Spirit & Religion
The Experience of No Self - Adyashanti (Apr 2010)
What is this thing called "self"? Does it actually exist? Adyashanti invites a direct investigation and experience of who we are. By recognizing our impersonal nature, we can discover the one reality that is beyond the imaginary self.
The following is an interview with consciousness that is awake — that has realized who or what it is… which is both nothing and everything. Reality happens all by itself… and consciousness is. [more >>]
The Egoic Mind - Eckhart Tolle (Sept 2009)
Tolle's lucid perspective on identification with the mind — the ego — and how it is the cause of so many of our troubles, and how it blocks us from the realization of who we actually are. See Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4.
If we listen deeply enough, crop circles can speak to us, giving us inspirational messages from Spirit. Faith Warn is one such person who can hear the silent voices, and here she shares with us her experiences from 2008. [more >>]
Adyashanti talks about The Secret - Adyashanti (Mar 2008)
Great question put to Adyashanti regarding the value of manifesting reality using techniques like those described in popular New Age films like The Secret.
Creating our own reality is a central focus for most of those in the New Age and New Consciousness movement. But as long as we are manipulating reality, we can never experience authentic spiritual awakening. [more >>]
An examination of methods used to market spiritual teachers and teachings. Whether you are an authentic spiritual teacher or just playing the guru-game, there is good money to be made in active spiritual marketing. [more >>]
Wisdom of Do Nothing - Adyashanti (Aug 2006)
Adyashanti explains how to "do nothing" disengages the movement of ego, gives rise to the natural clarity of awareness, and brings us to the very heart of love and compassion. This is the power of accepting things as they are.
Laughing Buddha - Mooji (Feb 2009)
Dennis realizes that he doesn't exist and shares this ultimate cosmic joke with his teacher Mooji. Beyond words, the infectious laughter that results is the perfect expression of the very highest spiritual teaching. Thanks CPji :-D
Spirituality and ecology are often viewed as different facets of the same modern spiritual belief. However, digging deeper we find that they are in fact mutually exclusive and that the very term spiritual ecology is oxymoronic. [more >>]
Ravi Sadana was raised in the high Himalyan city Shimla, the seat of the Imperial Raj in the prewar years, where he was taught by gurus to yoga, prayers, meditation and the fundamentals of Ayurvedic healing. [more >>]
The Gospel of Thomas - A Blueprint for Spiritual Growth - by David Capps
This e-book has been written as a spiritual and insightful interpretation of the Gnostic Gospel of Thomas which comprises 114 profound but sayings attributed to Jesus. With David Capps elucidation, this ancient New Testament apocryphon, which is notoriously obscure and mystical, begins to offer up its profound wisdom. By kind permission, Capps' book is available here for free download. E-BOOK
Val Valerian's Matrix 5 books (trufax.org) were inspired by his experiences at The Monroe Institute and present themselves as the ultimate manuals for spiritual development. But all is not what it seems. [more >>]
Those interested in spiritual development need to become aware of the distinction between spiritual philosophies and spiritual practices so that they can reach conscious unity. [more >>]
Confused by the plethora of spiritual paths and teachers that represent modern spirituality? You should be, and what is more, most will lead you away from authentic spirituality. [more >>]
David Hawkins is a controversial spiritual teacher who claims that consciousness/truth can be objectively calibrated by the muscle test. This is an in-depth investigation into this claim. [more >>]
Simply Stop Looking - Gangaji (May 2007)
Advaita teacher Gangaji advises us to stop looking for what we want and just accept the reality of where we are in the moment without any need to get anything more to be complete. This is the direct path to authentic spirituality.
Spiritual seekers often believe that abundance can be manifested without regard to consequences as the universe is infinite. Fiona Taylor reminds us that nothing is created in isolation. [more >>]
Finding the kind heart forms the foundation of spirituality and is a journey that must include both the path of love and the path of power for it to be effective and balanced. [more >>]
Spirituality is now such a medley of different ideas and beliefs that it can be difficult knowing what spiritual growth is and how to best achieve it. This article explores its essence. [more >>]
Liberation cannot come from ideology, but only from the soul. And it is the soul that the Left denies and that the Right distorts, both closing the door to social awakening. [more >>]
Nobody questions New Age philosophy as perceptively as By George, a truth-seeker who has found living with uncertainty more enlightening than living with spiritual dogma. [more >>]
Mel Gibson's Apocalypto Insults Mayan Culture (Jan 2007)
Mel Gibson brings out a new film called Apocalypto and, as usual, runs rough shod over historical accuracy to further his Christian agenda and fixation on violence. Those who see Apocalypto will leave the cinema with the false notion that the Spanish Conquistadors' invasion of Meso-America was a blessing that liberated the Mayans from their own barbarism. Truth is, the Spanish were far more barbarous in bringing their fetid Catholic dogma to the New World, displaying the same Christian fervour which has been responsible for the murder, maiming and torture of millions over the centuries, the destruction of hundreds of cultures, and the sexual abuse of countless children. Even the Muslims were historically known to be more tolerant than the Christians. So how is it that the 'gentle Jesus meek and mild' could have spawned such twisted minds and frozen hearts?
Mel Gibson brings out a new film called Apocalypto and, as usual, runs rough shod over historical accuracy to further his Christian agenda and fixation on violence. Those who see Apocalypto will leave the cinema with the false notion that the Spanish Conquistadors' invasion of Meso-America was a blessing that liberated the Mayans from their own barbarism. Truth is, the Spanish were far more barbarous in bringing their fetid Catholic dogma to the New World, displaying the same Christian fervour which has been responsible for the murder, maiming and torture of millions over the centuries, the destruction of hundreds of cultures, and the sexual abuse of countless children. Even the Muslims were historically known to be more tolerant than the Christians. So how is it that the 'gentle Jesus meek and mild' could have spawned such twisted minds and frozen hearts?
Transcript of the 1929 speech Krishnamurti gave to announce the dissolution of the spiritual organization — the Order of the Star — which he had been groomed since boyhood to lead. [more >>]
Most of those who pass themselves off as "enlightened" are really empty shells that have abandoned or "risen above" what they call the "lower" emotional body. [more >>]
Countless teachers, gurus and books offer the secrets to spiritual enlightenment. But few can get you there and even most of these will not understand the multiplicity of enlightenment. [more >>]
Popularized by films such as What The Bleep and The Secret, changing your reality by changing your thoughts has never been so much in vogue, or so needed to be examined. [more >>]
Having worked closely with New Age gurus, Campbell issues a warning that all that glitters is not gold, despite the heavy price tag, and that we must do our own spiritual work. [more >>]
A ramble through the world of crazy wisdom, New Age narcissim, spiritual teachers, psychological & physical abuse, our collective shadow and malignant self-love. [more >>]
"Listen!
Here's all you need to know to become enlightened:
Sit down, shut up, and ask yourself what's true until you know.
That's it. That's the whole deal; a complete teaching of enlightenment, a complete practice. If you ever have any questions or problems, no matter what the question or problem is, the answer is always exactly the same:
Sit down, shut up, and ask yourself what's true until you know.
In other words, go jump off a cliff.
Don't go near the cliff and contemplate jumping off. Don't read a book about jumping off. Don't study the art and science of jumping off. Don't join a support group for jumping off. Don't write poems about jumping off. Don't suck up to someone else who jumped off.
Just jump."
Jed Mckenna quoted from Spiritual Enlightenment
Here's all you need to know to become enlightened:
Sit down, shut up, and ask yourself what's true until you know.
That's it. That's the whole deal; a complete teaching of enlightenment, a complete practice. If you ever have any questions or problems, no matter what the question or problem is, the answer is always exactly the same:
Sit down, shut up, and ask yourself what's true until you know.
In other words, go jump off a cliff.
Don't go near the cliff and contemplate jumping off. Don't read a book about jumping off. Don't study the art and science of jumping off. Don't join a support group for jumping off. Don't write poems about jumping off. Don't suck up to someone else who jumped off.
Just jump."
Jed Mckenna quoted from Spiritual Enlightenment
Joe Bageant takes a look at the life-threatening Christian fundamentalism infecting tens of millions of Americans, the same fundamentalism that elects neocon governments. [more >>]
Su Maya explains to us how
focusing on the essence of universal love is the
alpha and omega of living an authentic and fulfilling
life. [more >>]
The Journey™ is a modified
NLP technique hijacked by Brandon Bays to sell as a
New Age panacea. [more >>]
Huna Philosophy (recently
brought back from the Big Island, Hawaii. Thank you Z!)
IKE — the world is what you think it is
KALA — there are no limits
MAKIA — energy flows where attention goes
MANA WA — now is the moment of power
ALOHA — to love is to be happy with
MANA — all power comes from within
PONO — effectiveness is the measure of truth
KALA — there are no limits
MAKIA — energy flows where attention goes
MANA WA — now is the moment of power
ALOHA — to love is to be happy with
MANA — all power comes from within
PONO — effectiveness is the measure of truth
As we draw ever closer to
the End Times and the completion of another Grand
Cycle, Su Maya explains that the time for purification
is now most definitely upon us. [more >>]
With the recent popularity
of books like Power vs Force by Dr. David Hawkins,
it is timely to examine dowsing and the objectivism
being claimed for it. [more >>]
Su Maya reminds us of the
simple basis of a true spiritual life — the
liberation of all beings. [more >>]
In the profusion of today's
spiritual teachers and teachings, it is easy to forget
the true spiritual path. [more >>]
Wouldn't be great if we had
a wizard in our minds that could remove sickness
and get rid of all erroneous memories. A whole lifetime
of never getting sick… [more >>]
It has become fashionable in the
West to regard Eastern spirituality as the true path.
But by rejecting our own spiritual heritage, we work
against our natural psychological and perhaps spiritual
makeup. [more >>]
Any teacher who declares his or
her enlightenment, using it to attract a following,
is greatly harmful to spiritual progress. [more >>]
John de Ruiter
gives the best impersonation of enlightenment this
side of Galili. But all is not what it seems… [more >>]
Maharishi Yogi presents a proven
plan to create perpetual world peace through mass "professional" meditation. [more >>]
99% of the New Age is just "old
age" thinking dressed up with a new and expanded
vocabulary. At its core, New Ageism is just as limiting
to true spiritual growth, which can only be found by
facing reality in the raw. [more >>]
Spirituality is often seen as an
avoidance of reality, a hinderance to change in society.
After all, people in spiritual practice are usually
focused inward and upward. Paradoxically it offers the only path to true global healing. [more >>]
