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The Compassionate Killer: A Tale of Transformation
Professional wrestling villain Killer Kowalski adopted a vegetarian diet to improve his athletic performance—and experienced an unexpected spiritual transformation. His story shows how food can influence the body, mind, consciousness, and capacity for compassion.
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
3 Simple Points for Removing Spiritual Doubts
Q: I am full of doubts about my ability to realize the Self. What is the right course for me to follow? First: Understand that since you ARE the Self, you cannot help but realize it. So relax and fear not. Second: Become a yogi, for it is the nature and purpose of yoga to reveal the Self. Third: Persevere.
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Yogis Who Saw Jesus
The Many Advantages of Vegetarianism
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.