Gampopa once had a problem with his meditation practice - all of a sudden he could not see anymore. Gampopa crawled to Milarepa and asked him what he should...
Could the placebo effect produce an authentically enlightened true guru? What is more important, the authenticity of the guru or the authenticity of the...
There's a line from Curly, of The Three Stooges, that at first sounds just funny and silly: "I'm thinking, but nothing's happening." At second glance, this is ...
/* I**t is only through silent awareness that our physical and mental nature can change. This change is completely spontaneous. Making an effort to change, we...
At the risk of appearing a post hog, a couple of points in response to Sandeep and Dan - (No supporting cast of quotes) About contrast as the way to know: It's...
From the moment of our birth, we are showered with love. That never stops. We just forget the Source of Love. Recalling the Source of Love is like a rebirth. ...
So, once having been fully-satisfied with the mystic nourishment served at The Enlightened Eatery, just bask in the joy of the eternal bliss that has become ...
Ever notice how often we hear that an epiphany came to someone in the shower? Solutions to problems, forgotten names, and breakthrough creative concepts are...
You may or may not have noticed that there is a cruise control switch on the instrument panel of your consciousness. We once used it all the time, when we...
Enlightenment is like a fully satisfying meal. To speak of it in this manner is to bask in the gratitude and joy of it. Enlightenment is always present as an...
Hello fellow yogis and yoginis , I am a Meditation Master from India and I am in USA to speak in one of the yogatherapy conferences . I conduct a workshop on a...
ScienceDaily (June 15, 2009) — Meditation may be an effective behavioral intervention in the treatment of insomnia, according to a research abstract that...
From the Philadelphia Inquirer This is an interesting article that maybe we can say is "from the outside looking in", whereas Papajeff 's recent post is from...
GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES IN YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY. THE LATEST VOLUME OF THE SPIRITUAL WEB SITE www.ahwan.org (or www.ahwan.com) : VOLUME 98, June 2009 ISSUE,...
Yes, I'll be at the Valley Forge Gun Show this weekend at the Valley Forge Convention Center in PA displaying the knives you've seen posted on here as Zen and...
Hi fellow Yogis! I have great news--Two award winning documentarians are making a film on the life of Paramahansa Yogananda, one of the first yogis to come to...
Ever feel like a stranger in this vast and complex world? The tiny speck that we are on the awesome canvas that Mother Nature has painted can make us seem...
This Sunday at First Unity, Temple (that the minister's name, really) spoke about "The 100th Monkey" phenomenon. For those who are not familiar with this (and...
Here's a YouTube that shows Swami Sivananda interacting with many of the 20th century's most celebrated Indian enlightened saints. Swami Sivananda chanting is...
 It is not what you are that is holding you back in life. It’s what you think you are not .It is what is going in your inner world that is preventing you...
A pretty smart guy whose name is synonymous with 'smart', once said something like, "You can't use the same mind that created the problem to solve the...
We received an email questioning the meaning of the term Witness that is found very often on our web site, Meditation Station http://www.meditationsociety.com ...
Try a chair maybe. Everyone has difficulty with concentration. Keep refocusing on your breath, persist and you'll be more comfortable later with practice. ...
GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES IN YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY. THE LATEST VOLUME OF THE SPIRITUAL WEB SITE www.ahwan.org (or www.ahwan.com) : VOLUME 99, May 2009 ISSUE,...
Hi friends, iam new to this group. I have a problem in doing meditation. When i started meditation, after some time iam falling backwards suddenly and i cant...
http://www.messagefrommasters.com/ Buddha Teachings of Buddha Beings Gautam Buddha Dhammapada Teachings - Dhammapada has been regarded as most succinct...
All the books of Nisargadatta Maharaj is available here for free download at : http://nisargadatta.we.bs Check if you have missed to read any. If anybody knows...
The practice of Vipassana or Insight Meditation is the effort made by the meditator to understand correctly the nature of the psycho-physical phenomena...
This is part of an article that appeared in the first Sample Issue of The Inner Traveler, the newsletter of the Meditation Society of America. The article has...
