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Heartfulness Discussions by Srikanth K

“I was regretting the past And fearing the future. Suddenly my Lord was speaking: “My name is I Am.” He paused. I waited. He continued...“I was regretting the past And fearing the future. Suddenly my Lord was speaking: “My name is I Am.” He paused. I waited. He continued, When you live in the past With its mistakes and regrets, It is hard. I am not there, My name is not I WAS”. When you live in the future With its problems...

How is the word 'Master' in the heartfulness prayer to be understood if the precant has a more atheistic orientation?Srikanth Katakam's answer: From your question I would like address three words 1.Atheist 2.Prayer 3. Meaning of the word Master in heartfulness prayer Atheist: It appears to be a perennial debate between belief and non-belief. But for the one who believes what would they really believe in, w...

Trying to meditate is pure agony for me. Is there any reason to put myself through that for no results?Srikanth Katakam's answer: First I must congratulate you for getting the thought of meditating. Second to begin anything and practice must start with agony. then you will find the right means to improve upon. Michael Jordan did not become an expert basket ball player on his first year of practice...

What is it like to meditate regularly?Srikanth Katakam's answer: Good question!! I read all the answers given on this question. I must admit all of them covered each aspect and very good answers. Let me give another perspective to this idea of meditating regularly. Swamy Vivekananda said Arise, Awake rest not till the goal is achiev...

Control vs. Regulation of Mind > Buddhi - is the discriminative faculty which classifies these impressions and reacts to them. Ahamkar - is the ego-sense which claims these impressions for its own and stores them up as individual knowledge. Do we have control over our minds? And If "we" do have control over our minds, what p...

Pranayama‘You see, most people think that pranayama is only a set of breathing exercises. ‘That’s why the word “prana” is usually associated with the breath. But pranayama has a deeper meaning. The word is composed of two roots: prana and aayaama. We already discussed the traditional meaning of prana, whi...

I believe in God. How can I open my mind to study Theories of Evolution?Srikanth Katakam's answer: I am a practitioner and a trainer of heartfulness meditation. One lady who just started practice of Heartfulness meditation once asked me if I believe in GOD. I asked her do you believe in GOD? She said “Yes”, I said “Yes”. Then I said we both asked the same question an...

When have humans become self-aware/self-conscious of the future?Srikanth Katakam's answer: What is self aware or conscious of oneself? Observation or assessment of the current situation. But this assessment is always based on the past situations. Then the next natural thing to follow is to determine the future action. But if you discern carefully, even my fut...

What is the rule or idea of silence in spiritual practice?Srikanth Katakam's answer: What is silence? Absence of sound … what is sound? A vibration. Can we say absence of vibration is silence? At the time of big bang two things came in to existence, time and movement. In other words vibration came into existence. You see the whole manifestation, this u...

Can an atheist be spiritual?Srikanth Katakam's answer: The question I would ask is Who is spiritual and What is spirituality. In my understanding everyone is spiritual. Spiritual or spirituality really means connecting to the inner essence which is guiding me from inside and supporting my life. Here there is no concept of b...

What is the number one obstacle to enlightenment?Srikanth Katakam's answer: Good Question and the obvious answer you will encounter is we ourselves are the obstacle. But that does not explain much. To put my thoughts in to right perspective I would attempt to answer the following questions. What is enlightenment? How and why I become an obstac...

Question: How do you justify belief system is it personal or imposed? . Is belief a bhakti(devotion) or faith or trust or acceptance or emotion? I would say belief is neither emotion nor feeling. Neither bhakti(devotion) nor faith. Neither trust nor acceptance. The dictionary meaning of Belief is, “the persuaded truth”. But the concept of belief goes much deeper t...

Meditation Leads To Discernment Meditation is the lates t t rend to deal with stress, sleep or any issues with focus or concentration. Most people are aware of what meditation is and what it means. However, based on twenty years of practice, I would like to share a few thoughts on an approach to meditation. While meditation ...

Witnessing vs. Observation Simple act of WITNESSING is magical as against the concept of observing. While we witness, THINKING is not involv ed. Secondly, INTELLECT is sidelined and Thirdly – The most important thing that transpires: EGO has NO role to play when one witnessing. -Daaji(Heartfulness Global Trainer) Let...

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