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¿Qué hay dentro de la memoria? – (Spanish)

A menudo sucede que algún tipo de emprendimiento o negocio nuevo encuentra ciertos obstáculos en su camino. Y ...

February, 2012

Comfort in the City

by Sharon Gannon

Connection implies a relationship; Earth includes all of manifestation-all other beings and things; steady means consistent; and where there is joy there is a feeling of ease and comfort. Most people aren’t comfortable in their bodies, with their feeli …

January, 2012

Kirtan

by Sharon Gannon

Hare Krishna, Hare Krishna, Krishna Krishna, Hare Hare Hare Rama, Hare Rama, Rama Rama Hare Hare The yoga scriptures tell us that for each yuga, which means “age, era or time span,” a specific form of spiritual practice is most appropriate. During the …

December, 2011

Where Does She Go at Night?

by Sharon Gannon

There are three states of consciousness that a normal person goes through during every 24-hour cycle: waking, dreaming and deep sleep. There is also a fourth state that is only known to advanced yogis, called Turiya: it is the state of Samadhi or super …

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 …

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