Light of the Spirit BLOG

Come back often to find new, valuable and practical articles to help you in your spiritual life. Below the latest blog posts we also list some of our most well received articles.

Wisdom Quote of the Day

“The thing is this: On whatever path you may proceed yoga is not possible unless the mind is still. The mind is under the control of the yogi. The yogi is not controlled by mind.”

Sri Ramakrishna

Latest Blog Posts

The Wrong Way to Be Thoughtless

Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) January 15, 2025

The problem with the thoughtless man is that he is completely heedless of the spiritual life. Find out how to correst this.

7 Steps to Misuse Your Power of Thought

January 6, 2025

Many times we see that people bring to themselves the things they continually think about, but we also see that thinking about something can repel it from the person. Learn how to avoid these 7 mental traps.

New Soham Talks

January 1, 2025

Swami Nirmalananda has begun a series of talks on Youtube talking about Soham Yoga Meditation. Watch here.

The Unholy Trinity of Yoga: Raga, Dwesha, and Moha

December 18, 2024

In his teachings Buddha frequently listed the Unholy Trinity: Raga, Dwesha, and Moha. In yoga philosophy also these are detailed at length. Find out more here about why.

Beyond gain and loss to our eternal nature

Bringing Forth Our Eternal Nature

December 6, 2024

A lot of time is wasted “cultivating virtues” and pursuing yogic “attainments.” As Sri Ma Anandamayi often pointed out, getting implies losing. So any artificial progress we may make will evaporate in time. What is necessary is that we learn to bring forth, to reveal, our eternal nature.

December Satsang Signup | Stories of Anandamayi Ma

November 28, 2024

The December Satsang with Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) will be on Saturday, December 7th, and 12 Noon, EST.

Remembering Our Destiny

November 17, 2024

We all come into this world with a destiny that is known to us on the subconscious level, and which often trickles up on the conscious level. This destiny is what the Bhagavad Gita calls swadharma.

Featured Articles

Untold Stories of Mahavatar Babaji

of Yogananda’s “Autobiography of a Yogi”

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Six Systems of Hindu Philosophy

A Serious Student's Guide.

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Annie Besant & the Necessity for Reincarnation

An Introduction to Annie Besant's comprehensive article on various scientific, moral, and historical aspects of reincarnation.

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Yogis Who Saw Jesus

The day our Original Christianity and Original Yoga website was launched we received an irate communication from one of those Western “Hindus” that believe they are more truly Hindu if they hate other religions–especially Christianity–and deny that Jesus ever existed. Here is our answer:

The Many Advantages of Vegetarianism

You can indeed reap a lot of benefits by being a vegetarian and people have become more aware of the health benefits of being a vegetarian. Animal rights issues is only one of the reasons why people decide to go on a vegetarian diet. People are beginning to care more about the environment. However, the main reason why people go on vegetarian diet is because of health benefits.

Seeing the One in All

In response to our recent blog posting about the reality of Jesus in the experience of India’s great yogis, we received a most heartening letter from India. I want to share parts of it with you and my reflections on it for I feel it presents the most authentic perspective on these matters.

7 Steps to Misuse Your Power of Thought

Thought is power–magnetic power, particularly. That is, thought can draw or repel whatever is thought about, depending upon the polarity of the individual mind. Many times we see that people bring to themselves the things they continually think about, but we also see that thinking about something can repel it from the person.

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