Essays on Awakening

Sex and Spirituality We’re going to look at a true issue in our community, which almost never gets addressed. It’s the issue of sexuality and spirituality and how we think of love. Religion addresses sexuality through morals and we’ve now all seen through that....

Welcome to this sacred space This is a sacred space and we're here for the most sacred reason. We're here for liberation. Liberation is the realization of who you are; it is the unspoken transmission and the formless teaching of the Leela School. Liberation is really...

I’ve been very lucky in my life to have had many wonderful teachers. One of my teachers was a Taoist teacher; I spent three years with him and learned so much. He was a teacher of form. Most teachers in the world are teachers of form, as were my Tibetan Buddhist...

Ending the Superego’s Power of Enslavement What does “Breaking Free of Imaginary Gods & Demons” have to do with waking up and being free? “Breaking free” is about self-examination or looking at yourself to see what you haven’t seen before. One of the ways to do...

Interview with Connections Magazine for May, 2001 issue What is satsang? Satsang is sitting with a fully realized teacher who transmits silence and realization. Anyone can speak the words of satsang. My teacher, Papaji used to say you can teach a parrot to speak the...

Conscious Connection Magazine, June 17, 2018 Our Declaration of Independence states that we are all created equal and enjoy the rights of “life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness.” The sad joke here is that the “pursuit of happiness” almost never leads to lasting...

Lucknow, India • Originally created March, 2013 Yoga is the cessation of the turning of thought. When thought ceases spirit stands in its true identity as observer of the world. Patanjali   Ultimately, if you are a sincere yogi interested in liberation, or a...