Will not be available for a month

As I am leaving on 5th August to the Sivananda Yoga Ashram in Val Morning , Quebec , Canada for a month of Yoga Vacation for my physical , mental and spiritual rejuvenation , I Will not be able to keep my blogs updated regularly .I will try my best to keep posting new messages when I have time .After I return back to India on 4th September , I will keep my blogs regularly updated .Till then I would request people to go through the older posts or refer the wonderful links to other spiritual sites given on my blog .

See you all soon .Bye .

Krishnanand

Close attention is very hard work

You may know the superficial layers of your mind, but to know the unconscious motives, drives, fears, the hidden residue of tradition, of racial inheritance—to be aware of all that and to give it close attention is very hard work; it demands a great deal of energy. Most of us are unwilling to give close attention to these things; we have not the patience to go into ourselves step by step, inch by inch, so that we begin to know all the subtleties, the intricate movements of the mind. But it is only the mind which has understood itself in its totality and is therefore incapable of self-deception, it is only such a mind that can free itself of its past and go beyond its own movements within the field of time. This is not very difficult, but it requires a great deal of hard work.

J Krishnamurthy