What do you believe? Do you think that you have free will and self-determine your actions? Or are you a puppet to the inevitable flow of Fate? Is this life one of many so that you inherit the Karma of previous lives? If there is an underlying Reality, does it make any difference what you believe anyway?
The posts below have content which addresses the issues of Destiny, Karma and different concepts on the subject, even within different Yogic traditions and paths. By exploring deeper into our own experience we have the chance to arrive at our own conclusions, even if that conclusion is to acknowledge the mystery that we may find at the heart of our exploration.
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Predestination, Karma, and Sweet Songs.
The sixth in the archive series of 2003 from the Satyananda Tapovanam Ashram in Bangalore, India. Conversation and discourse from Swami Nishchalananda. These sessions are edited to get the essence of Swamiji’s replies to questions, or…
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Do we need to make effort on a spiritual path?
The fifth in the archive series of 2003 from the Satyananda Tapovanam Ashram in Bangalore, India. Conversation and Discourse from Swami Nishchalananda. The informality of these sessions is what makes them so delightful. Sometimes Swamiji has…
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You Are What You Are
The sessions from Satyananda Tapovanam in January 2003 continue with this session from the 5th January. Question driven, it shows Swamiji in an uncompromising mood regarding the essential nature of being beyond the personality and mind.…
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Will and Free Will
If I identify one hundred percent with this body and mind, then I’m a puppet in the storm. Swami Nishchalananda From the point of view of Individuality, we feel that we have free will. We feel…
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A question and answer session from 2004 in India
An informal gathering at a friend’s flat in early 2004 leads to some great questions. This is the full session, from which shorter extracts (‘Will and Free Will’, ‘Concentration and Focus’) have been taken – you’ll…
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In one of the wonderful collection of books by Carlos Castaneda, Don Juan, the Yaqui Indian shaman says: ‘The worst that could happen to us is that we have to die and since that is already…
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