It has been very kind of you to have followed up on the issues that concerned me. I remain grateful to you and remain an avid reader of your words whenever my mundane and routine life permits me that liberty. I think my earlier comment was a little too cryptic and lacked a proper explaination of what I meant when I said that we needed to reconcile Spirituality with Science. I am grateful that you found the cause worthy and chose to elaborate upon it in a very wise manner. This is a subject which perhaps bothers a lot of us and I feel encouraged to delve a little farther along the path thanks to your encouraging response. Pardon me if I appear to be a needless critic or a non-believer. I do not wish to waste your time in arguments so kindly ignore what I write below if it is too obscure or irrelevant. Continuing beyond, the reconciliation between Spirituality and Science that I referred to was actually meant more from the standpoint of a more evolved (?) mind which tends to question things. A less inquisitive psyche would perhaps progress along a singular path and never attempt beyond. Let me elaborate my dilemma. Spirituality and Science both have at their heart the quest for the ultimate knowledge. The approaches vary - a scientist experiments in the phsysical realm and a spiritual person does so in the realm of their mind. The outcomes can likewise be both beneficial and/or destructive. Likewise, each can term the other one as being less evolved - the scientist can call the spiritual experiences as mere bio-chemical hallucinations and the spiritual being can likewise denounce the entire physical world as "maya/illusion". Science fails to answer many things logically. Unfortunately so does Spirituality. The point of reconciliation I think is "LOGIC". Let me give you an example below. I actually debated this and found no satisfactory and logical answer. Hence my comment. Let's probe further the concept of the "Jeevatma/Kinetic Energy" and "Brahman/Potential Energy". The former resides within each organism and the later is eternal. As one evolves and rids oneself of past encumberances, the Jeevatma merges with the Brahman. My mind thought up an analogy of an object moving higher and higher and coming to a state of rest once it reaches a threshold (destination). All the Kinetic Energy expended is now Potential Energy. The object comes to rest. The cycle of birth/death terminates. Logical so far. Over a period of several millenia, more and more souls reach that state and thus the Kinetic Energy keeps reducing and the potential energy in the Universe keeps increasing in proprotion to the successful ones who have been able to reach that end state. The sum total of energy in the Universe (the divine power from whom we all derive) remains constant. Logical again. Eventually, logic tells us two things. Firstly, that the process must culminate once 100% organisms evolve (and a few have been evolving every century we can safely presume). Secondly, the cycle must happen only once.

What is the color of the light?I see moving blobs of blue and green etc. Or sometimes a light source that fades in and out - one light source fading away and replaced by another.

Wow - your blog is detailed. The depth is truly amazing and refreshing that at this day and age someone is so thorough in their knowledge. Great job of spreading the wealth.SBhttp://www.jyotirlinga.com

Universal brotherhood is a nice thought and if it really happens, the earth would be heaven. It seems impossible though. We were human beings. We are filled with greed and jealousy. If we need to go ahead, we have to beat someone by hook or by crook. That is the only way to survive in competitive world to earn bread and butter.

respected sir, you gave an enchanting account of lord bhairava...the most mistaken god.the descriptions made by you,i think,will clear the doubts about the authenticity of this lord.but, however, i plea to you to guide me more on this line by telling me where i can find a higher level learning about this lord. hoping to hear from you soon....namasthe...anil

Thank you so much for responding!

Is it possible to know the soul without the assistance of a guru? Or, are some gurus internal -- in other words, meeting him or her in the physical dimension is not required?

I have been reading your blog over the past few days. Spiritual matters are something that we all internally debate and you explain things very well. Besides the detailed and lucid writings - what I particularly like about your writings is that you elaborate upon the different prevailing perspectives and not just your own point of view. The only thing which I wish for (though that's something which I have never found and perhaps never will) is a proper reconciliation of science and spirituality. Sincerely, Voyager

Hello. I just wanted to say that I am very happy to find your blog. I have recently begun a yoga teacher training course in the United States, and have started reading the Yoga Sutras for the first time. This post is serendipitous for me today. Actually, I found your blog over a week ago, and since then, for class, I had to write a paper called, "What is Om?" In it, I explored the connection between the sound of Om and Brahman. So it was great finding your passage here today. You explain this very well. I'm looking forward to reading more!

How logically explained. Amazing.Once in a discussion I had with people talking about right/wrong approach to God who were insisting on some religious as being better than others, I said that paths to Lord may be different in manifestation, but all of them must find their way through Sushumna. It`s beautiful how Vedic science underlines that we are all governed by the same universal law.Swami Vivekananda gave one absolute `must` to the process of Kundalini yoga - chastity. He said that no yoga can happen without chastity. But somehow people reduced this term to bramacarya as sexual abstinence, while it means purity in thoughts, words and deeds - trikarana suddhi - Savitri, Saraswati and Gayatri. Could be that these Three represent also Ida, Pingala and Sushumna.