Tantra, Yoga, & Meditation

I was in a city. One man came; he was a Moha mmedan, but I didn’t know, I was not aware. And he was dressed so that he looked like a Hindu. He not only looked like a Hindu, but he talked as if he was of the Hindu type. He was not a Mohammedan type.      He asked me one question. He sai…

The external world can be likened to an infinite horizontal circle. Our development of mind, or perhaps the awakening of the mind, can be likened to various lines at right angles to the horizontal circle all aiming at the centre. The circle represents the realm of time-space and the …

If we plant a seed and the fruit is poisonous and bitter, what does it prove? It proves that the seed must have been poisonous and bitter. But it is difficult, of course, to foretell whether a particular seed will give bitter fruit or not. You may look it over carefully, press it or …

WHAT IS LOVE?       To feel it is easy, to define love is difficult indeed. If you ask a fish what the sea is like, the fish will say, ”This is the sea. The sea is all around. And that’s that.” But if you insist – ”Please define the sea” – then the problem becomes very difficult indeed.  …

Man has evolved much during the last few thousand years. He has evolved from a nomadic being, concerned only with obtaining the necessities of basic existence and controlled completely by the vicissitudes of nature, to his present condition where nature is beginning to be the servant…

IF WE ARE ALL ACTORS IN A PLAY THAT IS ALREADY WRITTEN, HOW CAN MEDITATION TRANSFORM US WITHOUT THE PLAY ITSELF CONTAINING A CHAPTER FOR OUR TRANSFORMATION AT A SPECIFIC TIME? AND IF SUCH A CHAPTER IS THERE ALREADY WAITING TO UNFOLD AT ITS DUE TIME, WHY MEDITATE? WHY MAKE ANY EFFORT …

Tantra is a vast metaphysical system, unrelated to any religion, which originated in India and Tibet many centuries ago. This very scientific, comprehensive system gives the human being a gateway into the structure of reality and a practical understanding of the basic laws of the u…

Gurdjieff used second method. This second method comes from the Sufi tradition, from Islam. They worked on it very deeply. Remember ”I am” – whatsoever you are doing. You are drinking water, you are eating your food – remember, ”I am.” Go on eating and go on remembering, ”I am, I am.…

Shankara says that the whole world is an illusion, he says the whole world is a dreaming – remember this. But we are stupid people. If Shankara says, ”This is a dream,” then we say, ”What is the need to do anything? If this is just a dream, then there is no need to eat. Why go on eat…

For when the stopping of the dreaming happens there is a path, particularly in Zen, which is known as the path of sudden enlightenment. There are techniques in these one hundred and twelve methods, there are many techniques which can give you sudden awakening. But it can be too much,…