allied spiritual content
The main website, with inner directions received from Shri Guru during contemplations and prayers, is https://www.myguruwithin.com.
This small site is just an adjunct – with limited allied supportive spiritual content for ones personal ease in sadhna.
A Spiritual Story
There is an ancient sweet spiritual story about Lord Shiva and Devi Parvati. It relates to the mund-mala of Lord Shiva. An adapted version can be read HERE.
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Few Lessons from 'Conversations With God' books
In a series of remarkable recent books, Neale Donald Walsch has recorded numerous inner conversations he had with God in a conversational language. The teachings correspond to Kashmir Shaivism and Siddha Yoga. A very limited extract is HERE.
Extraordinary Spiritual Event in Baba's Samadhi Shrine
By the grace of Gurumayi Ji and Baba Ji, a very holy and deeply spiritual event was experienced while meditating in Baba’s Samadhi Shrine (July 2016). You can read about it HERE.
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A sweet meditation experience in Ganeshpuri
Being shared here is a truly sweet meditation experience which happened in GSP by the divine grace of my supreme Master, Gurumayi Ji. You can read about it HERE.
AFFIRMATIONS received from Gurumayiji
In the Sep-Oct 2020 responses to inner contemplations, Shri Guru gave some Affirmations for use as a regular practice in daily sadhna. The three specific Affirmations are placed for repeating aloud, where possible all day long. To read them click HERE
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A Reading Passage - I Am I
Once, in the early 2000s the passage below suddenly emerged. I immediately started writing it down. While not a contemplation offered, to me it was an inflow from the divine. Useful in sadhana if read aloud daily and then contemplated, it only requires five minutes. It can be accessed HERE.
Some related Spiritual resource
While related books, audios, videos, etc., abound on the planet, just a few resource are listed below for interested seekers unaware about them.
Siddha Yoga Bookstore. The online store with books, audios, videos, home study courses and more is at https://www.siddhayogabookstore.org. Seekers in India also have https://www.siddhayogabookstore.org.in.
Ishwar Ashram Web site (Swami Lakshman Joo). Their books, ebooks, audio, video, etc. are at www.ishwarashramtrust.com/pub.php . Their free eBook ‘Kashmir Shaivism” by Swami Lakshman Joo can be accessed Here:
www.ishwarashramtrust.com/pdf/Kashmir-Shaivism-by-Shaivacharya-Swami-Lakshmanjoo.pdf
Shri Ramana Mahrishi Ashram website. For online bookstore visit https://bookstore.sriramanamaharshi.org/shop/ and for other main resource centre visit https://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/resource_centre/ The classic Self Inquiry booklet ‘Who Am I’, a complete practice in itself, is obtained for free here: https://www.sriramanamaharshi.org/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/who_am_I.pdf
Collation of few links to some audios/videos to watch, hear or chant. While there is a plethora on the net, a small sample from diverse sources is below. There is also a separate page with many more, the link for which is further down this page.
i. Chant with Gurumayiji, hear or read a work by Her or Babaji. Our website link accesses a chant, or something to see, read or hear as per what is currently foremost on the Siddha Yoga website. The content changes and is updated accordingly. Access home page of our web site at:
Siddha Yoga path – Gurumayi Chidvilasananda – Swami Muktananda
ii. Vishnu Sahasranam. Here is an audio of this sacred chant taken from the Mahabharat. This is sung by Vedmurti Vivek Godbole Bhau of Satara where he heads his Vedic Pathshala (school) as his contribution to preserving our vedic culture. He has kindly given his blessings for it to be made available here to practitioners. The text matches the text in various Siddha Yoga chanting books. The audio is below:
iii. Shri Rudram (Namakam-Chamakam). This holy text, taken from the Yajur Veda is a powerful prayer dedicated to Lord Shiva. The text is commonly available, including in the Siddha Yoga Rudram chanting books which in Sanskrit or in English transliteration. The audio is sung by Vedmurthi Vivek Godbole Bhau ji of Satara, Maharashtra, where he heads his Vedic Pathshala (school) as his contribution to preserving our vedic culture. The audio is below:
iv. Shiva Mahimna Stotram. This text, composed by the sage Pushpadanta is a heartfelt prayer to Lord Shiva. Sung also in Siddha Yoga, this video is a rendering by Rajshri Soul. Sweetly sung with clear pronunciation, the video displays the Sanskrit text. Siddha Yoga chanting books have the text in Sanskrit and in transliterations. The You Tube link to the video is as follows:
Shiva Mahimna Stotram With Lyrics | Lord Shiva Stotram | Mahashivratri 2023
v. Pandurang Gayatri Mantra. Here is a great chant to sing or meditate with. Rendered by Rajshri Soul, the You Tube video has lyrics in Sanskrit. The video is at the link below
Pandurang Gayatri Mantra – 108 Times | Lord Vitthal Mantra | Ashadi Ekadashi 2023
vi. Arunachala Shiva Arunachala. The great abode of Lord Shiva in Tamil Nadu is the holy Arunachal hill at Thiruvannamalai. Lord Ramana Maharishi did much work there. A beautiful chant in Telegu, attributed to him is below, the audio, adapted from their video on You Tube, is here:
vii. Baba Nityanand – Swami Nityanand. Once, many years ago, when in Ganeshpuri village for darshan of Bade Baba, this wonderful namasankirtana chant captivated all. The CD is no longer here, having converting to the e-era. Deep gratitude to the singer and musicians. The audio is placed below:
viii. Lakshmi Mantra by 108 Brahmin priests. This powerful mantra chanted by 108 Brahmin priests is an excellent offering to beloved Devi Mahalakshmi. The You Tube video by Nova Spiritual is excellent to chant with. Lyrics in English and Sanskrit are provided. Adapted audio is also here:
Laxmi Mantra लक्ष्मी मंत्र by 108 Brahmins | Om Shreem Hreem Shreem Mahalakshmiyei Namaha
Babaji sings Vishnu Sahsranam. One of the first Siddha Yoga audio cassettes purchased (1988) was the Vishnu Sahsranama sung so beautifully by Babaji. To honour that auspicious moment, a like audio by Babaji is placed here with faith and trust that our authorities will be graceful in this regard.
YouTube live Darshan – Bhagwan Nityanand Temple, Ganeshpuri village. Some You Tube channels provide live coverage of the Temple during Aratis or festivals, later available as videos too. One such is ‘Nityanand Samadhi Mandir Ganeshpuri‘. Can subscribe to this You Tube channel.
The Gurus Grace – blogsite. This website offers manifold videos, audios, talks or pictures of Shri Guru, Baba ji and Bade Baba, including e-versions of older Siddha Yoga cassettes. A highly useful and readily accessible aid to practices.
Visit it here:
The Gurus Grace (thegurusgracehouse.blogspot.com)
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Siddha Yoga website - a complete resource
As mentioned on the Home Page, the indispensable resource for sadhna and Siddha Yoga practices is the website https://www.siddhayoga.org. Material to read, videos, audios, events, pictures, guidance, talks, etc., is all here, all fully imbued with the grace and love of Gurumayiji.
Seekers can search the website with ease. A Sample is listed below, with links, for any one new to the Siddha Yoga website. Please see:
a. Archives (https://www.siddhayoga.org/archives) is the Archives and is the Treasure Trove. Most resource can be accessed through this, with the Search option on top being an useful adjunct. There is access through years and months, present and past, and below is the section of Swadhyaya (hymns), our Aratis, Namasankirtanas and Poems of Siddhas and Saints with music and lyrics. Below that is access to material about nine key deities, viz., Lord, Shiva, Lord Rama, Lord Krishna, Lord Ganesha, Lord Hanuman, Surya Devta, and also three of our Goddesses, i.e. Devi Durga, Devi Lakshmi, Devi Saraswati.
b. Gurumayiji (https://www.siddhayoga.org/gurumayi-chidvilasananda), the holy Master. Here you can read her talks, accounts of Her satsangs, Her poetry, Teachings, Divya Sukta, a section on Darshan and Wisdom, and a whole lot more.
c. Chants and Hymns (https://www.siddhayoga.org/practices/chanting/hymns) An important link, it takes us to the heart of some of the beautiful swadhyaya and hymns that we sing and offer to God. It has the Aratis with texts and music, and so for the hymns.
The Aratis include the Introductory verses to the morning and evening Arati, Arati Lijo, Arati to Lord Ganesh, Jaya Devi Arati, Jyota se Jyota, Karpura Arati, Nityananda Arati, Shiva Arati, Sadguru ki Arati, Upanishad mantras, etc.
The Hymns include Shri Mahalakshmi Stotram, Shri Avadhuta Stotram, Saraswati Chalisa, Kundalini Stavah, Nirvana Shatakam, Pasaydan, Ganapati Atharvashirsha, Gurudev Hamara Pyara, Annapurna Stotram, a Prayer to Shri Guru, and others.
d. Singing the manifold names of God with love and yearning, called Namasankirtana (https://www.siddhayoga.org/practices/chanting/namasankirtanas) Singing the names of the Lord with great love, joy and devotion with abandon is a most loved practice in Siddha Yoga. Singing the Lords names invokes and invites the deity to reside in our heart. Through this link access is provided to most of the loved namasankirtana sung on the Siddha Yoga path. The music samples have an option to be looped to make the chant continuous, if desired. A medlay of namasankirtana to chant along with Shri Gurumayiji can be accessed at https://www.siddhayoga.org/gurumayi-birthday-bliss/chanting-the-divine-name.
e. Poetry of Poet-Saints (https://www.siddhayoga.org/poetry-of-saints) Amongst the wealth of the website, this section can also be accessed through Archives. This section has poems, set to music with lyrics provided, written by some of India’s most well-known and deeply spiritual poet-saints. The poems featured are in diverse Indian languages, with text and meanings provided for us to understand and follow. The melodies are very beautiful, as is all Siddha Yoga music and chanting. The poet-saints whose works have been included are Akka Mahadevi, Brahmananda, Dadu Dayal, Eknath, Guru Nanak, Sant Gyaneshwar, Sant Kabir, Lalleshwari of Kashmir, Mirabai, Namdev, Raidas, Sahajo Bai, Adi Shankaracharya, Shivadena, Sunderdas, Tukaram and Tulsidas. Do spare time for this section to hear, read, understand and follow these selected works of deep love for the divine from the great Masters.
f. Teachings (https://www.siddhayoga.org/teachings) This page introduces the basic precept of Siddha Yoga and gives access to other material relating to teachings. expositions, prayers and blessings, stories, etc.
g. Events and Study Tools https://www.siddhayoga.org/eventsandstudytools This page accesses various trainings and events. Going into the sub-sections of the page information can be gleaned about courses, retreats, dhyana saptahs, meditations via audio stream, intensives, home study courses, study course on the Pratyabhijnahrdyam, etc.
h. Study Sessions (https://www.siddhayoga.org/teachings/svadhyaya/study-sessions) An example of the many included teachings, available is the text of a series of live video stream teaching sessions held in 2020. Few audio stanzas of Shri-Guru-Gita are there as basis for some of the teachings.
i. Performing Guru Puja (https://www.siddhayoga.org/guru-puja) Well explained, the method to carry out a sweet puja to Shri Guruis accessible on this web page.
j. Dakshina (https://www.siddhayoga.org/practices/dakshina) Donating with love is a foremost spiritual practice. There is deep spiritual intent behind the giving of ‘daan‘, i.e. offering a donation. When the Shakti sees that you are freely able to, with open heart, give some of your wealth away, then the Shakti creates more opportunities for you to do so. The offering to the source of spiritual access, such as to the Guru, is particularly significant. Equally important is any donation to the very poor, the homeless or the helpless, or to agencies that genuinely work for suc a cause. Such gestures invoke and invite the Universal Energy to support the person(s) making them. In Siddha Yoga the dakshina offered to the Guru is a key practice. It supports the organisation, it supports the offerer, it pleases the inner Shakti. This web page has more.
k. Chanting a scripture with Gurumayiji – singing Shri Guru Gita along with Gurumayiji (https://www.siddhayoga.org/practices/svadhyaya/shri-guru-gita/recitation) Featured here on this web page is an audio recording of the sacred scripture Shri Guru Gita sung with Gurumayiji. Chanting along with Her is a great practice.
l. Gurudev Hamara Pyara (https://www.siddhayoga.org/practices/chanting/gurudeva-hamara-pyara) is a beautiful four minute stuti expressing our deep abiding love for the Guru. Sung as part of our prayers in our Siddha Yoga groups it was dedicated to Bhagwan Nityananda by Baba.
m. Gayatri Mantra (https://www.siddhayoga.org/surya-devata/surya-gayatri) is a chant of the Gayatri mantra dedicated to Surya Bhagwan, It is known all over India and is a powerful aid to meditation. And more in honour of Lord Surya, the Sun God, is here: https://www.siddhayoga.org/surya-devata
n. Global Community (https://www.siddhayoga.org/global-community) has details about how to connect with the Sidha Yoga ashrams, centres, community globally. A little search can help locate the nearest students, connect with them, attend programs, or obtain information, etc. A very handy resource.
And so, in a like manner, the universe of spiritual wealth that comprises the Siddha Yoga website can be cherished and explored.