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December
Dharmacakra, the Wheel of Law.
Motto: Slav, Teuton, Kelt, I count them all, my friends and brother souls, With all the peoples, great and small, that wheel between the poles. You Canadian, Indian Australasian, African, All your hearts be in harmony! - Alfred Lord Tennyson. [more]
A Though for a day [more]
Advaita Vedanta
Advaita Vedanta is probably the best known of all Vedanta schools of philosophy of Hinduism. Advaita Vedanta teaches the radical non-dual view that there is ultimately no distinction between the Absolute and Relative (the relative universe). [more]
New Millennium Ethics
I shall try to show what I mean by the term “positive ethical conduct” [and] propose a spiritual revolution. [more]
The Dark Sea Of Awareness
This brief article summarizes the main points of Carlos Castaneda's teachings about the nature of perception, inner silence, intent and achieving total freedom. [more]
Great Masters: Pythagoras
The scientific paradigm that dominates the contemporary world has as one of its primary sources the life and work of Pythagoras, one of the most significant representatives of the perennial philosophy and a founder of the esoteric tradition. After a short introduction we will try to summarize key ideas presented by this great spirit in modern terms. [more]
J. Krishnamurti: a Great Soul
"Truth is a pathless land". This is probably the most famous quote of this great soul, Jiddu Krishnamurti. He insisted that one cannot approach truth by following any authority, dogma or socio-political system; instead, he emphasized the need for the "elimination" of the "self" and the endless thought processes that categorize, fragment and select, thus resulting in conflict and pain. To learn more about him and his teaching click [here].
Jalaluddin Rumi
Finally you have broken away and departed into the Unseen; I wonder, I wonder—by which way did you depart from the world? "The Eternal Tavern" [more]
The Universe in an Atom
“This book is not an attempt to unite science and spirituality […] but an effort to examine two important human disciplines for the purpose of developing a more holistic and integrated way of understanding the world around us, one that explores deeply the seen and the unseen, through the discovery of evidence bolstered by reason. […] I believe that spirituality and science are different but complementary investigative approaches with the same greater goal, of seeking the truth.”
The Ιmportance of Greek Mythology
We are all Athenians in a sense, for the ideas of ancient Greece have permeated our whole culture [more]
The Ultimate Attainment
The past is already past.
Don't try to regain it.
The present does not stay.
Don't try to touch it.
From moment to moment.
The future has not come;
Don't think about it
Beforehand.
Zen poetry by Pang Yun [more]