Swami Chidatmananda- Allness of God, Love, Contemplation, and Self-Realization

A contemplative conversation on the nature of God, meditation, karma, and spiritual awakening.Decades of devoted practice, but no hankering after the fruit of Self-Realization. Trained rigorously in the Hindu tradition yet unbound by it. Ever seeking to learn from spiritual luminaries, be it Swami Chinmayananda in India or Dr. David R. Hawkins in the USA. Fully engaged in the world while abiding in the Divine Presence within. These are some of the qualities of Swami Chidatmananda, our guest on this episode of The Spiritual Context. Beginning with his miraculous birth, Swamiji shares his daily practices, insights into the spiritual journey, and profound experiences of inner stillness. He offers practical guidance on cultivating one-pointed awareness while acting in the world, discerning right action amid moral ambiguity, and learning to see the divine in others even when their behavior disappoints us. Along the way, he speaks of Krishna and Christ, non-duality and devotion, and form and formlessness.Swami Chidatmananda is a teacher of Sanātana Dharma, the Eternal Truth as taught in Hinduism. Teaching independently today, he previously served for more than three decades as a guiding teacher and regional head of an international spiritual organization in India. In addition to training spiritual aspirants, he offered regular spiritual discourses on Indian television and led workshops and seminars around the world for political leaders, business professionals, healthcare providers, and devoted seekers. He is the author of the popular Telugu book Learning through Relationships, and in English, The Greatness of the Mind, Essential Values of Mahatma Gandhi, Beyond the Suffering of the Ego, and Sundarakanda: Beautiful Values.For more information on Swami Chidatmananda, and to access his books freely, please visit:Inner Pathway: https://innerpathway.com/contributors...Mind in Bliss: https://mindinbliss.com/Timstamps00:00 Welcome00:34 Born for Spiritual Work04:17 Meeting Swami Chinmayananda06:09 Spiritual Training and Education07:17 Sharing the Spiritual Light09:39 Surrendering the Fruit of Self-Realization to God and Guru15:23 What is God?16:46 Maya19:44 Reconciling the Allness of God and Maya23:49 Where can one find God? The answer is Love.28:27 Love is the Presence of the Real even in the illusory30:03 Two ways of realizing God34:29 What does it mean to see God in another person?38:13 Finding Dr. David R. Hawkins42:38 The Unmoving State44:57 Daily Practice48:34 What is Contemplation?52:12 Practicing One-Pointedness of Mind throughout the Day55:32 How it is for Swamiji right now59:17 The Understanding of Karma01:05:31 Discernment of Right Action01:10:14 How can right action be possible if perception is illusory?01:12:47 Gandhi, Bhagavad Gita, and Morality01:25:22 Means and Ends on the Pathway of Self-Realization01:31:17 Spirituality in the Life of a Householder01:38:14 Unrealistic expectations on the Spiritual Pathway01:46:28 Spiritual Values01:48:20 Accepting the death of the bodyMusic: Ben Bigelow (   / @benbigelow3  )