Shiva Sutras today is the last installment of the Shiva Sutras. And then we'll move on to something else. I haven't figured out what. Brahma Sutras. maybe, rajayana, buddhist techniques, mayomudras… don't know, I will need a couple of days of incubation to think what's next. And you can alsoContinue Reading
Hello, my friends, I decided that I would finish off the Shiva Sutras before we move on to the Brahma Sutras since we've come on this long journey so far, we might as well complete it. So todays Shiva Sutra naisargikaḥ prāṇasambandhaḥ naisargikaḥ prāṇasambandhaḥ this connection with breathing in andContinue Reading
Hello, my friends today is my last installment of the Shiva Sutras as commented upon by Lakshmanjoo and my slightly updated modern interpretation. And I have come to the end of this series, if you want, I can start a new series on the Brahma Sutras as explained by AdiContinue Reading
Shiva Sutras tadārūḍhapramitestatkṣayājjīvasaṅkṣayaḥ Direct translation from Lakshmanjoo. All desires vanish in that fortunate person whose consciousness is established in his or her her own real nature. For him, the state of being a limited individual has ended. OK. So this is the direct translation and the real nature is ofContinue Reading
Shiva Sutras. Shiva Sutras. tripadādyanuprāṇanam tripadādyanuprāṇanam OK, direct translation from Lakshmanjoo emerging from the state of turya insert the absolute bliss of that state into the waking, dreaming and deep sleep states. And they will become one with the state of turya and there will be joy in every experience.Continue Reading
Shiva Sutras karaṇa śaktiḥ svato'nubhavāt karaṇa śaktiḥ svato'nubhavāt Let's say this translates into the power of creation. The power of creation resides in you. And then I'll read a little bit from Alex Man. And then we'll expand on that. It is the experience of each and every individual beingContinue Reading
Shiva Sutras continued, tatpravṛttāvapyanirāsaḥ saṁvettṛbhāvāt I'm gonna skip the Lakshmanjoo commentary and translation right now. It's a bit difficult and arcane. So let's go with a contemporary interpretation which still holds true to the ancient wisdom. So this Shiva Sutra is saying that awareness remains as awareness throughout the cyclesContinue Reading
Shiva Sutras sthitilayau sthitilayau I'll read the translation by Lakshmanjoo and then I'll share my own, my own interpretation letters. So this universe is the expansion of the Yogi's energy in objective impressions and in the dissolution of those impressions. So sthitilayau sthiti is also considered the void state orContinue Reading
foreign back again talking to luminaries influencers in the realm of everything to do with human potential and today my very special guest is Rick doblin PhD he's the founder and president of the multi-disciplinary association for psychedelic studies frequently referred to as maps maps he received his Doctorate inContinue Reading
Shiva Sutras Śarīravṛttirvratam Śarīravṛttirvratam For the Yogi established in pure consciousness, the physical body is not material. It's a fluctuation of the Yogi's own awareness. The fluctuation of the Yogi's own awareness, that's the way at least the way I understand this particular Sutra sutra. Let's look at this ideaContinue Reading
Shiva Sutras continued Śivatulyo jāyate Śivatulyo jāyate This is the direct translation: to the extent that you know Shiva of pure consciousness, or divine undifferentiated consciousness, to the extent that you know Shiva, you become Shiva. To the extent that you know the divine, you become the divine. That's theContinue Reading