This Month's Features
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
Latest Blog Posts
About Ishwara, and the Sanatana Dharma View of the Trinity
Ishwara is not in the world as an invisible presence. Rather, the world itself is the visible presence of Ishwara. We can think of Ishwara (Christ Consciousness) as the screen, and Creation as the play of light and shadow projected onto it.
The Mystery of the Virgin Mary
Q: What is the Virgin Mary? Is she a saint? An avatar? Divine Mother of some sort? What is the difference between her and the mothers of other avatars? I can only reply to your question according to my own study and my personal experience. So it is all only my opinion. I believe that the Virgin Mary is a
“The Aquarian Gospel for Awakening” Now Available as a Paperback or Ebook
★★★★★ “The Aquarian Gospel for Awakening is a quite lengthy work but is never boring or a labor to read. The Abbot takes the verses, makes his comments on them, and expands the teachings exposing new vistas which makes the commentary itself quite an adventure.
“Whether you are familiar with the Aquarian Gospel of Jesus the Christ, or reading for the first time, you will benefit greatly from this book. It has truly been a pleasure to read it.” –Russ Thomas
How to Easily Increase Your Meditation Time
A response to someone who asked how increase their meditation time from meditating 30 minutes to 3 hours of meditation.
What Is the Mind?: A Meditator’s Guide, Part 1
What is the mind? Sanskrit and Pali have the same word for mind: mana. Mana comes from the root verb man, which means “to think.” However, mind takes in more territory than the intellect; it includes the senses and the emotions.
What Is the Spiritual State to Which Jesus Called His Disciples?
A selection from Abbot George’s Commentary on the Four Gospels It is imperative that we discover the real meaning of that spiritual state to which Jesus called his disciples. The Beloved Disciple John in his epistle speaks of those that overcome the world (I John 5:5-5), and in dictating his experience on Patmos he relayed these words of Jesus in
Seven Signs of Progress in Meditation
In “Journey to Self-Realization”, a collection of talks by Paramhansa Yogananda, at the end of the talk entitled “The True Signs of Progress in Meditation,” he gives the following list of seven indications of progress in meditation:
Featured Articles
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.