At the end of the day, bathing in the soft light of a candle, lying still on your favorite easy chair, surrender to the silence, and you will find within it, music to disappear in. Franz Kafka,...

In the early 90's I had a spontaneous Kundalini Awakening after a near death experience, which I wrote about in a different article. Here's what happened next. After I got out of the hospital a...

Learning to deal with your fears is a vital part of this process and not to be taken lightly. Youa€™ll see many warnings around the web and in various books about the Kundalini. As you can see fro...

Having faitha€¦ Ita€™s not about understanding your higher power or even about defining a higher power. Ita€™s not about knowing chapter and verse of any given scripture, or of taking part in reli...

Q. What is the purpose of a€?spiritual practicea€?? A. Everything is Consciousness, but when it is unmoving we call it spirit, and when it moves (vibrates) we call it energy. Spiritual practice...

The three stages of enlightenment Spiritual enlightenment is the basic goal of any spiritual practice that you undertake. Spiritual enlightenment marks the culminating point of your practices: w...

Lahiri Mahasaya had a famous friend, Trailanga Swami, who was reputed to be over three hundred years old. The two yogis often sat together in meditation. Trailanga's renown is so widespread that f...

In truth, without deceit, certain, and most veritable. That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the mir...

Reincarnation means "to be made flesh again." As a doctrine or mystical belief it suggests that some essential part of a living being can survive death and be reborn in a new body. This part is of...

This is the third article in a series designed to clarify and outline Traditional Western Reiki. The previous articles in this series have described what Reiki is; the process of training and attu...

Chi Kung is an ancient Taoist path of spiritual advancement using meditation, as well as breath and energy control. It evolved from the system designed by Bodhidharma the twenty-eighth patriarch a...

When Jesus said: - The kingdom of God is within - what He meant was that heaven itself would be a disappointment to restless, worldly people. If a person has no true joy in his heart, he w...

Silence is much more than the absence of sound; it is the autonomous pre-existing entity in which God creates. It is the source to which all words return to attain true meaning. Silence is the ...

It has become increasingly clear to me over the last couple years how spiritually asleep I am. When I use the term spiritually asleep, I mean that I am not continuously aware of myself, that I am ...

Who are you? Close your eyes and open your mind and say, "Who am I?". Do you have thoughts of yourself as a wonderfully bright light so precious and peaceful and so very loved by God? Do you have ...

Hinduism was the religion of the Hindu Vedic Scriptures. "The Vedas" and the Universal Wisdom for the Hindus, "The Sangtana Dharma". Hinduism was an ancient and complex religion with no single fou...

Veda Vyasa was the biological father of the brothers whose children fought against each other in the Great War. Later Vyasa dictated the epic to Ganesh. Krishna Dwaipayana, or Veda Vyasa as he was...

Introduction Zoroastrianism is the major ancient, pre-Islamic religion of Iran. It survives there in isolated areas but also, more prosperously, with the Parsees, or Parsis (hence Parsiism), of...

Have you ever experienced a sorrow so devastating that you felt you were enveloped by heavy, thick, dark clouds? A dreadful darkness that makes God's perfect love seem gone forever, with His grace...

One of the impressions I have gained recently in speaking to Zen friends about practice is a certain attitude towards breathing in zazen. For the sake of brevity, and just for fun, I wish to refer...

'Nav' means nine and Ratri means night. These nine nights occur on equinoxes when the sun is vertically overhead at the equator. The Cosmic Mother is worshipped during these 9 days. The number nin...

Patrice states, "Here in my region we are not blessed by seeing so many Gurus." But, perhaps help is closer at hand than he realizes. Many people make the mistake of thinking that the position of ...

Vedas means divine wisdom. Divine wisdom is divided into 4 parts viz. Rig, Yaju, Saam and Atharva. Rig encompasses well-being, attaining God, performing onea€™s duty, love, austerities, compassion...

Gayatri Mantra is supreme amongst all Mantras because it bestows its devotees with a pure and focused intellect. According to Chandogya Upanishad, this entire cosmos is Gayatri-manifest. Accordin...

How Does Qigong Work?   By Elizabeth Reninger, About.com Thousands of Qigong Forms There are thousands of qigong forms, associated with hundreds of existing schools/lineages of Taois...

Buddhism is one of the oldest religions still in practice today. Like so many of the great religions, and as the centuries have passed, it has become divided into a number of different traditions....

   Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha, has many legends and stories that have been accredited to his life and his teachings. While it is difficult to say which of these stories and legends ...

Dao (Tao) is a pivotal undefined term in ancient Chinese thought. The common translation 'way.' is apt in several ways. 'Way' similarly resists definition in English. We can do little more than of...