This was the title of an article that appeared in the New York Times on May 6, 1933, when the newspaper announced the death of Li Ching Zuen, a Chinese healer, born in 1677. Documents of the time attested that the Chinese government congratulated him on his 150th birthday, and then on his 200th birthday. “At the time of his death he looked like a 50-year-old man,” as evidenced by a photograph taken in 1927. “This healer joined the Chinese army at

Osho: I remember the fateful day of March 21, 1953. For many lifetimes I worked — working on myself, fighting, doing everything that could be done — and nothing was happening. Now I understand why nothing was happening. The very effort was the barrier, the very staircase itself was the hindrance, the very impulse to search was the obstacle. It doesn’t mean you can get to the realization without searching. Searching is necessary, but then comes a time when the search must be left aside

Abhinavagupta (975 – 1035 AD) was one of the most important masters of sivaism in Cashmere, being the one who led this school and his disciples, to the heights of spiritual perfection. His multifaceted personality as well as his special skills were manifested in the fields of music, poetry, dramaturgy, being at the same time a philosopher, mystic and esthetician who exerted a strong influence on the early Indian culture. He studied all the spiritual currents of

Mirra Alfassa was born on February 21, 1878 in Paris to an Egyptian mother and a father of Turkish origin, a few months after her parents had settled in France. Since childhood he had some mystical experiences that showed him the possibility to manifest a new consciousness that would unite spirituality with material life, which would lead to an accelerated evoulation of the whole humanity. This New Consciousness is the one that Sri Aurobindo later referred to as “Consciousness”

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On October 2, 1869, a remarkable man was born in India. This man’s dream was to change humanity for the better. He led India to independence, and initiated social movements that campaigned for non-violence, civil rights and freedom around the world until the end of his life, when he was assassinated in 1948. This man was of course none other than the great Mahatma Gandhi. The honorary title of Mahatma which in translation means “The Great Soul” was his

This text was written by Paramahamsa Yogananda following the revelations he had in a deep state of samadhi I sought love in many lifetimes. I shed the bitter tears of separation and repentance to know what love is. I sacrificed everything, all attachments and illusions, to finally learn that I am in love with love – with God – just that. Then I drank love from all the true hearts. We have seen that He is the Only Cosmic Lover, the Unique