Pain and pleasure are two opposites that we experience in daily life, but they are relative terms. When one sees the horizon through the window, it appears...
From the article: Choosing the Highest "T" http://www.swamij.com/ts.htm The mind naturally has priorities of this over that. Sometimes our priorities are made...
To give love, we must become independent in ourselves and be a pillar in life for others to hold to us. Such an individual, who needs no crutches for his own...
Never think there is anything impossible for the soul. It is the greatest heresy to think so. If there is sin, this is the only sin – to say that you are...
Some of the suggestions from Chapter 1, Preparation for Choosing a Path, from the book Choosing a Path, by Swami Rama: 1) Learn the philosophical and...
15 Laws of Life From Swami Vivekananda What You Need to Keep in Mind 1. LOVE IS THE LAW OF LIFE: All love is expansion, all selfishness is contraction. Love is...
When both nostrils flow freely, that is called sandhya, the wedding of the sun and the moon, or between pingala and ida. This is a delightful moment, in which...
A family is a place where minds come in contact with one another. If these minds love one another the home will be as beautiful as a flower garden. But if...
The Eighteen "Ities" By Swami Sivananda For everyone's success in life and especially for an aspirant's success in spiritual life, it is essential that he...
"That person will not enter Paradise who hath one atom of pride in his heart." And a man present said, "Verily, a man is fond of having good clothes, and good...
The Clown Chakra Scientists from the Clown Academy have discovered a new source of healing. It is a psychic energy point located between the heart chakra and...
Regardless of what specific path one follows, the story in the Ten Zen Ox Pictures is a most beautiful representation of the entire journey to the rediscovery...
Excerpted from the approximately 12 page article on Mahavakyas, or Great Contemplations: http://www.swamij.com/mahavakyas.htm Ekam evadvitiyam brahma Brahman...
Excerpted from the approximately 30 page article: Witnessing Your Thoughts http://www.swamij.com/witnessing.htm Witness everything. A simple process: ...
Excerpted from the approximately 20 page article: Karma and the Sources of Actions, Speech, and Thoughts http://www.swamij.com/karma.htm (Includes useful...
We can easily understand and unveil the mystery of death with a simile. In our everyday speech, we use the expression: the sun rises and the sun sets. The...
Is Yoga Debased by Secular Practice? BY DRU SEFTON c.2005 Newhouse News Service http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/sefton071505.html Millions of Americans are...
To strengthen a bhava (positive feeling), one makes all possible attempts to reverse his mental state from its ordinary course, and to become aware of the...
Imagine that you are taking a sacred pilgrimage (yatra) to a sacred place in the height of the Himalayas. In you journey you might fly on an airplane, ride in...
Excerpted from the article: Consciousness Is Like a 3-Layer Cake http://www.swamij.com/consciousness-cake.htm (Has graphics and links mentioned below) TOP...
Asatoma Sat Gamaya Tamasoma Jyotir Gamaya Mrityorma Anritam Gamaya Lead me from the unreal to the Real Lead me from the darkness to the Light Lead me from the...
The beauty of a good teacher is the way he imparts wisdom, but the teacher's effort is only fifty percent. The other fifty percent is the effort sincerely made...
Atman [Self] has the power to assume any form it likes. All of those forms can be destroyed, but the eternal, incomprehensible Atman is not subject to any...
On the three cities of: Waking, dreaming, deep sleep Conscious, unconscious, subconscious Gross, subtle, causal And the fourth, which is beyond the three...
Excerpted from the 7th of the 7-webpage series on Kundalini Awakening: http://www.swamij.com/kundalini-awakening-6.htm Beyond the first six chakras, between...
A new newsletter has been created, which deals entirely with the Yoga Sutras. The newsletter will sequentially move through the Yoga Sutras, focusing on their...
http://www.siliconindia.com/nextpage.asp?newsno=28381 Tuesday, June 07, 2005 NEW DELHI: India's more than 4,000 year-old yoga traditions may witness some...
