For all students determined to follow a spiritual path toward enlightenment, the first discipline Eknath Easwaran defines as a necessary ingredient is meditation. However, the
Eknath Easwaran, in The End of Sorrow, laid out a spiritual path that enabled him to “fulfill the supreme goal of life, self-realization. As he
The aging process is most often marked by a spine that slumps forward. When our inner core and spine are no longer strong and flexible,
Each week another once taken-for-granted freedom returns as the number of COVID-19 cases declines. For our quarantined three months, a sense of suspended animation left
Through . . . meditation we can master the quieting of our habitual flows of thoughts, which normally block deep spiritual reflection. Then in this calm state of
The fundamental reason for the epidemic rise of anxiety and depression in our human population is because our minds are too full. We are gorging
For millennia, yogis practised asanas (poses) as well as breath regulation (pranayama) for whole-being wellness. As mind-body-spirit beings, humans are more complex entities than merely
Both practice and non-attachment (nonreaction) are required to still the mind. Yoga Sutra 1.12 For millennia, the yoga sutras have provided its practitioners with aphorisms
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by photostock freedigitalimage.net If you have followed my blog conversations over the past two weeks, their content has ranged from self-sabotage to self-mastery via real-time
Several weeks back, I began writing this four-part series in an attempt to describe a critical path for expanding one’s creative and spiritual growth. Over many years of personal research, my experiences taught me that creativity and spirituality are intimately interwoven. In fact, I often wonder if we are using two different words to describe the same “way of being.” This series of blogs dabbles at demystifying our human “being-ness” by outlining four foundational pillars that liberate creativity — awareness, deep-felt experience, deep collaboration and finally, this blog’s topic, creative expression.
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