The Inner Living

We tend to think of yoga as an activity with a number of physical exercises.  The original schools define yoga much more broadly than this.  Yoga is aligning our physical, emotional/vital, and mental bodies, so we live as perfectly coordinated beings.  It is about learning how to suspend the reactive nature of the mind so we can be ourselves, and to effortlessly navigate without any stress.  It’s...

Some of us drive vehicles that require premium gas to keep the engines healthy and long-lasting.  And we tend to follow the manufacturers’ instructions strictly.  It’s unfortunate, nature hasn’t given a set of feeding instructions to us to maintain healthy bodies.  Instead, we are expected to be discriminative, learn from our individual experiences, and respond intelligently to our body needs.  We...

The next time you sit for lunch or dinner; try to be mentally predisposed with right attitudes toward food.  We are advised to sit with an attitude of thankfulness to the people who prepared the food for us.  We mentally offer the food to the various agents of combustion and transformation within us, spiritually called Rudras .  These attitudes prepare our physical bodies to receive the food.  We...

Each of us is made up of several layers like an onion.  All of these layers make up the whole but none of the layers completely represents the whole.  The three outer layers are obvious – physical, vital or emotional, and mental bodies.  The real ‘I AM’ is that force keeping all of these layers together in union.  Energy flows from the mind, through the forces in the vital body, positive or negati...

Our physical body is like a tent with the physical nerves as the ropes.  The ropes stand due to the arranged tension.  The lines of force can be known only through the ropes.  The ropes bind the tent in its own shape.  The lines of force holding our bodies stable and healthy are the product of our thoughts and emotions.  We are therefore a system of forces and not just flesh and blood.  This metap...

Leadership is about constructing a triangle of functioning in this world, with will, love, and knowledge as the three vertices.  It is by no means an accomplishment of any leadership activity..... " Music Credits : Yellow Tunes ( https://www.yellowtunes.net/ ) " 

The state of Turiya defined in the ancient literature, means the fourth state .  We are familiar with three states of mind: awakened state or objectivity, which is where we are faced with subject-verb-object inevitability; state of sleep where subject-verb-object disappear; and state of dreams where experiences exist but in an involuntary manner.  Credits: Yellow Tunes(Youtube Channel) Yellow Tune...

Our relationship with nature has taken a new turn with the evolution of a branch of study now known as Biomimicry.  We began to learn from nature, not just extract from it.  Gratitude began to temper greed, and we began to imitate nature respectfully.... " Music Credits : Yellow Tunes ( https://www.yellowtunes.net/ ) " 

How we relate with nature drives our individual experiences and our well-bring.  A study of the evolution of our attitudes toward nature will show two phases since the arrival of human species on the planet..... Credits: Yellow Tunes(Youtube Channel) Yellow Tunes - Mandolin Indian Classical Fusion

Our individual realities are driven by the experiences we have with the objective world.  And our experiences are framed by the attitudes we have on everything around.  We have examples all around of individuals who accomplished marvellous things simply through their attitudes...   Credits: Yellow Tunes(Youtube Channel) Royalty free music - Indian Instrumental Music - Indian classical background m...

Neil Evernden in his book, Natural Alien, says “reality is partly belief: we find what we intend to find in the world.” [i] I can find on the Internet 10 Reasons to Quit Coffee, I can also find elsewhere Why is Coffee Good For You? .......     Credits: Yellow Tunes(Youtube Channel) Royalty free music - Indian Flute background Music - Flute Instrumental Music for Meditation & yoga

A great master once offered the following as a meditative thought for a complete cure: “Cure earth by food, cure water by drink, cure fire by heat, cure air by breath, cure sound by thought, and cure mind by truth.”....... " Music Credits : Yellow Tunes ( https://www.yellowtunes.net/ ) " 

We are now able to dissect everything in our bodies to its minutest detail and understand its place in the system.  Our scientific methods have helped us look at the basic building blocks of our bodies...... Credits: Yellow Tunes(Youtube Channel) Royalty free music - Indian Flute background Music - Flute Instrumental Music for Meditation & yoga

This is a cryptic instruction given by a Master to his earnest student. He gave this instruction when the student wished to share permanently in the Master's presence giving up his ........ Credits: Yellow Tunes(Youtube Channel) Royalty Free Music, Tibetan flute Instrumental Music, Flute Background Music, no copyright music. https://www.yellowtunes.net/

I am not a Dermatologist.  As an engineering researcher who studied in the past about the nature and properties of engineering materials....... Credits: Yellow Tunes - Royalty free music (YouTube Channel) https://www.yellowtunes.net/

Call me an engineer but isn’t our human body a system of lines of force around which the flesh and blood and all our anatomy is situated?  The lines of force carry Prana..... Credits: HSA Technologies (YouTube Channel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1DtgJD2zo0

Human body is metaphorically described as a city with nine gates.  The nine gates are: two eyes, two ears, two nostrils, mouth...... Credits:  HSA Technologies (YouTube Channel) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1DtgJD2zo0

Kahlil Gibran says in The Prophet, “Work is love made visible.”  Work done with this attitude is service.  We do not usually see service as an attitude; instead, it is seen as an activity that people engage in, without expecting remuneration, and typically dedicating weekends and off-hours...... Credits: Yellow Tunes(Youtube Channel) Royalty Free Music, Tibetan flute Instrumental Music, Flute Back...

A few evening moments of self-reflection on thoughts, on speech indulgences, and on actions taken during the day, are therapeutic indeed......... Music Credits: Track: Fireworks March (Bamboo Flute) NCM version  Music provided by Youtube Free Music Library (NCM)  Watch: https://youtu.be/H31PRzqlj8s ​  Music Promoted by Music Restored https://youtu.be/F6yhP9OTTOE ​ 

No, it is not induction into some Hall of Fame. It's much loftier than that. Induction is where ideas and concepts disappear in our minds, and attitude-shift occurs without the need for mental occupation by an idea........ Credits: Yellow Tunes(Youtube Channel) Royalty free music - Indian Flute background Music - Flute Instrumental Music for Meditation & yoga

Inspiration comes from outside and we breath it in. And it can come in the most unexpected moments such as when we read a book, listen to a story, talk to a stranger...... Credits: Yellow Tunes(Youtube Channel) Royalty free music - Indian Flute background Music - Flute Instrumental Music for Meditation & yoga

Once we try to iron out our personality deficiencies, and transform ourselves to be what we aspire to be; we begin seeing two individuals within ourselves: Higher and Lower Self...... Credits: Yellow Tunes(Youtube Channel) Royalty free music - Indian Flute background Music - Flute Instrumental Music for Meditation & yoga

We all enjoy the powers of reasoning and knowledge, which give us a sense of superiority over others in debates and intellectual conversations. As we enjoy this sense of superiority, we seek more opportunities to exercise these powers of reasoning and critical analyses...... Credits: Yellow Tunes(Youtube Channel) Royalty free music - Indian Flute background Music - Flute Instrumental Music for Med...

Speech originates from a thought, which is presented in one’s own language. Thought in turn originates from oneself as a wave rises out of an ocean. Speech is therefore an end-product of a long assembly chain....... Credits: Yellow Tunes(Youtube Channel) Royalty free music - Indian Flute background Music - Flute Instrumental Music for Meditation & yoga

There are five states of matter – solid, water, air, fire, and space. Some wrongly understand space as nothing. In fact, space is everything..... Credits: Amazing Grace by Jason Shaw on AudionautiX Music by audionautix.com Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License