Baba gave me everything—by taking everything away. For that I am so grateful. He shone the truth so brightly that it forced ignorance to run away and die. Wrong knowledge was the food he devoured daily. Our job was not to resist his taking away every delusion we held so dear. And sometimes he grabbed something away from us that …
When we are non-attached….
When we are non-attached, we are able to surrender and win rather than fight and lose.
Exacerbate….
Exacerbate De-escalate Confront / face Avoid
Stand Firm by Surrendering….
Practice requires us to actually practice. And because this practice is internal, there is no place where practice is not appropriate. And yet, we decide when and where and how to practice. More insidious than this willfulness is our tendency to misunderstand what practice is. From the standpoint of the three gunas, our understanding of sādhana is determined by which …
Mitigation is….
Mitigation is such a weapon. We use it to conceal the truth of the injuries we and others inflict.
Caring….
Caring Apathetic / indifferent Parasitic / lose subject in object Independent
Miserly Hoards the L to Get Misery….
When life is all about “me”, I am a “taker”. I am stingy. There is no one else in the room with me—I am the only one. Everyone else is just an object that impacts me in some way. Identifying as the one true shrunken self only makes us miserable. Misery, then, is the bottom line of all vibrations; it …
We cling to….
We cling to what we hate more than what we love.
Connected….
Connected Isolated Enmeshed Independent
Conversion to Love….
Rohini explains how Love is both a moment to moment practice and the goal of all practice. For more videos and lessons, sign up for a free or paid subscription.