Faith as a Practical Value: How Free Should Anything Be? Swami Sri Yukteswar Giri, my Paramguru, was quoted by Paramhansa Yogananda in Autobiography of a Yogi as stating, “So long as you breathe the free air of earth, you are under obligation to render grateful service.” Who is to serve whom? The “air of earth” is simply there; it comes … Read More
Weavers of light Our world is going through trying times… Climate change and environmental destruction, ongoing or new wars that awaken the possibility of another globalised conflict, the energy crisis, natural disasters whose destructive force is amplified by growing population density as tragically illustrated by the earthquake and Syria…So many shadows… Our teachings tell us that such is the transition … Read More
Reflections on Inner Strength – Part Three The aversion to pain seems hardwired in all living beings. Even something as primitive as a worm, observed Swami Kriyananda, when pricked with a sharp object, will wiggle away. If suffering is so universally loathed, why, then, is a hedonistic life often such a ruinous one? Why did the enormously affluent Howard Hughes, … Read More
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