For the Love of Yoga with Nish the Fish

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What does our suffering show us about our true nature? 
In this video: 
1. A few central insights from Advaita Vedanta (Non-Duality) to cure suffering once and for all
2. An inquiry into the innovations of Kashmir Shaivism to Non-Duality and 
3. How this latter worldview articulates suffering as an auspicious teacher revealing our divine selves.

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Mother Kali, the black skinned, wild-haired goddess wielding weapons and whirling in an ecstatic dance of awakening has been one of the most fascinating icons in Indian art for centuries on end.
What is the hidden meaning of this Dark Devi?
Today we discuss some folk stories about Kali and explore their hidden meaning to uncover secrets about how to deal with suffering and use suffering as a tool for deepening our spiritual practice.  Come and dive into the exciting world of Tantra, Goddess Worship and Yogic practice :)

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In this lecture, we explore the dizzying heights of Buddhist philosophy and practice, tracking the development of ideas starting with the profound insights of one of India's greatest teachers, the Shakyamuni Buddha 2600 years ago all the way to their development into the Tantrik forms of Vajrayana/Mahayana/Dzogchen as well as their more austere forms, Hinayana and Zen.  

To celebrate Buddha Purnima, we explore the story of a young prince, living a life of luxury, sheltered away from the realities of life. Eventually the young prince feels the superficiality of pleasure, as we do in the quiet lull of the party. He leaves his pleasure garden and encounters old age, sickness and death, realities we pretend will not happen to us. 

This inspires him to take up a genuine spiritual inquiry culminating in the most profound insights of Indian philosophy. You see, the story of the Buddha is the story of us. It is the story of our own Buddha-nature and our journey of relaxing into what is already here now for us.
May you have a blessed Buddha Purnima, Sagittarius full moon and Lunar eclipse!
May you be a lamp unto yourself.
May you awaken to your Buddha-nature daily!

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Many of us experience difficult disease on a physical, mental, emotional and spiritual level and often we use meditation and Yoga as a kind of numbing strategy to try to overcome, escape or suppress these movements of energy we call difficult emotions.  
This never works. There is a higher path.
If you are able to internalize today's teaching from the 9th CE Kashmir Shaivism school you will no longer experience grief and pain AS suffering. They won't go away. But when they arise in consciousness, you will learn to reframe your experience such that they will no longer be experienced as contraction (i.e suffering). They will turn into a moment of profound beauty that both enlivens you and enflames you with reverence and prayer.  
Come and join us for this lovely evening of Tantrik techniques, the poetry of Rumi and a discussion on the Three Orientations to Spiritual Life.

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The 5000 year old tradition that is Indian spirituality lives on today and it lives on in you! We gather today to celebrate the nourishing philosophies and the practical methodologies that have emerged from India over the years in an effort to raise some funds for the COVID relief effort in Mother India!
If you feel moved, you can still donate by sending your offerings directly to
https://www.giveindia.org/

I hope you will enjoy this humble offering of the Spirit. In this 5+ hour lecture marathon, we explore all the different schools of thought from the Vedas to the Upanishads to the Tantras to Yoga, we share folk stories and we engage in Q&A and explore how these spiritual ideas came about and how they made their way to you!

May something in what I have to say in this talk serve you. I am just the messenger passing on to you what was given to me and even that is a but a grain of sand on the beach of knowledge. It is enough that this video makes you feel happy. Feeling good and peaceful is one of the best services we can offer to the planet. One one level we help materially with what we can but on a deeper level, because we are all enmeshed in a web of vibration, how we feel tonight has far reaching effects to every part of this creation. So let us come together to cultivate the highest vibration and trust that we as uplift ourselves, so to do we uplift all beings.
Lokah Samasta Sukinoh Bahavantu
 
May All Beings Know Joy and Peace!
OM Peace Peace Peace

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All spiritual traditions prescribe some form of self-abnegation in the name of purifying the vessel:
Jesus fasted in the desert,
the Islamic mystics called themselves "Fakirs" (Poor Ones),
Nachiketha jumped into the fire in the Katha Upanishad...and yet, the Buddha spoke against severe austerity in favor of the "Middle Way", the path of moderation.
What is austerity, really?  
In this video we explore the esoteric principle behind purification practices and I suggest a few indispensable techniques to incorporate into your spiritual life right away.  
Also, we have a lengthy discussion on what the REAL purpose of spiritual practice is; we diagnose why it might be that despite all the meditating and attending Vedanta lectures, we might still not be "manifesting our divinity in each movement of life."

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We have talked about what suffering is quite a bit. But we haven't answered WHY we suffer. How does the experience of suffering fit into the cosmic picture of creation? Why did Brahman get confused by Maya? Who created the Matrix? Hint, Neo: YOU did. But why? We explore 7 different schools of South Asian philosophy (The Materialist Charvaka school,  Buddhism, Jainism, Vaishnava Dualism, Samkhya/Yoga, Advaita Vedanta and Kashmiri Shaivism) to find out how each of them account for suffering. 

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Above every blade of grass, there is an angel whispering "grow! grow!"
What is the true source of your inspiration?
What is your purpose here on Earth as an individual?
Do you not feel a call, deep within you, to action? A stirring in your soul to engage yourself in some creative pursuit for the service of your brothers and sisters?

In this powerful guided meditation, we draw upon the mythologies of Zoroastrianism, the Book of Enoch, Milton's "Paradise Lost, Stephen Pressfield's "War of Art" and of course my mentor Lyam Thomas Christopher who initially harmonizes these ideas in his book, "Kabbalah, Magick and Great Work of Self Transformation" and to whom I am greatly indebted.
Come. Enter the poetical and romantic world of Evolution vs Dissolution. You are an on a holy quest of the Higher Self to bring about the fulfillment of the Ultimate Purpose.
Will you answer this call to live your highest destiny?
Will you blow the conch of Dharma?
Will you take the Bodhisattva vow?
Are you ready for the ultimate adventure of a lifetime?

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Join us for this Questions & Answers discussion session on:
1.  How we can overcome lust and greed + why we would even want to overcome those things
2. The Dangers of Teaching Yoga
3. Is the desire for liberation still bondage? How can you desire "desirelessness"? 
4. How to have compassion for oneself while still aspiring to higher spiritual ideals? How can you forgive yourself when you inevitably fall short? 
5. True Spirituality vs Spiritual Bypassing/Escapism 
And much more!

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 How do we overcome lust and greed and discover self-sufficiency? Today, we investigate the awakening stories of masters like St Francis of Assisi, Ramana Maharshi, Ramakrishna Paramahansa, Eckhart Tolle etc. to explore some of the deepest topics in spiritual practice:
1. What is renunciation?
2. Why would a person want to give up the world and the sex craving?
3. Okay, you've decided you want to do it but how? There are so many deeply embedded patterns, strengthened from years of repetition and cultural conditioning that keep us from our spiritual ideals. 
But these ideals CAN be lived with the proper techniques.
So let's explore 4 tools to overcome lust and greed.

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