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by Baba Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari Recently when I was conducting a workshop I was asked this question: ‘I am a single mom with two young children and work fulltime. Between the times I wake up, to the time I go to bed, I do not have any time to sit quietly, let alone meditate. Can you [...]
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by Karen M. Rider “High-pitched harmonics moved like lasers of light through the right side of my head, down through my body, searing my heart.” When Stewart Pearce opened his eyes, twelve luminescent Orbs floated in mid-air in front of him. He felt embraced by their supernal Love. A voice sounded, naming the Orbs as [...]
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By Mary Saurer-Smith Practice # 1. Acknowledge God as your Divine Source of formless Good. This does not mean that God suddenly favors you and gives you special rewards because you show gratitude. It means that God is Divine Mind, the Source of your intelligence, and that the substance at the center of Divine Mind [...]
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or How Spiritual Transformation Really Works By Eric Klein We recently took three days off and went to a hot springs. There’s one bath there that’s hot enough to boil an egg. When I first step into the molten water, I cringe. I’m only in up to my knees but already it seems impossible to [...]
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The following conversation took place between the Buddha and King Pasenadi from the book Old Path, White Clouds: “Teacher Gautama, there are people who say you advise people not to love. They say you have said that the more a person loves, the more he will suffer and despair. I can see some truth in [...]
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By Luminessa Enjara In Tantra the essential premise is that we are all already awakened. And, we come into this world to learn discernment and to master various aspects of life. For myself I know that I chose to master this life in many ways. I knew from a very early age that I was [...]
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By Monette Chilson It’s that time of year again. When our inner critics kick in and start making resolutions. To look better, think better, act better, live better, and love better. We delusionally think these resolutions will revolutionize the world. Or at least our world. The real power lives in what we actually do every [...]
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By Baba Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari Pranayama is the ancient science of breathing and has been studied for thousands of years. Pranayama has nothing to do with any specific religious belief, but represents the cumulative knowledge of the properties, capacities, and powers of breathing purposefully. That knowledge has been distilled, preserved, and passed down in the form [...]
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by Chakra Khan Sometimes people ask me about karma and how to know when a karmic lesson is in play. (Sidebar: I chose the word ‘play’ deliberately. Even karmic lessons can be viewed through a playful lens. Why does everybody get so damn serious about healing? Sometimes it’s downright hilarious to see how skillfully we [...]
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by Eric Klein There’s so much to do. So many items on the ever expanding to-do list. How can you set priorities and focus on what matters most? How can you whittle the list down to the core so that your actions and choices align with your heart’s deeper dream? The wisdom traditions from around [...]
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by John Holland I’ve always been a connector. A connector is someone that brings people together with the foresight that they have a reason to meet. Even as a small child I would organize for two people to meet, knowing there was something that would benefit them. I continue to do this today. Why? Because, [...]
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…rather than be “in” your Ego By Sarah Lawrence Hinson As a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) and self-realized energy worker (found that out by accident along my spiritual journey) I’ve often found myself reading books or sitting in workshops where a discussion of the ego is raised. Initially I had a fairly simplistic view of the [...]
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By Baba Shuddhaanandaa Brahmachari As the year has come to a close, it is a common habit to review what the past has wrought and what the future holds. Self-study, particularly at this time of the year is always good, taking a meditative look at the lessons learned in the past year and resolving to [...]
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By Janice Chrysler As you know, each one of us has psychic and healing abilities. Like all other endeavors in our lives, if we choose not to use them we will forget how to use them. Perhaps there has been a time in your life when you were very intuitive but it frightened you and [...]
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By Cristina Smith In the depth of winter, I finally learned that within me there lay an invincible summer. ~ Albert Camus ~ The Winter Solstice, which occurs on December 22nd, is commonly thought of as the longest night of the year. It marks the peak of natural energy facilitating psychological inwardness that is available [...]
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