Meditation on Light: Illuminating the Inner Self
To meditate on light as Vallalar Ramalinga Swamigal taught: . . This practice purifies the mind, awakens higher consciousness, and aligns one with the universal light of creation.
Be A Mouna Yogi Meditation
Be a mouna yogi, someone who has withdrawn from verbal communication, who has attained stillness within, no thoughts, no patterns, no conditioning, no beliefs that could possibly be of any disturbance to the peace of the mind. The more these are removed, more and more inner stillness spreads. Inner stillness, peace, shanta comes from practices […]
Inner Peace is the First Step to World Peace!
That which has created this and all other universes has the ultimate peace at its core beyond quality; its the substance of its existence. As we are made in its image, we are essentially the same and can realize this. We can experience our absolute, ultimate, inner peace as our very own essence at the […]
Yantras and Yantra Meditation: Tools for Liberation
He always talks about downloading. No, not from the internet on to your computer but from the akashic, cosmic records into your system. My guru can do it, I can’t. He says we can do if after enlightenment. Yes! I want to download all there is about yantras and yantra meditation, and share it with […]
Yantra Meditation to Gain Clarity in Life
Do You Sometimes Have a Hard Time Deciding What You Want? How often would we answer ‘yes’ to this question. Our mind is made up of samskaras, engraved memories, which block the free flow of energy to think clearly and make better decisions. The more samskaras we have, the more confused we are. Sometimes there […]
The Bindu for Meditation
My art is about the bindu or dot. The bindu is the central focal point of a yantra like the Sri Yantra that is used for Sri Vidya Puja at Vedic temples. The bindu is created in black, perfect for meditation. It sucks the meditator right in like a black hole especially when the dot […]
Journey to the Source
The greatest adventure to be explored is the journey to the Source. Source is bliss, source is peace. Peace is freedom from the clutches of your mind. How does the Mind work? The mind creates pleasure and pain shafts connecting associated thoughts. Thoughts of joy and happiness create joyful, happy shafts. Thoughts of fear, anger […]
Finding Gratitude
How different would life be if we approached every day with more gratitude in our hearts? I believe contentment in our lives comes from being grateful for what we have instead of focusing on what we are lacking or perceive we are lacking. The second Niyama, Santosha, asks us to find contentment, and experiencing gratitude is the […]
Meditation to Quiet your Inner Critic
Recently, I blogged about quieting your inner critic. It’s that little voice inside your head that tells you that you aren’t good enough, attractive enough or successful enough. Thankfully, we can use our Yogic tools and the 8 Limbs of Yoga to stop these false messages and enjoy the confidence we deserve. One of our strongest Yogic tools […]
Powerful Yantra Meditation
The Sri Yantra Meditation aka Sri Vidya Puja is a powerful and complex meditation to connect with our physical mother. Through that create an inner space to connect with and receive the cosmic mother or Devi. In some traditions the Sri Yantra is associated with Lakshmi Devi. It is an intense meditation technique to raise […]