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Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang "Peace" - Ashtavakra Samhita, Chapter 18 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 271Recorded on 12 April 2026 with US participants.0:00 Intro1:02 Chapter 18, Verse 11:46 Effulgence - to shine by it's own nature, not requiring any external force.3:55 Once you become aware of the Self, all ignorance of imaginations simply disappears like a dream.8:12 For a normal person, their attention is on the world and the imagination, not on the reality.10:41 Verse 211:04 "We have total peace only when we mentally renounce."15:22 Verse 3 15:41 "When the mind is quiet, only then is real peace enjoyed."18:50 So there's some blessing in the fact that there's a little misery in life?21:10 How would Babaji define peace?22:41 It's desires that tend to break the silence?23:03 Aren't those desires looking for happiness and peace?24:02 Verse 424:28 This universe is impermanent, therefore how can it give us a permanent happiness?29:30 The ability to accept what happens in life.30:08 What can we do to align our desires with the ultimate truth, with trying to acquire the ultimate truth.30:42 Verse 530:58 "The Self is nothing but all-pervasive space itself. Thus it is the absolute."33:56 But you're also saying even what's imagined is the ultimate truth too?35:29 Verse 635:43 When one is able to overcome all imaginations of the mind, unhappiness is dispelled once and for all. 37:35 Is it awareness that makes consciousness possible, or consciousness that makes awareness possible?38:31 'I am' consciousness and the awareness in pure consciousness.40:14 Verse 740:32 Is the world simply an imagination?44:51 So we can become the truth and have that Pure Awareness, but we can't know the truth because that would reduce Truth to just an idea in the mind.45:24 Since birth we have gone on absorbing impressions and beliefs until it is a firm reality.46:59 Verse 847:17 "Do sadhana and know the truth for yourself."49:22 Verse 950:18 "A Yogi realizes that 'I' is nothing but the ultimate truth of the Self"50:50 So it's the pure awareness, or consciousness of existence from where the "I" arises?52:33 In meditation, I have encountered two parts of watching; one is when we are trying to ignore thoughts and we just bring our attention to the centre (between our eyebrows), and second is, by just watching the thought, it dissolves itself. Is there a difference?54:22 Is ignoring a thought possible?54:45 When you first touched the feet of Shivabalayogi, your sense of 'I' disappeared. Can you remove the sense of 'I' from us if we touch your feet?56:33 How to harness and sustain intention, and is it related to concentration and devotion?57:54 Being quiet in life and the mind quietening when hearing Babaji talk.59:49 Being bothered by the amount of garbage waste in the world - is there a spiritual solution to it?1:01:27 How to be in awareness when doing something and not forget what I am doing?1:02:35 Research talks of importance of connection with other people, is it ok not to have relations with other people?1:04:27 Perspective on other lineages where meditation techniques are a lot more complicated, using chakras etc.Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang "The True Knower", Pt3- Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 269Recorded on 15 March 2026 with US participants0:00 Intro1:11 How does a Yogi view the world or life?6:30 Does a Yogi no longer see himself as a person?7:03 Does a Yogi see himself as the witness, as just the consciousness?7:36 How do you jump across the abyss between the changing world and desires, to the desireless, changeless reality?10:23 Verse 13. "A Yogi is free from attachment to all objects and actions."13:56 "Once liberation is achieved, a need for anything else never occurs."17:58 When the mind becomes completely silent, it shines forth with this true knowledge. It wasn't learned from books.22:35 Is there a point when the mind becomes silent, where true knowledge just appears, or comes to you?23:51 And does all ignorance, and false belief, just vanish at that time?24:38 If you quiet your mind and you lose all desire and there's nothing to achieve in the world, what allows the body to move, to function and perform action?26:49 Why does knowing the Self bring Supreme Peace and perfect contentment to the mind? 28:43 Verse 15. "A Yogi always sees the Self everywhere."31:03 The Yogi identifies with being pure consciousness. How does he see the world?32:08 Verse 16.  From the standpoint of just being a person, it sounds pretty callous, but from the standpoint of a Yogi, everything seems all proper.33:34 It seems that you still have thoughts, ideas and imaginations?35:30 Do Yogis daydream?36:33 Dreams can come up because the brain generates those?37:28 Verse 17.  A Yogi's consciousness is always detached.40:15 Could you elaborate on the consciousness of existence, what that is and how it merges into the Self?41:42 The abyss between the changing world and non-changing existence.44:09 A Yogi does not perform activities, though it might appear that they act.47:08 Verse 20.  For a Yogi, no depression or dullness would ever occur.49:23 The state of a Yogi and a guru, are these two terms synonymous? Like, is every Yogi a guru?50:38 Is the importance of a guru always in the faith of the disciple?51:29 If Babaji suggests something to a disciple, is that because the disciple was looking for that suggestion?52:09  If a Yogi does not have compassion, why do Yogis bless people?53:13 For a householder, if they reach samadhi and there is no motivation left, how would they care for their family?55:00 Is it true that some Yogis take the body with them when they pass?55:44 Does black magic exist?___Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YHFKcPK_XT96VO7xuk6RQWebsite: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

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Send us Fan MailRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Recorded on 9 November 2026 with US participants1:16 "..one cannot become established in the Self unless everything is forgotten."3:10 You don't have to erase all your memories, but stop all the thoughts?3:44 "Reading and listening to the teachings of great Masters alone cannot give Self-realization."6:50 "By habits only, consciousness goes out of control, and by habit only, it can be brought under control. That's the practice of sadhana."9:13 What happens to those people who meditate for a long time, but they don't progress?11:19 Bringing the attention back to focusing when the mind goes off onto thoughts.13:12 You start meditating, you focus, and then shortly you're off on thoughts.14:13 No matter what you acquire, the mind will never be satisfied.17:16 How can you become quiet mentally all the time and be active in the world?20:17 A Self Realized person can be engaged in activity, but at the same time they're always aware they are the absolute.20:46 "While trying to do sadhana, often, seekers are likely to be in a rush and force it upon themselves"24:45 You say there's nothing coming to the mind, but you're talking to us. Isn't there something in the mind?26:00 All these answers are just coming out spontaneously? They're not coming from your mind?26:29 Is there anything we can do during the day to help us quiet our mind or keep it quiet?27:39 Though a yogi remains in the Self at all times, a yogi will show compassion.31:11 The difference between detachment and indifference32:13 Would it be true to say that true detachment requires true compassion?34:00 If a Yogi is not involved in any way, then who's doing it?36:36 What are karmas?38:00 What does prārabdha mean?39:10 "There will not be any imagination of doership, and there shall not be any desire to achieve anything."40:53 It says that abiding in the Self, there's no need for anything?41:44 So the body, the mind, just responds to what is necessary at the moment without any additional craving?42:28 Would any Self-realized person want their body to live indefinitely? 43:34 When doing your tapas, did time go by very fast?44:41 "That one who neither likes nor dislikes is neither attached nor unattached."46:35 The body moves during meditation, and the eyes will open. What can I do to dissolve this habit?50:14 The mind keeps trying to go into imaginations and doesn't stay silent.  Why is this?52:06 If there is an idea of peace or losing all desires, why does the mind go into a depression?53:58 Body can go through prarabdha of pain, but Babaji is not involved in it?55:30 Is there a technique that we can use to disconnect from our body, so pain and suffering doesn't come up?57:15 Is there a technique where our mind is focused on Self Realisation and our body is mechanically doing the day to day activities?1:00:02 I feel the past all the time so it is hard to meditate.1:01:37 Does a Yogi not differentiate individuals, only the one Self is seen?1:03:37 How much effort should you make to concentrate your mind and sight between the eyebrows? 1:06:01 What is the connection between our breath and the mind? 1:07:08 If the mind shifts to the breath during meditation, is this ok?___Website: http://www.srby.orgRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

Send a textRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang "The True Knower" - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 262Recorded on 1 March 2026 with US participants.0:00 Intro0:40 Ch 17, verse 61:34 What is the eternal Soul?4:30 The consciousness of existence.6:06 Is the Soul the Parabrahman or the consciousness of existence?6:51 Pure consciousness7:37 Pure awareness7:56 Chapter 17, verse 6 contd. 8:32 What is the mechanics of how the Self-Realized Souls can come to you?9:34 Is it our love and faith that makes the Guru manifest to us?9:59 Verse 7 - "A Yogi neither longs for the dissolution of the universe, nor is averse to its existence."11:15 Is it because a Yogi is aware the he is not the body or the mind?11:35 What is it like to be a Self-Realized Yogi?13:28 'Existence appearance'14:07 "Even if the world disappears, it doesn't matter to a Yogi, as their attention is not at all on this universe."15:04 The achievement of Nirvikalpa Samadhi15:31 Savikalpa Samadhi18:00 A Yogi, externally would appear like any other ordinary human being but consciously they're never attached to their body actions.19:41 Verse 9.  For a Yogi there is neither attraction nor aversion.20:58 "For a yogi, the appearance of this universe is like a vague dream."22:18 "Conscious attention will be on the Self."22:59 During meditation, if our attention is on anything that is in the mind, then our attention is on the world.24:30 "They are the ever silent one in consciousness."25:50 What has made it possible for us to be here hearing this wisdom of the Self"26:29 Our own consciousness has manifested You as this form to guide us back to the Self?26:50 Once you've kind of gotten this far, can you get off the path?28:50 Verse 11.29:06 Does the Self-Realized person enjoy being alive in the body?30:30 "Supreme Peace is beyond Bliss".31:16 Does a Yogi know when they're going to drop their body?33:11 Often you hear that the Guru is going to come back in another body.34:08 A Yogi is never attached to anything of the world.36:49 Awareness of who we are.38:49 A Yogi remains in the Self, allowing the body to act mechanically.40:38 Is survival wired into nature?41:23 Was it difficult to get rid of the sense of 'I am' in Tapas?42:24 A Yogi is free from the dualities of either accusing or praising somebody.44:31 Is awareness a sense of knowing?45:34 How to overcome the 6 enemies of the mind during meditation?48:35 Is it ok to meditate while rocking my daughter to sleep?49:17 When we see Babaji, we're seeing a person, but what we're really seeing is consciousness?50:28 The moment you have your awareness in the present, is the consciousness with God?51:33 Hearing a little cricket sound in the brain during meditation.52:01 The first day Babaji met His Guru, was the faith already there?53:20 What was the first experience of the nature of the mind?54:08 Is every single thought continuing our illusion?55:53 In my business life, can I trust that what is coming is exactly what I need?56:28 Dwell in the 'I am' but not the words 'I am'.57:24 When was it that you surrendered to your Guru?Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

Send us a textRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang 'Special Instruction' - Ashtavakra Samhita | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 258Recorded on 4 January 2026 with US participants0:00 Intro0:10 Desire is the root of indiscrimination, Chapter 16, verse 73:54 What causes attachment?5:42 Why does desire arise in the first place?6:45 So desire is not the problem, it's the attachment to the desire?7:45 Is a Self-Realized Yogi free of desire or just free of attachment?8:57 What use is the body for someone who is free of attachment?9:47 Chapter 16, verse 7.  A Yogi is free from the dualities of likes and dislikes.13:44 A Yogi is not attached to interesting places15:00 How did Babaji get on this call without a resolution in the mind?16:49 When you're completely in the moment, there is no resolution. There is just awareness of the present.17:21 When you make a resolution, consciousness seems to automatically provide to fulfill that resolution. 18:57 Chapter 16, verse 9 "One attached to the world wishes to give it up in order to avoid its miseries, but that One who is free of all attachment is free from those miseries, even if he is moving in the world."20:51 How the world appears as a dream for the Yogi.26:46 So we have to quiet the mind, silence the mind, and then what's left is your own consciousness of existing?27:37 Chapter 16, verse 10 "True knowledge is that state where the imagined individual self, the ego, no longer exists."29:32 Does "the knowledge" mean Self knowledge—awareness that you're the Consciousness of Existence?31:16 Chapter 16, verse 11. "Even if the gods, Shiva, Vishnu or Brahma, become your teacher, until you forget everything, you cannot become settled in the True Self."42:20 "The yogi who is liberated while alive, after dropping the physical body, will become one with the ultimate Truth." Wasn't he already one with the ultimate Truth?43:57 Somebody who hasn't attained Self Realization may not be able to imagine a level of Supreme Peace. They might think they are enjoying their body and the world fully, so they might not want to give them up.46:15 Did the creation or bodies, these humans and all of creation come as a result of a desire, or was it just a spontaneous uncaused manifestation? 46:37 Baba, is desire something for a more evolved nervous system? Did creation begin with desire?52:06 Imaginations eventually develop into desires, and eventually reach the desire that we want to know the Self, and if it is strong enough, we dedicate ourselves to discovering the Truth.___Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6YHFKcPK_XT96VO7xuk6RQWebsite: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

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Send us a textRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Knowledge of the Self | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 252Recorded on 10 August 2025 with US participants0:00 Intro0:55 Chapter 15, verse one, "A student whose mind is pure and calm learns easily.."2:09 Chapter 15, verse one - Babaji's comments3:44 What is a corrupted mind and what causes the mind to be corrupted?5:22 How can you uncorrupt the mind and pay attention?6:10 So you need a sincere desire to learn, to know?6:55 "Non attachment to the illusory objects gives liberation. Attraction to the illusory objects leads to bondage."8:32 Chapter 15, verse two - Babaji's comments11:19 Verse two speaks of gaining liberation, through non attachment to illusory objects. What is liberation in this context?12:19 The knowledge in these ancient texts help us to understand the need for sadhana - what else can we do to inspire ourselves to do sadhana?14:06 What does sadhana mean?15:05 Verse three.18:50 You have confidence when you realize that happiness is within yourself and you have access to it.19:24 What is the spiritual path?21:53 Nothing in the mind can bring satisfaction or lasting peace.22:33 Verse four.27:42 What happens when the body dies?28:53 Verse five.31:55 What happens to the mind after Self-Realization?32:49 Do thoughts no longer arise in a Self Realized person's mind?35:27 Verse six and seven.40:26 Verse eight.  "Have faith, my dear child, have faith. Don't be confused in the slightest in this. You are Knowledge itself, Lord of everything, the Pure Self, beyond the illusory universe." 43:20 How to overcome this continuous struggle of again, going back into the mind?44:29 Does it take time to establish oneself in the Self, so that you don't go back into the mind and get pulled down?45:45 So you never use the mind for ordinary transactions, unnecessary transactions?46:19 Does it have to do only with the imaginations, or do we also not interfere with other people, and we mind our own business and stay to ourselves?46:48 Do Self Realized people always stay quiet without interfering with anybody?47:26 We all have our own perspective of the universe because of the body. When Self Realized, is this perspective somewhat lost?48:37 Gurudev, if the last thought is that of our guru, is it the same as no thought, or is this truly the boost I need in the next life to attain your lotus feet?49:16 After the mantra and also after the meditation thoughts become so less. 50:26 In Nirvikalpa Samadhi, when the "I" disappears, does not consciousness of existence also disappear?50:50 How we can overcome our samskaras, to have more utilization of the body itself?52:32 Verse nine.57:00 Verses 10 and 11.  1:00:25 Even if it is an imagination of something good, then you fear losing it.1:01:08 How important is it to talk to other members of the house who are addicted to their screens?1:02:26 What happens to memory after Self-Realization?1:03:52 Baba with the death of the body and the brain, those memories all go?1:05:48 Is the fundamental character or qualities of the person or soul carried on to another birth?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

Send us a textRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Quietude - Ashtavakra Samhita Ch.10 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 249Recorded on 4 May 2025 with worldwide participants0:00 Intro0:24 What is the nature of quietude?4:35 With meditation, by just watching, it brings the mind to silence and everything disappears, and only the Self that you are remains?9:03 Does a Yogi have a thoughts?12:30 Chapter 10, Verses 1 and 2 "Give up desire, wealth, even the scripturally commanded good works..."14:20 Not to hold onto things in the mind14:50 Meditation, the tool that can turn off the mind15:09 Chapter 10, Verse 3 - "Wherever here is desire, there is the world."15:29 Chapter 10, Verse 4 - "Bondage is made from desire alone, the destruction of desire is liberation."17:35  So is the problem that consciousness, through mistaken identity, imagines itself as the body or the mind, and it gets stuck in that and desires are arising as a result of that bondage?21:28 Chapter 10, verse 4 - "Only by detachment to the changing world does one attain the unceasing joy of realization of the Self."21:45 Even wanting good for other people, you get attached to that too. 22:20 "It's better if you don't need anything of this world and do not entertain any desire to obtain such prosperity."24:29 Is Babaji advocating indifference?27:58 "There is no peace ever in obtaining worldly objects."34:49 Chapter 10, Verses 5 - 8 "For how many births you have worked hard and painfully with your body, your mind and speech? So today, finally, let it cease."38:50 "The Self, as Pure Consciousness, is the real intelligence. It has the power to imagine, which is creativity."44:57 "Only those alive, keep remembering the dead and experience emotions of sorrow and misery. Get rid of this imagination and become aware of the Self by coming by becoming quiet in consciousness."47:45 "Mental attitude gives rise to more births and deaths."52:02 What can we do besides meditation to develop a loving, life supporting attitude towards life, and people?56:07 "It's time to stop this process of consciously undergoing births and deaths. Now work one last time to get liberated"1:00:03 Babaji's closing words___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

Send us a textTranquility - Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch.14 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 246Recorded on 27 July 2025 with US participants0:00 Intro0:48 Chapter 14, verse 11:22 "The mind being fully settled in the Self" - what do you mean by the mind?4:22 For a Self Realized person, do thoughts arise in the mind?6:21 So thoughts arise as needed and then spontaneously settle down?6:50 It seems that the nature of the mind is to have thoughts, but you've also said the nature of the mind is to be silent.8:15 What makes creation start?  What makes thoughts arise?8:39 So could you say that creation in the mind is a second nature of the mind?10:19 Once Self Realization has happened, will nothing make the mind go back to the world?10:46 What is it about the unrealized person that keeps us involved in the Maya, unable to see the truth of our own Self?11:30 The difference between an intention and desire is you want something to happen, but you have no attachment to it?12:35 Babaji comments on the term in science, 'singularity'15:56 For the Self Realized person, what happens to karma?  18:08 What is it that makes consciousness become mind?18:42 Chapter 14, verse 1 - the indifference of a Yogi to the world.20:24 Chapter 14, verse 2 - What keeps a Self Realized person functioning, if there is no attachment to the world?23:10 For the Self Realized person the wisdom comes spontaneously.24:16 So the scriptures and knowledge are really unnecessary?25:15 What books would Babji recommend people to read for inspiration, besides the Ashtavakra Gita?26:04 Chapter 14, verse 3 - Is a Self-Realized person just a silent witness to everything that's happening?27:48 Chapter 14, verse 4 - the Self Realized person can be involved in thought, but never loses awareness that He's infinite, eternal, unbounded?29:42 "For the Self Realized one, the mind will be infinite like space."33:16 Seeing everything as divine, every atom.33:58 "knowledge is self experience"35:55  Consciousness has potential to express itself in some type of creation or imagination - when that's there, you call it mind, when it's not there you call it consciousness?37:55 Science will never fully prove the Self because the only way to know the Self is to become the Self?40:56 You can't tell who's an enlightened person by looking at them.41:38 Babaji's use of word peace instead of tranquility.43:18 Are the imprints in the mind, the habits and patterns we have adopted? 47:41 How to explain to others about the spiritual path.49:38 Is our ability to understand from our karma?50:17 In nirvikalpa samadhi Babaji observed matter disappearing - does that mean the universe doesn't exist without an observer to observe it?51:19 What is on the other side of a black hole?52:48 What is the best way to select and cultivate a purpose in life?54:08 The role of enjoyment in a Self Realized being.57:15 Should one sit in one place to chant mantra japa?58:01 How to get rid of negative imprints of somebody?59:09 Are peace and silence the only worldly imaginations of the space?1:00:13 How to know whether a thought is arising from intuition or the imagination.1:01:10 Can unhappiness return for enlightened ones?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagrRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

We'll chant some of the Brahma-saṁhitā. Because in 1975, during an initiation ceremony in Chicago, Illinois, which we had the pleasure of being present for, Rohiṇī Kumar Prabhu, one of the founders of ISV, had organized a group of us to chant the Brahma-saṁhitā and the Puruṣa-sūkta in 1998. And Prabhupāda was present at an initiation, and afterward, he made it a point to tell the leaders there that he liked the chanting of Brahma-saṁhitā and Puruṣa-sūkta very much. So we continue that tradition by chanting Brahma-saṁhitā together. (Initiation Ceremony, 21 Sep 2025, ISV) To connect with His Grace Vaiśeṣika Dāsa, please visit https://www.fanthespark.com/next-steps/ask-vaisesika-dasa/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Add to your wisdom literature collection: https://iskconsv.com/book-store/ https://www.bbtacademic.com/books/ https://thefourquestionsbook.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Join us live on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FanTheSpark/ Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sound-bhakti/id1132423868 For the latest videos, subscribe https://www.youtube.com/@FanTheSpark For the latest in SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/fan-the-spark ------------------------------------------------------------ #spiritualawakening #soul #spiritualexperience #spiritualpurposeoflife #spiritualgrowthlessons #secretsofspirituality #vaisesikaprabhu #vaisesikadasa #vaisesikaprabhulectures #spirituality #bhaktiyoga #krishna #spiritualpurposeoflife #krishnaspirituality #spiritualusachannel #whybhaktiisimportant #whyspiritualityisimportant #vaisesika #spiritualconnection #thepowerofspiritualstudy #selfrealization #spirituallectures #spiritualstudy #spiritualquestions #spiritualquestionsanswered #trendingspiritualtopics #fanthespark #spiritualpowerofmeditation #spiritualteachersonyoutube #spiritualhabits #spiritualclarity #bhagavadgita #srimadbhagavatam #spiritualbeings #kttvg #keepthetranscendentalvibrationgoing #spiritualpurpose

Send us a textRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/online-satsang Detachment - Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch.9 | In Quest of Truth - Babaji Q&A, No. 242Recorded on 13 April 2025 with US participants0:00 Intro0:06 Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch.9 vv.1-41:36 'To whom do the conflicts belong?'5:39 Is detachment something that you can practice?8:17 Difference between detachment, indifference and apathy and how a Yogi acts in the world9:40 How Babaji seems detached and the most caring also.10:25 So the important thing to remind yourself if that the body, mind and world are impermanent?12:32 Babaji's comments to Ch.9 vv.1-413:43 What causes the consciousness of existence to lose awareness of itself?17:09 How to we develop detachment, let go of things and not get carried away emotionally?20:50 The consciousness is never suffering, it's not involved in the activity.22:51 Babaji's comments to Ch.9 vv.1-425:32 Does a Yogi have happiness or unhappiness, or is he just in a state of peace?27:58 Ashtavakra Samhita, Ch.9 vv.5-829:38 "Once one knows the varying transformation of the elements to be nothing but the elements themselves."32:58 Mental impressions, mind, consciousness, a brain gets involved and mental impressions are created.33:54 How can we have a better attitude?  Be like a honeybee and not a fly?35:29 Babaji's comments to Ch.9 vv.5-836:48 How a Yogi is "totally indifferent to the world in consciousness"39:27 Babaji's comments to Ch.9 vv.5-841:40 Mental suffering from worry about loved ones45:00 How do we protect ourselves from other people's negativity?46:50 When I wake up in the morning, there is a lowness of energy and a kind of a sadness.  What happens to the mind that causes this?48:34 Lately I have this feeling that there are less and less differences between people, things, and whatnot.  That on some level, they're really all the same. Is this so?50:13 How to avoid suffering due to loved ones.52:29 How to pray to god?53:28 I am not in close physical proximity to a Guru - how to get Diksha, initiation from a Master?56:10 Just like in a dream, is it true that all the people and characters we witness are actually the same I-Self emanating from the body consciousness?___Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/Register your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

Garg Samhita Mahatmaya . Sampat.

Shrikrishna ka bhajan, ekadashi vrat.

Shrikrishna sahasranam part-3, Shrikrishna gaulok gaman

Shrikrishna Sahasranaam part -2

Ashwamedh ki katha, Krishna Sahasranam part 1

Ashwamedh ki katha

Yadav aur kourav yudh

Radha Krishna aur gopiyon ka milan

Com base na aula completa fornecida e em nossa conversa, o material apresenta uma abordagem inovadora para a exploração comparativa de idiomas, como inglês, português e espanhol, inspirada nos princípios da Vedapatha Paddhati (वेदपाठपद्धतिः) A Vedapatha Paddhati é um sistema védico ancestral de recitação oral, originalmente desenvolvido para preservar os Vedas com absoluta precisão, "letra por letra, com todos os seus acessórios e acentos". A transmissão oral era o método primário, e a autoridade residia em poucos estudiosos que mantinham essa tradição viva. Este método enfatiza a precisão na entonação, tom, acentuação, pronúncia, duração e nuances finas que não podem ser totalmente capturadas no papel . A recitação incorreta dos Svaras (acentos) pode até mesmo levar a resultados opostos.A metodologia é adaptada para o aprendizado de idiomas modernos, transformando a mente por meio de repetição estruturada, manipulação de sequências e musicalidade rítmica das palavras . Os principais "caminhos" ou Pathas adaptados para o aprendizado de idiomas são:Samhita-Patha (Ordem Natural): Começa com a frase na sua forma mais comum, servindo como a base da comunicação (ex: "I drink water" / "Eu bebo água").Pada-Patha (Palavra por Palavra): A frase é dividida em blocos individuais para treinar vocabulário e pronúncia, ajudando a identificar os elementos distintos da estrutura de cada idioma (ex: "I | drink | water") .Krama-Patha (Encadeamento de Pares): Palavras são praticadas em pares sequenciais, e às vezes inversos, para reforçar conexões e entender como as palavras se ligam (ex: "I drink, drink water" e "water drink, drink I") .Ghana-Patha (Ginástica da Mente): Envolve padrões mais complexos de repetição, indo e voltando com os blocos, o que promove uma fixação profunda dos padrões linguísticos e ajuda a reconhecer a função, posição e significado das palavras em diversas organizações. É considerado o mais difícil dos Pathas . O benefício do Ghana-Patha é descrito como infinito para a memorização, enquanto Samhita, Pada e Krama oferecem benefícios de 1x, 2x e 4x respectivamente, e Jata 1000x.Os benefícios dessa adaptação para o aprendizado de idiomas incluem:Fixação profunda: transformando vocabulário e estruturas em memória de longo prazo.Autonomia: permitindo que o aluno construa frases intuitivamente.Flexibilidade cognitiva: auxiliando no reconhecimento da função de cada palavra independentemente de sua posição.Ritmo e pronúncia: a recitação em voz alta fortalece a fluência e a entonação natural.Melhora da memória e atenção: estudos indicam que grupos que praticam o canto védico mostram melhor pontuação em memória verbal e espacial, e redução significativa de erros e tempo total.Para idiomas com ordem fixa (como inglês), as manipulações funcionam como um exercício mental que solidifica o padrão correto. Para idiomas com ordem mais flexível (como polonês ou russo), o método naturalmente simula a liberdade de posicionamento dos elementos e auxilia na compreensão intuitiva de declinações e casos gramaticais. Mesmo para idiomas tonais (como mandarim), a repetição rítmica é eficaz para treinar a pronúncia tonal.Em essência, a aplicação da Vedapatha Paddhati visa ir além da mera tradução de frases, buscando entender a língua "por dentro", de forma natural, intuitiva e poderosa . A tradição do canto védico foi proclamada Obra-Prima do Patrimônio Oral e Imaterial da Humanidade pela UNESCO. Conheca mais sobre Jimmy Mello e Vedapatha Paddhati (वेदपाठपद्धतिः) em Jimmymello ponto com

Send us a textRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Ashtavakta Samhita, Ch 12 "Abiding in the Self" | In Quest of Truth - Q&A with Babaji, No.232Recorded on 129 June with US participants0:00 Intro1:03 Chapter 12, Verse 1-42:28 How do you function in a world where you're unattached to everything?8:49 Baba, are you saying that we should practice restraining our mind?9:06 So this is a practice that we can do every day?9:26 Like so many events in life, you just don't need to get involved with them, just let it go.10:20 Practicing letting go should make it easier for meditation?11:00 Cutting down on unnecessary thinking is an important practice11:23 Attention needs to turn away from thoughts, onto the consciousness itself - how do we do that?15:09 Concentration of the mind is necessary to overcome distractions.16:02 With whatever you're doing, stay present with that. Don't allow your mind to wander around. 16:21 Having neither joy nor sorrow doesn't sound that interesting.19:05 As you meditate more you can rid of becoming a ruminator.20:01 Is there any other way to settle into the Self, besides effortlessly?21:10 Baba experiences the reverse of what we experience - it's effortless for us to have mental chatter but Babaji's mental state is to be silent.22:02 If you meditate regularly, the mind is a quieter place.23:41 Accepting the results of our actions doesn't mean we can't try to change them.26:23 "You need to understand the futility of actions, as there's nothing to achieve."29:26 Importance of the zoom calls with Babaji which motivate us and inform us of the possibilities, otherwise it would be really difficult.31:18 So what you're saying is that anything you achieve in this world is impermanent, it is not going to bring you peace, so it's really equivalent to nothing.32:33 "Your very nature is Supreme Peace and the rest is unreal."36:50 Important things we can practice during the day to quiet our mind.38:59 If the mind is into imaginations, then you have to do sadhana to achieve silence of the mind.42:48 "By a thought of the mind, you cannot know your real Self. Only by becoming quiet in the mind can you know your real Self...  ...To know the space, you have to become space."45:44 Mind can never give the Truth.46:38 "You can make everything else disappear, but you can't make yourself disappear."48:25 When you start to meditate, after about 40 minutes the mind and body get still, is that the time that the thoughts gets purified?49:44 I always want to cry after a meditation. I find it very frightening when you're all alone.50:47 When memory and time is the material of the mind, can the mind observe without memory and time.51:56 So is supreme peace the ultimate goal of life? Is that what it is?52:45 You mentioned that when your mind is completely quiet, then you dissolve in the consciousness.  What's the process?54:26 We don't really get absorbed into the Self, into the pure consciousness? We are the pure consciousness. Just the illusion that I am a separate being is what ends, right?55:36 Situations happening because they were set in motion by desires long ago or is it happening because that is what the universe wants from me at this point?57:41 Is it possible that everyone has already experienced Self RealizatioRegister your free place for the live online meditation and Q&A with Babaji: https://www.shivarudrabalayogi.org/en/online-satsang Website: http://www.srby.orgFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/shivarudrabalayogiTwitter: https://twitter.com/SRBYmissionInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/shivarudrabalayogi/

Samhita Mukhopadhyay is the former editor of Teen Vogue and Feministing and the editorial director at The Meteor. She's the author of The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning, which explores the contradictions and inequities of success in the modern workplace, particularly for women and marginalized groups. She's also written Outdated: Why Dating is Ruining Your Love Life and was the co-editor of the anthology Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America. She wrote her master's thesis on The Politics of the Feminist Blogosphere and is passionate about examining power, gender, and cultural narratives through a feminist lens. We talk about: Why Samhita wrote her book The systemic challenges in the workplace for women The impact of gendered expectations The American ethos of work and success What it means for Samhita to be a feminist at work Redefining success and prioritizing self-care What it means for Samhita to be in the realm of being an older woman Burnout as a systemic problem Samhita's vision for the book (and society) And more! If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, share it and leave us a 5* review on iTunes or wherever you're listening. Order the ebook or audiobook (narrated by Rachel) versions of Rachel's book, Magnificent Midlife: Transform Your Middle Years, Menopause And Beyond at magnificentmidlife.com/book The paperback can be purchased on Amazon or other online retailers: UK: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/ US & Canada: https://www.amazon.com/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/ Australia: https://www.amazon.com.au/Magnificent-Midlife-Transform-Middle-Menopause/dp/173981150X/ You can listen to all the other episodes and get the show notes at magnificentmidlife.com/podcast. Recommended by the Sunday Times. Feedspot #3 in best midlife podcasts and #14 in best women over 50 podcasts worldwide. You'll find lots of strategies, support, and resources to help make your midlife magnificent at magnificentmidlife.com. Check out Rachel's online Revitalize Experience, a 6-week intensive small group mentoring experience or 1-1 Midlife Mentoring.

What happens when a seasoned editor turns the lens inward and pens her own deeply personal narrative?In this episode of Bookbound, Bethany Saltman and Fran Hauser sit down with Samhita Mukhopadhyay, former executive editor of Teen Vogue and current editorial director at The Meteor, to discuss her powerful new book The Myth of Making It.Drawing from her extensive career in media, Samhita offers a compelling critique of workplace culture, addressing women's ambition and the societal pressures intensified by hustle culture. She shares the emotional rollercoaster of writing the book, from maintaining a 1,000-word-per-day writing routine to her fears about exposing her vulnerabilities.Resources:Connect with Samhita here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samhita-mukhopadhyay/ Check out Samhita's work here: https://www.samhitamukhopadhyay.com/Join Bethany & Fran for their Read Like a Writer Book Club here: https://www.bookboundpodcast.com/club Produced by Share Your Genius https://shareyourgenius.com/

Samhita Mukhopadhyay, author of "The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning" joins Abhay for a conversation about a range topics from “trickle down feminism” to being the daughter of two Bengali immigrants, to mentoring and leadership. Samhita served as the executive editor of the popular blog Feministing and then for Teen Vogue and in reflecting on her journey, found herself squarely in the messy middle of it all in being a girl boss, questioning the notion that happiness and fulfillment stem from overwork and professional achievement. In “The Myth of Making It”, Samhita questions “hustle culture” and the neo-liberal feminist mantras of leaning in and persevering as seductive and often destructive definitions and methods. Through a blend of personal anecdotes, expert analysis, and the varied experiences of workers, she tackles this paradox of why working success for women can feel deeply important and so unsatisfying at the same time.(0:00 - 3:30) introduction(3:30) Part 1 - redemption and liberation, "hustle culture"(14:20) Part 2 - "trickle down feminism", mentoring and leadership, counseling new women entering the workforce(31:49) Part 3 - daughter of Bengali immigrants, South Asian modern feminism, exploring and enjoying paradoxes(46:48) Conclusion

What does success at work mean to you? Our guest, Samhita Mukhopadhyay, the former executive editor of Teen Vogue and author of The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning, is ready to help you re-examine what success means to you. True statement - you spend more time with your coworkers than your family and friends, so it makes sense to think about what enough looks like. If you're busy trying to make it in your career, this episode will open your eyes to a new way to think about work and what you want. If you never thought you had a choice, Samhita will inspire and equip you to tear down what you thought your career should look like and build one that feels good to you. LINKS The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning book Samhita's website CONNECT WITH SHANNAH Money + Mental Health Workshop - https://etmpod.link/mentalhealth (use code MENTALHEALTH) to get 50% off 3-Month Money Fix Course (save $200 in July) with code MONEYFIX https://etmpod.link/moneyfix  10 Money Questions to Ask Yourself Free Money Guide https://etmpod.link/10moneyq  Follow me on Instagram  Leave a 5-star Review here https://ratethispodcast.com/etm.  Subscribe to our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/@EveryonesTalkinMoney SPONSORS Thanks to ASPCA for sponsoring the show. To explore coverage, visit ASPCApetinsurance.com/ETM. Thanks to Notion for sponsoring the show. Notion is my go-to tool for managing notes, to do lists, and action items. Try Notion for free when you go to Notion.com/ETM. Thanks to OneSkin for sponsoring the show. Get 15% off OneSkin with the code ETM at https://www.oneskin.co/  Thanks to Quince for sponsoring the show. Go to http://www.quince.com/etm for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns.  Thanks to NerdWallet for sponsoring the show. Don't wait to make smart financial decisions. Compare and find smarter credit cards, savings accounts, and more today at www.nerdwallet.com. Thanks to Monarch for sponsoring the show. ​​After trying out Monarch for myself, I understand why it's the top-rated personal finance app. Listeners of this show will get an extended thirty-day free trial when you go to www.monarchmoney.com/ETM.  Thanks to EarnIn for sponsoring the show. Just download the EarnIn app in Google Play of the Apple App store and use code Talkin Money under Podcast. Thanks to Noom for sponsoring the show. Start taking control of your weight management and join the millions who have lost weight with Noom. Sign up for your TRIAL today at www.noom.com.   Thanks to ButcherBox for sponsoring the show. Sign up today at www.butcherbox.com/etm and use code ETM to get $20 off your first order. Thanks to DelelteMe for sponsoring the show. Today get 20% off your DeleteMe plan when you go to www.JoinDeleteMe.com/ETM and use promo code ETM at checkout.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Money Talks, former Teen Vogue executive editor Samhita Mukhopadhyay speaks with host Emily Peck about the false promise of the “girl boss” myth. In her book “The Myth of Making It,” Samhita recounts her own grueling climb to the top — a road paved with double standards and toxicity for women — and why she left it all behind. In her conversation with Emily, she discusses enduring hurdles facing career-driven and how we can begin to fix work culture for everyone.If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an additional segment of our regular show every week. You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work.Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

For this Money Talks, former Teen Vogue executive editor Samhita Mukhopadhyay speaks with host Emily Peck about the false promise of the “girl boss” myth. In her book “The Myth of Making It,” Samhita recounts her own grueling climb to the top — a road paved with double standards and toxicity for women — and why she left it all behind. In her conversation with Emily, she discusses enduring hurdles facing career-driven and how we can begin to fix work culture for everyone. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an additional segment of our regular show every week. You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Money Talks, former Teen Vogue executive editor Samhita Mukhopadhyay speaks with host Emily Peck about the false promise of the “girl boss” myth. In her book “The Myth of Making It,” Samhita recounts her own grueling climb to the top — a road paved with double standards and toxicity for women — and why she left it all behind. In her conversation with Emily, she discusses enduring hurdles facing career-driven and how we can begin to fix work culture for everyone. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an additional segment of our regular show every week. You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Money Talks, former Teen Vogue executive editor Samhita Mukhopadhyay speaks with host Emily Peck about the false promise of the “girl boss” myth. In her book “The Myth of Making It,” Samhita recounts her own grueling climb to the top — a road paved with double standards and toxicity for women — and why she left it all behind. In her conversation with Emily, she discusses enduring hurdles facing career-driven and how we can begin to fix work culture for everyone. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an additional segment of our regular show every week. You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Money Talks, former Teen Vogue executive editor Samhita Mukhopadhyay speaks with host Emily Peck about the false promise of the “girl boss” myth. In her book “The Myth of Making It,” Samhita recounts her own grueling climb to the top — a road paved with double standards and toxicity for women — and why she left it all behind. In her conversation with Emily, she discusses enduring hurdles facing career-driven and how we can begin to fix work culture for everyone. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an additional segment of our regular show every week. You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

For this Money Talks, former Teen Vogue executive editor Samhita Mukhopadhyay speaks with host Emily Peck about the false promise of the “girl boss” myth. In her book “The Myth of Making It,” Samhita recounts her own grueling climb to the top — a road paved with double standards and toxicity for women — and why she left it all behind. In her conversation with Emily, she discusses enduring hurdles facing career-driven and how we can begin to fix work culture for everyone. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and an additional segment of our regular show every week. You'll also be supporting the work we do here on Slate Money. Sign up now at slate.com/moneyplus to help support our work. Podcast production by Jared Downing and Cheyna Roth. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Growing up, most of us are taught that if we work hard, we'll make it to the top. In reality, it's a bit more complicated than that. Journalist Samhita Mukhopadhyay is the author of “The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning.” She sits down with Jessi to discuss the collapse of her belief that work is a meritocracy. Samhita walks us through this realization after landing her dream job as executive editor of Teen Vogue and realizing it wasn't all she'd thought it would be. In this episode, she shares her vision for a more equitable workplace. We want to bring you more of what you love. Take the Hello Monday listener survey and help shape the show! Follow Samhita Mukhopadhyay on LinkedIn and check out her newest book here. Follow Jessi Hempel on LinkedIn and order her debut memoir, now in paperback. Learn more about Chani Nicholas' company here. Join the Hello Monday community: Subscribe to the Hello Monday newsletter, and join us this week on the LinkedIn News page for Hello Monday Office Hours, Wednesdays at 3p ET. Join our free LinkedIn group for Hello Monday listeners - it's a great place for community. To help us grow the show, please consider leaving a review on your favorite podcast app.

Enhancing Management Teams and Company Performance through Talent Assessment and Executive Coaching Episode Summary: In this episode, we delve into the powerful impact of talent assessment and executive coaching on building superior management teams and boosting overall company performance. Our expert hosts, Jamie Kosmar and Sam Jayanti, both specialists in leadership and organizational development, share insights into how businesses can leverage these tools to drive growth, foster a productive work culture, and achieve strategic goals. Key Topics Discussed: Introduction to Talent Assessment: • What is talent assessment? • The role of talent assessment in identifying high-potential employees • How talent assessment contributes to strategic workforce planning The Role of Executive Coaching: • Defining executive coaching and its importance • How executive coaching enhances leadership skills and decision-making • Case studies of successful executive coaching interventions Synergy Between Talent Assessment and Executive Coaching: • How these two processes complement each other • Integrating talent assessment insights into coaching programs • Real-world examples of improved management team performance Impact on Company Performance: • Metrics and KPIs affected by improved management practices • Long-term benefits for organizational culture and employee engagement • Examples of companies that have successfully implemented these strategies Practical Steps for Implementation: • How to start with talent assessment in your organization • Selecting the right executive coach and coaching framework • Best practices for ongoing development and assessment Guest Bio: Jamie Kosmar and Sam Jayanti are experts in leadership development and executive coaching with over 20+ years of experience. They have worked with top-tier companies to enhance leadership capabilities, foster talent development, and drive organizational success. Call to Action: If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review wherever you listen to podcasts. For more insights on enhancing your management team and improving company performance, visit our website at www.theideamix.com and follow us on www.linkedin/theideamix. Subscribe & Follow: • Apple Podcasts • Spotify • Google Podcasts • @theideamix on LI and IG Contact Us: Have a question or topic you want us to cover? Email us at info@theideamix.com or DM us @theideamix on LinkedIn. By optimizing your management teams through effective talent assessment and executive coaching, your organization can achieve sustained growth and a competitive edge. Tune in to learn more about these transformative strategies!Subscribe to ideamix - Coaching, Performance, and Wellness, and stay tuned for new episodes every other Thursday. On ideamix podcasts, we speak with innovators and coaches to help you build the life, business, and career you want. ideamix is the go-to destination for individuals to find their ideal coach. Check out our website at www.theideamix.com. For comments, questions, podcast guest ideas, or sponsorship inquiries, please email info@theideamix.com.

Samhita Mukhopadhyay is done sacrificing herself to ambition. Editorial director of The Meteor and former Teen Vogue executive editor, Samhita details how corporate feminism failed us, what got lost in the fall of the girlboss and why we have to think beyond the fact that work suuuuucks. Her new book is The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning.Follow Unladylike on Instagram and TikTokJoin the Unladies' Room PatreonShop merchContact Multitude Productions for ad rates, etc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoicesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Samhita Mukhopadhyay is done sacrificing herself to ambition. Editorial director of The Meteor and former Teen Vogue executive editor, Samhita details how corporate feminism failed us, what got lost in the fall of the girlboss and why we have to think beyond the fact that work suuuuucks. Her new book is The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning. Follow Unladylike on Instagram and TikTok Join the Unladies' Room Patreon Shop merch Contact Multitude Productions for ad rates, etc. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There are so many books coming out this month about rethinking women and the workplace—specifically by former magazine editors, which, as a magazine editor, I'm really into. Out today is one of the best books I've read in a long time, Samhita Mukhopadhyay's powerful The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning, which opens with a beautiful epigraph from Toni Morrison that reads “You are not the work you do; you are the person you are.” So many of us have bought into, as Samhita calls it, the myth of making it—as she writes, our definitions of success are myths, and seductive ones, at that. She writes in the book that we have a collective responsibility to re-imagine work as we know it, and she advocates for a liberated workplace that pays fairly, recognizes our values, and gives people access to the resources they need. The book traces the origins of, basically, how we've been getting it all wrong all of these years—I especially enjoyed the rethinking of Helen Gurley Brown, former editor-in-chief at Cosmopolitan and author of Sex and the Single Girl, as well as rethinking Lean In and Girlboss and hustle culture. Samhita writes about how millions of us “in the past decade—and especially during and after the pandemic—have looked at their lives and said, ‘What the fuck?' Why are we working all the time to make less than our male counterparts? Why are we doing most of the childcare, even when our partnerships are ‘equal'? Why have we sacrificed so much of our personal happiness to be driven by these undefined measures of success? Why were we spending more time with our coworkers than with anyone else in our lives? Why are we tired all the time?” She adds, “The way we work has become untenable, both personally and globally. We are craving something more and something better,” and she adds, of her rock bottom while executive editor at a major fashion magazine, “all I could think was, This is not normal. There must be a better way. My hope is, together, we can find it.” In this book and in this conversation, Samhita discusses the end of the hustle, Anna Wintour, burnout, working moms, and so much more. Samhita is the former executive editor of Teen Vogue and former executive editor at Feministing. As a writer, her work has appeared in New York Magazine, The Cut, Vanity Fair, Vogue, The Atlantic Monthly, and Jezebel. Let's get into our conversation.   The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning by Samhita Mukhopadhyay

In this episode of Brown Art Network, Sneha talks with Samhita and Arjun about the origins of South Asian A Capella as a genre and South Asian A Cappella Association (ASA), is a national non-profit organization committed to the growth of South Asian A Cappella across the globe (ASA). Arjun is one of the founders of ASA and Samhita is the Chief Marketing Officer and Chief Relations Officer for ASA. They share how they got involved in music, how to sustain their passions while balancing their professions and school, and their goals and growth for ASA. To learn more about ASA click here: http://desiacappella.org/ Or Follow On Instagram @desiacappella

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Let's talk Thingies with Samhita Mukhopadhyay, a writer and editor who covers feminism, politics, culture, fashion, racial justice, and existential dating dilemmas—in short, so much we want to read. She's the editorial director of The Meteor, the co-editor of the best-selling anthology Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance and Revolution in Trump's America, and the author of Outdated: Why Dating is Ruining Your Love Life and (forthcoming!!) The Myth of Making It: A Workplace Reckoning. Yes, consider this the you-hear-it-here-first pre-order nudge.Samhita's Thingies include Ranavat hair oil, wearing her partner's class ring, Care Touch lens wipes, Jolly Rancher Chews, a poem by Hala Alyan, and Megan Thee Stallion's bodyodyody. The phrase “Oh, I'm JV” is brought to us by Sara Petersen's Substack In Pursuit of Clean Countertops, and we have a bonus Thingie: the memoir installments of Kim France's Substack! What areas are you happily JV in? Share with us at 833-632-5463, podcast@athingortwohq.com, or @athingortwohq—and chat it up about anything at all in our Geneva!See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Title: Meaning of Om Tat Sat17th Chapter: verses 20, 21, 22, 23Yajna, Dana, and Tapah – these spiritual principles have the triple dimensions of Sattvika, Rajasika and Tamasika.Yajna refers to any noble, unselfish deed that is done with a sense of sanctity and sacredness and as an offering to God. Our everyday activities can be spiritualized when we perform them as yajna. Then there is no difference between the shrine and the workplace. Any activity not done as yajna becomes a bondage – it is an invisible chain that binds us to the world.Dana refers to any act of compassion, kindness and charity meant to help others.Tapah means austerity, activities that we do with total dedication and with a sense of going beyond the body-mind complex.20th verse: “Charity done with the attitude “It is my duty to help this person”, done in the right manner without any expectation of return, given to someone who is in need of it, who will use it for constructive purpose, and done at the right place and time – such charity is Sattvik.”21st verse: “When charity is practiced with the expectation of getting something back in return or done with a mind that is not happy as it is struggling with its own greed, ort done with a desire to be known as a charitable person – such charity is Rajasik.”22nd verse: “Charity done at the wrong place, at the wrong time, or to unworthy person or without regard for rules and etiquette – such charity is Tamasik.”Suppose a person is sitting in a dirty, filthy place and we give him restaurant food. It is an example of wrong place. Suppose that person has already had his meal and we give him food. It is an example of wrong time. Suppose we give money to a person who uses it for terrible things. It is an example of charity to an unworthy person.The 23rd and 24th verses are very important and explain how we can purify our spiritual activities such as yajna, dana and tapah.23rd verse: “In the Vedic literature, specifically the Upanishads, it is stated that “Om Tat Sat” constitutes the essence of all vedic literature. These three words are behind the origin and creation of the Brahmanas, Vedas and Yajnas.”There are four vedas. Each veda has four parts – Samhita, Brahmana, Aranyaka and Upanishad. Samhita contains hymns to deities. Brahmana contain description of rituals. Aranyaka contain philosophical discussions and spiritual disciplines. Upanishads contain the highest and most sublime portion of the vedas.It is difficult for normal human beings to perform their spiritual practices with perfection. For example, a prayer is effective when the mind, the act of prayer, the thoughts and emotions are all focused on the prayer. It is difficult for normal human beings to do so – there is an inherent incompleteness and imperfection in their prayer. The same applies to rituals. The spiritual practice – a prayer or an offering or a ritual – can be purified by uttering “Om” or “Om Tat Sat.”The utterance of “Om Tat Sat” can have two levels. The utterance has more effect when we understand its meaning. It has less effect if it is uttered without understanding its meaning.Om is a word symbol that represents the totality of existence and divinity. Whatever we experience in waking state, dream state or deep sleep state – they are all represented by Om.Om is comprised of A-U-M. “A” represents the totality of waking state experiences. “U” represents the totality of dream state experiences. “M” represents the totality of deep sleep experiences. Together, they represent all our experiences, as we cannot have any experience outside of these three states.Om contains the essence of all vedas. All the vedas are an attempt to describe the Absolute Reality which can only be experienced. At the empirical level, the Absolute Reality is denoted with Om.Om comes from two Sanskrit roots which mean “something that is all-pervading that sustains us, protects us from problems of the empirical world, and leads us to the highest spiritual realization.”Sri Ramakrishna used simple language to describe Om. In ascending order, he said: “Puaranas are the lowest. Higher than Puranas are Upanishads. Upanishads are condensed in Gayatri. Gayatri is condensed in Om. Beyond Om is total silence.”The highest level of experience cannot be explained. It is a deeply felt experience whose language is silence. Below silence is Om, which is the first audible, verbal symbol of the divine. When we elaborate Om, we get Gayatri. When we elaborate Gayatri, we get Upanishads. Below the Upanishads, there are many mythological books. All these books are meant to take us beyond books. The highest experience is beyond all these books.Tat means “I am offering it to the all-pervading, divine reality.” It is used to purify all forms of yajna, dana and tapah. These spiritual practices may have inherent imperfections which are rectified by utterance of Tat.When we offer our activity to the all-pervading reality that is present in everyone and everything, the activity is purified. In fact, this is the essence of the Brahma-Yajna-Mantra in the 24th verse of the 4th chapter. With the imagery of a Vedic ritual (Yajna), this verse says: “the process of offering, what we offer, the one who offers, into what it is offered, the act of performing the ritual, the goal to be reached – everything is Brahman.”There is nothing in this world, but Brahman. With this strong conviction, when we utter this mantra before eating food, then whatever we eat becomes purified.Sat means strong, steady faith. Yajna, dana and tapah, when done with a sense of sanctity, sacredness, sincerity, honesty and integrity – they get purified.Sometimes devotees chant “Hari Om Tat Sat”. Hari is the name of Vishnu and means the Lord.

Camila is torn. She wants a partner. Someone who is ambitious. Someone who is financially secure. Someone who checks in with her at the end of the day. But most of her dates have turned out to be duds and she's starting to think she'll never find real romance. Should she keep searching for 'the one,' or should she focus on being happy on her own? On this episode of How To!, new co-host Courtney Martin brings in Samhita Mukhopadhyay to guide Camila. Samhita is an author and feminist. She was the executive editor of Teen Vogue and her first book was about dating. She has a ton of smart advice for understanding the narratives we have around dating, expanding where we find love, and ultimately healing our hearts. If you liked this episode, check out: How To Ditch the Apps & Actually Find a Date Do you have a question we can help you solve? Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001. We might invite you on the show! Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. Podcast production by Derek John, Joel Meyer, Rosemary Belson, Kevin Bendis, and Jabari Butler.

Camila is torn. She wants a partner. Someone who is ambitious. Someone who is financially secure. Someone who checks in with her at the end of the day. But most of her dates have turned out to be duds and she's starting to think she'll never find real romance. Should she keep searching for ‘the one,' or should she focus on being happy on her own? On this episode of How To!, new co-host Courtney Martin brings in Samhita Mukhopadhyay to guide Camila. Samhita is an author and feminist. She was the executive editor of Teen Vogue and her first book was about dating. She has a ton of smart advice for understanding the narratives we have around dating, expanding where we find love, and ultimately healing our hearts.  If you liked this episode, check out: How To Ditch the Apps & Actually Find a Date Do you have a question we can help you solve? Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001. We might invite you on the show! Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. Podcast production by Derek John, Joel Meyer, Rosemary Belson, Kevin Bendis, and Jabari Butler. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on How To!. Sign up now at slate.com/howtoplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Camila is torn. She wants a partner. Someone who is ambitious. Someone who is financially secure. Someone who checks in with her at the end of the day. But most of her dates have turned out to be duds and she's starting to think she'll never find real romance. Should she keep searching for ‘the one,' or should she focus on being happy on her own? On this episode of How To!, new co-host Courtney Martin brings in Samhita Mukhopadhyay to guide Camila. Samhita is an author and feminist. She was the executive editor of Teen Vogue and her first book was about dating. She has a ton of smart advice for understanding the narratives we have around dating, expanding where we find love, and ultimately healing our hearts.  If you liked this episode, check out: How To Ditch the Apps & Actually Find a Date Do you have a question we can help you solve? Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001. We might invite you on the show! Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. Podcast production by Derek John, Joel Meyer, Rosemary Belson, Kevin Bendis, and Jabari Butler. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on How To!. Sign up now at slate.com/howtoplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Camila is torn. She wants a partner. Someone who is ambitious. Someone who is financially secure. Someone who checks in with her at the end of the day. But most of her dates have turned out to be duds and she's starting to think she'll never find real romance. Should she keep searching for ‘the one,' or should she focus on being happy on her own? On this episode of How To!, new co-host Courtney Martin brings in Samhita Mukhopadhyay to guide Camila. Samhita is an author and feminist. She was the executive editor of Teen Vogue and her first book was about dating. She has a ton of smart advice for understanding the narratives we have around dating, expanding where we find love, and ultimately healing our hearts.  If you liked this episode, check out: How To Ditch the Apps & Actually Find a Date Do you have a question we can help you solve? Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001. We might invite you on the show! Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. Podcast production by Derek John, Joel Meyer, Rosemary Belson, Kevin Bendis, and Jabari Butler. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on How To!. Sign up now at slate.com/howtoplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Camila is torn. She wants a partner. Someone who is ambitious. Someone who is financially secure. Someone who checks in with her at the end of the day. But most of her dates have turned out to be duds and she's starting to think she'll never find real romance. Should she keep searching for ‘the one,' or should she focus on being happy on her own? On this episode of How To!, new co-host Courtney Martin brings in Samhita Mukhopadhyay to guide Camila. Samhita is an author and feminist. She was the executive editor of Teen Vogue and her first book was about dating. She has a ton of smart advice for understanding the narratives we have around dating, expanding where we find love, and ultimately healing our hearts.  If you liked this episode, check out: How To Ditch the Apps & Actually Find a Date Do you have a question we can help you solve? Send us a note at howto@slate.com or leave us a voicemail at 646-495-4001. We might invite you on the show! Subscribe for free on Apple, Spotify or wherever you listen. Podcast production by Derek John, Joel Meyer, Rosemary Belson, Kevin Bendis, and Jabari Butler. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get an ad-free experience across the network and exclusive content on many shows—you'll also be supporting the work we do here on How To!. Sign up now at slate.com/howtoplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hello from the Condé cafeteria! This week, our guest is Samhita Mukhopadhyay, a writer and editor and the former executive editor at Teen Vogue. [5:30] Samhita's personal essay in The Cut explores how being prescribed the new weight-loss drug Mounjaro, not long after her father died of complications from diabetes, challenged her thinking around health and body image. [36:00] We also discuss the decline(?) of the girlboss—Samhita is writing a book on women and work culture—and the enduring power of individualistic corporate feminism. Plus, we hear about Samhita's tenure at Teen Vogue as the outlet expanded its political coverage and tried to change the culture of fashion magazines. (Apologies for the slightly worse-than-usual audio quality on this ep.)In this episode, we ask: Has the body image discourse around Ozempic and Mounjaro limited the drugs' real, life-changing possibilities? What does it mean for both weight-loss culture and health access that these are pricey prescription medications? When is hating on girlboss culture classist and racist? For more, see: * Samhita's essays on the weight-loss drug Mounjaro and The Demise of the Girlboss* Jia Tolentino's take: Will the Ozempic Era Change How We Think About Being Fat and Being Thin? Subscribe on Patreon or Substack to join our Discord community and to hear about IRL hangouts with Jay, Tammy, and other listeners! You can also follow us on Instagram, TikTok, and X (Twitter), and email us at timetosaygoodbyepod@gmail.com.  This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit goodbye.substack.com/subscribe

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Now wait a minute. Ronna might be in a mood, and (Bryan) may or may not be the recipient of fox eye surgery, but it really doesn't matter because of the caliber of guest we've got in The Carriage House this week, excuse me. We're so pleased to welcome writer and former executive editor at TEEN VOGUE Samhita Mukhopadhyay! She's the author of OUTDATED: WHY DATING IS RUINING YOUR LOVE LIFE and co-editor of the anthology NASTY WOMEN: FEMINISM, RESISTANCE, AND REVOLUTION IN TRUMP'S AMERICA. Look for her new book THE MYTH OF MAKING IT, coming out soon! Samhita joins us to give advice on dealing with a coworker's need to hang out outside of work and making a decision on whether to have kids. It's a highbrow affair this week with absolutely no scuzz, excuse me. The AR Social Club October Spoo-Kiki is this week, and we can't wait to see you there! Not a member yet? You can still join us for November! The holidays are the PERFECT time to join if you're not already a member. Join before 11/1 to be invited to November's Kiki. arsocialclub.com Sponsor: Visit betterhelp.com/ronna today to get 10% off your first month of affordable, private therapy