This is an article that wasprinted in the 7/8/09 NY Times that I think is well worth sharing. It's longer than most of the posts we see, but very interesting...
No inner narrative Brings life to life Words are merely Secondary devices That underlie the Lie of duality Only ego assigns Our narrative potency Neither the 5...
Jnana Yoga is the yoga of wisdom. Basically it directs us to come to know the reality of who and what our Real Self is. Who and what we are is consciousness...
Sound Meditation: Begin with noticing your breath, and being quietly aware of when you are inhaling and exhaling. By focusing on any sound - soft music, the...
Long but interesting article from the NY Times: Tibetan Monks and Nuns Turn Their Minds Toward Science DHARAMSALA, India — Tibetan monks and nuns spend their...
The quiet mind is the best teachrer. What you seek is already within your own heart. Meditation attunes us to receive the heart song that answers every ...
Keeping mind that the stated goal of this discusion group is to share meditation techniques: Air Meditation Just looking out over a landscape (or cityscape, or...
/*The tangible world is movement,... not a collection of moving objects, but movement itself. */ /*There are no objects 'in movements'.*/ /*It is the movement...
If you could only keep quiet, clear of memories and expectations, you would be able to discern the beautiful pattern of events. It is your restlessness that...
/Spiritual teachers... If they see there is no "other" , to whom do they teach and why?* */ /*-------- Speaking happens and could be surrounded by a sense of...
/Is understanding all?* ... *//*That which can be understood, can be imparted. That which can be imparted needs an other to be imparted to. And lo behold the...
In the story of creation, God tells Adam and Eve they may eat freely from the Tree of Life and enjoy Paradise forever... and then tells them not to eat from...
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...
