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"Success should therefore be measured by the yardstick of happiness; by your ability to remain in peaceful harmony with cosmic laws. Success is not rightly measured by the worldly standards of wealth, prestige, and power. None of these bestow happiness unless they are rightly used. To use them rightly one must possess wisdom and love for God and man." ~Paramahamasa Yogananda
The buzz of L.A. is not far away, yet it feels like a world a part.
What I have discovered is: I sleep better, and why? I never slept very well, and always thought it was something wrong with me. I was told b
("Tibetan Sand Mandala" by Mary Mueller)
The central theme of « In Our Space » is the idea of building, of perhaps finding or reaching, a space where one is free to simply be themselves and do as they feel they should.
At the personal level, this corresponds to finding true purpose and staying in alignment with it, remaining centered at all times in that ideal sacred space, or pure land.
Originally, the scope was limited to that level only, and the word space was referring to an individual’s mind s
I am still working on my esoteric faerytale fantasy, <i>Ifflepinn Island,</i> which a number of non-spiritually inclined hard-nosed childrens' Literary Agents have sniffed at and summarily declined. The wonder appears to escape them. During his adventures, the Moomintroll-style hero, Iffleplum, learns many of the deep secrets of life, which thrills those on the spiritual path, but apparently turns off the worldly-minded agents.
One children's author told me "Unless the word 'spirituality' had a
The way to victory is a narrow path that requires discipline regardless of our feelings. Sometimes it may look to narrow to even squeeze through. But victory comes by obeying god's Word to us, in spite of our feelings.Follow faith ,
growth of Human beings definitely comes under certain limit.When a newborn baby grows, all its organs including brain grow.But until a certain age, probably between the age of 18 and 22, a person's body shows longitudinal growth(Length wise). after this age one can grow laterally( growth in size), Actually this type of size enlargement is mostly due to deposition of fat under the ski
Dear Friends,
I am delighted to say that my e-book "WORDS ON THE WAY--A Glossary of Sanskrit esoteric terms and their meanings" is now available both as a downloadable e-book and also on CD-ROM. This is a product of over forty years research and study, offering all the variable spellings you won't find in other dictionaries and many yoga secrets you may otherwise take forty years to discover. :) And getting great reviews as there is nothing else like it!
Also my previous book, SHARING the QUEST--S
("In Search Of Lost Time" by bogenfreund)
« Lifeforce » is the story of a personal catastrophe, an individual end of the world, beginning from a state of inspiration and hyperactivity, through doubt, destabilization, failure, consternation, collapse, and then on to relativisation, assessment, the return of hope, and renewal.
The story is told in non-linear time, beginning just after the collapse, and its various stages are presented as objects of an introspection which will lead to appraisal and
- A Vata type might have to practice more calmly than he is naturally inclined to
- A Pitta type should make sure to include relaxation and meditation
- A Kapha type should practice activating practices like Kapalabhati
it is a delicate question in today's world..whether our young people ( a good part of the generation) find more pleasure in their strutting sins than their elders find in denouncng them.Life,from the point of view of morals seems to be divided into two periods;in the first,we indulge,in the second we preach;passion yields to caution,and the general currents of desire become the winds of speech;the tempo of life slackens ,the mood changes,and senility finds it hard to forgive the youth. " Truth "
("Artwork on the Anschutz Medical Campus" by Rinaldodsouza)
"The Door Of The Law" is a suite in six parts inspired by "A Parable About A Parable" from RAWilson's "Quantum Psychology," itself inspired by Kafka's "Before The Law." (There is also a video version by jackhalfaprayer.)
The conclusion of the suite is a short section wherein I present my interpretation of the parable. The music is basically a reprise of the introduction, with a very simple acoustic guitar and vocals arrangement, so as to
Today is Guru Purnima, the Full Moon Day of the Guru. In the Yoga Vidya Ashrams Bad Meinberg , Nordsee und Yoga Vidya Westerwald andYoga Vidya Centers we have Pujas, Homa, special Chanting in praise of Swami Sivananda, Swami Vishnu-devananda and all the Gurus. Today is a very special day for spiritual practices of Yoga and Meditation
Mandala: circular symbolic representations of both universal and personal forces; they do not always represent a deity.Instead, they are symbolic compositions of energy patterns that are more powerful than pictures.
Mandalas are tools that draw energy from outer world and direct it to the inner. According to Carl Jung,they represent the unconscious self.
Tibetan Buddhist monks create mandala sand paintings in times of stress, danger and
« Lifeforce » is the story of a personal catastrophe, an individual end of the world, beginning from a state of inspiration and hyperactivity, through doubt, destabilization, failure, consternation, collapse, and then on to relativisation, assessment, the return of hope, and renewal.
The story is told in non-linear time, beginning just after the collapse, and its various stages are presented as objects of an introspection which will lead to appraisal and peace and wil
I'm just getting ready for my talk on Friday at the College of Psychic Studies in South Kensington. The topic "Yantras, visual tools that help you to enhance your meditation practice.
Yantras help you to transform your patterns of mind intohabits of thought that will bring about the results that you desire. You can use yantras to bring about deep healing. They are active energy systems that can assist you in deflecting negative energies and maintaining internal harmony.
Yantras are best underst
("The path to enlightenment" by rohit gowaikar)
"The Door Of The Law" is a suite in six parts inspired by "A Parable About A Parable" from RAWilson's "Quantum Psychology," itself inspired by Kafka's "Before The Law." (There is also a video version by jackhalfaprayer.)
After Simon tells his roshi the story of the man who waited at the door of the Law, he begs him to explain the dark parable. The teacher replies that he will explain it, if Simon follows him into the zendo. So the young American fol
(Blue Morpho Butterfly by Martin Johnson Heade)
The third part of “The Idler” is entitled “Upward.”
The idea behind the movement is quite simple : once the necessity of evolution has been recognized and accepted, there’s only one way to go and its up.
To convey the feeling of somebody who is reinventing themselves, the music reintroduces some of the themes already presented earlier in the suite, but gives them new forms or turns them completely inside out.
There are no vocals in his section. Here's
