Granted, the name of this meditation category implies pretty impressive results. Does one really become enlightened through practicing it? And if so, how many millions of enlightened individuals are currently wandering the earth? Well, answering in order of the questions: yes, you can—but enlightenment requires a ton of work, not…
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Benefits of Meditation: Health professionals, popular magazines, gurus like Dr. Chopra, and TV celebrities like Dr. OZ have long been touting the benefits of meditation. Perhaps its most convincing advocates, however, are average practitioners like you and me, who have been meditating for years, and who can attest first-hand to…
Non-dualism has become an increasingly popular spiritual idea in the West, but long before it bumped up against our shores it has been known in India as Advaita Vedanta. A Single Consciousness So, just what is Advaita Vedanta, or non-dualism? Essentially, it’s the belief that all souls exist within a…
If today’s Christian could travel back in time to the first and second centuries, she would no doubt be surprised that the simpler, purer, and homogenous Christianity so often portrayed in Christian children’s books never was. I discuss this further in my Spirituality Counseling Sessions, but let me explain here…
If we wish to attain what the Buddhists call nirvana and what the Hindus call moksha—the state in which we transcend our personal identity and become enlightened, it is said that we should engage in certain practices. Both Buddhists and Hinduism’s Patanjali cite eight categories of these, which include truthful…