In this next part of Swami Radha’s talks on The Spiritual Aspirant, she emphasizes the importance of clarifying one’s goals. Do your goals reflect bringing quality and awareness into your life? She encourages us to investigate our attachments thoroughly. Climbing the mountain of higher awareness may require you to shed some unnecessary baggage- “You can look at the various things [in your life] and say, I can give this away, I don’t need this, I can simplify my life.”
“We’re searching always for new ways, without realizing we have it all in our own backyard, we just have to make the effort.” Swami Radha
In this video, Swami Radha elaborates on two useful tools for the spiritual aspirant: daily reflection to increase awareness and using symbols to help focus the mind. These tools help reduce the mind’s tendency to categorize, opening us to awe and wonder.
Light is the theme for this month’s offering. We offer a poem by Swami Radha hoping it inspires your own creative musings. (more…)
In a talk from 1984, Swami Radha shows us how our ideals can lead to a life of unity and quality. (more…)
The 38th annual Yoga Development Course (YDC) is in its 7th week of the 3-month process. Each student has unique reasons for taking this step in their lives and is receiving unique answers to their questions. We present interviews with two of the students – James Ward and Rhea Miller.
