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.
At the Feet of The Mother
Essays on Yoga
Essays and Letters by Dr Alok Pandey on Yoga
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.
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.
AN ESSAY BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
There are different ways of widening our consciousness, which can be categorized as physical, psychological, spiritual.
An essay by Dr Alok Pandey (TEXT)
... the seeking for physical immortality is not out of any personal desire but as part of the fulfillment of the grand design of the Divine for which the earth and body was made.
AN ESSAY BY ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
Nothing can be taught because knowledge does not exist outside but within us. What this means is that the Wisdom that has gone into the worlds is there within us as much as it is there within each atom of existence.
AN ESSAY BY ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
Our spiritual ascension does not need a companion, but since life has an inward and an outward movement, a companion at this stage can help through complementarity whereby one of the partner is more inward oriented while the other takes charge of the outward aspects.
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Conclusion of a nine-part series of reflections by Dr Alok Pandey
A NINE PART SERIES OF REFLECTIONS BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
A NINE PART SERIES OF REFLECTIONS BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
As if a whole range of humanity is at display, all shades and varieties of human possibilities are there in the Mahabharata.
A NINE PART SERIES OF REFLECTIONS BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
Pandavas, all five of them, represent a new humanity which is born amidst the old. They are portrayed as the champions in the cause of dharma.
A NINE PART SERIES OF REFLECTIONS BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
One of the purposes of the epic is to establish and impress upon the human mind the conception of an ideal humanity. It is this too that makes the epic endure through all the rub and flow of time.
A NINE PART SERIES OF REFLECTIONS BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
Arjuna comes next in the line of great characters in the Mahabharata. He is the hero on the battlefield of Kurukshetra and most importantly the recipient of the great teaching of the Gita directly from Sri Krishna.
A NINE PART SERIES OF REFLECTIONS BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
The Gita is His teaching of the various ways and means through which man can and must align to this Divine Will that is operating within us and within the world.
A NINE PART SERIES OF REFLECTIONS BY DR ALOK PANDEY (TEXT)
Each of the main characters in the Mahabharata represents one such archetype of humanity who stands either on the side of the intended progress or who resists the human advance by its obstinate refusals, denials or simply inaction, when destiny demands it to act aligned to the Time Spirit. We can take them one by one.
A nine part series of reflections by Dr Alok Pandey (TEXT)
Mahabharata can be seen and understood at many levels and each is valid and complements the others. Most outwardly it represents a crisis which humanity undergoes from time to time that have the potential to plunge it into abysses of destruction, setting the clock of human evolution backwards by a few centuries if not millenniums.
An essay by Dr Alok Pandey (TEXT)
He is with us through the change of seasons since His work is never finished. He is with us from birth to death, and He is with us when we depart to other domains. We rest in Him at the end of our life and return after receiving His nourishing touch.
An essay by Alok Pandey (TEXT)
Fall is never the permanent resting ground but a temporary moment to recuperate for the next level of effort. It is only through such successive efforts and attempts that eventual success comes.