Bhima is the second son of Pandu and Kunti, younger only to Yudhisthira. The word ‘Bhima’ means the sentiment of fear. There are two types of fear. The first, instinctive or positive fear arises from a direct sensory impression of danger. This can be channelized by a student to sharpen his/her attention and make it […]

Yudhisthira is the eldest Pandava prince. Yudhisthira comes from the words, Yuddham Sthairyam, meaning ‘the one who is steady in war’. The body-brain system is our only instrument to rise to higher levels of consciousness (realise our divine nature). We feel we have one mind but actually have five minds within us. It is as […]

Kunti, wife of Pandu, is the mother to five Pandava prince, of whom she has given birth to the three elder Pandavas. Kunti was the daughter of Surasen, father of Vasudev and grand-father of Sri Krishna. Kunti’s name at birth was Pritha, meaning Earth. Surasen had promised to give his first child to his cousin, […]

Our effort as students of spirituality is to merge with the inner master Sri Krishna. He is the epitome of consciousness and his life is rich with symbolic episodes that hide the deepest mysteries of life. Let’s understand a few aspects of his life and unravel for ourselves the truth behind them.  Devaki’s cousin, Kamsa […]

The story of the warrior Karna appears full of sorrow and misfortune. On the path of spirituality, we are concerned with identifying the Karna within our psychic nature; observing and studying this multifaceted character so that our consciousness is slowly freed from his bondage. The life of Karna is rich with events and incidents making […]

The aim of our spiritual quest is to awaken our soul from the deep spell of hypnosis of life. The soul is bound by many cords but the thickest among these is that which is formed by our habits. Habits are of many kinds – intellectual, emotional, and of the body. The patterns of behaviour […]

The river of life has two streams. The visible, apparent to the five senses, constituting causes understandable by our normal thinking, and the invisible, having causes that are hidden to our senses and thinking. Thus, every event occurring in our lives has visible as well as hidden causes. Hidden laws work behind the apparent surface […]

Kurukshetra means the field of doing. The doer within us is our ego. Bhishma and Arjuna are two very important warriors in the Mahabharata; Bhishma symbolising the ego within us, and Arjuna depicting the disciple within us working to dissolve the ego. The ninth day of the Mahabharata war is characterised by Bhishma devastating the […]

Duhshasana, Duryodhana’s younger brother, worships the ground Duryodhana walks upon. Duhshasana was the instrument of Duryodhana’s evil intentions, whether trying to poison and drown Bhima, or attempting to kill the Pandava clan in the palace of lac, or the disrobing (vastraharan) of Draupadi. He was the doer to Duryodhana’s desires, and as a consequence, is […]

We use our epic texts as the cornerstones of our faith and values. They are stories that provide engaging richness of characterization and plot progression. Beyond this, they are treatises on religion, morality and philosophy, which form the bedrock of civilized society. We must examine and experience the Mahabharata in both these lights concurrently in […]

Scriptures say we have been born upon this planet earth to play a certain role; to act a part. Instead, we take this part to be ourselves. The symptom of this is that we react to every event in life, and this very reaction hypnotizes us to the event. Sadly, we are in this semi-sleep […]

We have two ways of thinking – sensual and psychological. Similarly, we can say we have two bodies; the physical, which we see with our five senses, and the psychological, which we see with our mind. The object of all spiritual ‘sadhana’ is to awaken to our own psychological body and to become a witness […]

The Mahabharata is perhaps the oldest epic tale. It tells the story of a great family war. There are two ways of looking at it – the first is that of an event which took place many thousands of years ago, and the other of something happening every moment in our lives. My teacher always […]

Date: 25th – 29th Dec, 2021 11 am – 1 pm IST and 4.15 – 5.45 pm IST https://youtube.com/c/RajenVakil English This is a special camp event by Shri Rajen Vakil where he will take us through some of the basic concepts and their significance in our lives. The event will be conducted on Zoom and […]

Date: 09 Dec, 2021 Time: 12.30 – 1.15 pm IST Gokul Buddha Hall, Gokul Ashram, Madhavpur https://youtu.be/Zl8KPn7Mcso Gujarati This is a Gujarati lecture series where Shri Rajen Vakil reads Shri S N Tavaria’s commentaries on the Yogasutras, translates them into Gujarati and explains their deeper meaning. This event happens in-person in Madhavpur Ashram (free for […]

Date: 07 Dec, 2021 Time: 4.30 – 6.30 pm IST Gokul Buddha Hall, Gokul Ashram, Madhavpur https://youtu.be/8F5vvrpRLEI English This is a weekly English lectures series where Shri Rajen Vakil explains the deeper meaning of Patanjali’s Yogasutras. It is done on Zoom and livestreamed on Youtube, and is open for all to attend

Date: 06 Dec, 2021 Time: 12.30 – 1.15 pm IST Gokul Buddha Hall, Gokul Ashram, Madhavpur https://youtu.be/arriLgV-5rc Gujarati This is a Gujarati lecture series where Shri Rajen Vakil reads Shri S N Tavaria’s commentaries on the Yogasutras, translates them into Gujarati and explains their deeper meaning. This event happens in-person in Madhavpur Ashram (free for […]

Date: 04 Dec, 2021 Time: 12.30 – 1.15 pm IST Gokul Buddha Hall, Gokul Ashram, Madhavpur

Date: 02 Dec, 2021 Time: 12.30 – 1.15 pm IST Gokul Buddha Hall, Gokul Ashram, Madhavpur https://youtu.be/HT3A41k0_vI Gujarati This is a Gujarati lecture series where Shri Rajen Vakil reads Shri S N Tavaria’s commentaries on the Yogasutras, translates them into Gujarati and explains their deeper meaning. This event happens in-person in Madhavpur Ashram (free for […]

Date: 29 Nov, 2021 Time: 12.30 – 1.15 pm IST Gokul Buddha Hall, Gokul Ashram, Madhavpur https://youtu.be/sZwJyraKX8U Gujarati This is a Gujarati lecture series where Shri Rajen Vakil reads Shri S N Tavaria’s commentaries on the Yogasutras, translates them into Gujarati and explains their deeper meaning. This event happens in-person in Madhavpur Ashram (free for […]

We’ll continue the topic of the chakras next week. Today, let us focus on some fundamentals. We live in a perpetual state of non-acceptance, without ever realizing it. However, to progress on the path, there are some basic acceptances that we must absorb into our being. Let us study them. The first basic acceptance is: […]

Once we come to the Anahata, we are at the central point in our chakra system. The heart is the centre of things. There is an expression – ‘get to the heart of the matter’. This is where matter and spirit meet, the lower meets the higher, without meets within. Once centered at the Anahata, […]

Let us continue exploring the significance of the Manipura chakra.

The Manipura chakra is described as a shining ten-petaled lotus.The petals are dark blue or black, like the color of dark rain clouds.

Last week, we delved into the opening of the higher aspects of the Svadhisthana Chakra through the sex act. We will return to this topic sometime in the future. This week,

In the second article in the Svadhisthana Chakra series, we noted that the Svadhisthana chakra controls the sex act. Over the past few weeks, I’ve briefly touched upon some aspects of this. Let us now explore it in detail.

Let us delve deeper into the symbolic representation of the Svadhisthana Chakra.

Let us continue exploring the deeper meaning behind the symbolic representation of the Svadhisthana Chakra.

Let us delve into the world of dreams this week before we go back to speaking about the chakras.

Let us deviate from the current series on the chakras to focus on the vagus nerve this week.

In the last article, we touched upon the Chandrabhedan Pranayam as an exercise to balance the influence of the Svadhisthana chakra. It also alkalizes the body and keeps it healthy.

As we have seen, the first chakra Muladhara depicts that we are rooted in life. But life is universal, it has no individuality. In the second chakra, Svadhisthana, the individual self-expresses itself.

In the last article, we touched briefly upon kundalini Shakti. Some cosmological background is required here for a deeper understanding.

Let us continue studying the Muladhara Chakra.

We have seen that every element or tattva manifests the form, color and action of its particular vibration. The yellow square within the chakra represents its vibration of the earth element.

The visual representation of the Muladhara chakra is a lotus with four red petals.

Color: The primary color of Muladhara is red. This is the color connected with our primal needs, such as sleep, eating, drinking, survival and later, sex. Red is the color of raw energy.

Muladhara, the first chakra, is called the root and basis of existence.

Mula means root and adhara, the basis. I must say that I’ve taken some latitude in interpreting the meaning of the word Mula as root.

Last week, we examined how the chakras are minor brains that have multiple connections running through our body-brain system.

Let us study the chakras. Many writers have talked of more than seven chakras, including my teacher, Mr. Tavaria. However, for our present study and understanding, we will assume there are seven chakras.

Some years ago, I had the opportunity to visit the London Museum and see the statue of the ancient god Mithra slaying the bull. Let us study the significance of this artifact.

Let us study the image of Bala Krishna or the baby Krishna sucking his toe. This symbol of the newly born cosmic child evokes intense emotions and never ceases to amaze me, filled as it is with deep esoteric meaning. In the Shrimad Bhagvad, the scene of the baby Krishna sucking his toe appears twice.

For students of spirituality, any moment not spent working to rise in consciousness is a moment lost. We fall back into the sleep of identification drifting into the sleep of life.

Each process of life, every act, whether it is physical or mental, requires energy. Therefore, as students of spirituality, we must understand the right use of energy.

Today, I would like to share something that may seem absolutely farfetched. But instead of stating it directly, I will flashback to a conversation I had with Mr. Tavaria many years ago.

What do we mean when we use the word ‘mind’?

We live under the illusion that we have only one mind, which consists of our thoughts (intellect).

Today, let us study the four states of human consciousness and their relationship to different kinds or levels of attention. This is not a simple exercise, but it is an important one, given how many things—large and small—pull at our attention right now, causing us distraction and stress.

Daydreaming can be defined as a kind of mind wandering, indulging in make-believe fantasies that usually just glorify ourselves.  Many studies have been conducted on daydreaming, and the results have been quite similar. According to one study, nearly 47% of people spend a considerable amount of time daydreaming.

I met Mr. Tavaria in 1988. For the past thirty-two years, I have been studying his writings to further my understanding of what he is telling us.

Let us examine correlations between Mr. Tavaria’s writings and Gurdjieff literature.

Today is the seventh day of the brighter half of the month of Vaisakha. This is the day the River Ganga descended to earth from the heavens.

Buddha Purnima is the night of the full moon, when Gautama Siddhartha attained enlightenment. He became the Buddha then and began to preach his sermons, which included details of the four noble truths. This is the beautiful story of his enlightenment.

Lord Shiva is worshipped in two ways: as a form (in a statue), and as the formless (in a linga). Thus, the Shivalinga is the mark of the formless Shiva. Linga means the mark, the smallest mark of Shiva, beyond which is the formless.

Navratri is a celebration of Nine Nights, during which people observe fast and worship Nine forms of Goddess Durga. She is an incarnation of Goddess Parvati, who destroyed Mahishasura. Psychic Energy is putting our intention & intuition into creating something meaningful. It helps us to transform into deeper & profound manner by turning our lives and energies drastically.

What is your Perception of Life? We only tend to perceive what we want to and cannot understand the opposite perception- it’s like Perception being hypnotized. We are always stuck with one side of life and cannot see the other half.

The meaning of life is ‘Events of Life’ and everyone has different events of life- Painful, Happiness, Sadness. Life is a kaleidoscope of events and it is a continuous movement of events – A flux of events within us.

Prayer is a medium to connect with the higher level. The communication from lower level to a higher level is conducted with something which goes beyond language. This something is called Prayer. Let us together try to connect to the higher sources with the wisdomous Rajen Vakil.

Omkar- Its Definition, Meaning and Use in Daily Life.Om Satyam Param Dhi Mahi – I Mediate upon the Supreme Truth.Learn more about the difference between Divine Fragments and Divine Wholeness- Parmathma and Atma in this video.

Even one life is a short duration to understand the word ‘Ram’ and its Omkar Meaning. Understand Cosmology – Unmanifest Wholeness | Parmathma | Satyam. Om Satyam Param Dhi Mahi – I Mediate upon the Supreme Truth

Each moment of life we are trying to relate to something or someone. The role of love and attention in a relationship is a something we need to understand. So, with Rajen Vakil let us dig down further and try to untangle the complexities of relationships.

Understand the concept of Cause and Effects with Rajen Vakil. Learn more about Rajas, Tamas and Satva Forces.

Relationships are quintessential for us to live a meaningful life. The greatest relationship is between the Guru and his Disciple. There are certain factors that decide the fortune of every relationship. Let us go in deep and try to understand the significance of relationship in any human being’s life by the Spiritual Guru, Rajen Vakil.

We all have psychic ability and if you can master this ability, your inner psychic field will open. It’s all about cleansing and clearing your energy so that you become a finely tuned channel to receive your inner psychic information.

There is a huge difference between knowing a language and having a thought. Most of the times, people get concerned about the language without knowing what the thought is. Here’s an interactive session by Rajen Vakil to give clarity on the formation of language and the factors leading to it.

Psychic Energy is putting our intention & intuition into creating something meaningful. It helps us to transform into deeper & profound manner by turning our lives and energies drastically.

The Law of Octaves There are two fundamental laws of life through which the truth expresses itself. The first Law is – The Law of Three Forces: The Three forces in our life are – Active Force called as Rajas, Passive Force called as Tamas and Neutralizing Force called as Satwa. The second is the […]

In order to understand the total science of the human psyche and consciousness in link with each character of the Mahabharat that is living in our own psyche, we need to find out, how to identify which character you relate with and the hidden meaning of the psyche. The Science of Self Observation For better […]

The Conscious Journey from Life to After Life There are three things to understand about death. These three things define death in the Human world. Understanding the energy of Birth and the energy of Death. Practices leading to a conscious death Science of Life and After Life Talk on Parenting : ‘Uttam Bal Ucher’ – […]

We learn the right technique of praying with the totality of mind. We have seen that the mind means 4 centers (Thinking, Feeling, Moving and Sensing). We learn to pray with all 4 centers, using them simultaneously.

The word Mantra means to transcend the mind (“Manantrayate”). Before talking about mantra, lets understand the difference between Word (Shabda) and Sound (Dwani). The Word is eternal, it was never born or it never dies (Anahat). It lies in 51 coils wrapped around our backbone (or Shushumna Nadi). These are packets of energies called Matrukas, […]

Making children learn and understand some of the important lessons of life is the toughest task ever. But, in this video Rajen Vakil make them learn in the most fun and interactive way by using the unique method of pendulum. Do watch and make your little ones learn and grow.

There are six processes in life – Growth, Digestion, Elimination, Corruption, Healing and Regeneration. Each process teaches us something and help us to grow in some way or the other. Let us go in-depth and try to understand every process and its impact on our life.

The art of Parenting is not mastered by all. You learn it while you’re in it. Raising a child involves a lot of conscious decisions. Parenting is based on certain principles of Yoga. To get into the details and master the art of parenting, watch this video and learn.

Designed by Our Guru Mr. S. N. Tavaria, the exercises help you focus on breathing and aid you in attaining better control over your self and thoughts. Through exercises, we learn to breathe in rhythm, all 24 hrs. When we are breathing in rhythm, -ve states and reactions, such as anger, cannot hypnotize us easily. […]

In our self-study or swadhyay, we realize that the whole spiritual journey is about self remembering for longer and longer periods of time. A part of our self study would be to observe and be free of that part of our psychic nature which pulls us away from the state of self remembering. Self Love […]

Conscious Living as a way of Transformation of events and relating with people through right actions. Self Observation and Self Remembering as the practices leading to a higher state of Consciousness. Concept of Pause Our journey is from mechanical reactions to conscious response. This starts with what we will call as PAUSE. When we are […]

Unknowingly, there are laws that govern our actions, experiences and the turn of events. These laws are what form the basis of our everyday living. Law of Pendulum : Everything in life is a duality. Happiness exists because there is pain. Law of Three : Any manifestation in the universe is the simultaneous action of […]

Life is a series of events. The events and the cause of events lie in two different dimensions of existence. Events can be plainly seen by 5 senses. But the cause of events is not easily seen and needs to be inferred by the mind. Good Householder : The good householder is involved in life […]

Our thinking instrument or inner monkey is chattering all 24 hrs. This chatter is totally mechanical and unconscious. For this, we must understand the difference between what is thought and what is the energy which goes in to making of the Thought. We need to understand the Science of formation of thought. For any kind […]

What is Mind? The Mind is an apartment with 4 rooms: 4 centers: Thinking Mind, Feeling Mind, Sensing Mind and Moving Mind. People unconsciously have their center of gravity in one of these 4 minds. Psychic Nature and Functions Man’s psychic structure is composed of these 4 centers. These 4 functions only come with the […]

Man’s being is composed of three parts: The Real (Essence), The Acquired (Personality) and The Imaginary (False Personality). The journey of self-consciousness is to take the feeling of “I” back to The Real (Essence) before we were named. The Self Study (Swadhyay) means the study of Essence, Personality and False Personality.

There are four states of consciousness possible for man. These states define the overall world that we see, think and act upon. First State : Nindra or sleep – The state of physical rest. Second State : Swapna or the dream state (Psychological sleep) – The state in which a man lives and dies. Third […]

Humans possess three fundamental faculties: consciousness, attention, and will.

Throughout the centuries, from philosophers to yogis to scientists, everyone has tried to define consciousness. Yet, consciousness still remains one of the most esoteric and mystical aspects of our lives.

The theory we hear so often is that humans evolved from the apes. But we must still ask ourselves the question, Have we really evolved?

Though our physical forms have evolved, if we could look into our minds, we would that see we are still not very different from a monkey, chattering away twenty-four hours a day. We cannot really say we’ve evolved unless we learn to calm this inner chatter.

Since it was Mother’s Day recently, I thought I would scribble a few notes on the subject of Mother.

There is the physical mother and there is the eternal Mother. Before birth, the soul seeks both a mother and a father in order to enter the physical realm. The physical mother gives birth to the physical body. But before the physical body, there was a Mother, the eternal Mother, who was always there.