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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

“To live and move in Brahman is real brahmacharya. Continence, of course, is very helpful and indispensable to achieve that end. But so long as you identify yourself with the body, you can never escape sex-thoughts and distractions. It is only when you realize that you are formless pure awareness that sex-distinction disappears for good. That is brahmacharya, effortless and spontaneous.”

Ramana Maharshi

Latest Blog Posts

December Satsang Signup | Stories of Anandamayi Ma

Light of the Spirit Monastery November 28, 2024

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

Reincarnation in the Movies: Audrey Rose

May 22, 2024

The movie Audrey Rose starring Anthony Hopkins and Marsha Mason, is a movie about reincarnation, and a person who remembers people and events from a past life. Watch our favorite video clip.

The Role of Breath in Meditation

May 17, 2024

Meditation practices involving the breath are found in many mystical traditions. Find out why in this article.

How to Deal With Death—A Wise Perspective

May 11, 2024

“For the born, death is certain; for the dead there is certainly birth. Therefore,… you should not mourn.” (from the Bhagavad Gita) Find out how to apply this in your life.

Are You Practicing Meditation Well?

May 3, 2024

Buddha spoke of Right Meditation when enumerating the components of the Aryan Eightfold Path. Are you practicing meditation right?

Religious Imagery and the Yogi: Podcast and Video

April 24, 2024

Listen to or watch a recent podcast on “Religious Imagery and the Yogi.”

Holy Mother, Sri Ramakrishna and Mahendranath Gupta (“M”) about Renunciation

April 16, 2024

We have often collected the sayings of the wise here at Atma Jyoti Ashram, so that we can benefit from their frequent study. Here are a few quotes about renunciation from Holy Mother, Sri Ramakrishna and Mahendranath Gupta (“M”).

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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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