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- Recognising and Addressing the Law of Dualities and Action-Reaction in the Physical, Vital and Mental Levels of Our Existence - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2024 from santosh krinskyIn the material world, the laws of physics state that ‘for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction”. Is it possible to extend the working of the law of the physical world into the vital, or even the mental, realm? We recognise the dualities, both on the physical level and in our ...
Views: 380 - Recognising the Emergence of the Soul in Our Being - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2024 from santosh krinskyThere are many things in the world which we know exist, not because we can directly perceive them, but because we can experience their effects. Thus, we cannot see ‘gravity’ but we know it exists. We cannot see radiation, but again, we know it exists. As we continue to develop powers of the ...
Views: 333 - Recognizing and Understanding Spiritual Experiences - by Submitted on Apr 07, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen we live primarily on the external surface of our being, anchored to the physical world, the vital energy and mental status of living in the world, we try to judge everything that occurs within us by the standards of what we expect and understand from our outward existence, experience and ...
Views: 416 - Reconciling Difficulty of the Change of Human Nature With the Time and Patience Needed for the Change - by Submitted on Jan 15, 2026 from santosh krinskyThe objective is almost unimaginably complex and difficult. Changing human nature, including the inheritance humanity brings from the animal evolutionary process, is not something that is quickly or easily accomplished. It cannot also be done entirely by the action of human mind and will power. ...
Views: 68 - Reconciling Fate and Free Will - by Submitted on Feb 21, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe treat free will and determinism as opposite and irreconcilable concepts, and there are adherents ready to argue one position or the other and provide irrefutable proofs of their position. It is clear from the strength of each position that there is a truth that underpins each of these ...
Views: 333 - Reconciling the Opposites - by Submitted on Mar 30, 2023 from santosh krinskyIf we recognize that the two extremes, matter and spirit, despite their apparent and irreconcilable opposition, both speak to some deep seated truth within the human sense, then we can begin to accept the idea that this is not a matter of one being “true” and the other being “false”, but rather, ...
Views: 548 - Reconstructing Your Story - by Submitted on Apr 08, 2014 from Moreen DuFermontReconstructing Your Story Whether you realize it or not, the meaning you give to your experience is what eventually becomes your very own life-story. It is the creation of meaning that is the very movement within that story. This movement of meaning also creates its own momentum because it ...
Views: 2348 - Recuperating Energy Through Contact with Nature - by Submitted on May 22, 2022 from santosh krinskyMuch of modern-day life is centered around urban living. Most urban dwellers have little, if any, exposure to Nature on a consistent basis. They also tend to feel stressed, drained and exhausted by the lives they lead. When they head out to a natural area, they frequently feel a release of ...
Views: 535 - Regimented and Mechanised Social Life Does Not Solve the Evolutionary Crisis - by Submitted on May 18, 2024 from santosh krinskySome societies have attempted to solve the the complex problems humanity is facing through massive attempts to educate and regiment the life of the individuals making up that society. These attempts rely on the idea that by controlling the education the society can create more or less “cogs in a ...
Views: 296 - Reiki Healing | Yoga, And Meditation |Life Coaching - by Submitted on Sep 24, 2020 from Yogasth Vidya RishikeshYou are carrying out your regular routine and your energy, enthusiasm, and productivity go through high and low depending on the day. Its a holiday and you become relaxed, excited, and dynamic. We are a servant of our heart and allow thoughts, emotions, and attachments to make us dance to ...
Views: 913 - Reiki in Rishikesh - by Submitted on Oct 01, 2020 from Yogasth Vidya RishikeshWhat is Reiki? The word Reiki is the unification of two words ‘Rei’ and ‘Ki’ meaning spiritually influenced life force energy. Reiki can be simply defined as an advanced and highly superior technique that influences the construction and networking of the universe. It is identical to the prana ...
Views: 1280 - Rejection of the Sex Impulse and Mastery of Its Force - by Submitted on Jan 11, 2022 from santosh krinskyMany religious traditions and cultures have placed sex in a ‘taboo’ category for discussion or consideration. Sex is considered by many to be something sinful, immoral and only to be conducted within the confines of a lawfully sanctioned marriage and under guidelines for procreation not ...
Views: 506 - Relationship Among Sadhaks in an Ashram Community - by Submitted on Feb 03, 2022 from santosh krinskyThe history of spiritual and religious communities has witnessed numerous approaches to interpersonal relationships. For the most part, monasteries, cloisters or ashrams have tried to focus the attention of their members by maintaining strict rules, in many cases including vows of silence, ...
Views: 589 - Relationships and the Law of Attraction, Part One - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2016 from Chris SpinkThere is nothing more important to us than our relationships because without them we wouldn’t be the person that we are. The people we share our world with have great value for us. Even when they may not seem to agree with the way we think or who we are. They are providing us with contrast and ...
Views: 1206 - Relaxation: Dissipation or True Rest? - by Submitted on May 11, 2022 from santosh krinskyIf we examine our attitude towards relaxation, we find, generally, that people look at relaxation as a type of reward for efforts made. They work hard all day, or all week, or they finish a major project they are focused on, and then it is time to “relax”. In the West, there is an institution ...
Views: 559 - Reliance on the Divine Power Rather Than on the Individual Mind and Will - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2025 from santosh krinskyA strong mental consciousness and will may aid the individual in determining a way forward, but they are not the powers that can eventually succeed in the yogic process. If we view the yoga of Nature, we find that as a new power emerges, it brings with it unique, new ways of dealing with the ...
Views: 98 - Relieving Pain Through the Power of Immobility - by Submitted on Dec 01, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen we are injured or affected by a disease condition that can cause pain, we find that the nerves attached to the injured area capture a vibration and transmit it to the brain as a signal we associate with pain. This signal is intended to spur us to some form of action to relieve the causative ...
Views: 289 - Religion Does Not Solve the Evolutionary Crisis - by Submitted on May 18, 2024 from santosh krinskyThroughout human history, mankind has turned to religion in an attempt to address or solve the problems of human life. In many cases, charismatic leaders have arisen who, through their teaching and their personal example, have inspired people to make changes in their individual lives, and there ...
Views: 301 - Religious, Mechanical and Psychological Methods of Inner Development - by Submitted on Feb 13, 2023 from santosh krinskyWhen an individual awakens to the inner need for significance and meaning in life, he generally takes up one or more methods to try to understand the purpose of his life. Religious worship and belief systems tend to be quite external in their nature, trying to find a relationship between the ...
Views: 457 - Remaining Calm in the Face of Difficulties and Opposition - by Submitted on Oct 06, 2025 from santosh krinskyFacing the difficulties and obstacles presented by the external world to our ego-personality, we frequently become disturbed and react with anger, frustration or some other indication of a lack of peace. We tend to “become” the reaction. Someone cuts in front of us on the road and we become ...
Views: 127 - Resisting and Overcoming the Negative Universal Forces That Try to Control Our Reactions - by Submitted on May 22, 2025 from santosh krinskyAll consciousness, all energy, all material substance is essential one, although it takes different forms in the external surface consciousness. Vibrational patterns move across the universal creation and forms respond to them if they are able to vibrate within the range of the vibrations. Human ...
Views: 137 - Resolved for 2022: To Do More Self-Reflection — Aggh! - by Submitted on Jan 04, 2022 from Marcia Naomi Berger"If you know what you do, you can do what you want," Feldenkrais instructor Ruti Gorel quotes Dr. Moshe Feldenkrais. The Feldenkrais method prescribes gentle, mindful exercises. While doing them, I become deeply relaxed. Afterward, my posture improves. The method focuses on ...
Views: 721 - Responding to the Consciousness in Material Objects - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2021 from santosh krinskyIn The Life Divine, Sri Aurobindo describes several standpoints that highlight the relationship between human beings and the material world. The “refusal of the ascetic” simply rejects the material world and does not put any focus or interest in it. The “materialist denial” accepts the physical ...
Views: 579 - Resting the Body with the Right Consciousness - by Submitted on Jul 29, 2022 from santosh krinskyThe machinery of the physical body has its own basic requirements for rest in order to function optimally. When one goes beyond the body’s capacity for effort at any point in time, and thereby becomes fatigued, a state of tamas tends to arise. This is inimical to maintaining the continuity of ...
Views: 557 - Restraining the Response to the Impulses Attractive to the Vital Nature Is the First Step Towards Mastery - by Submitted on May 18, 2025 from santosh krinskyA lesson in control of impulses was described by Homer in The Odyssey. The protagonist, Odysseus is on his ship trying to return home after the Trojan War. He approaches an area that was home to the Sirens, whose alluring voices would lure sailors to their death as the ships crashed among the ...
Views: 163 - Resurrecting the Ancient Knowledge of the Various Planes and Parts of the Being - by Submitted on Mar 11, 2026 from santosh krinskyIn the Kena Upanishad, the powers of the physical plane, the vital plane and the mental plane all believe they are predominant and can wield their power to achieve whatever they want. These powers are embodied in the form of Agni on the physical plane, Vayu on the vital plane and Indra on the ...
Views: 32 - Retrogrades-Mars,-Venus,-&-Mercury--Make-The-Best-Of-All-3 - by Submitted on Dec 04, 2015 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertMany astrologers & psychics agree that its been a challenging year. Mars has finally gone direct on Friday, April 13th after being in retrograde motion for over 10 weeks. Thank heavens! Projects that have been staggering should either improve or require a major renovation. The ...
Views: 1293 - Reviewing the Operation of the Law of Karma - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhether one calls it the ‘law of Karma”, ‘dependent origination, or ’cause and effect’, the operation of karma essentially states that each action will create an effect which thereby creates a line of development that impacts the individuals who participate in the situation as it develops. While ...
Views: 343 - Risks and Difficulties Attendant on the Practice of a Yoga of Transformation - by Submitted on Mar 17, 2023 from santosh krinskyPeople tend to underestimate the risks and difficulties attendant on the practice of yoga, with a focus on the growth of consciousness and transformation of human nature. Once the seeker begins to try to make changes in long-standing habits of action and reaction, mental predilictions, vital ...
Views: 441 - Rituals-How do they affect us in our everyday lives? Part Five - by Submitted on Oct 22, 2019 from Tanisha Snipes-DixonRitual comes with and provides a great force of strength and inner power to an individual. It allows you to overcome setbacks and adversity in your life. Communicating with Divine forces and connecting with your ancestors gives them great honor. Acknowledging their presence and seeking their ...
Views: 950 - Roadmap for Spiritual Growth and Transformation - by Submitted on Mar 18, 2021 from santosh krinskyA seeker treading the path of spiritual growth and enlightenment is confronted with a confusing mix of experiences and insights, as well as obstacles and setbacks of various kinds. A working knowledge of the various “moving parts” involved in the consciousness of the human being is valuable to ...
Views: 789 - Rukan Al-Yamani (The Corner of Holy Kaaba) - by Submitted on Sep 19, 2019 from Ady GrewalCertainly, the Holy Kaaba is the holiest place for the Muslims of all over the world. In fact, there are four corners of the Holy Kaaba and each of them has great significance. These blessed corners are Rukan Al-Aswad, Rukan Al-Iraqi, Rukan Al-Shami, and Rukan Al-Yamani. The corner of the Holy ...
Views: 1111 - Rules and Guidelines - by Submitted on Oct 26, 2012 from Sheri Combs LantzRules and Guidelines Written by the Author of A Practical Girls Guide to the Universe and Why God is Good and Religion is Bad, Sheri Combs Lantz Summer is over and back to the real world we must go. Since this puts me back in my vehicle several times a day to be chauffeur to my 14 and 11 ...
Views: 2260 - Rules of the Fasting of Ramadan - by Submitted on Mar 03, 2020 from Ady GrewalFasting in Ramadan is the 3rd pillar of Islamic faith and thus remains obligatory on every Muslim provided that he/she is physically fit and mentally healthy for it. Fasting is one of the best Ibadah that you can perform in Islam. Because; 1. It helps you get closer to Allah Almighty. 2. It ...
Views: 1148 - Sachchidananda (Existence-Consciousness-Bliss) - by Submitted on Jun 19, 2023 from santosh krinskyIn our mental view of the world, we see everything separated and fragmented, and we identify separate objects, beings and forces as interacting with one another. We can intellectually conceive of the concept that all these separate entities and forces are part of a coordinated and combined ...
Views: 402 - SACRED CEREMONY- WHY BOTHER - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2014 from Linda HellerSACRED CEREMONY Why Bother? In the 21st century, you might be tempted to say sacred ceremony- why bother? What is so important about sacred ceremony, ancient traditions and the religious traditions of indigenous peoples in a time of space travel, ...
Views: 1086 - Sacred months in the Islamic calendar? - by Submitted on Jan 26, 2018 from Marghoob Bin SafdarIslam is the most practised religion in the world. Muslims are present in almost every region of the world. It is the psychology of every Muslims to get to know about its religion, its events and the months which have the great importance in the Islam. It is the interest of every Muslims to get ...
Views: 1234 - Sadhak of Integral Yoga Rejects Fulfillment of Sexual Impulse to Focus Conscious Force on the Spiritual Realization - by Submitted on Jan 14, 2026 from santosh krinskyThere is a vast difference between the goals of the ordinary human individual and those who have chosen to take up spiritual sadhana. This difference defines the way they respectively look at things, including the various normal and natural functions of human life. For the ordinary individual, ...
Views: 69 - Sadhana in the Path of Integral Yoga - by Submitted on Oct 09, 2025 from santosh krinskyWith its focus on transformation of body, life and mind through the descent, development and expression of the next term in the evolution of consciousness, the integral yoga sets a different aim than other paths of yoga, which tend to focus on individual liberation, salvation or ...
Views: 104 - Sadhana Is the Core Focus — Mental and Emotional Practices Are Secondary - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2022 from santosh krinskySri Aurobindo makes a clear distinction between development of the mind and the heart through various intellectual or artistic pursuits, or through music or devotional activities, and the practice of Sadhana, which is the primary need and focus for the spiritual aspirant. While any of these ...
Views: 563 - Safety and Security Guidelines for Hajj and Umrah - by Submitted on Aug 28, 2018 from Marghoob Bin SafdarHajj and Umrah 2018 is not far and Muslims are busy to confirm their Hajj and Umrah Packages 2018. They face many problems before and during Hajj and Umrah due to overcrowding. Before going to Hajj and Umrah, they face the issues such as completing documents, Visa, hotels etc. During Hajj Umrah, ...
Views: 1767 - SATYA, LIVING IN TRUTH - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2016 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThis week we will explore Satya, the practice of truthfulness and the second tenant of the Yamas. This is the practice of not deceiving oneself or others. Being truthful with others and with ones self is extremely important on the spiritual path, as the goal of yoga is to know the ultimate ...
Views: 1348 - Schools in Noida and Ghaziabad - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2020 from Saurabh GuptaLotus Valley Best schools in Noida and Ghaziabad Indian democracy primarily relies on the pillar of equality. Without equality and equal opportunities, the very concept of democracy ceases to exist. Right from our childhood, we learn to treat everyone equally, and the first step towards learning ...
Views: 615 - Science and Occultism - by Submitted on Jun 01, 2024 from santosh krinskyScientists study the hidden, let’s admit, the occult powers of the material world and of our lives. While they clothe their study in words that imply a process that would distinguish what they do from the general term of ‘occultism’, if we reflect carefully we can see that science is essentially ...
Views: 321 - Scrying - by Submitted on Nov 17, 2015 from Jackie Wiliams BrockertScrying, (pronounced to rhyme with "crying"), is a form of psychic divination that enables one to "see" the future, or past / present by gazing into a crystal, pool, mirror or other reflective medium. One enters an altered state to gain access beyond a veil. ...
Views: 884 - Seances, Automatic Writing and Attempting Contact With the Departed - by Submitted on Jun 24, 2024 from santosh krinskyThe vital nature gets excited by things that seem to be “occult” or that promise some kind of interaction with the “dearly departed” loved ones who have passed away. An entire industry has arisen to cater to people who are seeking solace, contact or information from the deceased. Some of this, ...
Views: 311 - Secrets To Find the Best Magento Development Company - by Submitted on Nov 11, 2019 from Manshu JamesThere are several secrets to be considered for a Magento Development agency that has a major role in delivering the projects of similar size, requirements, and nature. Following are some of the questions that need to be answered: Is it a Magento solutions Partner or Magento certified Agency? ...
Views: 675 - Seeing Oneself and Others With Open Eyes - by Submitted on Nov 03, 2023 from santosh krinskyTo the extent we fail to see the underlying motivations and desires that drive our thoughts and our actions, we tend to take a relatively benign view of who we are and how we respond to life. Similarly, to a great degree we tend to assign a similar motivation to others, although, it must be ...
Views: 352 - Seeking and Attaining Mastery Over the Touches of Nature - by Submitted on Oct 31, 2024 from santosh krinskySeekers throughout the ages have struggled with the issue of how to deal with the pressures and circumstances of the external world. They recognise the swing of emotions, feelings and thoughts that occur as they receive input from people and events. They recognise that sometimes this causes them ...
Views: 211 - Self Awareness - by Submitted on Sep 20, 2012 from Angela BrisbaneAwareness is the first step in change. Awareness is stopping and acknowledging that you aren't happy. Being aware that you 'just don't feel right', being aware of the feeling in your gut that is telling you somethings' not quite right. Trusting your intuition, that niggling thought or feeling ...
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