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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.
Possession and Obsession by Negative Entities, and How to Protect Yourself
Q: What is “possession” by spirits? It is the same as “obsession”? This is a most important subject. Possession by negative entities is absolutely possible, although obsession is much more common. Let us look at both phenomena. What possession is Possession occurs when an entity actually enters into the body of a physically living being (it need not be a
Sexual Scandals the World Over
Q: Can you comment on the continuous sexual scandals in the Catholic Church, and why it is that western people and the Catholic Church never understood what celibacy is about? First, such scandals are not just in the Catholic Church, but in Protestant churches as well. But they, too, get hushed up. Because of the Catholic Church’s size and prominence
How to Overcome Grief at the Death of a Loved One
In reply to a friend who wrote asking how to overcome grief at the death of a loved one. Please accept my heartfelt sympathy over your great loss and sorrow. Karma determines all the aspects of our life, especially birth and death. Therefore your action or inaction could not effect when your beloved son would leave this world. His karma
Yajna (Sacrifice): The Many Meanings and Practical Applications in the Bhagavad Gita
Q: May I ask for your explanation of the true sense of yajna [sacrifice] and Adiyajna [Primal Sacrifice] as used by Lord Krishna, and is it found in the sacred teachings of The Christ? Although we naturally equate yajna with the fire sacrifice, agnihotra, yajna basically means any kind of offering. Those who publish and distribute books of spiritual and
Thinking of God: the Perspective of the Serious Sadhaka
Q: With regard to the particular means of thinking of God: are you advocating the traditional forms of cultivating our relationship with God through perceiving the Divine as Mother, Father, Child, Lover or even a Transpersonal Tao? No. Such an approach is totally egocentric: “I want a Mother, Father, etc.” This is most crassly expressed by the oft-cited statement: I
What to Do About Sleep in Meditation and Other Problems
To an Indian Christian friend who asked about experiencing blankness and spontaneous bodily movements in meditation. I am very happy that you are meditating regularly. This is so very important. It is also good that you are meditating longer. Sleepiness It does happen sometimes that the meditator gets into a kind of blank or tamasic state in meditation, and may
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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.