Question: When I sit and meditate my mind is flooded by unorganized thoughts. Can you give me some guidance for a more fruitful practice? Answer: This is fruitful practice. Thoughts are the activity of the mind just as waves are the activity of the oce …

Question: Over time, my sadhana, (spiritual practice) can become mechanical or start feeling heavy or serious. How do we remain inspired and light? Answer: You should go and wash some dishes! Yes, this happens; it does not matter what we do, the mind g …

Question: What is detachment and how do we love with detachment? Answer: Detachment means detachment from suffering and the causes of suffering. This is one of the great teachings in yoga. Long before Lord Buddha, the yogis taught about samsara, about …

Question: Would you be able to provide us with something similar to the Ten Commandments in terms of maintaining or deepening our sattvic practice when we return to our settings? Answer: Swami Vishnudevananda summarized the whole thing very beautifully …

  Question: If experienced reality is just an illusion, is western science then futile, or pointless?   Answer: An illusion can be a useful illusion. We need to understand this. An illusion is not an unreal thing. An illusion is simply an app …