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Blessed Memories: Swami Vidyananda
This post is about Swami Vidyananda Giri (also written Bidyananda), Swami Nirmalananda’s sannyas guru.
15 Tips on Spiritual Practice from a Remarkable Saint
A continuation of the Aphorisms of Sri Brahma Chaitanya (Gondawali Baba) begun with 15 Illuminating Sayings of Sri Brahma Chaitanya. A brief account of his life can be found in that article. The insight and wisdom of this great yogi – simple yet profound, sublime yet practical – shines brightly amidst the great spiritual writings of India. We are pleased
15 Illuminating Sayings of Sri Brahma Chaitanya (Gondawali Baba)
Born in a family of Brahmin farmers in 1844, Sri Brahma Chaitanya (Gondawali Baba) showed his spiritual stature almost from birth, at the age of six stealing off to meditate alone in solitude in the middle of the night. His formal education ended quickly, after advising his classmates that their teacher’s knowledge was poor and that the singing of God’s
Wisdom as Explained by Jesus in the Aquarian Gospel
The Aquarian Gospel is full of deep wisdom which one might pass over because of its brevity. Below is a commentary on a short paragraph full of insight which is well worth dwelling on. “Again Lamaas asked, Of wisdom what have you to say? And Jesus said, It is the consciousness that man is aught; that God and man are
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
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Yogis Who Saw Jesus
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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.