Being human
and life's little mysteries

Love Everybody and Tell the Truth Ram Dass asked his guru, Neem Karoli Baba, about enlightenment: “What can I do to get enlightened?” and...

Vasamsi jirnani yatha vihaya navani grhnati naro parani tatha sharirani vihaya jirnany anyani samyati navani dehi Just as a man, having...

om ity ekaksharam Brahma / vyaharan mam anusmaran yah prayati tyajan deham / sa yati paramam gatim (BG VIII.13) If one can remember...

Sthira sukham asanam PYS II.46 The connection to the Earth should be steady and joyful Connection implies a relationship; Earth includes...

For most of us, daily life can be a rush from start to finish; getting from point A to B, focusing on completing tasks, and in general...

Logistics proved challenging today, and unfortunately I was unable to make it to Graham’s class at the Life Centre. As a last minute...

So often in our society we are taught to shut up and listen, yet we end up hearing the wrong voice and wrong messages; messages that make...

The yoga scriptures tell us that for each yuga, which means “age, era or time span,” a specific form of spiritual practice is most...

Up on the rooftop click click click, down through the chimney comes ole St Nick. No one sees him come, no one sees him go, But the...

Brahmacharya and Veganism brahmacharya-pratishthayam virya-labhah (PYS II.38) When one does not misuse sexual energy, one obtains...

heyam duhkham anagatam(PYS II.16) Future suffering is to be avoided Soon, everything will change, and we will be launched into new...

In yoga, there is a term ‘pushti’, which can be translated as ripe or ready. Think about that perfect peach, still attached to the tree,...

abhyase ‘py asamartho ‘s i/ matkarma-paramo bhava madartham api karmani / kurvan siddhim avapsyasi If you cannot practice meditation,...

“I am at home in the entire universe.” -Swami Nirmalananda, the anarchist swami who lived in peace deep in the wild forests of South...

Guru Brahma Guru Vishnu Guru Devo Maheshwara Guru Sakshat Param Brahma Tasmai Sri Guruve namaha May I have the good grace to see the...

A Guru means the one who has removed the darkness, or one’s inability to see the Truth (Ru-remover; Gu-ignorance, darkness, obscurity)....

guru satyam guru jnanam guru anandam guru shantih My teacher is the truth, my teacher is the wisdom, my teacher is the bliss, my teacher...

abhyasa-vairagyabhyam tan-nirodhah (PYS 1.12) Identification with the fluctuations of mind is stopped by practice and non-attachment. In...

Yogash chitta-vritti-nirodhah -PYS 1.2 This sutra is how Patanjali defines Yoga: when you cease to identify with your thoughts,...

There was a time in the not so distant past when during the winter months the old growth forests with trees, some of whom might be a...