Bhagavan Nityananda’s Teachings
Swami Muktananda, Bhagawan Nityananda of Ganeshpuri (South Fallsburg: SYDA Foundation, 1996), p.35.
To me, this teaching from Bade Baba is timeless wisdom for finding peace within. What I am seeking outside really exists inside me. Bade Baba’s teaching shows me that only when I turn my attention inward do I experience divinity.
I have been practicing this teaching by remaining focused on my breath and my thoughts. Slowly, I have begun to feel a deep sense of contentment by discarding thoughts that are irrelevant or negative. Paying attention to my breath also keeps me calm and grounded in every situation.
Indore, India
The arrangement of the letters allows me to see both Search and Share. I am reminded of the countless times our Gurus have taught us to search inside for the source of love and then share it with others. I feel so blessed by the guidance and protection that we receive continuously.
California, United States
In the local Siddha Yoga Sadhana Circle, we have started to assimilate the teachings of Bade Baba in a creative way. Using colored pencils, we intuitively draw whatever images come to mind about a particular teaching. Then we show and explain our drawings to everyone in the group.
This approach helps me greatly to understand a teaching more deeply and from different perspectives. I also learn how a teaching can be expressed in different creative ways, and how much fun it is to absorb a teaching. I am very grateful that the grace of the Guru supports this vessel of exchange.
Konolfingen, Switzerland
I loved seeing this teaching from Bhagavan Nityananda! It made me pause, think, discover, smile…and breathe—which was just what I needed.
I had launched headlong into work feeling a little under the weather, and I was feeling a bit irritable by the time I came to the website. Seeing Bade Baba’s teaching, I immediately paused. As I breathed long and deep, I was reminded that I have a choice whether I will become jangled by outside events or maintain my inner state. I can choose whether to face my day with irritation or a smile.
Calmed, soothed, and with a slower breath, I am, again, able to proceed in a more resourceful state of mind and with a connection to my heart.
I am amazed to receive the very teaching I need exactly when I need it.
New Delhi, India
When I set off on my vacation a month ago, I picked an inspiration card to guide my journey. The card I chose said self-inquiry. As I visited places and friends far away from home, this focus guided me on my travels every day. As a result, my trip felt like a journey into my true soul. I found a refuge in myself where I let the beauty and love within nourish me.
When I returned home, I immediately found the quote from Bade Baba posted here! This is encouraging me to continue my practice of self-inquiry. I feel that Bade Baba is urging me to keep turning to the Self.
Trevi, Italy
I feel as though this image of the word “search” broken into pieces invites me to break open something within me in order to focus inside and attain the Self.
What I feel I must break free from—by regularly carrying out my spiritual practices—are the illusions that can distract me in the outer world. To me, these illusions are a pale reflection of the Truth that resides within my brilliant inner world.
Rodez, France
Yesterday, I was contemplating Bhagavan Nityananda’s teaching “The Heart is the hub of all sacred places. Go there and roam.” Then today I found this teaching, “Search” is drawn with scrambled letters, followed by the two words “inside yourself”. How wonderful!
I am delighted to now entreat the Lord in my meditation in this way: “Let me enter the Heart—where I may roam, and search!” I viewed the teaching again, searching for something hidden perhaps, when I noticed the leaf above the letter S. Then I scanned the art further and asked myself, “Is that the symbol AUM, inscribed in the image? Is that Ganesh’s sweet face appearing in the image? What else can I see in this image? And what, or who, will I discover when I search inside myself?”
Maryland, United States
With every teaching on the Siddha Yoga path website, I am inspired to step away from mental chatter and go inside. Here is where I find peace. I am so thankful for these teachings, which remind me that what I really long for is inside.
I am in awe of the steadiness of the Siddha Yoga Gurus and the clarity with which their teachings are offered. I am very grateful to be on this sacred path.
West Vancouver, Canada
Before I began to walk the Siddha Yoga path, I looked for satisfaction through external circumstances. I wasn’t aware that looking inside myself for contentment or wisdom was plausible or even possible. My outlook changed when these once-elusive treasures began to steadily reveal themselves through Siddha Yoga meditation, contemplation, and other Siddha Yoga practices. Through these practices, I discovered my own Self to be the source of my true happiness and fulfillment.
I am profoundly grateful to Bhagavan Nityananda for this teaching, and to Baba and Gurumayi for teaching me how to bring its illuminating force into every aspect of my life.
Illinois, United States