Journey to the self: Journey to the Self – realize your Self
Journey to the Self – realize your Self
If you are seeking the most ancient wisdom about mind, body, and Self you have arrived at the right place.
Mission: Our mission is to make the most ancient wisdom of Vedas & Self-realized masters accessible for everyone.
Purpose: Self-realization, the ultimate human purpose.
Vision: Our vision is to build a global community where anyone can learn the most ancient teachings and practices straight from the source.
Mind: Here you can learn how to solve your problems related to mind, heal emotional traumas, and learn the most ancient meditation.
Body: Here you can learn how to solve your problems related to body, heal chronic dis-eases, and live a holistic way of living (Ayurveda).
Self: Here you can learn the path to Self-realization as explained in Vedas and practiced by Self-realized masters.
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Who are we?
We are a non-profit organization dedicated to help humans realize their true-Self. We study and practice the teachings of Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Gita, and Self-realized masters.
How can this platform help you?
If you see through your eyes, hear through your ears, and eat through your mouth then you are one of us and this journey is for you as much as for us.
The Story Behind
A heart attack set me on a path to seek the truth about physical health: I learned about Ayurveda.
A heartbreak launched me on a path to seek the truth about mental health: I learned about Meditation.
The combined benefits of Ayurveda and Meditation propelled me on a path to seek the truth about spiritual health: I learned about Self- realization.
I love helping others who are seeking the truth.
Understanding the Relationship between Mind, Body, and Self
आत्मानँ रथितं विद्धि शरीरँ रथमेव तु ।
बुद्धिं तु सारथिं विद्धि मनः प्रग्रहमेव च।
— १.३.३ ॥ Katha Upanishad
This photo helps us understand the relationship between mind, body, and Self.
The five horses represent the five senses, each having their own vast field (full of sense objects) to graze.
The reins attached to the horses represent the mind.
The charioteer represents the intellect.
The chariot represents the body.
The passenger in the back represents the self.
The self goes everywhere where the mind goes and experiences everything that the mind experiences; either pleasure or pain.
The Problem:
Ideally, the charioteer should control the reins and thus the horses but for most people the reins and the horses are not controlled by the charioteer.
The Solution:
To have the charioteer take control of the reins, and steer the horses in the right direction.
“Controlling the reins”
All our modern problems (health, work, family, relationships etc.) might seem to arise from different places but they’re actually all stemming from our minds with their root residing in desires. A severe heartbreak made me think that my emotional suffering was triggered by outside sources but actually it was experienced within me and therefore, the cure must be within me as well. To find the cure I turned to an ancient scripture called Bhagavad Gita and the first thing I learned was all of these sufferings are created and experienced by the mind – and I am not my mind. It’s the mind that experiences the pain, I suffer because I am with the mind. Therefore, an obvious solution was to learn how to separate myself from the mind.
The most ancient scripture that teaches how to separate oneself from the mind is called Vedas (Sanskrit for knowledge).
The Vedas offer step-by-step knowledge and practices that every human can learn to cure the problems from the root and live a happy and peaceful life.
A great sage named Maharshi Patanjali provided the world an eight limb Yoga system also known as Yoga sutras for one to follow and attain Self-realization. In this ancient philosophy of Yoga each limb is dedicated to help one prepare for the next step in the journey to the Self. Now millions of people worldwide are practicing asanas (postures), the third limb in the Yoga system and some know Yoga to be limited to the asanas practice. Whereas the definition of Yoga says, it is the controlling the fluctuations of the consciousness. Another definition from Bhagavad Gita says Yoga is the equanimity of the mind.
Here you will learn what, why, and how of each limb of this ancient Yoga philosophy which will help you go beyond the asanas, control the mind, and realize your Self.
These techniques will also help you manage and cure emotional and mental health problems such as anxiety, depression, insomnia, anger, lust, greed, insecurity, fear.
And we would love to share that with you.
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“Fixing the chariot”
The passenger cannot go anywhere in a broken chariot (i.e.: the body)
I fixed my chariot with the help of Ayurveda (Sanskrit for science of life).
Ayurveda
In Sanskrit Ayush “Life” Vid “Wisdom”
Ayurveda is the most ancient medical system. This ancient Vedic tradition was practiced by great Indian seers, they offered wealth of knowledge to stay healthy and live a meaningful life.
The philosophy of Ayurveda:
The universe is composed of Five Elements (space, air, fire, water, and earth) called Panchbhootas and constitute Three Doshas (bio-energetic forces Vata, Pita, and Kapa) which determines our physical constitution and governs our overall health.
The Three psychic forces called Trigunas (Satva, Rajas, and Tamas) determine our mental and spiritual health.
Ayurveda teaches us how to balance five elements, three doshas, and three gunas to live a healthy, happy, and serene life.
My family and I trusted 5th generation Ayurvedic vaidyas (Sanskrit for a doctor) from India with repairing my heart and saving my mother from dying of schizophrenia.
Now we’re both off of our medications and living a healthy life.
These vaidyas have gone through a rigorous five-year degree program that integrates Ayurveda with allopathy (western medicine) to make sure they understand and can speak clearly and accessibly to everyone in order to cure and heal them.
I would love to connect you with the right Vaidya to help with your chariot.
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“Controlling the chariot and the charioteer”
Why do we all read books and listen to podcasts on Self Help, Self Love, Self Improvement, Self awareness – basically everything with Self as a prefix?
The answer is peace and happiness.
The horses (senses) are looking for peace and happiness in the five element world outside and thus keep the reins (mind) pulled towards the five fields full of sense-objects. The truth is that the Self already has the happiness and peace within – which just needs to be realized, as explained in the ancient scriptures.
Self:
The purpose of human life is to be free from all sufferings.
The cycle of birth and death is the root cause of all sufferings.
This cycle can only be broken through Self-realization.
The most ancient source of knowledge that teaches us how to get Self-realized is Veda.
This knowledge is for everyone regardless of race, country, origin, religious and spiritual beliefs.
Note:
This Self is not to be confused with the self which is essentially the ego/sense of I, me, mine called Ahankar in Sanskrit.
The Self is beyond name, form, gender, or any properties and thus can not be experienced by any of the 14 senses including mind and intellect.
Senses, mind, intellect are all lower forms of the Self, when all of them are gone what remains is the true Self.
Realize Your Self
Everyone with a human body can practice and attain Self-realization.
— Maharshi Mehi
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About – Journey to the Self
Santmat
The teachings of these enlightened saints are collectively referred to as Santmat (Saints’ agreement) where there is no discrimination between humans based on race, caste, faith, origin, religion, country etc.
Santmat teaches every human is equal no matter he/she/they is Hindu, Muslim, Christian, Sikh, Parasi etc. Human religion is one religion. The creator did not create Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, or Christian- the creator created a human. The same human followed different different religions based on the family, society, and country they were born and raised in.
All human beings are same and equal. We are the children of the same creator. And Santmat teaches the path to unite with the creator.
Maharshi Mehi (Guru Maharaj)
Maharshi Mehi (Mehi means subtle) was born on April 28,1885 in a small town in Bihar, India with seven dreadlocks, every time his mother tried to undo the locks it would go back to its natural state – one of the early signs of Mehi being a born sage.
From a young age he spent a lot of time in solitude studying ancient Indian scriptures and learning different languages including English, Urdu, Persian. At the age of 19 when asked to quote and explain the poem ‘Builders’ for his high school English paper, while explaining the lines below he got overwhelmed with such a strong surge of emotion of renunciation that he stood up and asked the teacher “ May I go out, Sir?” And that was his final adieu to formal education…
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Pandit Balmiki Sharma
Pandit Balmiki Sharma grew up in Bihar, India studying ancient Vedic science about the mind, meditation, and Self from Self-realized saints and scriptures such as Vedas, Upanishads, Bhagavad Geeta, Dhammapada, Guru Granth Sahib, Bible.
He has a Ph.D. in Indian classical music and a Masters in Hindi literature with a focus on religious studies. Buddha wasn’t born enlightened or self-realized, neither were Jesus, Yogananda, and Maharshi Mehi – they all had to learn from someone how or why to sit erect and cross-legged; the first step of Dhyana yoga (meditation). That “someone” had to learn the same things from someone and the first someone learnt that from Vedas, the source…
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Mayank Bhardwaj
I am a health professional, family man, yogi and truth seeker. I have been sharing my learnings with health professionals like medical doctors, dentists, chiropractors, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, nurses and many other professionals. I have been called a Doctor of doctors. During my early teens, I woke up in the middle of the night with full awareness. I stepped out in the balcony and I looked up to the sky which was filled with stars and a mild breeze around me.
It was so pleasant out that it made me close my yes and sit on the floor.
I experienced astral projection which was so profound and scary at the time so I opened my eyes very quickly. Upon opening my eyes I was shocked and confused after astral projection because the sun was up and I had no clue how the time had passed so fast…
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Prabhakar Prasad
Prabhakar Prasad grew up in a small town in Bihar, India and moved to the USA in 2011.
He has two college degrees; a bachelors in Computer science engineering and a masters in business administration. He considers himself fortunate to have careers as a software engineer, model, project manager, sales director, and an actor.
Following a heart attack and a heart break he decided to leave everything to find the answers to his mental and physical health problems. He turned to 5,151 years old scripture called Bhagavad Gita and found the answer – The root of all our problems is the mind and you are neither the body nor the mind.
You suffer because you are with the mind.
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“The journey begins from where you are.”
— MAHARSHI MEHI
Journey to yourself
In September 2018, a new book by E.S. Radhanatha Swami Maharaja Journey to Self
In this sequel to the world bestseller Journey Home, the author shares intimate stories from his many years of experience as a spiritual teacher.
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(amateur recording, one of the readers of this site Margarita Alekseyonok reads the book, you can thank her and support her with comments below).
- Prologue
- Part 1. The most important questions
- Dorothy
- Who am I?
- So who am I
- Mind
- Lesson of the monkey coconut
- Who is God
- The idea of God
- Brahman, the all-pervading radiance
- Paramatma, God in our heart
- Bhagavan, or the full manifestation of God
- One God in different traditions
- Shakti of the female form of God
- Wisdom of a dog
- Achievement of Dhruva
- The path of yoga
- Yoga principles
- What is bhakti
- Definition of bhakti
- History of bhakti in India
- Path of love
- Psychology of bhakti
- Humble heart
- Find hope.
tree of life - Make friends with thorns. Mother of orphans
- Selfless love
- Beauty in tragedy
- Love conquers the beloved
- Part 2 Spiritual life in the material world
- How to distinguish reality from illusion
- How to distinguish dream from reality
- What is the purpose of this world 900 11
- The paradox of pleasure
- See the world with a spiritual eye
- Bhakti as dharma
- Seeing the world with compassion – the highest manifestation of dharma
- A simple form of ahimsa
- Compassion and our food
- Our food and dharma
- Food as a blessing
- The influence of prasadam on our consciousness
- Ahimsa is impossible without compassion for the environment
- Karuna active intelligent purposeful compassion action
- Small steps of generosity
- A humble attempt to show karuna. ecovillage Govardhan
- Awakening of divine love
- Pilgrimage to the depths of oneself
- Inevitable difficulties in communicating with friends. .
- How to maintain health in a spiritual community
- The essence of spiritual relationships
- Never backbite for your own good
- Be patient and wise
- Spiritual values in the family
- Sequoia secrets
- How to Chant the Holy Names
- How to Chant the Holy Names with the Heart
- Method Four, Hearing the Holy Scriptures
- Importance of Hearing the Spiritual Master
- Method five
- Deity idols or God Himself
- Mindset when worshiping the Deity
- How to set up an altar
- Where rivers meet
- Additional methods
- Method of remembering God
- Ancient story about the prince
- Modern story about businessmen
- Prayer or communication with God
- Selfless deeds to live in spiritual harmony
- The legend of Hanuman
- The highest form of spiritual friendship
- Complete surrender to God
- Live a spiritual life. obstacles on the way
- Barriers to faith
- When misfortunes happen to good people
- Overcoming fear
- Faith is greater than superstition
- Karma
- Karma’s internal action
- Misconceptions about karma
- To see the good will behind the laws of nature
- Karma and bhakti yoga
- Journey of Varsha
- Spiritual life in the material world
- The time has come
- Tree lessons
- Departure of two great souls
- Death and liberation
- Living with the awareness of death and immortality
- What happens at the time of death
- Remember important things
- We were not born like this by chance
- Evolution of consciousness
- Wheel of life
- How we are spurred on by invisible forces
- The value of the mode of Goodness. Time
- Unity through love
- Who should I love and how?
- Limiters in our mind
- Divine love does not fit into the material framework
- Finding mercy
- The king and the poor
- Returning to the gift
- The incomparable gift
- Finding higher love
- Conclusion
- Acknowledgments
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.9 0010 Method three. Chanting the Holy Names
obstacles on the way900 10 The soul remains unaffected
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S. Radhanatha Swami about Journey to Yourself:
“I hope this book will become your bridge to the universal teaching of bhakti, which people have been following for thousands of years and continue to follow to this day. To help you understand the essence of this teaching, I have included in the book the unfading wisdom that I have drawn from many teachers and saints, from sacred texts, as well as stories and stories from my own life.
In Journey to Yourself, I invite you on an adventure that will help you rise above confessional spirituality, as well as the routine, monotony, and hustle and bustle of everyday life. I urge you to follow the call from the depths of your heart, discover the beauty of your own soul and see the miracles that happen to you every moment of your life.
H.S. Bhakti Vigyan Goswami on Journey to Yourself:
“H.S. opinions, he simply shares his findings, his experience, his happiness, but at the same time he clearly and clearly describes the path we are following.
The book “Journey to Yourself” is entirely devoted to the practice of bhakti yoga and talks about the life of Srila Radhanath Swami already as a spiritual teacher, one of the leaders of ISKCON. I’m sure it will help a lot of people, especially those whose hearts have been touched by Journey Home.
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This book is a journey into the labyrinth of time, a dive into the depths of family traditions and a tender story about a tiny corner of the earth that holds more than a whole country.
In the fall of 2019, after years of traveling the world, Nicolas Joliveau stays at home and devotes a whole year to exploring his family garden, which is over 200 years old. Returning to 1821, to the most distant family memories, the author plunges into fascinating family traditions.
Carefully and subtly, like a true artist, the author captures his favorite garden and its treasures, opens up the world of flora and fauna, beautiful in its variability, inspires to admire the variety of forms and colors of nature. A small miracle worth giving to yourself and your loved ones.
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This book is a journey through the labyrinth of time, immersing in the depths of family traditions and tenderly imbued with a story about a tiny corner of the earth that holds more than a whole country.
In the fall of 2019, after years of traveling the world, Nicolas Joliveau stays at home and devotes a whole year to exploring his family garden, which is over 200 years old.
Returning to 1821, to the most distant family memories, the author plunges into fascinating family traditions.
Carefully and subtly, like a true artist, the author captures his favorite garden and its treasures, opens the world of flora and fauna, beautiful in its variability, inspires to admire the variety of forms and colors of nature. A small miracle worth giving to yourself and your loved ones.
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