Svaroopa Vidya Ashram’s Podcast

This is a key point in tantra.  It comes from the recognition that Shiva is being all.  Everything in the world and even everything in your mind is Shiva in disguise. So, what part of the world should you reject?  What part of you should you reject?  Certainly, your mind needs some conditioning, like a runner preparing for a marathon.  Your mind needs...  —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda   Watch Gurudevi’...

If you don’t desire something specific to happen in the future, then you won’t be anxious about it. Freedom from desire also frees you from anger. The only time you experience anger is when you desire something but… — Gurudevi Nirmalananda   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Not Normal” here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/not-normal-4-13-25   #spirituality #meditation #Gurudevi #yogamysticism #s...

No one’s working on attaining equanimity.  Well, that’s not precisely true. You probably have tried to get a little peace by withdrawing from news, from the politicians, from the musicians, the social media influencers, and even your family and friends. But you bring your mind with you, even when you isolate yourself or numb out. —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Equanimi...

When you hear these teachings, you are fed at the deepest level of your own being.  The words and the energy turn your mind inward, while the words name your own Divine Essence. So you experience Self again and again.  This is why I give discourses, to pour this stream of Grace-infused teachings into your head, and heart, and deeper.  Again and again.   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Who's In Ch...

How do you meditate on your own Self when you don’t know your own Self?  In one way, it’s kind of like you lived in a cave your whole life and I tried to teach you to meditate on the sun or the moon.  You wouldn’t know what they are.  This is why the mantra names your own Self.. —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Meditating on Your Own Self” here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/p...

Can you look at someone and see that they are enlightened? This is important because you want to study with the best. They can help you make rapid progress toward your own enlightenment. What is enlightenment like, both inside and outside? Answers from the yogic texts give you an understanding of the inner state as well as how to get there…   Read Gurudevi's Teachings Article in our  Freebies.  

While you may wish for bliss in every meditation, it’s actually the busy meditations that are moving you toward enlightenment faster.  Just like a car speeding along the highway passes more scenery, when you’re really zipping along...   —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Growing Into Self” here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/growing-into-self-3-16-25   #freemeditation #...

So, at the end of your meditation, when you leap up and you get moving, physically or maybe it’s just your mind, you’re blocking your ability to see the Divine in the mundane. You’ve gone back to measuring, analyzing, counting...  — Gurudevi Nirmalananda   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “The Liminal Edge” here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/the-liminal-edge-3-9-25   #meditate #meditation #guru...

You have a right to bliss.  The bliss of Consciousness, for it is what you are made of.  If you aren’t experiencing the bliss of Consciousness, you don’t know who you really are.  Fortunately, on this path, the bliss comes early.  But it’s not unconscious bliss...  —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “The Bliss Comes Early” here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/the-bliss-co...

You know, the teachings are not enough. They must be enlivened by Grace.  You can read the teachings. We read them in translation from the ancient texts, and you can read them for decades and never have a real experience.  You certainly will get understandings, aha moments, intellectual breakthroughs, but without any real depth.  The experience of your own Self is a feeling, not a thought.  It is...

I wanted instant enlightenment.  I didn’t get it.  I wanted the express elevator to the penthouse. I had to climb the stairs. At least I knew where I was headed for I’d had amazing experiences after receiving Shaktipat from my Guru.  This inner awakening showed me that there was more to me than I dreamed possible.  I’d had a peek at Consciousness.  It was a promise of my future. It made me willing...

Yoga explains that there is something worth finding, but it is located inside.  Yoga gives you a peek at it - a glimpse of your own Self.  And tools to attune yourself to your own Self - ways to progressively surrender into who you already are.  And yoga gives you proof.  Proof that there is a…   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Expansive Experiences” here: https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products/expansi...

The feeling I had after my first yoga class was the beginning of how I always feel now. The peace, the awe, the inner vastness, the lightness of being, the ease and openness —­ I was experiencing Self.  My first yoga teacher didn’t give me words for it.  I could only call it “that yoga feeling.”  It made me want.... —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Dedicated Time" here: ...

If you’re going through pain now, simply name it.  You are the one who is naming it. You’re not your pain. You’re the one who’s naming it.  Yes, you have to deal with it.  But you’re not your pain. You are more, so much more.  The best way to discover that you are more than your pain is… —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Freedom from Pain" here:   Freedom from Pain 2/2/25...

Born into bondage, your life’s task is to fly free. You begin the process like a caged bird who keeps flexing its wings, wanting to fly.  Your cage door is opened by one who is already free. This is the Shaktipat Guru’s task, to set you free by opening up the inner arising of Consciousness.   Thus you discover the truth that has been hidden for so long, that your essence is Divine.  The not-knowin...

We are in a tantric tradition.  Tantra goes about it completely differently.  Tantra says, “Let’s just shred anava mala.”  Through Shaktipat, I will open you up from the inside out.  Shred anava mala so you have experiences of your own Self.  You know who you are.  Go ahead…  —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda     Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “From the Inside-Out" here:   https://gurudevi.vhx.tv/products...

Atma, your own Self, is all pervading.  You probably think of your own Self as being inside your body, but it’s the other way around.   Your body is inside your own Self.  You may think of your own Self like your soul, that your soul is found…   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Atma & Svaroopa” here .   #spirituality #meditation #Gurudevi #yogamysticism #svaroopa #meditate #divine #yoga #swami...

You are so much more than you think you are.  It is all summarized in this one sutra: Your own Self is Consciousness-Itself. Chaitanyam atma. — Shiva Sutras 1.1 This is the first sutra, in the first chapter of the first text of Kashmiri Shaivism, our yogic tradition.  The first sutra is the most important one. —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Your Divine Essence” here ....

It was Baba that gave me God.  That’s the Guru’s job – to give you access to what is already there inside. But you haven’t been able to find it.  It can be hard to understand God and Guru. They are One, while being different.  I’ll compare it to the front door of your house.  It’s part of your house.  You wouldn’t want that wall to be solid.  You wouldn’t want your house to be without an entry por...

Your own inner knowing is yoga’s goal. This is a knowing beyond thought, beyond logic, beyond explanation or causation. You just know.   Your own Self knows your own Self.  Since your mind doesn’t know how to get there on its own, it needs help. The mantra and other practices are not enough on their own. One who knows can give you the knowing. This is Shaktipat.  It is the greatest gift…    Read G...

Your spiritual practices change you in such a way that you radiate Consciousness into the world. Especially your family is uplifted, even without them doing yoga.  How great!  And it means you’re doing yoga for two — yourself and your spouse or partner.  Or maybe you’re doing yoga for three...  —  Gurudevi Nirmalananda   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Unconditional Love” here .   #spirituality #...

When you experience love, you feel fulfilled. This is an important part of life, the experience of loving. Your loving of someone does touch the other person, yes.  But in yoga, the point is, that it affects you. So, yoga teaches the yogi to take responsibility for their own mood. To grow up, to get over your childish reactivity, or perhaps your.. — Gurudevi Nirmalananda   Watch Gurudevi’s full di...

To get to your own knowing of your own beingness takes some time and effort.  It takes diligence, perseverance, dedication, determination, resolve, purpose, tenacity and… — Gurudevi Nirmalananda   Watch Gurudevi’s full discourse “Put Your Heart in It” here .   #meditate #meditation #gurudevi #yogamysticism #spirituality #divine #yoga #swaminirmalananda #blissyoga #svaroopayoga #siddhayoga #muktana...

Gratitude and devotion are not the same thing.  Gratitude is always for something, it’s transactional.  You get x, so you feel grateful for it.  You say, “Thank you.”  You even know how to say thank you whether you’re grateful or not.  But hopefully you get to enjoy being grateful. Still, it’s a transaction.  Devotion is unfounded, even unbounded.  When you experience devotion, it’s...  —  Gurudev...

Devotion is the sweetest, easiest and most intoxicating of all the yogic paths. As a comprehensive science of spirituality, yoga includes your heart along with your body and mind.  Bhakti yoga is the yoga of devotion, with practices that grow your love for God and Guru. The practices include chanting and candle flame ceremonies along with…    Read Gurudevi's Teachings Article in our  Freebies.