At the Feet of The Mother

Essays on Yoga

Rama and the Soul of India 1: The Purpose of Divine Advent

Aug 4, 2020

The epics reveal to us the road that man must take in his evolutionary journey. It is conjured in that one word, dharma which has fascinated the Indian mind since the Aryan forefathers moved through the mountains and plains and rivers flowing through the subcontinent we know today as India.

Conscious Evolution

Aug 4, 2020

TEXT IN ENGLISH

... each species must follow its own law of evolution. While evolution in animals is largely an unconscious process driven by instincts, the law of man is to choose and grow conscious.

Helping the Country and the World at Large

Aug 2, 2020

... whatever be the place we occupy or the work given to us, let us do it with the spirit of service and dedication to the Divine, with the trust that all will be well and with a prayer for the good of all mankind. That things will change for the better is inevitable. It is embedded in the logic of creation.

The Symbolic Meaning of the Story of Nara and Narayana

Aug 2, 2020

TEXT

It is said that when the two join then there will be a new Satyuga upon earth, which is clearly a symbol of man uniting with God which will usher in an age of everlasting Truth and Harmony and Beauty and Delight.

Vibrations of Their Presence

Jul 30, 2020

An essay (TEXT)

... wherever one may, even far far away on the other side of the earth one can come in active contact with the Mother since Her Presence is everywhere.

On Saintliness and Pursuit of Moksha and Mukti

Jul 28, 2020

AN ESSAY BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)

It appears that most Indians still regard saintliness and other-worldliness as the real signs of spiritual man. Even men of action revere the anchorite and the renunciate even though they hardly emulate him.

The Giant Leap

Jul 27, 2020

AN ESSAY BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)

The faith and intuition embedded within man is bound to take over our current paradigms leading to the emergence of a new and higher species or sub-species out of man, less burdened with animality and beginning to show the torch of divinity hidden within his cloak of a dense, obscure body.

Is there a benefit in meditating whole day?

Jul 26, 2020

AN ESSAY BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)

Meditating whole day is neither advisable nor possible. Meditation is primarily a mental process, and at best and if truly done with persistence it may take us towards an impersonal peace.

Widening Our Consciousness

Jul 23, 2020

AN ESSAY BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)

There are different ways of widening our consciousness, which can be categorized as physical, psychological, spiritual.