Theme

Healing, energy & wellbeing

• PranayamaKiental seminars · May 1990

  Most people breathe like fish — shallow, hurried gulps. Guru on why proper breathing comes first: pranayama as the preparation for contemplation and meditation, and what happens when the breath finally slows.

• How different vibrations affect usBern seminars · April 1992

  We absorb vibrations from everyone and everything around us. Why bathing, loose clothes and a private place help you prepare the ground for meditation.

• Why should we identify with the Divine?Bern seminars · April 1992

  Identify every sense, every act and your very energy with God, and you become a vehicle for His grace, free of the ego that would misuse such power.

• Can we overcome our karma?Bern seminars · April 1992

  Karma governs our lives, yet even it is not permanent. Turning to the Divine Mother, we can ask her to untie the knots tied across many lifetimes.

• Guru meets Native American Indian ChiefsBern seminars · February 1991 · ★

  Walking in Yosemite, Guru is met by the old Indian chiefs still watching over their land, and speaks of the living power held in the mountains and seas.

• What is an aura and what creates it?Bern seminars · February 1991

  Every feeling we set in motion shapes the aura around us, and love, discipline and conserved energy turn it golden, inviting the Divine to reside within.

• How to deal with the loss of a parentBern seminars · September 1991

  When a parent dies, dwelling on their suffering holds them back. Remember instead the good things, and let them go on with your love and blessing.

• Is illness always karmic?Bern seminars · September 1991

  Illness can carry the karma we have made across many lives, yet accepting an ailment rather than hating it can begin to loosen its hold.

• Spiritual siddhisBern seminars · September 1991

  Psychic healing and materialisation are real, each a siddhi granted by grace when the mind transcends the physical body. They show the powers that lie within us all.

• Treating animals as sacredBern seminars · September 1991

  All life is sacred, and the animals at Skanda Vale are cared for as family. Tending creatures who suffer, rather than killing them, is itself a spiritual sadhana.

• What is real healing?Bern seminars · September 1991

  True healing means taking on another's karma and bearing some of it yourself, a grace that flows from the Divine. It is a heavy responsibility, never the glib promise many make of it.

• Accepting sufferingKiental seminars · May 1990

  Resisting pain only deepens it. Meeting suffering with acceptance, even joy, lets the body and the spirit do their healing work.

• AngelsKiental seminars · May 1990

  Angels are messengers, not gods to be prayed to. Aim straight for the Lord, and protecting forces gather around a life lived in truth.

• Demonic forcesKiental seminars · May 1990

  Lower forces are real, and a soul who turns towards God becomes a challenge to them. Sincere devotion and protection before meditation keep you safe.

• KundaliniKiental seminars · May 1990

  When kundalini energy rises and shakes the body, see it as the Divine Mother at play and surrender to Her, with no two people reacting quite the same way.

• The heart chakraKiental seminars · May 1990

  Let the head govern the heart, or you become a slave to your senses. Family life is the training ground where emotional love matures into selfless love for God.