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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
It is the nature of evil to coerce, cajole, tempt, entrap, dominate, weaken, and control. The nature of goodness is exactly the opposite–its purpose is to provide freedom, encourage reason, strengthen, and make independent–even of itself.
Abbot George Burke

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Jesus, Buddha, and Krishna

Messiahs vs. Avatars

What is meant by “messiah” versus “avatar”? How are Jesus and Krisna similar and how are they different? Are they both Messiahs? Are they Avatars? Find out in this article.

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10 Sagely Sayings of Swami Sivananda

One of the greatest master yogis of the 20th century was Swami Sivananda Saraswati, founder of Sivanandashram in Rishikesh in northern India, on the banks of the Ganga in the foothills of the Himalayas. His many writings have inspired thousands through the decades since his passing in 1963. The following sayings are taken from his book Kingly Science, Kingly Secret,

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Improved Social Media at OCOY.org

We continue to endeavor to make OCOY.org and the Light of the Spirit Blog friendly to social media users, that is, those who use sites such as FaceBook, Twitter, Google+, Pinterest, StumbleUpon, and the like. For some time we have included the ShareThis plugin where before and after each page and post you can click on icons of your favorite

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Kali and the Virgin Mary: Two Questions

Q: Why are animals sacrificed at Kali temples in India? What is the purpose? Is it against the principle of vegetarianism? The killing of animals is always an offense again Life Itself. But in perverted religion throughout the world animal sacrifice is found. Only a misunderstanding of Kali could “justify” such a terrible practice. Holy Mother Sarada Devi absolutely forbade

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Be Safe and in Control with Psychic Phenomena

This is the 5th and last part of a series of postings on the authentic Christian view and attitude regarding psychic phenomena. What should we do to ensure our safety in psychic matters? A principle that must be continually held in mind is the Biblical statement: “The spirits of the prophets are subject to the prophets” (1Corinthians 14:32). This implies

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The Positive Side of Psychic Phenomena

This is Part 4 of a series of postings on the authentic Christian view and attitude regarding psychic phenomena, a follow-up to The Negative Side of Psychic Phenomena. Having spoken of the power of Christ, we should consider the positive side of the matter of psychic phenomena. For there is a very positive and beneficial mode of psychic communication and

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The Negative Side of Psychic Phenomena

This is Part 3 of a series of postings on the authentic Christian view and attitude regarding psychic Phenomena Evil intelligences Although I said in the previous posts we should not fear, I also said we needed wise caution. For it is true that when Lucifer rebelled and was thrown from the heights of astral existence called “heaven,” he and

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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:
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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.
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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.

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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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