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- The Mary Poppins Principle: Why We Need Fun On The Spiritual Path - by Submitted on Jul 10, 2008 from Laura BrunoMillions of us grew up loving Mary Poppins. That staight-laced nanny who was "practically perfect in every way" certainly had a way of injecting fun into people's lives! From going to the bank to connecting new friends to the cartoon derby, Mary Poppins embodies the concepts of freedom through ...
Views: 2085 - The Mask - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Dr. Carolyn PorterLife holds many mysteries just as a mask mysteriously hides the identity of who or what is behind it. Curiosity may be aroused as an individual experiences a feeling of anticipation while waiting for the revelation of the mystery. A mask is used as a cover-up, a means of hiding the true ...
Views: 1258 - The Mind of Light in the Context of the Current Existential Crisis - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2021 from santosh krinskyIs it our destiny to create a divine life on earth? When we look around at the world today, we see innumerable problems, crises and contradictions that provoke many to feel utterly hopeless. Everywhere people have experienced the pain, the challenges, the aggressive opposition of ideas, ...
Views: 710 - THE MIRACLE OF SELF FORGIVENESS - by Submitted on Aug 17, 2007 from Diane HarmonyOur hearts melted into one another’s in instant recognition during that first hug. Two bodies reunited after 36 years...two spirits connected by the mother-daughter bond which can never be broken. Only shame, guilt and remorse fed the fire of apparent separation. Only forgiveness would ...
Views: 1158 - The Miracles of Spring - by Submitted on Feb 28, 2013 from Clardy MalugenThere’s nothing more invigorating, more breathtaking than awakening to find glorious spring flowers that have miraculously burst through the soil into full bloom. I find myself mesmerized by them, both astonished by and grateful for their exquisite beauty. Staying in that moment and allowing ...
Views: 1410 - The Most Important Person in the World - by Submitted on Feb 17, 2008 from E. (anagarika eddie) Raymond RockSome say that moms are the most important people in the world, after all; where would we be without moms? And dads too. We wouldn’t be at all!! Sisters and brothers can be very important in our lives, and in many ways create the foundations of what we are by testing us throughout our life’s ...
Views: 1080 - The Most Moral Act Of All Is The Creation Of Space For Life To Move Onward - by Submitted on Oct 27, 2013 from Rick CarterThe title of this article is a quote from Robert Pirsig from his book “Lila: An Inquiry Into Morals.” Mr. Pirsig is best known as the author of “Zen And The Art Of Motorcycle Maintenance,” widely regarded as the best selling philosophy book of all time. I highly recommend both books (for what ...
Views: 1318 - The Most Powerful Mantra: Learn to Lose the Ego and Awaken to Who We Are - by Submitted on May 13, 2012 from Dr. Robert PuffWho we are is very simple. We are the Supreme Reality. Everything comes from that and is a reflection of that. We are really like the sun and our lives that we’re experiencing right now are like the dewdrops that are reflecting the sun. Another way to look at it is to see life as a dream. We are ...
Views: 1888 - The Mystery of Inner Emptiness - by Submitted on Mar 15, 2011 from Oleg MoskvineWho are you inside? What is your name inside? How old are you inside? Are you male or female inside? When you start deeply looking inside, is anybody there that can be defined and identified? Do you think you are going to meet yourself as somebody you used to be in the outer world? In going ...
Views: 909 - The Myth of Better - by Submitted on Jun 30, 2009 from Daniel ErwayWe are conditioned to believe something that has very little truth to it, so little truth that it’s more accurate to call it a myth: We believe that things could be better. We deeply believe that we can have a better experience or a better life or become a better person. And, of course, the flip ...
Views: 1085 - The Nature and Action of Faith in the Spiritual Path - by Submitted on May 06, 2021 from santosh krinskyOne of the great reported examples of faith in the spiritual path is the inspiring story of Tibet’s great yogi, Milarepa. Briefly, his family was cheated out of their inheritance when his father died, and put into a condition of extreme suffering. He left to learn Black Magic to take his revenge ...
Views: 514 - The Nature and Experience of Cosmic Consciousness - by Submitted on Aug 06, 2021 from santosh krinskyWithout experience, it is difficult to comprehend the difference between the normal human ego-consciousness and the cosmic consciousness. Those who have had the experience try to disclose the type and quality of their experience, but using human words that relate to our normal body-life-mind way ...
Views: 476 - The Nature and Forms of Spiritual Experience - by Submitted on Jul 18, 2021 from santosh krinskyHow do we distinguish what is an actual spiritual experience? We have an inherent bias towards believing and accepting perceptions and reactions to outer stimuli, the objects of the senses, and the reactions that arise inwardly from those stimuli. When it comes to an inner feeling or experience, ...
Views: 432 - The Nature and Practice of Karmayoga in the Integral Yoga - by Submitted on May 25, 2021 from santosh krinskyWe frequently hear about the practice of ‘karma yoga’ in connection with feeding people, or providing medical care and support. These and other ‘good works’ are clearly beneficial to the social body and to the numerous individuals who receive real and substantial benefits from them. These ...
Views: 491 - The Nature of Bhakti — the Yoga of Devotion - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2021 from santosh krinskyThe path of devotion relies on the heart, not the mind. The seeker who is rooted in his mental process undergoes substantial efforts to achieve spiritual realisation, but may find that the ego-consciousness asserts itself as an arrogant pride of accomplishment, knowledge or understanding. As ...
Views: 474 - The Nature of Divine Love - by Submitted on Jul 01, 2021 from santosh krinskyThere is an apocryphal tale in the Mahabharata which illustrates the nature of Divine Love and the devotion of the seeker. Narad, the divine sage, came across a yogi who was practicing austerities. The yogi took the opportunity to ask how long before he would achieve liberation. When Narada told ...
Views: 450 - The Necessity of the Psychic Transformation - by Submitted on Sep 05, 2021 from santosh krinskySri Aurobindo emphasizes the need for the psychic transformation, which is the coming forward of the soul or psychic being in man to provide the central focus, and overcome the promptings of the ego-consciousness as it normally acts in the mind, life and body. Spiritual experiences, on their ...
Views: 455 - The Necessity of Transformation of Human Nature - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2021 from santosh krinskyFor most of human existence, there has been a deep divergence between those who seek spiritual development and those who are focused on the material life in the world. In The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo describes the two paths as ‘the refusal of the ascetic’ and ‘the materialist denial’. It would ...
Views: 471 - The Need for a Direct Experience of the Reality of Existence - by Submitted on Feb 06, 2021 from santosh krinskyAt the end of all our speculation, logic, reasoning, and opinions, we find that we are plagued by uncertainty and doubt in our minds about the meaning of our existence, our purpose in the world and the reality of the universal creation. We can recognize that what we observe through our senses is ...
Views: 533 - The Need for the Guidance of the Guru - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2021 from santosh krinskyThe snares of the desire-soul of the vital nature are often subtle and can easily overpower the mind. Thus, motivations that represent the gratification of the ego are frequently justified by the mental processes and thus, can continue even when the seeker believes that he is carrying out the ...
Views: 442 - The Need to Open and Bring Forward the Inner Psychic Being - by Submitted on Jul 26, 2021 from santosh krinskyHumanity has tried countless ways to solve the existential questions and crises that we face living in the world around us and interacting with all other beings who share the space with us. Religion, law, social development, economic development, technology, and others have each had their chance ...
Views: 448 - The Need to Overcome Fear in the Realisation of the Atman - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2021 from santosh krinskyIn the external world, fear plays a role that can both hinder progress, and protect from impulsive or rash action that would result in injury, loss or death. If fear is excessive, it paralyzes the individual into inaction. If it is insufficient, he may rush into circumstances far beyond his ...
Views: 439 - The Need to Transcend the Intellect in the Search for the Truth of Existence - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2021 from santosh krinskyOnce we acknowledge that Truth cannot be ascertained through intellectual prowess alone, that the mind is not an instrument of truth, but rather an instrument for seeking, filled with doubt, confusion and limitation, we can no longer rely entirely on the mind to be the arbiter of what reality ...
Views: 568 - The Needed Action to Bring in Wealth - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2011 from Rishan BBeing teachable is a need in luring wealth. Exactly how teachable we are is tested simply by our Teachability Index. Being teachable is definitely very important when we want to know things that could strengthen our lives to a wonderful extent. Take knowing how to apply the Law of Attraction for ...
Views: 965 - The Needed Engagement That Enlivens the Outer Forms of Worship - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2021 from santosh krinskyThe inner life-force behind any action is more important than the outer form which it takes. Japa and Mantra can become habitual and repetitive, and if that happens, the outer shelf remains, but there is nothing alive within. Such japa sadhana has little value. The living energy needed is either ...
Views: 417 - The One And Only LeBron James - by Submitted on May 30, 2015 from Albert WagnerOkay. As someone in Cleveland, Ohio there are special times. Special because, as most people know, the Cleveland Cavaliers are in the N.B.A. Finals. And, unlike the last time, they are contenders with a chance to compete. This accomplishment is not taken lightly in these parts, And you ...
Views: 1461 - The One And Only LeBron James - by Submitted on May 30, 2015 from Albert WagnerOkay. As someone in Cleveland, Ohio there are special times. Special because, as most people know, the Cleveland Cavaliers are in the N.B.A. Finals. And, unlike the last time, they are contenders with a chance to compete. This accomplishment is not taken lightly in these parts, And you ...
Views: 1479 - The One Desire - by Submitted on Nov 04, 2011 from Melanie McGheeThe desire to know and recognize God, Truth, to experience that sweet space of Oneness is thought by some philosophers to be the root of all desire, the one desire. It may be that the desire disguises itself, showing up as a wish for a new car, or a particular job. Perhaps it shows up as some ...
Views: 1094 - The One Indispensable Thing - by Submitted on Jan 27, 2021 from santosh krinskyThere is considerable confusion about spirituality and spiritual practice. We tend to conflate “good works” with spiritual progress, when in many cases, these good works, while necessary and helpful in the world at large, actually arise from a mental or vital call to action rather than from the ...
Views: 699 - The Opposite Game - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2011 from Frances LucasWe have all heard or even played the opposite game where if we mean one thing, we say or do the opposite until the person guesses what we are doing. It was a fun game to play as children to say no when we meant yes and to say off when we mean on, etc. It just made things a little more exciting ...
Views: 2457 - The origin of the universe is the mind - by Submitted on Nov 02, 2020 from Martin GrayThroughout history, science has seen previously rejected ideas, such as those of the origin of life or the order of the universe, ended up being part of its wide repertoire. What new paradigms are emerging today? In science the acceptance of new ideas follows well-defined steps: first, the ...
Views: 739 - The Paradoxical World of Spiritual Enlightenment: We are nothing but we are everything - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2012 from Dr. Robert PuffWhen we wake up to who we are, something happens. We stop identifying with our egoic selves because we realize they are impermanent and only that which is permanent can be who we are. We aren’t our bodies, we aren’t our memories, we aren’t our thoughts, we aren’t our feelings… We aren’t any ...
Views: 1463 - The Path of the Integral Yoga - by Submitted on Apr 28, 2021 from santosh krinskyThe integral yoga relies on the action of a force of consciousness beyond the mind-life-body complex under which we ordinarily function. This involves a self-exceeding beyond the normal framework. Thus, it cannot be accomplished purely by the action of those powers residing within that ...
Views: 462 - The Path to Freedom Begins with Self Awareness - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2017 from Mercedes Oestermann van EssenYou are probably totally unaware how much lack of self awareness affects your life and the outcomes you are creating. For most of us life unfolds lacking direction, since we have not yet learned to control and direct our inner world, or thoughts consciously and purposefully. Success in ...
Views: 1732 - The Path to Resilience - by Resilience can be achieved in at least two ways.
Event-based resilience is when we respond to each event that occurs in a successful manner to resolve tensions in the space. This approach is the way some of us achieve resilience during parts of our lives or particular events. We each have ...
Views: 1369 - The Perfection Of What Is - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2010 from Janice HyltonA compassionate body/breath practitioner said to me today that she felt the common definition of "perfection" was very constrained. I had been a recipient of her work as we shared some observations and questions about the nature of perfection. What had come up for me a few minutes earlier as ...
Views: 917 - The Personal and Our Higher Self - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Elinor DandreaThe Personal Self is who we believe ourselves to be. It’s called our personality. In this personal self, is our physical image, as well as, our hopes, and dreams. Much of this personal self is geared to success in the material world. It sees success from a material desire to achieve. And it ...
Views: 695 - The Personal Self and Our Higher Self Part 2 - by Submitted on Jan 21, 2011 from Elinor DandreaAnother difference we find between our personal self and that of our Highest Self is, that the personal self lives in duality. It still seeks questions in relationship to its spiritual nature. It still questions itself through the use of right or wrong. The personal self, is on a journey of ...
Views: 716 - The Politics of Love (from a book 'The Passing Summer' by Michael Cassidy 1989) - by Submitted on Apr 29, 2016 from craig lock ("incorrigible encourager and people-builder")Article Title: The Politics of Love (from a book 'The Passing Summer' by Michael Cassidy 1989) updated from http://www.selfgrowth.com/articles/the-politics-of-love-from-a-book-the-passing-summer-by-michael-cassidy-0 Submitted by: Craig Lock Key words (tags): Books, 'The Passing Summer' , ...
Views: 1432 - The Positive Negative Side of Polarity - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2009 from Sherry AnsharaThe Positive Negative Side of Polarity The story goes that positive is good and negative is bad. How can that be when you are both positive and negative polarity? Your positive and negative poles work in unison with your body to stay balanced. When you go to the ocean or around water, it ...
Views: 1293 - The Power of Changing Yourself - by Submitted on Feb 08, 2016 from Ascendance ProjectThis article was based off this quote: "Yesterday I was clever, so I wanted to change the world. Today I am wise, so I am changing myself." - Rumi When I was younger, I took it upon myself to try and solve other people’s problems, most of the time, “problems” did not involve me. I ...
Views: 1602 - The Power of Intention - by Submitted on Sep 23, 2011 from Gina MageeHow does the Power of Intention work? The one thing we know for sure is that it will probably not work in the manner in which we expect. In fact, the key to setting intentions is to become detached from the “how.” I’d like to share a personal experience with setting intentions in my life. ...
Views: 672 - The Power Of Intention III - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2008 from Tom WrightIn part one of these three articles on the effective use of our energy of intention we discovered what intentions really are. In part two we practiced finding out where that energy physically originates from in our bodies, and then how to set it into motion so that that energy goes in the ...
Views: 766 - The Power of Now – is it a trap? - by Submitted on Sep 28, 2010 from Russel BrownleeMany of us have read books by Eckhart Tolle, Byron Katie and others and have been inspired to try and live in the Now. We hope that by doing so we will experience the bliss and serenity that these writers appear to experience on a permanent basis. It all goes great for a while, we go about our ...
Views: 1143 - The Power of ONE: Making a Difference in the World - by Submitted on Jul 17, 2015 from craig lock ("incorrigible encourager and people-builder")THE POWER OF PEOPLE TO EFFECT CHANGE: THE POWER OF ONE Can 'Ordinary'* People Effect Change and Make a Better World? "I'm only one but I am one. I can't do everything but I can do something and what I can do I ought to do and that by the grace of God I will do." - Brett Blair Most ...
Views: 1381 - The Power of Unconditional Love - by Submitted on Apr 23, 2009 from Shelley Riutta“Of all the earthly music, that which reaches farthest into heaven is the beauty of a truly loving heart.” Henry Ward Beecher Cindy came into to see me because she was being so critical with her husband Bob, who she loved very much. She said: "Some of the things that he does just ...
Views: 1124 - The Power to Leave Painful Thoughts and Feelings Behind You - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2007 from Chika ShiojimaJust as a storm in the atmosphere of the earth is born of conflicting fronts of different temperatures colliding with one another, so too must there be conflicting forces within us in order to form a mental or emotional storm. Our task is to become conscious of these unseen forces that dwell in ...
Views: 787 - The Power Within - by Submitted on May 14, 2009 from Connie BrannanHypnosis is one of the most potent and powerful tools for changing your mind, for priming your mind for success, and for learning to plant your own suggestions/seeds for positive growth, in business and in personal life. * * * * Why self hypnosis? Simply stated, hypnosis is one of the most ...
Views: 2204 - The Power Within - by Submitted on Mar 13, 2013 from Christina ConnerMy story is a story about becoming who we really are. It’s about breaking the shackles that bind and limit us. These are not physical shackles, although there are some in this world that have been bound in that way also. These are the shackles that have been formed by the world around us into ...
Views: 1059 - The Power Within You - by Submitted on Apr 18, 2010 from Athena KapantasI am on a spiritual sabbatical in the Gulf of Mexico and today the sun has decided to hide behind the shady clouds above. I know it is still there even though I can't see it or feel its warm rays. The same goes with our Spirits. Like the sun, it is hidden, unseen, but that does not mean it is ...
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