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Here are some small tastes of Ma Jaya's teachings on a variety of subjects. From the practical to the esoteric, Ma's teachings are always relevant and helpful. Great for downloading to your iPod, these podcasts allow you to bring Ma into your daily life as you exercise, commute to work or relax at home. There are also a few videos to download too. Enjoy! |
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USE THE HIGHER MIND = NEW!! Posted 2/16/10 Ma Jaya describes to a live audience ways of accessing and utilizing one's higher mind to facilitate healing, silence, and simplicity. The visualization of a fire burning negative thoughts helps to allow kundalini to rise through the chakras and lift consciousness toward freedom from the ego. (7 minutes, 41 seconds) Direct Download
WHO WILL LEAVE THIS PLACE? = NEW!!! Posted 1/4/10 In an excerpt from a guided meditation, Ma Jaya offers a taste of the formless bliss described in all spiritual traditions. The question "Who will leave this place?" refers to a seeker's willingness to return from that bliss in order to serve humanity and Mother Earth. (9 minutes, 23 seconds). Direct Download
This recording is an excerpt from a guided meditation beginning at the heart center and moving upward through the chakras toward the universal formless, empty place of oneness high over the head. This is the mystical process of transforming the breath from oxygen into the nectar of prana or vital life force.(11.5 minutes). Direct Download
Kashi Ashram's annual celebration of Durga Puja includes the honoring of Saraswati, goddess of the arts, creativity and learning, and consort of Brahma. In this excerpt, Ma Jaya tells a story of the sacred flame and explains how the soul has no gender. (10.5 minutes) Direct Download
Ma Jaya shares the teachings about the blissful true nature of joy to be found in stopping the mind's thoughts and living fully in the moment. (5 minutes). Direct Download
Ma guides a meditation through the chakras towards the universal formless center common to all spiritual traditions, using the image of a "fierce fire that does not burn". (8 minutes). Direct download
Ma Jaya continues to share teachings with a live audience in Miami, explaining how to use gratitude, service, and humor as tools for transformation. (6 minutes). Direct download
THE FIRST TOOL FOR TRANSFORMATION Ma Jaya teaches about tools for spiritual transformation and speaks of the breath as a powerful tool for healing as she guides a meditation for an audience at Unity by the Bay in Miami. This podcast is an excerpt from a live May 2009 recording. (6 minutes) Direct download
A moment of freedom is a moment without thought or ego. Ma points out the many ways our thoughts can bind us, and invites us to taste freedom in meditation. (9 minutes). Direct download A WAY OUT OF ADDICTIONSMa Jaya speaks about using meditation and pranayam (breath control) to help us break our addictions. (4 minutes). Direct download
GIVING UP NEGATIVITY, OPENING TO LOVE Instead of denying negativity, or acting on it, we can offer it up to god or goddess, or to the essence of love. Giving up negativity and opening to love heals the wounded heart. (4 minutes). Direct download
Ma Jaya reads a question from a student: "How do you accept the unacceptable?" She answers with four stories from her own experience, as she learned difficult lessons of service. She concludes, "You don't accept the unacceptable, you accept your ability to do something about it. (8 minutes). Direct download LOVE, FEAR, POWERMa recently answered several questions around the themes of love, fear, and shakti (feminine power). This podcast contains two of those questions and Ma's replies. (6 minutes). Direct download
MA JAYA ON DISCIPLINE AND PROCRASTINATIONIntroducing a weekend intensive just before the New Year, Ma speaks of discipline as a joy, not a chore, and explains how procrastination steals us from the moment. (5 minutes). Direct download
MOTHER KALI DEVOURS THOUGHTIt is thought, the ego thought, that steals time out of your life. Ma Jaya speaks of thought and depression, and then introduces us to the Hindu goddess Kali, who can devour all negativity. (3 minutes). Direct download
Stress kills, and yet it is always with us. Ma Jaya offers a way to reduce our accumulated stress by coming more fully into the moment. (3 minutes). Direct download
Ma emphasizes compassionate hands-on service, both as an essential part of the spiritual path and as a way to help a suffering world. The picture on the right is Hanuman, a Hindu deity who exemplifies the spirit of service. (2 minutes). Direct download SEVEN POINTS OF KALI NATHA ALIGNMENTBefore going into meditation, it is important to check our posture. This podcast leads us through the steps of aligning the body for meditation and becoming more aware -- a process Ma calls The Seven Points of Kali Natha Alignment. (6 minutes). Direct download
Step outside of time and into the Now. Ma Jaya shares the essence of living fully in the moment and becoming free of the distractions that pull us away from that simplicity. An excerpt from a live question and answer darshan, Ma explains the process of overcoming karma, depression, and suffering. (10 minutes). Direct download
THE BREATHMa Jaya often begins guided meditations with instructions for becoming more aware of the breath. This short podcast begins with her instruction “close your eyes.” We suggest you use it as a tool to begin your own meditation. (2 minutes). Direct download
This podcast is a selection from an intensive called “Stepping into the Death of the Ego,” in which Ma Jaya asks us to burn our limiting ego in the fire of awareness. (7 minutes). Direct download
The soul is pure spirit, without gender. Introducing an intensive weekend for men -- both gay and straight-- Ma Jaya asks them to transcend all self-judgment and identify with their souls. For both men and women, this podcast is an outstanding example of Ma's teaching. At the end of this recording, as Ma leads her students into meditation, you may find that she has opened a new door into your own experience of spirit. (8 minutes). Direct download
Ma Jaya answers women's questions about power and anger, the true meaning of shakti, and how to respond to sexist language in the scriptures of every religion. The questions were not recorded, but they are clear from the context. (6 minutes). Direct download THE HIGHER AND LOWER EGOMa explains the higher and lower ego, and speaks of the fears that we have in meditation, and our choice to go beyond them. This podcast can lead you into meditation. (6 minutes). Direct download
THE INNER YOGASpeaking to Kali Natha Yoga students and teachers, Ma explains that yoga creates more space in the body, especially the heart center. Into this space comes sound, in the form of mantra or chanting, bringing even greater opening. Ma also demonstrates the Breath of Intention, a combination of chanting and breath which can bring us closer to our spiritual Beloved. This podcast offers insight for the practitioners of any yoga, or the devotees of any path. (9 Minutes). Direct download
Ma gives us a very simple formula for receiving the blessings of the universe -- whether material or spiritual. (4 minutes). Direct download
Ma explains the way of detachment, or the Chidakash. This teaching, which Ma learned from her teacher Swami Nityananda, allows us to work with the sick and dying from a place of clarity and detachment. (3 minutes). Direct download
THOUGHT AND KARMAIn an informal session with her students, Ma Jaya reads and responds to a question on the relationship between thoughts and karma. (6 minutes). Direct download
WHAT IS THE SOUL?Ma speaks with great sweetness and simplicity about "that piece of eternity that ties us all together...." (3 minutes). Direct download
YOU ARE NOWHow dare you think you are just a thought? With this question, Ma Jaya shows how us to develop awareness of our passing thoughts, how to stop them for a moment, and how to feel who we truly are. (6 minutes). Direct download
VIDEO PODCASTS
DARSHAN - THE WOUNDED HEART - VIDEOWelcome to our first video podcast. In a live darshan at Kashi Ashram, Ma speaks of the wounded heart. (1 minute). Direct download
Ma Jaya tells the story of Hanuman, the Hindu god of service, and explains the importance of service on the spiritual path. The video was made at a celebration of Hanuman Jayanti, or Hanuman's birthday. (7 minutes). Direct download
THE SPIRITUAL PATH - VIDEOIn this video, recorded during darshan at Kashi Ashram, Ma Jaya speaks about the spiritual path, including raising kundalini, dealing with fear, and the goal of self-discovery. (2 minutes). Direct download
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