Articles by Raman Leonato

This articles have been reviewed by Raman Leonato and contain the teachings of Gururaj Ananda Yogi.

Get rid of preconceived ideas

What keeps the individual apart from the universal are those fine currents of samskaras. Samskaric elements which are of very fine matter, disintegrate even beyond subatomic particles and merge away in the areas where they are most needed. So, these fine currents now remain for the ultimate mergence between the individual and the universal, between […]

What is the use of analyzing darkness?

A person creates conflicting ideas within himself, and it is this very conflict that creates illness. As a matter of fact the conflict is an illness itself. What is the use of analyzing darkness? It does not solve the problem. In analyzing darkness, we only find it to be darkness. The element that is missing […]

The mind is centered on suffering, instead of joy

Your problem is that the mind is centered on suffering, instead of joy. “If I have to pay for it (karma from previous actions) then so what!” This should be our attitude. When we go through suffering and turmoil we are just experiencing change in the shapes or forms. Now that is what we want […]

Friction

Even for the bread you eat, you need an external force: a knife to cut the slices. Everything requires an external force. Yet the realization that the external force and the internal force are the same, has to come. When that consciousness dawns, all friction will disappear, because the cause of all problems is duality. […]

Suffering can be overcome

The sufferings that people have can be overcome. When a certain trend is set in motion it has to reach its culmination. But if we have the attitude of acceptance, reinforced by the subtler layers of the superconscious mind, then nothing hurts and everything is accepted. And even if it does hurt, we know the […]

Uttering words of an aggressive nature

By uttering words of an aggressive nature we can do so much harm to a person’s entire life. If we hurt somebody with a stick, that wound will heal in a few weeks or a month. If we leave a scar on a person’s mind, that scar can remain for a lifetime. It is the […]

Honesty and sincerity

Drug-taking leads to fragmentation; meditation leads to integration. Spiritual growth depends upon your honesty and sincerity, and on your wanting to find a certain inner freedom and yet be part of society. The big “I” permeates all thoughts, and all actions of the small “I”. The degree of permeation of the big “I” depends entirely […]

Function in wholeness

For a radio to be tuned in properly to get the broadcast, the radio has to be in good order. The tubes and the cells in the radio have to be working well and in harmony. Now, that harmony, in our terminology, is called integration. So when our “radio” is totally integrated, or working in […]