Wisdom of the Sages

If your path of self-improvement is making you hate, you're doing something wrong / don't focus on religious rituals and throw away God / we're gonna trip up on our spiritual path - pick yourself up and keep going / time is a snake, the world is full of ditches & the fire of lamentation is blazing / our material happiness is in a very precarious position / Raghu is thinking like Lord Shiva again / our materialistic life is nothing but hankering for the future and lamenting the past / Bhakti is living in the eternal present / knowledge of what lies beyond the senses descends - you don't climb up to it SB 4.7.28-30

a David Bowie birthday nugget for Kaustubha / aging brings either horror or wisdom / aging is working for our spiritual life, if we don't identify with body / the trauma of aging can make us humble / letting go of the facade / we are trying to be controllers of the material world- just be tolerant / the prison warden analogy / Raghu is thinking like Prabhupada again / it's not us - Krishna said all these things! / don't get stuck in Scranton SB 4.7.25-27

what do we mean by spiritual not religious? / ritualism, intolerance & dogmatism / Krishna didn't demand Arjuna's obedience, he asked for his deep deliberation / focused on differences vs focused on commonality / regulation is success vs regulation is the means / motive of salvation vs motive of transformation / spirituality as a state of mind, spirituality as a state of reality, spirituality as a path / spiritual manifestations in nature / does my spiritual experience lead to the stage of spiritual reality? / is my aversion to religion genuine or based on my aversion to regulating myself? / Spirituality transcends religion in Bhagavad-gita & Srimad Bhagavatam / only spirituality leads to complete satisfaction of the soul

How to explain Radha to a non-devotee? / From an ethical point of view, how do you decide what clothes and shoes to wear? / what does Krishna mean by the phrase "giving up all their activities unto Me"?

Marcus Aurelius zooms the hell out / cleaning out the spam folder of the mind / the Yoga system is meant to get the soul back on track / false ideas impressed within our minds are the cause of our losing touch with our true nature and seeking happiness externally / hitting the warning bumps in the material world / asking the "big why" in life / Daksha had the right lifestyle, but the wrong sentiments / niyamāgrahaḥ - following all the rules without knowing their purpose / the smile of Vishnu / yoga starts with controlling the tongue SB 4.7.17-24

sing your death song & die like a hero going home / what will it take in our life to die nobly? / burning is learning / no longer blaming the world for your shortcomings is the dawn of liberation / my gluetraps are my blessings / does my speech pass the hot mic test? / honor every being (they could be a deva in disguise) / the stumbling blocks are tests of our sincerity / Bhagavad-gita is anti cancel culture / this book is alive! SB 4.7.12-16

we all can be death doulas / Srimad Bhagavatam is one long death doula session / No Raghunath - you're not a death Doula / Who do I need to say "thank you", "I love you" and "I'm sorry" to today? / the brain is just hardware - consciousness is generated from the soul / Daksha's goat-headed remorse / Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam purifies the heart like autumnal rains upon pools of muddy water / God is perceived in the repentant heart / we've been battling the force of time & material energy - time to surrender and embrace God SB 4.7.7-11

if equal affection cannot be, let the more loving one be me / selflessness doesn't deny the need for adherence to dharmic principles / Sri Chaitanya's unconditional love / there will never be enough validation from others to make me feel whole / Xenotransplantation - is it possible to transplant a goat's head to a human? / is it possible that past civilizations were more advanced? / we've got to throw out our material attachments to receive the more valuable treasures SB 4.7.1-6

no blame, no reasoning no argument, just understanding / rewire & recalibrate the vehicle by hearing wisdom daily / we're doing time in the material world & hopefully learning lessons / tread with care with everyone you meet / taking offense is the first domino / the beauty of a tapasvi is forgiveness / we're all strapped a time bomb that's about to blow / you can't use the energy unless you know how to handle the energy / do all of my activities please God? / There is no real happiness without connecting to the roots / saranagati! SB 4.6.48-53

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