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VEDIC PSYCHOLOGY: ALCOHOLIC PARENT

QUESTION: With the Vedic psychology tools that you have introduced I am trying to work on my old samskaras, but I still have many...   Read More

Spiritual Status of the Four Kumaras and Jaya-Vijaya

Question: How could the Lord’s associates like Jaya and Vijaya be cursed to live in the material world when in Vaikuntha no one can...   Read More

Does God Answer Our Prayers?

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VEDIC PSYCHOLOGY: PTSD

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    We like to be naked because then we are free from the dress – the conditioning. That is why everyday we want to undress completely and experience dreamless sleep. Our clothes, our house, our possessions – these are all our dresses. Sometimes it is good to meditate on deep sleep. When we are in deep sleep, we are free from the dress. And when we wake up, we should deliberate that this is just my dress, so we don’t become too much attached to it. Deep sleep is an experience of our own inner self.

    — Babaji Satyanarayana Dasa
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