The Yoga of Self-realization — Concentration
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
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
Poet, Czeslaw Milosz, queried What good is poetry if it cannot save nations or people? I would add, or planet, and pose the same question
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
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
After reading the title, you might be thinking, “Well isn’t that obvious; nothing new here”, and I would agree. But what if I added, all
Do we have free will? Or, are we human pieces of a greater puzzle being enacted by the ever-evolving universe? Not neither nor either?
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.
At various times in our lives, each of us experiences the feeling we could do anything we desire. It’s a powerful and uplifting sensation, so
I began my meditation practice in 1992, almost 30 years ago. Without question, meditation was and is instrumental in transforming my thoughts, feelings, words
This past weekend, I had a thoughtful conversation with several yoga students on a subject near and dear to my heart—divinity. This is often a
Since Donald Trump’s January inauguration as 45th President of the United States, a groundswell of shock, disbelief, anger, fear and sadness has arisen around the
Image courtesy of Toa55 FreeDigitalPhotos.net In January, I felt within me a growing sense of impending change. As each month unfolded, some event emerged
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