I hope that someone comes up with a really great way to become the people we are supposed to become and it becomes really popular so I can use it the next time...
As I read the headers in this newsgroup I wonder, how can anyone trust that there are benefits to meditation when they can see some of us going at it like cats...
To quote my good friend Swami Swarupananda, on one of the benefits of meditation... "In that middle space between waking and sleeping, a state where theta...
The third class of the Spring semester will be held Monday 3/31/03 at the Haverford Middle School, Room 208, from 6:30 to 8 pm. If you will be in the Philly...
By itself, an intriguing question, "...is your mind absolutely free from doubt?". But then, the monkeywrench of "if...then" and its presumptive logic gets...
While meditation in itself constitutes. a very powerful attack on ignorance, Swami Sivananda suggests that the spiritual aspirant should practise Vichar also....
There have been some posts on the distractions of mind chatter. It is possible that it is a sign of the right direction. It would probably not be noticed if...
In the art of life, true art is about not questioning one's right to experience everything the world has to offer. And God created beauty.... and then s/he...
http://www.thatisweird.com/petomane.htm so this must be the source for the in joke in the movie Blazing Saddles. ciao, michael [Non-text portions of this...
We have a new photo posted. Just click on the "Photos" link section to the left of this screen. It is titled "Flag". I think most of you will find it at least...
some thoughts: The world is apparently lived through billions of personal dreams, based on beliefs, conditioning, and the way reality is interpreted for these ...
Namaste - Let's see if we can all band together to get this site back on track .... in order to do this it will require restraint not to respond to off topic...
THE ESSENCE OF THE SPIRITUAL LIFE By Swami Atmaswarupananda ... Scriptures tell us that in the beginning, One alone was; and then that One said, "Let there be...
Dear Hearts, it's unfortunate you don't all live in the same real space, or that there is not yet a mind-dissolver available over the internet. A group sweat...
... Possibly Beyond Enlightenment http://pages.britishlibrary.net/edjason/alchemy/beyond.html Ideas of graduation IMO are useful in terms of sharing or...
Because of my Christian background, studies and experience, I often use biblical reference and quotes. But let me lay some groundwork right up front for anyone...
Here's Master Aziz, who makes more sense out of the nondual scene than anyone else, in my humble opin-yoni. The Complete Map of Awakening We must first make it...
Open Letter and Poem most of those who are so vehement against Gurus and Sages are all fluff and talk and their words cannot hold up to the light of depth ......
... Thanks, I'll just take a heaping plateful and doze on, if that's what dreams are made of. ... I'm a pacifist. ... There ARE exercises you can practice in...
Hi folks, Here's a bit of a rundown on what I see in myself with this group. in Bob I see my generosity and tolerance in Ganga I see my formula and tradition ...
Greetings, Dwelling in the I AM of no thoughts, emotions, memories, associations, perceptions, attentions no concepts.... Dwelling in the essential qualities...
I can't help myself, i have to share this with Judi Perhaps she can incorporate into her repertoire along with the Walt Whitman poem. I share these lyrics with...
OK Bobby G and Papajeff, Now you've gone and done it. My head is so swollen with pride about the super kind things you've said about me that I couldn't get...
It is so easy to slip into despair, to grab emotions of pessimism, and wallow in pain and suffering. Is it liberation? Is it greed? What a price to pay for all...
http://www.satirewire.com/charts/tellbob.shtml Hiya Bob, Thought you might like a silly right about now. If not you then, perhaps an apparent other would like...
http://www.jaysquare.com/ljohnson/ox-herding.html When the traveller on the Tao reaches his/her goal the 10,000 things are again just as they are, just as they...
Back from a 10-day sojourn to Florida that included a wonderful opportunity to give satsang (with a focus on Heart Meditation)... I opened my Eudora email that...
