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- The Aura — the Vital Envelope that Surrounds the Physical Body - by Submitted on Jul 09, 2023 from santosh krinskyFor those people who only treat as ‘real’ things they can directly perceive with the physical sense organs, the aura is considered to be some kind of fantasy of imagination. The aura, a vital sheath or envelope that extends beyond the boundaries of the physical body, has therefore long been the ...
Views: 403 - The Business of Spirit & Matter - The Eagle & The Condor - by Submitted on Jul 21, 2009 from Rebecca AstaraWhen I awoke at 4:44am, it was Easter morning of 2006 and I felt the presence of life all around me. The light from my headlamp seemed to startle me more than the herd of elk I was camped in the middle of! They raised their heads all around me and seemed as uncomfortable with my presence as I ...
Views: 1393 - The Case for the Rare Instance of an Ongoing Physical, Vital or Mental Formation Surviving the Death of the Individual - by Submitted on May 07, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe have no difficulty seeing and understanding that an individual can create a legacy in the physical world we inhabit, as we see the evidence everywhere around us in the form of buildings, enterprises, religious movements, mental developments and conceptualization, and artistic creations, not ...
Views: 382 - The Case for the Rare Instance of an Ongoing Physical, Vital or Mental Formation Surviving the Death of the Individual - by Submitted on May 07, 2023 from santosh krinskyWe have no difficulty seeing and understanding that an individual can create a legacy in the physical world we inhabit, as we see the evidence everywhere around us in the form of buildings, enterprises, religious movements, mental developments and conceptualization, and artistic creations, not ...
Views: 369 - The Development and Use of Occult Powers and the Spiritual Quest - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2021 from santosh krinskyThe lure of occult powers represents one of the temptations to be faced by the spiritual seeker who begins to access the inner and higher realms of consciousness. These powers may be developed through systematic efforts, following the protocols and laws of action under which these powers exist. ...
Views: 560 - The Direct Use of the Mind as a Sixth Sense - by Submitted on Jan 12, 2025 from santosh krinskyWe are trained to believe that the mind relies entirely on the 5 senses of perception and the 5 senses of action in order to receive data or undertake action. If the mind is cut off from the senses, we believe that it is powerless and unable to either sense, communicate or act. Spiritual science ...
Views: 76 - The Dream Domain: Where Inner Wisdom Knows No Boundaries - by Submitted on Dec 31, 2013 from Moreen DuFermontThe Dream Domain: Where Inner Wisdom Knows No Boundaries. Don’t be fooled into thinking that your dream world is ‘Only just a Dream’. In fact, it’s the time and space where your Inner Wisdom comes alive! It’s the perfect opportunity where we all get the chance to explore latent feelings, ...
Views: 2211 - The Dynamics Of Mysticism - by Submitted on Feb 01, 2008 from Bhuka Bijumiro-Jjumiro"Since God is within me, I do not need any one to guide me to find God" Since God is within me, of what use do I have for a Guru?" The above constitute some of the commonest statements or misanthropic, pessimistic, distrustful, disdainful questions many people foster sarcastically when it comes ...
Views: 1190 - The End Of The World In 2012 Will Be Of Supreme Importance To Everyone - by Submitted on Mar 08, 2011 from Geraldine MayfairIs the end of the world in 2012 truthfully the serious case? Can this end of the world 2012 doomsday event really seriously be in possesion of any truth? At no time formerly has a day in existence been so greatly meaningful to so many different congregations of the world. ...
Views: 808 - The energy body - chakras and aura - by Submitted on Apr 30, 2014 from rachel annThe energy body - chakras and aura Do you know the difference between chakras and aura? It is often a source of confusion; read on to find out more… Aura We all have a luminous glowing energy, like a halo we see traditionally encircling the head of a pure character, such as an angel. This ...
Views: 2479 - The Evolution and Manifestation of New Powers of Consciousness - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2025 from santosh krinskyPlato in the famous dialogues recounting the teaching of his mentor, Socrates, recounts the understanding that Socrates held that education was simply a recognition by the individual of what he already knows. The process of education was one of drawing out, removing the obstacles to the ...
Views: 80 - The Evolution of Occult Powers - by Submitted on Jan 07, 2025 from santosh krinskyFrom the point of view of animals, we may assume, the actions, and the powers that drive them, of human beings are some kind of ‘occult powers’ about which the animals know nothing. These actions may seem miraculous but they are in reality expressions of the evolution of the mental stage of the ...
Views: 76 - THE EXTRAORDINARY BOONS OF THE DIVINE GURU - by Submitted on Sep 27, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaIt is the nature of fire to emit heat and give light. Anything coming in contact with it starts burning according to those situations and contact. Once the fire dies down even if a lot of fuel is there no fire will be seen to blaze. If wet sticks are lit only dark smoke will emerge. There will ...
Views: 1427 - The Forces and Beings Active in Places of Worship - by Submitted on Jun 14, 2024 from santosh krinskyWe tend to attract those energies, beings and forces to us that respond to the vibratory pattern of our thoughts, emotions, feelings, desires and physical state. Keeping this in mind, we can review our relationship to places of worship, whether a temple, mosque, church or other. Some ...
Views: 227 - The Function Of The Truth And How It Sets You Free - by Submitted on Mar 10, 2008 from Bhuka Bijumiro-JjumiroWhen a mortal person gets an idea in his or her mind, it can be grounded from the etheric dimension to the material level in its pure state. Since all ideas are believed to emanate from God an idea is originally pure because it has not been polluted by some human mind. But it can be polluted ...
Views: 2015 - The Funny Side of Spirituality - by Submitted on May 25, 2021 from Scott & Stephen PetulloAs Mark Twain said, "Humor is mankind's greatest blessing." As gratitude multiples your blessings, we hope you appreciate the humor in the quotes below. Some of the quotes may seem too negative to be spiritual, but we believe questioning spirituality is a good thing and can be spiritual too. ...
Views: 595 - The Good and Bad of Spiritual Clearing - by Submitted on Apr 17, 2020 from Scott & Stephen Petullo45% of Americans believe that ghosts and demons exist. Yet we estimate spiritual clutter is negatively affecting at least 80% of the population and most people don’t even know it. What are signs you need to clear the spiritual clutter? Are you having a difficult time relaxing or ...
Views: 841 - The Great Phoenix - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2016 from Stephanie Adams"From the depths of humanity's spirit, out of the heaven and hell within one's soul, I will rise above the ashes of the raging, fiery destruction caused by any and all, regenerating my own mind, body, and power to become greater than ever, a powerhouse of spiritual, celestial, and magical ...
Views: 1500 - The Guided Life - by Submitted on Apr 19, 2011 from Penny CohenWhat does it mean to have a guided life? It means to feel supported, guided and blessed internally. That happens when we do our Divine work. Divine work is the work of love: It’s loving yourself, loving others, loving work, loving life and loving God. I think of the word GOD as an acronym ...
Views: 1123 - The Hushed Topic of Ghosts & Spirits - by Submitted on Jun 13, 2011 from Caron GoodeThe best-selling book, Kids Who See Ghosts opens the door to a topic that has been swept under a proverbial rig and not discussed openly. In some households, kids are told, “Hush. Don’t talk about that. Don’t tell any one. You’re crazy. You’re lying.” Also, very few professionals who work with ...
Views: 848 - The Individual Experience of Free Will in the Context of the Play of Forces Behind the Scenes - by Submitted on Mar 01, 2024 from santosh krinskyHow do we decide what we decide? Why do we do what we do? For most people, the response is relatively automatic. They have an innate sense of having ‘made a decision’ and they thus believe they have free will. Yet, for the most part, they are reacting to conditioning they have received through ...
Views: 261 - THE INFINITE POTENT STREAM OF PRANA ENERGY IS MEANT FOR US - by Submitted on Nov 30, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaThe more one’s bodily electricity augments to that extent one becomes more radiant, beautiful, active, zestful, full of aura and talented. The immunity power of body against diseases and brain’s subtle vision, farsightedness and wisdom is dependent on this human electricity. Ordinarily ...
Views: 2485 - The Inner Subliminal Self - by Submitted on Sep 16, 2023 from santosh krinskyHaving now referred to the Subliminal Self in our discussion of the creation of dreams, it is necessary to describe this part of our being more thoroughly, and Sri Aurobindo takes up the question. He points out that the subliminal self is not a creation out of the inconscience, but actually it ...
Views: 310 - THE INNER VAULT OF MAN’S INFINITE ENERGY AND RADIANCE - by Submitted on Dec 03, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaHuman magnetism can be experienced as aura of light. By itself aura pervades the entire body and like sound when it travels farther it becomes dimmer. As soon as it contacts the body this electrical flow becomes faster and hence touch sensation is most influencing. The more ones aura is ...
Views: 2740 - The Intermediate Zone in the Development of Consciousness - by Submitted on Aug 12, 2021 from santosh krinskySri Aurobindo distinguishes between what he terms the ‘intermediate zone’ and a number of intermediate stages in the development of consciousness. The distinction is important. The intermediate zone is a transitional phase as the normal human mind-life-body begins to experience the influx of ...
Views: 499 - The Knowledge of the Mystics - by Submitted on Jul 16, 2021 from santosh krinskyWe generally rely on the information provided by our senses to understand the world we live in. This information, however, is subject to misperception and misinterpretation, leading us to vastly distort the truth of what we ‘know’. For countless years, most of humanity believed that the sun ...
Views: 525 - The Law of the Rebound in the Practice of Occultism - by Submitted on Jun 18, 2024 from santosh krinskyAs with physical laws and laws of physics, laws of nature, there are laws of occultism which operate when there is vital interchange between people on an occult level. Knowledge of these laws is essential both to protect oneself and to ensure that occult powers are not being misused or ...
Views: 196 - The Letters Of Creation - by Submitted on Apr 11, 2008 from Richard SeidmanThe Hebrew word for “letter,” "ot," also means “sign” or “wonder” or “miracle.” For thousands of years, Jewish sages have taught that the letters of the Hebrew alphabet, the Aleph Beit, embody wonderful and miraculous powers. According to the earliest known book on Jewish mysticism, "The Sefer ...
Views: 1920 - THE LILAS OR DIVINE SPORTS OF KALKI AVATAR - by Submitted on Dec 25, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaIn Naimisharanya (UP, INDIA) a dialogue was going on between Suta and Shaunak Rishi. After hearing the stories of divine sports of all Avatars Shaunak Muni yearning to know more about Jnana or Divine Wisdom asked a question to Maharshi Lomharshak’s son Shri Sutaji: O Lord! You have so far ...
Views: 2997 - The Luminosity of Your "Sparkling Soul" - by Submitted on May 26, 2013 from Moreen DuFermontThe Luminosity of Your “Sparkling Soul” Perhaps you, like many, have heard the old familiar proverb that “The eyes are the window to the soul” which is really nothing new; however, I am taking it one step further to say that the heart must then be the doorway. Since we are living during ...
Views: 3108 - The Magic of Archetypes - by Submitted on Aug 19, 2012 from Amrita GraceWhat exactly is an “archetype”? It’s a question I needed an answer to so I could have a way to explain it to others. I had a strong intuitive sense of it, through my direct experience of working with archetypal energies, but I could not for the life of me explain it to anyone else. A collage ...
Views: 2118 - The Magic of the Mind: Where Mysticism and Modern Physics Meet - by Submitted on Jul 02, 2007 from Laura Svolos (Swami Adityananda)Imagine if you had been given a gift -- a magic wand of sorts --and you were told that you could use this wand at any time to create what you wanted in life. How much would you pay for such a gift? What would you be willing to sacrifice to get it? Now, what if I told you that this gift was ...
Views: 1420 - The Material World Is the Effect, Not the Cause, of Vital, Mental, or Spiritual Manifestation - by Submitted on Jul 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyHumanity, for the most part, continues to believe that the material world occupies a primary place in the creation of the universe, and that somehow, Matter is able to create the encoding and the complex systems that come along with that encoding out of some random mixture of elements. If we ...
Views: 213 - THE MIND BOGGLING ACTIVITIES OF AN AVATAR - by Submitted on Dec 05, 2012 from Yuga Rishi Shriram SharmaOrdinarily in the arena of Sadhana or spiritual practice external rituals are mimicked and whenever someone imbibes these external rites in his daily life, a group of people tend to follow in his footsteps. Since hidden sentiments behind these symbols, soul purification and disciplines of true ...
Views: 924 - The Mystery of the Feathered Serpent Inside You - by Submitted on Dec 21, 2011 from Amara KarunaAfter recently studying cranial sacral work, I had this insight into the symbolism of the Mayan God Kukulkan, the mystical feathered serpent, and how that is reflected in our actual physiology. Since ancient times the serpent has been a potent symbol for primal life force energy or chi. The ...
Views: 3893 - The Mystic - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2008 from Bhuka Bijumiro-JjumiroBhuka Bijumiro-Jjumiro In my book, “Spiritual Science for Adult Beginners,” I gave an in-depth precise definition of Mysticism. For the sake of the reader, I will put it forth: The Science of the Soul or Spirituality also known as Mysticism (not Mystery) is the study of the Spirit ...
Views: 1844 - The Mystical Art Of Seeing And Contemplating - by Submitted on Mar 14, 2008 from Oscar Basurto Carbonell" The eyes of the soul cannot be seen. But they are known by intuition. According to the sensibility and purity of the heart " The Spirit is vast and infinite. The totality of its life is inspired by the existing fullness of Divine Love. Therefore, its nature flows by the light of peace, ...
Views: 1042 - The Myth of Inequality and How it Relates to Karma - by Submitted on Feb 07, 2012 from Scott & Stephen Petullo“Income inequality” has been a popular topic in the news lately. Some say that those who make more money should give to those who have less to “even the playing field.” From the standpoint of karma and reincarnation, there is no such thing as inequality. Life is not supposed offer equal ...
Views: 1703 - The Natural Process of Internal Alchemy - by Submitted on Jan 02, 2012 from Jacob Newell© Jacob Newell (Gu Shen Yu Daoshi) Introduction Daoist cultivation is a process of internal transformation or alchemy which works with the subtle energies of the body in a gradual process of refinement. This process is natural, however, and should not be approached with too much direct ...
Views: 1384 - The Need for Preparation of the Being Before Exploring Occult Worlds and Domains - by Submitted on Jun 05, 2024 from santosh krinskyWhen an individual leaves the relative safety of the physical being and traverses other domains and interacts with other beings, including vital beings both beneficent and maleficent, he is faced with the reality that the vibrations which he carries with him, or that resonate with him, draw to ...
Views: 207 - The Need for Serious Review of Other-Worldly or Supernormal Experience - by Submitted on Jun 29, 2024 from santosh krinskyIt is convenient, and perhaps comforting, to simply deny reality to experiences that people have, rather than to grapple with the implications of those experiences. We stick convenient labels on certain phenomena and believe by doing so, we have understood and defined those phenomena. Delusion, ...
Views: 208 - The New 'New Age' - by Submitted on Apr 06, 2011 from rachel annWherever you go today, there will be some sign of New Age. From books and magazines to music, whole shops dedicated to various paraphernalia and seminars or conventions; every town, every city and a huge part of the internet will have something involving the New Age Movement. But what is it all ...
Views: 1414 - The Night Of Halloween - by Submitted on Nov 25, 2016 from Stephanie AdamsTHE NIGHT OF HALLOWEEN Twas the night of Halloween and all through the house, My loved ones were sleeping, my son and my spouse. The candles were lit on my altar with care, In hopes that great spirits soon would be there. My boys were all cozy and snug in their beds, While visions of ...
Views: 1215 - The Number Six and Numerology - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2020 from Scott & Stephen PetulloKnown as number mysticism in ancient times, numerology is one of many forms of divination, and one of our favorites. Our long-term experience shows us that pattern recognition using hundreds of indicators is the best way to reliably interpret personal fate and personality. But you can get a ...
Views: 799 - The Occult Action and Interaction of the Planes of Existence - by Submitted on Feb 27, 2021 from santosh krinskyFrom a superficial perspective it is virtually impossible to understand the development of consciousness from Matter to Life, and from Life to Mind, and beyond. We now recognize that our beliefs and actions are conditioned by factors unseen and essentially unknown to us. C. G. Jung described the ...
Views: 442 - The One Invisible Quality That Ruins Your Love Life - by Submitted on May 26, 2014 from Scott & Stephen PetulloThe most overlooked quality that makes or breaks your love life is not bad luck, but personal timing. We’re not referring to trying to time the beginning of a relationship for success, such as planning a wedding on the day of a New Moon. Our findings tell us that other forces, such as an ...
Views: 1404 - The Plumed Serpent, Quetzalcoatl: A Symbol Of Connectedness - by Submitted on Feb 22, 2008 from Arvind SinghQuetzalcoatl, the Plumed Serpent,” played a dominant role as a god, model, myth, historical figure and symbol in ancient Mexican consciousness of Aztecs, Mayans and other cultures. He was an hombre-dios (”man-god”), who incarnated on earth, to bring spirit and matter into ...
Views: 4554 - The Potential for Emergence of the Subliminal Powers of Mind - by Submitted on Jan 13, 2025 from santosh krinskyWhen we begin to recognise the inherent power of the mind, independent of any reliance on the physical senses and the nerve pathways that link them to the mind, the question then arises as to how to become aware of, bring forward and train the use of these powers that are currently subliminal ...
Views: 76 - The Power of Occult ‘Seeing’ - by Submitted on Jan 18, 2025 from santosh krinskyThere is a long tradition and history of individuals who have utilized a variety of methods for the purpose of obtaining ‘visions’ of events, past, present or future. The action generally takes place through creation of a state of trance that allows the surface mental consciousness to recede and ...
Views: 78 - The Power of Rudraksha - by Submitted on Jun 09, 2011 from ROBERT RIDEOUTI have been wearing rudraksha seeds around my neck since the early 1970s. Most people have no idea of the power that these sacred seeds contain. To even gaze upon rudraksha, brings a spiritual blessing! The Dahli Lama and a very large faction of India’s holy men wear them. Why? What am I ...
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