Episodes
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
6/19/2022 International Day of Yoga
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
Tuesday Jul 05, 2022
This year’s theme for International Day of Yoga is “Yoga for Humanity.” Yoga gives you your own Self. Once you know your own Self, you see Self in all. Then you are drawn into a new level of relationship with the world and everyone in it. Yoga improves your health, your life, and your state of mind. The light of your own Divinity begins to shine through you. In this illuminating discourse you will learn more about the benefits of yoga for yourself, as well as for all of humanity.
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Thursday Jun 30, 2022
6/12/2022 Flying Free
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
Thursday Jun 30, 2022
You yearn to fly so you can shatter the shackles that keep you bound. Yoga and meditation show you the infinity that lies within you. Find the bliss of your own Self and you will become free. It doesn’t matter where you are or what you do, what matters is who you are and what your inner state is. Let the Guru’s Grace help you go beyond your sense of individuality. You can be fully embodied, fully alive, and fully present.
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Monday Jun 27, 2022
Sound Bite: Alive
Monday Jun 27, 2022
Monday Jun 27, 2022
When people are numb, they look for something to make them feel alive. They want exciting or entertaining stuff. Something that will stir up their prana, their life energy, so they feel alive. But a yogi feels alive all the time. How’s that? Think of it this way, do you feel more alive after a yoga class? After a meditation? – Gurudevi Nirmalananda
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Monday Jun 20, 2022
6/5/2022 Eureka! I Found It!
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Monday Jun 20, 2022
Becoming enlightened is about living in the knowing of the light of your own Divinity. It’s a breakthrough that is more than a “Eureka” moment. You can find your own Self by letting your mind become still and going beyond your mind. You can be propelled by Divine wisdom while doing what you do if you keep turning your mind’s eye inward. Find out more in this insightful discourse from Gurudevi Nirmalananda.
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Friday Jun 17, 2022
05/29/2022 Being Birthed into Reality
Friday Jun 17, 2022
Friday Jun 17, 2022
You need someone to open you up to the one Divine Reality that is within. The One is being all while being you. Individual perspective creates delusions that need to be burned away before that Reality is truly seen and known. A Shaktipat Guru reveals a whole new way of living to you. You can learn to use your mind while remaining based in the Self.
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Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Teachings Article - Breakthrough!
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
Tuesday Jun 14, 2022
That’s what you really want, a breakthrough: a shift in perception, an insight or realization that makes you “get it”. Suddenly you’re free… It’s true, we want to fly, to shatter the shackles that keep us bound. It’s the norm to live in your agendas, entangled in emotions and chasing wisps of thought. But the desire for freedom is there, inside. So many popular musicians sing, “I want to be free!” Yes! Freedom! Yoga is all about freedom.
Read by Swami Prajñananda.
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Monday Jun 13, 2022
Sound Bite: Light Banishes Dark
Monday Jun 13, 2022
Monday Jun 13, 2022
It’s like you sit in the dark, in your room, counting and keeping track of all the limiting thoughts, memories, and fears. You keep an inventory. But since it’s dark, you can’t write anything down, so you just keep it all in your mind. And you keep reviewing it over and over, so you know what you’ve got. All your pains and sorrows. And the Guru shines light in there. Light banishes dark. – Gurudevi Nirmalananda
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Sunday Jun 12, 2022
5/22/2022 Soul and Self
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
Sunday Jun 12, 2022
To experience your own Self is to go beyond the soul level. There, inside, you find that you are the One who has become your soul. Drawing on Greek Mythology and classical metaphors, Gurudevi Nirmalananda gives you an understanding of what soul and Self are from a yogic perspective. She gives you the yogic tools to help you discover that the Self you seek is within you, as well as being all that exists.
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Friday Jun 10, 2022
Sound Bite: All Religions & Traditions
Friday Jun 10, 2022
Friday Jun 10, 2022
He said, “This yoga is not a Guru cult, but in every field, one needs a guide. On the spiritual path, too, a Guru is necessary. At certain times in one’s life, healers, psychologists, psychics and professors may all be necessary. In the same way, in spiritual life, one needs a guide.” If you want what the Guru has to give, then you see that the Guru has it, and offers it. That moves you in deep ways. – Gurudevi Nirmalananda
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Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
5/15/2022 He Gave His Life to God
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Tuesday Jun 07, 2022
Gurudevi Nirmalananda honors her Guru, Swami Muktananda, on his birthday. How did someone who gave his life to God live his life? What can you learn from someone who dedicated his life to the spiritual quest? The most significant thing you can do with your life is to uncover your inherent Divinity. The Guru shines the light of your own Self into the darkness of your mind. The profound teachings and practices passed down through this lineage give you access to the Divine within to fulfill the purpose of life itself.
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Thursday Jun 02, 2022
05/08/22 ChitiShakti Ma
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
Thursday Jun 02, 2022
ChitiShakti is the power of universal Consciousness, recognized as the Divine Mother. She is the primal force hidden within us all. Your own body and mind are made of ChitiShakti, the energy of Consciousness. But this energy is coiled down, ratcheted down by a temporary state of limitation. In this illuminating satsang from Gurudevi Nirmalananda you will learn why we honor the Divine Mother on Mother’s Day.
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Monday May 30, 2022
Sound Bite: Who You Really Are
Monday May 30, 2022
Monday May 30, 2022
Do you really think that you still are who you were as a child? How long ago was that — a few years or maybe even decades ago?… I see you differently. I see the light shining through you. I see the light of Consciousness shining as you. Can’t you see who you really are? – Gurudevi Nirmalananda
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Saturday May 21, 2022
5/1/2022 Looking in the Right Direction
Saturday May 21, 2022
Saturday May 21, 2022
It is the feeling of need that causes the suffering, even when you don’t really need the thing you think you need. Freedom is the opposite – freedom from need brings freedom from suffering. Freedom is also the inner space to be creative, to be generous, to be loving and understanding, to live in the spontaneity of pure bliss. Freedom is the goal, clearly defined in yoga’s teachings and texts… - Gurudevi Nirmalananda
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Wednesday May 18, 2022
Sound Bite: The Ache in My Heart
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Wednesday May 18, 2022
Whether I loved others or I allowed myself to feel the love that they had for me, the ache in my heart was untouched... The yearning. It’s so painful, yet it is the only thing that keeps you alive.
This is an audio excerpt from the intro video for Gurudevi's Telecourse "Enlightenment: Stages & Steps" - TL-ESS Intro Video 220512 | Svaroopa Yoga and Meditation.
Monday May 16, 2022
4/24/2022 How Big is Your Heart
Monday May 16, 2022
Monday May 16, 2022
Where will you go to find your Self? Gurudevi says to start with your heart but then go deeper. Your heart is an entry point into the mystical heart of Beingness Itself. To get there: 1) meditate and repeat mantra to work with your mind (right understanding), and 2) receive Shaktipat (Guru’s Grace) to live in the unwavering awareness that is the knowing of the Self. Then you’ll experience a heart that is big enough to hold the whole universe and all that are in it.
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Wednesday May 11, 2022
Teachings Article - Psychology and Spirituality
Wednesday May 11, 2022
Wednesday May 11, 2022
Psychology is the study of the mind, while spirituality is about getting beyond your mind. Psychology analyzes mind and emotions. By contrast, seekers are trying to get past their mind. They seek a spiritual experience, an expansive and blissful moment, something that transports them afar. Yoga says neither is enough. What you really want, and what you really need, is to know...
Read by Yogaratna Yogyananda.
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Friday May 06, 2022
4/17/2022 A Great and Holy Day
Friday May 06, 2022
Friday May 06, 2022
This discourse was given on Easter Sunday. This day honors Jesus for his life death resurrection as well as over 2,000 years of influence. Gurudevi discusses how Jesus joins an assemblage of many great and holy beings, like Buddha and Shankaracharya as well as many countless great yogis and gurus. Many of Jesus’ teachings echo the ancient sages of India. Listen to Gurudevi’s discourse to learn more about the teachings of Jesus and the Divine beings and gurus of India.
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Thursday May 05, 2022
Sound Bite: Outgrowing Old Stuff
Thursday May 05, 2022
Thursday May 05, 2022
When you were a child, you outgrew your clothes every summer. Growth means you leave some things behind. In adulthood, the process is more internal. You outgrow limited attitudes. You outgrow your fears. They can no longer hold you. You lose the ability to hold a grudge or blame others for your situation. Your heart grows, along with your willingness to participate. – Gurudevi Nirmalananda
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Sunday May 01, 2022
4/10/2022 Peace Follows Renunciation
Sunday May 01, 2022
Sunday May 01, 2022
Renunciation means embracing the world without becoming entangled in it. When you settle into the Self there’s nothing to cling to, nothing to need. Listen to this insightful discourse by Gurudevi Nirmalananda and discover that you are so much more than you think you are.
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Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
4/3/2022 Why Are You Not Enlightened Yet
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
Tuesday Apr 26, 2022
You want something more. You want to become enlightened. When you put your mind and heart into Consciousness and truly participate in the process, you will find the Divine Essence you have always been. To become enlightened, you need to spend more time dissolving limitations than installing them. Gurudevi explains how to base yourself deeper within your own Self. Thus, you outgrow old and limiting attitudes.
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Friday Apr 01, 2022
Teachings Article - Yoga & Worldly Life
Friday Apr 01, 2022
Friday Apr 01, 2022
Everyone matters. But no one person matters any more than any other person. Each and every one matters fully. This is the mystical perspective. You have this perspective when you are experiencing your own Self. The One Divine Essence shines through as every single being and every single thing. They are all lovable. They are all to be...
Read by Anandi Ross.
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Sunday Mar 27, 2022
3/27/2022 Consciousness Becomes Bliss, Consciousness Becomes You
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
Just as water takes on many forms, Consciousness takes on many forms. It becomes bliss, but it also becomes you. Gurudevi Nirmalananda says, “When you’re all caught up in your body, or you’re repeating your script to yourself again, reinstalling your limited sense of personhood, then you can't find the bliss that is hidden deeper within.” The Guru’s job is to help you beyond your mind, beyond your inner sense of separation, and allow you to discover Consciousness within.
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Sunday Mar 20, 2022
03/20/2022 Your Blissful Journey Through the World
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
You can choose to make your journey through this world be filled with supreme bliss. You can be based in a deeper dimensionality of your own Beingness, so that you can bring bliss with you wherever you go. Discover how the power of Grace can transform your life.
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Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Teachings Article - The Bliss of Consciousness
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Tuesday Mar 15, 2022
Bliss is not the goal. Consciousness is. This can be confusing because most seekers are looking for bliss. But Consciousness is what matters. Still, bliss is incredibly important. Why? The need for bliss is built into you. Your body is hard-wired for bliss; it’s called your parasympathetic nervous system. Your body has bliss software; it’s called your...
Read by Swami Samvidaananda.
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Sunday Mar 13, 2022
03/13/22 When You Know
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
When you know your own Self, you live in the deeper dimensions of your own existence, beyond your mind’s limited idea of who and what you are. In this satsang audio, you will learn how to use your mind to look inward, so you can live with the drama of the external world without losing the light of your own being. Gurudevi Nirmalananda will guide you towards the bliss of your inherent Divinity and to the knowing of your own Self.
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Sunday Mar 06, 2022
3/6/2022 Shining With Light
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
Sunday Mar 06, 2022
You are made of light, and you were meant to be shining all the time. A qualified Guru in the Shaktipat tradition can light your inner fire, the fire of Consciousness. Find out more about the yogic art of inner awakening by listening to this satsang.
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Sunday Feb 27, 2022
2/27/2022 Where’s Waldo
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Yoga is about knowing who and where you are, even when surrounded by the world. Gurudevi Nirmalananda explains how the Guru points you inward, so you never lose your true self again. Find out how the Guru’s Grace can propel you deeper until you know the greatness that you already are.
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Sunday Feb 20, 2022
2/20/2022 A’ham - I Am
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
The Sanskrit word “a’ham” means “I am.” Your own Self is Consciousness, that which gives life to both the universe and you. Gurudevi explains how you lose your sense of Self by getting caught up in perceiving all as being different from you. Yoga gives you tools to draw your attention within, and to stop chasing distractions. You can recognize who you really are.
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Sunday Feb 13, 2022
2/13/2022 You Need A Healthy Ego
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
It is the shadows and constrictions in your mind and heart that give you pain. Ego gives you a sense of self that is dependent on your environment. But when you have a healthy ego, you recognize that these identities are what you do, not who you are. Gurudevi Nirmalananda explains the various dimensions of your Self and how you can dissolve the limitations so your inner essence can shine through.
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Sunday Feb 06, 2022
02/06/2022 Jiva Becomes Shiva
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Sunday Feb 06, 2022
Because you are a bound soul, you get caught up in your thoughts, memories and fears. In Sanskrit, this is called “jiva.” Find out how to awaken the full power of Consciousness within you. You can reach beyond who you think you are, from jiva to Shiva. You can live in that Knowingness, while it supports you in everything that you do.
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Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Teachings Article - Two in One
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Tuesday Feb 01, 2022
Yoga shows you how to look inward to take you beyond who you think you are. You are the one who is having the experience, you are not the experience. Gurudevi Nirmalananda gives you the key to understanding the ever-existent Reality that is being the universe while being you.
Read by Swami Prajñananda.
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Sunday Jan 30, 2022
01/30/2022 Peek A Boo, I See You
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Sunday Jan 30, 2022
Your true Self is hidden within you, but you get glimpses of it every now and then. The Guru lives in the knowing of his or her own Self all the time. Find out how the Guru can give you the experience of your own Self, so you can live in that experience always.
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Sunday Jan 23, 2022
01/23/2022 The One Being All
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
Sunday Jan 23, 2022
You and I are different expressions of the One Reality. Sages have told stories and put different names to this essence through thousands of years. With clarity and heart, Gurudevi Nirmalananda delves into some of these stories to help you understand and see the Divine in all.
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Sunday Jan 16, 2022
01/16/2022 Inside and Outside All at the Same Time
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Sunday Jan 16, 2022
Yoga helps you become present in your body so you can become aware of the multi dimensionality of your own being. Your perception of the outside world changes when you base yourself in the inner knowing of your own Divinity. Gurudevi guides you through the interweaving of your inner state, your body and what you give to the world.
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Sunday Jan 09, 2022
01/09/22 Meditation is Your Most Important Practice
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Sunday Jan 09, 2022
Why is meditation yoga’ most important practice? Gurudevi explains the benefits in a way that helps you discover what meditation can do for your life, your mind, and your awareness of the deepest dimension of your own being.
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Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Teachings Article - One
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Every being consists of the same essence, the One Reality which has become all. Gurudevi explains the multi-dimensionality you find within and the importance of understanding this human capacity. Learn how to live in the knowing of the One within.
Read by Yogyananda.
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Sunday Jan 02, 2022
01/02/2022 Focus On Self
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
Sunday Jan 02, 2022
What you focus on is where you will go. Gurudevi encourages you to focus on your own Divine Presence — Self. She describes the qualities of your own Self in detail. This helps you understand and recognize your own Self when you have the experience. In this first discourse of 2022, Gurudevi inspires you to utilize the year to steer inward. Revealing the hidden aspect of the mantra, she guides you on your way.
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Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Guru Mantras from Spiritual Hunger & Fulfillment
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Saturday Jan 01, 2022
Chanting Guru Mantras
By Joan Bragar
I want to chant along during the opening of Ashram offerings both online and in person. I feel more part of it when I join in the chant of “Guru Mantras.” Consequently, more shakti moves through me.
I’ve been working on memorizing them on my morning walk. On Track 5 of Spiritual Hunger & Fulfillment, I get to hear Gurudevi’s beautiful voice repeating them for a full 25 minutes.
This is a sample of that audio.
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Sunday Dec 26, 2021
12/26/21 The Urge to Merge
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
Sunday Dec 26, 2021
You yearn to know your own Divinity. Gurudevi explains the many ways in which you experience this deep yearning. It is your urge to merge with God. She teaches you how to prepare yourself for the ultimate fulfillment of your yearning.
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Sunday Dec 12, 2021
12/12/21 All In
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
Sunday Dec 12, 2021
You can experience your own Divinity. Gurudevi explains that the process is one of settling inward until you come to rest in your own Self. When you get all the way in, all in, you are beyond your mind and senses. Yogis dive all the way in, into an inner infinity. Learn more about settling deeper and deeper within, all in.
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Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Teachings Article - Who or What is God?
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
“Numinous — expansive, holy, sacred, all-knowing, filled with God.” But who or what is God? Listen to Gurudevi answer this important question. Learn about your own God-ness. Discover how to live in the inner knowing that yoga describes, the knowing of your own Divine Essence.
Read by Aanandi Ross.
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Monday Nov 15, 2021
Teachings Article - Where from and Why?
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Monday Nov 15, 2021
Where have you come from and why are you here? Gurudevi explains the origins of the universe as described by yoga’s ancient sages. She delves into the mystical practices of yoga and discusses how these answer the most powerful and basic questions of your existence.
Read by Swami Samvidaananda.
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Sunday Nov 14, 2021
11/14/21 The Value of a Human Life
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
Sunday Nov 14, 2021
A human life is so precious and so short! Gurudevi gave this inspiring discourse on the occasion of her birthday. Filled with Grace and gratitude, it will motivate you to use your own lifetime wisely.
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Sunday Oct 31, 2021
10/31/21 Being, Feeling & Doing
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Sunday Oct 31, 2021
Your feeling state is merely what you feel, not who you are. What you do is merely what you do, not who you are. You are the same you, regardless of what you are feeling and doing. The you that you are is your being, your own Self. Use mantra and meditation to dive deeper, below the surface of things, below the churning waves of your mind. This is the goal of yoga, to be based in Self, living from the inside out.
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Friday Oct 15, 2021
Teachings Article - What is Life?
Friday Oct 15, 2021
Friday Oct 15, 2021
What is this thing we call life? It is the energy of aliveness (prana) that makes you and everything and everyone alive. Yoga says this entire universe is created out of Shiva’s bliss. Your own life is your personal version of Shiva’s cosmic dance. Find your own Self, your deepest essence, and take it with you everywhere you go. Then you don’t merely survive, you thrive!
Read by Swami Sahajananda.
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Sunday Oct 03, 2021
10/3/21 I Am Sitting at His Feet
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Sunday Oct 03, 2021
Learn about Gurudevi’s Guru. In this satsang, Gurudevi explains that her Guru was a Shaktipat Guru. “A Shaktipat Guru bestows grace, the inner opening to your own Divine Essence. Most Gurus teach you about God within. But a Shaktipat Guru gives you the experience they name. Baba gave me me.”
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Sunday Sep 26, 2021
9/26/21 She
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Sunday Sep 26, 2021
Find out all about the goddess, the cosmic energy out of which the universe is made. In a weekend devoted to the Goddess, Gurudevi explains, “Yoga is all about the goddess. The goddess is the movement of the divine within the divine. The goddess is in you and is being you. It is intensely personal. This is the energy that is coiled within you and once awakened arises within to show you your Divine Essence, who you really are.”
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Sunday Sep 19, 2021
9/19/21 Enlightenment Dead or Alive
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
Sunday Sep 19, 2021
You can get enlightened while you are alive or you can get enlightened on the way out. Gurudevi explains that, according to India’s sages, one human lifetime is usually not enough to accomplish all you have come to do and to be. Yet, the purpose of a human life is to get enlightened. Shaktipat is the initiation that gives you the inner awakening. Like a rocket ship, it propels you toward enlightenment.
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Sunday Sep 05, 2021
Teachings Article - What is Death?
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
Sunday Sep 05, 2021
“The Self does not die,” Gurudevi explains. The one thing that continues without end is the One Reality from which all has come. You are not something that was created. God did not create you, but became you, and is being you now. You are that which never dies. Your own essence, your own Self, is immortal. The purpose of human life is to know your own Self.
Read by Yogyananda Fountain.
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Sunday Aug 29, 2021
8/29/21 Spinecentric Yoga
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Sunday Aug 29, 2021
Your spine is the conduit of Consciousness. Swami Nirmalananda explains how this works. It empowers you to look inward, so to experience who you really are!
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