There is no direct relation between the individual and the sense objects. The connection is established only when the individual projects their desires onto the objects by means of the indriyas. Since the object naturally exists as separate from the subject, whatever is projected onto it is merely a reflection of the subject's own consciousness. To neglect this is to neglect one of the great obstacles to spiritual advancement. Maya's influence works in such a way that we imag

I recently read an Essay called In the Cold Night of the Day: On Film Noir, Hitchcock, and Identity. It’s a review on the book Night Passages: Philosophy, Literature and Film by Elisabeth Bronfen in which the author speaks about women in film noir, proposing “a binary structure that connects the dark forces of the night with the representation of women and the social order of the day with that of men.” When I read this, I was immediately reminded of the Sun and the Moon as pl

Today is a very special day, it is the Shukla Ashtami of the month of Shravana which is the appearance day of Śrīmati Rādhārani, the personification of the most exalted stage of spiritual love. What does it mean that God is both masculine and feminine ? When standing before the Deities of Śrī Śrī Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa, we are witnessing the forms of the Absolute Truth - the Supreme controller (Kṛṣṇa) and His śakti, or potency, Śrīmatī Rādhārāṇī . Because God is non-different from H

Beauty is a characteristic of Venus – creating beauty, engaging with beauty and relishing beauty through any of the senses. Venus is like a glass which reflects and translates transcendental beauty into this world and allows us to experience it. However with the growth of modern feminist movements, Venusian qualities are being demonised and we are being fed this idea that to be free as women we must embody the more solar and martian qualities which are associated with masculi