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- Options and Risks in Widening the Consciousness Using Various Methods - by Submitted on Oct 13, 2022 from santosh krinskyThere are numerous ways to widen one’s consciousness to begin to incorporate the viewpoint and direction of others. Some of these methods are easier than others, in that they utilize a mood or feeling that is evoked from a natural environment, such as the starry sky, the ocean, a wide view from ...
Views: 501 - Order, From Disorder - by Submitted on Sep 29, 2013 from Albert Wagner"Under all disorder there is an underlying order." The author thinks this is an interesting quote from psychiatrist and psychotherapist Carl Jung. It is interesting because the word "disorder" seems to imply that things are "haphazard", so to speak. What Dr. Jung seems to implying in this ...
Views: 1475 - Ordinary Consciousness and Spiritual Consciousness - by Submitted on Jan 30, 2021 from santosh krinskyOur mind and senses are generally turned outwards and we constantly are prodded to pay attention to events, people and circumstances in the outer world. We build up careers, we start families, we entertain ourselves, we satisfy the desires that arise as a result of our interaction with the outer ...
Views: 800 - Organising One’s Life Around the Ideal - by Submitted on Sep 17, 2022 from santosh krinskyObservation and reflection eventually can lead to focus of the life and attention to achieve a specific aspiration. The process of reviewing with care in the light of the higher aspiration allows the individual to then choose which things to do, and which things to avoid, sculpting, if you will, ...
Views: 484 - Organizing One’s Life Around a Central Aspiration - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2023 from santosh krinskyOne of the things that spiritual seekers experience is that regardless of how strong the central aspiration of the soul happens to be within them, they experience fluctuations based on the various parts of the external nature coming to the front and asserting their own priorities. This leads to ...
Views: 446 - Other Domains and Worlds Exist Beyond the Limits of Our Waking Awareness - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen we reflect deeply on the development of life and mind out of Matter, it becomes clear that they are not able to manifest in Matter if they do not already exist in their own right and in their own domain. Seers and mystics have described vital worlds. Teilhard de Chardin described a mental ...
Views: 366 - Our Many Selves: Practical Yogic Psychology — Introduction - by Submitted on May 28, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe tend to believe that we are a single, consistent and harmonized individuality, personality, character. For the most part, we are not self-reflective enough to recognise the inconsistencies and inner conflicts that take place within the being, due to different drives, needs, desires, and ...
Views: 571 - Our Physical, Vital and Mental Sheathes Are Impacted by Energetic Forces in a Constant State of Interchange - by Submitted on Apr 16, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe tend to live with an illusion of the separateness of our individual being from all others. We treat the physical body as a distinct, self-standing unit that is free and independent, has its own integrity and is essentially isolated in its separateness. This however is not quite the actuality ...
Views: 401 - Our Subconscient Inheritance - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2022 from santosh krinskyWe pride ourselves on our independence and self-sufficiency. We believe that we make conscious choices that are ‘our own’ choices. We do not generally recognise that who we are today, and what choices we tend to make, are very much conditioned by and even controlled by influences from the past. ...
Views: 536 - Our Surface Personality Is Only a Small Representation of Our Complete and True Being - by Submitted on Mar 27, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe construct a personality that we present to the world and organize our expression and actions around this chosen construct. In doing so, we pick and choose elements that are present in our conscious mind, heart, life-force and physical body and create for ourselves the ego-personality that ...
Views: 320 - Our Undying Love for Vampires - by Submitted on Oct 23, 2012 from Claudia CunninghamWhen I began writing my first book, Biting Back: A No-Nonsense (No Garlic) Guide to Facing the Personal Vampires in Your Life (Llewellyn, 2010)—and that was well over eight years ago, mind you—I remember I was anxious, even then, that the national fascination with vampires would pass before I ...
Views: 1511 - Out of Body Experiences - by Submitted on Aug 29, 2021 from santosh krinskyMost people, embedded in the physical body and its consciousness, find it difficult, if not impossible, to accept or validate the reality of the out of body experience. At the same time, there are countless anecdotes of people who have an out of body experience, or the related ‘near death ...
Views: 628 - Overcome Fear of Confrontation with Affirmations - by Submitted on Aug 18, 2015 from Matthew E. AlleyneConfrontation is a part of life, and as much as we would like to avoid it, there are certain times when we really should just get on and deal with it. Avoiding confrontation will often make any situation worse than it needs to be, as people quite often start to feel awkward and the lack of ...
Views: 1745 - Overcoming Desire Without Suppression or Indulgence - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2021 from santosh krinskyThe mental consciousness likes to frame issues in terms of black and white determinations, as ‘either/or’ considerations. So we tend to swing from one extreme to the other. Either we try to indulge ourselves in fulfilling desires, in some cases with the idea that by satisfying the desire we will ...
Views: 560 - Overcoming Difficulties With Cheerfulness - by Submitted on Nov 01, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe are all familiar with the artificial type of cheerfulness of the vital nature, which puts on a happy face, and glad hands everyone in a show of bubbly cheer. We are also familiar with the artificial type of cheerfulness that arises through the use of intoxicating beverages and immersion in an ...
Views: 219 - Overcoming Disturbance of the Nerves - by Submitted on Aug 21, 2022 from santosh krinskyWhen an individual takes up the inner observation process and begins to look carefully at the motives, actions, feelings, emotions and ideas that dominate the being, there is frequently a stage where the witness consciousness becomes ‘self-critical’ and worries about every misstep, every wrong ...
Views: 520 - Overcoming Doubt and Fear of Failure in the Yogic Sadhana Through the Shift from the Ego-Standpoint to the Divine Standpoint - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2025 from santosh krinskyWe seem to be always second guessing ourselves. Are we doing the sadhana in the right way? Is there another method or technique i should be employing? Why am I not seeing the results I expect and desire? Am I even cut out for doing sadhana? Maybe this was all just a big mistake and I should get ...
Views: 144 - Overcoming Doubt, Fear and Depression Which May Arise During the Practice of Yoga - by Submitted on Apr 13, 2021 from santosh krinskyThe changes sought in the integral Yoga are of such magnitude and detail that they will naturally take a considerable time to work themselves out in all the levels and aspects of our being. Along the way, there come periods of difficulty which may challenge one’s faith or determination, what is ...
Views: 550 - Overcoming Fatigue and Lack of Energy Through Receptivity to the Higher Planes of Consciousness - by Submitted on May 05, 2025 from santosh krinskyPeople who reside in communities adjacent to the beach regularly see visitors stretched out on the sand, ostensibly sleeping while ‘working on their tan’, in some cases for the entire stay of a vacation. When asked, these people indicate that they are taking a well-earned vacation and just want ...
Views: 135 - Overcoming Hopelessness and Depression by Tuning the Consciousness Towards the Light - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2022 from santosh krinskyMany people, including those who are treading a spiritual path, feel depressed and hopeless when they see all the negativity, violence, and destruction taking place in the world around us. The mass media focuses on, and emphasizes, all this negativity, with the saying ‘if it bleeds, it leads’. ...
Views: 489 - Overcoming Negative Suggestions Through Faith in One’s Spiritual Destiny - by Submitted on Dec 28, 2022 from santosh krinskyHow many times in the course of an individual’s practice of yoga do thoughts of failure and lack of capacity or ability to succeed intervene and work to create doubt and despair? If allowed to dominate the being, the quest fails, at least for the time being, or for the rest of the current ...
Views: 547 - Overcoming Polarization and Argument - by Submitted on Oct 04, 2022 from santosh krinskyWe live in a time of extreme polarization. People and even entire societies are taking fixed stands, and disputing the validity or right of anyone holding different or opposing viewpoints. In the framework of governing a nation, this leads inevitably to either a form of political gridlock if the ...
Views: 508 - Overcoming Self-Doubt and Fear of Incapacity in the Spiritual Endeavour - by Submitted on Nov 07, 2025 from santosh krinskySpiritual seekers throughout the ages have been confronted with internal anguish about whether they actually have the capacity and ability to succeed in their spiritual endeavour. They go through periods of enthusiasm and joy as they feel the spiritual force working in them, bringing them ...
Views: 100 - Overcoming Suffering and Changing the Future of Our Karma - by Submitted on Jun 20, 2025 from santosh krinskyMany people believe that there is some kind of inexorable law of reward and punishment being doled out by God or some other all-powerful, all-observant being. In the West children are taught this lesson through the myth of Santa Claus, when they are encouraged to be “good” because Santa Claus is ...
Views: 138 - Overcoming Tamasic Depression in the Practice of Yoga - by Submitted on Nov 29, 2021 from santosh krinskyIt is inevitable that as long as the human standpoint remains active, there will be periods of doubt, depression, dissatisfaction, weakness, and self-doubt. The action of the Gunas ensures there will be such periods when the enthusiasm and focus, energy and optimism depart and darkness tries to ...
Views: 535 - Overcoming the Bias of Materialism In Our Viewpoint About Living a Meaningful and Happy Life - by Submitted on Mar 06, 2025 from santosh krinskyWestern civilisation has a distinct bias in favor of what we may call a materialistic viewpoint. Money, possessions, status and power based on monetary power, a drive to own ever newer possessions, and the need to try to increase our enjoyment and satisfaction of life through these factors leads ...
Views: 170 - Overcoming the Darkness and Depression When the Psychic Being Recedes - by Submitted on Sep 07, 2022 from santosh krinskyThe distinction between the state of consciousness with the psychic being active and leading, versus that where it has receded and the ego-personality of the surface being is predominant, provides a very clear method for the seeker to know what is taking place internally. By adopting the ...
Views: 490 - Overcoming the Discomfort of Cold Temperatures - by Submitted on May 20, 2024 from santosh krinskyDealing with the heat radiation that comes from the sun is a matter of gaining the ability to absorb and utilize the energy without being overwhelmed by its force. Turning then to the issue of how to deal with cold, we have an entirely different scenario, in that we have a reduction in the ...
Views: 311 - Overcoming the Distracting Force of Vital Desire to Find and Live the Truth of One’s Life - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2025 from santosh krinskyWind is a metaphor for the vital force. The vital being is moved by desire. When we covet or desire something, we are tossed about as by a great gust of wind. This is the normal state for most people, and they just get tossed about from one focus to another trying to achieve what is held before ...
Views: 138 - Overcoming the Force of Desire - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2025 from santosh krinskyIf we reflect on the course of human life, it is easy to determine that we fixate upon different things at different stages of life. As a child, our desires tend to be centered around physical and vital satisfactions. We may desire a specific food, or a specific toy, or a specific form of ...
Views: 141 - Overcoming the Habit of Illness of the Body - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2025 from santosh krinskyThe first time we experience something it starts to create a “groove” in our neural network, nerves or responsive centers. As the experience recurs, the groove becomes a ‘pathway’. Eventually, the pathway becomes an embedded habit. When a similar vibration is experienced, it ‘automatically’ ...
Views: 187 - Overcoming the Impulse of Anger - by Submitted on Jan 01, 2022 from santosh krinskyThere is an illustrative tale in the Mahabharata. The Pandava and Kaurava princes were being instructed by their noted teacher Dronacharya. Today’s lesson was ‘not to become angry’. The 100 Kaurava princes were asked if they had learned the lesson and they all replied in the affirmative. The 4 ...
Views: 546 - Overcoming the Impulse to Anger - by Submitted on Jul 06, 2022 from santosh krinskyMost people believe that both the impulse of desire and the impulse to anger are both inherent, deeply established reactions that are either completely impossible, or virtually impossible, to overcome and remove from one’s life. They say that one may succeed in controlling outer expressions of ...
Views: 677 - Overcoming the Influence of the Subconscient on the Physical Body - by Submitted on Aug 20, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe understand that there is an electro-magnetic spectrum, ranging from very short wavelengths to extremely long wavelengths. We can visualize the color spectrum with a similar range. There is also a sound spectrum. In each instance of a vibrational spectrum, there is a range within which we can ...
Views: 359 - Overcoming the Inherent Bias of the Ego-Personality - by Submitted on Jul 12, 2022 from santosh krinskyPsychological tests and experiments have shown that each individual sees external events from their own perspective and thereby bring their personal biases, albeit unintentionally, to what they observe and how they understand situations. What the senses perceive is enhanced and filled in by the ...
Views: 534 - Overcoming the Limits of Perception of the Physical Sense-Organs - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe tend to accept the limitations of the sense organs and the mind as if they are axioms, unable to be altered. We accept that blind people cannot see and that deaf people cannot hear. We believe we cannot interact using the mind alone to communicate or to experience things at a distance. We ...
Views: 271 - Overcoming the Obstruction of Universal Adverse Forces - by Submitted on May 26, 2025 from santosh krinskyMost people are skeptical about the concept of conscious universal forces. Even if they profess a belief in God, angels, demons, and other unseen powerful beings, they tend to reject the idea when it comes down to actual influence in their own actions, reactions and responses. There is an ...
Views: 140 - Overcoming the Power of External Circumstances on the Inner Life - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2025 from santosh krinskyMost people have very little, if any, real control over circumstances that arise in their lives. They are born into a family, a community, a society, a religious background, an ethnic background, an economic system, an educational system and a raft of customs, traditions, habits and lifeways ...
Views: 174 - Overcoming the Reaction of Jealousy - by Submitted on Jul 15, 2022 from santosh krinskyJealousy is one of those deeply rooted vital reactions that are not amenable to being “convinced” to change by mental logic. Highly educated, refined individuals are also subject to jealousy when appropriate circumstances arise, and as with other such deeply rooted reactions, the vital ...
Views: 547 - Overcoming the Static, Self-Satisfied Rigidity of the Mental Consciousness Is a Precondition to Development of a New Mode of Being - by Submitted on Dec 11, 2022 from santosh krinskyAs long as we are blinded by the light of the mental consciousness, we fail to recognise the greater consciousness and power of the spiritual consciousness. We look upon human existence as static. The stories and myths held by large numbers of people in the world place the human being at the top ...
Views: 431 - Overcoming the Tendency to Rehash Past Work or Worry About Future Work - by Submitted on May 05, 2025 from santosh krinskyWe spent a considerable amount of our time rehashing events and actions that are past, analyzing them, worrying about whether we have done things correctly or not, and reflecting on how we might deal with similar events in the future in a better way. We recount what happened during our day to ...
Views: 148 - Overcoming Vital Reactions of Attraction and Repulsion in Action - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2023 from santosh krinskyThere are numerous activities we undertake in our lives that engage us with more, or less, interest. Some we treat as purely mechanical, some we detest but do them because we ‘have’ to. Some elicit very positive and focused interest from us and we tend to like those activities. Our vital nature ...
Views: 463 - Overmind - by Submitted on Jun 17, 2023 from santosh krinskyThere are further levels of consciousness beyond the intuition. The next superior level, as Sri Aurobindo has defined it, is that of the ‘overmind’. The overmind involves at least a partial shift of standpoint as it sees and understands the greater oneness and unity and factors that knowledge ...
Views: 419 - Overthinking causes unhappiness. How do you stay occupied to avoid negative thoughts? - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2025 from Dada BhagwanOverthinking means thinking about something for too long and making it into a problem.... problem because generally, overthinking happens around negative thoughts, negative emotions, negative imaginations and negative assumptions. Mind is indulged into multiple things that don’t help you think ...
Views: 136 - Overwhelmed By Your Life? Perhaps It Is Time to Simplify. - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2015 from Melissa HeislerIf you had millions of dollars, what would you do? Buy an expensive house and car? How about a used van and park it by the ocean? That is exactly what Major League pitcher Daniel Norris did. Instead of spending his multimillion dollar contract to live up to the appearance of a celebrity ball ...
Views: 1223 - Palmistry - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2015 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertIn psychic readings the most common question clients have when they come for a reading is "Tell me about my love life. - Will I have a happy love life?" Since I believe we create our own happiness I will not declare, "You will be happy" or say, "You will ...
Views: 1817 - Parental State of Consciousness at Time of Conception Impacts the Child’s Development - by Submitted on Apr 26, 2022 from santosh krinskyWe tend to blame, accuse and punish a child for wild tendencies, without generally recognising that the child is the product of a number of factors, including samskaras from past lives, environmental influences, diet, pollution, celestial energies, societal expectations and acculturation, ...
Views: 528 - Passivity and Weakness of Will-Power Can Be a Disturbance of the Physical Consciousness - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2022 from santosh krinskyPeople struggle all the time with the force of desire and how to deal with it in their lives. For the yogic practitioner this becomes an even greater concern as desire causes countless difficulties in bringing the inner being to a state of peace in which the yogic consciousness can flourish. ...
Views: 522 - Path of the Mediator - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2015 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertMeditation is not a difficult or esoteric practice available only to those of us who are already in touch with our spirituality or psychic phenomena. Neither is it achievable with only a specific goal in mind. A mediators path is both endless and endlessly rewarding for its an experience ...
Views: 828 - Patience and Perseverance Are Need for the Practice of the Integral Yoga - by Submitted on May 07, 2021 from santosh krinskyWe live in an age that expects instant success, immediate gratification and results that occur with a minimum of effort. It is difficult, therefore, to appreciate that the spiritual path, whether the integral yoga, or any other path that assumes a change to human nature or a redirection of the ...
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