You may be more perceptive to what others are thinking, but if there is even a small iota of thought of causing harm or injury to others, then you are not moving on the spiritual path. Not possible.

When the mind becomes peaceful, when there is wellness of mind, the recovery of the body is also accelerated.

Yoga is the middle path. Krishna says it beautifully in the Gita, to Arjuna, ‘This Yoga is not for him who eats too much or eats too little, sleeps too much or sleeps too little’.

Love is the essence of all religions for it is religion that teaches us ethics, concern and compassion.

In the Bhagavad Gita, Krishna tells Arjuna that the mind can be a friend, but the same mind can also be an enemy. Cultivate the friendly side of your mind. Don’t give too much attention to the enemy.

The only permanent ananda available to us is that which is real, as opposed to that which is here today and gone tomorrow. 24 Oct Good and evil, famous and notorious, darkness and light, positive and negative, are all in the Supreme Being and yet in its essential essence, the Supreme is not affected by the opposites.

The concept of time is because of change. What is change? Movement. You can’t even think of time if there is no movement, there is no growth, there is no change. All change is movement.

The mind has to be made free of distracting and opposing thoughts; thoughts which take away attention from the main process we are involved in. This is the practice of Yoga.

Kaivalya is from the root word kevala which means ‘only’, so when the mind is absolutely free of all dross, when there is no tension whatsoever, in that state of mind there is only One, that quiet mind no longer can be called the mind, it is Purusha.

In Vedanta, the ultimate state is called moksha, in Sankhya and Yoga the ultimate state is called Kaivalya and, in the Buddhist teachings it is called Nirvana.

The ultimate essence of Yoga is that the mind is allowed to settle down and absorb itself in the essence of one’s being.

If we can free ourselves of the distractions through various means, then one day the mind which becomes quiet and tranquil realises that there is an inner being which is purna, complete, full of joy. And all who understand this, see only completeness in others. 17 Oct Samadhi is a state of exalted being where the mind is without fear, where the mind is completely quiet and tranquil with no distractions whatsoever. And that mind understands what Samadhi is all about.