Rest, gentle soul.

Shri Anandi Ma introduces this podcast series and continues her commentary on the Ramayana.

Ma's message to us:

"Dear Brothers and Sisters -- We are sending these mantras which you can listen to and invoke the energies to counteract the pandemic. Please don't be fearful but have faith in God and Guru. Sitaram!!"

Ma's message to us:

"Dear Brothers and Sisters -- We are sending these mantras which you can listen to and invoke the energies to counteract the pandemic. Please don't be fearful but have faith in God and Guru. Sitaram!!"

Ma's message to us:

"Dear Brothers and Sisters -- We are sending these mantras which you can listen to and invoke the energies to counteract the pandemic. Please don't be fearful but have faith in God and Guru. Sitaram!!"

Ma's message to us:

"Dear Brothers and Sisters -- We are sending these mantras which you can listen to and invoke the energies to counteract the pandemic. Please don't be fearful but have faith in God and Guru. Sitaram!!"

Topics covered in this session:

[0:00] Dileepji comments on the significance of the current month of Shravana, the special events scheduled during this time, and how to best take advantage of the energy. He also welcomes first-time attendees of the Antioch Center’s Sunday morning group meditation.

[3:27] Dileepji offers a preview of this September’s Spirituality and Psychology Series Workshop (“Worthiness: Psychological and Spiritual Truths”). Among other things, this workshop will help attendees understand the root of self-doubt and how to begin the journey toward confidence in one’s ability to succeed.

[9:33] A student asks about prana (life force energy) -- specifically, what makes it rise when he listens to devotional chanting, and what is its role in spiritual development. In the course of their answer, Shri Anandi Ma and Dileepji explain that the biggest block to the flow of prana is the thought, “I am not worthy.”

[15:48] How to be a confident leader in the world and remain humble.

[21:12] Contemplating one’s answer to the question, ‘Who am I?’ is suggested homework for those planning to attend September’s workshop on worthiness.

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For more information about Shri Anandi Ma and the path of Kundalini Maha Yoga, please visit dyc.org.

Topics covered in this session:

• The resurrection of Christ from a yogic perspective.

• A reminder of how best to respond to the current world situation.

• Thoughts on how shaktipat initiation profoundly accelerates the evolution of one’s soul.

• The potency of spiritual practice versus worldly acts in effecting change.

Some terms used in this session:

Adharma: Behavior that is not in harmony with cosmic law. Unethical, unjust, immoral behavior.

Dharma: Living in harmony with cosmic law; righteous living.

Kundalini: The primordial energy in the human body that, when awakened, creates the conditions for spiritual progress and Self-realization.

Niyamas: Positive duties necessary for achieving self-realization; these include purity, contentment, self-discipline, charity.

Prana: Energy. The “raw material” of Shakti.

Samskaras: Patterns of mind or behavior, habits formed as a result of past karma (action). The personality mask with which the ego usually identifies itself is composed of samskaras.

Shakti: Power. The active aspect of the Divine.

Shaktipat: The transfer of Divine energy from a perfected guru to his disciple for the purpose of awakening the disciple’s Kundalini.

Yamas: A list of self-restraints in line with “right living.” Some examples are nonviolence, truthfulness, forgiveness, compassion.

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For more information about Shri Anandi Ma and the path of Kundalini Maha Yoga, please visit dyc.org.

Shri Anandi Ma, a living saint and head of the ancient lineage of Kundalini Maha Yoga, responds to questions from students following the presidential election held on November 8, 2016. The session is aided by Dileepji Pathak, a meditation master who works closely with Ma.

Eastern concepts used during this session include "dharma" (righteousness; one's duty in life in conformance with divine law), "adharma" (non-righteousness; that which leads away from harmony and spiritual well-being), and "Kali Yuga" (one of the four cycles of creation), and references are made to "Vajra Panjar" (a group of powerful techniques and mantras that support spiritual evolution and well-being on all levels).

For more information about Shri Anandi Ma and the path of Kundalini Maha Yoga, please visit dyc.org.

Recorded on November 13, 2016 in Antioch, CA.

Questions and topics covered in this session:

• “Some people make a distinction between spirituality and science. How would you explain the science of yoga to such people?”

• “Guruji and Paramahansa Yogananda both talked about ‘other worlds,’ like the ten ‘lokas’ . . . Are these ‘other worlds’ inside of us or outside?”

• The challenge of documenting the effect of the subtle, spiritual realm on the grosser and less pure physical realm.

• “Purify me” being the essence of Gayatri, the key to both spirituality and science and understanding cause and effect.

• Repeating the Ram Gayatri mantra for world peace.

For more information about Shri Anandi Ma and the path of Kundalini Maha Yoga, please visit http://www.dyc.org.