Steps to Self Understanding
7 Step Progressive Program
Embark on your journey to Self Understanding through this foundational program. Each step builds progressively on the last so we encourage you to work your way through each step in sequence. There are several teachings through video in each step of this pathway to knowledge designed to be bitesized lessons for you to be able to percolate over before advancing to the next. Each step will take between 2.5-4 hours of your time through a series of videos. These can be done all at once for immersive learning, or watch one video, reflect and return later on for the next teaching.
Each Step has a series of Lessons which we encourage you to progress through sequentially
Every thought that you have shapes who you are. It determines how you feel about yourself and what happens to you, both in the present and in your future. The Sages of India go to the extent of saying that your whole life’s experience depends on the way you think! These talks focus on the big picture of life. They will lift your thinking out of the mundane and inspire you to reach for greater, more fulfilling life experiences.
In the most authoritative writing on love in India, known as the Bhagavatam, there is a very telling Sanskrit verse that explains, “Every action of every human being is performed with the singular aim of being happy, of experiencing unlimited love.” But how does this natural instinct actually play out in your day to day life? In what ways does it affect you? This series takes you ever further in understanding this most essential knowledge.
How many times have you thrown up your hands in frustration thinking, “It’s not fair! Why is this happening to me?” Yet, at other times, life seems like a summer breeze with everything smoothly clicking into place … Experiencing all this, we are compelled to question whether life has any rhyme or reason governing it. Is it just chance? Or is there a deeper purpose?In addition, many wonder how, or if, the presence of Bhagwan (God) has any influence in our lives.
The need for love is so all-pervading that the world spins on the ideal of love and happiness. Almost every song, magazine, film, TV show, book or conversation in some way or another promotes/explores/refers to love as the way to happiness. It is no wonder that we think about it so much. And yet, love is the most troubling emotion, the most difficult to understand and illusive to grasp. Learn about Bhakti Yoga.
Before embarking on any journey you need to know what your destination is. Having decided that, it is necessary to plan how you will get there. Finally, you begin the journey, carefully putting your acquired knowledge into action. If your understanding, preparation and practice is correct you will be successful. Your goal will be achieved. The same requirements apply to the ultimate aim of life, God-realisation. We have only to understand a few simple principles and put them into practice and our goal will be realised.
Without exception, all of the world’s greatest teachings on spiritual wisdom began with the Guru. They are the guardians of humanity, showing inquisitive minds the way to self understanding and purpose of life. Still today, this timeless tradition of the spiritual master handing down enduring knowledge to the student continues.However, to find and be taught by the Guru is a question of eligibility. They are mysterious personalities and are not easily found or understood.
Nothing surpasses bhakti. It is the most exhilarating expression of love ever described by any scripture or saint to come out of India. Bhakti is the yoga of yoga. It is the easiest and deepest path of love, and can be followed and experienced by anyone, anywhere, in any culture. It transcends religion because it unites the eternal soul, that resides within everyone, with the divine. Therefore all faiths reside within bhakti. Moreover, all yoga practices find their ultimate fulfilment through bhakti.