The essence of spiritual teachings

You’d be surprised I’m keeping myself together. [Gururaj laughs] Keep yourself together through the power of love. And therefore the scriptures, all the scriptures say, «Love thy neighbor as yourself.» But I would add onto that, not only your neighbor. Here’s my neighbor, that’s my neighbor, this is my neighbor. Do you see? So who […]

Intuition

To reach intuition is to reach a level that is very deep within. At that level, the subtle vibrations existing in all mankind become in tune with all the vibrations around us . . . that tuning-in is intuition. True intuition is neither intellectual nor emotional, it is beyond both qualities. But the intellect and […]

Turbulence of the mind

Now, as the primal evolutionary force reaches up through the animal kingdom, it being controlled and propelled by itself, there is no impediment put in its path. At the human level, however, is the mind. The greatest impediment towards self-realization is man’s mind. But within that very mind are the power of discrimination, and the […]

Mind is limited

Because it is limited, the mind cannot conceive of reality in its truest form. One has to go beyond the limits of relative reality to know and to experience actuality. That is where experience experiences itself, past is no more, present is not there, and there is no future. It is the nature of the […]

Our mind is connected to the entire universe

Our mind is connected to the entire universe. So many wires are leading from our mind to all the various facets and aspects of life. When a belief is strong enough, we are activating a force that will bring to us the idea that is required and that is compatible with our minds. After that, […]

Cleansing of the mind

Through meditational and spiritual practices, the mind using itself as an instrument, can allow itself to be led from its grosser level to its finest relative, which is the superconscious level. When one reaches the superconscious mind, one reaches the cognition that all is One. The conscious mind is limited, extending only to the environment […]

What prevents us from wanting to change?

What prevents us from wanting to change? What prevents us from moving out of suffering? Inwardly we would like to get away from suffering, but we are tied and bogged down because of how we have been conditioned. Our mind is nothing more than a product of conditioning. What we do through meditational practices, is […]

Become an observer!

Fear only comes from reflection and from memory. Projecting the past, we fear the future. “What is going to happen to me?” The present is totally forgotten. When you are in the present you are totally fearless. Only memories give you fear. To become fearless is an instantaneous process; it is that process whereby one […]