Introversion is almost a required trait for the serious spiritual aspirant. Only when one is introverted does one go inward to seek answers to profound questions. When one is extroverted one’s thoughts are pulled outwards in many directions, being constantly bombarded with desires (relationships, friends, things he wants, expectations of society, pop-culture, peer-pressure, what’s fashionable, [...]
ध्यायतो विषयान्पुंसः सङ्गस्तेषूपजायते । सङ्गात्संजायते कामः कामात्क्रोधोऽभिजायते ॥२-६२॥ क्रोधाद्भवति संमोहः संमोहात्स्मृतिविभ्रमः । स्मृतिभ्रंशाद्बुद्धिनाशो बुद्धिनाशात्प्रणश्यति ॥२-६३॥ From contemplating on objects of the senses arises attachment. From attachment arises desire. From desire arises anger. From anger arises loss of memory (you forget who you are or what you are, i.e. you lose your frame of reference). From [...]
Popular Definition [and Misinterpretation] A “spiritual person” is a seeker of betterment of one’s life, through inner growth. A more serious “spiritual person”, the spiritual aspirant, is a seeker Truth (Atman, The Source, God, Self-Realizaton, Enlightenment,…). Most people who do not consciously follow any spiritual path (and are not really interested in spirituality) misinterpret spirituality [...]
Spirituality [for the masses] What is spirituality? Spirituality in general is a set of practices that enables a more content and fulfilled life. Being content, enables clarity, which means efficiency. Whatever endeavor you undertake you will have many times more progress than you would have without spirituality. This is because your mind is at its [...]
This is a composition by the famous 15th century bhakti saint Annamacharya, rendered so well by M S. Subbulakshmi. For anyone else (like me) who doesn’t know Telugu I have it in Sanskrit:कन्नुले धुतुदे घन वैकुन्दम्वेन्नुनि गोलिचिन विज्ञानिकि ।।तलचिनदेल्ला तत्वरहसमेतेलिसिन योगिकि धिन धिनमु ।पलिकिनदेल्ला परम मन्त्रमुलेफलियिन्चिन हरि भक्तुनिकि ।।पत्तिनदेल्ला भ्रह्मात्मकमेपुत्तुनु गेलिच्न पुन्युनिकि ।मेत्तिन देल्ला मिन्नेति [...]