“Just as a dream is merely a creation of one’s intelligence but has no actual substance, similarly, material lamentation, bewilderment, happiness, distress, and birth and death are all creations of the illusory energy.”

The above is a quote from an ancient book on the science of yoga. The book’s title is Srimad Bhagavatam.
Readers are invited to [...]

1) After the disastrous oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico, news media showed disturbing images of animals suffering and dying.

2) The gentle, soft-hearted, & compassionate were in shock. Some even wept.

3) Yet how many of those same gentle and soft-hearted people cried or were shocked over what was on their plates for dinner that [...]

The general assumption is that the more choices one has, the more freedom one has.This assumption is so deeply rooted in our psyche that we might not even consciously notice it. If, however, we come to ponder it more deeply, we can see how this assumption can be quite wrong.

First let us consider why [...]

The Most Important Principle of Yoga

This funny story is meant to tell us about an important principle in the life of a yogi: the unsaid law of association.
It is the nature of all conscious beings to take on the qualities of the environment around them. For example, when a human, or even an animal, [...]

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I think that politicians should be required by law to wear logos of their lobbyists on their suits, much like Jeff Gordon who wears patches of his sponsors.
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I am sensing fear in the above post. Perhaps I am superimposing my own experience? In any case lack of objectivity and lack of justice [...]

Santa Clara County has passed a law forbidding McDonald’s

If you haven’t seen it yet, The Corporation is a truly worth watching documentary about the nature of the corporate world and the modern economic system.

This dramatic presentation was written and directed by His Holiness Bhaktimarga Swami.