Om Agnim īḷe purohitamyajñasya devam ṛtvijamhotāraṃ ratnadhātamam The first verse of the RigVeda is the ultimate recipe for self-recognition—for enlightenment. Basically by meditating and reciting it you follow the following steps: Invoke the Agni - the Will Power wanting to know its own source Invoking to become the interface where the divine can manifest itself … Continue reading The first verse of the Rig Veda: the invocation of Agni, directly leads to enlightenment.
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The Great Kundalini Lie
All crazy stories on Kundalini Awakening, very popular in the New Age. All lies and fantasies. Here's why that is! In modern global spirituality, kundalini has come to occupy a position of near-mythic centrality. Workshops promise awakening of dormant serpent energy; books describe dramatic ascents through chakras; practitioners seek explosive experiences at the base of … Continue reading The Great Kundalini Lie
Faulure of Ayurvedic Medicine and Vedic Astrology?
This story needs to be shared with my medical friends because it shows a bit that we are not sure about how Ayurvedic medicine and Vedic astrology work… First listen to the essential info: https://youtube.com/shorts/cePGLipUGPs?si=__dAkoQhVVX1HbVb So the specialists suggested a patient with migraine go for a whole list of lab assessments, which made no sense … Continue reading Faulure of Ayurvedic Medicine and Vedic Astrology?
The Real World and the Imaginary
On Honesty in our lives: The Domestic and the Primal Exploring the Tension Between Social Evolution and Hidden Inclinations There is a curious friction in the modern cultural landscape. On one hand, we have successfully dismantled many of the rigid "traditional" cages that once confined women to specific roles. On the other hand, in our … Continue reading The Real World and the Imaginary
Gurdjeff, Grace and Gratitude and Awe
The 3 higher emotions and man’s spiritual ascent Integrating the "GodEvent" triad—Grace, Gratitude, and Awe—into Gurdjieff’s Law of Three offers a fascinating perspective on spiritual mechanics. In the Gurdjieffian system, no phenomenon can occur without the intersection of three "Holy Forces": Active (Affirming), Passive (Denying), and Neutralizing (Reconciling). Based on our previous work, here is … Continue reading Gurdjeff, Grace and Gratitude and Awe
Toward Awakening: on Gurdjieff’s Work
On the Meaning, Direction, and Inner Demand of Jean Vaysse’s Book 1. Why This Book Exists Toward Awakening is not a book written to inform, inspire, or console. It is written to disturb a certain sleep. Jean Vaysse does not address the reader as a student, a believer, or even a seeker in the usual … Continue reading Toward Awakening: on Gurdjieff’s Work
The Essence of Yoga and the Flaws of Kundalini
1. When Living Traditions Lose Their Vitality Every authentic spiritual tradition begins as a direct response to a human problem: confusion, suffering, inner fragmentation, and the inability to see reality clearly. Over time, however, traditions tend to drift away from this original urgency. Practices become formalized, teachings become symbolic, and insight is replaced by interpretation. … Continue reading The Essence of Yoga and the Flaws of Kundalini
Kabir: The Renegade Master Who Refused to Play the Religious Game
Kabir is one of those figures who stubbornly refuses to fit. Every tradition that later tried to claim him ended up being quietly dismantled by him instead. Hindus call him a bhakta, Muslims a Sufi, yogis a sant, philosophers a mystic. Kabir himself would likely have laughed at all of them. Labels were precisely what … Continue reading Kabir: The Renegade Master Who Refused to Play the Religious Game
The Essence of Somatic Yoga
The core of the 'new American invention' somatic yoga lies in interoception, the lived experience of the body from within. Something essential of all yoga, but redefined again due to so much confusion in the field of yoga. Yoga practice is grounded in first-person sensation rather than external form, visual imitation, or predefined outcomes. Movements … Continue reading The Essence of Somatic Yoga
Structural Yoga and Somatic Yoga
Two Epistemologies of the Body 1. Yoga as a Way of Knowing Yoga has never been merely a system of exercises. At its core, it is a discipline of perception. Every genuine yoga tradition implies a particular answer to a fundamental question: how do we know the body? Is the body something that must be … Continue reading Structural Yoga and Somatic Yoga
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