In one form or another I have always been interested in consciousness raising, which is focusing one’s attention on a particular belief or cause. This motivates you to join groups or organisations focused on the same belief or cause. What you focus on gets magnified and that’s all you end up experiencing for as long [...]
Consciousness Raising
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Jul 292006
Peace that Passes all Understanding
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Jul 222006
It’s good to be in silence. I would always encourage people to practise a technique that assists in stilling the mind; meditation is one of many techniques available. I’ve been practising meditation for many years and I’m quite a master at it. One thing I do know is that the tangible “peace that passes all [...]
Why does the mind feel disgusted?
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Jul 182006
Man mostly suffers on account of his own way of life. There are many mental attitudes responsible for such a state, chief among which are: egoistic desires, attachment, dependence, expectations, fault finding, and the non-adoption of forgiveness, kindness, equanimity as good qualities of mind. It is said that our mind has two personalities – mind [...]
Unfathomable depths of spirituality
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Jul 182006
A person who tries to trace the original abode of the soul needs some basic information or guidance. Is God there or not, the existence of the soul and its final abode, rebirth vis-à-vis the fruit of one’s last life’s deeds, etc. are such questions which are raised by beginners of spirituality.
The way to spirituality – Part II
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Jul 182006
Development of wisdom to distinguish real from unreal or eternal from temporary, concentration, self-realization, freedom from ego, peace of mind, love and compassion are aspects of spirituality. When we talk about wisdom one happens to recall one’s position in society or various academic degrees that serve the purpose of getting a job for livelihood and/or [...]
Emptiness
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Jul 172006
In a previous article called Self-Acceptance, I wrote that I considered the computer screen to be a physical manifestation of my real Self because It accepts whatever I throw at it without condemnation or judgment. Self, like the computer screen, is free of concepts, beliefs, opinions and rules. This is what I’m referring to as [...]
Angels
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Jul 092006
“Angels are not etherealized human beings, evolving animal qualities in their wings; but they are celestial visitants, flying on spiritual, not material, pinions. Angels are pure thoughts from God, winged with Truth and Love, no matter what their individualism may be.” (Science and Health) “For he shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep [...]
Normally, we are dealing in this world with duality keeping our interests at our heart and remain indulged in fulfilling our aspirations. This leads to disgust when our interests are in conflict. The road map to divinity is from this kind of dualism to realize non-dualism through self-realization and then again adopt dualism, keeping compassion [...]
Adopting a personal God
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Jul 052006
Most of us have some concept of God in our mind and assign Him certain attributes such as: He is complete in all respects and independent, does justice, acts as saviour, and loves us to the extent that He sent His own son, Jesus Christ, to show us the way to love each other. God, [...]
All is Light and Light is Love
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Jul 012006
Profound and tranquil, free from complexity, Uncompounded luminous clarity, Beyond the mind of conceptual ideas; This is the depth of the mind of the Victorious Ones. In this there is not a thing to be removed, Nor anything that needs to be added. It is merely the immaculate Looking naturally at itself. (The Tibetan Book [...]