We live in a world of constant change and movement: thoughts, emotions and the sensory impressions of the ever changing world in which we live. So why do the Sages talk of Stillness and Silence so reverentially?
And what of ‘Spaciousness’? Swami Nishchalananda uses this word to describe the sense of space, inner and outer, which arises as we move closer to the Meditation state. As a practice, spaciousness can be used as a stepping stone to a greater Stillness which is behind the world of time.
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The Granthis, episode 4
The fourth and final episode in the series of talks and guided reflections, given by Swami Nishchalananda in 2002 in Paris, France, on the three Granthis, or ‘Knots’. They are a paradigm in classical Yoga; a…
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The Granthis, episode 3
Third in the series of talks and guided reflections, given by Swami Nishchalananda in 2002 in Paris, France, on the three Granthis, or ‘Knots’. They are a paradigm in classical Yoga; a way of understanding areas…
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The Granthis, episode 2
Second in the series of talks and guided reflections, given by Swami Nishchalananda in 2002 in Paris, France, on the three Granthis, or ‘Knots’. They are a paradigm in classical Yoga; a way of understanding areas…
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The Granthis, episode 1
A series of talks and guided reflections, given by Swami Nishchalananda in 2002 in France, on the three Granthis, or ‘Knots’. They are a paradigm in classical Yoga; a way of understanding areas which are a…
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Time and the Timeless
Swami Nishchalananda gives a short, emphatic, discourse on Time and the Timeless, Thought and Meditation. Where do we find the Timeless? Our mind is in Time. The whole Universe in in Time. Time is a projection…
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Firefly
A post by guest author, Narada. I’ve been invited to put this post on here by Swami Nishchalananda. It’s an honour to me, as I mostly consider he is the one who has something to say!…
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Short meditation on inner space
A short guided Meditation taken from the end of a satsang with Trainee Yoga Teachers. ‘You’re not denying thoughts… or anything… but you are identifying with inner space’.
Keep readingMeditation on the Heart Space
A guided meditation given on the ‘Song of the Heart’ course at Mandala Yoga Ashram, Wales.
Keep readingTwo Meditations
Two meditations from the recent course at Mandala Yoga Ashram, in October 2019. Who it is that feels, sees, thinks through the medium of this body? Can the mind be stilled by the breath, so we…
Keep readingSilence – a guided meditation
What is the basis for the underlying silence? Is it because your mind is quiet, or is it because the silence is there anyway and the fact that we are always so busy ….. we don’t…
Keep readingMandala Yoga Ashram Chakra course – evening questions and answers, 19th August.
Topics raised in this question and answer session include ‘The Inner Space’ in meditation practice. ‘Meditation has nothing to do with whether your eyes are open or closed’ The significance of Mouna (the practice of keeping…
Keep readingConscious Presence
Everyone and everything in the universe, known and unknown, is part of the network of Reality. We may love and hate, we may accept and not accept, but these attitudes are just expressions of our individual…
Keep readingWhat is important is the Unchanging
Narada: I have wonderful experiences through the practice of Yoga, but when they are over, they are only a memory. I’m sure they have contributed to my overall spiritual development, but is there more to the…
Keep readingThe Edge of Infinity
When I was eight years of age I had a dream, a very lucid and vivid dream, that repeated itself over a period of some weeks. I dreamed that in my search for Truth I traveled…
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