Kim Churchill’s experimental documentary seeking to turn an average guy into a yoga enthusiast has enormous, but ultimately unrealized, potential.
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Before doctors learn how it is that the brain’s lights turn on, they may have to know a lot more about what’s happening when the lights are off.
First we shall sit with the guru, hear from and observe him while he simultaneously observes us. Then diksa follows and is further supported by siksa.
Brahma replied to the Kumaras: [Krishna's form is] dressed as a cowherd, has the color of a cloud, is youthful, and has taken refuge under a desire tree.
Michael Stoeber argues that accounts from mystics who distinguish between theistic and monistic mystical experiences refute the thesis that the two involve differences of interpretation rather than different experiences.
Krishna’s wife Kalindi states that she is the daughter of the sun, aham devasya savitur duhita. This same Kalindi is the goddess of the sacred river Yamuna.
Why, in their past lives, was everybody a princess or mighty warrior? Didn’t anybody dig ditches in the ancient world? Who took out the garbage? Who fed the elephants?
Amidst corporations’ constant push to loosen standards for organic certification, a new law actually works in favor of the underdogs.
In the ultimate issue there is no difference between one type of siddha or another: both are siddha.
Masanobu Fukuoka was a Japanese scientist who abandoned his life and perfected his own method of farming. Now, after thirty years, the New York Review of Books Classics has republished his classic work.
