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Professor and the Sage – Part 2

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Interview with Prof. N. R. Krishnamurthy Aiyer

Concluding from Part 1. Summary:

At the age 16, Professor N.R Krishnamurthy had darshan of Bhagavan Ramana. That was in 1914. Eight years later in 1922 Professor Krishnamurthy had completed his M.S. in Physics. He went and met Bhagavan again. By this time Professor Krishnamurthy was an agnostic and put a question to Bhagavan that he felt could not be answered. Bhagavan, however, answered with a counter question that transformed Professor Krishanmurthy but also created fear in him of Bhagavan. Professor Krishanamurthy did not go see Bhagavan Ramana for 12 years.  He was then a Physics Professor. Now the interview continues.
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What Is Sat-Chit-Ananda? By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar

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Sat-Chit-Ananda is a Sanskrit term and refers to the nature of the core of our Being or Self.  Self is only One Whole. However, it is expressed through the conditioned mind in three ways.

Sat means Existence.

Chit means Consciousness.

Ananda means Bliss.

In Advaita, the very nature of the Self is defined as Sat-Chit-Ananda. In Nirvikalpa Samadhi, Self is experienced as a simultaneous mass of  Bliss and Consciousness, whose very nature is that of Existence.

The term Sat-Chit-Ananda cannot be fully understood without direct experience of the Self. The mind can end up simply wrestling with it self about such things. What is needed is to go within and abide in one’s essential being. After that it makes perfect sense.

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The Professor and the Sage – Part 1

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Professor N.R. Krishnamurthy Aiyer Speaks:

I am now ninety-two years old and I first met Sri Ramana Maharshi in the summer of 1914, when I was just a boy of sixteen. We were then on a pilgrimage to Tirupati and had halted in Tiruvannamalai, from where my grandmother hailed. We were not strangers to this town.

In the pilgrim party there were half a dozen boys, all of whom were about my age. We all decided to go up to Virupaksha cave. The Maharshi was then residing there and was attentive to all the activities of us youngsters. I noticed his gaze particularly focused on me.

Bhagvan Ramana in his youth

We were all playing with the conch shell. The sadhus used to blow this shell like a horn when they went into town to beg for alms. Continue reading →

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The Journey of the Soul – III

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Continued from the Journey of the Soul – II A satsang by Gururaj Ananda Yogi

by Ramon Leonato

If the mind is empowered by what we are calling the right hemisphere, the intuitional level which has its roots in the core’s of one personality, which we also call the heart, then “me” and “mine” disappears and it is “thee” and “thine.” For the core of the human personality, though outwardly seeming individualized, also exists in its universalized form. So what happens to a person is this: He can exist as an individual and yet at the same time be universal, for he has now realized, through his spiritual sadhana , how vast he is. When this happens, a person, being divine, recognizes and experiences this Divinity.

IFSU emblemIf anybody tells you this comes overnight, forget it. It takes time.

You’ve got this big load you are carrying, this load of samskaras- all the experiences that you have been gathering up, gathering up, and gathering up in this journey. This bag of imprints through which you cognize existence form the bundle that you are carrying.

That is why Christianity says we are born in sin. There is great truth in that. We have brought with us all those samskaras which form our tendencies in life. Essentially the human being is divine; but he does come with this burden.

By doing meditation and spiritual practices, properly assigned by a spiritual teacher you draw upon the superconscious energies, the subtlest energies within the relative sphere of life, which flood the dirt away in the subconscious. Continue reading →

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Face of Fullness: By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar

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There are no free thoughts;
the gate to freedom exists
within the eye of the I.

It may be known
when you are alone
and completely empty.

Or when lovers meet
to spend their passions
and rest in the heart. Continue reading →

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Three Methods for Self Realization: By Sri Ramana Maharshi

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Bhagavan Ramana  explained the three approaches or methods to strengthen Self-Inquiry and gain Self-Realization. Continue reading →

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Conscious Yoga Dance: Meeting of Two Sacred Expressions

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Conscious Yoga Dance is for me a Dream come true.  By joining Yoga and a creative inner expression, Dance, I have reached another level, finding freedom in the discipline.

I designed Conscious Yoga Dance as a connection between Yoga and Dance to tune our mind to our inner flow.

Conscious Yoga dance allows your body to come fully alive and express itself, building an energy field and breaking inner boundaries. It allows us to become more and more in tune with ourselves, expressing the body connection to the universal flow of life through music and movement.

After practicing Yoga for several years I have experienced a deep inner peace, harmony and flexibility in mind and body. The inter-connection of mind-body-spirit has become a reality for me feeling oneness. Learning how to spread this feeling of Unity is what brings me to study, practice and teach yoga. It has leaded me to find the way in which I can fulfill others and myself in a magnificent way. Continue reading →

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Cat and Cow Pose: By Christine Wushke

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This pose is very effective for relieving back tension as well as nourishing the spine. This pose can be done as a meditation in motion. Keep your movements slow and gentle, as well as coordinated with the breath.

*Use caution if you have herniated disks, or arthritis in the spine. Continue reading →

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Know That By Which All Else Is Known: By Dr. Harsh K. Luthar

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The photo art above is from John Wassenberg FB page.
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Some say that Reality is subjective, some say it is objective, and some say it is both objective and subjective, and some say it is neither. Continue reading →

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On Death and Dying: Words of Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi

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Bhagavan Ramana as a youth

Bhagavan Ramana as a youth

The devotees know that Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi had an intense experience of death in his seventeenth year. After the experience ended, he was established in the realisation of his true Self and the illusion of death died forever.

Here is in part Bhagavan’s description of what happened: Continue reading →