#283 Q&A - Building a Meditation Habit - Your Key to a Spiritual Awakening
This is the Q&A portion of the preceding talk on Developing a Meditation Habit - Your Key to a Spiritual Awakening.Acharya das explores the nature of spiritual existence and consciousness, focusing on the concept that humans are spiritual beings inhabiting physical bodies. He discusses near-death experiences as evidence of consciousness existing beyond the physical brain, emphasizing that spiritual beings are persons (purusha) rather than just an impersonal energy. His answers cover how meditation can help discover one's true spiritual nature, he critiques modern materialistic culture and its impact on mental health, and addresses questions about parenting in a spiritually-oriented way. He strongly criticizes the concept of "manifesting" as promoting self-centeredness contrary to our spiritual nature, and emphasizes the importance of teaching children delayed gratification, responsibility, and how to question everything.
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#282 Building a Meditation Habit - Your Key to a Spiritual Awakening
Acharya das explores the concept of spiritual awakening through meditation, particularly focusing on the use of transcendental sound. He explains that spiritual awakening begins with recognizing that we are eternal spiritual beings temporarily occupying physical bodies, rather than identifying solely with our physical forms and minds. Because of this bodily misidentification, most people live in a state of spiritual "sleep," constantly seeking fulfillment and happiness through material experiences while neglecting the need for “spiritual nutrition”. This misidentification leads to emptiness and anxiety, as material pursuits can never fully satisfy our spiritual hunger. Acharya das introduces meditation as immersion in transcendental sound the most powerful method for spiritual awakening. Unlike material sound, spiritual sound or mantras contain a unique potency that can purify the heart and mind. The regular practice of meditation using spiritual sound can transform one's perspective, reduce anxiety, and lead to greater peace and happiness, regardless of whether one's goal is spiritual awakening or simply finding more peace in daily life.
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#281 Meditation for Inner Peace and Balance
In this talk at an event in Melbourne, Australia, Acharya das explores the concepts of peace, balance, and inner fulfillment in modern society. The Bhagavad Gita's asserts that happiness cannot exist without peace. Most people’s experience is not a life of peace. Consumerism, social media, and self-centeredness have contributed to widespread mental health issues and disconnection from our spiritual nature. Over the past century, people’s lives have shifted from a needs-based culture to a desires-based one, largely under the influence of devious advertising psychology and now by manipulative algorithms. The result is an absence of real peace and a lack of life balance. True peace and balance will come from understanding our identity as eternal spiritual beings, temporarily residing in physical bodies. This can be experienced through regular meditation practice using spiritual sound as a means to reconnect with our spiritual identity and achieve genuine inner peace.
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#280 Q&A - Finding Meaning and Purpose with Regular Meditation
This is the Q&A portion from the talk “Finding Meaning and Purpose with Regular Meditation” delivered in Geelong, Victoria, Australia.
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#279 Finding Meaning and Purpose with Regular Meditation
From a spiritual perspective, the main driver of purposelessness is the absence of spiritual identity. We are eternal spiritual beings temporarily residing in physical bodies, but most people mistakenly identify themselves as their body or mind and therefore with the desires of the body and mind. This misidentification, therefore, leads to seeking happiness through bodily experiences or mental experiences, and it explains why, in spite of our having pleasurable experiences, people ultimately feel empty and unfulfilled.A spiritual awakening changes one's perspective on self, others, and the world, and provides us with spiritual ‘nutrition’. The process for having such an awakening is through meditation upon transcendental sound, or mantra.
Become happier, more peaceful and fulfilled through Yoga Wisdom. Gain a new look at life through a more spiritual lens. Acharya Das has taught yoga wisdom to appreciative audiences for over 40 years. He has an uncommonly deep understanding of yoga philosophy and practices, conveying that message in a clear and simple way while encouraging everyone to develop a daily meditation practice.
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