In this article, we will talk about Bhakti yoga as the fastest path to enlightenment. We will discuss how it can erode the ego and still let us be integrated into the world. We will talk about the effects of increasing love and the stages of Bhakti. Finally, we will discuss how to grow in Bhakti. …
In this article, we will talk about Tantra as the science of life. We will discuss the dangers of placing vice and virtue in opposition to one another. We will dive into the principle of polarity and how it can help us to understand the relationship between vice and virtue. We will furthermore talk about coming…
In this article, we will discuss why we feel the need to seek external validation. We will be guided in a short practice that will help to point us inwards in asking the questions of self-worth. We will discuss how by serving the whole we live a life of real meaning and bring genuine value. We…
Marpa was an extremely frightening child. When he was 3 or 4 years old, everybody in the city was afraid of him. He had an immense power in him, and everybody said, “This child, either he is going to become a spiritual teacher, or he is going to destroy all of us as soon as…
The great yogi Tilopa, after he attained very high spiritual initiations and a very elevated state of consciousness, became a fisherman and lived the life of an ordinary fisherman for many years. At the same time, in Bengal, there was a great scholar, Naropa. Naropa was from a very respected family that was very rich…
I flew to Thailand a little over two months ago from California, in search of some self-reflection and healing. I had been suffering from a series of infections including pneumonia earlier this year.
Having run myself ragged like a hamster in a wheel for several years straight without a break, my body was finally telling…