Svaroopa Vidya Ashram’s Podcast

Sound Bite: Linger Longer

So, at the end of your meditation, when you leap up and you get moving, physically or maybe it’s just your mind, you’re blocking your ability to see the Divine in the mundane. You’ve gone back to measuring, analyzing, counting...  — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “The Liminal Edge” here:

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Sound Bite: The Bliss of Consciousness

You have a right to bliss.  The bliss of Consciousness, for it is what you are made of.  If you aren’t experiencing the bliss of Consciousness, you don’t know who you really are.  Fortunately, on this path, the bliss comes early.  But it’s not unconscious bliss...  —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “The Bliss Comes Early” here:

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Sound Bite: Enlivened by Grace

You know, the teachings are not enough. They must be enlivened by Grace.  You can read the teachings. We read them in translation from the ancient texts, and you can read them for decades and never have a real experience.  You certainly will get understandings, aha moments, intellectual breakthroughs, but without any real depth.  The experience of your own Self is a feeling, not a thought.  It is a deep quality of beingness, not a…. —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “The Root of Meditation” here:

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Teachings Article: Enlightenment Is a Process

I wanted instant enlightenment.  I didn’t get it.  I wanted the express elevator to the penthouse. I had to climb the stairs. At least I knew where I was headed for I’d had amazing experiences after receiving Shaktipat from my Guru.  This inner awakening showed me that there was more to me than I dreamed possible.  I’d had a peek at Consciousness.  It was a promise of my future. It made me willing to do the climb. Like stairs with landings, at each new level I grew into expanded… 

 

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Sound Bite: Something Worth Finding

Yoga explains that there is something worth finding, but it is located inside.  Yoga gives you a peek at it - a glimpse of your own Self.  And tools to attune yourself to your own Self - ways to progressively surrender into who you already are.  And yoga gives you proof.  Proof that there is a…

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Expansive Experiences” here:

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Sound Bite: That Yoga Feeling

The feeling I had after my first yoga class was the beginning of how I always feel now. The peace, the awe, the inner vastness, the lightness of being, the ease and openness —­ I was experiencing Self.  My first yoga teacher didn’t give me words for it.  I could only call it “that yoga feeling.”  It made me want.... —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Dedicated Time" here:  

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Sound Bite: You Are Not Your Pain

If you’re going through pain now, simply name it.  You are the one who is naming it. You’re not your pain. You’re the one who’s naming it.  Yes, you have to deal with it.  But you’re not your pain. You are more, so much more.  The best way to discover that you are more than your pain is… —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Freedom from Pain" here:  

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Teachings Article: Getting Set Free

Born into bondage, your life’s task is to fly free. You begin the process like a caged bird who keeps flexing its wings, wanting to fly.  Your cage door is opened by one who is already free. This is the Shaktipat Guru’s task, to set you free by opening up the inner arising of Consciousness.   Thus you discover the truth that has been hidden for so long, that your essence is Divine.  The not-knowing of your own Self is what causes all your pain. It is the result of… 

 

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Sound Bite: Tantric Tradition

We are in a tantric tradition.  Tantra goes about it completely differently.  Tantra says, “Let’s just shred anava mala.”  Through Shaktipat, I will open you up from the inside out.  Shred anava mala so you have experiences of your own Self.  You know who you are.  Go ahead…  —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda  

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “From the Inside-Out" here:  

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Sound Bite: God Found Within

Atma, your own Self, is all pervading.  You probably think of your own Self as being inside your body, but it’s the other way around.   Your body is inside your own Self.  You may think of your own Self like your soul, that your soul is found…

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Atma & Svaroopa” here.

 

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Sound Bite: The First Sutra

You are so much more than you think you are.  It is all summarized in this one sutra:

Your own Self is Consciousness-Itself.

Chaitanyam atma. — Shiva Sutras 1.1

This is the first sutra, in the first chapter of the first text of Kashmiri Shaivism, our yogic tradition.  The first sutra is the most important one. —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Your Divine Essence” here.

 

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Sound Bite: The Guru's Job

It was Baba that gave me God.  That’s the Guru’s job – to give you access to what is already there inside. But you haven’t been able to find it.  It can be hard to understand God and Guru. They are One, while being different.  I’ll compare it to the front door of your house.  It’s part of your house.  You wouldn’t want that wall to be solid.  You wouldn’t want your house to be without an entry portal.  The Guru is the door by which you enter into...   —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “For the Love of God” here.

 

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Teachings Article: You Just Know

Your own inner knowing is yoga’s goal. This is a knowing beyond thought, beyond logic, beyond explanation or causation. You just know.   Your own Self knows your own Self.  Since your mind doesn’t know how to get there on its own, it needs help. The mantra and other practices are not enough on their own. One who knows can give you the knowing. This is Shaktipat.  It is the greatest gift… 

 

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Sound Bite: Radiate Consciousness

Your spiritual practices change you in such a way that you radiate Consciousness into the world. Especially your family is uplifted, even without them doing yoga.  How great!  And it means you’re doing yoga for two — yourself and your spouse or partner.  Or maybe you’re doing yoga for three...  —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Unconditional Love” here.

 

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Sound Bite: Change Your Mood

When you experience love, you feel fulfilled. This is an important part of life, the experience of loving. Your loving of someone does touch the other person, yes.  But in yoga, the point is, that it affects you. So, yoga teaches the yogi to take responsibility for their own mood. To grow up, to get over your childish reactivity, or perhaps your.. — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Loving God” here.

 

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Sound Bite: Your Own Knowing

To get to your own knowing of your own beingness takes some time and effort.  It takes diligence, perseverance, dedication, determination, resolve, purpose, tenacity and… — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Put Your Heart in It” here.

 

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Sound Bite: A Sweet Surrender

Gratitude and devotion are not the same thing.  Gratitude is always for something, it’s transactional.  You get x, so you feel grateful for it.  You say, “Thank you.”  You even know how to say thank you whether you’re grateful or not.  But hopefully you get to enjoy being grateful. Still, it’s a transaction.  Devotion is unfounded, even unbounded.  When you experience devotion, it’s...  —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “An Attitude of Gratitude” here. 

 

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Teachings Article: Devotion

Devotion is the sweetest, easiest and most intoxicating of all the yogic paths. As a comprehensive science of spirituality, yoga includes your heart along with your body and mind.  Bhakti yoga is the yoga of devotion, with practices that grow your love for God and Guru. The practices include chanting and candle flame ceremonies along with… 

 

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Sound Bite: A Mantra Recess

There’s an easy way to get out of your own way.  When you find yourself blocking your Divine Essence from shining through, give your mind a mantra recess.  Just do five or ten minutes of mantra. And then… —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Getting Blasted” here. 

 

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Sound Bite: The Sword of Mantra

In the fourth century BCE, Alexander the Great arrived in Phrygia, a kingdom in what is now Turkey. There, outside the castle, an oxcart was parked tied to a post with a complex knot called the Gordion knot.  An oracle had declared that any man who could unravel the knot was destined to become the ruler of all of Asia.  Alexander the Great took a look at that. And he reasoned his way through it, thinking that it… —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "Mind, Heart and Soul" here.

 

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Sound Bite: Your Words

The splendor of Shiva-Consciousness is imprisoned within you.  The prison cell bars are made of words.  You lock Shiva down and hide him away by the words you use.  You are so powerful.  You can imprison Divine Consciousness.  You can hide God.  You can dim...   —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "Your Words Create Your Reality" here.

 

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Sound Bite: Breakthrough

Breakthrough!  Once I received Shaktipat, the old identities couldn’t limit me anymore.  Oh, I still did daughtering. I still did worker-bee. I still did pay-my-taxes, vote-in-elections. I still renewed my driver’s license when it was due.  But they were things I did, not…

 

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "Open the Curtains" here.

 

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Sound Bite: You Are Spirit

Yes, you are spirit, clothed in a human body.  Your inner essence is enlivening your body and using your mind to manage the tasks and functions of the physical world.  You are not your body.  You are not your mind. You are not your body, and your mind put together.  You are… 

 

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "Wearing a Costume" here.

 

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Teachings Article: Words Matter

Divine sounds lie at the root of your existence. This is what makes words affect you so deeply. They reverberate all the way in. The power of words originates in the Divine sound, OM.  In order to manifest as the universe, Shiva emanates his bliss as the subtle sound OM. It grows and expands, then blasts itself into many sounds, called Matrika.  In this yantra, the sounds emanate forth into the energetic structure underlying the universe, as expressed in the Sanskrit alphabet. It’s all made of energy, with every energy having its own sound…  

 

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Sound Bite: Yogic Transformation

Yoga tells you to focus on your own inner process.  Support your yogic transformation with yoga practices.  You will change, it is guaranteed.  And the world will change as you change.  When you become healthier and stronger…

 

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "A Personal Upgrade" here.

 

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Sound Bite: The Source of Love

The more energy you put into getting love from others, getting your sense of self-worth from others, getting your happiness from others — the more energy you put into this, the more bound you are.  Freedom comes from…

 

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "Subtle Perceptions and Powers" here.

 

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Sound Bite: Pleasure

Nila and sukha, the blue of Consciousness and the pleasure of sensory experiences – one of them lasts, the other doesn’t. Which one is your focus? The good news is that in tantra you don’t have to give up pleasures. You have to give up…  — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "Into The Blue" here.

 

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Sound Bite: Being Here

That’s one of the reasons I love when you’re able to come, to come here in person.  Of course, I love to reach your wherever you are, to guide and to support you in the midst of your life.  But when you can come here in person, it’s like diving in at the deep end of the pool.  And your immersion in the water, in the Grace, makes it easier…

 

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "What is an Ashram" here.

 

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Sound Bite: Yes, You Meditated

One easy way to tell if your meditation was truly meditation - regardless of what happened during your meditation, when you open your eyes do you feel different?  Washed clean, rested, refreshed. Settled - meaning centered, free from anxiety, serene.  Perhaps your breath is…  —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "Inner Experiences" here.

 

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Teachings Article - Intuition & Insight

You must develop your intuition, but for different reasons than you suppose. Intuition is the inner knowing by which you know your own Self. It’s called in-sight. However, using intuition for external things sabotages your spiritual progress.

 

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Sound Bite: Yoga Can Free You

That’s because yoga meets you where you’re at.  And if you’re having any trouble with it, if you’re experiencing pain, it’s because yoga is excavating, digging up your own patterns to clear them away and free you from them.  In a pose, Svaroopa® Yoga may get into some gnarly stuff. But it’s merely finding what was there and would be causing… 

 

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "Sensory Pleasures" here.

 

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Sound Bite: Settle Within

This is how you use your senses. You get them running around outside — looking this way, looking that way, listening to the sounds, aware of smells as well as the temperature of the air around you.  It’s like your senses are roaming out there looking for something that… 

 

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "Your Ten Senses" here.

 

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Sound Bite: How to Use Your Mind

Your mind is capable of blocking Consciousness.  Don’t trust your mind.  Well, not yet. Not until you know how to use your mind to access Consciousness, and to use your mind as a conduit of Consciousness.  You need your mind.  You need it to be shining with the light of Consciousness.  Only then can you…  —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda  

 

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "The Best Chant Ever" here.

 

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Teachings Article - The Power of Your Senses

Your senses pull you outward in a constant search for bliss.  But the bliss is inside. Crazy-making?  Fortunately, these two things work together. They are perfectly paired to keep you in bondage and delusion. By contrast, yoga sets you free. Yoga shows you how to turn your senses inward, to explore the multi-dimensionality of your own Beingness. This is called pratyahara, which is made easy by Grace.

 

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Sound Bite: Bliss Is Guaranteed

While bliss is guaranteed, it’s not always immediate.  You may need some clearings first, before you can find the bliss.  It’s like looking for the sunrise when you have the drapes closed.  There needs to be some inner opening first.   Baba said, “When the bliss of the Self arises from within…”  This means that bliss is an attainment.  In the beginning it may feel like peace, or contentment, or simply like...  —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

 

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "Opening The Inner Door" here.

 

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Sound Bite: Your Own Inner Center

What about the people you live with, or connect with most often?  They are always changing.  Mostly going up and down with the internal weather of their mind and emotions. Do you have any control over them?  So, the only place you can land, if you want peace and happiness…

Where can you land if you want peace and happiness?  Satguru Swami Nirmalananda explains in this excerpt from her discourse at Downingtown Yoga & Meditation Center on July 28, 2024.

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "The One Who Sees" here.

 

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Teachings Article - Doorways Inside

When you get lost in the world, you have not only lost your way, you have lost your own Self. If you go for a hike and get lost in the woods, after a while you know you are lost. You try to retrace your steps or find a pathway out. But you never get so lost that you think you are a tree. You still know you are a person and that you have a home to return to. Getting lost in worldly stuff is like thinking you are a tree. You don’t remember that you have a home, a place inside where you are already whole, full, complete and… 

 

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Sound Bite: Cosmic Energy

This is the energy that fires off volcanoes. This is the energy that keeps our sun burning. The energy that lights the stars or even makes them explode or collapse in on themselves.  Kundalini Shakti is cosmic energy hidden in you. The name kundalini describes how….  

—  Gurudevi Nirmalananda

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “The Form of the Formless” here.

 

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Sound Bite: Turiya – Deep Meditation

Turiya is the fourth state.  It is beyond your mind and senses, and free from the density and darkness you know from deep sleep. Turiya is vast, comforting, incomprehensible, indescribable and unthinkable with the mind.  Turiya is serene, tranquil, filled with bliss. Here you find your own Self.  This is the Self that is to be realized.   — Gurudevi Nirmalananda  

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “The Primordial Sound” here.

Sound Bite: Your Meditation

Your meditations make you a better person.  They make you a deeper person.  You know if you drop a penny in a rain puddle it makes a big splash, but if you drop it in a deep lake there’s no splash, “bloop.”  Every meditation, whether you were enjoying it or not...     — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

What does your meditation do for you?  Satguru Swami Nirmalananda explains in this excerpt from her discourse at Downingtown Yoga & Meditation Center on July 7, 2024.

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Meditation Experiences” here.

Sound Bite: Live This Way

I love to see you shining.   You love to glow.  Your eyes shine, the corners of your mouth turn up, your breath opens, your collarbones widen, and you get taller.  Best of all, your mind is clear.  You can understand the intricacies of the teachings I bring you. You understand your life and...   — Satguru Swami Nirmalananda explains in this excerpt from her discourse at Downingtown Yoga & Meditation Center on June 30, 2024. 

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse "Light & Shadow” here. 

Sound Bite: Divine Eyes

How do you get Divine Eyes?

Satguru Swami Nirmalananda explains in this excerpt from her discourse at Downingtown Yoga & Meditation Center on June 23, 2024.

Watch Gurudevi's full discourse "Yoga - Then and Now" here.

Teachings Article - The Blue Pearl

Scientists have continued to refine the Big Bang theory including coming up with new terminology. They now say there was something there before the bang. What was there? What banged? It was a single point, a dot. They call it a singularity. In Sanskrit it is “bindu.” It still exists. It was not destroyed in the bang. You can find the bindu inside. It is blue. My Baba called it the “Blue Pearl.” When you see it in meditation, you are assured of liberation in this lifetime. It is the mystical form of...

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Sound Bite: Guru's Grace

When Grace flows through the Guru, you receive blessings, yes, but the blessings are not about making your life better.  They are about making you better.  Gurukrpa, Guru’s Grace, makes you better, and then you make your life better.  Gurukrpa shows you...  — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse "Baba Means Father" here.

Sound Bite: Shiva

Shiva.  Shiva underlies all that exists and is being all that exists by dancing his Divine dance of creation, maintenance and destruction. Shiva conceals himself in you by making you infatuated with your powers.  So, you think it’s you that’s so creative, so nurturing, so decisive, so productive.  But Shiva is hidden within, where he is called...    — Gurudevi Nirmalananda  

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse "The Inner Source" here.

Sound Bite: Like a Butterfly

With anything in your life, I suggest you hold it like a butterfly.  Open your hand and soften it. Get really still.  Wait for the butterfly to land.  Relax into a sweet stillness as it crawls around on your hand.  It’s a really weird and funny feeling.  Breathe smooth and steady, and...   — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse "Stepping into the Light" here.

Sound Bite: You are More

Whatever you think is possible through meditation, there is more.  Whatever you think you are, you are more.  Whatever you can imagine you will attain, there is more.  When I met Baba, he’d already been enlightened for twenty-one years.  As I studied with him, I watched…  — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

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Teachings Article - God's Grace

I ring the gong five times at the end of meditation, to invoke Grace.  It is the fifth of God’s five powers. The first three are well-recognized: creation, maintenance and destruction.  It is Shiva’s mystical teachings that reveal what has been concealed, his own additional powers. As an individualized form of Shiva, every human being has all five powers…

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Sound Bite: The Fire of Yoga

Baba said, “The Guru should be one who has fully realized the mantra and can charge it with conscious force.  He should be a master of Shaktipat, possessing great spiritual power.”  While Baba was describing what he found in Nityananda, he himself also exemplified his own description.  His spiritual power uplifted thousands, including me. Simply sitting in his presence was like...   — Gurudevi Nirmalananda

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Sound Bite: The Light of Consciousness

When I was the president of Yoga Alliance, I proposed that we give participating yoga teachers the initials RYT, meaning registered yoga teacher. But I explained that it comes from ṛta, the rightness, suchness, is-ness of things. As a yogi, as a meditator, you are diving into this Essence within, so that you embody the Light of Consciousness. You come to live your life by that inner gyroscope, so you always know which way is up. 

— Gurudevi Nirmalananda

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