Svaroopa Vidya Ashram’s Podcast

You can be so entrenched in your patterns and habits, even in your ideas about who you are that you don’t let the fire of Consciousness burn away your limitations. Chanting helps with this.  Vichara, our guided self-inquiry process, helps with this. Japa, mantra repetition, helps. And… — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

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Yoga says, “Look inward.” 

It doesn’t mean that you stop doing things, but that you find who you are while you’re doing them.  What you find is your own Self.  

Your early experiences of Self are peace, creativity and happiness.  And then it gets better.

The experience of your own Self, as you learn…

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Words are important. The radar screen of your mind is filled with what you say and what others say to you. You’re always tracking the moving blips. If words can shut you down, are there words that can open you up? Yes! The enlivened mantra is sacred words. words of power. They invoke the upwelling of Consciousness within you. This inner arising transforms you completely, bringing a whole new level of aliveness and enthusiasm into your life. You see the world differently. You see you differently. 

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You see, when you have an amazing experience, and how important that is, the fact that it is amazing means it’s different from your everyday experience. And then you go back to everyday. Your expanded experience might last a minute, a day, a month, or longer. But you go back to everyday. The point is to… — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

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This is a key point in tantra.  It comes from the recognition that Shiva is being all.  Everything in the world and even everything in your mind is Shiva in disguise. So, what part of the world should you reject?  What part of you should you reject?  Certainly, your mind needs some conditioning, like a runner preparing for a marathon.  Your mind needs...  —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

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If you don’t desire something specific to happen in the future, then you won’t be anxious about it. Freedom from desire also frees you from anger. The only time you experience anger is when you desire something but… — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

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No one’s working on attaining equanimity.  Well, that’s not precisely true. You probably have tried to get a little peace by withdrawing from news, from the politicians, from the musicians, the social media influencers, and even your family and friends. But you bring your mind with you, even when you isolate yourself or numb out. —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

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When you hear these teachings, you are fed at the deepest level of your own being.  The words and the energy turn your mind inward, while the words name your own Divine Essence. So you experience Self again and again.  This is why I give discourses, to pour this stream of Grace-infused teachings into your head, and heart, and deeper.  Again and again.

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How do you meditate on your own Self when you don’t know your own Self?  In one way, it’s kind of like you lived in a cave your whole life and I tried to teach you to meditate on the sun or the moon.  You wouldn’t know what they are.  This is why the mantra names your own Self.. —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

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Can you look at someone and see that they are enlightened? This is important because you want to study with the best. They can help you make rapid progress toward your own enlightenment. What is enlightenment like, both inside and outside? Answers from the yogic texts give you an understanding of the inner state as well as how to get there…

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