Life with One Eye

The Children of Life - Sutra 16: The Four Horse Riders; Disease, dullness, doubt, carelessness, laziness, among other things, are obstacles. Contemplation on God can prevent these obstacles.

Inspired by The Yoga Sutras, the Tao, Diana Nyad, Rizwan, Thomas, Peter, and Jonathan.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).

The Children of Life - Sutra 15: Unconditioned by time, God is the teacher of even the most ancient teachers. The word that signifies God’s totality is the mystic sound of Om.

Inspired by Brene Brown, Steven Willard, The Yoga Sturas, Joseph Campbell, SokukoJi, Rumi, Ram Dass, Dick Gregory, Krishna Das, The Wonderer, Dalai Lama, and Robert Thurman.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).

The Children of Life - Sutra 14: Samadhi is also attainted by devotion to God; God is the supreme Soul. God is the complete manifestation of the seed of omniscience.

Inspired by The Yoga Sutras and Reagan S.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).

The Children of Life - Sutra 13: For the others, the higher samadhi could come through faith, vigor, memory, contemplation, or by discernment

Inspired by Hubert Reeves, The Yoga Sutras, and Al-Qushayri.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+). 

The Children of Life - Sutra 12: Riding upon Windhorse is an experience of the Higher Samadhi

Inspired by the Yoga Sutras, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Duncan Trussell, Chogyam Trungpa Rinpoche, Ragu Markus, Alexandra David-Neel, MC Arthur, Ellie Anne, Maya Angelous, and Ram Dass.   

Two great quotes from this episode:

"And if you find yourself in that Samadhi, that higher state of absorption, material things may appear to collapse as the sign of our souls connection with spiritual fortune."

"Practitioners, recognize that the most challenging aspects of life, the energies and play of confused emotions and frightening obstacles can be worked with as gateways to freedom and realization."

Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).

The Children of Life - Sutra 11: The Mystical Marriage – Those who merely leave their physical bodies and attain the state of celestial deities, or those who get merged in nature, have rebirth

Inspired by Mirabai Starr, Ram Dass, Eye of Ra, Jiddu Krishnamurti, Toko-pa Turner, Hopi Tribe, the Mendozas, the DeVries, and the Rezas.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).

The Children of Life - Sutra 10: By the firmly convinced practice of the complete cessation of the mental modifications, only the impressions remain. This is the Higher Samadhi, asamprajnata samadhi.

Inspired by the Yoga Sturas, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Jamie Martell, David lynch, Jean-Dominique Bauby  and The Diving Bell and the butterfly.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).

The Children of Life - Sutra 9: The Samadhi of contemplation (Samprajnata samadhi) is accompanied by reasoning, reflecting, rejoicing and pure I-am-ness.

Inspired and influenced by the Yoga Sturas, Pandit Rajmani Tigunait, Ram Dass’ Students (@babaramdass), Jack Kornfield (@jack_kornfield), Susannah (@susannahdellinger), Bright Beauty Collective (@brightbeautycollective), Craig (@stoicstahly), Ellie (@ellieannecreatives), Mayra (@mayraarena_), Ali Joy, the Wonderer (@thewondererchs) and many more of it's members.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+)

The Children of Life - Sutra 8: When there is non-thirst for even the gunas, (constituents of Nature) due to the realization of the Purusa (True Self), that is supreme non-attachment

Inspired by Margaret Mead, Jack Kornfield, Radhanath Swami, Ram Dass, the Wonderer, Swami Satchidananda.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+)

The Children of Life - Sutra 7: The consciousness of self-mastery in one who is free from craving from desires and objects, seen or heard about, is non-attachment

Sutra 7: The consciousness of self-mastery in one who is free from craving from desires and objects, seen or heard about, is non-attachment. Inspired by M.C. Escher, Dominic, John Muir, Radhanath Swami, and the Wonderer.  Audiobook.  Mature listeners only (18+).