I am blessed to have spent some intimate time with my teachers lately both at their home in Woodstock and in New York City over the New Year festivities. How incredibly blessed we are to be living in a time when we don’t have to travel around the globe to be with masters, but they are living amongst us, in the country and in the cities. Guru, is the universal principle of enlightenment. Guru, as a person, is that being who embodies that principle. The Guru is the universal teacher – the one that reminds us continually who we really are – infinite, timeless, pure ras – or nectar. The Guru teaches asana not just as an exercise, but as a revolutionary way of living – in steadiness and joy and in a mutual beneficially way with all beings. Guru teaches the sanctity of the body and the mind, but also the need to go beyond it. Guru reminds us that we are forming the fabric of our next birth right now by our thoughts actions and desires. Ultimately, by grace of Guru we approach and eventually become firmly established in the cosmic vision – compassion, equality, boundless joy… and liberation…. for all.

Guru teaches as Jesus did, the concept of “I AM.” “Be still and know I am,” the Universal Teacher Jesus taught. “I and and my Father are one.” This is yoga – that cosmic realization of oneness – sat chit ananda – truth consciousness bliss absolute. The greats like Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati, Shri Nisargadatta Maharaj, taught the eternal truth of this So Ham identity – I AM – beyond body and mind. “We have a body and a mind, but we are not the body and . . . → Read More: Guru