I Am: Eternally Free | The Same While Everything Around And Within Me Changes

Appearances. They change. They come and go and are always different. They can be transformed/changed (with time, or with knowledge/facts, for example). And they are not Real. This is their nature. And, by definition, what appearances are. According to The … Read MoreRead More

“None But Ourselves Can Free Our Minds”

Liberate Yourself From The Agony Caused By Toxic Influences That Maintain And Perpetuate Destructive Delusions In The World Disconnection from one’s higher Self/expression and from the Truth is the root of all evil and ongoing Karmic entanglement in the world. … Read MoreRead More

Story-Time And The Yoga Sutras | Story 2: The Farmer’s Luck | Podcast Episode 84 [Excerpt]

“Your thoughts impact everything from your behavior[s] to your physiology…it is important to remain unattached to life’s occurrences and to…[your] often automatic, conditioned, compulsive interpretive thoughts about them…” … Read More

Story-Time And The Yoga Sutras | Story 1: The Empty Cup | Podcast Episode 83 [Excerpt]

“This parable, which I…added some color and detail to that I hope you enjoyed, is often told to emphasize the point that if you want to learn something new, you must first be open-minded and willing to let go of … Read MoreRead More

Podcast Announcement | New Series

“Whether you are a longtime or new listener, I invite you to join me for our new Story-Time And Yoga Sutras series, which will complement and deepen our Sutra Studies Reflections and add a bit more understanding and context to … Read MoreRead More

Back To Love | “Back To Reality…Back To The Here And Now…Yeah…es”

Or…How To “Get Yourself Together,” Snap Out Of The Illusion, And Break Your Karmic Bondage If you look at existence itself, not even it’s Absolute expression, but simply its manifested form, as one…in the same way that you can see/understand … Read MoreRead More

Building Resilience After Trauma: Important Ways With Yoga And Meditation

What Is Trauma? Trauma is not a disease, a deficiency, nor an event. Even though Trauma is accompanied, and identified, by body-mind dis-ease (or dysregulation), that may be triggered by an event, or a series of (unfortunate) events, Trauma responses … Read MoreRead More

Desire And Non-Attachment: A Little Reminder For Practicing Yogis

“[M]ental modifications are restrained by practice and non-attachment.” -Sutra 12 “Attachment is that which follows identification with pleasurable experiences.” -Sutra 2.7 “Aversion is that which follows identification with painful experiences.” -Sutra 2.8 And this “[c]linging to bodily life, [and] flowing … Read MoreRead More

You Are Never Not Your Self: Divine Love Manifested

You are Pure Divine Love manifested. And this Love, alone, is more than sufficient for providing “you” with all that is wanted and “needed” in this world. Your Love, alone, expressed unconditionally to yourself, and extended out to the greater … Read MoreRead More

True Love Is In All (Unconditionally Expressed, Not Transactionally Given)

True Love is unconditional, not bound to a specific person(a), place, nor thing. Love just is…non specific, and not directed in any way for any particular purpose/reason. Reflecting the nature of the Self, and pure consciousness itself, Love is infinite … Read MoreRead More

5 Things You Are Naturally Good At (Especially When You Get Your Ego Out Of The Way)

“Ignorance is regarding the impermanent as permanent, the impure as pure, the painful as pleasant and the non-Self as the Self” (Sutra 2.5), and this state of mind is a breeding ground for all kinds of unfortunate karmas and ways … Read MoreRead More

Nirodha In Yoga: How To “Restrain” The Modifications Of The Mind-Stuff And Rest In Your True Nature

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Key Ways Of Knowing In Yoga

There is a reason that one of the most important ways of knowing in Yoga (a fundamental aspect of the field’s epistemology) is through direct experience with clear/undistorted (“uncolored”) awareness. This kind of knowing gives you the advantage of clarity … Read MoreRead More