June 2024Satsang with Swami Nirmalananda Giri – Elevate Your Spirit

Join Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) in this uplifting June 2024 Satsang to elevate your spirit by growing your knowledge of meditation, yoga, and spiritual awakening. In his many pilgrimages to India, he had the opportunity of meeting some of India’s greatest spiritual figures, including Swami Sivananda of Rishikesh and Anandamayi Ma. During his first trip to India he was given sannyas by Swami Vidyananda Giri, a direct disciple of Paramhansa Yogananda, who had himself been given sannyas by the Shankaracharya of Puri, Jagadguru Bharat Krishna Tirtha. In the United States he also encountered various Christian saints, including Saint John Maximovich of San Francisco and Saint Philaret Voznesensky of New York. #satsang #spiritualrealization #spiritualawakening Use these timestamps below to navigate to topics which he discusses in this month's satsang: 00:00 Introduction 00:16 Christ of India recommendation 07:01 Raising the Kundalini 12:01 About the Gnostic Texts 12:42 How to break free of mental and spiritual bondage to those in my life? 15:35 Insights on the death experience and aftermath 17:20 Thoughts about St. Germaine 18:10 About a scandalous yogi in the Nath tradition 20:39 Soham Meditation or Om Meditation? 21:48 About "God helps those that help themselves." 25:55 About certain "tamasic" foods 28:37 Kashmir Saivism and Advaita Vedanta 29:20 "if the world hates you..." 43:23 Carl Jung and mental conditioning (samskaras) 48:34 What is the difference between the subtle and causal worlds? 51:34 About the "Maha Mantra" 58:21 Practices regarding Sri Saraswati 1:02:15 Thoughts on Astrology and Divination OCOY.org RESOURCES Get FREE pdf spiritual ebooks at our E-Library: https://ocoy.org/site/e-library/ Listen to Podcast on practical spiritual topics: https://ocoy.org/podcasts/ Website: https://ocoy.org A Practical Resource for the Spiritual Student–Discover the timeless wisdom of India and the yoga path to freedom FREE Meditation Guide and weekly blog updates, podcasts and more: https://ocoy.org/signup FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL https://www.facebook.com/light.of.spirit/ https://twitter.com/Light_of_Spirit https://instagram.com/lightofthespirit/