The document discusses how to still the mind through meditation. It explains that when the mind becomes still through daily meditation practice, all desires and motions of the mind come to a stop. One achieves unity with the flow of life, which expresses as love. By removing the selfish relationship with the ego through meditation, only love remains. Meditation allows the higher Self to shine through and express divine love in all its ways.

1. Cuandouno estáatrapadoen el mundode lasilusiones,
estarafligidoporlasedde losplaceresmundanos,
unose engañacon nombresyformas.Uno
quedaatrapadoen estosgoces,queriendoestos
placeresparaser repetidos,creandoapegos.
Estos apegos construyenunmundode multiplicidad,
alejándote de tuverdaderoSer.
La eliminaciónde estailusiónmundanatrae conocimiento
del Ser,permitiéndotefusionarte enel Absoluto
Uno mismo.La ignoranciatiene que serconquistadaparaencontrarlaverdad
la felicidadenlavidaylameditaciónestumayor herramienta
por abrir lapuerta,permitiendoque laluzdel Divino
Verdadpara brillar.
Om Tat
The Ripe Ego
As we growintoour true Self,the awareness
of “I andme” starts droppingaway,justaswhen
the fruitturns ripe,itdropsoff the tree.The more
one thinksof the lowerself,the more the ego
expressesitself.The more we awakentothe
knowledge of the divine,the lessseparate we
are fromknowingwhowe trulyare.
Thisego exposesitself whenone expresses
feelingslike,“All myproblemsare comingfrom
otherpeople andthings.”Itisso easyto blame
someone orsomething.Intruth,all problemsstart
and endwiththe understandingof the one Self.
Thisego alsoexpandswhenapersonwants to

2. take creditfor all the good one isdoing,thinking
“It isme that didthisgooddeedandit ismy money
that wasusedfor charity.”
Anotherproblemisownership.Thisegowantsittobe
clearto othersabout whatit owns(Thisismybody,
my car, my money).
If you are startingto feel these painsfromthisego
of yours,youmustapplysome efforttorecognize that
youare more than thisego,more than thisbodyand
mind.Foryou are thatone Christ,thatshinesin
everyone andineverything.Wake up. Youknow what
you’ve gotto do.Be compassionate towardsothers,
love God,studyscriptures,andmeditate.
Om Tat Sat.
Blessings,
Swami Kenananda
Life isbut a Dream
Life isbut a dream,and,as longas one lingers
inthe beliefintwoor more powers.one cannot
come to knowthe truth. There isonlyone power
and that isGod and God only.
While sleeping,manyexperience alotof thoughts
and desiresrunninguncheckedthroughtheir
dreamexperience.Inthe same way,inthe waking
state,theirdailylife isfilledwiththoughtscreated
fromdesires.
One has to reacha stage where the thinkingmind
comesto a stop,where the thoughtprocessescome

3. to an endand the intuitive mindawakens.There can
be no liberationwhile one iscaughtupinthe illusion
that thisworldisthe reality.
Doingjapa,religiousdisciplines,charity,austerity,
and sacrificesare all greattools,andcan give you
spiritual benefits,peace andinnerhappiness.
But there comesa time whenyoumustfinallyawaken
to see that thisuniverse hasnoreal existence initself.
The universe doesexistbutatthe same time,it
dissolvesinlightof true Self knowledge.
Unlessone hascome to the pointof doingtapas,that is,
doing10 or more hours of meditationaday,one should
take time to studythe scriptures.Make it a dailypartof
your meditationpractice.Ithasto be readoverand over
againand meditatedonoverandoveragain tobreak out
of thisworldlyillusion.
Blessings,
Swami Kena
The Guru
Today we have accessto so manydifferentpaths
pointingthe waytofindeverlastinghappiness.
Those whoare givingusthese wordsof hope
soundssopositive.theyare givinguswordsof
encouragementanddirection.Howdowe know
that theyreal,or if theyhave theirownmotives
behindthe wordstheyspeak?
It istrue that there are manyfalse prophetsout
there,yetat the same time,there are some great

4. and sincere soulsoutthere whose directionispointed
to God, andwho are losingtheirawarenessof ego.
If you trulywanta guru whowill neverguideyou
wrong,whowill take youfromdarknesstolight,
thenthe firststepis to make an efforttochange your
life evenbefore the gurucomesintoyourlife.
Meditationisthe practice of goinginward.Inside all
of usis the higherSelf,wherethe real gurusits.
There,the guru can guide youto the innerknowledge
of yourtrue Self.There,the rightperceptioncomes
easily,inthe absence of judgment,andwithaview to
obtainspiritual directionand understanding.Youmust
have a state of peace and tranquillityestablishedfrom
within,andthe guruwill come.
Blessings,SwamiKenananda
TurningAwayfromIllusion
By the practice of Self inquiry(WhoamI?) andby
the practice of meditation,thisworlddissolvesinto
the one God...for the realitybehindall formsisGod.
The numerousobjectsseenthroughthe sensesare as
real as the dream objectsseeninsleep.The objects
seeninthe worldare mere appearances.Theyare
supportedbythe divine Self,yettoacceptthemas
real is ignorance.While livinginignorance,asthe
sensesgrowmore andmore attachedto the objects
of the world,one perceivesthe worldasreal.
Whenyouawakenout of thisdream,realizingthat
God isthe onlyrealitybehindall namesandforms,

5. the worldisso unreal to you.The awakenedone looks
at the illusoryworldasamirage,like the lake seeninthe
desertor like the snake thatisseeninthe rope.The
awakenedone knowsthatthisillusoryworldappearance
proceedsfromandexistsonlyinGod.
The body andformsappear to be solidandrecognizable
but itis an illusion,itispure consciousnessalone one is
experiencing.The time toact isnow to liberate yourself
while youare young.Don’twaitany longer,whenyouget
old,the bodygoesthroughpainsand itsmaintenance
becomesdifficult.Make meditationadailypractice,study
some scriptures,keepcompanywiththe holyones,and
be at peace.OmShanti.
ACTION
What isall thishype of doing“good”actionsor
“bad” actions?Wouldn’titbe betterto live inGod’s
grace? All of our judgementsare centeredaround
the actionsof goodand evil.
To realize ourtrue identitywiththe higherSelf,
all actionsmust turn into“inactioninaction.”
Actionisrootedinthe thoughtof “Me, My or I”
whichisrootedinthe ego-sense.Whenthe
awarenessof the egoisdestroyed,all action
turns toinaction.
Whenone is performinganaction,lookingforthe
resultsof the action,one iscaught up inthe law of
karma, butby turningawayfromthe fruitsof action
karma isburnt inthe flame of innerKnowledge.

6. Thenone has no ownershipof anything.One acts,
and earnsno karma.
Be establishedinthe nownesswhenyouact,and
your actionswill be spontaneous.Youwill live alife
of contentment.Youwill notbe troubledbypainor
pleasure,andyouwill be indifferenttogainor loss.
By meditatingonadailybasis,youstart to break
the flowof actions — the deeperthe meditations,
the lessthe ego-basedactions.Youwill accomplish
more in lesstime byallowingyourdivine Self todo
all the actions.Om Tat Sat.
Blessings,
Swami Kena
Thanksgiving
Learningto be unattachedtothe worldprepares
one for the journeyintospirituality.Tomake this
journey,youhave toget ridof ownership(”thisis
my car, my food,mybody...”).A goodwayto do
thisisto offereverythingthatcomestoyouto the
Lord.
OfferingeverythingtoGodpurifiesthe mindand
cleansthe soul.The more you take ownershipof
these thingsthatyouacquire,the more narrow
and cloudyyourspiritual visionbecomes.
Remember,anythingconnectedtoGodbecomes
holy.Make it a habitto surrenderall of your
itemstoGod. Insteadof takingcreditfor
somethingyouhave done,give ittothe Lord.

7. Whenyouare meditatingandthese thoughts
come intoyour mind,give themtothe Lord.
A goodway to surrendereverythingisthrough
selflessservice,beingaservantof the Lord.
Helpwhereverthere isaneed - helpthe aged,
give tothe poorand so on.Learn to sacrifice
your time,yourpleasuresandyourenergy.
Thenyou will grow.
To trulyunderstandthatGod is the absolute
Oneness,we have togive upall andrecognize
that there isnone otherthan the One.
BlessingsfromSwami Kenananda
Two Powers
Withthe beliefintwopowers,one iscaughtinthe
pairsof opposites,inbeliefsof rightandwrong,
sicknessandhealth,povertyandabundance.
Whenmankindfirstate of the tree of goodand evil,
he fell fromthe grace of livinginthe Oneness.The
onlydevil there is,isthe mindthatbelievesintwo
powers.
As longas youare usingyourmindto decide what
isgood and whatisbad, youcannot experience true
spirituality.The onlyplace there isgoodorbad exists
isin the mind.The mindismade up of the belief of
twopowers.Whenone can go to that place above all
thoughtwhere nojudgementtakesplace onanything
or anybody,where there isno“good”or “evil”,thatis
where one can experience the true spiritual reality.

8. The purpose of meditationistoexperience that
whichisbeyondthe mind,where one realizesthe
ultimate truththatGod doesexist.Thisisthe place
where all questionsare answeredandall ignorance
dropsaway, leavingonlythe lightof the divine truth
that we are all one.
Spirituality
As we workon ourselvestobecome awakenedandclosertothe truthof God's existence,we hear
the word "spirituality."Itisoftenassociatedwithpeople whofollow areligious pathorwith
people whotalkaboutspiritualityusingthe rightbuzzwords,ormaybe quote fromthe
masterpiecesof great soulsinthe past.
There has to be more than wordsfrompeople belongingtoaspiritual organization.Itisa growth
that has a start fromthe awarenessthatthere issomethingmuchlargerand more powerful than
the mind,beyondanythoughtone can conceive of.
To recognize this, the egohasto be setaside.Those soulswhohave touchedthistruthdonot
have to belongtoany religionororganization,buttheyhave one thingincommon.Theygive from
the heart,not lookingforanyrewards.Notonlythe preacher,butthe beggar,the postman,and
the student...all can be recognizedfromthe spiritualitycomingfromcompassion.
STILL THE MIND
Our mindislike arollercoaster,goingup when
thingsare fine andgoingdownwhenthingsgo
wrong.Whenthe mindbecomesstill,the motions
of the mindhave come to a stop.Everything
becomesthe same,all desire comestoastop,and
we are inunitywiththe flowof life.Thatunity
expressesaslove.Whenyouremovethe selfish
relationshipthatyouhave withyourego,all there
isleftislove.
By makingmeditationadailyroutine,one startsto
calm the minddown,allowingthe higherSelf express

9. thisdivine love inall Itsways.
Whenyoulookat life fromthe standpointof the ego,
youcannot use judgmentclearly,forthis"me"hasa
selfishmotive.Toletthe higherSelf shine,youmust
developself control,self-inquiry,andmeditation.
Learn to still the mindinmeditationandletthe higher
Self take over.The relationshipone gainsafterthe mind
becomesstill isthe highestformof love.OmTatSat.
Blessings,
Swami Kena
PURE CONSCIOUSNESS
There isa supreme lightthatrulesoverthisbodyof ours.It abidesinthe cave of the heartand is
beyondthe reachof the sensesandthe mind.Itgoesby the name of Atmaor Christ.
Thispure consciousness,thatemergesoutof the heart,grows,rolls, anddancesasit createsand
destroysthisuniverse.Itisthe
consciousnessthatisthe One Reality.Therefore,the highestworshipone candoisto discoverthis
one,absolute consciousnessthatlivesinthe heart.
In everyindividualthere are twotypes of consciousness.One isreflectingonthe mental process
and the otheris abidingasthispure consciousnessthatisbeyondthe mind.
To relate to thispure consciousness,one hastogo where there isnothought.By the processof
practicingmeditationonadailybasis,one canreach the wisdomtoexperiencesucha
phenomenonasAbsolute Pure Consciousness.
In BetweenThoughts
Thishappinesswe are lookingforcannotbe found
inobjects,inpeople,orinform.It isbeyondwhatever
the mindcan conjure up.The mindisworking
overtime,tryingtoprove tous differently.
How dowe shutoff thismindof ours? It islike a
record playerthatwill notturnoff.Sitdownonce,
and justwatch yourmind...Seehowthe thoughts

10. justkeeponcoming,flowingfrom one conceptto
another.We have to finda way to getto a space
inbetweenthese thoughts,andtoexperience the
silence betweenwords.The actof doingthis
iscalledmeditation.
Finda quietplace tosit foran hour. Take a few deep
breathsand allow thatuniversal pranatoclearout all the
residual emotionsandthoughtsof the day.Putyour focus
betweenyoureyes.Letthe attentionpull youintothat
pointof focus.Thenwatch these thoughtsastheycast
theirluresandsee that theyare empty, withouttrue
essence.Letthemgo.Theyhave no holdonyou - the
real you.
Feel the innerawarenessunharnessedbythoughts
take overyour whole being,fillingitwithessential
delightthatislighterthana feather,yetdeeperthan
any andall thought.Gobeyondthishumanmind.
You are the Christ,the One withoutaSecond.
OMmmm... Shanti -Swami Kena
The Meditative JourneyandChange
If you wantto make a change inyour life,youneedtomake achange inyour consciousnessfirst.
All thingsproceedfromconsciousness.If youare alwayslamentingyourcircumstances,youare
alwaysfeedingitwithenergyandawareness.Thisiswhere meditationcanhelp.Bylearningto
control your mindinmeditation,youare gainingcontrol overyourlife expression.Thisisnotyour
onlyreasonformeditating,butitcan alleviatethe stressof feelingvictimized.
You mustawakento whoyoureallyare.You mustnot buyinto whatothersthinkyouare,or even
whatyou thinkof yourself!Meditationisthe key tounlockingthe doortodiscoveringyourreal
nature,and allowingittoshine;allowingittounravel the imaginedrope of illusionthatisholding
youdownin life.

11. Some day youwill wake upandsee that the meditative journeyinvolvesourtotal being -- every
part of whowe are,everyaspectof our life,hasto be transcendedaswe journeyfromourfirst
thought,to the place where all thoughtends(nomind),andwhere the blissof Realitybegins.
NOW ISTHE TIME
ThishigherSelf isaware of everything inthis
universe.ThishigherSelf isthe Pure Consciousness
that eachone IS. It is the One Self thatappearsas
the many,but because of our ignorance,we are deluded
intothinkingthatthere isnoOne-nessinthe many. Itis
like youare seeingthe universewithinyourself asif the
universe hadaform...butin fact ithas no form.
Brahman alone exists. Abandonthisperceptionof diversity
and realize the unrealityof yourownindependence fromthe
infinite consciousness. Thatisyourgoal,that is liberation.
To awakenoutof thisignorance,youhave toput some
efforttogo beyondthisdivisionof "you"and"God."
You mustgo intothe silentcave withinwhere this
ultimate Truthlies.
What are youwaitingfor?Evento geta hintof this
Truth isworth the effort. Don'tput itoff any longer.
NOW isthe time!
RepeatedEffort
Ignorance,whichhasbeenaroundsince the
beginningof time,hasitsrootsdeepinsideof us,
givingusimpressionsof duality.We dependon
thisconditionedmindtofindourwayoutof the
darkness,onlytofinda greaterignorance.To
getout of thissituation,we findthatreceiving

12. spiritual instructiononce isnotenough.
It has to be givenrepeatedlyoverandoveragain
In orderfor usto gain a firmholdon the vision
of non-duality.
To gain thisknowledge of the Self isdifferentthan
gainingknowledge throughthe sensesorthe mind.
You have to go where there isnothought,inorder
to transcendthisego-selfandrealize the AbsoluteSelf.
Thisdualisticworldisnothingbuta trap of illusionary
objectsthatpushesyoudeeperintothe worldof desire
and attachment.Once thisveil of illusionaryobjects
(maya) hasbeenliftedfromyourconsciousness,all there
isleftisGOD. By makinga dailyhabitof meditation,one
starts to breakthe holdthat thismindof dualityhasover
you,givingyoua clearvisionof whatthe scripturesare
tellingus.
Thenyour meditationswillgive youreal insight,
allowingyoutomake the rightdecisionatthe right time
and alertingyoutolive inthe presence of thatDivinity
withinyou,thatInfinite Oneness,orGod.
Discoveringthe Self
Who isit that awakensinthe morninginyourbody?
Who isit that isconstantlyentertainingall thesethoughts
and desiresbroughtaboutbydailyinputfromthe outside world?Whenyoustarttoinquire into
whoyou reallyare,
yougraduallyawakentoa whole newworldview.Whenyou
start to awakento thistrue Self thatyouare, all the desires
that youworkedsohard to grab, as well asthe pushingtoget

13. rid of the undesirable,bothcome toan end.A lightof awareness
of thatinnerSelf awakens.
You are rightto say that everythingischangingall the time,butthe powerthatengineersthe
change neverchanges.
All thatthere is,is thisOne Consciousness.All whoknow thisReality,know thatitisthe Divine Self
that residesinall of us.Do not give upor slow downyourefforts torealize thisSelf thatyouare.
Keepupyour meditationpractice everyday.Awakentoyourtrue birthrighttofindthat eternal
Existence,Consciousness,andBliss.
Al igual que el Reiki para las personas, Animal Reiki tiene un montón de beneficios físicos,
emocionales y espirituales! A continuación se muestran algunos ejemplos de lo que puede
ayudar a nuestros animales (hay muchos más, estos son solo algunos ). Al igual que el
Reiki humano, Animal Reiki siempre es gratuito y funciona en conjunto con la atención
veterinaria o el entrenamiento conductual.
Beneficios físicos:
-Reducción de estrés.
-Mejora la recuperación de una lesión o cirugía.
-Mejora los efectos secundarios de dolencias o lesiones.
-Ayuda con comodidad física con el envejecimiento.
Beneficios emocionales:
-Puede ayudar a los aspectos emocionales de los problemas de conducta.
-Ayuda a curar problemas resultantes del maltrato.
-Ayuda a curar la fatiga por compasión.
-Ayuda el apoyo con la atención veterinaria.
Beneficios espirituales:
-Aumento de vida por vitalidad.
-Renovado sentido de propósito.
-Ayuda con soporte al final de la vida.