yoga” (compare the English word yoke, which ties oxen together, for example). So religion is a word which describes the process of becoming aware and unified, of joining together all things which are diverse; it...

As life in general constituted much pain in the form of struggles against poverty, disease, ignorance, and emotional anguish, what more civilized way for people to alleviate the same than by giving themselves to one...

One reason might be that if I hadn’t tripped, I’d have been hamburger.When this sort of thing occurs, people often say that there was some power greater than themselves at work. This sounds reasonable. I...

Never invite any kind of spirit to enter either your home or your person. This is an extremely important point to remember. To do so always risks to unwittingly invite evil spirits in, instead. Good...

If a man is to live, he must be all alive, body, soul, mind, heart, spirit.

What good is a fragile spirit, as when touched, shatters into a thousand pieces.

At the last, this is what will determine a fulfilling, meaningful life, a life that, behind all the facades, every one of us longs to live: gratitude for the blessings that expresses itself by becoming...

The goal is not to answer these questions. The goal is to be present to them with all that we are. In a way we are following the poet Rilke’s advice when he counseled the...

Quitting a job can be like an exorcism where you cast out a demon. The demon is the foreign spirit who occupies you through your occupation.

Start deep within yourself and slowly build outward toward your goal.

When we are easily upset it is because we are internally unstable and unrefined spiritually.

If you’re brave enough to follow truth it will shatter you and your illusions at the same time.

Because of pain you feel more and so you live more.

One of the first things we learn from our teachers is discernment: the ability to tell truth from fiction, to know when we have lost our center and how to find it again. Discernment is...

My dear Arjuna, only by undivided devotional service can I be understood as I am, standing before you, and can thus be seen directly. Only in this way can you enter into the mysteries of...

Practising honestly the simplicity in life is an act of humanity so, in fact, a true spirituality which is always a service to an omnipresent, invisible power called God Almighty.

Nature is also God’s way of communicating with us. Jesus himself used nature to teach us about God. He used birds and flowers, the weather, precious stones…Looking at nature, we can come to understand God...

Cruelty is a mystery, and the waste of pain. But if we describe a world to compass these things, a world that is a long, brute game, then we bump against another mystery: the inrush...

Anybody who says “I know how to get to God and you don’t, do this and do that and go here and go there” is going to become 1. very powerful and 2. very rich....

Whether we “spiritualize” our life or “secularize” our religion, whether we invite men to a spiritual banquet or simply join them at the secular one, the real life of the world, for which we are...

When the mind is free, magic happens.

Time exists so that you can experience these flavors as deeply as possible. On the path of devotion, if you can experience even a glimmer of love, its possible to experience a little more love....

When we begin to see the equality of our biology then our ideology is exposed,

Satori – in the awakening from a dream. Awakening and self-realization and seeing into one’s own being – these are synonymous.

And for the sake of humility–a characteristic crucial to sacred questioning we might do well to confess that we’re capable at any moment of such bad religion ourselves.

There are a thousand ways in which his neighbours can evaporate the essence which is all in all to him, while they at the same time give to his scenery ponderable value which to them...

These additions-standards, practices, and allegiances supposedly created for our spiritual benefit-have had the opposite effect.

Our comfort in theological traditions should never usurp our desire for spiritual Truth. If we vigorously pursue the rituals rather than a relational experience with God then we’ve missed His message entirely.

Because mountains are high and broad, the way of riding the clouds is always reached in the mountains; the inconceivable power of soaring in the wind comes freely from the mountains

Maintaining one’s health in today’s toxic rich environment requires proper rest, hydration, an abundant intake of nutrients, and regular internal cleansing practices

leave the nest” so that they are not limited by the master/student relationship. True advancement begins when the student gains confidence as a practitioner of self-awareness. This can only be done without the constraints of...

Like the bat, the Sufi is asleep to ‘things of the day’ – the familiar struggle for existence which the ordinary man finds all-important – and vigilant while others are asleep. In other words, he...

Hospitality is not to change people, but to offer them space where change can take place. It is not to bring men and women over to our side, but to offer freedom not disturbed by...

Karma assures justice for all.

I, like you, was not depraved or defected before birth but created to be magnificent, a wonderful and freeing realization – simple but explosive.

What is the difference between my view and the classical Christian perspective? I am convinced that there are not multiple comings and multiple returns of Christ, but only one decisive coming at the end of...

He came to put a harlot above a Pharisee, a penitent robber above a High Priest, and a prodigal son above his exemplary brother. To all the phonies and fakers who would say that they...

When God throws something your way, catch it!

It’s not MAN who is the scourge of the world, it’s a single culture. One culture out of hundreds of thousands of cultures. Our culture.

The song stands for a sense of joy in existence, a joy that is free of any good or bad choices.

If you want to grow spiritually, the place to start is with God.

Greater than all the joysOf heaven and earth,Greater still than dominionOver all the worlds,Is the joy of reaching the stream.

The purpose of life is not to maintain personal comfort; it’s to grow the soul.

Today’s Quote of the Day is an excerpt from ‘The Religion of God (Divine Love)’ by His Divine Eminence RA Gohar Shahi ( all humanity called upon God by one name, all would have been...

No one knows what path you should follow except yourself. You are your own wise teacher. You are your own Guru.

Until a man is nothing, God can make nothing out of him

Elohim, Adonai, Jehovah!Almighty God, Great is thy faithfulness!

Meditating on the nature and dignity of prayer can cause saying at least one thing to God: Lord, teach us to pray!

You must depend on higher power to fulfill your mission in tough journey.

My will is free and connected to my Spirit. When I exercise my free will, I am calm, at peace and serene.