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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
Karma is the creation of the mind–is simply the mind in extension. Karma need not be worked out or fulfilled; the mind need only be changed, or better yet brought into complete abeyance. Then karma is no more and its attendant compulsions–including birth and death–no longer exist.
Abbot George Burke

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New Book: Sri Krishna, The Lord of Love

We are happy to announce the publication Sri Krishna The Lord of Love: The Vrindavan Lila—An Illuminated Edition, the latest offering from Light of the Spirit Press. Enter the enchanting world of Sri Krishna, where divine love takes form in the laughter of a child, the music of a flute, and the extraordinary events of his life in Vrindavan.

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Our Origin as Children of Light

In the Gospel of Thomas, Jesus speaks of humanity’s origin in the Divine Light and describes us as children of the Living Father. In this excerpt from The Gospel of Thomas for Awakening, Swami Nirmalananda Giri explores the meaning of these words and their implications for spiritual evolution, meditation, and the realization of our divine nature.

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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:
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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.
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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.

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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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