Podcast Ep. 66 [Sutra Studies Week 65: Reflections On Pure Being: Eternally Untouched And Unchanged By Temporary Form And Fleeting Experience | No More, No Less (3.39-3.50)]

“Super-physical accomplishments are obstacles in the same way that disease, doubt, ignorance, hatred, clinging to bodily life, failure to reach firm ground in your understanding and practice or slipping from firm ground, attachment, laziness, carelessness, dullness, sensuality, and false perception … Read MoreRead More

Podcast Ep. 65 [Sutra Studies Week 64: Reflections On Not Getting Stuck Due To Worldly Pursuits, Or Seduced By “Supernatural” And Super-Physical Accomplishments (Sutra 3.38) | Excerpt]

“History has clearly illustrated, and a simple look around the world and on social media can clearly verify, that most people on our planet are stuck playing roles and identities within Maya that simply perpetuate suffering due to Karmas fueled … Read MoreRead More

Podcast Ep. 64 [Sutra Studies Week 63: Reflections On Heightened Perception And Knowing Of The Self And “Non-Self” (Sutras 3.36-3.37) | Excerpt]

“Only the ego reads meaning into experience and tries neurotically to control nature through a variety of different Karmas as opposed to simply being in nature and fully allowing experience to take place in the same way that the experience … Read MoreRead More

Podcast Ep. 63 [Sutra Studies Week 62: Reflections On The Fact That Concentration And Focused Absorption Leads To Inner Accomplishment, Power, And Skill | This Is Not Magic; It Is Karma/Cause And Effect (Sutras 3.16-3.35)]

“In order to get to these states of being, you must have full access to your prefrontal cortex, the front part of your brain…which means that you have to be in a fully regulated body-mind that directs your energies to … Read MoreRead More

Podcast Ep. 62 [Sutra Studies Week 61: Reflections On Developing Your Mind For True Seeing And Getting To The Point Of Pure Being (Sutras 3.1-3.15) | Excerpt]

“Humans have essentially been working as hard as they can to use their minds and egos to drop their minds and egos long enough to just be their pure undistorted Self for as long as their [perceived] disconnection from who … Read MoreRead More

Podcast Ep. 61 [Sutra Studies Week 60: Reflections On Mastery Over The Effects Of Objects On The Senses And The Mind (Sutras 2.54-2.55) | Excerpt]

“[R]enunciation and isolation support you to reduce the amount of external stimuli that can get you attached to sense objects like people, places, thoughts, things, and so forth in the world…” … Read More

Podcast Ep. 60 [Sutra Studies Week 59: Reflections On Lifting The Veil Over The Inner Light Through Pranayama Practice (Sutras 2.49-2.53) | Excerpt]

“When it comes to pranayama practice, there are infinite ways to engage in practice and infinite ways to work on clearing away stagnation and expanding your lifeforce energy.” … Read More

Podcast Ep. 59 [Sutra Studies Week 58: Reflections On The Fact That Asana, On The Eightfold Path, Is Balanced, Undisturbed, Posture That Creates Fitness On More Than One Level And For [Ultimately] A Non-Physical Spiritual Purpose (Sutras 2.46-2.48) | Excerpt]

“Asana practice, which means developing and maintaining a steady and comfortable posture while navigating through Maya, on all levels from the physical to the mental and emotional and spiritual, is the best way to ensure that you do not waste … Read MoreRead More

Podcast Ep. 58 [Sutra Studies Week 57: Reflections On What Yamas And Niyamas Give For The “Sacrifice” Of Lower Attachments (Sutras 2.35-2.45) | Excerpt]

“Those who truly and fully have a solid foundation in Yama and Niyama practice, integrating these two limbs firmly into their life and personal being (and at their core, beyond the basic physical and social expression of abstinence and duties … Read MoreRead More

Podcast Ep. 57 [Sutra Studies Week 56: Reflections On Mental Alchemy | The Practice Of Transforming Disturbing/Negative Thoughts (Sutras 2.33-2.34) | Excerpt]

“[Y]ou assume that you need them to understand and process experience and information, right? So, why would right knowledge be a vritti?” … Read More