santidevi

It is late, the room is dark, I am lying in the bath. Mud colored walls, cement floor and white tiled perfection. Two Thai women, hand rubbed from a temple in Thailand dance above my head as the steam rises. Their charcoaled selves pressed on handmade paper that was carried halfway around the world by [...]

In the narrows of the heart, I feel you caressing me whole.  Waking me from my sleep, I feel you next to me.  I find myself flowing through slot canyons, trickling vein fine, hardly visible.  I have become water.  My beloved, I shape shift into the elemental, bodiless and free.  The obstacles of fate have [...]

One of the greatest deterrents to your realizing your full potential is the inner critical voice. The voice that is ever certain that the aim you’re trying to achieve is impossible!  No matter what aspect of your life your attempting to change it will invariably recite a litany of reasons as to why your endeavor [...]

 
   
The difference between fiction and truth is that fiction makes sense. Truth is never what you expect it to be. It is not conceptually derived.
 
One of my teachers wisely cautioned me not to judge where the truth comes from. Anyone can awaken you. The teacher can appear at anytime in any guise. Most likely [...]

Shri Shivarudra Balayogi enters the Buddha room at Samadhi Yoga Center.  He is clad in a bright pink dhoti.  He performs aarti for his beloved Guru Shri Shivabalayogi Maharaj.  This vedic ritual honors the Divine, the highest love of God.  The silver platter is moved in a circular motion.  The candles burn brightly as songs [...]

 
 
 
 
Satsang
 
 Q.   How do we take our practice, our Sadhana into the world.
  A.  Life is the medium of your practice.  Everything that arises is a means for Awakening.  Your practice is meaningless unless it allows you to live more joyously in the world!  The goal of Sadhana is Self Realization.  What are you to Realize?  The [...]