Sutra Studies Week 55: Niyama | Letting Go Of The Ego (Sutra 2.32)

“Niyama consists of purity, contentment, accepting but not causing pain, study of spiritual books and worship of God [self-surrender].” –The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Śauca Saṁtoṣa Tapaḥ Svādhyāyeśvarapraṇidhānāni Niyamāḥ Sauca: purity | Samtosa: contentment | Tapah: accepting pain (heat) and … Read MoreRead More

Podcast Ep. 50 [Sutra Studies Week 49: Reflections On The Fact That Pure Consciousness Is Not Changed, Defined, Nor Bound By Ignorance, Form, Nor Experience (Sutras 2.25)]

Yoga “is a process (in any way that allows full embodiment for you) of coming into your True expression by understanding, regulating, and putting aside the limitations of your body-mind-ego identity in order to be your undistorted, unbounded, and liberated … Read MoreRead More

Sutra Studies Week 49: Pure Consciousness Is Not Changed, Defined, Nor Bound By Ignorance, Form, Nor Experience (Sutras 2.25)

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Happy World Mental Health Day! [October 10, 2021)

Never over-identify with that which is fleeting and temporary or that which cannot truly represent who you are. You are not ____ [sad, anxious, stressed, etc]. You have ____ [sadness, anxiety, stress, etc], and can heal, remove, or cope with … Read MoreRead More

Podcast Ep. 45 [Sutra Studies Week 44: Reflections On The Fact That The Seer Is Pure Consciousness Perceiving (Sutra 2.20) | With Video]

“The real question, therefore, is: ‘how can you take all that you are seeking outside of yourself in the illusion of Maya, and the foundational illusion that your limited sense of self causes (by the most prominent error of ego … Read MoreRead More

“How Do You Stay Aligned When Life Is Sometimes So Full Of Apparent/Perceived Suffering?” [Video]

The only reason for virtually all of your suffering in life is identifying with/reacting to the illusions and noise of the world as opposed to staying connected with the Truth of your Self. … Read More

Podcast Ep. 39 [Sutra Studies Week 38: Reflections On The Fact That Practice Starts With Accepting Pain & Discipline And Focusing On Higher Knowing And Being (Sutras 2.1-2.2)]

“The body and the mind are simply gateways of perception and experience. If you remove the clutter from your gateways, with your breath, with your focus, with your walking your truth steadily, and so forth, you will attain union with … Read MoreRead More

Ego Trauma And Society

Due to being deeply over-identified with the false-self of the ego, humans have maintained the cycle of suffering outlined in the Four Noble Truths on planet Earth for centuries through their Karma (thoughts, words, and actions that have a cause … Read MoreRead More

Ego Trauma

If you are unrealized (not Self-Realized due to an overidentification with false ego-attachments/distortions and uncontrolled dependence/compulsions/drives to things outside of you or imagined within you, ie a false sense of self beyond the True Unchanging/incorruptible Self, etc), then you are … Read MoreRead More

A Reminder For Each New Moment

Do not become attached. … Read More