Everyone needs to relax from time to time. If you have just moved to Portugal and you want to go on a trip, consider visiting one of the country’s most popular spa towns. Due to their high quality waters, as well as their location, the most important ones are Caldas da Felgueira, Pedras Salgadas, Manteigas, […]
Category: Spirituality
PRAYER: Food For The Soul
“If we provide food for the body which is perishable, than surely, it is our primary duty to provide food for the soul which is imperishable and such sustenance is found in Prayer.” — M.K.Gandhi Prayer is the very soul and essence of the religion, and, therefore, prayer must be the very core of the […]
Phurba Dagger – The Tibetan Buddhist Ritual Instrument
In Sanskrit the phurba is called the kilaya or the kila, and in Tibetan it is called the phurba, phurpa. The phurba is also called ‘the magic dagger’ and it is a ritual dagger used in ceremonies. ‘Phur’ is translated from the Sanskrit ‘kila’ and it means peg or nail. Padmasambhava is thought to have […]
How An Obeah Man Picks A Spell
It is practically a Caribbean tradition of hearing Obeah being practiced by a neighbor on someone you know. However, it is a taboo subject and the actual Obeah rituals are rarely discussed except between practitioners. Few know how Obeah works. Even less know where the power of Obeah comes from. This will reveal some of […]
Spiritual Detachment In The Tantra Relationship
At first, the two concepts of ‘detachment’ and ‘relationship’ seem to be incompatible. A tantra teacher who touches on this subject will usually hear questions such as, “How can one be detached in a relationship? Will detachment in a relationship not utterly ruin the whole thing?” But we are not discussing typical relationships, and also […]
Three Mediums of Supernatural Healing
The gift of healing is one of the numerous gifts of the spirit listed in 1st Corinthians 12:9- “to another faith by the same Spirit, to another gift of healing by that one Spirit,” It is pertinent to note here, that there are two types of healing- physical and supernatural healing. The former has a […]
Tapping The Real Spiritual Awakening
Even the most enlightened of spiritual teachers would be hard-pressed to put down spiritual awakening in words. While most of us at some point or the other do come across out-of-the-ordinary experiences, not all of them necessarily point towards spiritual awakening. If you go out asking, most people would confer having some sort of otherworldly […]
Summoning Souls – A Shaman’s Approach to Spiritual Healing
Mention the word “soul” and it is likely to elicit a wide variety of responses. For contemporary Americans, for example, the term may conjure up images of a very popular African-American music, a festive Halloween celebration, or even a delicious southern style meal. And for individuals with a religious bent, ideas about personal salvation and […]
3:33am?
What is it with angels and digital clocks? I fell asleep just after 11pm and am still trying to recover from the switch to daylight savings time. I really don’t need to be up and working right now, or do I? I had asked my angels earlier today to help me write some more articles. […]
False-Self: Can ‘Spirituality’ Cause Someone To Develop A Superiority Complex?
If someone is spiritual, it can mean that they are ‘in this world but not of this world’ and have a deeper connection to themselves and nature. They will know that there is more to life than what their five senses would have them believe. So, while their mind, along with their eyes, will create […]