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God is in the Neurons

2011-06-14T02:03:00.000-07:00

Video on Self-awareness, spirituality and the brain. This spectacular video is not only a visual delight. It probes deep into perception, reality and the human emotional condition. Some conclusions are startling - Worth a watch

Beau Lotto - TED Talk on Optical Illusions?

2010-10-06T14:54:00.000-07:00

TED Talk on reality and the nature of perception. Is this really an optical illusion? or is This reality?

First Quantum Effects Seen in Visible Object

2010-09-19T04:02:00.000-07:00

http://io9.com/5497720/first-quantum-effects-seen-in-visible-object Does Schrödinger's cat really exist? You bet. The first ever quantum superposition in an object visible to the naked eye has been observed. Aaron O'Connell and colleagues at the University of California, Santa Barbara, did not actually produce a cat that was dead and alive at the same time, as Erwin Schrödinger proposed in a

Confucius says: The Top 10 Quotes by Confucius

2010-08-04T03:47:00.000-07:00

Beautiful blog entry from here Confucius, whose name literally means "Master Kong", lived 551-479 BCE. He was a Chinese thinker and philosopher, whose teachings have deeply influenced not only Asian thought and life. He presented himself as a "transmitter who invented nothing" and he really pointed out the importance of learning, which is one reason he is seen by Chinese people as "The Greatest

100 Ways To Live A Better Life

2010-07-02T04:07:00.000-07:00

Found on this website 1. Accept Your Mistakes You’re human. We, humans, are making mistakes. Accept what you did wrong and try to do better next time. No need to punish yourself forever. In fact, accepting your mistakes is the only way to make them disappear. 2. Accept Your Friends Mistakes Maybe you got hurt by somebody. Happens. Just accept it and deal with it. People are making mistakes and

Healing the Body with Mindfulness of Breathing

2010-06-25T05:10:00.000-07:00

This excerpt from a talk by Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh explains how to use mindfulness of breathing to bring loving-kindness to our dear bodies. The physical effect of this can be truly remarkable. As Thây says, “You should really love your body. You should really take care of your body. Mindful breathing, with rest, can do miracles. “ The First Exercise of Mindful BreathingMy dear friends,

Letting go of attachment

2010-06-25T03:54:00.000-07:00

http://tinybuddha.com/ “Most of our troubles are due to our passionate desire for and attachment to things that we misapprehend as enduring entities.” ~Dalai Lama If there’s one thing we all have in common it’s that we want to feel happy; and on the other side of that coin, we want to avoid hurting. Yet we consistently put ourselves in situations that set us up for pain. We pin our happiness

Buddha - Wild Monk in a hut

2010-06-15T18:45:00.000-07:00

"The religion of the future should transcend a personal God and avoid dogma and theology. Covering both natural and spiritual, it should be based on a religious sense arising from the experience of all things natural and spiritual as a meaningful unity. Buddhism answers this description…If ever there is any religion that would cope with modern scientific needs it would be Buddhism." –Einstein

Solitude and Creativity

2010-06-11T20:06:00.000-07:00

Solitude - The No. 1 Habit of Highly Creative People. this article is from zenhabits.net Creativity flourishes in solitude. With quiet, you can hear your thoughts, you can reach deep within yourself, you can focus I makes “sure to be creative first thing in the morning, before doing anything for the outside world, really sets the day up for me. It makes it feel that CREATING is my job, not

Robert Wilson on the Nature of reality

2010-06-05T07:56:00.000-07:00

Robert Anton Wilson (1932-NEVER) One of the most profound and important scientific philosophers of this century, Wilson has written many important works of fiction and non-fiction. His vast intelligence and sharp wit are sufficient to shock and enlighten the most heavily imprinted domesticated primate nervous system. He is American and an author of 33 influential books, became, at various times,

Osho on Relationships and Living Partners

2010-06-01T09:36:00.000-07:00

Found at message from masters Question: Would you talk to us about our living partners -- our Wives, husbands and lovers. When should we persevere with a partner, and when Should we abandon a relationship as hopeless -- or even Destructive? Osho : Relationship is one of the mysteries. And because it exists between two persons, it depends on both. Whenever two persons meet, a new world is

Where Science and Buddhism Meet

2010-05-03T04:23:00.000-07:00

This is a beautiful movie on Emptiness, interconnectivity and the nature of reality. It makes the case that Non Material and Material, Intuitive and Rationalistic, Spiritual and Scientific are actually two ways of understanding one reality; two sides of the same coin. A very important thing to keep in mind while watching this is there is a large discrepancy between how we perceive reality and

The neurons that shaped civilization

2010-05-02T03:50:00.000-07:00

TED Talk on the Neurons that Shaped a Civilization by Vilayanur S Ramachandran I'd like to talk to you today about the human brain, which is what we do research on at the University of California. Just think about this problem for a second. Here is a lump of flesh, about three pounds, which you can hold in the palm of your hand. But it can contemplate the vastness of interstellar space. It can

Freedom is in transcendence

2010-03-26T17:36:00.000-07:00

“Live in the market-place and create a Himalaya in the heart. Become silent in the noise. Remain a householder and yet be a sannyasin. That's why I emphasize so much that I don't want my sannyasins to renounce. Nothing has to be renounced. The way of renunciation is the way of the escapist, and the way of renunciation will make you attached to a polar phenomenon. That will not give you freedom.

The Five Reiki Principles by Dr. Mikao Usui

2010-03-20T01:15:00.000-07:00

1: Just for today, I will not be angry 2: Just for today, I will not worry 3: Just for today, I will be grateful 4: Just for today, I will do my work honestly 5: Just for today, I will be kind to every living thing

Osho on Aloneness - Strangers

2010-03-12T23:23:00.000-08:00

You have to accept the fact that you are living alone -- maybe in a crowd, but you are living alone; maybe with your wife, girlfriend, boyfriend, but they are alone in their aloneness, you are alone in your aloneness, and those alonenesses don´t touch each other, never touch each other. That you may live with someone for twenty years, thirty years, fifty years -- it makes no difference, you will

MYSTICISM and CONSCIOUSNESS

2010-03-08T03:07:00.000-08:00

Extracts from a 1996 paper by Robert K.C. Forman, Hunter College, New York Mystical experiences may represent just such a simple form of human consciousness. Usually our minds are an enormously complex stew of thoughts, feelings, sensations, wants, snatches of song, pains, drives, daydreams and, of course, consciousness itself more or less aware of it all. To understand consciousness in itself,

Monistic idealism

2009-12-26T03:31:00.001-08:00

Monistic idealism In the words of physicist Amit Goswami, who wrote a book The Self-Aware Universe (1993) on this concept: The current worldview has it that everything is made of matter, and everything can be reduced to the elementary particles of matter, the basic constituents — building blocks — of matter. And cause arises from the interactions of these basic building blocks or elementary

Dokkodo (独行道 Dokkōdō; The Path of Aloneness

2009-09-06T08:26:00.001-07:00

Miyamoto Musashi (1584–1645), also known as Shinmen Takezō, Miyamoto Bennosuke, or by his Buddhist name Niten Dōraku, was a Japanese swordsman and samurai famed for his duels and distinctive style. Musashi, as he was often simply known, became renowned through stories of his excellent swordsmanship in numerous duels, even from a very young age. He was the founder of the Hyōhō Niten Ichi-ryū or

Hsin Hsin Ming The Book Of Nothing

2009-07-03T19:22:00.001-07:00

Hsin Hsin Ming - verses on the faith mind of Sengstan. (Sosan) 3rd Zen Patriarch, translated from the original Chinese by Richard B. Clarke, Zen teacher at the Living Dharma Centers, Amherst, Massachussets and Coventry, Connecticut. The Great Way is not difficult for those who have no preferences. When love and hate are both absent everything becomes clear and undisguised. Make the smallest

Can you see the future?

2009-05-31T15:01:00.000-07:00

Many Scientists are Convinced that Man Can See the Future Professor Dick Bierman is engaged in one of the most profound paranormal experiments of all time, one that may well prove whether or not it is possible to predict the future. Such amazing studies - if verified - might help explain the predictive powers of mediums and a range of other psychic phenomena such Extra Sensory Perception, dEj vu

5 things Holding you back in Life?

2009-05-30T23:51:00.001-07:00

5 things Holding you back in Life? 1. FEAR 2. ATTACHMENT 3. ARROGANCE 4. DOGMA 5. MONEY

Things everyone must do...

2009-05-30T23:46:00.001-07:00

25 Item To-Do List EVERYONE Should Be Doing1. Take a 10-30 minute walk every day, and while you walk, smile. It is the ultimate anti-depressant.2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day. Talk to God (or to your higher power or meditate) about what is going on in your life. Buy a lock if you have to.3. When you wake up in the morning complete the following statement, ’ My purpose is to___

Books recommended at Reality and the Likes

2009-05-28T23:49:00.001-07:00

Quotes by UG Krishnamurti

2009-05-28T23:36:00.001-07:00

Uppaluri_Gopala_Krishnamurtithought "The living organism and thought are two different things. Thought cannot conceive of the possibility of anything happening outside the field of time. I don't want to discuss time in a metaphysical sense. By time I mean yesterday, tomorrow and the day after. The instrument which has produced tremendous results in this area is unable to solve problems in the

Scientists and Mystics

2009-05-28T23:16:00.001-07:00

SCIENCE AND SPIRITUALITY:This paper presented by Dr. J.S.R.L.Narayana Moorty at the Krishnamurti Centennial Conference held at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, U.S.A., May 18-21, 1995, discusses some issues commonly raised in regard to the relationship between science and spirituality. In particular, the issue of the apparent similarities (or symmetry) between statements made by scientists and

Releasing the Cows

2009-05-22T03:52:00.001-07:00

Releasing the Cows(Told by Master Thich Nhat Hanh)One day the Buddha was sitting in the wood with thirty or forty monks. They had an excellent lunch and they were enjoying the company of each other. There was a farmer passing by and the farmer was very unhappy. He asked the Buddha and the monks whether they had seen his cows passing by. The Buddha said they had not seen any cows passing by.The

Is Everything Made of Mini Black Holes?

2009-05-20T06:09:00.001-07:00

Is Everything Made of Mini Black Holes?In trying to understand how gravity behaves on the quantum scale, physicists have developed a model that has an interesting implication: mini black holes could be everywhere, and all particles might be made of various forms of black holes.gravity is considered an astronomical-scale force; its effects on smaller scales seem to be virtually nonexistent.

The God Chemical - Brain Chemistry of the Mystics

2009-05-20T04:42:00.001-07:00

The God Chemical - Brain Chemistry of the MysticsActually, Griffiths says that when he took up meditation 15 years ago, he began thinking differently about the nature of reality. He wondered: What if he could study what happens to the brain when people enjoy spiritual experiences? Griffiths recruited 36 people. They were all middle-aged and stable, had an active spiritual practice — whether

Maha Kali Yantra

2009-05-14T06:35:00.001-07:00

"Om Kareeng Kalekaye Namah, Om Kapalingaye Namah"

On Moderation

2009-05-14T05:58:00.001-07:00

Kundalini awakening requires a great deal of energy. If you’ll try to push Kundalini upwards, but do not conserve energy; it can prove to be fatal. One should avoid over-doing any stuff. It is beautifully depicted in Gita. Sri Krishna says –yuktāhāravihārasya yuktaceṣṭasya karmasuyuktasvapnāvabodhasya yogo bhavati duḥkhahāi.e. those who eat moderately, recreation is regular, efforts in work are

Osho on the Art of Meditation

2009-05-14T05:44:00.001-07:00

Osho on Art of MeditationMy whole life I have been talking about meditation. There are one hundred and twelve methods of meditation; I have gone through all those methods--and not intellectually. It took me years to go through each method and to find out its very essence, and after going through one hundred and twelve methods I was amazed that the essence is witnessing. The methods'

Ramana Maharshi Self Inquiry Meditation Method

2009-05-09T08:03:00.001-07:00

Ramana Maharshi Self Inquiry Meditation Method Question : You say one can realize the Self by a search for it. What is the character of this search? Ramana Maharshi : You are the mind or think that you are the mind. The mind is nothing but thoughts. Now behind every particular thought there is a general thought, which is the `I', that is yourself. Let us call this `I' the first

the 4 kalpas - commentary by Allan Watts

2009-03-20T16:06:00.000-07:00

Buddhism and Quantum Physics

2009-03-05T04:07:00.000-08:00

News Article on LankawebBuddhism and Quantum Physics A Strange Parallel of Two Concepts of Reality by Christian Thomas KohlWhat is reality? The mindsets of the modern world provide four answers to that question and oscillate between these answers:1. The traditional Jewish, Islamic and Christian religions speak about a creator that holds the world together. He represents the fundamental reality.

Relationships

2009-02-27T15:13:00.000-08:00

The following is from A Conscious Person's Guide to Relationships by Ken Keyes, Jr. (ISBN 0-915972-00-X), Chapter 8: 8 Involvement, Yes; Addiction, No. To get the most from your relationship, you'll find it helpful to distinguish between involvement with a person and addiction to being with the person. Let's define these two kky terms.

Symptoms of inner peace

2008-09-15T03:08:00.000-07:00

Some signs and symptoms of inner peace:* A tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than on fears based on past experiences.* An unmistakable ability to enjoy each moment.* A loss of interest in judging other people.* A loss of interest in judging self.* A loss of interest in interpreting the actions of others.* A loss of interest in conflict.* A loss of the ability to worry. (This is a

Osho on Depression

2008-08-13T23:13:00.000-07:00

Remember this: Whenever you are depressed, wait for the moment that the depression goes. Nothing lasts forever; the depression will go. And when it leaves you, wait – be aware and alert – because after the depression, after the night, there will be a dawn and the sun will rise. If you can be alert in that moment. you will he happy that you were depressed. You will be grateful that you are

Osho - Ten non-commandments.

2008-08-13T23:10:00.000-07:00

The first: freedom. The second: uniqueness of individuality. The third: love. The fourth: meditation. The fifth: non-seriousness. The sixth: playfulness. The seventh: creativity. The eighth: sensitivity.The ninth: gratefulness. Tenth: a feeling of the mysterious. These ten non-commandments constitute my basic attitude towards reality, towards man's freedom from all kinds of spiritual slavery.Osho

Three Oddest Words

2008-07-19T05:03:00.001-07:00

Poem by wislawa_szymborska Polish poet, essayist and translator. Awarded the 1996 Nobel Prize in Literature. When I pronounce the word Future,the first syllable already belongs to the past.When I pronounce the word Silence,I destroy it.When I pronounce the word Nothing,I make something no nonbeing can hold.

Simplicity of character

2008-07-15T22:08:00.000-07:00

Internet technology is amazing these day eh? Never in the history of mankind was so much valuable information at the fingertips of so many! My orkut daily fortune popped up this message "Simplicity of character is the natural result of profound thought" naturally I was intrigued. I Googled that entire sentence and found this was part of an essay called Characteristics by William HazlittApart from

Osho on Love

2008-07-13T07:52:00.000-07:00

Love walks on earth but it doesn't belong to us, it belongs to the sky. And it is starry;all else is darknessexcept love. Only love has light in it, only love is luminous.When you are in lovethere is light and life:when love disappearsthere is darkness, utter darkness. Hell is the space where love does not exist; heaven is the space where only love exists and nothing else. These are the names

Fanaa (فناء)

2008-06-29T06:40:00.000-07:00

Writing this post not about the movie Fanaa, but about the meaning of Fanaa itself.Fanaa (فناء) is the Sufi term for extinction. It means to annihilate the self.Persons having entered this state are said to have no existence outside of and be in complete unity with Allah. Fanaa is similar to the concepts of nirvana in Buddhism and Hinduism or moksha in Hinduism which also aim for annihilation of

Richard Dawkins on Reality

2008-06-28T02:42:00.000-07:00

In this talk notable evolutionary biologist, Richard Dawkins points out just how weird reality might be. He talks about how we have evolved to fit into a so-called “Middle World” where we can’t observe the very large or very small. The universe might just be a whole lot queerer than we suppose. Or, as Dawkins points out, than we even can suppose.Are there things about the

Quest for the "God Particle"

2008-06-28T02:41:00.000-07:00

National Geographic Article on the Large Hadron ColliderWe know things today that Einstein, Rutherford, Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, and the rest of the great physicists of a century ago couldn't have imagined. But we're nowhere near a final theory of physical reality. Molecules are made of atoms; atoms are made of particles called protons, neutrons, and electrons; protons and

God is in the Rain

2008-04-25T22:54:00.000-07:00

God is in the Rain! I admit that is a cheesy line from V for Vendetta, the movie. Recently returning from work i decided to walk. It was a tiring day, more hectic than usual. All I wanted was to get some hot coffee and switch on the TV, rest my legs on the coffee table under a pillow and watch cricket. It was about 5.30PM. The clouds were heavy so I left my laptop in the office. I had a trench

Osho - Book of Wisdom - Extracts

2008-03-22T22:59:00.001-07:00

Don’t seek sorrow for spurious comforts.All absorptions are effected in one.One method will correct all wrong.At the beginning and at the end.There are two things to do.Be patient, whichever of the two occurs.Observe two precepts even at the risk of life.Learn the three difficulties.Take up the three parts of the principal cause.Meditate on the three things not to be destroyed.Make the three

Osho Book of Wisdom - Comments on Atisha's 7 Sutras of Mind Thinking

2008-03-22T22:59:00.000-07:00

Life is a wandering, it is not a home. It is a search for the home, but it itself is not the home. It is an inquiry, an adventure. It is not necessarily that you will succeed -- success is very rare, because the search is very complex and there are a thousand and one difficulties on the way.But let this be your first understanding about today's sutras. They are of immense value. When you meditate

Love is not a relationship

2008-03-22T22:50:00.000-07:00

Love, Freedom, and Aloneness: A New Vision of Relating - OshoLove relates, but it is not a relationship. A relationship is something finished. A relationship is a noun; the full stop has come, the honeymoon is over. Now there is no joy, no enthusiasm, now all is finished. You can carry it on, just to keep your promises. You can carry it on because it is comfortable, convenient, cozy. You can

Love Freedom and Aloneness - The Koan of Relationships

2008-03-22T22:24:00.000-07:00

From the Book of the same name by OshoWe are born alone, we live alone, and we die alone. Aloneness is our very nature, but we are not aware of it. Because we are not aware of it, we remain strangers to ourselves, and instead of seeing our aloneness as a tremendous beauty and bliss, silence and peace, at-easeness with existence, we misunderstand it as loneliness.Loneliness is a misunderstood

DNA Found to Have "Impossible" Telepathic Properties

2008-02-16T17:33:00.000-08:00

February 06, 2008 DNA has been found to have a bizarre ability to put itself together, even at a distance, when according to known science it shouldn't be able to. Explanation: None, at least not yet. Scientists are reporting evidence that contrary to our current beliefs about what is possible, intact double-stranded DNA has the “amazing” ability to recognize similarities in other DNA strands

तारे ज़मीन पर - (Tare Zameen Par) Lyrics

2008-01-25T22:17:00.000-08:00

Saw the Movie Tare Zameen Par a couple of weeks back. This instantly reminded me of Soichiro Hondas words - The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred... This movie had definitely stirred my soul :-). The movie is about an urban Indian kid who is unable to do any regular school stuff. He has the psychological condition called Dyslexia. To others he

Lao Tzu: The Original Dude

2007-12-27T21:43:00.000-08:00

Lao Tzu: The Original Dudefrom the dudeism website The original dude, the O.D. if you will, was surely Lao Tzu, the author of the Chinese classic the Tao Te Ching. Lao Tzu was so incredibly dudeish that no one is even sure if he existed or not. All that we know of him comes from a tale, possibly apocryphal, in which the great sage got fed up with Chinese

T. S. Eliot's Four Quartets

2007-12-25T01:43:00.000-08:00

The beautiful passage below was taken from T. S. Eliot's Four QuartetsWith the drawing of this Love and the voice of this CallingWe shall not cease from explorationAnd the end of all our exploringWill be to arrive where we startedAnd know the place for the first time.Through the unknown, unremembered gateWhen the last of earth left to discoverIs that which was the beginning;At the source of

Auguries of Innocence - William Blake

2007-11-18T02:37:00.000-08:00

Passages from Auguries of Innocence by William Blake (Click on the title for the Entire Poem) To see a world in a grain of sand, And a heaven in a wild flower, Hold infinity in the palm of your hand, And eternity in an hour. He who mocks the infant's faith Shall be mock'd in age and death. He who shall teach the child to doubt The rotting grave shall ne'er get out. We are led to believe a lie

Heaven and Hell

2007-11-17T23:29:00.000-08:00

Heaven is ... Where the police are British, The cooks are Italian, The mechanics are German, The lovers are French and It's all organized by the Swiss. Hell is ... Where the police are German, The cooks are British, The Mechanics are French, The lovers are Swiss and It's all organized by the Italians.

ABC Radio Interview on Aghora

2007-03-06T12:42:00.003-08:00

http://www.abc.net.au/rn/encounter/stories/2006/1782966.htmMembers of the Aghori sect in India haunt cremation grounds and practiceextreme rituals believing that by breaking religious taboos they overcomedualistic thinking that is a barrier to becoming one with God.

Susan Blackmore on Human Conciousness - Audio Interview

2007-03-06T12:42:00.001-08:00

http://www.skeptiko.com/audio/skeptiko-2007-03-05-59234.mp3Featured Interview: Dr. Susan Blackmore explores her journey from adisillusioned parapsychology researcher to an author on human consciousness,and her conclusions: "We live in a pointless universe. We're here for noreason at all. There isn't a soul. There isn't a spirit. We're not going tolive forever in some kind of heaven, or something

The Hawking Paradox

2007-03-03T05:01:00.001-08:00

Click on the link for the VideoThe hawking ParadoxThe very question on the nature of realityif there is an entangled pure state, and one part of the entangled system is thrown into the black hole while keeping the other part outside, the result is a mixed state after the partial trace is taken over the interior of the black hole. But since everything within the interior of the black hole will hit

The God Theory

2007-03-01T13:23:00.001-08:00

http://www.tikkun.org/magazine/tik0703/frontpage/godtheory

The Holographic Brain

2007-02-28T12:57:00.001-08:00

http://www.redicecreations.com/specialreports/2006/01jan/holographic.html

What is the state of Trance?

2007-02-23T03:40:00.000-08:00

The Om Namah Shivayah maha mantraChanting is one of the most effective ways to enter into trance. See the chanting of the bhajan "Om Namah Shivaya" in this videoOm Namah Shivaya BhajanVideo of group Chanting Om Namah ShivayaThe first video is peppered with beautiful images from around Kolkata, the second one is of a group celebrating Shiva Ratri. For the purpose of trance this.is just a

Shortcut To Nirvana

2007-02-22T13:39:00.000-08:00

Amazing movie on the 12 yearly Kumbh MelaSee the Trailer hereSee Reviews and Buy the DVD here

An amazing collection of Sadhu photographs

2007-02-22T04:39:00.000-08:00

See the entire photo gallery here

The Bhagavad Gita and Mother Theresa

2007-02-22T03:46:00.000-08:00

The Bhagavad GitaThe infinite joy of touching the Godhead is easily attained by those who are free from the burden of evil and established within themselves. They see the Self in every creature and all creation in the Self. With consciousness unified through meditation, they see everything with an equal eye.I am ever present into those who have realized Me in every creature. Seeing all life as My

What is Death?

2007-02-22T03:36:00.000-08:00

On Death The Self, having in dreams enjoyed the pleasures of sense, gone hither and thither, experienced good and evil, hastens back to the state of waking from which he started. As a man passes from dream to wakefulness, so does he pass from this life to the next. When a man is about to die, the subtle body, mounted by the intelligent self, groans--as a heavily laden cart groans under its

On Why Arjuna should Fight

2007-02-22T03:34:00.000-08:00

About why Arjuna should fightThe demonic do things they should avoid and avoid the things they should do. They have no sense of uprightness, purity, or truth."There is no God," they say, "no truth, no spiritual law, no moral order. The basis of life is sex; what else can it be?" Holding such distorted views, possessing scant discrimination, they become enemies of the world, causing suffering and

Basava Vachana

2007-02-22T03:27:00.000-08:00

"When the ghosts read the writing on the skulls Shiva wearsaround his neck, they know, 'This one is Brahma, this one isVishnu, this one is Indra, this is death,' as they play happilywith them, Shiva smiles, he laughs, our god--Basava, vacana no.537 translated in A.K. Ramanujan.

The Goal of Life?

2007-02-22T02:35:00.000-08:00

To many it is not given to hear of the Self. Many, though they hear ofit, do not understand it. Wonderful is he who speaks of it. Intelligentis he who learns of it. Blessed is he who, taught by a good teacher, isable to understand it.The truth of the Self cannot be fully understood when taught by anignorant man, for opinions regarding it, not founded in knowledge, varyone from another. Subtler

Quotes from the Upanishads and the Gita

2007-02-22T01:35:00.000-08:00

This is a Random collection of quotes. They are not necessarily in the right sequence. If you want to study the Upanishads or the Gita in their entirety, pl refer to sites dedicated to this. I have some links ion the left paneSelect a clean spot, neither too high nor too low, and seat yourself firmly on a cloth, a deerskin, and kusha grass. Then, once seated, strive to still your thoughts.

The Benefits Of Meditation At Work

2007-02-17T16:17:00.001-08:00

Here is yet another article that talks about "Benefits of Meditation" at workThe needs of business environment are fast demanding some techniques that can be incorporated to cater to the mental needs of the employees and executives. Tension, anxiety, and fatigue are common phenomenon that almost all the corporate sector is complaining about.The competition and market demand does not allow them to

OSHO: Indias Greatest Bookman?

2007-02-16T22:02:00.000-08:00

If there were a competition to decide who is the 20th century's a) most voracious reader; b) most prolific author; and c) assembler of the largest personal library, India would have a candidate. His name is Osho, a spiritual leader, who attained, before his death in 1990, a substantial following both in India and the West. India's esteem for Osho can be measured by the fact that he is one of only

OSHO: On Socialism

2007-02-16T21:23:00.000-08:00

In the name of socialism today a great uproar is being raised all over the world. In this huge crowd, shouting hurray to socialism, my position is like that of the little child who exclaimed, "Father, the king is stark naked; there are no clothes on his body." I feel it is time somebody said it.Human nature is such that it accepts a well-published lie as truth. A lie repeated again and again

Exerpts from the Gitanjali

2007-02-16T04:48:00.000-08:00

Thou hast made me endless,such is thy pleasure.This frail vessel thou emptiestagain and again,and fillest it ever with fresh life.This little flute of a reedthou hast carriedover hills and dales,and hast breathed throughit melodies eternally new.At the immortal touch of thy handsmy little heart loses its limitsin joy and gives birthto utterance ineffable.Thy infinite gifts come to me only on

Osho: Love and Hate are one

2007-02-16T04:23:00.000-08:00

What has destroyed love? it is the continous teaching of love that has destroyed love. Hate is still pure, love is not. When you hate, your hate has an authenticity but when you love it is only hypocricy. For thousands of years all the religions, politicians have been teaching one thing - love. Love your enemy, love thy neighbour, love your parents, love God! Why did they start this strange

OSHO: Jealousy- society's device to divide and rule

2007-02-16T04:05:00.000-08:00

The end proves the means right. The whole question is about how to go up the ladder but you never come to the end of it. Who so ever is in front of you creates jealousy in you. The whole life, you will find somebody is always ahead of you. Somebody below you. Amazingly there is always somebody ahead of you whoever you are in the world. So everybody seems to be in the middle. Perhaps the ladder

The Spectacular Zero

2007-02-13T21:41:00.000-08:00

The class 6 student history text books in India make the following proud statement about the glorious days of ancient India. “Ancient India was a pioneer in science and mathematics. We invented the zero….” The lesson goes on to state various accomplishments in medicine, astronomy and mathematics. All of these are amazing accomplishments in their own right but it is the statement about the zero

Osho Video discourse and Documentary

2007-02-10T17:39:00.001-08:00

OSHO: Satsang Why are we able to see faults of others more easily than our own? Here Osho talks about the self and the other. Why are we not able to see ourselves easily. Who are we? What happens when we see ourself? What is awareness?Rise and Fall of Rajneeshpuram University of Oregon video on the 64,000 acre land that Osho sanyasins transformed into the worlds biggest meditation resort.Tom

Is the truth out there?

2006-05-06T20:49:00.000-07:00

There is no "Out There" out there independent of the "In here" so the truth is not our there, it' in here...

John Dobson - Equations of Maya

2006-04-20T07:56:00.000-07:00

Modern cosmologists usually take non-existence for granted and hope to get the Universe out of nothing. But must we assume that in the absence of the Universe and in the absence of space and time there would be nothing? Or can we, without so rash an assumption, find clues to what might remain if instead we take existence for granted but leave out space and time? Could what remains, through

Article - Physics And Vedanta by John Dobson

2006-04-20T07:31:00.000-07:00

John Dobson is the creator of the "Dobsonian" telescope mount, co-founder of the Sidewalk Astronomers Organization. John Dobson's scientific musings are very thought provoking and, like Einstein's Relativity, require us to re-examine many of our long-held views. His theories in physics and cosmology boldly break new ground and significantly challenge the scientific orthodoxy. Article - Physics

VEDIC PHYSICS: Scientific Origin of Hinduism

2005-10-31T19:13:00.000-08:00

The Vedas can be read at many levels, it is said. Those who have heard the chanting of the Vedas by trained priests will be overwhelmed by the sounds that transport one to a different world. You may not know enough Sanskrit to understand a word but the combination of sounds will make your body a tuning fork resonating to some cosmic sounds. You can read some good

Krishnamurti and Particle Physicist David Bohm on thought, conflict, and dialogue

2005-10-31T19:10:00.000-08:00

(Click on the Title for the article )A beautiful enquiry into the nature of thought and the source of conflict in the world.

Frozen - Madonna

2005-10-07T05:51:00.000-07:00

You only see what your eyes want to seeHow can life be what you want it to beYou're frozenWhen your heart's not openYou're so consumed with how much you getYou waste your time with hate and regretYou're brokenWhen your heart's not open

2005-08-23T03:58:00.000-07:00

Some important research links before I forgethttp://www.flameout.org/flameout/gurus/http://www.angelfire.com/realm/bodhisattva/nine_siddhis.htmlhttp://www.consciouslivingfoundation.org/Audio-Video.htmhttp://www.iosho.com/iosho01.htmlhttp://www.friendsofosho.com/http://www.mountainman.com.au/buddha/

The Philosophy of India

2005-06-14T22:27:00.000-07:00

About the philosophy I’m reading, it was such a tremendous rush for my one sided brain, crammed with the wonders of scientific inquiry and the “miracles” of science and technology obtained through books, encyclopedias, news paper articles, the discovery channel, the BBC nova and horizon, national geographic etc. I realized that I had dedicated all my life starting from my high school days in

Erwin Schroedinger's about "Tat Tvam asi".

2005-05-31T06:51:00.000-07:00

Thoughts for the day : The more I read about them the more Im intrigued. Modern day scientists physicists mostly and anybody else that is related to a study of phenomenon, including the mental faculties have dwelled beyond the possible, into the realms of the supposedly "impossible" the "paranormal". Then who are we to call something normal. What is normalcy? are we dreaming our dreams or are