By Paulo Coelho Near Tokyo lived a great Samurai warrior, now old, who decided to teach Zen Buddhism to young people. In spite of his age, the legend was that...
"UNDERSTANDING THE NUANCES OF PRANAYAMA" GREETINGS AND BEST WISHES IN YOUR SPIRITUAL JOURNEY THE LATEST VOLUME OF THE SPIRITUAL WEB SITE www.ahwan.org (or...
"Self-importance is our greatest enemy. Think about it: what weakens us is feeling offended by the deeds and misdeeds of our fellow men. Our self-importance...
Dear Friends, I want to inform you that I just posted new article by Mary Sovran, which I think you will find interesting: Healing Childhood Emotional Abuse...
Question : When I reach the thoughtless stage in my sadhana I enjoy a certain pleasure, but sometimes I also experience a vague fear which I cannot properly...
Hi, I am new here. A friend who has started meditating about 2 years ago, came to me with a problem. Since I have never experienced this, I could not explain...
"If you keep seeking the jewel of understanding, then you are a mine of understanding in the making. If you live to reach the Essence one day, then your life...
Hi Everyone! My name is Charles Francis. I just joined this group, and I wanted to introduce myself. Like everyone else in this group, I am interested in ...
"About this mind... In truth there is nothing really wrong with it. It is intrinsically pure. Within itself it's already peaceful. That the mind is not...
First-time mothers who pay attention to their emotional and physical changes during their pregnancy may feel better and have healthier newborns than new...
Self-Awareness Activates Particular Brain Centers 31 Jul 2012 Scientists in Germany have found which centers of the brain become active when we are aware of...
Through complete rest the brain is made fresh, to respond without reaction, to live without deterioration, to die without the torture of problems. To look...
What are we? The greater you are, the more you need to search for your self. Your deep soul hides itself from consciousness. So you need to increase aloneness,...
"At the age of six years I wanted to be a chef. At the age of seven I wanted to be Napoleon. My ambitions have continued to grow at the same rate ever since....
Your Children are not Your Children They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself.They come through you but not from you, and though they are...
An ancient Irish tradition speaks of the Goban Saor, who may have been a not so distant relative of Mullah Nasrudin. Here is one of many teaching stories about...
"The Heart Sutra teaches that "form is emptiness, and emptiness is form. "Many people don't know what that means--even some long time students of meditation. ...
"I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just...
"In his hour of silent meditation the student will find that there is one space of silence within him where he can find refuge from thoughts and desires, from...
"With a selfish attitude, oneself is important, and others are not so important. According to Shantideva's advice, a technique to help in turning this attitude...
Reposted by request: A Way to Start a Meditation Session: Place yourself in an environment that is quiet and pleasant and in a position that is comfortable for...
Nasrudin inherited a piece of land and decided to become a farmer. A local "expert" suggested that he grow rabbits - "There is good and fast profit in rabbits"...
"...I sometimes ask people, "Are you ready to lose your world?" Because true awakening will not fit into the world as you imagine it or the self you imagine...
Osho : There is a Sufi story... Junaid was going through the market-place of the town with his disciples. And it was his way to take any situation and use it....
