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Experiencing the Gita, India’s Bible, with Yogananda
“The Essence of the Bhagavad Gita” by Paramahansa Yogananda represents one of the most profound and accessible interpretations of India’s beloved scripture. Published posthumously as “God Talks with Arjuna: The Bhagavad Gita,” this monumental work transforms the ancient dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna into a living spiritual guide for modern seekers. Yogananda, the pioneering yogi…
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Hemp: A Plant That Changed the World
In the misty dawn of agriculture around 8,000 BC in Yuan-Shan Taiwan/China, our ancestors discovered a plant unlike any other. Hemp became one of humanity’s first cultivated crops, beginning a relationship that would shape civilizations for millennia. “Long ago, when Grecian temples were new, hemp was already old in the service of mankind,” proclaimed the…
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Initiation: Love, Wisdom and Power
“Initiation” by Elizabeth Haich stands as one of the most remarkable spiritual memoirs of the 20th century, offering a profound exploration of consciousness that transcends the boundaries between ancient wisdom and modern understanding. The book operates on multiple levels simultaneously – as autobiography, spiritual teaching, and metaphysical investigation into the nature of existence itself. At…
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The Obstacle as the Path: Lessons in Working with Energy
There exists a profound paradox in our human experience: what we perceive as obstacles are often our greatest teachers. The energies that disturb us—fear, anger, grief, confusion—are not punishments but invitations to deeper awareness and authentic freedom. When life presents challenges that make us uncomfortable, our instinct is to resist or escape. We see these…
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The Power of Radical Acceptance and Radical Forgiveness
In the landscape of human suffering and healing, two profound practices emerge as particularly transformative: radical acceptance and radical forgiveness. These approaches offer more than mere coping mechanisms—they represent fundamental shifts in how we relate to pain, disappointment, and trauma. While conventional wisdom often encourages us to fight against difficult circumstances or to hold onto…
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The Secret Life of Plants, Part II: Exploring Plant Sentience
In the quiet laboratory of Cleve Backster on a February morning in 1966, an unexpected discovery would challenge our understanding of plant life forever. Backster, a polygraph expert with years of experience reading the subtle physiological changes that might indicate deception in humans, casually attached the electrodes of his lie detector to the leaf of…
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The Art of Giving Solitude: A Profound Expression of Love
Giving solitude is among the most sophisticated expressions of love, yet it remains largely uncelebrated in a culture that prioritizes constant connection. This seemingly paradoxical gift—of absence rather than presence—reveals a deep understanding of human nature and represents love in its most mature form. The Nature of True Solitude True solitude is not merely physical…
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A Guide to Children’s Intuitive Development: From Indigenous Wisdom to Modern Practice
Introduction Throughout history, many cultures have recognized that children often possess natural intuitive abilities that can be nurtured through proper guidance. From ancient indigenous traditions to modern psychological approaches, various practices have been developed to help children understand and develop their innate sensitivities. This guide explores these traditions while examining current research on children’s perceptual…
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Psychic Ability, CIA Remote Viewing and A Course in Miracles with Russell Targ
Russell Targ, a physicist formerly with Stanford Research Institute (SRI), pioneered research into remote viewing—the ability to describe distant locations without using the physical senses. In the 1970s and early 1980s, Targ and his colleague Harold Puthoff received funding from the CIA and other government agencies to investigate this phenomenon through a classified program eventually…
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Medical Meditation
In today’s increasingly complex healthcare landscape, a promising new approach merges the ancient wisdom of Raja Yoga with modern medical practice to create a structured meditation program designed specifically for clinical settings. Table of Contents — This innovative framework distills the eight limbs of Raja Yoga—from ethical foundations to meditation practices—into accessible interventions that complement…
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For the Divine Mother of the Universe
Episode Description There’s a lot of cultural clutter these days around ‘The Goddess.’ She appears everywhere, her many names are invoked free of context in a hundred thousand ways. She’s what? An empowerment tool. An archetype. A self-help course. A political symbol. Something that is invoked to bring more creative energy or material abundance into…
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Light Being the Book
Play this and start reading… Breathe, relax, and for this moment, allow your mind to be free and heart filled with love, soul to be blissful… Welcome to your true nature. The higher dimensional Self that speaks to you and through you in each and every experience, of a deeper wisdom beyond the ego, a…