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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.”
Fool’s Gold in Religion
Seeing should not always be believing “All that glitters is not gold” is especially true in the realm of religion. I can never hear that adage without remembering a walk I once took with the Russian Orthodox (OCA) Archbishop of Chicago. We were just wandering around aimlessly in the pre-spring weather, getting rather far from his small apartment next door
Buddha’s Words About Attention
“Attention leads to immortality. Carelessness leads to death. Those who pay attention will not die, while the careless are as good as dead already” (Dhammapada 21). “Attention”–appamada in Pali–literally means “non-infatuation,” but is usually interpreted as the result of such freedom from infatuation. Narada Thera says it has the connotations of “ever-present mindfulness, watchfulness, or earnestness in doing good.” If
Top 7 Posts of 2013—and More
As each year finishes, we review the hundreds of articles and posts at OCOY.org, to see which ones were read most often. This year these seven articles ranked highest: 1. 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
The Glory of the Night of the Nativity
The third and last segment of the visions of Anna Catherine Emmerich (1774- 1824) who was a mystic, visionary, and stigmatist whose visions of the Nativity of Jesus were recorded by the German poet Clemens Brentano. The first two postings can be found here and here. “I saw in many places, even in the most distant countries, an unusual joy
The Birth of Jesus, a Mystic’s Experience, Part 2
The altar at the grotto of the Nativity in Bethlehem. The star under the altar is at the place of Jesus’ birth. Part 2 of the visions of Anna Catherine Emmerich (1774- 1824), a Catholic Augustinian nun who was a mystic, visionary, and stigmatist whose had visions of the lives of Jesus and the Virgin Mary, which were recorded by
A Mystic’s Vision of Jesus’ Nativity
Anna Catherine Emmerich (1774- 1824) was a Catholic Augustinian nun who was a mystic, visionary, and stigmatist whose visions of the lives of Jesus and the Virgin Mary were recorded by the German poet Clemens Brentano. Aside from the wealth of fascinating detail in her visions, her visions are also of interest as they include Jesus’ sojourn in India. We
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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.