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According to Swami Yukteswar (pictured above), the guru of Paramahansa Yogananda, OM is the Holy Name and Holy Essence of the Absolute Truth, or God, depending upon your individual approach to truth. His book “Holy Science” has been one […]

Compassion is born in the heart of the Pure Self and is motivated by unconditional love. Love moves through compassion, expressing mercy, kindness, and forgiveness. When trials come, embrace them as opportunities for growth. We learn compassion for others through challenging circumstances that we endure ourselves. Sensitivity arises with compassion. With the energy of […]

The Sun, pictured above setting over the beautiful city of Naples, Florida, USA, is actually a powerful soul that we take for granted. According to some of the Himalayan Spiritual Masters, the Sun is an extremely advanced soul that occupies the spiritual “occupation” or “dharma” of the Sun. The Sun’s light, despite all hard scientific […]

Just like the historical Sakyamuni Buddha, Norman Paulsen, one of Paramahansa Yogananda’s foremost disciples in the path of Kriya Yoga, has written about the importance of the Sacred Eightfold Path in his book “Sacred Science”.
Essentially, our lives are a dynamic combination of inner and outer experiences, and so from the perspective of “principle”, the […]

In his book “Sacred Science”, Normal Paulsen, one of Paramahansa Yogananda’s foremost devotees and disciples discusses twelve (12) virtues that we MUST cultivate along with our regular prayer and/or meditation practice. In other words, it behooves us to meditate and pray and yet live a life that is full of non-virtue.
After many years on […]

One of the most meaningful and inspiring books I have ever read is Autobiography of a Yogi written by His Holiness Paramahansa Yogananda, who came to the USA from India in the early 1900s to teach westerners Kriya Yoga. Yogananda’s Param-Guru’s guru was the legendary Babaji, who is said to live in the Himalayan mountains […]

When I was in college back in the 1980s, one of my favorite songs was by David Bowie called “Changes”. Little did I know that this song would help propel me into a deep philosophical quest for spiritual truth and understanding in future years.
Change is not easy to deal with. Change arrives at our […]

In Hindu Cosmology, Shiva is the deity who is empowered to reconcile creation with the Absolute Place of Existence, or Divine Spirit as New Agers would say. In the Sacred OM Invocation, there are three letters that comprise the OM (AUM) sound. “A”, which represents the material plane of being. “U” which represents the astral […]

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Today, many Buddhists from varying traditions are celebrating “Vesak” which is the commemoration of the birth, life, death, and “paranirvana” of Sakyamuni Buddha. There are many different interpretations according to the individual Buddhist tradition about when to celebrate Vesak, but today Buddhists from around the world will be lighting candles, lamps, and incense to pray […]