Let us THINK : By Dr.King, Swami Satyapriya

By Dr.King, Swami Satyapriya

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Let us THINK : By Dr.King, Swami Satyapriya episodes:

04.09.2024
Romance 05. Have you seen my beloved?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Akka Mahadevi is on the final phase of her journey. She wants to make the impossible possible. Though without a body consciousness, she does...
04.02.2024
Romance 04. I swear, you can’t trick me!
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] In the previous episode, we saw how a young girl namely Mahadevi dared to take on the entire world. She did not care how...
03.26.2024
Romance 03. He haunts me in my dreams, the curly haired one!
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] Before we get into this dreaming business, let us start this episode with a startling incident. It was an assembly of great saints, all of...
03.19.2024
Romance 02. All is fair in love and war!
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] We were discussing the story of one of most revered mediaeval saints of India, namely Goda. Goda is in love with God! And she has...
03.12.2024
Romance 01. Romancing the divine!
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Probably a Christian or a Muslim may even shudder to think of such a thing. Romance with God?! Maybe it sounds blasphemous. But not...
02.27.2024
Thought 41. Yoga is like the reverse of creation
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Many modern Yoga teachers define Yoga as union. Union with what? Many definitions have been given. But the fact remains that most of us...
02.25.2024
¿De verdad quieres saber sobre Yoga? Sólo entra (Book talk by guest speaker in Spanish)
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Con el tipo de popularidad que ha alcanzado el Yoga estos días, estoy segura de que habrás probado alguna "forma" de Yoga. Probablemente también...
02.20.2024
Thought 40. Is your mental EPROM corrupted?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Just like our modern-day computers, our minds too have EPROMS with pre-stored instructions that enables us to boot strap, and go on with our...
02.13.2024
Thought 39. What happens in the final stage of Samadhi?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] One goes through a long process of Yoga, following its 8 steps. And finally, he or she attains the state of Samadhi. Is that the...
02.04.2024
New Book: Amazing Upanishads
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Upanishads always fascinated me. For those people who are not familiar, Upanishads are the philosophic parts of the ancient Indian Vedas. And Vedas...
01.30.2024
Thought 38. The mind as Patanjali sees it
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Patanjali’s Yoga is centered around mind. But throughout the discussion about Yoga, Patanjali rarely describes this mind nor how it functions. The reason is...
01.23.2024
Thought 37. The mind as Buddha saw it
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] It is amazing how ancient Indians were preoccupied with coming up with various theories about the mind. These theories were not aimed at understanding...
01.16.2024
Thought 36. What is mind - did you ever mind?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Whether mind is just the brain or is it something mysterious, has always been a point of debate. The more we understand our brain,...
01.09.2024
Thought 35. Is there a mind beyond the brain?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] In the previous episode we stopped at ‘stages of samadhi with awareness’ and showed how all the steps of Yoga till that point can...
01.02.2024
Thought 34. What happens when you meditate?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Contrary to common perception, Yoga has more to do with Meditation than physical exercises. There are lot of misconception about these real aspects of...
12.26.2023
Thought 33. Some interesting aspects of meditation
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] In the past episodes we saw how yoga helps in minimizing the thought-wars that generally give rise to stress. But mere stress reduction is...
12.19.2023
Thought 32. The Yogic way of fooling the thoughts!
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] In the past episodes we saw how yoga helps in minimizing stress. Lesser stress means better health. Most people turn to Yoga with that...
12.12.2023
Thought 31. The most important step of Yoga.
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Unless you are a novice who is just introduced to Yoga, you probably have noticed that the effectiveness of Yoga practice gradually tapers...
10.31.2023
Thought 30. Neuroscience of Asana or body postures (Thought soup series)
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] For most of us asana or body posture is purely a physical thing – stretching, contracting and balancing the body in a specific way....
10.24.2023
Thought 29. Neuroscience of Pranayama - the most mystic concept of Yoga (Thought soup series)
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] In this episode, we will briefly discuss the neuroscience behind many techniques that result in a sharply focused mind – or ‘Ekaagra Citta as Patanjali...
10.17.2023
#Thought 28.# Neuroscience behind the #Yogic step #Pratyahara (Thought soup series)
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] In this episode, we will briefly discuss the neuroscience behind a very important step of Patanjali Yoga namely Pratyahara. This is an in between stage...
10.10.2023
Thought 27. She declares that she IS God! (Thought soup series)
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] The topic of this episode is a strange case where a young girl declares herself to be God. It may sound crazy or height...
10.03.2023
Thought 26. The Man with thousand heads! (Thought soup series)
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] In this episode, we will take up one of the well-known ‘creation hymns’ of the ancient Indian Vedas. But we will be looking at...
09.26.2023
Thought 25: Were ancient Indians aware of BIG BANG theory?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Big bang theory is the most widely accepted scientific theory about how our universe emerged 13.7 billion years ago. Though there is not much of...
09.19.2023
Thought 24: Is Kundalini meditation a myth?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Almost all the meditation practices that are propagated today are based on the idea of Kundalini and associated Chakras. The concept of Kundalini is so...
09.12.2023
Thought 23: What does Patanjali say about Meditation?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Patanjali is normally credited with laying out a formal base for Yoga or meditation. The meditation talked about by Patanjali seems to be a reframing...
09.05.2023
Thought 22: Upanishadic Meditation
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Once, one of my readers surprised me by saying that Upanishads never talk about meditation! Probably he was watching a bit too many of the...
08.29.2023
Thought 21: Think twice before you try these meditations!
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Many modern Gurus propagate different techniques which they either call as ‘mindfulness meditation’ or ‘insight meditation’. They make tall claims about what these can...
08.22.2023
Thought 20: Guided Meditation
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Nowadays one keeps coming across YouTube videos on ‘Guided Meditation’. Sitting face to face with a ‘live’ Guru and going through a session of...
08.15.2023
Thought 19: The predicament of a confused actor
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] After the heavy and philosophically intense previous episode, let me start this episode with a light and hilarious story. p { margin-top: 0.42cm; margin-bottom:...
08.08.2023
Thought 18: Does God have a form?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Once someone asked Ramakrishna Paramahamsa, Guru of Swami Vivekananda, the question “Is God Saakaara – with form, or is he Niraakaar – without...
08.01.2023
Thought 17: This world is not an illusion
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] The Advaita of Sankara says that “only the God exists and this world is just an illusion – or Mythya, - Brahma Satya, Jagat...
07.28.2023
Zero cost ecofriendly gardening
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] I know, those of you who have ever dirtied your hands trying to cultivate something, must be wondering what I am talking about! “Zero cost...
07.25.2023
Thought 16: It is all in the Mind!
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] When you interact with the world around you, have you ever noticed something? No matter what your eyes see, or ears hear, or tongue...
07.18.2023
Thought 15: We live in a dualistic world
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] In the previous episode we saw how science adopts a monistic view of the world and reduces everything into mere objects. And that ‘everything’...
07.11.2023
Thought 14: Is this world what it appears to be?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Most of us never get this question. We always assume that the world is indeed what we perceive it as. That is our...
07.04.2023
Thought 13: Tantra, Yoga, Ritualism, and Meditation
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Probably you think that it sounds like a long list of unrelated practices. But they are not. All of them belong to an overlapping...
06.27.2023
Thought 12: Listening to inner music
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Have you ever tried listening to some wonderful music recital on your mobile phone, sitting in a bustling market place? You know it...
06.20.2023
Thought 11: Is a realized person free to do ‘anything’?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Honestly, I don’t know what many of the modern Gurus mean when they say that they are ‘realized’. Someone attains realization while sitting casually...
06.13.2023
Thought 10: Did you ever have a mystical experience?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] I was once asked this question when I wrote my first book on Yoga. Well, let me remind that by Yoga I meant some...
06.06.2023
Thought 9: Is the caste system really a flawed concept?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] In the last episode we saw how the Varna and caste system in India developed over a period of time. Its main drawback was that...
05.30.2023
Thought 8: Origin of caste system in India
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] In the previous episode, we discussed the Varna system that was prevalent in India. It is this Varna system that later gave rise to...
05.23.2023
Thought 7: Did the colonial rulers create the caste system in India?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] In one of his talks, the well-known Hindu revivalist namely Mr. Rajiv Malhotra almost accuses India’s past colonial rulers for giving rise to the caste...
05.16.2023
Thought 6: Are you a sinner?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] I had an Indian friend who lived in US for a while. She was working in IT industry like most Indians who migrate to...
05.09.2023
Thought 5: Why is Hinduism what it is?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Most westerners brush aside Hinduism as a polytheistic religion with idol worship at its core. People of Abrahamic religions pride themselves as practitioners of monotheistic...
05.02.2023
Thought 4: Amazing thoughts from the Upanishads!
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Upanishads are the ancient Indian texts believed to be dating back to at least 5000 years. They are parts of the Vedas. They formed the...
04.25.2023
Thought 3: Was this world created or it evolved on its own?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Most religions have a creator God. This creator God is the one who is believed to have created this world. If you are a believer,...
04.18.2023
Thought 2: O God! Are you there?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] I recently had an interaction with a young Indian friend of mine, a teenager with a rather religious Hindu background. This young man was sure...
04.11.2023
Thought 1: How to enjoy?
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Why does one slog for 10 hours a day, may be 5 days a week? Obviously, to earn money and enjoy! We acquire things, amass...
04.06.2023
NewBooks: “Stories of Krishna” series
window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-8HXGBD0CVC'); [Quick links] [Pause] Sometime last year, on August 18th 2022, to be precise, I started my new series of talks based on the ancient Indian scripture namely...

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Let us THINK : By Dr.King, Swami Satyapriya episodes:

Romance 05. Have you seen my beloved?

Romance 04. I swear, you can’t trick me!

Romance 03. He haunts me in my dreams, the curly haired one!

Romance 02. All is fair in love and war!

Romance 01. Romancing the divine!

Thought 41. Yoga is like the reverse of creation

¿De verdad quieres saber sobre Yoga? Sólo entra (Book talk by guest speaker in Spanish)

Thought 40. Is your mental EPROM corrupted?

Thought 39. What happens in the final stage of Samadhi?

New Book: Amazing Upanishads

Thought 38. The mind as Patanjali sees it

Thought 37. The mind as Buddha saw it

Thought 36. What is mind - did you ever mind?

Thought 35. Is there a mind beyond the brain?

Thought 34. What happens when you meditate?

Thought 33. Some interesting aspects of meditation

Thought 32. The Yogic way of fooling the thoughts!

Thought 31. The most important step of Yoga.

Thought 30. Neuroscience of Asana or body postures (Thought soup series)

Thought 29. Neuroscience of Pranayama - the most mystic concept of Yoga (Thought soup series)

#Thought 28.# Neuroscience behind the #Yogic step #Pratyahara (Thought soup series)

Thought 27. She declares that she IS God! (Thought soup series)

Thought 26. The Man with thousand heads! (Thought soup series)

Thought 25: Were ancient Indians aware of BIG BANG theory?

Thought 24: Is Kundalini meditation a myth?

Thought 23: What does Patanjali say about Meditation?

Thought 22: Upanishadic Meditation

Thought 21: Think twice before you try these meditations!

Thought 20: Guided Meditation

Thought 19: The predicament of a confused actor

Thought 18: Does God have a form?

Thought 17: This world is not an illusion

Zero cost ecofriendly gardening

Thought 16: It is all in the Mind!

Thought 15: We live in a dualistic world

Thought 14: Is this world what it appears to be?

Thought 13: Tantra, Yoga, Ritualism, and Meditation

Thought 12: Listening to inner music

Thought 11: Is a realized person free to do ‘anything’?

Thought 10: Did you ever have a mystical experience?

Thought 9: Is the caste system really a flawed concept?

Thought 8: Origin of caste system in India

Thought 7: Did the colonial rulers create the caste system in India?

Thought 6: Are you a sinner?

Thought 5: Why is Hinduism what it is?

Thought 4: Amazing thoughts from the Upanishads!

Thought 3: Was this world created or it evolved on its own?

Thought 2: O God! Are you there?

Thought 1: How to enjoy?

NewBooks: “Stories of Krishna” series