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God in the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali: Ishwara as the True Guru
These three sutras reveal both the nature of God and His relationship with the spiritual seeker. Human teachers may instruct, encourage, and guide us, but the eternal Guru is God Himself, present within the heart of every being.
2015 Brings New Articles, New Books, Improved Website, and Introduces Podcasts
In this new year we will bring you much that is new at OCOY.org, and we have already begun the process. New articles The first of several new articles which we have posted on spiritual life is an extensive interview with Swami Chidananda, the late president of the Divine Life Society, on the subject of Brahmacharya (celibacy) as it applies
When the Mind and the Self Are One
Q: What is “chitta”? What is the meaning of “when the mind and Self are one”? A Brief Sanskrit Glossary defines chitta in this way: “The subtle energy that is the substance of the mind, and therefore the mind itself; mind in all its aspects; the field of the mind; the field of consciousness; consciousness itself; the mind-stuff.” This covers
Question: Who Sows and Who Reaps Karma?
Q: It is said that reincarnation is due to our own karma and we alone who are responsible for the past, present, and future life. But what part within every individual living entity actually can create words, thoughts, and deeds either good or evil? Is it the atma (soul), mind, or particular organ of the body? Someone said that life
The Reincarnation of Elijah
Free Kindle download at Amazon The Following is an excerpt from May a Christian Believe in Reincarnation? by Abbot George Burke. I cannot resist giving one more Biblical instance–bridging both the Old and the New Testaments–of how the human drama can be played out over the “acts” of several births on the stage of this world. (This example, by the
The Perfect Tranquility of Lahiri Mahasaya
“The Vedas are such that their scope is confined to the three gunas; be free from those three gunas, indifferent toward the pairs of opposites, permanently fixed in reality, free from thoughts of acquisition and possessiveness, and possessed of the Self.” (Bhagavad Gita 2:45). “Permanently fixed in reality.” A simple sentence, but a profound concept. Later in this chapter it
How the Book “May a Christian Believe in Reincarnation?” Came to Be
FREE Kindle download through Wednesday at Amazon! Get it Now! You might find the history of this study interesting and amusing. Quite some time ago we became very good friends with an Eastern Orthodox archpriest who not only believed in reincarnation, but had engaged for years in research into methods of past-life recall. One afternoon he phoned and told me that
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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.