Wisdom of the Sages

Paramatma speaks when we have no separate desires / how to set off a ripple effect of divine energy / uniformitarianism: the assumption that the same laws that we witness apply everywhere in the universe / our desires compromise our objectivity / applicational spirituality / faithful & faithless Cro-Mags / letting go of the separate agenda / cultivating freedom from animosity / when Krishna is satisfied, the entire universe is satisfied SB 3.14.47-51

the poetry of Candi Das / the poetry of Rupa Goswami / cultivating humility, tolerance & respect / Kasyapa bows to his fate / inauspicousness follows the abandonment of dharma / bad news & good news for Diti / the saints emulate Prahlad by practicing freedom from animosity / like fire in different shapes of wood - we are all pure underneath / serving with knowledge & detachment is yoga / advanced yogi = seeing stones & gold as the same, more advanced yogi = seeing "friends" & "enemies" as thee same / the process of getting unscrewed SB 3.14.30-46

align with faith or with fear / the dark parts of Bhagavatam prepare us for the dark periods in life / hear, reflect, repeat, realize / Kasyapa's practices have given rise to a sensitivity or awareness of subtle influences / every-thing becomes an offering of love - our body, words, mind, time, energy, wealth, food, sex / If you're out after 10, watch out / everything becomes pure and auspicious when its connected to Krishna / Krishna preserves what we have & carries what we lack SB 3.14.19-29 https://www.supersoulyoga.com/yin

material miseries are superfluous to the soul / Bhagavatam spreads light in the dark age / Bhagavatam uproots misery / we mistake lack of self-control for freedom / self-control brings auspiciousness / Bhagavatam stands the test of time / I will either control my senses or be controlled by my senses / There's the pain of discipline or the pain of regret / Diti's 3 reasons for abandoning dharma - my lust, my jealousy, my desire for prestige / the folly of tossing out the Ikea manual SB 3.14.1-18

what is your favorite Aindra Prahbu tracks & what are some of your favorite kirtans to listen to? / is Krishna the abusive lover who punishes over and over & demands that we keep giving more and more? / how to behave in the presence of people who act as if they are some kind of God? / How can I see the spiritual energy & is that even important for me to see?

Isabel's 1st kirtan / 1st we appreciate the devotees, then we see the faults, then the faults become insignificant / verses from Bilvamangala / drop the quick fixes and turn to Bhagavatam / our lulls in bhakti aren't bhakti's fault / a little Gita everyday will change your life / the Earth is our mother / we've got no respect / a little ritual to cultivate the right consciousness / hearing with the right attitude pleases God in the heart / Krishna gets personally involved with anyone trying to surrender / 4 paths to realize God in the heart / train the mind to see the soul, not the externals SB 3.13.40-50

in this age our minds are always disturbed / replace the sounds that don't serve us / the earth laughed, "just see how these kings, who are actually playthings in the hands of death, are desiring to conquer me" / we're not possessors - as soon as we get it, peace comes / sacrifice is giving back with love / the ultimate end of all sacrifice is to attain bhakti / the Kaustubha-gita - chant, seeing every living being as your friend / dorking around for God SB 3.13.34-39

Bhakta Louie is one big heart / a charging boar can wipe out your ego trip real quick / God manifests in different categories of incarnations / you can't have joy or intelligence without sense control / the sages of the higher planets have a high grade of meditation - we've got reality television & porn / whatever we think deeply about is our meditation practice & it shapes our minds / ritual is designed by sages to reshape our dented mind / yoga is the harmony between our mind and ourself SB 3.13.27-34

confidential servitors are sometimes perplexed but never discouraged / Srila Prabhupada's clout / finding your own way to connect / we all need a get together / let go of resentments / the Purusha Avatars take care of business - the Lila Avatars have fun / the desire to play originates in God / Brahma's nose isn't like our's - Vishnu appears from his breath / nature is providing clues about what we are doing here / human paradigm, that's asinine / with a broad mind I'm sure we'll find different realities SB 3.13.14-27

corrupted by our skeevy desires / sitting alone - sitting with God /brahmacārīs sacrifice the senses in the fire of mental control, regulated householders sacrifice the objects of the senses in the fire of the senses / Manu & Satarupa sacrifice the objects of the senses in the fire of the senses / the essence of leadership is protection of the people / the nature of the guru/disciple relationship / one who doesn't satisfy Vishnu neglects their own interests, for He is the Ultimate Self / senses SB 3.13.12-13

Srimad Bhagavatam is the heart of bhakti-yoga / Bhagavatam is uncompromising / Vyasadeva's vision in samadhi / Bhagavatam reasons it's way to spirituality / the pathology of materialism / equality only exists metaphysically / Sanskrit in the Bhagavatam / Vedic parallels / ultimately spirituality is about devotion / Shankara's forced interrelation / the Gita's personalism / how far did Vedic culture travel? / a new novel "Justin Davis" https://hdgoswami.com

how do we find a guru? / could you please elaborate on how to properly prostrate when meeting elevated souls such as Swamis and could you please shed some light on taking Darshan for me? / if you work for something "bad", but you create "good" impacts out of it, what are the karma implications? / "Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, "I AM THAT" approach, how does that sit with Bhakti...?"

Bhakta Justin's bottle cap miracle / Mara's Mumbai miracle / Raghu's apartment miracle / Vijaya's 5 in 1 proof of God miracle / Andrea's Krishna painting revelation miracle / Liam's mantra miracle / Chakri's ghee lamp miracle / the Joe Rogan Wisdom of the Sages miracle / Laura Marco's double hurricane miracle / Joe Cantamessa's freedom miracle / Anonymous' prostitute pub double miracle / Raghu's temptation miracle / Vin's Radharamana miracle / Kateri's Willie Nelson miracle

lose yourself & find yourself in service / dasya bhava - the mood of service / service is joy / the stories we tell shape our attitudes / serve wholeheartedly / to not accept that there are others more qualified, wise, respectable is insane / Mara embodies dasya bhava / the flavor of dasya rasa is sweet / dasya bhava is a thread that runs through all the flavors of love / we've cheapened everything in this world / we each have a unique path SB 3.13.6-11

Raghu drops the ball on the parent talk / until we understand that we are not the machine we remain a slave to the machine / use the pain to go deeper / advancing in yoga starts with seeing God in everyone / every body is a temple / root out the hate in the heart SB 3.13.1-7

find the friend within / act as if you're in control, but deeply understand you aren't in control / knowledge & detachment transform work into yoga / especially at the forks in the road, take shelter of Bhagavatam & sages / A.J.'s coming out / our minute independence can be engaged in disconnection or reconnection / Bhaghavatam asks us to expand our minds / where religion goes wrong is when it's used to judge others rather than improving oneself SB 3.12.49-57

"Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist" Pablo Picasso / a person who is materially detached and knows happiness comes from within can speak the truth / every social order has a particular psychology to purify / it's how much you make, not how much you give that counts / solving the caste system problem - it's your qualities and behavior, not your birth / Vedic culture was designed to create impressions in the mind that allow one to learn, relate, communicate toward self realization / We're in desperate need of true brahmins SB 3.12.34-47

guru means heavy / guru in the mind, guru in the heart, guru externally / the logic of the half chicken / the weakness of mantra without tapas / the reprehensible delusions of guruship / guru is a transparent via medium / a happy fathers day message

what is the Bhakti-yoga perspective on depression, trauma and managing through continuous difficulties in life? / could you share some practical tools for replacing the negative mantras in my mind when I struggle with criticizing and tolerating other people? / is good relative or universal, is forgiveness always good, and can hate be healthy?

after years of meditation Brahma provides the manual for life in the material world / Vedic culture cultivates self realization / the upaveda sciences / how Bhakta Justin outgrew drag culture / the goal is Krishna Prema - how much of the culture we adopt is according to the individual

when the lulls come, take the next step / break-up advice - resentment, anger, fear or revenge - like Rama leaving Ayodhya / embrace the humiliation / we know too much / through our respect & love for our teacher comes the empowerment to carry out their instructions / in Bhakti the future is always bright / the lessons keep coming til you learn them / creating sage minds / expect to get challenged because you are loved / we want freedom not structure - but at what cost? SB 3.12.34-38

Bhakta Justin doesn't need psychedelics / practicing bhakti is like living in a music video / the koshas / letting go of prestige / humiliation can be a breakthrough / the asuric mentality -I AM THE CONTROLLER - I AM THE ENJOYER / giving up everything by force / before the body dies let the false self die / letting the false self die through ritual SB 3.12.33

it's a good time to wake up / we swallow greedily any lie that flatters us, but we sip only little by little at a truth we find bitter / accepting radical responsibility / Brahma's humiliation / Vedic literature teaches like a king, like a friend & like a lover / once you think you're above Maya, you're in Maya! / draw a line in the sand with porn / we're all just a click away from big maya / what we mean by a healthy fear of maya / our embarrassing failure to imitate Krishna's Rasa Dance / porn & its connection to misogyny / Raghu's teenage realizations on lust SB 3.12.27-32

gratitude is the symbol of one's spiritual advancement / the fuse is lit! / the material world is gonna get kooky / Bhakti Louie's gratitude / religion can lead to arrogance / Daksha's arrogance / truth is food for the soul / give up desires that are destructive to spiritual values / bhakti gets you through tough times / through bhakti one immediately acquires knowledge & detachment / notice your curmudgeonliness / accept your suffering & stay connected / we don't need the "spiritual" trappings SB 3.12.23-26

why did God make creatures that hurt us, like mosquitoes and snakes? / what is it ok to pray to Krishna for? / how to understand the eternal Vedic teachings to the manifold questions related to homosexuality, transgender, gender and sex, equal rights, and how does morality relate to diverse sexual and gender identity issues? / do you have to live it to give it?

may Lord Jagannatha be the object of my vision / anger quotes from Emerson, Ingersoll, Plato, Twain, Thomas A Kempis, Marcus Aurelius & Horace / Srimad-Bhagavatam family tree / all Indians can trace back the family linage? / Sati's spontaneous human combustion / a joke from the Bhagavatam SB 3.12.12-22 http://www.harekrsna.de/jagannathastakam-e.htm http://vedadev.ru/images/SB%20Family%20Tree03.jpg

it's what you do with your stuff that counts / don't lose your spiritual credit in the slot machine of offenses / arrogance makes us suffer / can I be spiritual and still eat meat / lust is the beginning of misogyny / I squirm too / whatever happens to me, I take no offense / nobody can hurt you, unless you allow them / the devotee is in the heart of Krishna & He knows nothing but them

Ben & Esther's Vegetarian Jewish Deli / Krishna has a crazy recipe for all of us / contemplation of the objects of the senses leads to attachment, desire, anger, delusion, bewilderment of memory, loss of intelligence & fall down into the material pool / maya is knocking / the birth of Shiva / anger by nature is destructive / if I realize that the world doesn't revolve around me, it's much easier to control anger / Durvasa Muni's anger SB 3.12.7-11

welcome to the world Kian Arjuna Murphy / Raghu learned everything from Davy and Goliath / Narayana-parayana / we have debts to our forefathers / the Jain girl sannyasi / water the root and your debt to the leaf is paid / Brahma checks his anger / let's hurry up & have some more babies! SB 3.12.5-6

is the point to of shavasana to completely clear your mind and not think of anything? / at the moment of death, what exactly migrates to the next body & when we say that each soul is separate and distinct, is each soul otherwise identical, or does each one have its own characteristics or, for lack of a better word, personality? / can you please help with book recommendations? / how does a devotee deal with the burnout of life & still continue to execute their sacred duties with the right mindset?

busy doing nothing / Raghu ran a surf school in Costa Rica!?! / Brahma's job dissatisfaction / why the executioner wears a mask / glue trap of material existence / the remedy for job dissatisfaction / Brahma creates the 4 Kumaras / 4 principles of knowledge: sāṅkhya, yoga, vairāgya & tapas / the 4 bhakti lineages / fun at the Bankebihari Temple / Tatiyastan SB 3.12.3-4

who is Tulasi Devi? / Bhakti-yogis don't renounce things, they purify them / materialism breeds anxiety & suffering / Indra - the top level materialist, Brahma top level intelligence / zoom in & zoom out / only pure devotion delivers happiness / 5 types of ignorance - the sense of death, anger upon frustration, the sense of false ownership, illusory bodily conception, forgetfulness of one's real identity / knowledge breeds detachment / give the gift of knowledge tulasimala.com IG: silver_tulasi_mala IG: simha_mc

repetition is the mother of mastery / I am 100% responsible for creating my experience / perspective from the Handmaid's Tale / living with both perspectives - zoomed in & zoomed out / you need perspective to map out your destination / Brahma's entire life is one breath for Vishnu / time can control only those who are body conscious / everything is gonna change - that's a given / who's the controller behind the veil? Sweet baby Krishna! SB 3.11.36-42

we don't need to rearrange our personality / Mara needs an attitude adjustment / on a cosmic scale we have a very short life span / on a cosmic scale the ups & downs of our lives are very insignificant / it's all macro-micro! / our minds should be blown on a regular basis! / the residents of the higher planets don't need acid / yoga is eternal SB 3.11.16-35

what is a Bhakti Yogi's relationship with morality? / does a Bhakti yoga path suggest indifference towards political issues or can it coincide with an interest in political causes and speaking up against systemic inequities? / as much as I want to practically denounce the material world, don't we need some material things? / do one's rounds become easier after they take shelter of a guru? and how do I repay the enormous debt to my spiritual master & all the influential devotees in my life? / is it ok to be gay for Krishna?

the optimists creed / don't bring bad habits into sacred circles / get out of your own head by serving others / life is short, what do I want to contribute? / time & space are correlative terms / measuring time from 8/13,500ths of a second up to the 100 year lifespan / just a moment of time with a sadhu can give all perfection / the sun diminishes our duration of life in order to release us from the illusion of material attachment SB 3.11.1-15

"this yoga really works" - spiritual knowledge counters body dysmorphia / material detachment fosters spiritual attachment / zooming out for the troubled mind / I'm tiny, but ... / real humility is our reality / spiritual knowledge is the panacea for all the negative loops / does Raghu have to do everything around here? / geocentric & heliocentric models of the universe / purify the consciousness first - then make decisions / Buddhist sand mandalas SB 3.11.1

animal agriculture is destroying the planet / the Bhagavatam map shows us - YOU ARE HERE! / detachment through deconstruction / contemplating cycles of destruction / now is the time for inquiry into spirit! / puncturing the romance / Raghu would have dinner with a siddha SB 3.10.18-30

not all yogis are good / everyone has a back story / hurt people hurt people / earth is a ghetto / when you ain't got nothin you've got nothin to lose / wisdom doesn't mean collecting a lot of stuff / the internet is a great place to see hate / where's God?! / don't shame them, don't hate them, don't cancel them…pray for them / there's a benevolent force behind everything

you ain't got nothin / striking for the gentle, striking for the kind, striking for the guardians & protectors of the mind / 3 types of destruction / 6 types of primary creation / 4 types of secondary creation / getting the blueprint of the universe SB 3.10.1-17

How to deal with deep-rooted feelings of inadequacy? / I live in a foreign country and don't have any close relationships here. Should I use this discomforting situation to grow despite the lack of support from the community or is it important to find a supportive community? / I'm an empath and I can't help but absorb and be overwhelmed with sadness. What can I turn to for comfort? / How do I continue to serve and have compassion for someone when they don't seem to be trying to heal? / I am a working mother of two kids and it seems that there aren't enough hours to fit in my spiritual practices. How do you do it?

our community floats us / we've been sold a false identity / accept your fate & love with all your heart / Brahma is like us with a better gig / no more complaining / mosquitos don't bump into each other / zooming out / material qualification don't qualify us / lack of material qualifications don't disqualify us / the lightbulb telling the generator why do we all have to connect with you? SB 3.9.36-42

meditation on the name, form, qualities & pastimes of Krishna are the ultimate gunabusters / Bhagavad-gita 14.26 - how to transcend the gunas / how ashtanga-yoga clears the false programing in the mind / insulation not isolation / bhuddhi-yoga and refining our discernment for who we allow to influence us SB 3.9.34 & 35

I'm fake! / shedding our skin / Raghunath's mental appreciation list / appreciating Yamuna Devi /service is love, not an imposition / no one is the master in the material world / you've gotta serve somebody / happiness comes through service SB 3.9.33

don't focus on the bad, just add the good / the beginning of the breakthrough is the desire for the breakthrough / zoom out for freedom from depression & anxiety / changing the body can be easy / Jivan Mukta liberated in this body by serving with body, words & mind /in bhakti the means & the end are the same SB 3.9.33

either we control our senses, or our senses control us / we choose illusion all the time / connection through bhakti leads to the vision of Krishna in everything & everything in Krishna / how is Krishna in everything? / how is everything in Krishna? / adorable Krishna lies all the time / seeing the equality in all living entities like fire in wood / nonviolent communication SB 3.9.31 & 32 / SB 10.8.41

is astrology fortune telling? / the human element in astrological readings / capitalizing on our strengths & challenges / Kaustubha's sannyasa yoga & exalted moon! / Raghu has moksha yoga! / past, present & future karma / what Raghu, Madonna & Michael Jackson have in common / marriage considerations / gemology & crown jewels / we need all the help we can get Find more at www.drewlawrence.com

Why doesn't God listen to the prayers of so many, and allow good people to suffer & die? / How to avoid obsessing about the evil & corruption in the world? / Who came first Krishna or Vishnu? / If God's mercy is causeless, how can there be a formula to get it?

Raghu arrives in Cali / Vishnu's remedy for anxiety & depression / austerity + knowledge = inner direction / the combination of effort & grace / the effort to serve with love results in the grace of inner direction / brainy vs intelligent / what tapas looks like (Bhagavad-gita 17.14-17) what vidya looks like (Bhagavad-gita 15.7-11) SB 3.9.30

Texas memories / sage levels 1, 2, 3 & 4 / the first & most intelligent person struggles with anxiety & depression / Vishnu's deep, thoughtful words dispel illusion / the existential struggle with our smallness / 3 levels of work - survival, fulfillment, that with which we've been entrusted / ambidextrous Arjuna / the healthy result of work is self realization / our value is not in our accomplishments - it's in who & what we are - the accomplishment is in realizing it SB 3.9.27-29