“Saintly Knowledge”
“Thoughts are subtle vibrations moving in the air. If you become very quiet yourself, you will begin to notice them. There is no trick about it. Abilities that appear miraculous to you, because science cannot explain them, are simply beyond the present thresholds of your instruments. Spiritual knowledge is just as precise as scientific knowledge, […]
Continue reading“The Saint Explains”
“‘Ignorance colors our view of the world by modifying the Absolute with conceptions of name and form. One in ignorance sees a mountain and nothing of the Absolute. A Realized Being sees the Absolute over which is superimposed a “mountain,” a name and a form that attempt to separate it from what it really Is.’” […]
Continue reading“Rishikesh”
“Rishikesh is often referred to as the “Abode of Gods.” Sri Shankara’s spiritual influence, though first brought here in the distant 8th century, had permeated the very stones of the place. It was here that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi had instructed the Beatles in the technique of Transcendental Meditation. It was here that holy men and […]
Continue reading“Morning in the Himalayas”
“Theo looked around him at the glorious Himalayan morning. A tiny bushchat bird, whose ruffled head made it seem as if its owner had just risen from bed, sat atop a dead tree stem, like an architectural finial. Slanting sun beams, the breadth of giant tree trunks, highlighted portions of the mountains to his left. […]
Continue reading“Love Is Natural”
“Love is natural to One who Exists in the Self. The Self is All Love. Everyone the Self deals with, everything It touches, receives Love spontaneously, just as one gets wet touching water. There need be no effort. The Love is just there to be shared with all. As detachment increases, so does love for […]
Continue reading“Water Light”
“Theo turned his eyes back to the aquamarine stream. But, to his astonishment, the water had turned into a fluent curve of Light. Not sunlight. Not moonlight. But Light! Light supernal! This Light was what he often saw surrounding the body of his Teacher. It belonged to another, better world, not to this terrestrial one. […]
Continue reading“The Many Faces of the…”
The child with Down’s syndrome sinks to his knees and beams while the dog licks his face. But what is this? You catch a fleeting glimpse of another face on that of the child. Two old women in the café, transported by the music of their teenage years, rise to their feet, giggling, and begin […]
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