GUIDELINES FOR EATING HEALTHY

In seeking to incorporate the following guidelines into our daily eating habits let us remember that each individual is unique and that his needs will be somewhat different from those around him. Let these suggestions steer you onto the right path, but then discover from within, through your own inner voice, what is right for you. Continue reading “A71 Healthy Eating – Basic simplified thoughts on eating”

Look around you. What you see is creation. There is a cause for this creation. There is a Creator. The Divine Creator however, is continually creating, sustaining and expressing Himself through his creation. The existence of God is the only ultimate, unchanging truth. Everything else which exists is a temporary modification, expression, projection or aspect of that one Being which we call God. God, in the ultimate reality, is neither male nor female, nor a being in the way we are used to perceiving beings. God is pure consciousness, which is the basic reality in every object, being and situation. God is the creating power, which is continually creating everything we see. I use the word creating rather than creative power because it is important to get free of the belief that God is a being who created the world and then left it to continue on by itself as He watches on. God is the power which is continually creating the world we see. If this creative power stopped, the world would simply cease to exist, just as in the case of the movie projector when the light goes out and the movie stops. The light doesn’t start the movie and then sit back and rest, it must continually shine in order for the movie to continue to be projected. In the same way, everything that we see is the projection of the One Divine Consciousness which we call God. Continue reading “A23 God Is In Everything I See: God is the consciousness in all beings, objects and situations”

Models, examples and parables are often more effective than word descriptions in enabling us to understand new concepts. You have heard the saying that a picture is worth a 1000 words. Well, the same holds true for a mental picture. It facilitates our comprehension of a new subject by using a example with which we are already familiar. It helps to understand mental or spiritual concepts in terms of material examples. We have already used a number of examples in the previous chapters, such as the example of the river grasses, the boat on the sea, the fire in the bedroom, the pressure cooker and others. Here we will offer a few more examples, which we have found useful in understanding the various aspects of meditation and its benefits. Be aware, however, that no model or example can ever be perfect. There will always be flaws or possible contradictions. Their usefulness, however, is not diminished by that fact. Continue reading “A40 Models of Meditation: We can understand the process of meditation through various examples and models”

It is a common belief; in fact a serious misconception, that the discoveries of modern Science are in conflict with the universal philosophical truths about the nature of the world. Continue reading “A56 Science And Philosophy: An analysis of similarities between scientific and spiritual views of the universe”

Sprouts are rapidly becoming popular all over the world as people are seeking an economic and healthy source of food value. A handful of seed can sprout into enough food to provide balanced nutrition for a whole week. Continue reading “A72 Sprouting for Vitality: How to make sprouts from grains and beans”

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The above diagram will help us to understand more clearly the following discussion concerning choosing and working with an object of concentration for our meditation. Continue reading “A08 Choosing Object of Meditation: All schools of meditation teach basically the same technique. What differs is the “object” them meditate on. You can choose your own”

Since probably over 90 percent of those who will read this book are souls who have incarnated into a Christian tradition, it will be useful to see how Jesus Christ, his life and his teachings fit into the universal philosophy which we have been discussing throughout this book. We celebrate and mourn His birth, death and resurrection every year. Have, however, we understood His message? Why did He come? Why did He choose to be crucified? What was He trying to teach us? No one could ever understand the mysteries of Christ and His Divine Mission. Nor can we comprehend the totality of His message, for it can only be experienced upon the transcendence of the ego and the mind, and not with the rational mind itself. But I would like to share with you here some of my humble thoughts concerning these important parts of His life, His birth, His death and resurrection, which we celebrate yearly. Continue reading “A09 Christ’s Birth, Crucifixion & Resurrection: We have much that we can learn about our selves and our relationship to Christ by contemplating His Birth, Crucifixion. & Resurrection”

Recently two new words have become very popular in Psychology of Relationships. They are co-dependence and co-commitment. They describe two totally different types of relationships. Continue reading “A10 Co-commitment / Co-dependency : We need to understand the difference between these types of relationships. One creates suffering and stifles our growth. The other nurtures and enhances our evolution”