Acharya Vandana's  Weekly Inspirations

Seeking happiness and peace in relationships, experiences, and possessions can provide temporary fulfillment, but as these circumstances change, so can our happiness and peace. Then we are on the search again for that person, place, or thing that will make us happy. The truth is that our unhappiness is not due to a change in relationship or circumstance. The fundamental problem is that we are seeking INNER peace, happiness, and worth outside ourselves. As long as we look outside ourselves for that which can only be truly fulfilled from within, we will continue this cycle of needing more and more to feel fulfilled. 

Kriya Yoga offers a number of practices to help us learn to turn within where the true Source of inner happiness and fulfillment resides. Superconscious meditation and other spiritual practices prepare us for the direct experience of our radiant, eternal Self and its infallible inner wisdom, eternal peace, and everlasting joy. Living in the Self can allow us to relax into the flow of life, experience more inner joy, and access inner wisdom to navigate through life challenges. Living in the Self, we can thrive in the contentment and fullness of the divine remembrance that we are already soul whole. 

Blue Lotus Kriya Yoga Meditation Center welcomes sincere seekers from all backgrounds. Beginning and experienced meditators from all traditions are welcome at all gatherings. 

From the teachings of Kriya Yoga, we know there is one Source that enlivens the universe. This Source is whole and complete, limitless and eternal. As emanations of this Source, our true soul nature is also whole, complete, limitless, and eternal. Our essential Self, our soul, is not limited by the changing body or mind. Nor is it compromised by challenging or difficult circumstances in our daily lives. Instead, our soul nature is the ever-present peace, unconditional joy, enduring wisdom, and complete wholeness that abides in the Source.

When we quiet the mind through our daily meditation practice, the light of our unchanging, eternal soul reveals inner insight, intuition, and inspiration to help us wisely navigate through our daily life challenges. We realize that we are not merely a reflection of the light. Our essential Self is the light of Supreme Consciousness Itself. Today and always, let’s allow our soul lights to shine as we live in the power, presence, and purpose of the divine beings that we are. 

Blue Lotus Kriya Yoga Meditation Center welcomes sincere seekers from all backgrounds. Beginning and experienced meditators from all traditions are welcome at all gatherings. 

​Live Your Soul Qualities

The teachings of Kriya Yoga reveal that we are more than these changing bodies or the mind stories of power or powerlessness. We are even more than our roles, relationships, and circumstances. Our minds/bodies serve as the vehicles for our spiritual realization. Our life circumstances serve as the grand arena in which our spiritual awakening and soul qualities can be realized.

Unlike the changing mind/body, soul qualities such as eternal peace, unconditional love, unwavering integrity and courage, and unapologetic bliss are unchanging qualities of our essential wholeness.  As we choose to allow soul qualities to overflow from within us, we open our lives into the radiant power, presence, wisdom, and joy of the Source of wholeness. Our lives become inspirations and expressions of the peace, love, integrity, courage, bliss, wisdom, and power we desire. Take a moment and reflect on the soul qualities that are revealing themselves to you right now. Choose to let them guide you into the spiritually empowered life you deserve today.  

Blue Lotus Kriya Yoga Meditation Center welcomes sincere seekers from all backgrounds. Beginning and experienced meditators from all traditions are welcome at all gatherings. 

​This week, we continue our study of the wisdom in Yogacharya O'Brian's book Living for the Sake of the Soul, as we explore Part 2: "Supreme Consciousness Is Our True Nature". As individual expressions of Wholeness, these yogic teachings reveal that our true nature is also whole. This means that our eternally true, never-changing Self remains unaffected, unafraid, and uncompromised by challenging life circumstances. 

Does this mean that the true Self remains whole even when we feel broken? Yes. Is the true Self whole even in the face of life stories that tell us that we are unworthy or insufficient? Yes. Are we still whole even as the body ages and declines? Yes, even then. How can that be? The true Self remains whole because we are not our feelings, our stories, or our bodies. We are the eternal presence that enlivens our mind/bodies and life experiences. And that presence is always whole.

If this teaching inspires you, then join us as we dive into Yogacharya's inspirational teachings on our True Nature in the coming months. If this teaching confuses you, then join us as we dive into Yogacharya's inspirational teachings on our essential Wholeness. Seekers from all backgrounds and levels of awareness are welcome! 

Blue Lotus Kriya Yoga Meditation Center welcomes sincere seekers from all backgrounds. Beginning and experienced meditators from all traditions are welcome at all gatherings.