Attunement

Losing Attunement, and Finding it Again

Attunement is the most important aspect of the path. Without attunement to the guru and the divine, we can’t discriminate our way out of delusion. It’s easy to fall out of attunement without even realizing it. Thus, we need to continuously check ourselves and rest in the flow of divine grace. Often we don’t realize when we’re in the sacred … Read More

Seasons of Love and Longing

Sometimes it seems that there is a spring to one’s spiritual life and an autumn to it. As though there is a waxing and a waning. At times, the opportunities for spiritual practice are abundant, and devotion flows all the time, filling you with joy and grace, and a sense of belonging to God and to the Gurus. Then again, … Read More

The Power of Prayer

The power of prayer has to be tested before one can believe in it. Most of the time we hardly believe that our prayers will be heard, let alone answered. When we feel no divine response, we comfort ourselves that prayers are not always answered anyway. What we overlook, as too good to be true, is that God is not … Read More

Learning To Love

Learning to love truly is really the greatest learning of life in this world , or the Mrityulok, as it is called. Right from the time that we gain consciousness of our surroundings, we experience love in its different forms. First of all perhaps, comes Mother’s love, which one becomes aware of as a child. As a child one also … Read More

On Spiritual Progress

One of the common issues that a seeker on the spiritual path comes up with is: Am I really making any progress? This is a very human response. We are accustomed to goal oriented activity. We study to clear examinations and get into the next higher class. We take medicines to achieve cures for a disease or an undesirable condition. … Read More