Spiritual Awakening Radio with James Bean explores the world of spirituality, The Path of the Masters (Sant Mat Satsang Podcasts), Gnostic Gospels, mystics, world scriptures, God, meditation, mystical experiences, the vegan diet, and other ahimsa ethics -- education for a more peaceful planet.
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Talks with a realised Master on Life, Love and the topic of Spirituality. New episodes will follow every second week. It is possible to ask spiritual questions from the Master to which he can reply in future episodes. You can send your questions to the [email protected] email. If you like it, please support us by following and rating this podcast. Your comments are very appreciated, so you are welcome to leave even just one sentence as feedback to us under the episodes. Join us on the s ...
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More Unpublished Letters of Kirpal Singh on Meditation Practice
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17:40More from the unpublished letters of Sant Kirpal Singh on meditation practice *. These letters provide helpful guidance for the satsangi seeking to improve the quality of their meditation experience. (* Inner Light and Sound Meditation, Surat Shabd Yoga) In Divine Love (Bhakti), Light, and Sound, At the Feet of the Masters James Bean A Satsang With…
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Spiritual Experiences in Dream State | Difference in Between a Vivid Dream and a Real Spiritual Experience | S6E06 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast | Transform Your Life
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32:38Is it possible to have spiritual experiences in a dream state? How can one make a difference if it is a real spiritual experience or a vivid dream? Why does this phenomenon happen to some people having such experiences while sleeping and not when sitting in meditation? Is it a real spiritual experience? How is our spiritual practice connected to wh…
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Tips for the Gnostic Spiritual Seeker
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1:03:19Gnostic is such an abused word, hijacked and repurposed by content creators. It's important to know what Gnosticism IS as well as what it IS NOT. On the web is much, what I call, 'gnostic nonsense' (gnonsense). People call all sorts of subjects "gnostic". Apparently everything's gnostic except actual Gnosticism. THAT, most don't have time for. THAT…
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How to Control the Mind and Dominate the Inner Space? Is there a Final Stage on the Spiritual Path Towards Liberation? | S6E05 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast | Transform Your Life
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39:16How could one control the mind to block it from dominating us in continuation? How could one keep the elevated state of consciousness after God prevails and stops the ego from popping in again? Is there a way to dominate our Inner Space? Is there a way to stay tuned in and connected? Why are habits, spiritual practice and spiritual retreats powerfu…
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To the one who meditates on Him, there comes a perfect peace, and all pain and sorrows depart. Meditate on Him, who contains this universe, whose Holy Name is the whisper on the lips of the entire creation. (Book of Sukhmani) This podcast, as always, is about an in-depth exploration of the teachings of the Saints and Mystics, the Path of the Master…
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How to Relate to Death? | The Healthy Level of Detachment | S6E04 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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42:30How to Relate to Death? | The Healthy Level of Detachment | S6E04 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast What is a healthy level of detachment from our animal friends? How to relate to them when they leave this world? What about our family members when they die? Where should our attachment to them end? How can we best help this process to happen,…
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Attachment or Love | Should We Be Detached from Life and Our Loved Ones in Order to Achieve Spiritual Liberation? | S6E03 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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43:04What is the path of detachment, or sanyasa spiritually speaking? Why only a few are able to be fully detached from life? Why cannot being detached work in the long run even for one who has realised it? What does it mean to observe or to fully live our life? What does it mean to fully dedicate ourselves spiritually? What does it mean that "I am my o…
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What Happens During Meditation? Can Meditation be as a Near-Death Experience?| S6E02 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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48:54There is so much talk nowadays about meditation, but do we know what happens to us during meditation? What happens to our body and consciousness when we meditate? What kind of states might we experience? Why should we discard and leave behind the breathing process that goes on in our bodies automatically? In what way pranayama might be useful and h…
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What is the Best Mantra? | How to Repeat the Mantra? | S6E01 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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46:46What is the best mantra to say before meditation? Should we say a mantra before meditation or should we repeat this mantra during meditation? What is the meaning of the mantra? What is the power of a mantra (Simran)? Where does it come from? How should we repeat the mantra? What is the mantra for? What is the effect of repeating a charged-up mantra…
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Reorientate Your Mind | The Power of Good Example | Sant Ajaib Singh Ji | S5E08 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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49:52Why does being in the company of the Master reorientate our mind towards the right behaviour? What does personal responsibility mean towards other people? What does it mean to set a good example? Why does our behaviour influence others in a spiritual group? What does the Master request from the disciples? How can we know if we are on the right trac…
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Spiritual Retreat in Rajasthan | Meditation with The Living Master | Sant Ajaib Singh | S5E07 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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59:36How were spiritual retreats organised in Rajasthan with Sant Ji (Sant Ajaib Singh)? What does it mean to live a spiritual lifestyle that enables us to go through a retreat fluently? How was it to meditate with Sant Ji and look into his eyes from near, receiving his Darshan? This episode is like getting on a time machine through which we can come to…
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Deep Affinity with the Living Master | Back to Our Roots and Finding Our Own Way | S5E06 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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50:31What does it mean to have a real deep affinity with the living Master? How does it happen to absorb the teachings of a realised master up to our cellular level? How does it happen afterwards to shape the teachings to our way of being, to make the path into our path? How do we know if it's a simple ego trip, personal arrogance or a really deep under…
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A Genuine Spiritual Master, The Competent Qualified Teacher (Sant Satguru)
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52:04"The fruits of accepting a true master are immense. Unfortunately, true teachers are few and difficult to find... A spiritual master who is wise, pure and a practitioner of the Yoga of Divine Sound gradually imparts his or her virtues to the student. The good will of the spiritual teacher cannot but help affecting the aspirant in a positive manner …
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Overcoming Difficulties | Transform Your Life | Opportunity for Personal Growth | S5E05 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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46:11How can one go through the greatest difficulties in life with a sane mind and come out of them lightheartedly with a smile? How do we transform any crisis in our life into a chance to improve our person and our situation in general?What does it mean to have the protection of the Master if one still has to go through very tough situations? Why does …
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Direct Connection With the Master | The Transformative Power of Selfless Service | Sant Bani Ashram, The Early Years, 1980-1984 | S5E04 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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49:04How life went in the early years of the Sant Bani Ashram? Why Master Sirio doesn't believe in spiritual communities? How one can balance work, family and spiritual life? Why is it important to dedicate ourselves to selfless service? Is it equal to spiritual practice and what is the transformative power in giving up our freedom and serving the Maste…
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Breaking Free from Illusion is True Spirituality
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32:03Encouraging Words of Light and Love for the Spiritual Journey from this Living School of Spirituality called Sant Mat, the Path of the Masters. Will the soul remain stuck in the programming that has been forced upon it after birth during this life or will it awaken and break free, choosing a higher path of spirituality this time through, during thi…
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A New Beginning | Another Story: Another Trip to India | The Sant Bani Ashram project continues, 1980 | S5E03 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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35:34What happened after Sant Ji's first visit to the Sant Bani Ashram in Italy? We can hear the story of a brave girl from Slovenia who set on her spiritual quest and travelled via land up to India to meet the Great Master Kirpal and be warmly welcomed by him. How this meeting transformed her life, without her being aware of it in the beginning? What h…
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Facing Your Dark Side | The Sant Bani Ashram in Tuscany and Sant Ji in Italy, 1980 | S5E02 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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36:18When we embark on a quest for Truth, we have to eliminate all of our dark side, fears, anxieties, laziness, and our attitude of procrastination and face life in its Reality. Life will create situations in which we will have to face all of this whether we want it or not. If we win over, well and good, we become real trustworthy human beings. If we d…
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The Gnostic Demiurge vs. The God of Love
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1:07:48In the Anurag Sagar, India's most Gnostic scripture, souls are depicted as being held captive inside the Palace of Kal, the lord of time and illusion (called "the Demiurge" by the Gnostics). The Satguru does battle with Kal to free the souls. The genuine Living Teacher, the Sant Satguru, guides his or her students through this internal struggle wit…
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A New Milestone in Spiritual Growth | The Spiritual Adventure Continues: In India with Sant Ji, 1979 | S5E01 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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22:55Another important milestone on the long spiritual journey towards self-realization. It is an incredible spiritual story of a disciple and his guru, how following the indications of a true, realised master may transform our life and make us into better human beings, stable like a rock that no storms of life can twist, throw down or smash. We can fol…
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Spiritual Experience | Inner Light & Inner Sound | S4E08 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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46:32What is a spiritual experience? What does having a spiritual experience consist of? Is only having visions a spiritual experience? Is withdrawing from the physical body a spiritual experience? What about the Holy Presence of God, without seeing God? Is going into a state of bliss, ecstasy and intoxication a spiritual experience? Is going into samad…
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The Mystery of Death & The Mahasamadhi of a Master | S4E07 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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58:15What is death? What happens to us when we leave our body in a definite way? What happens next? Why is it important to be connected to a realised living master during our life? How does this spiritual connection with a master help at the time of our death? Why do we need a guide in the spiritual planes? What does the mahasamadhi of a master mean? Wh…
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The Unpublished Letters of Kirpal Singh on Meditation Practice
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25:03Today I begin with a reading from the mystic verses of Sat Saheb, the initiating spiritual master of Sant Dariya Sahib. Sat Saheb was one of the earlier Sant Satgurus of the Sant Mat guru lineage living a couple of generations prior to the time of Sant Tulsi Sahib of Hathras. His mystic poetry is quite beautiful and composed in the style of the Anu…
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Beyond | About Near Death Experiences | S4E06 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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57:10An enlightening and involving conversation on the various aspects of Near Death Experiences. What happens when we die? Is it the same for everyone, or does cultural and religious background affect the experience? Why do so many of the people reporting these experiences speak of a life review, and why the life review is important once we die? If you…
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A Brief Introduction to This Spiritual Path Called Sant Mat
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17:38As the podcast title suggests, a right-to-the-point, in this case fifteen-minute summary of the essential beliefs and heavenly goals of this spiritual path called Sant Mat, which is defined as the Path of the Masters and Teachings of the Saints (Sants). Also explored are the ethical precepts, the low karma peaceful lifestyle followed by initiates o…
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The Successor of the Master | S4E05 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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39:42The big question will be replied to in this episode, which many want to know: who will be the successor of the Master?It is a very intriguing and deep topic explained with absolute clarity by a great enlightened being such as Master Sirio Ji who has more than 50 years of direct and everyday experience in spirituality and meditation. He had two spir…
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Three Ways We Can Honor the Soul, the focus of today's Spiritual Awakening Radio Podcast. References, Subjects, and Sources Mentioned or Commented Upon During Today's Podcast Include: a spiritual classic by the Spanish mystic Miguel de Molinos called, The Spiritual Guide on the bliss, tranquility, and happiness found as a result of following the In…
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Intoxicants & Spiritual Practice | S4E04 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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40:00Is the use of intoxicants against the 5 precepts? What is the effect of intoxicants? What kind of experiences can one have? What are the dangers of intoxicants? What is the importance of an authentic guide in any type of ceremony or spiritual experience? What does it mean to have easy or safe spiritual enlightenment? Why do people develop an addict…
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Finding Your Third Eye, Seeing What You Can See - Initiation Into the Mysteries
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45:04Everyone has their own third eye whether they realize it or not. Through the Divine Path of Initiation one will learn of the spiritual practices that make it possible to access the third eye center, the seat of the soul, within the temple of the human body. We will discover for ourselves the Mysteries of the Spirit. The Kingdom of the Heavens will …
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The Constant Repetition of Simran | S4E03 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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50:26How can we reach and maintain an uplifted consciousness? What are the ways the provoke the Divine Grace to descend upon us and how to keep high our spirit?During retreats the spirit may fly very high and experience many wonderful states of connectedness with the Divine Presence. Then we go back to our daily lives and find it very difficult to maint…
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Salvation of the Soul, The Liberation of Humanity
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24:21With all the turmoil and injustice in the world, the soul cries out for peace and tranquility, ultimately seeking permanent spiritual repose in heavenly regions. Let us join the caravan of mystics, learn from them the ways of ahimsa: nonviolence in thought, word, and deed, and aspire to connect with the heavenly realms of God. If only the soul and …
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Karma and Kal | How Initiation Influences Karma? | What is the Negative Power in the World? | S4E02 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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37:00When we get initiation, the Master imparts some of its energy to the disciple, does that involve the exchange of karmas between the Master and the disciple also? What is Kal and the fall of the soul?We can hear an involving conversation and a captivating explanation about the karmic bond and the exchange of karma between master and disciple. But we…
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Gospel of Thomas and Sant Mat Spirituality
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55:02"Don't be satisfied with stories, how things have gone with others. Unfold your own myth." (says Rumi) "You have ignored the Living One who is in your presence and you have spoken only of the dead." "Look to the Living One while you are alive, otherwise, you might die and seek to see him and will be unable to find him." "Whoever drinks from my mout…
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Surat vs. Kundalini | A method for all & A method for few | S4E01 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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40:48In this conversation with a realised master, Master Sirio Ji, we are trying to find the place of Surat Shabd Yoga on the big map of Yoga. To better understand the method and approach, we begin this attempt by comparing Surat Shabd Yoga and another yoga direction, well-known and spread in the West, Kundalini Yoga. That's why the title is 'Surat' (in…
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Sant Kirpal Singh: "There lived in India Swami Shiv Brat Lal, a disciple of Rai Saligram [successor of Swami Ji Maharaj], who was advanced in spirituality but he gave out all these things about which I am now referring, in story form. He would bring out these very teachings of the Master in some novel like form in the Urdu language, of course, not …
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"Life is a progression. We progress from childhood to adulthood, from simplicity to complexity, from ignorance to knowledge, from innocence to wisdom and from birth to death. It is the law of life. But there is also a progression from the external life to the internal, from the hustle and bustle of material life to the serenity and silence of inter…
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The Insuppressible Need for Divine Perception | The Way from Communism to Spiritual Freedom | The Personal Spiritual Story of Valeria | S3E08 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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40:38Have you ever wondered how people lived in Eastern Europe during communism/ socialism? Were you aware that while most of the young people in other countries were busy with the hippy movement, or maybe with travelling to India, seeking spiritual liberation and a guru, others, maybe not even so far away, could not even have a passport and were closed…
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Kabir The Great Mystic: Spiritual and Ethical Teachings
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43:20Kabir, the "Rumi" of India, one of the greatest Saints, Poets, and Spiritual Masters in the history of the world! Selections: Says Kabir: "Kal (time, ego, limited mental perception) has entangled people in illusions to such an extent that they have totally forgotten their Real Home." "Meditation will remove all your burdens; meditation upon Ram's […
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From Darkness to Light Through Meditation
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57:03On the web you'll find a lot of talk about spirituality, yet so few rise above body-consciousness and get to experience that Sacred Inner Space for themselves. Reliable information is quite rare. There's so much discussion about "gnostics", "mystics", "sages of philosophy", "masters of the east", or "ancient scriptures" but almost nothing is ever s…
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Full Circle: Acceptance - Gratitude - Forgiveness | The Ocean of Grace - Ajaib | S3E07 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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46:18We can listen to the story of Loretta, a psychologist doctor from Rome how she met a realized, true spiritual master, Sant Ajaib Singh. We can also come to know how things went wrong for her and some of her friends after the initial blessings. Their life turned into a real nightmare for them.This small group of 5 enthusiastic yoga practitioners wer…
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Overcoming Distracting Thoughts In Meditation
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21:52In Sant Mat spirituality meditation is successfully practiced when we keep the proper meditation posture, leave behind all our burdens, thoughts, worries, and worldly distractions behind, and focus all of our undivided attention on going within by way of the third eye center so that we may reach that Sacred Secret Place of the Most High where Divin…
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Requirements For Initiation Into Inner Light and Sound Meditation (Sant Mat, Surat Shabd Yoga)
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15:01The focus of the Sant Satgurus, the Saints of India (Santmat, RadhaSoami, The Path of the Masters) is not upon constructing earthly temples, building organizational structures, or temples of the mind. Rather, they guide their students into entering the Temple of the Spirit. The Portal or Doorway to this Temple is within, at the Third Eye Center. Ma…
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The Presence of the Perfect Master | On the Road to Sach Kand: Talk about Divine Love with Chris Sharp | S3E06 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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1:05:32Following the previous episode, The Spiritual Love Story of Norman Sharp with Sant Ajaib Singh, we can now listen to an interview with Chris Sharp, Norman's son.It's exciting to listen to Chris's personal story and see how things unfolded from his viewpoint. At the time of his father's Holy Initiation into Surat Shabd Yoga Chris was only a small ch…
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The First Step on the Spiritual Path is Doing Simran
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25:54"Simran helps in the withdrawal of spirit-currents from the body. In Simran lies the seed that helps in the development of the soul." "Simran is a weapon against all dangers. It acts as a password to all spiritual planes. It gives strength and sustenance to the body and mind during trouble and affliction, and brings the soul near the Master." "The …
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Today I explore some key Sufi teachings compatible with the contemporary mystic or gnostic path called Sant Mat. The Sants and Radhaswamis of the living present highly value the mystic poetry and wisdom of Rumi, Hafiz, Rabia, Sarmad, Hazrat Sultan BaHU, Sanai, Baba Farid and so many other Sufi Faqir lovers of the Beloved, viewing them as being Sain…
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"Truth and Love are wings that cannot be separated, for Truth cannot fly without Love, nor can Love soar aloft without Truth." (Saint Ephrem the Syrian) "Look at God within yourself, how 'God is Light.' For his Nature is a glorious, many-splendored Light. He manifests the Light of his Nature to those who love Him in all the worlds…" (John of Dalyat…
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The Ocean of Love | The spiritual love story of Norman Sharp with Sant Ajaib Singh | S3E05 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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48:41This episode is different than the others, as in this episode I talk to Norman Sharp, born in 1926 who has been a passionate seeker of Truth since his youth, which led him to the Holy Initiation in 1964 on the spiritual path, called Surat Shabd Yoga, Nada Yoga or Sant Mat, by the hand of Sant Kirpal Singh. After Sant Kirpal Singh went into Mahasama…
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Experiencing union with God, the Ocean of Love, via Inner Light and Sound Meditation (Surat Shabd Yoga) is the goal of the Path of the Masters, also known as Sant Mat or Radhasoami. Today, spiritual satsang discourses by Huzur Baba Sawan Singh, Baba Somanath, Sant Kirpal Singh, and Baba Ram Singh Ji, also passages from Christian or Gnostic sources …
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"Listen, open a window to God and begin to delight yourself by gazing upon Him through the opening." (Rumi) Teachings of Hazur Baba Sawan Singh, Sant Kirpal Singh, Baba Somanath, Baba Ram Singh, and Santji: The Third Eye is the Portal to the Heavens and Simran is the Key "Recognize the Path to your Beloved, O travelers and take the route of the ang…
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Man-making process with Ajaib | The spiritual transformation 1978 | S3E04 | The Light of Sirio - spiritual podcast
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45:58Back in India again, in February 1978 to begin the "man-making process" of spiritual growth and real spiritual maturity with Sant Ajaib Singh Ji. From this episode, you can understand what it means to transform your life to its roots and turn into a fully conscious spiritual being, with no stains, free of all evil.Send us a textTalks with a realise…
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