after prior preparation through life... the study and practice of Yoga begins..

Now, after having done prior preparation through life and other practices, the study and practice of Yoga begins.
(atha yoga anushasanam)-- Patanjali Sutra 1

The eight bondages...hatred, shame, fear, grief, condemnation, race prejudice, pride of family and smugness..

The eight bondages or snares are hatred, shame, fear, grief, condemnation, race prejudice, pride of family and smugness. Removal of the eight bondages leads to magnanimity of the Heart.

~ Shri Yukteswar

There is one thing that can never become stale to you-- "Joy" itself..

Even if life gave you at one time everything you wanted .. wealth, power, friends .. after a while you would again become dissatisfied and need something more.
But there is one thing that can never become stale to you — 'Joy' itself.
Happiness that is delightfully varied, though its essence is changeless, is the inner experience everyone is seeking. 'Lasting, Ever New Joy Is God'. Finding this Joy within, you will find it in everything without. In God you will tap the Reservoir of perennial, unending 'Bliss'.

Excerpts from the writings of Sri Paramahansa Yogananda

Can a mind which is caught in endless becoming be aware of bliss?

A result means an ending; arrival implies

another effort to become. The mind is never

at rest, it is always striving, always achieving,

always gaining – and, of course, always in

fear of losing. Can a mind which is caught

in endless becoming be aware of bliss?

Through effort and struggle, through resistance

and denials, the mind makes itself insensitive;

and can such a mind be open and vulnerable?

(J. Krishnamurti)

Spiritual Jewels....

SPIRITUAL JEWELS
A POEM BY DR. RAM SHARMA , INDIA
O! Dear
why you just remain on the worldly shore
and collect mamonistic pebbles
collect unnumbered pearls and jewels
in the fathom of spirituality
plunge into it
gather as many as you want
there are wonderous pearls of love and peace
there is no lust , anger or malice
do not chase the mundane pleasure
merge into Cosmic Oneness
radiant in the spiritual jewels

the Path differs indeed for different pilgrims...

He alone knows to whom He will reveal Himself under which form. By what path and in what manner He attracts any particular man to Himself with great force is incomprehensible to the human intellect. The Path differs indeed for different pilgrims.

~ Sri Anandamoyi Ma

You will learn HOW to fly in the firmament of spirituality....

You will learn HOW to fly
in the firmament of spirituality
as days will pass and ego will die
only the brave will succeed
and feeble minds will cry .------------------------DR. RAM SHARMA

His Light...

HIS LIGHT
A POEM BY DR. RAM SHARMA
Everywhere His light
Everywhere His love
Everywhere
but we are not able to see
Look with your love for all
help the suffering people
The source of love is infinite
The source of light is infinite
All engulf in Him
He is light