Svaroopa Vidya Ashram’s Podcast

Due to Nityananda’s command, Nityananda had a house built for Baba and told him to live there. Only then did Baba’s wanderings slow down. They eventually extended throughout much of the Western world, but not because he was seeking anymore. He had something to give. Something that the world hungers for — God, inside. Who can give you God inside you? Only one who knows. — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Becoming Shiva" here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/becoming-shiva-8-16-26

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You see, you don’t have compartments inside.  There’s not a spiritual you, and a real you.  Inside, in the deeper level called turiya, you find you.  Now you show up for life, including spiritual practices, as well as relationships and responsibilities.  Spiritual living is that you bring your wholeness with you everywhere you go — open mind, open heart, open breath, deep inner center, grounded in the inner infinity of your own Divinity.  —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Bliss & Beyond" here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/bliss-beyond-8-9-26

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If the Guru shares their home with others, the residents live in a microwave of Grace. And they’re usually quite busy with many and varied responsibilities. Baba kept us very busy. No time for idle hands. No time for idle tongues. No time to nurture old habits and self-defeating patterns. Beyond the benefit that the residents get personally from their immersion, they serve as conduits of Grace, making the Guru able to uplift more people and support them in their inner process. — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Sacred Site" here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/sacred-site-8-2-26

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The mantra is the portable Guru, because the word Guru means energy.  A specific type of energy, Shiva’s Divine Energy of revelation, revealing your own Self to your Self.  The person of the Guru is a concentrated form of this energy, like a lightning bolt is a concentrated form of energy.  It isn’t about... — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Spiritual Power" here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/spiritual-power-7-26-26

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Just like Baba said, “Most people who meditate make the same mistake. When they sit for meditation, they do not focus on the Self, instead they run after the mind trying to find out what it is doing.” So, focus on your own Self. Use the mantra, this ancient sacred formula, to pierce through the mental activity that you usually find so intriguing. Mantra gives you your own Self. — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Sublime Spiritual State" here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/sublime-spiritual-state-7-19-26

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You have the power to realize that God lies hidden in your own heart. Too much of the time, when you come from your heart, you’re coming from your emotional residue, your unfinished business. Your heart carries the weight of lifetimes – resentments and fears, unhappy memories and…

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “What is Heaven?" here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/what-is-heaven-7-12-26

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Yoga also describes how you usually use your mind, as well as a greater possibility.  But yoga is the only one of all these traditions, that I have found, that says your Essence is Divine.  How will you know if this is true?  You will have to delve deeper within to see who you find in there, oh Shiva.  You may go beyond who you think you are. This is why we meditate.  — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Ideals to Live By" here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/ideals-to-live-by-7-5-26

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I live in the Ashram, heaven on earth. I felt this way when living with my Baba. His India Ashram was heavenly. At 3 am, I walked by night-blooming jasmine to get to the meditation hall, along pathways with sacred statues in every corner. Yet it was his presence that made it heavenly. We sat with him as he moved his amber mala, doing japa for all of us.  My mind flowed with mantra-virya, the mantric energy he emanated. Deeper than peace, thicker than bliss, more full-filling than… 

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The sage says:

Tadah drastuh svaroope vastanam — Yoga Sutras 1.3

In the moment your mind becomes still, you abide in svaroopa, your own Divine Essence.

Here you are, revealed in the space between your thoughts. This means your thoughts are usually hiding you from yourself. This is why all the yoga practices are for your mind, to quiet your mind, so you discover who you are. The you that is svaroopa, your own Divine Essence, aka Shiva. In the pause. — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “The Space Between" here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/the-space-between-6-28-26

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Getting enlightened is a little like watching the sunrise.  It’s amazing how long it takes, from the time the sky starts getting lighter, until the sun is above the horizon line. It’s about forty minutes of gradual lightening, and then the sun comes up quick, in only two minutes.  Getting enlightened works the same way.  It takes longer to get ready than to actually light up.   — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Getting Free" here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/getting-free-6-21-26

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