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New at Sacred Visions Art: Deity Paintings and Sacred Landscapes
We have launched a new category at SacredVisionsArt.com, Sacred Landscapes of India, featuring five artworks that depict the serene beauty of India’s sacred sites. See them here.
What is “Spirit”?
We are gods within God, finite spirits within the Infinite Spirit. But what is spirit? Yoga tells us that spirit is consciousness. We are eternal consciousnesses, each of us individual and distinct. Yet we are more. Each of us takes our being from God as the wave takes its existence from the ocean. God is the eternal Root, the Ground,
About the Indignant “Injured”
“I have been insulted! I have been hurt! I have been beaten! I have been robbed! Anger does not cease in those who harbor this sort of thought. I have been insulted! I have been hurt! I have been beaten! I have been robbed! Anger ceases in those who do not harbor this sort of thought” (Dhammapada 3, 4). Earlier
What Are the “Seven Spirits of God”?
Q: Revelation 4:6 speaks of “a Lamb…having seven horns and seven eyes, which are the seven Spirits of God sent forth into all the earth” (Revelation 4:6.) What are the “eyes” and what are “the seven Spirits of God”? In Ezekiel and Revelation various supernatural beings are described as being “full of eyes” to indicate that they are fully conscious,
Who Are the 24 Elders in the Book of Revelation?
Q: Please explain the twenty-four elders standing around the throne of God. It is most important to realize that the book of Revelation is purely spiritual symbolism and not prophecy at all. Rather, it is a book of mystical teaching, relating especially to the esoteric experiences of the evolving consciousness. Paramhansa Yogananda stated that it is a book of yogic
Bhagavad Gita for Singing, Maharshi Gita, and More
We continue to add more useful content to OCOY.org, and this month have added three important articles: The first is the The Bhagavad Gita for Singing , a translation of the Bhagavad Gita arranged according to the meter of the original Sanskrit text so it can be sung–as it is done every morning in most of the ashrams of India. The second
Yogananda on America’s Good Karma
Swami Yogananda was officially presented to President Calvin Coolidge by the Hon. J. Balfour, Second Secretary of the British Embassy, on January 24th, 1927. President Coolidge can be seen standing in the window. A special 4th of July article extracted from a talk by Dr. M.W. Lewis given in San Diego,California on June 22, 1958 Patriotism Patriotism, when considered in
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Yogis Who Saw Jesus
The Many Advantages of Vegetarianism
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.