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Die Echtheit unserer Erfahrung – (German)

Es war einmal ein kleines Land im Südwesten Europas, das 48 Jahre lang von einer Diktatur regiert wurde. Es war ein

November, 2011

Brahmacharya and Veganism

by Sharon Gannon

In the Yoga Sutras, Patanjali gives us five recommendations, called yamas, for how we should treat others if we want to attain liberation. The fourth yama is brahmacharya, which means “to respect the creative power of sex and not abuse it by manipulati …

October, 2011

2012-Making the Matrix

by David Life

Soon, everything will change, and we will be launched into new dimensions of existence. Our preparations should begin immediately, because whatever we do right now will determine the future. The accumulation of resonance from your enduring spiritual pr …

September, 2011

One Job

by Sharon Gannon

We only really have one job in this life and that is to find God. Since God dwells within each one of us, we had better get inside as soon as possible, if we want to find what we are looking for. Run for cover; seek the solace, which is always waiting …

August, 2011

Living Wild

by Sharon Gannon

Tompkins Square Park is near where I live on 7th Street in the Lower East Side of NYC. In the middle of the park there is the famous tree where, in the 1960’s after arriving in the United States, Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada first chanted the Hare Kr …

July, 2011

The Guru as Mirror

by Sharon Gannon

Often when a student talks about their guru, they say things like, “It was like they saw right through me. There is nothing I can hide from them; I am transparent in their presence. They remind me of God; I feel more whole when I am with them. They see …

June, 2011

Practice and Non-Attachment

by Sharon Gannon

In sutra 1.2 of his Yoga Sutra, Patanjali defines the state of Yoga as the cessation of identification with the fluctuations of mind. Then in sutra 1.12, he offers a 2-step method for how to stop those fluctuations and thus how to attain Yoga. He tells …

May, 2011

Yogic Detox

by David Life

Is yoga an effective method of detoxification? Is yoga an effective method of detoxification? It may be, but it may depend on what you want to detoxify. While it makes sense that yoga asana practice could detoxify the physical body, there actually are …

April, 2011

Music: the Language of the Universe

by Swami Nirmalananda

Music is the language of the Universe. By creating good and harmonious sound-vibrations, we should, therefore, extend and expand our mental horizons even while sitting quietly in our home instead of wasting time on cheap entertainment like cinema and T …

March, 2011

What is Yoga?

by Sharon Gannon

This sutra is how Patanjali defines Yoga: when you cease to identify with your thoughts, fluctuations of mind, then there is Yoga-identity with Self, which is samadhi, happiness, bliss and ecstasy. Wow, what a concept! And it is from this simply stated …

February, 2011

The Sheltering Roof

by Sharon Gannon

There was a time in the not so distant past when during the winter months the old growth forests with trees, some of whom might be a thousand years old, would form a canopy with their upper branches and greenery, protecting the forest floor from snow f …

January, 2011

Three Steps

by Sharon Gannon

My first real spiritual teacher was an alchemist. By “real spiritual teacher” I mean that he consciously gave me teachings and practices to help me understand the spiritual principles underlying all of existence. By “alchemy” I mean the ancient practic …

December, 2010

Sweeping The Dust

by Ruth Lauer-Manenti

When I first went to India, I was eager to look at Indian miniature paintings from the sixteenth century. I had seen many of them in museums in the West, and I assumed that in India I would find the best collections. But the museums in India are poorly …

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