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Tag Archives: True Self
Stepping Into the Unknown & Celebrating Change!
This week’s Oracle Card Reading, which you can view here, reminded me of this post I wrote in February 2013. I’ve been sensing big changes coming, and feel this applies to many of us right now… As Heraclitus knew, change is always … Continue reading
Posted in Meditations
Tagged change, emptiness, Fool, future, Heraclitus, journey, life, personal growth, possibilities, San Francisco Tarot Reader, Tarot, True Self, unknown
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The Eighth Limb of Yoga: Samadhi समाध
The final limb of the Eight Limbs of Yoga is … Continue reading
Posted in Yoga
Tagged absorption, All, awareness, Bhagavad Gita, concentration, contemplation, dharma, inner peace, joy, Krishna, meditation, mnatra, nature, oneness, Patanjali, practice, Prakriti, samadhi, spiritual growth, spiritual practice, spiritual vision, the divine, True Self, Twameva Sarvam, yoga, Yoga Sutras
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The Sixth Limb of Yoga: Dharana
The sixth of the eight limbs of yoga is Dharana. … Continue reading
Posted in Yoga
Tagged Anugattara Nikaya, awareness, Bhagavad Gita, Brahman, Buddha, buddhi, concentration, consciousness, contemplation, Dharana, dhyana, eight limbs of yoga, great yogi poem, inner peace, insight, Iyengar, Krishna, lotus, meditation, mind, Mirabai, one-pointedness, shamatha, single focus, stillness, True Self, yoga
14 Comments
The Sky Is Not Always Blue
We all see our lives and the world from … Continue reading
Posted in Meditations
Tagged Ajna, All, Blue Sky, Book of Mark, Buddha, Color, consciousness, etymology, heart, light, moonset, perceptions, perspective, photography, postaday, seeing, seeing is believing, seer, self-awareness, Shaman, spakona, spirit, sunrise, sunset, third eye, True Self, Upanishad, Vedas, vibrations, vision, Weekly Photo Challenge: Color, wisdom
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The Fifth Limb of Yoga: Pratyahara
The fifth limb of the eight limbs of yoga is Pratyahara. Pratyahara is most … Continue reading
Mantra: Divine Vibrations of All
Mantras are chants, or more specifically, energetic vibrations of words that connect us with the … Continue reading
The Fourth Limb of Yoga: Pranayama
The fourth limb of yoga is Pranayama. Etymologically Pranayama can be broken down in two ways: pran (breathe/breathing) + ayam (expansion), … Continue reading
Posted in Yoga
Tagged breath, breath control, drishti, meditation, prana, pranayama, Swami Sivananda, The Fourth Limb of Yoga, True Self, Upanishads
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Who Is Our True Self?
Who is our True Self? Or a better way to ask that question is: What is our … Continue reading
Posted in Religions & Philosophies
Tagged Being, Carl Jung, consciousness, Continuum, heart, Love, Martin Heidegger, Saint Francis of Assisi, soul, Stephen Batchelor, True Self, Truth
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We Are Spiritual Beings Having a Human Experience
Who are we? Who is each of us? Who am I? Who … Continue reading
