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The Fourth Dimension and the Shum Perspective, Part 1
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2020-10-25
The fourth dimension is the "...threshold to vaster inner space and spiritual realization." The story of Gurudeva's twelve year, at sunrise, Tamalpais mountain top monthly...
The Fifth Dimension and the Shum Perspective, Part 4
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2020-10-17
The fifth dimension, beyond sequential time, the past, present and future, millions of years, all exist in the...
The Fifth Dimension and the Shum Perspective, Part 2
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2020-10-03
Over time, even short encounters of the fifth dimension change the whole subconscious structure. Before becoming involved in...
The Fifth Dimension and the Shum Perspective, Part 1
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2020-09-25
It's easy to see the world as imperfect. The fifth dimension perspective means it's the way it is...
The Sixth Dimension and the Shum Perspective, Part 2
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2020-09-18
If you are trying for Self-Realization the sixth dimension, can be a side track. The idea is to...
Shum on the Seven Dimensions, Pure Awareness
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2020-08-27
Gurudeva divides consciousness into seven categories that range from gross to extremely subtle. The fourth through seventh are...
The Nature of the Jnana Pada
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2020-08-20
"Jnana is the fruition of yoga tapas... It is when the yogi's intellect is shattered that he soars into Parasiva and comes out a jnani." Gurudeva gives a sense of ways of realizing Parasiva. In Shum realization of Parasiva is described as...
The "Penultimate" Talk On Yoga
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2020-07-21
"Yoga is the process of uniting with God within oneself...Truly a living satguru is needed as a steady guide to traverse this path." Attaining equanimity, equal mindedness, balanced mindedness under all conditions. Different aspects of awareness: traveling-consciousness stationary, detached, dissolving;...
Four Perspective, Shumif, Mulif, Simnif and Dimfi
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2020-06-14
Our style of meditation: You are simply exploring your self. You are awareness...trying to explore your own consciousness....
Become an Experiencer, Not "Experienced"
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2020-06-07
Become the experiencer. At night before sleep play back the day looking for experiences reacted to yet not...
Observetion, the Mahadevas Were Aware
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2020-05-23
Accept the fact that you are a superconscious being. Be more silent and observing. Observation, 'liim' in Shum,...
Awareness and Consciousness, the Same Thing
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2020-05-16
Consciousness, separate from awareness, exists in all life forms. Meditation, awareness beyond thinking, without the use of words;...
Ida Pingala; Daily Realization
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2020-01-04
Our approach to daily realization is to balance the two forces, ida and pingala naturally, activating the kundalini...
The Nada Nadi Shakti, Resolve Mistakes
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2019-12-27
Tracing the nada-nadi shakti to its source carries the seeker's awareness to the brink of the Absolute. Through...
Intuition Requires Careful Handling of the Intellect
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2019-11-21
Who am I? "I am my intuitive mind. I am my inner divine being." The three bodies, the five sheaths and the seven aspects of man work together....
Involution, Nirvikalpa Samadhi, Shum Technique
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2019-11-14
The philosophical meaning of involution. Turning within on itself the primary constituents of nature, prakriti, until the world...
Esoterics of Namasivaya Japa
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2019-09-23
Aum Namah Sivaya takes us into the reality above and beyond the 'relatively real.' Part of us is...
Why Should We Learn a Cultural Art?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2019-02-05
Become an accomplished human being; soar into the fourth dimension. Artists experience mountaintop consciousness. Having their source in...
How Do We Meditate? Part 2
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-06-14
"Adjust yourself to the realization that you are a divine being, a self-effulgent, radiant being of light." Jyoti is the Sanskrit word for inner light. To bestow on devotees terms that were more specific,...
How Do We Meditate? Part 1
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-06-08
"Meditation is a long journey, a pilgrimage into the mind itself." In Gurudeva's approach we start meditation with the physical body then get more and more subtle, withdrawing...
What Is Meditation?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-05-23
Meditation is the study of awareness, of yourself and of the universe, experiencing the soul. The purpose of...
The Meaning of Sivaratri and Nirvikalpa Samadhi
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2018-02-19
Mahasivaratri: A time of striving to realize Parasiva. In our teachings yoga is the restraint of mental activity...
What Are the Three Worlds?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2017-04-13
"The temple enables us to feel the presence of God, Gods and devas." We use our inner eyes to see what's going on in the temple, the three worlds. In...
What Are Siva's Three Perfections?
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2017-01-14
The idea of Monistic Theism is seen in the three perfections of God Siva. Theism is the face...
Happiness. Purify, remain within.
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2016-04-24
Instead of the world giving happiness to me I give happiness to the world. Whomever I meet today,...
Theism, Monism, Meditation, the Shumif Perspective
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2015-12-27
urudeva's teachings and Saiva Siddhanta: Monistic Theism, Advaita Ishvaravada. Become a great Theist first. When perfected, through charya,...
The Practice of Contentment
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2015-11-06
Reflect on happiness, joy and sorrow. Even when having what we want, suffering is built in. Sometimes we...
Stay in the Now, Create Your Future
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2015-07-17
Bisi in Shum: ["I am aware of the unreality of time and the eternity of the moment."] To...
Harnessing Reaction; Live in the Box of Dharma
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2015-01-07
Responding and handling karma when feeling mistreated. The goal: insight into our self, get into a more refined...
Eight Features of Natha Sampradaya (Version 2)
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2014-10-25
Don't put the search for the innermost divine Self in the future tense. You are Brahman. We're already...
The Difference in Practice of Theism and Monism
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2014-09-03
During a puja we're in Theism, to receive the blessings of the Deity. After a puja we can...
Chakras In Relation to the Gods
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2014-01-18
An important feature of Saiva Siddhanta is the mixing of Monism and Theism. Worshiping in the temple and...
Consistency, Continuity, Learning from Mistakes
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2013-07-17
Nalif: The continuity of vibration from one shumnuhm or puja to another. Regret from making a mistake is...
Worship Supports but Differs from Meditation
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2013-03-12
The theological blending of the two perspectives, theism and monism. Dimfi: Worship of the deity in the temple,...
You Are the Self, Identify with Awareness
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2012-10-23
Find the right balance in the world that you can sustain. Purify, quiet the mind, transcend externalities. See...
Find the Self
Satguru Bodhinatha VeylanswamiGiven On: 2012-10-16
Wrapped up in externalities, upset, life in a swirl, we forget about going within. Be sublime, control actions...