Each person desires to feel safe, secure, loved and accepted, but few do. The basic reason is that few have an awareness of their real relationship with God and Life itself. We continue our analysis of our beliefs and their effect on our lives and our emotional and mental states. Men and women have long sought to understand the mysteries of the universe and answer questions very basic to their existence on the earth, such as: Continue reading “A45 Our Relationship with God: This is a relationships which can be cultivated just as any other”

What exactly is the meaning of this word meditation which we hear more and more frequently during the last years? Where has it come from? What is it for? How is it used? Who are the people using it, and how many are they? What are its effects on the human being, physically, emotionally, mentally and spiritually? What are its effects on the society? What is the difference between meditation, prayer, positive thought projection and «mind control»? Continue reading “A61 What Is Meditation: An explanation of this technique”

A. Cleansing Techniques

Any instrument or machine must be cleaned regularly or else it will become ineffective and will eventually break down because of its congested condition. Continue reading “A77 Cleansing Techniques: Methods for cleansing the internal organs such as intestines, stomach and sinuses”

Most of us have suffered, or felt negative emotions as a result of our contact with some negative person. How can we help ourselves and them simultaneously? How can we be less vulnerable to their negativity? How can we help them to feel better? Continue reading “A13 Dealing With Negative People: This is a “best seller” lecture about how to deal more effectively with other peopleβs negativity”

We depend on our relationships with those around us. We need others in order to feel security and meaningfulness in our lives. Yet we ignore the one relationship which has the most to offer us, our relationship with Ultimate Reality; with the Universal Consciousness which is the Source of our lives; with God. Devotion to our relationship with God is not a particularly popular subject today. You don’t see much about it on TV or at the movies or in newspapers or magazines. You don’t hear people referring often to their relationship with God. The sad fact is that very few people today are devoted to any relationship. There is an epidemic of ego-centeredness in which people are living more and more for self gratification; wanting to take from others but giving little importance to what they might give. This sad situation has created an unhappy and lonely society. Continue reading “A14 Devotion to God: A contemplation on how we can be consciously devoted to the Divine”

A person without discipline is like a ship without a rudder in the storm of life. He has no control, no way of creating harmony or improving the quality of his life. Discipline is the key to evolution. It is the key to personal and social harmony and progress. It is the key to real culture and civilization. In Sanskrit a very special work is used to refer to all kinds of spiritual disciplines. The word is «Tapas». It has many meanings in English. Some of them are: Continue reading “A15 Discipline & Evolution: The role of discipline in our spiritual evolution”