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7 Steps to Misuse Your Power of Thought
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. Learn how to avoid these 7 mental traps.
“The Bhagavad Gita for Awakening” Is Now Available as Paperback and Ebook
After years of writing and preparation, we are happy to announce the publication of Abbot George’s latest book, The Bhagavad Gita for Awakening: A Practical Commentary for Leading a Successful Spiritual Life. Although it has been available for reading online at OCOY.org, it is now also available as a paperback and ebook at various online outlets (see below). With penetrating insight,
Purification from the Karma that Causes Mental Illness
Q: What is mental illness? My friend’s son has bipolar disorder with schizoid tendencies. How can I help? Everything in our life, inner and outer–except for the witnessing consciousness which our true Self–is a product of karma. Just as physical ills come from negative karma, so do mental ills. Also, those ills are symptoms, not the real cause: negative thoughts,
A Yogi’s View of Christian Scriptures
When Paul writes (Ephesians 5:14): “Thus God speaks through the scriptures: ‘Awake, you who sleep, arise from the dead, and Christ will give you light,’” which scriptures is he referring to? The King James Version simply has: “Wherefore he saith, Awake thou that sleepest, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give thee light.” And so does the Greek
Krishna and Jesus: Are They God, or Teachers, or What?
Q: Is Krishna the Supreme Personality of Godhead or just a teacher like Jesus? Krishna is not Parabrahman, the Absolute Being, and Jesus is not the Godhead, either. Nor are they “just teachers,” either. Both Krishna and Jesus were perfect siddhas, thoroughly deified persons, truly god, having evolved through all the worlds of relative existence and transcended them in total
How and Why You Should Transcend Raga and Dwesha (Attraction and Aversion)
This article on Raga and Dwesha is an excerpt from The Bhagavad Gita for Awakening, by Abbot George Burke (now available here). However, with attraction and aversion eliminated, even though moving amongst objects of sense, by self-restraint, the self-controlled attains tranquility (Bhagavad Gita 2:64). The words translated “desire” and “hatred” are raga and dwesha. Raga is both emotional (instinctual) and intellectual
The Inner Meaning of Bhagirathi’s Penance to Bring Down the Ganga
Q: Is there an esoteric meaning of Bhagirathi doing intense tapasya to bring Ganga to earth? Also, what is the significance of Lord Shiva and the redemption of Bhagirathi’s ancestors in this episode? There is a symbolic, esoteric meaning to this, but that does not mean that the account in the shastras is only symbolic. The Ganga is the water
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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.