Direct Awakening

This offering is to those who want to have a direct awakening in meditation through this highest knowledge. Swami-ji translated and wrote numerous commentaries on many ancient yogic scriptures. He also spoke endlessly to international students for over fifty years. His exalted and unprecedented teachings are revolutionary and practical as they suit the modern world. He often said that you don’t get to freedom from bondage. He never bound anyone into a strict schedule or routine. He once told me that I was like Bharati for his teachings. Bharati elucidated Shankaracharya’s thought. The ...

In theoretical as well as applied psychology, no term is more misleading, or confusing, than the term consciousness. We use the term often in our conversation; we come across it in our study; but when we are asked to define it properly, to explain its significance, its meaning, or the idea for which that word stands, we are unable to do so. And that is because there are so many varied ideas concerning consciousness.