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The Inner and Outer Life Equation - Yogi Explains

Summary

, 15 min

Balancing spiritual and material life through Lahiri Mahasaya's householder formula: work, family and daily meditation. Why leaning on any one part fails, why meditation must be built by skill rather than marathon sittings and pushing, and Yogananda's "spiritual alcoholic" advice of small practice sips through the day.

In this video

Teaches
Householder life
Discusses
Lahiri MahasayaShort meditationsMicro meditations
Mentions

Key moments

00:00Balance between the spiritual life and the material life01:47Lahiri Baba's householder lifestyle and the case against monasticism03:36The equation: work, family and daily meditation04:16Success, fame and money will always fail you05:02Family alone won't be spiritual enough05:39Meditation is the piece that makes everything make sense07:49Putting all the weight on long meditations backfires09:13Building skill: HRV, sitting still, four proofs, the freeze10:00Back from the ashram: "I love kriya, I hate kriya"10:29When you are a hammer, everything looks like a nail12:00Yogananda: become a spiritual alcoholic13:05Ashokji: OM into whatever comes up, all day13:39Lahiri Baba, the ecstatic babu