Yoga Methods In Christian Mysticism
In the christian tradition the spiritual life has been classically divided into three stages, called by the saints and mystics the stage of purgation, the stage of illumination and the stage of union. When one reads the writings of the Christian mystics it is clear what they mean by these three stages. The first concerns…
Read MoreLife Without Limits
What is the life without limits? It is the realisation through our tranquil and harmonised mind that our true Self transcends all limitations. It is not affected by what happens to our body or by the influences that colour our mind as we respond to the various challenges that meet us in life. Body and…
Read MoreRealising the Truth at the Centre of Life
Realising the Truth at the Centre of Life is one of four books by this author. The others are Awakening to Self-Knowledge, Living Beyond Fear and The Illumined Understanding. The non-dual teachings offer a means to inner peace, freedom from fear and lasting fulfilment, through Self-knowledge. The path involves learning, absorbing and ultimately awakening to the…
Read MoreThe Illumined Understanding
The Illumined Understanding is one of four books by this author. The others are Realising the Truth at the Centre of Life, Awakening to Self-Knowledge and Living Beyond Fear. Our highest potential is to find lasting inner freedom, fearlessness and fulfilment through Self-knowledge. This is to realise that our individuality has its source in an ultimate selfhood that…
Read MoreFrom Direct Experience of Reality: Verses 8 to 12
Devoted trust (bhakti) in the words of the holy scriptures and the teacher is called faith (shraddha); one pointedness of the mind on the one real goal of life is called concentration (samadhana). [8] Commentary: The scriptures are above logic, though their truth can be established by right reasoning. Unless a pupil has faith in…
Read MoreFrom the Ashtavakra Gita
From the Ashtavakra Gita Chapter Ten 1. Give up the chief enemy, desire for pleasure and for worldly prosperity, both being fraught with evil, as well as enslavement to dharma (good deeds) from which they spring. Note: The three objects of the worldly-minded are kāma (pleasure), artha (prosperity) and dharma (good deeds); but release from…
Read MoreOn the Affirmations Underlying Yoga
The spiritual affirmations which underlie this Yoga are tremendous and startling. If they awaken immediate antagonism in you, or shock you, this Yoga is very probably not for you at present. But if they arouse a feeling of awe, or even of curiosity, prepare to make the spiritual experiments which will prove their truth to…
Read MoreWhat Meditation Is
To meditate means, in the preliminary and lower stages, to apply thought-force consciously; to produce harmony, both within and without; to obtain control over the mind and the emotions; and to open up the faculty of intuition or buddhi. Our individual minds, conditioned by our bodies, are but small fractions of the divine or cosmic…
Read MoreTeachings by Shri Dada: On the World, the Soul, God, Self and Knowledge
Shri Dada had hardly been six months at the Ramganga Bridge before the influence of malaria was evident, but despite frequent attacks of ague he carried on his worldly and spiritual duties. A party of sannyasins led by Swami Rameshvarananda Bharati was staying at this time at Katgarh for a few days and used to…
Read MoreTeachings by Shri Dada: How to See More
The holy man was walking in the garden. There was a rhythm in all he did and he was pacing unhurriedly as was his wont beside a bed of flowering plants freshly arranged by the gardener. The grass at the base of the bed was cut into the form of an ‘Om’, the flowers displayed…
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