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Upanishad Course- Chapter 14 Week 27 Upa means near, ni means with determination and Shad means destruction (to destroy all that you are not). We are the one that is indestructible (Akshara).  For most of us, this feeling that we are indestructible is far.  We know this intellectually but don’t feel it. Our Upanishad course […]

Upanishad Course – Chapter 13 (Contd) Week 26 A lot of the teachings of Srimad Bhagavatam are about how one can be with Bhagavan Krishna despite Him not having a name and form, and this is crystallized in the Navayogi Upadesha (dialogue between great seeker and great teachers). Some questions that are asked are: What

Upanishad Course- Chapter 13 Week 25 Selfishness is scary. Our Upanishad course is an experience to accept that selfishness is the source of fear in our lives.  When we accept this, we will work to grow out of this.  If we fail to accept it, then selfishness and fear become normalized.  Chapters 1 and 2

Upanishad Course – Chapter 12 (Contd) Week 24 Our Upanishad course is guiding us for us to be disproven in the most important way – because right now we feel it is not possible for us to be joyous independently, and for our nature to be joy when our body is so tired and mind

Upanishad Course- Chapter 12 Week 23 Our Upanishads teach: “Dvitiyat vay bhayam bhavati”, From duality indeed fear is born.  Where there is duality, there will be fear.  Our Upanishads can be described as Brahmavidya, remembering of Brahman. Infinity/Brahman is!  We all know of Brahman, we don’t know Brahman and the proof of that is the

Upanishad Course – Chapter 11 (Contd) Week 22 In Bhagavad Gita, when Bhagavan Krishna is describing to Prince Arjuna about one who is content, He shares an apt visualization and says : “Nisha Sarva” – when all who are ordinary are sleeping, as they feel it is night time, “Jagarti Samyami” – for one who

Upanishad Course – Chapter 11 Week 21 The class started with a contemplation session during which we heard a story, a story that detailed our biography.  A story about how one man mocks another man lazying around. When prompted to get up and do something that will make him rich and prosperous, the second man

Upanishad Course – Chapter 10 (Contd) Week 20 Our Upanishad course is about ‘Sad’ which means to destroy all that we are NOT.  Whenever there is a destruction of that which is close to us, we need help.  In the Shastra called ‘Sivananda Lahari’ by Acharya Sankara, the second line of verse 20 (He speaks to Bhagavan

Upanishad Course – Chapter 10 Week 19 All that we have ever experienced, in our inner and outer worlds is relative. It can be described as a dream or an illusion.  In Shrimad Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavan Krishna describes a person who can withstand all the pressure from one’s mind, Sodu, is free.  This message sounds

Upanishad Course – Chapter 9 (Contd) Week 18 At the beginning of Srimad Bhagavatam, Bhagavan Brahma wakes up and all He sees is only darkness.  So He closes His eyes and starts to inquire. He hears the word ‘Tapa’ (to burn). (When there is darkness, ideally we can burn something to create light.)  He knows