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May Satsang Signup – Religious Imagery Podcast
Our May online satsang with Swami Nirmalananda Giri (Abbot George Burke) will be on Saturday, May 4th, at 12 noon, EST. Visit this page to register. Also, listen to or watch a recent podcast on “Religious Imagery and the Yogi.”
A Root of Many Evils: The Source of “The Age of Emerging Plagues”
In the sea of information and opinions about COVID-19 in which we are all floundering, we recently discovered a harbor of sanity. Dr. Michael Greger, author of How Not to Die and founder of NutritionFacts.org, recently posted a video and transcript of a presentation “Pandemics: History and Prevention” that he gave over ten years ago, when the bird flu was
Who Is to Blame: the Deceiver or the Deceived?
To someone who wrote asking me my thoughts as to why a very famous guru and his organization taught/teach a yoga method that is not supported by a single authentic yoga text or tradition. A person with an active mind in a guru or yoga cult eventually collects a number of “why does?” “why dids?” and “why nots?” regarding the
Meditation and Samadhi: a Modern Nath Yogi’s Insights
Wisdom of Sri Gajanana Maharaj of Nashik The difference between meditation and concentration Some persons do not understand the difference between meditation (dhyana), and concentration (ekagrata). Suppose a person sits and repeats the Soham mantra mentally. A few minutes later someone asks him, “How did you feel? Had you any thoughts? Was the flow of thoughts going on as usual,
Growing in the Presence of God
A continuation of our series of postings on the early Christian writings, the mystical Odes of Solomon, written in Apostolic times. No man O my God changeth Thy Holy Place, nor can he change it and put it in another place. Because he hath no power over it, for Thy sanctuary Thou hast designed before Thou didst make other places. That
Jivatma, Shivatma and Paramatma
Wisdom of Sri Gajanana Maharaj of Nashik Those who have read some religious books and those who have listened to religious discourses must have often heard the words: Jivatma, Shivatma, and Paramatman. Jivatma is the individual soul who experiences pleasure and pain in this worldly life. Shivatma is the Paramatman who is the root cause of all the activities in
Putting on the Love of the Lord – The Odes of Solomon – Ode 3
This is a continuation of our series of postings on the early Christian writings, the mystical Odes of Solomon, written in Apostolic times. As many of you as have been baptized into Christ have put on Christ (Galatians 3:27). I am putting on the love of the Lord. And his members are with him, and I am dependent on them and
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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.