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Are You Among the “Nirvanics”?
Guru Nanak, founder of the Sikh religion, frequently used the expression “godwards” for those who were moving toward Divine Consciousness. We might coin the ungainly word “Nirvanics” for those Buddha is describing in this article.
How to Deal With Sadness and Sorrow
To an Indian friend who had to give up a deep personal attachment and was profoundly grieved. Please accept my deepest sympathy and concern over your sorrow. Peace and fulfillment are only to be found within, for God is there. However difficult it may be due to agitation of mind and heart, please meditate. Whatever mantra or Name of God
The importance of Harmlessness (Ahimsa) for the Yogi
We have published Foundations of Yoga as a Kindle ebook at Amazon, available for only 99¢. We encourage our readers to download the ebook, readable using the Kindle App, to their digital devices for easy access. But, as with our other books and ebooks, this is also available to read online for free at any time. And, of course, we always welcome
The Power of Love to Conquer Negative Habits
We have successfully recovered the lost “Aquarian Gospel for Awakening” postings from the Google web archives after our site crash, and they can now be read in their entirety by visiting the Aquarian Gospel Introduction page and choosing any of the articles at the bottom of the page. Here is a sample of these newly restored articles. “The news soon spread
Trailanga Swami: Remarkable Incidents from His Life
Q: Do you have anything further to add to Trailanga Swami’s story that may not have been written by Master Yogananda in his autobiography? Yes, I do. First, three things that Yogacharya Oliver Black told to me when I spent all day with him in the fall of 1968. Yoganandaji had himself told these things to Mr. Black. Trailanga Swami
We’re Back Online, Faster and Better, and Other News
Frequent visitors to OCOY.org may have noticed that for the last week our site has been down and unavailable. This was due to our web hosts accidentally deleting the site from their servers. This was the excuse we needed for moving to a better hosting company. We are now back online, and working to make the site load faster for
Bigotry About Yoga
To a friend who sent a long quotation from an Indian who had made a fortune running and eventually selling a string of hatha yoga centers. After selling them, she began notifying people of the “demonic evil” of yoga in any form, and raving on and on in the style of ignorant, fundamentalist “Christian” bigots about yoga and dharma. You
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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.