Listen to this awareness exercise with a short reading at the end by Shantananda Saraswati. Listen and practice stillness at the beginning and the end of your day to experience more rest . It is an exercise to develop greater awareness and dep
Surely you are perfectly happy as you are? This talk examines whether you are perfectly happy as you are - what is it that you really need to know - who am I in truth - do we know who we really are? - the creation of the false 'I' - the effects
Everybody has it. How to access it. This talk examines what is inspiration? - is all of mankind naturally creative and thus is everybody an artist? - the useful arts and the fine arts - what is the highest art? - how much of the art is due to
There is no future in the past. This talk examines the commonly held views about grief - what is grief - understanding life and death - the two erroneous causes of grief - how grief can be eased in ourselves and others - the four ways to be fr
The unexamined life is not worth living. This talk examines why we should have the spirit of enquiry.- The falsity in our lives- How does real enquiry begin?- 4 ways to awaken the spirit of enquiry in ourselves- What hinders the spirit of
Only when you awake will you realise that you have been asleep to lifeThis talk examines if we are awake right now- Is there a need to wake up?- When do we go asleep?- What is it like to live in this state of sleep?- How are we going to w
Are you strong enough to be compassionate? This talk examines the real nature of love - how compassion arises - the difference between true compassion and false compassion - the price we pay for not being compassionate - compassion is not pity
Without patience there can be no peace. This talk examines how to gauge our spiritual strength - the petty irritations that plague our daily life - what is true patience and what is not true patience - the effects of impatience on our being - t
Truth does not challenge your freedom: it is your freedom. This talk examines what true freedom is - what truth is it that sets you free - why all seek freedom - why so few succeed in being really free - what is it that traps the mind - how doe
Are we living naturally in relation to our universal nature?- The master key to natural living is discipline- Understanding true discipline and its attractiveness- Factors that inhibit living a disciplined life- Life with little or no disc
Lead, follow or get out of the way. This talk examines external leadership and self-leadership - Plato and leadership - the five types of leader - the five types of individual - how we develop the true leader in ourselves - what is true followi
Those with reason are free from error. This talk examines what is Man in truth - the two great aids to his living a true and full life - what is reason - why should we be reasonable? - what is not reason - what causes us to be unreasonable - ho
What is true success? This talk examines what real success is.- The pursuit of success under ignorance- Success under ignorance and its 6 effects- The 6 factors which guarantee failure in life- Success and mastery of body, mind & heart -
Where were you when your life was happening? This talk examines where we live normally- the dominance of past and future in our lives- the joy of the present moment- what causes us to leave the present moment- the experience of life lived
This creation causes no stress. This talk examines the real nature of this creation and our false experience of it - why we do not experience people and events as they really are - the false uses of mind and heart which causes us stress - pract
How to achieve what I really want. This talk examines the mistake of every generation in achieving what it wants - the aim of human life - the three factor necessary to fulfil our ambitions - how the decisions we make determine our life - the d
Is there anybody out there who could meet my particular requirements? This talk examines what is true love.- How to measure how much we love someone- What it is that we love in the person- What the mark of unconditional love is- What effec
The marriage of two minds. This talk examines what is communication and its importance - the two purposes of communication - the various means of communication - false communication - the factors for true communication - impediments to communic
Have you discovered the true purpose of your life? This talk examines how everything has a purpose. - What is the real purpose of Man? - The universal and individual aspects of our purpose - Purpose under ignorance and its effect on our liv
What treasures lie in your heart? This talk examines the emotional centre of the human being.- The purpose of the heart- The state of one's heart- What causes the heart to operate falsely- How we can know whether desire or love is fueling