Mira Alfassa, also known as The Mother, was an exceptional spiritual personality, collaborator and continuator of Sri Aurobindo’s works. Born on February 21, 1878 in Paris and died on 17 November 1973 in Auroville, India, she played a fundamental role in the development of the Integral Yoga school and in the creation of the famous […]
A follower of another spiritual system objected to yoga practices, saying that they distract her from her devotional practice. “I just want to be in love with God,” she said. “To use techniques to discover Him repugns me, it seems to me very mechanical.” – Nelson Mandela “It is wonderful to be in love with God” – approved the master – “but it is a mistake to think that the practice of authentic Yoga involves mechanicism. On the spiritual path a superemotivity is a
Swami Sivananda on the power of Tapas Motto: “Through Tapas, the mind, speech and indriyas (organs of action) are purified.” Swami Sivananda Tapas is the Sanskrit name of the spiritual effort and is part of Nyama, which is the second branch of Yoga, according to Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra. The 8 branches of Yoga are:
BE GOOD, BUT, BE GOOD AT SOMETHING! It is necessary to be aware of the necessity of your own spiritual evolution, in order to be able to effectively help others. Basically, you work spiritually, primarily for yourself. Each of us (even if we ignore this) have a responsibility regarding the huge number of beings that
Cannabis or Indian hemp does not help Kundalini. In fact, Cannabis or drugs can’t awaken kundalini, but they can do us a lot of harm. Most of us know the common, so-called domestic hemp – the plant once cultivated in Europe for its fibers, but also for the seeds – Cannabis sativa . It has
Vasugupta is a remarkable master of Kashmiri Shivaism, namely the Pratyabhijna school. His life Vasugupta is the one who wrote Shiva Sutre, the first fundamental work of Shivaism. Some consider Vasugupta to be the founder of this tradition. Shiva The Sutras of Vasugupta studies how man is a prisoner in illusion and how he can
Utpaladeva was one of the greatest masters of shaivism in Kashmir. The great mystical saint of Kashmir is also known as Utpala or Utpalacharya, but also Jnoon-e-Kamil- wise in divine ecstasy. His life Utpaladeva was a precocious child with a sharp intellect, with a great desire for knowledge and transformation. Spurred on by this desire,
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Gopi Krishna, you have been taking steps for years to scientifically investigate the yogic experience of awakening the kundalini force. What is the meaning of the word “KUNDALINI” and what is its linguistic history? KUNDALINI, in Sanskrit, means “coiled” and comes from the word KUNDALA. It refers to a force that in the ordinary man
S. N. Goenka was a Vipassana meditation teacher in the tradition of Sayagyi U Ba Khin of Burma (Myanmar).He was born and raised in Burma into a conservative Hindu family. He was a successful businessman and the leader of the Indian community in Burma.It is here that he meets his teacher U Ba Khin,
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its spiritual purpose: to show the world that spiritual practice can be effective and if the aspirant does not live in solitude, that spirituality and social or family life are not incompatible.
He was a mathematician, philosopher, but also the founder of a school where disciples were initiated into the great mysteries of the world, “The School of Initiation”.
Motto: “I had no impulse towards spirituality But I developed spirituality. I was unable to understand metaphysics But I turned into a philosopher. I had no eyes for painting but I opened it to myself through Yoga.” – Sri Aurobindo Great visionary and sage of humanity Sri Aurobindo, by his name Aurobindo Ghosh or Ghose
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“Spiritual life finds the most potent expression in the man who lives an ordinary life through the power of yoga practice. Through a union of inner and outer life, humanity will be lifted up and become strong and divine.”
Being permanently in the state of divine bliss, he influenced those around him only by his resin.
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“Pratyabhijna” means “to recognize, spontaneously realize your Self once again” or “recognition, recall of our divine nature”. It means realizing who we really are and finding ourselves.
She was the daughter of Arsadhara, the king of Zohar, and showed all signs of being a true dakini.
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He was described as “the first scientific genius in history.”
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Boddhisattva-sii are exemplary spiritual beings who perform their spiritual training not for their own good but for the good of all beings in the Universe.
Thus they aim to transform themselves spiritually, first of all on them , because if they do not transform, they will not be able to help anyone to transform.
At the same time, they make spiritual efforts to help others and to train them in an ascending spiral of spiritual evolution more and more accelerated, doing so, however, in full respect and love of all beings in the Universe. … (read more)
Gibran’s voice shows us a marvel of wisdom in a field in which, more often than not, people are taken by surprise. And yet, in fact, it’s simple. As St. Augustine said.
Buddha Drukpa Kunley was one of the greatest saints of Tibet, known as the “mad sage” or “eccentric lighting”, due to his unconventional behavior and obscene humor by which he managed ” to free people from dogmatic and limiting religious thought”. “What I do is not my way of being, but how I pass on
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Yogaswami a trăit în Jaffna, Sri Lanka în prima parte a secolului trecut. A fost înzestrat cu calități spirituale excepționale Toți cei care au avut prilejul să îl cunoască, l-au simțit ca sursă de înțelepciune, iubire, îndrumare și susținere, chiar dacă nu erau lângă el. Se spune că avea capacitatea de a se teleporta oriunde
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Swami Muktananda (1908–1982), nascut Krishna Rai in localitatea Kundapur, langa Mangalore (statul Karnataka, India), a fost un maestru spiritual indian care a jucat un rol esential in transmiterea traditiei shaktipat si a nondualismului din shaivismul kashmirian catre publicul occidental. A fost discipolul renumitului yoghin Bhagavan Nityananda, iar dupa moartea acestuia a devenit liderul spiritual
Adi Shankaracharya was born in 788 in Kaladi, Kerala, India and in his short life of 32 years he had impressive achievements. As a philosopher and yogi, Adi Shankaracharya is recognized for consolidation of the Advaita Vedanta doctrine. He united and clarified currents in yoga, exposing the key differences
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