Quotations

Arjuna attempted to run away from it and hide. Krishna says, ‘Face it! There is no way you can get rid of it.

The salient feature of the last chapter (Bhagavat Gita) – the 18th Chapter – is after saying all this, and taking Arjuna through the whole course,

Therefore the importance of bhajans, kirtan , going to places where other people worship and going on pilgrimages,

Praying is a beautiful psychological exercise where you deep down want to come out of the circumstances which are limiting your progress.

So what I’m saying is that irrespective of whether you are an intellectual or what normally can be called a non-intellectual,

If the mind is made up of thoughts and thoughts are always vibrating, moving – sometimes up, sometimes down,

The first Chakra – the mooladhara – represents prakrithi, the solid earth or solidity.

You see, it is very simple. When we are little infants, we are helpless..

We can go anywhere but we carry our mind with us. We can’t escape from the mind.

This crescent moon is also called Soma. Therefore Shiva is called Somashekhara- one who keeps or retains Soma

Those of us who do pious acts, charity, sacrifice themselves for others thinking that is the work one should do,

The yogis say that the joining or the crossing together, the sangam of the Varuna and the Asi rivers are in the human body,

You think you are this little pool of stagnant water that stands on the way with no movement whatsoever.

The crescent moon is a symbol of Shakti. You see it in Durga and Kali. The Navadurgas all have a crescent.

The limbic system is that which takes care of our feelings. If the limbic system didn’t work we would have no feelings.