This article will look at some of the mystical teachings that have come from the Orthodox Christian tradition. Within this tradition there has been a marked interest in the possibility of seeking within one’s own experience for a deeper knowledge of what is described in the scriptures, and practical guidance is provided on how to…

(from the book of key Vedanta teachings by Hari Prasad Shastri) The world, nay, the whole cosmos, is a partial manifestation of God. What the rays of the sun are to the sun, the world is to God. God, being consciousness absolute, His nature is not exhausted by the cosmos. This periodically comes out of…

There is a story about a poor woman who lived in a hut. One day, they found her outside searching on the ground. ‘What are you looking for?’ ‘I dropped my needle, and I am searching for it.’ ‘Where did you drop it?’ ‘In my hut.’ ‘Then why don’t you search the floor of your…

Poetry and insight into higher Truth often go together, and the Sanskrit word ‘kavi’ means both a sage and a poet. Many poems point the way to the supreme non-dual wisdom, and wisdom in its verbal expression is often transmitted through utterances that are poetic. The Bhagavad Gita is a poem or song, several of…