Ganesha: Being Intelligent with Life
In equanimity, we are aligned with the Intelligence of the Creator.
Category: Wisdom
Devotion in Human Form (Ode to my Mother)
The trouble with people who are your life
Is that when they leave, they take your life with them…
The Ways of Guru and Grace
The Master – a short poem Some say there is no Master in human form. To me, if there is a Master in human form, the significance is That when you think of them, your whole being harmonises to the highest to something so bright and pure and powerful. Something …
Devotional poems (HeartWords/video)
A video with some poems from my book ‘HeartWords: mystic poems’ by dear friend Lucia Lagana. A joy and blessing to share this! Lucia’s YouTube channel is a most beautiful service to Truth with many touching and profound video sharings. I’m very grateful for her wonderful work. Do check it …
Sthiram Sukham Asanam (the internal asana)
Yoga is, as I can readily believe, the perfect and appropriate method of fusing body and mind together so that they form a unity which is scarcely to be questioned. This unity creates a psychological disposition which makes possible intuitions that transcend consciousness. – Parmahansa Yogananda (Autobiography of a …
The Yoga of Words
The best words and any art seem to come from a churning that left no tangible trace but still, a knowing is shared in invisible ways that something was lost…and maybe something found.
HeartWords: mystic poems | Book now available
Very happy to announce that my new bookHeartWords: mystic poemsis now available to buy. I’m deeply humbled that this book has received blessings and beautiful words including a Foreword from Mooji, a spiritual teacher who has profoundly impacted my life since first coming in touch with his teachings in late …
Reflections on Guru (with words of Swami Rama)
In the Ramayana, Hanuman is representative of the guru, the intelligence and power guiding towards liberation.
Shakti and the Dance of Discernment
O Mother, as Aruna, the crimson-coloured Goddess,Thou art like the light of morning’s rising sun to the lotus flowers symbolising the minds of gifted poets (helping their poesy to blossom forth).Therefore, those devoted ones who adore Thee become capable of delighting the minds of assemblies of literary connoisseurs with the …
Bringing the Mind to Rest (5 simple techniques)
From time to time, I receive requests from people to help them overcome anxiety or teach them meditation or yoga.So while my usual inclination is to go off writing about the Yoga Vasishtha or similar, I decided to also write something more practical for this newsletter for general benefit. Here I suggest …
Saraswati: Waters & Wisdom
A short article on Saraswati on this day of Basant Panchami celebrating her. Mantras from the Rig Veda (1.3.10 to 1.3.12) invoking Saraswati for wisdom and universal understanding: पावका नः सरस्वती वाजेभिर्वाजिनीवती । यज्ञं वष्टु धियावसुः ॥१.३.१०॥ Paavakaa Nah Sarasvatii Vaajebhir-Vaajiniivatii | Yajnyam Vassttu Dhiyaavasuh ||1.3.10|| चोदयित्री …
Ganga, The Mother (short video)
“I come to you as a child to his mother.I come as an orphan to you, moist with love.I come without refuge to you, giver of sacred rest.I come a fallen man to you, uplifter of all.I come undone by disease to you, the perfect physician.I come, my heart dry …
‘My Master Sings Only for God’ – Story of Swami Haridas by Mooji
A beautiful paradox that true expression that touches the other most deeply is one where ‘the other’ was disregarded in the make. True creativity as an expression of Life comes from a freshness where no residue was left that was still open for a reaction – something of the old, a faded …
To Whom Should I Pray? (Meditation and Devotion – Yoga Vasishtha)
As we enter 2021, the world is grappling with some great changes and upheavals. As so many of our systems, routines and ways have been disrupted, it can be a time of much uncertainty and anxiety. Perhaps many may be asking some deeper questions about existence and God. But even …