... Theosophical Society apart from having read somewhere that it was founded by Madame Anna Blavatsky(1), forgive my lack of knowledge but I read that she...
Sorry Shirley. My reference to your "first letter in this thread" in the second last paragraph of my previous message should have been to your letter in...
Adyar Pamphlet No. 104, August 1919 Spiritualism and Theosophy by H. S. Olcott Lecture delivered at the rooms of the United Service Institution of India,...
In the section "communicating entities" in the chapter "Phenomena" in his book "The Astral Plane" the Theosophical clairvoyant C W Leadbeater wrote that anyone...
Adyar Pamphlets No. 88 IS THEOSOPHY ANTI-CHRISTIAN? by Annie Besant [ An Explanation addressed to the Bishop of London, delivered on July 1st, 1904] April 1918...
I feel I must clsrify the 'Maze' which for me was the assortment of sects, cults philosophys and religious beliefs etc. Ramacharaka says they all hold some...
... of sects, cults philosophys and religious beliefs etc. Ramacharaka says they all hold some 'of the truth'. Where did he say that, please? I don't recall...
... assumme you know people based on nothing. S ... Well please don't think I'm putting you down. On the contrary I respect your spiritual realisation and...
If I can add my own two cents' worth... I don't think that 'the Christian path' and 'the Yogic path' are mutually exclusive! One of my favorite books by...
Origin of Lakshmi the Ashram Cow A villager had a dream in which he was told to offer his next calf to Ramanasramam. He brought his cow and the calf to...
hi everyone I am new to this path, I did find Atkinson thru Dr. Quimby (new thought)so I am reading now mind power, I just cannot stop reading, because I am...
Hi Jorge and thanks for joining. This message board doesn't get used much but its hoped that some people will benefit from reading the books available on this...
" IT has often been said that in the final consummation all individual souls merge into the Great Soul, and our students sometimes find it difficult to...
I am a new member here, but with the teachings of Yogy Ramacharaca I became acquainted more than half century ago and he really had introduced me to the world...
Judging from the quality and style of the passages you quoted, they quite possibly came from a highly advanced spiritual being. However, in relation to them, I...
... What that "Reason" is, is Unknowable, as we have said over ... Absolute... There is a school in Indian spiritual philosophy, Kashmir Shaivism, claiming to...
Well Anatoly if the creation was done for the reason you suggested it could have been only for the benefit of the created souls, not for the benefit of God....
According to Kasmir Shaivism the creation is done for the benefit of God too. Please re-read my message. As far as I know, only the Kashmir Shaivism gives this...
"On every hand behold the lamps of His Glory Burning without wick, without oil. In every direction behold the sun, a wondrous spectacle A crore (100,000) of...
Hello.Sometime last year I ordered Science of Breath and Hatha Yoga by Yogi Ramacharaka through Borders Books.This was at one of their stores, not online.Hatha...
YPS is still in business, but Atkinson's works are all public domain now. Anybody can publish a new edition of his works... Royalty-free. I scored pretty big...
Speaking of books....I have a few extras laying around and was wondering if anyone wanted to buy them? If anyone is interested, I'll get the titles for ya....
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Man's fundamental consciousness of himself may be said to consist of three different stages, viz.,(1)The consciousness of "I", as distinct from other things;...
I understand the "I Am THAT I Am"-consciousness is very desirable and is able to free us from further unnecessary suffering on this Earth. But for the God's...
... and is ... But ... understand ... In the chapter "The Resurrection of Sri Yukteswar" in his book "Autobiography of a Yogi" Paramhansa Yogananda wrote: "In...
Gopi Krishna (1903-1984) described his view of life from the vastly expanded state of consciousness of a Jivanmukta in an interview with Tom Kay thus: "In my...
In 1924, when she was 24, Miss Laurie Pratt met Paramhansa Yogananda for the first time and shortly after this she had many spiritual experiences that she...