[Quick links] [Pause] Akka Mahadevi is on the final phase of her journey. She wants to makethe impossible possible. Though without a body consciousness, shedoes have a body and that body has its own limitations.

Romance 04. I swear, you can’t trick me!

Apr 2nd, 2024

[Quick links] [Pause] In the previous episode, we saw how a young girl namely Mahadevidared to take on the entire world. She did not care how the worldlypeople look at her. She discarded all identities, even the

Romance 03. He haunts me in my dreams, the curly haired one!

Mar 26th, 2024

[Quick links] Before we get into this dreaming business, let us start this episodewith a startling incident. It was an assembly of great saints, all of whom had experienced Godin their own way. There we

Romance 02. All is fair in love and war!

Mar 19th, 2024

[Quick links] We were discussing the story of one of most revered mediaeval saints of India, namely Goda. Goda is in love with God! And she has nohesitation to admit it openly. So, she sings expressing her love

Romance 01. Romancing the divine!

Mar 12th, 2024

[Quick links] [Pause] Probably a Christian or a Muslim may even shudder to think of such athing. Romance with God?! Maybe it sounds blasphemous. But not inIndia among Hindus. There, it is perfectly alright to ha

Thought 41. Yoga is like the reverse of creation

Feb 27th, 2024

[Quick links] [Pause] Many modern Yoga teachers define Yoga as union. Union withwhat? Many definitions have been given. But the fact remains thatmost of us mean body exercises, when we say Yoga. It is aboutmanip

¿De verdad quieres saber sobre Yoga? Sólo entra (Book talk by guest speaker in Spanish)

Feb 25th, 2024

[Quick links] [Pause] Con el tipo de popularidad que ha alcanzado el Yoga estos días,estoy segura de que habrás probado alguna "forma" de Yoga.Probablemente también te haya beneficiado. Pero si quieres saber más

Thought 40. Is your mental EPROM corrupted?

Feb 20th, 2024

[Quick links] [Pause] Just like our modern-day computers, our minds too have EPROMSwith pre-stored instructions that enables us to boot strap, and go onwith our lives. These instructions are essential for living.

Thought 39. What happens in the final stage of Samadhi?

Feb 13th, 2024

[Quick links] [Pause] One goes through a long process of Yoga, following its 8 steps.And finally, he or she attains the state of Samadhi. Is that the endof the journey? What exactly happens at that final stage, inanticipatio

New Book: Amazing Upanishads

Feb 4th, 2024

[Quick links] [Pause] Upanishads always fascinated me. For those people who are notfamiliar, Upanishads are the philosophic parts of the ancient IndianVedas. And Vedas are probably, the oldest available scriptur

Thought 38. The mind as Patanjali sees it

Jan 30th, 2024

[Quick links] [Pause] Patanjali’s Yoga is centered around mind. But throughout thediscussion about Yoga, Patanjali rarely describes this mind nor howit functions. The reason is that Patanjali assumes the model of

Thought 37. The mind as Buddha saw it

Jan 23rd, 2024

[Quick links] [Pause] It is amazing how ancient Indians were preoccupied with comingup with various theories about the mind. These theories were notaimed at understanding the mind, the way our modern neuroscience

Thought 36. What is mind - did you ever mind?

Jan 16th, 2024

[Quick links] [Pause] Whether mind is just the brain or is it something mysterious,has always been a point of debate. The more we understand our brain,more we will be closer to understanding the mind, as well as

Thought 35. Is there a mind beyond the brain?

Jan 9th, 2024

[Quick links] [Pause] In the previous episode we stopped at ‘stages of samadhi with awareness’ and showed how all the steps of Yoga till that point can be completely explained in terms of neuroscience. That means, all that can

Thought 34. What happens when you meditate?

Jan 2nd, 2024

[Quick links] [Pause] Contrary to common perception, Yoga has more to do with Meditation than physical exercises. There are lot of misconception about these real aspects of Yoga. Lack of knowledge and willful distortion by many

Thought 33. Some interesting aspects of meditation

Dec 26th, 2023

[Quick links] [Pause] In the past episodes we saw how yoga helps in minimizing the thought-wars that generally give rise to stress. But mere stress reduction is not the ultimate goal of Yoga.In the previous episode we also saw

Thought 32. The Yogic way of fooling the thoughts!

Dec 19th, 2023

[Quick links] [Pause] In the past episodes we saw how yoga helps in minimizing stress. Lesser stress means better health. Most people turn to Yoga with that goal. But Yoga is not really about stress reduction, though that is o

Thought 31. The most important step of Yoga.

Dec 12th, 2023

[Quick links] [Pause] Unless you are a novice who is just introduced to Yoga, you probably have noticed that the effectiveness of Yoga practice gradually tapers off over a period of time. It is no longer as effective as it once

Thought 30. Neuroscience of Asana or body postures (Thought soup series)

Oct 31st, 2023

[Quick links] [Pause] For most of us asana or body posture is purely a physical thing – stretching, contracting and balancing the body in a specific way. So, you must be wondering what has neuroscience got to do with it! But

Thought 29. Neuroscience of Pranayama - the most mystic concept of Yoga (Thought soup series)

Oct 24th, 2023

[Quick links] [Pause] In this episode, we will briefly discuss the neuroscience behind many techniques that result in a sharply focused mind – or ‘Ekaagra Citta as Patanjali calls it. Along with the well-known Pranayama of Pat

#Thought 28.# Neuroscience behind the #Yogic step #Pratyahara (Thought soup series)

Oct 17th, 2023

[Quick links] [Pause] In this episode, we will briefly discuss the neuroscience behind a very important step of Patanjali Yoga namely Pratyahara. This is an in between stage of ‘mundane’ and ‘spiritual’ steps of Yoga.

Thought 27. She declares that she IS God! (Thought soup series)

Oct 10th, 2023

[Quick links] [Pause] The topic of this episode is a strange case where a young girl declares herself to be God. It may sound crazy or height of arrogance, and even blasphemous, in some of the majority religions

Thought 26. The Man with thousand heads! (Thought soup series)

Oct 3rd, 2023

[Quick links] [Pause] In this episode, we will take up one of the well-known‘creation hymns’ of the ancient Indian Vedas. But we will belooking at this hymn from a slightly different point of view.

Thought 25: Were ancient Indians aware of BIG BANG theory?

Sep 26th, 2023

[Quick links] [Pause] Big bang theory is the most widely accepted scientific theory abouthow our universe emerged 13.7 billion years ago. Though there is notmuch of empirical evidence about this theory yet, excep

Thought 24: Is Kundalini meditation a myth?

Sep 19th, 2023

[Quick links] [Pause] Almost all the meditation practices that are propagated today arebased on the idea of Kundalini and associated Chakras.The concept of Kundalini is so popular that one has to think twicebef