Alara Kalama taught Siddartha Gautama, the Buddha, meditation. When he surpassed his master, he found another teacher, Uddaka […]
Author: David Fox
When I see the word Guru, I immediately think of an old ascetic monk who guided me along […]
The origin of the word karma is found in the Sanskrit word karman which simply means act and held no special significance […]
Everybody can learn to master their own energies. With proper tutelage, anybody can learn to manipulate certain external […]
When I was 13 years old, almost 40 years ago, I had been seeing a series of recurring […]
Eventually you'll stop calling them coincidences and realize how powerful you are!
You mean like lighting Hanukkah candles and giving Christmas presents? Following Buddhist mindfulness practices like the Noble Eightfold […]
TANTRA 101
The sexual construct of the Brahma Yamala Tantra of the ancient cults of Saivite Yoginin is one thing, […]
When you can see the characters standing there on the battlefield of mind, the ancient wisdom bodies are […]
How long to reap the benefit depends, of course, on the goal and the approach, but the list […]
After having cultivated the Seven Factors of Enlightenment viz. sati (mindfulness), dhamma vicaya (analysis), viriya (persistence), which leads to pīti […]
Short answer – you cannot. Look here, first, at the dictionary definitions. These will also give you an […]
Saddhu, the ascetic yogin who’ve renounced worldy affairs to practice the sadhana of their discipline towards an ultimate […]
My Guru-given name is Devananda; roughly translated that would be Angel of Bliss. This name was given to me when […]
Intuition 101
Do you ever get that sense of something? Wondering how to get a cleaner handle on your intuitive […]
Almost as profound a quandary as Milton’s famous blank verse poem Paradise Lost, the spiritual seeker, too, is […]
Raising a child. I am a yogi, a meditation teacher, a yoga instructor and executive coach. I know […]
Kundalini is the Mother. Mother Nature. The Goddess. We all contain a spark of the Mother within us, […]