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…
meditation
Read More
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…
Baha’i Tenets according to the Charlotte, NC Baha’i Community As a non-denominational minister in Atlanta, I often talk to others of different faiths and even coach individuals of various faiths. Last weekend I went to an interfaith event and met a…
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…