Spiritual Pathways

These three things are much loved by the Universe, The Universe loves non-violence. If it was not so, many an asteroid and comets would crash into the Earth regularly, causing much destruction and the billions of bacteria that surround us all would infect us into pain and a quick exit. The Universe loves truth, never deviating once from its stated laws that hold the planets and galaxies together and brighten them with light of the stars The Universe loves contentment for content it is to let the planets and the stars exist in their existing path and motion, not altering it from time to time. If it were not so, there would be much instability, even destruction in the infinite worlds that stretch across space. Dear reader, were you to strive for non-violence, truth and contentment in your life, in your thoughts, deeds and desires, then it should please the Universe much, for you would then be a child of His, worthy in His eyes, worthy of the joy and bliss that ...

T he universe is full of souls, rising souls and falling souls Rising souls, ever rising to greater levels of free dom, freedom to choose, freedom to create and  the freedom to  be, even as the Father of all souls created th is universe mere ly by will. Falling souls, falling to ever l ower levels of freedom, not just humans even animals and   insects some that must now depend upon the wind to reach their food, nay even lower , like the rocks on the hill that have no freedom to choose or will at all. Rising souls not just among angels, kings and leaders but also among animals and insects too that crawl upon the Earth . Falling souls not just among angels, kings and leaders but also among insects that crawl upon the Earth . Am I  falling soul or a rising soul you ask,  how am I to know? It is easy to pick which is which dear friend. Falling souls are the liars among you and rising souls are those that strive to abide in truth. For ...

  Ashok in a mystic moment In some companion blog I have written a post – Encounter with a Himalayan Mystic – which describes my surprising encounter with Babaji Haidakhan in the early eighties when I was an Assistant Professor at the Indian Institute of Technology in New Delhi. That post has been a popular one (you can find it in the Life and spirituality blog by using the search tool) because such encounters are unusual and surprising for those still in the world of activity and ambition. Now, finding myself in the same shoes as that of a Himalayan Mystic, every now and then I have equally interesting encounters with those still in the world of activity. This post mentions a few. A friend that I had not met for decades recently chanced upon an image of mine in one of the traditional garbs of a Himalayan Baba and was quite shocked and wondered what had happened to me. He contacted me and enquired. I asked him if he had different dresses for a visit to a golf cou...