Excerpted from the article on karma: http://www.swamij.com/karma.htm The word Karma literally means action. It may appear that Karma is happening to us, as if...
The most important question to ask yourself is, “What do I want?” It means asking this at the highest level of your desires. There may be many things you...
We live in two realities at the same time. One is within the field of ordinary human consciousness; the other is in the unconscious and even beyond. Only that...
Asatoma Sat Gamaya Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya Mrityorma Anritam Gamaya Lead me from the unreal to the Real Lead me from the darkness to the Light Lead me from the...
The Rao family in Illiois, USA deeply regrets to inform you that Dr. Hanumanth S. Rao; more recently known as "Swami Brahmananda Bharathi" left his body on the...
ROTATING CIRCLES ILLUSION: Below is a link to a graphic that you simply must see! It is an illusion that has 18 circles, which APPEAR to be moving, although ...
Some pictures and graphics have been added to the website writings on the first few sutras of the Yoga Sutras (1.1-1.4). This is the section that deals with...
Dear Friends, In response to the high demand from the many who wish to have a more direct route to enlightenment, but have little time available or inner...
Worldly attainment is a process of addition. Spiritual attainment is a process of subtraction. May your meditations today bring you peace, happiness, and...
Abraham Maslow introduced a model of developmental psychology that has become extremely well known not only in the field of psychology, but also in management...
Below is a copy of an appeal for donations for relief fund for victims of the tsunami in India. This is a good way for you to make tax deductible donations and...
Dear Friends, A new article has been added to the SwamiJ.com site, which is entitled: "Prakriti and Its Evolutes: Returning to Self-Realization" ...
In an individual, the basis for action is inner inspiration. If the inspiration is incomplete, impure, or has ignorance as its source, then the power of action...
Every thought has a form, and every sound creates a ripple that is called a thought. Each thought has a form, thus the sound and form are one and the same....
Attention hatha yoga teachers trained at the Himalayan Institute in the tradition of Swami Rama. If you would be interested in coming to teach and spend one to...
We loosely talk of Self-realization, for lack of a better term. But how can one realize or make real that which alone is real? All we need to do is to give up...
The nature of inner life changes the quality of external life. The way we think is the way in which we form our personality. That inner world is also governed...
Dear Friends, Thanks to the help of one of my computer guides, Nimish Shah, there is now a section on the website for articles you can Download. Presently I...
The current issue (Sep/Oct 2004) of Yoga Journal magazine has an article on Yoga Nidra. It is entitled "In Need of Yoga Nidra," with the heading "In today's...
QUESTION: Someone wrote, "...Often i feel guilty for not being disciplined enough...." RESPONSE: If you really like to eat chocolate, then how hard is it to...
Swami Rama tells this story: "There was once a swami who used to teach students every day. One of the students listened attentively and heard the swami...
Advertisers finding yoga now in mainstream (August 6, 2004) Robert Mullins Silicon Valley San Jose Business Journal Recognizing that the practice of yoga has...
In response to the newsletter on Pain, Pleasure, and Joy someone wrote back: "I am aware that pain and pleasure are different than where I find myself most of...
I was just emailing somebody, and typed out the below sketch. Thought you might enjoy this. (Hope the spacing holds up in the newsletter email) < PAIN >...
On sutra 1.6 Swami Venkatesananda Saraswati explains in part: The self can go on thinking, creating thoughts and concepts, and of course think they are right...
Sometimes sadhana or spiritual practices can seem very, very complicated. Mind generates more and more words. Discussions get started. Debates get started....
