This question is one of the common questions about spirituality. I looked to see what type of answer Google would provide and here are the first 10 suggestions given: Be a river, not a swamp Identify blessings Be like Moses-speak words of blessing Pray in the company of others Take a step of faith Restore…
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Attention Readers New to the Spiritual Science
This blog teaches the spiritual worldview of the Vedas, which is very different from the Western worldview of most readers. It is written as a tutorial, and understanding of some posts may depend on concepts presented in earlier posts. It is best to begin reading from the oldest posts first. Questions or comments can be sent here and I will answer them as quickly as I can.
In the last post I introduced the Universal Form of the Lord, the many ways in which we may think of God within His creation. Already several times Arjuna has heard Krishna explaining how He pervades and supports the material world, that He is “the governing principle of the material manifestation,” and that “By Me,…
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Who is God? Everybody has heard of Him, but practically nobody has seen Him. Why is He so aloof? Is there any way of knowing that God really exists? And if so, who is He? Why doesn’t He show Himself so that we finally know once and for all? These are some of the questions…
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Millions are taking up hatha-yoga as a regular routine, and after some time they want to know more about the origin of yoga and what else might be there besides asanas (bodily postures). The practice of yoga, although somewhat new to the West and just gaining traction here, is thousands of years old. The method…
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In the previous post I wrote about dyana, or meditation, as a part of the astanga-yoga system. However, just as many people are practicing asanas without practicing, or even knowing about, astanga-yoga, millions are also practicing some form of dyana – meditation. Meditation has also become very popular in the West, and it takes many…
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Millions of Americans love doing Yoga (hatha yoga more specifically) so much so that it is growing in popularity at some 15% a year. As to why I can attest with my own experience that I always feel so good and wholesome afterwards. However, many do not know that hatha yoga is just one part…
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Dhan Eshwara Materially we begin life as a blank slate. Everything learned in the last life regarding language, culture, skills, etc. must be relearned with each birth experience. Spiritually however, we take with us the lessons learned from that life and pick up from there in the next. Each life is not only a continuation…
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Health is imperative for a happy life. If we have good health we are able to function and do things in this world. Poor health means restrictions on our activity, diet, mobility and ability to enjoy, and nobody likes to be restricted. When disease is present various symptoms are visible – perhaps a fever, a…
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In a previous post I wrote about the concept of spiritual development and progress. Human life is a journey, ideally one that will take us to a higher destination than we started out at the beginning of this life. Ultimately we want to realize our eternal spiritual nature and achieve a residence in the spiritual…
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