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RAMAKRISHNA ANANDA

Arriving at Your Destination — Part 5

What is the main goal of jnana yoga? How do we achieve it?

This series on Vivekananda’s jnana yoga teachings concludes by describing the main work of a wisdom yogi. The jnani gives up his/her old way of viewing the world and sees God in everything, realizing that all is Spirit. Enjoy yoga practices which help you release old ways of relating to the world.

Spiritual Development

The Infinite Mind

We are often unaware that the Infinite Mind is in and around us. We feel as if we are dying of thirst while sitting on the bank of the mightiest river; we feel we are dying of hunger while sitting near heaps of food.

Allow Spirit to fill your awareness. See Spirit everywhere. You can foster this awareness by chanting this, this, this meaning Spirit, Spirit, Spirit. To prepare your mind for this spiritual awakening, see the world as you normally do but realize that it is actually filled with the light of Spirit.

  • Realizing the seer, developing sympathy and reducing misery, prepares one for the main work of the wisdom yogi
  • Give up the world to which you have been clinging — it is a false world of your own imperfect creation
  • The jnana yogi releases old ways of viewing the world and sees Spirit in everything
  • Upanishads:  Whatever exists in this universe is to be covered with (an awareness of) the Lord.
  • Foster the awareness of Spirit by chanting this, this, this, meaning:  Spirit, Spirit, Spirit

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