Transform Your Life with Kriya Yoga
What is it like to live as a Kriya Yogi? Yogacharya O’Brian draws inspiration from the Bhagavad Gita to explore this question about how to live a spiritually conscious fulfilled life in today’s world.
Ellen Grace O'Brian (Yogacharya O’Brian) is an acclaimed teacher, award-winning author, and minister who has served seekers of spiritual enlightenment from all walks of life for over thirty years. She has published several books and audio programs about meditation, mindfulness and spiritual living, offering a refreshing and authentic voice that makes timeless wisdom accessible to the modern mind. She is the spiritual director of the Center for Spiritual Enlightenment, a meditation center in San Jose, CA. Through her teaching and publications, Yogacharya O’Brian helps people learn to live from the inside out with practices and insights for developing life-transforming skills to cultivate a spiritually awakened, fulfilled life.
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THE YOGA HOUR TEAM COMMENTS: Yogacharya O'Brian shared that the essence of Kriya Yoga is acting and being anchored in our spiritual identity rather than ego self. I loved Yogacharya's clear and uplifting message about how everything we do; talking, sitting and walking or as she described, moving in the world, are manifestations of our state of mind. The spiritually awakened one is obvious through the life they live with calm wisdom. The discussion touched on how the practice of meditation is the opportunity to experience steady discernment of our spiritually awakened and enlightened nature. Knowing this truth inspires us to live our lives as a reflection of our spiritually conscious mind. Yogacharya O'Brian shared how our study of the Bhagavad Gita can support our understanding of ourselves as spiritual beings but beyond that can answer any question we have about living a spiritually centered life. I was so uplifted and inspired by the discussion.
DR. TRUJILLO’S COMMENTS: I really enjoyed our discussion of the Bhagavad Gita, and in particular Chapter 2 verse 54, the verse where Arjuna asks Krishna what it’s like to live as an enlightened person. As Yogacharya O’Brian said, we each need to try on the idea and imagine what that might be like as part of our quest to live as Kriya Yogis. When imagining how a wise and calm sage would speak, we discussed the importance of the yogic practices of harmlessness and truthfulness. Arjuna also asks Krishna how a sage would sit, or meditate, and how they walk, or relate to the outer world. Yogacharya’s perspective about all of this resting on the consciousness of each of us was illuminating.