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“Upasana Yoga and Nondual Devotion” – Yoga of Love – James Swartz

Sep 7th, 2021 49m 45s

Om! Nondual love means unconditional love. Maturity is important for a love relationship. Free will and love. Means of knowledge. In the final stage you get rid of obstacles. Here you can find: Our website Our seminars Our online channels: … Co

“Karma Yoga” Yoga Of Love – James Swartz

Aug 31st, 2021 28m 34s

Om! Karma yoga stage: Love of God becomes a discipline. Basic universal rules Moral dimension in this universe. Noninjury. Every human being has a different kind of nature. There is not one thing that isn’t God. What is karma yoga? … Continue r

“The big picture” Yoga Of Love – James Swartz

Aug 24th, 2021 1h 22m

Om! If you know that you are love every relationship is a love relationship. You want to seek love or do you want to have love seek you? If you know that you are love every relationship is a love … Continue reading →The post “The big picture”

Value management and attaining unconditional love – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Bhakti Sutra

Aug 10th, 2021 1h 34m

In the satsang we create a sattvic atmosphere that makes it easier to focus on the knowledge. It is important to keep the knowledge active when the mind is rajasic or tamasic. When the values are assimilated the mind stays … Continue reading →

Jealousy, consistent effort and mastery of the mind – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Bhakti Sutra

Aug 3rd, 2021 1h 27m

These values are qualifications for moksha. When you are spiritually stuck it’s probably because one or more spiritual values are only partially assimilated. When you are not up to the mark, pick a value and work on it for 1-2 … Continue readin

Gunas and value of values – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Sutra, Narada

Jul 27th, 2021 41m 22s

1. Pride, Vanity, Conceit, Self-Glorification: Any form of hurt is due to pride, an inflated ego, one that is excessively attached to what it thinks it knows, believes, possesses or how it looks. When you expect other people to make … Continue

Gunas, devotion and values – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Bhakti Yoga, Bhakti Sutra, Narada

Jul 21st, 2021 53m 50s

How to overcome tamas? When you are rajasic and succesful you have no time to pay attention to yourself. Stuck in sattva. Danger of vanity and stop of growth. Verse 58: “Success is easier to attain by informal devotion than … Continue reading →

Reincarnation, non-dual love and gunas – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

Jun 30th, 2021 1h 3m

Free will. Making no choice and turning it over to ishvara. Issue of free will: what values are determining your use of free will? Those values are chosen by the gunas. If tamas predominates fear will inform your choices. If … Continue reading

Ignorance, guru and change of attitude – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

Jun 23rd, 2021 1h 2m

Trust in a guru? Manipulation and guru. Respect teachers with knowledge. Don’t hand over your trust to a teacher simply because you are suffering. If your heart is pure ishvara will give you the right guru. You should be able … Continue reading

Association with materialists or sages? – James Swartz – Yoga of Love, Vedanta, Bhakti Sutra Narada

Jun 16th, 2021 1h 35m

Revision of verses 38-43. Vedanta is a method that the teacher applies to your mind. You are always aware. Elimination of nonessential factors. Bliss in deep sleep. Do you stop existing when you go to sleep? Something that you can … Continue re

James Swartz – Great souls and devotion – Talk 15

May 26th, 2021 26m 42s

One achieves devotion through Satsang. Satsang builds a devotion habit. Make the worship of god a habit. Verse 38: However, the primary method by which one develops devotion is association with great souls, that means a free person of the … Con

James Swartz – Vedanta, Ishvara and the importance of devotional practices – Talk 14

May 19th, 2021 1h 16m

Vedanta: means of knowledge based on the upanisads or knowledge that ends the quest for knowledge. Modern advaita teachers and qualifications. Arguments from satya viewpoint and from the mithya viewpoint. Example of Ramana Maharshi, his spiritu

James Swartz – The role of Ishvara – Talk 13

May 12th, 2021 1h 10m

Verse 25: Advaita devotion is superior to karma yoga and jnana yoga. Verse 26: Vedanta is a means of knwoledge, non-dual love is the end. Verse 27: If you take credit for something that belongs to the Lord you won‘t … Continue reading →The pos

James Swartz – Are the self and the world jiva connected? – Talk 12

May 5th, 2021 1h

The supreme person. Experiencing or being the self? Two orders of reality. You are never not experiencing yourself. Duality and Non-duality are not opposites. You can be and experience yourself at the same time. It is not necessary to get … Con

James Swartz – Devotion and dharma – Talk 11

Apr 28th, 2021 1h 26m

Verse 10: Elimination of nonessential desires: Worldly or emotional security, wanting to be recognized. Single goal is freedom. Active sense of renunciation is important. The only security is your self. Five stages of devotion: 1. Sakama Bhakti

James Swartz – Conciousness and matter – Talk 10

Apr 21st, 2021 28m 23s

Swami Chinmayananda. Consciousness and matter. Four types of devotees: Devoted to god because of suffering. Spiritual materialism principle and Vedanta. Seeker of god or truth. Nondual devotee. The lower and the higher self. Krishna, Arjuna and

James Swartz – Action, renunciation and indifference to objects – Talk 9

Apr 14th, 2021 1h 17m

Actions won’t remove ignorance. Actions and ignorance are not in conflict. Knowledge will remove ignorance. By sadhana you don’t remove the basic ignorance: I am the doer! Moksha is the negation of the doer. Actions don’t give lasting happiness

James Swartz – Nature of non dual love – Talk 8

Mar 24th, 2021 1h 9m

Beginning of the verses of Narada’s Bhakti Sutras. Traditional versus modern style of teaching. Vers 1: Using intellect for justification is not useful. Devotion is directed to God. Treat the people around you as if they are God. Devotion is …

James Swartz – Karma Yoga and Dharma – Talk 7

Mar 17th, 2021 1h

Recap of the last session. Freedom as the number one priority in life. Nondual bhakti is exclusive love of the self. To progress spiritually you have to commit yourself to the vedic tradition: work through all stages. Skipping of the … Continue

James Swartz – Karma Yoga, Teachers and Scriptures – Talk 6

Mar 10th, 2021 1h 22m

Karma yoga is bhakti yoga. Swami Vivekananda, Freud, consequences of technology. Psychological designation in Vedanta appeared. Multipath confusion. Better to integrate all parts of the psyche. All stages of devotion are necessary, must be prac

James Swartz – Karma and Karma Yoga – Talk 5

Mar 3rd, 2021 47m 44s

3. Formal devotion. What is karma? Prarabdha, sanchita and agami karma. Karma is similar to a bank account. 3 possibilities: add karma, exhaust karma or stay the same. People with little karma become sannyasi. Karma Yoga means how to relate … C

James Swartz – Love, Ishvara and Informal Devotion to God – Talk 4

Feb 25th, 2021 1h 4m

By reading Vedanta texts it is easy to misinterpret them. Ignorance and knowledge are mixed up. Teaching makes difference between ignorance and knowledge clear. Live your life based on knowledge not on emotions. Isvara and action. What is real?

James Swartz – Vedanta, Love and God – Talk 3

Feb 18th, 2021 47m 30s

Existence is my nature. Love is my nature. Everything you do is motivated by love. Stages of love (see chart in the video): 1. Love of objects. What do you love? Samsaris love objects. Suffering comes because objects are not … Continue reading

James Swartz – Love, Existence and Scripture – Talk 2

Feb 11th, 2021 1h 15m

Meditation on the silence. It is impossible not to love. You are Love: Sat Chid Ananda. Every action is motivated by love of the self. What is existence? Scripture as the appropriate means of knowledge. You are not a person. … Continue reading