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Curing Depression with Spirituality by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Depression, according to recent statistics, is practically an epidemic, with over 70 million people suffering from its affects, such as a feeling of moroseness, uselessness, lack of energy, inability to sleep, and a poor attitude toward life in general, among other symptoms. |
| Published: Saturday 31 March, 2007 |
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Environmentalism According to the Vedic View by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| The environment means nature, and whose nature is it? It is God’s nature. Did anyone else create it? Did anyone else put it all together so that it operates the way it does? In fact, mankind is still trying to figure out all the intricacies of its functionality. |
| Published: Saturday 31 March, 2007 |
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Economics According to the Dharmic Way by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| This is a simple explanation of how we should view economics according to the principles of Vedic Dharma. |
| Published: Saturday 31 March, 2007 |
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The role of Bhakti Bhava and Prema Bhava in dance |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| The combination of Nritta [pure dance], Abhinaya [pure expression] and Nritya [expressional dancing] when portrayed in a spirit of total ecstasy, rising above the physical realm and parameters of the body shall lead the dancer close to the limitless domain of the COSMIC SELF. |
| Published: Monday 05 March, 2007 |
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Dada J.P Vaswani's: What life has taught me |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| The teachings and philosophy of Dada J.P Vaswani, who is universally acclaimed as a humanitarian, philosopher, educator, acclaimed writer, powerful orator, messiah of ahimsa, and non-sectarian spiritual leader. |
| Published: Thursday 16 November, 2006 |
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The Power of Synchronicities & Omens by Vaughn Paul Manley |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Many cultures around the world, both ancient and modern, have believed in signs and omens as a source of valuable information about life. To the native Hawaiians, a rainbow (anuenue) or an owl (pueo) appearing at just the right moment may help them make an important decision. Other cultures in the E... |
| Published: Monday 13 November, 2006 |
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Vedantic Meditation by Dr. David Frawley |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| The first teachers who brought Yoga to the West came with the profound teachings of Vedanta as their greatest treasure to share with the world. They presented Vedanta as the philosophy of Self-realization and Yoga as the methodology by which to achieve it. |
| Published: Tuesday 31 October, 2006 |
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Self Inquiry and Its Practice by Dr. David Frawley |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Self-inquiry is a process of meditation that involves tracing the root of thought to its origin in the heart. It shows us how to take our ego-consciousness back to the Divine I am at the core of our being in which all sense of separate self disappears. Self-inquiry is the most important approach of ... |
| Published: Tuesday 31 October, 2006 |
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Modern Science and Vedic Science by Dr. David Frawley |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| The universe we live in is a multidimensional reality from the subatomic to the supragalactic in the realm of physics alone. Biology, medicine, psychology and the social sciences require different perspectives and approaches to deal with appropriately. On top of these are subtle forces and influence... |
| Published: Tuesday 31 October, 2006 |
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A Vedic Consecration to the Spiritual Heart by Dr. David Frawley |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| The heart (hridaya) is the seat of the Self or Atman in Vedantic thought. Realization of the Self in the heart is the main Vedantic formulation of Moksha or liberation. |
| Published: Tuesday 31 October, 2006 |
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Hinduism, Sanatana Dharma and Yoga by Dr. David Frawley |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| People often ask about the relationship between Vedas, Hinduism and related disciplines of Yoga, Ayurveda and Vedic astrology, particularly to what extent one may need to embrace the spiritual and religious background of these teachings in order to really benefit from them. |
| Published: Tuesday 31 October, 2006 |
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Our Karmic Code and Higher Evolution by Dr. David Frawley |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Karma, meaning action, is a term in yogic spirituality for explaining the soul’s evolution from life to life. Karma is generally portrayed as the effect of our individual actions, extending from past lives to present and future lives.[i] It is often regarded as a force of determination, like fate or... |
| Published: Thursday 12 October, 2006 |
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Turning the Life's Poisons into the Nectar of Soma by Dr. David Frawley |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Actually everything in life is or can be poison. Even our most blissful and happy experiences of love, prosperity or vitality as limited by time and death can become poison. Brooding over the joys of the past can be as painful as going over the sorrows. The end of our success or fulfillment itself c... |
| Published: Thursday 12 October, 2006 |
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Atma Devata, the Self as the Divinity by Dr. David Frawley |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Atman means the Self or soul, the very essence of our being as pure consciousness. It is common to all living creatures and pervades the entire universe. |
| Published: Tuesday 10 October, 2006 |
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The Primacy of Shakti by Dr. David Frawley |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| The ultimate goal of human life is liberation or moksha, the realization of the Pure Self or Brahman beyond all time, space and karma . In that alone is complete and lasting peace and freedom. This is made clear in many great spiritual teachings since the Vedas. |
| Published: Tuesday 10 October, 2006 |
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The Devatas (Gods and Goddesses) as Forms of Brahman by Dr. David Frawley |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| The Hindu Gods and Goddesses, more properly called Devatas or Divine principles, are usually treated by modern scholars in a superficial senses as distinct powers of nature or worse as just various imaginary spirits of the primitive mind. |
| Published: Tuesday 10 October, 2006 |
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Tithing - The magic number of increase by Understanding Hinduism |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| How can you practise the other kind of giving constructively, so as to avoid giving destructively? The ancients believed that the number ‘ten’ was the magic number of increase, and they invoked this magic number by regularly giving one-tenth of all channels of income to their religious leaders. Late... |
| Published: Friday 06 October, 2006 |
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The Prosperity Secret of the Ages - Gifts by Understanding Hinduism |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| By making gifts one acquires all kinds of enjoyable articles. By making gifts one simply increases one’s wealth. By making gifts one acquires great fame in consequence of one’s high achievements. |
| Published: Friday 06 October, 2006 |
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Mind Power - Affirmations by Understanding Hinduism |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Affirmations are one of the simplest and most powerful things we can do to change the quality of our lives, and to create the things we want. |
| Published: Friday 06 October, 2006 |
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Destructive Emotions by Understanding Hinduism |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| The weakening influence of the destructive emotions- Fear, Worry, Anger, Grief, Fretting, Jealousy etc. |
| Published: Wednesday 27 September, 2006 |
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The Nature of Reality by Understanding Hinduism |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| As early as the Vedic times, the Rishis investigated the nature of reality from two levels of experience, one of which may be called the absolute, acosmic or transcendental level and the other relative, cosmic or phenomenal level. At the phenomenal level one perceives the universe of diversity and i... |
| Published: Tuesday 26 September, 2006 |
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Worship by Understanding Hinduism |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| The purpose of worshipping the impersonal Supreme Being is never to forget "I am Brahman," (Brahman = the Supreme Reality)because the meditation "I am Brahman" comprises sacrifice, gifts, penance, ritual, yoga, and worship. The only way to overcome any obstruction that may happen to your meditation ... |
| Published: Tuesday 26 September, 2006 |
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Who am I? by Understanding Hinduism |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Every living being longs always to be happy untainted by sorrow; and everyone has the greatest love for himself, which is solely due to the fact that happiness is his real nature. Hence, in order to realize that inherent and untainted happiness, which indeed he daily experiences when the mind is sub... |
| Published: Tuesday 26 September, 2006 |
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Self-enquiry- Misconceptions by Understanding Hinduism |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Sri Ramana Maharshi’s philosophical pronouncements were very similar to those upheld by the followers of Advaita (non-dualistic) Vedanta, an Indian philosophical school which has flourished for well over a thousand years. Sri Ramana Maharshi and the Advaitins agree on most theoretical matters but th... |
| Published: Tuesday 26 September, 2006 |
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Self-enquiry- Practice by Understanding Hinduism |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Beginners in self-enquiry were advised by Sri Ramana to put their attention on the inner feeling of ‘I’ and to hold that feeling as long as possible. They would be told that if their attention was distracted by other thoughts they should revert to awareness of the ‘I’-thought whenever they became aw... |
| Published: Tuesday 26 September, 2006 |
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Self-enquiry - Theory by Understanding Hinduism |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Sri Ramana Maharshi maintained that Self-realisation could be brought about merely by giving up the idea that there is an individual self, which functions through the body and the mind. A few of his advanced devotees were able to do this quickly and easily, but the others found it virtually impossib... |
| Published: Tuesday 26 September, 2006 |
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Karma of the Nation by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| In studying the science of karma, we must remember that it is actually a basic law of physics, that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. On the universal scale it is also a natural law, only it is called the law of karma. Individuals acquire karma as a result of their good or ba... |
| Published: Friday 22 September, 2006 |
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Our Real Identity, Our Real Motivation by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| The second chapter of the Bhagavad-gita explains how we are not these bodies, but our true identity is that we are spiritual beings that exist in these temporary material forms, like a driver in a car. The soul cannot be burned, dried, withered, or harmed in any way. It is eternal. The soul does not... |
| Published: Friday 22 September, 2006 |
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World Peace is a Possibility by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Two factors that keep the world from being united is the presumption of racial superiority, and the desire to conquer and convert. The only way to breakthrough the barriers of distinction that seem to exist between us is with love. However, that love cannot be love of the body or society. It has to ... |
| Published: Friday 22 September, 2006 |
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Your Thoughts Create Your Future by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| One thing I want to do right now before we go any farther is to explain some information that many people can use. This will show how your thinking creates your consciousness and how to help control it. It provides evidence so that you can see how your life unfolds according to what you draw to it, ... |
| Published: Friday 22 September, 2006 |
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Why Understand the Creation of the Universe by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Why should we understand how the universe was created? Because it gives us a clearer understanding of where we have come from, where we are going, who and what we are, and what our purpose is here. There have been many scientific theories over the years about the origin of life and how the universe ... |
| Published: Friday 22 September, 2006 |
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Why is There Suffering? by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| It is natural that at some point in our lives people ask, "Why is there suffering?" Or "Why am I not happy?" "Why can't we simply go on with life and not undergo so many trials and tribulations? Why can't God make a universe or world where there is no suffering?" Well, may answer to that is He alrea... |
| Published: Friday 22 September, 2006 |
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How to Spiritualize Your Busy Life and Why by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| How to spiritualize our lives is easier to explain than why, especially when we are so busy with numerous responsibilities or goals that we face everyday. After all, if we are already so busy, why should we feel that we need to spend more of our time in spiritual pursuits? Where are we going to get ... |
| Published: Friday 22 September, 2006 |
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Dispelling The Fear of Death by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| It is natural to feel fear of the unknown. In regard to death, this fear may be of what might happen during the process of dying, such as the pain of a terminal illness, nausea, vomiting, or even fearing abandonment by those around you. The fear of death may also be perpetuated by the sadness of the... |
| Published: Friday 22 September, 2006 |
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Why Be Vegetarian by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| On the spiritual path, there are several reasons why a person is recommended to be vegetarian. One primary reason is that we need to see the spiritual nature within all living beings, and that includes the animals and other creatures as well. Universal brotherhood means nonviolence to both humans an... |
| Published: Friday 22 September, 2006 |
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The Vedic Description of the Soul by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Who am I? What am I? Am I the body, mind or something more? These are the age old questions that every philosopher throughout the ages has tried to grasp and understand. After all, how will you know what to do in life if you do not even know who or what you are? However, the ancient Vedic literature... |
| Published: Friday 22 September, 2006 |
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Finding Our Real Spiritual Identity by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Out of all the philosophical understanding that the Vedic texts provide, this is one of the most important of all. An essential part of understanding spiritual knowledge, and an important part of the teachings of Lord Krishna, is that we realize our spiritual identity. Why it is suggested that we be... |
| Published: Thursday 21 September, 2006 |
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Consciousness: The Symptom of the Soul by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Very often scientists have a desire to do something that determines or proves the philosophy they use. Rather than simply basing their philosophy on the facts alone, they may tend to base their viewpoints or interpret their experiments on what they desire. In this way, they may use the idea that lif... |
| Published: Thursday 21 September, 2006 |
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There is No Failure in Spiritual Life by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| When I say there is no failure in spiritual life, I mean that no one who is sincere in the genuinely trying to serve God will fail. I don't mean ordinary religious life in which one engages in occasional acts of faith or piety, but in authentic activities of surrender and devotion to God. |
| Published: Wednesday 20 September, 2006 |
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The Purpose of Life by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| So, with compassion, the Supreme Lord also creates the material manifestation in a way that can give the living beings a chance to work out their material desires and understand their real spiritual position. By following the proper instructions that the Supreme provides, the living being can be del... |
| Published: Wednesday 20 September, 2006 |
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The Meaning of "God is Love" by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| The phrase and concept that "God is love" is often used by many people of different religions, but it is hardly ever explained adequately. People may say that God is all-loving, forgiving, or your eternal friend, which is true, but, essentially, this is a fairly shallow explanation of how God is lov... |
| Published: Wednesday 20 September, 2006 |
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The Material Creation is Proof of God's Existence by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| As the Vedic literature progressively explains, the fullest understanding of God is that the Absolute Truth culminates in the Supreme Person. All of creation comes from this Person. And the material creation is proof of the existence of this Supreme Personality. |
| Published: Wednesday 20 September, 2006 |
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Spiritual Enlightenment: The Cure For all Social Ills by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Throughout society most people are absorbed in bodily consciousness. Bodily consciousness means that people think their bodies are the basis of their identity. This usually brings people to think, in various degrees, that the goal of life is to provide as much comfort and pleasure to the mind and bo... |
| Published: Wednesday 20 September, 2006 |
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The Significance of Deities and Deity Worship by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Deities play an important part in most temples of Krishna and other Divinities. But what is the significance of Deities and Deity worship? One thing to understand is that all the images or Deities in the Vedic pantheon, as found in the temples, are made according to explicit details and instructions... |
| Published: Wednesday 20 September, 2006 |
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Seeing the Divinity in Everyone by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Morihei Ueshiba, the founder of the Aikido method of martial arts said: "Above all, one must unite one's heart with that of the gods. The essence of God is love, an all-pervading love that reaches every corner of the universe. If one is not united to God, the universe cannot be harmonized. Martial a... |
| Published: Wednesday 20 September, 2006 |
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Seeing Beyond the Illusion by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| So what is the purpose of reading this article? To assist ourselves in seeing through the illusory nature of this material world. When you understand how this world is manifested and how it works, you have an easier means of recognizing the temporary nature of it and why we are here. The first thing... |
| Published: Wednesday 20 September, 2006 |
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Reincarnation: A Simple Explanation by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Reincarnation is called samsara in the classic Vedic texts of India. The word samsara is Sanskrit and means being bound to the cycle of repeated birth and death through numerous lifetimes. How this works is that those who are materially conditioned transmigrate through different bodies according to ... |
| Published: Wednesday 20 September, 2006 |
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Karma: What Is It? by Stephen Knapp |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Karma is one of those topics that many people know a little about, but few understand the intricacies of it. To start with, the second law of thermodynamics is that for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. On the universal scale, this is the law of karma. The law of karma basically ... |
| Published: Wednesday 20 September, 2006 |
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When Kali Comes to Call by Dr. Robert Svoboda |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| A curious Kali surveys me as I write these words. She reached me recently, unbidden, a gift from a friend whose friend was ordered by his guru to divest himself of all his icons. The sticker beneath Her crimson feet proudly proclaims that She was "hand moulded and fired in India from Ganges River cl... |
| Published: Monday 18 September, 2006 |
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THE SOUNDLESS SUSURRATION OF THE KINDLY HEART by Dr. Robert Svoboda |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| A picture, they say, is worth a thousand words, except in the case of Shiva Nataraja, the "Lord of Dance," whose form is beyond any price that human speech can pay. By expressing through His image the point where the manifest and the unmanifest intersect, Nataraja blazes forth as the divine symbol o... |
| Published: Monday 18 September, 2006 |
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Speaking Truth: The Art of Sacred Speech by Dr. Robert Svoboda |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| According to the Vedas, there are four degrees of human speech. As the information age gathers momentum, the most primitive level–the spoken and written word–is drowning out the higher, more subtle tongues. The result? Confusion, cynicism, and a flat, homogenized view of the world. |
| Published: Monday 18 September, 2006 |
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Ritual Success by Dr. Robert Svoboda |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Success at ritual is all about alignment. We want first of all to align ourselves with Ganesha, so that the objects that we are going to employ in our ritual will cooperate with us, so that our sense organs will be turned in the direction of the ritual that we are going to perform, and so that all t... |
| Published: Monday 18 September, 2006 |
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Family Vows by Dr. Robert Svoboda |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| Vasudhaiva kutumbakam, says an ancient maxim of India: Our family is our earth, in the earthy sense of being our foundation, our support, the thing we walk on, live on, rely on. This age-old precept is linked to the ancient truth that we are bound to one another by the limitations of our biology. |
| Published: Monday 18 September, 2006 |
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Divine Fury: Recollections of a Renegade Guru by Dr. Robert Svoboda |
Topic: Spiritual Insight |
| "Life is just a memory," the Aghori Vimalananda liked to muse. "Bitter or sweet, it is nothing but memory." |
| Published: Monday 18 September, 2006 |
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