Aparigraha (Non-Attachment) & Yantra

A yogi should not become attached, through bias, to anything that is not real,
and should immediately exorcize, as though they are evil spirits (graha), the eight ‘possessors’.

“Aparigraha”

Dispassion (Non-Attachment), or ‘Don’t Be Greedy’

Yama #5 of the Classical Yogic Tradition

A crucial teaching on the balance between the joy of living and getting lost in the life (which is sometimes quite okay, too!) Non-attachment doesn’t mean giving up everything to retire to a forest. In fact, you might retire to a forest and still be quite attached to so many things—outcomes, your body, your comfort, etc…

The Yoga Sutras teach that dispassion is the way to centeredness and the taming of the fluctuations of mind. We’ll correlate the sutra with the Vijnana Bhairava Tantra, an ancient scripture that encourages the development of insight, and a cultivation of freedom, from both attachment and aversion, to know the Absolute at your core.

In this month’s satsanga, we’ll look at what it means to be greedy, on both sides of the spectrum, and how we might learn to overcome the habituation of both aversion and attachment, retrain the ego and allow it to do its job, rather than consider it an enemy, stand tall and brave at the center of our Acts, and take ownership of our true authority to create, preserve, destroy, conceal or reveal intentionally and in alignment with life itself.

We’ll also dive deep into the tradition of ‘Yantra & Mantra’, cosmic resonance and Sacred Geometry, and how we might apply these to our life practices to further the goals of non-attachment to that which doesn’t serve the goal, and reorientation on what is more enduring.

What You’ll Experience:

• Guided Meditations: Engage in meditative practices designed to help you reflect on your alignment with life, enabling you to own your autonomy and authority over your choices and cultivate a sense of fulfillment and wellbeing.
• Deep Discourse: Rich discussions that explore the implications of harmony, radical neutrality, and dispassion across various wisdom traditions. Discover how the concept manifests in daily life and relationships, and the subtle ways we may unintentionally “greed” for more and more—or less and less—through unconscious communication and behavior.
• Scholarly Insights: Benefit from scholarly references that deepen, not only your understanding of Aparigraha, connecting its principles to broader philosophical discussions about engaging reality, as it is, rather than how we might want or expect it to be, but also the global tradition of sacred geometry, and the Indian science of self-realization based on the engagement with archetypal principles.

Featured Guided Meditations:

• Wu Wei
• Shiva Atmastakam (Shivo Hum)

As each satsanga in this series is building upon the content of the last,
you are encouraged to have a look at the recordings of past sessions available in the program library.

Register for all the satsangs and receive all the past recordings, too!

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Satsanga Themes (Past) & Coming Up:

1. Non-violence, Self-care & Cultivation of Awareness
2. Truth, Truthfulness & Radical Honesty
3. Non-Stealing (Kabbalah & the Book of Radiance)
4. Energy Alignment and Kundalini Sadhana
5. Non-Attachment & Sacred Geometry
6. Zen & the Art of Forgiveness
7. Mental Fortitude & Constancy (MARCH)
8. Compassion & Kindness (APRIL)
9. Integrity & Sincerity (MAY)
10. Cleanliness, Purity & Measured Diet (JUNE)