Among the most popular tattoo designs are the angel tattoo designs. Whether the angel inscribed on the tattoo enthusiast’s body is in whole or in part, there are many reasons why the angel tattoo design has achieved the esteemed status it now possesses. Among the most enduring motifs in the tattoo industry, the angel design […]
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Illusionary Spiritual Experiences in the Path of Spirituality
An aspirant as he makes progress in his spiritual path begins to experience varieties of spiritual experiences. The seeker who has established himself in purity, self control and concentration of mind can perceive the experiences which are beyond the explanation by five senses; mind and intellect are known as mystical or spiritual experiences. Spiritual experiences […]
A Spirituality of Grief
“Grief is love not wanting to let go.” Earl A. Grollman in Living with Loss When grief has struck your heart and you no longer see a path, or you lose your bearings or your ability to read your compass, your whole being is impacted. Much is written about the emotional and physical aspects of […]
Therapy Meets Spirituality: A Psycho-Spiritual Discussion – Part 2: Your True Nature
Q: When you experience yourself in your true nature does that entail withdrawal from the world? R: It may do. I think it important to remember that not all self-realized beings are engaged in teaching, or necessarily courting any kind of public profile whatsoever. Nonetheless to have attained the divine condition is itself a service […]
Therapy Meets Spirituality: A Psycho-Spiritual Discussion – Part 3: Seeing The World As It Is
Q: How does one begin to practice psycho-spiritually? R: In the same way as one begins on any spiritual path, in the dual states of doubt and faith from where you question everything, and adopt the assumption that the world you see is not the world as it is, but merely the objective world of […]
Beyond the Tao of Physics – The Spirituality of Science
Physics: A link to the past It has been a third of a century since Fritjof Capra’s bestselling book The Tao of Physics. Capra related the similarities between the physics and cosmology of the time (1975) to Eastern mysticism. Since then scores of scientific discoveries have left scientists mystified and the general public stymied. In […]
Spirituality and Personality: The Psycho-Spiritual Controversy
If you have been involved in either therapy or counselling, or spirituality and meditation, in recent years you have probably encountered two basic, polarized viewpoints concerning personality. Essentially it amounts to this: therapists are pro-personality (and its improvement through healing neurosis etc.) while spiritual teachers proclaim personality a big waste of time, since neurotic or […]
Relationship of Music and Spirituality
Music has a close connection with spirituality. Spiritual music has the capacity to enlighten our minds and inspires us to dive deep within. The most profound spirituality involves peace and silence. But to enter this realm of peace and silence it is quite practical to take the benefit of spiritual, soulful music. Music that helps […]
Spirituality: Stop Destructive Gossip and Live at a Higher Spiritual Level!
Gossip can zap the power out of one’s spirit quickly. Gossip is negative, mean spirited, and destructive. It is an addictive, bad habit for the gossiper. Gossip will pull the gossiper, and those around him or her, down to the lowest spiritual level. If all that isn’t bad enough, God considers gossip a serious sin […]
Five Similarities Between Religion and Spirituality
When we were children we were asked, Which came first, the chicken or the egg? If we based our answer on the creation story in the Bible, we would answer, Chicken. But if we based our answer on our experience in raising chickens, our answer would be, Egg. The same can be said of the […]