their karma (actions). “I am suffering because of inner child trauma, because of ancestral trauma, because my partner is narcissistic, because of trauma bonding” are common than, “Oh, I did this mistake, it was a wrong decision on my part. I feel really sorry for that. Now I will take decisions more carefully, consciously, after deep thought.”

Advice from our scriptures

Our sages told, “Whatever happens with and around you, are solely because of you. You exist, so the problems exist.” Then they guide us how to take decisions in life. One need to consider all the possible outcomes of an action, even the worst case scenario. It is foolish to think that, “He is my close friend, I can be a guarantor for him for this huge loan. He will never cheat me” Circumstances may change, for example, the friend’s house may catch fire, destroying all his possessions. He defaults payment and you will be in soup.

So, what is the approach? At the time of agreeing to be a guarantor itself, consider the worst case scenario of you being forced to repay the loan. If it is ok with you, go ahead and do it. And then if it happens like that, there is no need to repent. That is another aspect lacking in many people around, they keep on lamenting on the old decisions taken. We need to do our karma acording to our dharma, like dharma of a father/mother/wife/doctor etc.,

New age spiritualism parallels allopathy

When you compare new age spiritualism to allopathy, it is interesting to see similar approach to problems. Allopathy is always seeking reasons for diseases outside. It never cures ailments, just suppresses symptoms. We should remember that allopathy is irreplaceable in emergency situations. Long term consumption of any allopathy drug is damaging to the body. Every deviation from normal bodily functions is considered as a disease and ‘patients’ are put on lifelong medication. Here you can watch a conscientious doctor in Canada who is curing thousands of people with diabetes by dietary changes. According to him, diabetes is a dietary disorder, not a disease.

Same approach comes from the new age spiritual healing. You keep on undergoing therapy after therapy. Once you finish one therapy, there is another outside cause for your miserable condition that needs therapy. As long as we find another person or outside circumstance the reason for our misery, it is never going to end. It is time we took total responsibility for whatever we suffer and find solutions by taking correct decisions. Remember whatever you come across in life, are totally the fruits of your own actions!