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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
“To flee from all for the sake of All is our best plan if we don’t want to be slaves of such low and worthless things.”
Saint Teresa of Avila

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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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Four Fundamental Facts of Existence (Part 3 of What is Dharma?)

This post is the third of a series where we present our view of dharma, which we view as the teachings of the dharma which Jesus brought back from India. There are four fundamental facts of our present existence: The law of cause and effect, or action and reaction, expounded to us by the rishis as karma. Karma renders necessary the

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Identity with God (Part 2 of What is Dharma?)

This post is the second of a series where we present our view of dharma, which we view as the teachings of the dharma which Jesus brought back from India. Identity with Brahman (God) Each individual consciousness or jiva not only exists within Brahman, Brahman is the inmost reality of each jiva. Seated within the heart of all, Brahman directs

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Top Ten Articles at OCOY.org

What pages are the most read on OCOY.org and the Light of the Spirit Blog? Read on, and explore more besides. There are hundreds of blog posts, as well as ebooks and more. And with spiritual writings, they never get out-of-date or loose their value: Twelve Pointers For Maintaining Brahmacharya May a Christian Believe in Reincarnation? How to Choose Your

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What is Dharma? Part 1

This post is the first of a series where we present our view of dharma, which we view as the teachings of the dharma which Jesus brought back from India. The nature of dharma First it must be stated that mere philosophy or theology is totally useless if it is not supported by a way of life that enables the

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Three Spiritual Questions

Q: Is the faith and destiny of us human beings completely due to God’s will without anything to do with our karma? In other words, is it predetermined because we have no control? Is it just like a drama, a human being only an actor, but God being the author of the scenario? In the universe, karma is the law of

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Only Flora and Fauna?

Q: Suppose everyone in this planet will not take birth again because they have attained liberation, does that mean the planet will be empty of human beings but only be occupied by flora and fauna? Is this condition possible? Individual spirits (jivas) are coming into manifestation all the time in the most basic form and evolving upward in ever more

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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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