I have observed that fewer and fewer people have gaNapati in their home for more than 2 days. In my childhood 5-7-10 days was very common and 1.5 days was kind of frowned upon (not really frowned but it was a “curious novelty”). Today everyone I meet has gaNapati for 1.5 days.
Is it new people who started this tradition doing this in their home or what!
Theobroma is one of the great case studies on how to sink a brand.
I’ve seen the entire spectrum.
Began as a die-hard customer.
Now avoid it like the plague.
Mumbadevi is the Queen, protector and sovereign of Mumbai.
A gentleman once told me: if you make your living in this city, pay your respects to Mata first. Otherwise, everything you earn here, stays here.
Devi keeps this city safe against all odds!
If you stay in Mumbai, make sure to keep visiting the Queen every once in a while.
Substack, free courses, X... everything will continue.
At times, some slowness is good.
For example, slowing down in the verdant places along India's west coast.
Most people desire to enjoy the world, but for lack of inner strength and a one-pointed mind, they are not able to do so. One has to acquire the knowledge of how to control the mind and its modifications through practice. Practice and commitment to a discipline come first. When the student starts practicing, he experiences something which is supramental, and such extraordinary experiences lead him to the deeper dimensions of life. One should establish himself firmly on his meditation seat and make the body steady and still on that seat, regularly-every day at the same time.
Steady posture, though a preliminary practice, is very important, for it helps the student in attaining the meditative state. Gradually one should increase the practice time, so he can remain still for a longer period. After one accomplishes this, then he will find that the breath is distracting the mind. Then one learns to breathe harmoniously. Soon one will think in a calm and serene way. In this way one can go beyond body, senses, and mind. One can go beyond the reservoir of the impressions and samskaras stored in the unconscious mind, and finally attain the center of conscious-ness. This is an inner journey which one can accomplish without movement. Here on this path, one has to be steady, to be regular, to be punctual, and gradually to work with the body, breath, and the conscious and unconscious mind. Then one can go beyond intellect to the center of consciousness.
This is called the path from the gross self to the subtlest Self.
The moment one completely devotes himself with one-pointedness, he is at the center of consciousness. The student becomes one with the center of consciousness, as a drop of water or a river meets and becomes one with the ocean. Slowly the individual self, which is like a ripple in the vast ocean of bliss, becomes one and the same with the ocean. So the Yoga-sutras of Patañjali teach the student how to attain samadhi in this lifetime if he steadily practices and works to control the mind.
HAPPY YOGA DAY 🧎🏼♀️➡️🧎🏻♀️
Yogaśh chitta vrtti nirodhaḥ
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reality responds better to action than to manifestation fantasies.
magical thinking doesn't work. rational thinking does.
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