In jnana yoga, contemplation unfolds in four stages, with shravan as the first stage of listening, taking in and absorbing wisdom from a teacher or text.

Monona, the second stage of contemplation, uses internal language to think through ideas, chewing on them with inner dialogue as you read, listen, or watch.

Explore nididhyasana, the third of four stages of contemplation in jnana yoga. Move from listening and pondering to silent, interior understanding that transcends words and evokes love and non-harming.

Trace sakshatkara as the fourth stage of contemplation in jnana yoga by listening, taking in, and pondering until self-realization and pure consciousness arise.

Explore how the self becomes a yogi app that engages in contemplation and introspection, examining inner instruments through dialogue with other inner apps to realize pure consciousness.

Practice an internal dialogue by asking the mind to be my friend, observe the inner response, and build a dialogue between the mind and its inner applications.

Engage in an internal dialogue to uncover who I am beyond names, jobs, and bodies. Recognize awareness behind identities as the self, electricity or pure consciousness, shaping lifelong contemplation.

Ask what I want to uncover how everyday desires—from donuts to self-realisation—reflect our true self, and learn to listen to our own wisdom and wake up.

Explore solving a problem through internal dialogue and contemplation, drawing on the unconscious mind for ideas and inner wisdom guided by the yogi within and non-harming.

Learn to judge your first thought as good or bad and listen to inner wisdom to guide decisions, pausing to learn from mistakes and make healthier choices.

Answer the daily 'shall I do it or not' with inner wisdom, practicing karma yoga in life, staying aware of the center of consciousness behind actions toward self-realization.

Assess daily life for usefulness and let inner wisdom guide your choices. Practice meditation and contemplation to quiet the mind, reform habit patterns, and recognize not useful thoughts.

Establish a contract with your mind to reveal inner wisdom and whisper its secrets to you, guiding contemplative practice toward discovering the guru within.

Explore antahkarana and the four functions of mind—monis, chitta, ahamkara, and boody—through a cell phone metaphor, showing how inner instruments receive data, process it, and express it outward.

Explore four levels of consciousness—from the conscious waking state through dreaming and deep sleep to pure consciousness or Atman—and learn self-realisation, the true self.

Engage in internal dialogue with the five classes stored in the chitta through contemplation, transforming memory traces of habits, ragas, or fears into insight.

Explore how contemplation, Donta, and tantra unite as one yoga, using meditation as the core practice, with the masculine Shiva and feminine Shakti as complementary principles.

Cultivate constant awareness in daily life, recognizing that you are awareness itself behind the instruments of ego, mind, chitta, and body.

Explore neti neti as a practice of discernment to observe mind and emotions, rest in awareness, and release attachments during daily life and meditation.

Explore how dialogue and prayer function as the instrument of contemplation, compatible with both with attributes and without attributes views of the divine.

Explore the self as pure consciousness, the capital S, guiding dialogue with God through contemplation and prayer. This view unites internal awareness with devotion, enabling communication from the inner center.

the lecture presents prayer as a prescription from a teacher, guiding you to pray to the lord of life within and explore inner levels of consciousness.

Explore the Om mantra as a four-part symbol for consciousness, using it for meditation, inner silence, and contemplation of its meanings and symbols.

Explore the Om Namah Shivaya mantra and its five syllables, contemplating waking, dreaming, deep sleep, and turiya to realize none of it is mine and return to inner stillness.

Explore the nondual nature of existence through the mantra om tat sat, tracing how existence itself, the field chit, and ananda arise as inseparable from consciousness.

Practice the so hum mantra with gentle breath: inhale with so, exhale with hum, guiding contemplation on 'I am that' and resting in the silent awareness of being.

Explore the Gayatri mantra as a focus for purification of the buddhi and progression through levels of consciousness, guiding light toward the true self (Atman) through recitation, contemplation, and meditation.

Practice the mahamrityunjaya mantra by meditating on the three eyes of consciousness and letting awareness turn inward toward silent reflection.

Explore the seven maha-vakyas as great contemplations—the ancient mantras that articulate essential wisdom. Practice internal dialogue by contemplating these utterances, verifying their truth through personal experience rather than blind belief.

Discover that Brahman alone is real and the world is unreal through contemplation rooted in nama rupa. See how forms reveal one reality beyond appearance, guiding meditation and practice.

Explore the idea that Brahman is one absolute reality without a second, realized through contemplation as all beings and objects emerge from the same ground reality and are not excluded.

Recognize that Brahman is the supreme knowledge realized through direct awareness, beyond books or language, revealing one reality beneath all diversity like an ocean.

Explore tat tvam asi, that thou art, the teaching of oneness and one absolute reality—Brahman—through contemplation, heart-centered inquiry, and the idea that name and form are unreal.

Awaken to the center of consciousness, Atman, as the inner light beyond lampshades, through contemplation, and realize I am Brahman—the ocean within.

Engage in deep contemplation and inner dialogue to realize Atman and Brahman are one. Declare with certainty, 'I am Brahman,' like recognizing the ocean within you.

Realize that sarvam khalvidam brahma, and that all of this is Brahman. Recognize nama rupa as labels within a single interconnected play and nothing is excluded.