Attaining Yoga or Union:

Attaining Yoga or Union:
Yoga or "Union" is attained by first training, balancing, and purifying each of the aspects of our being individually, and then systematically receding attention inward through those levels, expanding so as to experience the state of Union, Yoga, Samadhi, or Turiya.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

AUDIO (41 min): Theism, Atheism, Nondualism, Contemplation, and Shaktipat

THEISM, ATHEISM, NONDUALISM, CONTEMPLATION, AND SHAKTIPAT
Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati

AUDIO RECORDING (PODCAST)
(41:33 minutes)
http://www.swamij.com/podcast/080223-swami-j-cnd-conf.mp3

YOUTUBE VERSION:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7QqMmKa1go

Presentation by Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati at the annual conference of the Center for Non-Dualism in Fort Walton Beach, Florida on February 23, 2008. The talk blends three topics: 1) Theism, Atheism, and Non-Dualism; 2) How do I contemplate? What are "great" contemplations? 3) What is shaktipat? How does it work?

See also:
Center for Nondualism:
http://www.centerfornondualism.org

Theism, Atheism, Yoga, and Fear:
http://www.swamij.com/theism-atheism-yoga-fear.htm

Is Yoga a Religion?
http://www.swamij.com/religion.htm

Mysticism, Yoga, and Religion:
http://www.swamij.com/mysticism-yoga-religion.htm