The upheaval of our planet.

The Word (AUM) of God, the voice of Spirit, the manifestation, is in everything. The upheavals that take place on the earth are caused by human selfishness, by our inharmony with one another and with the hidden spirit in us and in all creation. Because we have not learned from our destructive ways, we and the earth continue to suffer devastation storms, earthquakes, floods, disease and wars.

Is there a way to conquer nature and life with its poverty, disease, wars and all the other issues that confront us?

Is there a way to victory and how can a victory be attained?

We must start with ourselves. We may think it is hopeless to try to conquer hatred and inspire human kind to Christ like ways of love, but there was never a need tan now. The world is marching on the path of destruction. We may say that we are too small to do anything about it. The solution lies in conquering ourselves as Jesus did. His victory gave Him power over nature.

We need to analyze our thoughts and actions. How did we get to where we are now; what are our strength and weaknesses and how did we acquire them? After that we need to destroy our bad harvest.

As we recognize our weaknesses and remove them, we become stronger. We must never become discouraged by our frailties, but rather use constructive self analysis. When we don’t exercise our discrimination, we are blind, and the inherent wisdom of the soul has eclipsed into ignorance. This is why we suffer.

God has given us the power to remove ignorance and uncover wisdom. We need to examine our actions every night and keep a mental dairy, then during the day we need to examine periodically what we think and do. Watching our thoughts is very powerful.

We came into this world not to lose ourselves but to discover our true Self. We need to find our Self and find God and whatever life demands of us. We need to do everything to the best of our ability; by discrimination, by right action we learn to conquer all obstacles and attain mastery over ourselves.

If we question whether we will win or lose in our battles with life, we will go on losing. But when we perform all our duties as a service to God, we find answers to positive outcomes of our endeavours.

There is nothing wrong with sometimes losing the battle. This keeps us humble and provides an opportunity for checking our thoughts and actions, but we need never to give up trying. In the end we will succeed. We are born to thrive, to succeed. The only one that can stop us is ourselves

God manifests in Creation according to Kriya Yoga

God manifests in creation as the Cosmic Vibration, which expresses itself as Cosmic Sound and Cosmic Light. The Cosmic Sound or Aum is the synthesis of all the sounds of the highly vibrating life forces (lifetrons or prana), electrons, protons, and atoms. By listening to Aum, the yogi becomes a true brahmachari or one who is attuned to Brahman (Infinite. By deep concentration the devotee can hear Aum at any time and in any place. The Cosmic Sound is spoken of in the Christian Bible as follows:

 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God."[John 1:1] The Word or Aum came from God; He manifests as the Cosmic Vibration in creation. The Bible also refers to the Word as the Holy Ghost or intelligent ghostlike unseen vibration that is the creator of all forms of matter.

It is called Holy Ghost because this Invisible Force is guided by the Christ Intelligence that exists in creation as the reflection or "sole begotten Son" of the transcendental God the Father. Jesus Christ promised that the Holy Ghost or the great Comforter would come to his disciples after his bodily departure from the earth. [John 1:1; John 14:26] Kriya Yoga is a fulfillment of that blessed promise of Christ, as it gives the peoples of the world a scientific technique for contacting the Holy Sound. St. John spoke of the Cosmic Sound. "I was in the Spirit on the Lord's day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet"; i.e., "I was in spiritual ecstasy with the Lord and heard behind my conscious, subconscious, and super conscious minds a voice like that of a great trumpet, the great commingled Cosmic Sound coming out of the 'thrum’ of lifetrons, protons, electrons, and atoms." [Revelation 1:10]

In the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Aum (Om) is spoken of as the symbol of Ishvara or God. This great authority on yoga refers to Aum as a Cosmic Sound continuously flowing in the ether, unutterable by any human voice, and fully known only to the illuminated. Further, Patanjali says that deep concentration on Aum is a means of liberation. Many people who do not understand the inward meaning of the scriptures think that by softly or loudly chanting Aum they can reach the super consciousness.

The Hindu scriptures, however, point out that one whose mind is identified with the body cannot possibly perceive the true Aum sound. In point of fact, none can escape a constant communion with Aum, for it pervades the consciousness and every fiber and atom of every being.

Those who become consciously attuned to the omnipresent Cosmic Vibration receive untold blessings. The scriptures classify ordinary chanting as, repeated loud utterance of the word Aum, repetitions of Aum in whispers, and continuous chanting of Aum in one's mind, listening to it mentally.

Super conscious chanting, however, is that in which the mind is deeply directed to the repetition of, and the actual profound listening to, the Cosmic Sound as it vibrates in the ether. This is the true way of contacting God as He is expressed in creation.

The cosmic Aum sound is the combined vibration of the three phases of Nature: creation, preservation, and dissolution operative in the physical, astral, and causal universes.

The vocal chanting of Aum should be intoned first in a high pitch, representing creation; then in a lower pitch, representing preservation; then in a still lower tone that gradually fades away, representing dissolution.

The chanting should first be done loudly, then softly, and then gently until it is inaudible or mental only.

The real or super conscious, chanting of Aum, however, consists not in an imitative vocalization of Aum, but in actually hearing the Holy Sound. All physical sounds are transmitted through the medium of ether; but although Aum vibrates in the ether, which is the background of all manifested activity, the Aum sound vibrates independently of the etheric medium. It is thus referred to as Anahata-nada (a sound produced otherwise than by being beaten or struck, that is, without detonation) because it manifests in the yogi's intuition without striking his eardrum through the medium of ether, as with physical sounds. Aum, being a spiritual vibration, is not heard physically, but felt spiritually Patanjali meant that only that yogi can attain God whose mind is super consciously fixed on the Cosmic Sound, the external Divine Manifestation. Such a yogi is an accomplished brahmachari. His heart is overflowing with the sacred joy that follows perception of Aum.

When a devotee experiences the bliss of God (the comfort of the Holy Ghost) behind the Cosmic Sound, his heart becomes serene; he loses all fear of ever being diverted from his exalted state or of becoming entangled in material sensations.

A yogi who has united his soul with the Cosmic Sound and thereby experiences its ineffable bliss is spoken of as united to the Lord. His heart, filled with divine joy, is no longer subject to likes and dislikes, as is the ordinary person's heart during the contacts with matter and its essential oppositional states.

An avowed man of renunciation, fearlessly, with serene heart and controlled mind, can think of God as his Supreme Goal. But in a higher state the yogi becomes one with God; having found the Lord through Aum and Its pratipadya (the cosmic bliss that follows after the perception of the Cosmic Sound or Holy Ghost), he achieves complete liberation.

 The Holy Ghost is spoken of by the Hindus as Aum, by the Muslims as Amin, and by the Christians as Amen or the Word. In Revelation 3:14 we find this definition: "These things saith the Amen, the faithful and true witness, the beginning of the creation of God."

This Amen is the Cosmic Sound which, as a divine witness, faithfully accompanies all vibratory creation from its beginning, even as sound accompanies or declares the running of a motor. In other 'words, Amen or Aum is an "ear-witness" that declares, as accessible to Kali devotees, the tangible presence in all creation of the Creator.

 The Hindu Bible (Bhagavad Gita), the Christian Bible, and the greatest book on yoga (Patanjali's Yoga Sutras) unanimously declare the Cosmic Sound to be the outward manifestation or witness of the Lord in creation. Krishna, Jesus, and Patanjali all taught that man must receive the Holy Ghost (the Comforter) in order to reach the Christ Intelligence within it and God the Father existing beyond it (beyond Aum or vibratory creation). All souls have descended into matter from God the Father beyond creation, God the Son or Christ Intelligence, and God the Holy Ghost. Every soul has therefore to ascend to the Spirit (Unmanifested Absolute) through the stages of Its triune manifestation, Holy Ghost, Son, and Father (Aum-Tat-Sat of the Hindu scriptures). 

Taoism

Taoism is practiced as a religion in various Asian communities, but its theology is not foundationally dependent on the existence of an anthropomorphic godlike figurehead (even though some communities do worship Laozi as the attributed founder of the philosophical doctrine, as well as other deities from ancient Chinese folklore); on a theological basis, the Taoist religion has more affinities with pantheistic traditions around the world, given its philosophical emphasis on the formlessness of the Tao and the primacy of the "Way" rather than anthropomorphic concepts of "God".

The Way is the core and essence of Taoism, and the major theme of Tao Te Ching, the oldest and most important classic on Taoism. It can be described as the idea of the primordial natural law on which the entire universe has been given its shape and mechanics. Also, this law keeps on ruling how all things in the world behave.

Taoism tends to emphasize various themes of the I Ching, the Tao Te Ching and Zhuangzi, such as naturalness, spontaneity, simplicity, detachment from desires, and most important of all, wu wei. However, the concepts of those keystone texts cannot be equated with Taoism as a whole.

Wu Wei, Non-action, is one of the most famous Taoist concepts, repeatedly pointed out in Tao Te Ching, the great Taoist classic. We should not hurry to action, since most things in the world take care of themselves if left alone. And when we act, we should do so cautiously, or we might destroy more than we solve.

Laozi is traditionally regarded as the founder of Taoism and is closely associated in this context with "original" or "primordial" the Five Phases), which developed during the Warring States period (4th Taoism. Whether he actually existed is disputed; however, the work attributed to him – the Tao Te Ching – is dated to the late 4th century BCE.

Taoism draws its cosmological foundations from the School of Naturalists (in the form of its main elements – yin and yang and centuries BC) to 3^rd

Tao

Laozi -Tzu says: Tao is one. It was in the beginning. It will remain forever. It is Impersonal, eternal, immutable, omnipresent, bodiless, and immaterial. It cannot be perceived by the senses. It is nameless. It is indescribable.

It is the first cause from which all substances take their origin and all phenomena flow. The great Tao is all-pervading. All things depend on it for life. It is the mother of all phenomena, of heaven and earth. It existed before the Personal God. It is the father of God. It is the producer of God. It is the originator of heaven and earth. It is the mother of all things.

That one who sees the Supreme Reality existing in all things and not perishing when they cease to exist, truly sees.

                                                                   Bhagavad Gita 13:27

Supplement to Meditation

SOUL and GOD REALIZATION, is the aim of meditation.

Soul – realization provides awareness of the difference between our intrinsic nature as children of God and the perception of our mind.

God realization is the awareness of God’s presence in and beyond creation.

Life force in the body

Spiritual life force expressing through the soul, flow into the mental field and physical body to animate them. This life force, which is invoked through correct breathing has the double duty to, enlivens both mind and body.

The implications of incorrect breathing are huge to the wellbeing of mind and body. Correct breathing is necessary for proper circulation, metabolising of food, elimination of waste products from the body, assimilation of food and bio chemical processes, inhalation of oxygen and exhalation of carbon dioxide.

Correct breathing is also responsible for bringing the life force and consciousness upward to the higher brain centers and ultimately to exit the encasement of the body.

Factors contributing to disturbed flow of life force are:

Stress, improper diet, insufficient sleep, mental discord, emotional conflict, unhealthy environmental circumstances, bodily injury, failure to achieve goals.

A healthy lifestyle regime and a conscious God centered life can eliminate most, if not all of the mentioned impaired functions.

Stilling the mind and the return to soul peace

When through correct meditation and life force control the fluctuations which normally occur in the mental field are regulated or controlled, ones true nature is revealed in the form of soul peace. Man is not whole until he has attained soul peace. This peace leads him to embrace the larger peace and love of God.

Stages of enlightenment

Following is one way of describing the stages of enlightenment.

Within the parenthesis is also a note about how a person at each stage might view those at the other stages.

There is nothing higher: At first one is completely atheistic, whether due to being so engaged in external activities as to not notice anything higher, or due to abject rejection of anything beyond the world of appearances. (The one who says there is nothing else beyond the apparent world rejects everything except the day-to-day, and often rejects all of the other people who see differently.)

God is up there: Then one discovers there is something else, a higher reality, and as the eyes look upwards through the sky, with folded hands, proclaims that there is God, and He or She is there, above. (The one who sees God as being up there, or out there, cannot grasp the more intimate, inner relationship or being, but can see the atheists, possibly considering them to be misguided, and trying to convert them to their own views.)

God is beside me: In time, one comes to feel closeness, and finds that the God, which has been seen in that far distant sky, is standing beside me as a constant companion, ever guiding on the journey. (The one who walks with God can have understanding of the atheist and the proclaimer of God, but does not yet find that Lord within.)

The Lord is within: As the relationship and the guidance grows, the feeling becomes deeper and more intimate, when one then declares that God is within me, in the inner chamber of my heart. (The one who finds God, Lord, Truth, Reality within may understand the others, yet not know of, or be reluctant to surrender into the higher Oneness.)

All is One - I am That: At some point, one comes to feel such closeness that there seems to be a merging, wherein he or she cries out, "All is One," "I am That," or "The Father/Mother and I are one," like the wave awakening to the reality of being one with the ocean. (The one who discovers the truth of Oneness with the divine may well understand the stance of people on the other stages of the journey, and find himself or herself rejected by those others, though remaining in love with all, and excluding none.)

Shri Ramakrishna

Sri Ramakrishna

Sri Ramakrishna Paramahansa was the master of Swami Vivekananda. He advocated the need for toleration toward all religions. He was accepted by Islam and well accepted by the Christians and many other religions

Sri Ramakrishna taught to love all and to recognize God in all humanity

In this age of scientific rationalism, Bhagavan Sri Ramakrishna has shown to the world how the Lord of the universe can be realized and attained in this life time. He was the embodiment of the highest spiritual ideals.

Progressive Hinduism-harbinger of universal oneness

Ramakrishna taught that we should absorb the truths taught by all religions since God is manifest in everyone. We are all brothers and sisters..

We must not only help our own people, our own nation, but but all nations; not only all human beings but all living creatures.

.Education

The education taught in our institutions, is not proper education. The true value of education should be to make one able to function effectively in this world and be able to think properly.
Education that teaches us what and who we are is true education.
The object of education should be to attain perfection

The ideal of education should be to elevate man from his ordinary selfish state into the unselfish universal ideal of Godhood.
We should learn to see God in all.     
The highest ideal of education is to attain God-consciousness

Self-confidence, Faith and Worship

Through self-confidence one can accomplish anything. When we know who we are, we will be self confident.

Our true self is one with God in quality but in quantity it is a part, just as our body is one in quality with the cosmic body and in quantity it is infinitesimally small like a grain of sand.

The higher nature is already within us. Realise it, when we control our lower mind and passions, then we will be able to live on the spiritual plane as the master over sense-pleasures.

Realise that the power to save yourself will come when you have faith in yourself, when you know that God is within you.

Faith brings out the power of the mind. Faith is always constructive while doubt is destructive. Faith strengthens.
That faith is beneficial which is founded upon right knowledge, right reason and is supported by proper evidence.

Intense longing, unswerving devotion and wholehearted love of the soul draw out from the infinite source any particular form which the devotee wishes to see and worship; they have the power, as it were, to condense and solidify the water of the ocean of Reality into various forms.

If we worship God through ignorance, it does not do any good. And that is not the right way of worship; that is mere form.

Mystery of Death

Death does not mean destruction, but it simply means the change. Our mental or thought form is equally subject to change like our physical body.

The worship of truth alone will reveal to us the highest ideals and that is the highest kind of happiness and blissfulness.

The true self, although it may appear through different forms or different bodies, is itself formless.

Know that you are the child of Bliss. Feel it and be conscious of it. This is your ideal. Hold it and make it integral of your being.

You should first realise who you are and the rest will take care of itself.

The essence of our soul is immortal and that can never die.

Mind and its power

The mind stuff is finer matter in vibration.

The mind can be said to be the invisible side of matter and matter is the visible side of mind.

The human minds are like eddies in that one eternal current of the cosmic mind.

The power of thought is tremendous. What we think, we become after a while. The idealistic thoughts are consequently transformed into realities.

What we call genius is in reality immense power of concentration.

Nothing can be achieved without concentration. There is no power in the universe higher than the power which comes through concentration. The power acquired by its practice can control all the physical forces of nature.

Spiritual Living and the nature of the Soul

·       Dharma – righteous living, is not imposed from the outside, it is a sense of build in integrity. It is essential for man’s inner growth and forms the basis of success and right action.

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         Negating Dharma brings confusion and misery into life.

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     Artha – The means for material wellness states, that money must be acquired righteously, it ought to serve our spiritual growth otherwise materialism may lead to greed, power and misery.

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     Kama, the fulfillment of desires, must also be viewed righteously.

These three ideals belong to the material existence.

Note: It is fine to accept the gift of the Giver, where we may fail is our attachment to them.

Moksha

We must always remember that our aim is freedom and the Bliss that follows it, which can only be realized in the realm of Spirit.

Soul, what is it?

It is the reflection of Spirit.

Difference between soul and Spirit

Spirit is ever existing, ever conscious, ever new joy.

Souls are individualized aspects of Spirit; they co-exist with Spirit and are of the same essence, just as the sun and its rays are one.

The soul is incarnate, but belongs to Spirit, which is none changing in contrast to all material forms, which constantly change.

An analogy for understanding the existence of the soul

The moon is reflected in a cup of water- the cup breaks – the water spills out, where is the reflection of the moon? It can be said, it can be said, that it returned to the in severable identity with the moon.

We can apply the same analogy to the body.

Does the soul retain its identity after death?

The liberated soul even though one with Spirit, retains its individuality in the sense, that it will always remember that it had been ‘ us ‘, but it also realizes that it is Spirit and that there is no longer any assumed separation from the source.

Man’s individualized incarnation can never be erased from him.

In summary:

The Self or soul is unborn, though born in the body;

It is eternal, though its body dwelling is impermanent;

It is changeless, though it may experience change;

It is ever the same;

The soul is not slain when the body dies, and even when it returns to Spirit, it does not lose its identity, but will exist eternally.

Spirituality II

Spirituality can be defined as the development of inner life through prayer and meditation including the search for God.

Spirituality is the personal, subjective aspect of religion and mysticism.

Some Christian refer to themselves as more spiritual than religious. This implies a lesser emphasis on rules, rituals and tradition. They prefer an intimate relationship with God, but maintain a Christian life-style.

Vocabulary common to spirituality

Attention, beauty, being present, being, compassion, devotion, faith, forgiveness, grace, gratitude, hope, hospitality, honesty, intention, integrity, joy, justice, kindness, listening, love, meaning, nurturing, openness, peace, questioning. righteousness, reverence, silence, unity, vision, wonder, mystery, yearning.  

Spiritual Life, a perspective

What is matter?

What is Spiritual Life?

From a non duality perspective, there is no matter at all. It is all consciousness or spirit.

We all want to experience pleasure in life, but do we look for it in the right places?

We see matter and conclude that it is reality. Based on our sense experience we validate our assumptions, but do we look for at the truth behind our perceptions?

Our whole life is spiritual. We cannot do anything without spirit. Spirit is also that which is eternal. What we perceive as matter is changeable or non permanent. We can see the proof of this all around us, nothing material remains the same forever and this includes our bodies.

We place much value on satisfying our ego, we go out of our way for the experience of pleasure. Give me this and it will make me happy and so it can go on. This leads to a very short sighted happiness and attachment in contrast to enlightened self interest which is sharing and giving.

Sacrificing one’s life for others is another level on the spiritual journey. It is an extension of the self. It is dharmic living, living a moral and just life; it indicates a jump from matter bound awareness to spirit. However, it will still prevent us from getting a glimpse into higher realities.

A further stage is the search for immortality. We ask the question, ‘Who am I, what is the purpose of my life and my relationship to the cosmos. Here too we need to be careful as we look at unity and encounter separation. We may just see the projection of our own ideas. One can see that the closer we come to look at truth the narrower becomes the way. Perceiver and perceived represents duality not unity.

Yoga teaches us, that filling our lives with that which is not real, is ignorance and not worth while striving for.

Spirituality an Historical View

Etymology, the term spirit means "animating or vital principle in man and animals".

Traditionally spirituality has been defined as a process of personal transformation in accordance with religious ideals. Since the 19th century spirituality is often separated from religion, and has become more oriented on subjective experience and psychological growth. It may refer to almost any kind of meaningful activity or blissful experience, but without a single, widely-agreed definition.

Classical, medieval and early modern periods

Words translatable as 'spirituality' first began to arise in the 5th century and only entered common use toward the end of the Middle Ages. In a Biblical context the term means being animated by God to be driven by the Holy Spirit, as opposed to a life which rejects this influence.

In the 11th century this meaning changed. Spirituality began to denote the mental aspect of life, as opposed to the material and sensual aspects of life, "the ecclesiastical sphere of light against the dark world of matter".

In the 13th century "spirituality" acquired a social and psychological meaning. Socially it denoted the territory of the clergy: "The ecclesiastical against the temporary possessions, the ecclesiastical against the secular authority, the clerical class against the secular class"

Psychologically, it denoted the realm of the inner life: "The purity of motives, affections, intentions, inner dispositions, the psychology of the spiritual life, the analysis of the feelings".

In the 17th and 18th century a distinction was made between higher and lower forms of spirituality: "A spiritual man is one who is Christian 'more abundantly and deeper than others'." The word was also associated with mysticism and quietism, and acquired a negative meaning.

In modern times the emphasis is on subjective experience. It may denote almost any kind of meaningful activity or blissful experience. It still denotes a process of transformation, but in a context separate from organized religious institutions, termed "spiritual but not religious". It suggests that modern spirituality is a blend of humanistic psychology, mystical and esoteric traditions and eastern religions.

Whether it’s a secular or Christian version, a spiritual person (in the minds of most modern people) is a person who focuses on “the inside of life.”

Most Christians I talk to think about spirituality exclusively in terms of personal piety, internal devotion, and spiritual formation. The focus is almost entirely on individual, inward renewal and private disciplines: praying, reading the Bible, spiritual retreat, contemplation, and so on.

True spirituality is predominantly quiet, focusing on the interior of life.

Martin Luther, founder of the Lutheran Church taught that “turning inward regardless of the spiritualized rationale for doing so, was the essence of the fall. It is the devil, he said, that wants to always “cast us back on our own resources, tearing us away from the external Word and Sacrament.”

"What is Christian spirituality?"

Answer: When we are born again, we receive the Holy Spirit who seals us for the day of redemption (Ephesians 1:13; 4:30). Jesus promised that the Holy Spirit would lead us “into all truth” (John 16:13). Part of that truth is taking the things of God and applying them to our lives. When that application is made, the believer then makes a choice to allow the Holy Spirit to control him/her. True Christian spirituality is based upon the extent to which a born-again believer allows the Holy Spirit to lead and control his or her life.

The apostle Paul tells believers to be filled with the Holy Spirit. “Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to debaucher, instead, be filled with the Spirit” (Ephesians 5:18).

The tense in this passage is continual and therefore means “keep on being filled with the Spirit.” Being filled with the Spirit is simply allowing the Holy Spirit to control us rather than yielding to the desires of our own carnal nature (pertaining to the flesh, matter).

In this passage Paul is making a comparison. When someone is controlled by wine, he is drunk and exhibits certain characteristics such as slurred speech, unsteady walk, and impaired decision making. Just as you can tell when a person is drunk because of the characteristics he displays, so a born-again believer who is controlled by the Holy Spirit will display His characteristics.

We find those characteristics in Galatians 5:22-23 where they are called the “fruit of the Spirit.” (But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, 23 gentleness and self-control. Against such things there is no law).  This is true Christian spirituality, produced by the Spirit working in and through the believer.

This character is not produced by self effort. A born-again believer who is controlled by the Holy Spirit will exhibit sound speech, a consistent spiritual walk, and decision making based on the Word of God.

Therefore, Christian spirituality involves a choice we make to “know and grow” in our daily relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ by submitting to the ministry of the Holy Spirit in our lives.

This means that, as believers, we make a choice to keep our communication with the Spirit clear through confession (1 John 1:9). When we grieve the Spirit by sin (Ephesians 4:30; 1 John 1:5-8), we erect a barrier between ourselves and God. When we submit to the Spirit's ministry, our relationship is not interrupted (1 Thessalonians 5:19). Christian spirituality is a consciousness of fellowship with the Spirit of Christ, uninterrupted by carnality and sin. Christian spirituality develops when a born-again believer makes a consistent and ongoing choice to surrender to the ministry of the Holy Spirit.

Spirituality Notes

The time to practice spirituality is always now.

The ultimate goal of Esotericism is to help people awaken spiritually.

A true positive change in the world is possible through the positive change of individuals.

Development of all spiritual qualities such as peace, love and wisdom is the by-product of the spiritual work.

Spirituality needs to be objective and practice-oriented in order to work, and not be based on senseless rules, beliefs and superstitions.

Spirituality should be free – it should never be a means to make a profit.

Esoteric teachings were brought to light in the world by the efforts of many people. They were often misunderstood and persecuted for carrying on these teachings.

“Impart divine knowledge only to those fully ripe to receive it.”

“Speak not about concerns without light.”

Obviously fake gurus and evil organizations do exist, but how many genuine spiritual practitioners and other esoteric groups have been called ‘heretics’ and subjected to horrible witch trials?

Even to this day, some modern mystics live under threats and pressure. The new label of modern persecution used to stamp out small spiritual groups is “cult”.

Yet profound spiritual teachings keep being passed on. Challenges become the means for a deep inner study and change.

Esotericism is completely different from religion as it is commonly known nowadays.


Religious organizations usually speak about ideas of salvation, unity with God, heaven, etc. as their goals, in a similar way to esotericists. However religious worship tends to be based around beliefs in a particular doctrine, while esoteric practice is based on understanding and faith from one’s own spiritual experiences.

Also true esotericism is fundamentally different from sorcery, witchcraft, etc. in a sense of using supernatural powers and wisdom for selfish material gains.

The material world is known in spiritual teachings as a place of learning and self-improvement, with the opportunity and responsibility to help others selflessly.

The most well known mystical teacher in the western world is Jesus, a divine being who walked on earth in order to give the world spiritual teachings with words, actions and the events of his life.

“Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away”, Matthew 24-35

He spoke in layers of meaning to the public.

“I speak to them in parables, because seeing they do not see, and hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand.”, Matthew 13-13

But his disciples were prepared enough for a more advanced teaching.

“He would speak the word to them with many parables like these, as they were able to understand. And He did not speak to them without a parable. Privately, however, He would explain everything to His own disciples. ”–Mark 4:33-34

Jesus said to his disciples, “Blessed are your eyes, for they see, and your ears, for they hear.” Matthew 13-16

Disciples of Jesus received from him a mystical esoteric teaching.

Much evidence has emerged recently about the great depth of esoteric teachings taught by Jesus, as the profound works of the Nag Hammadi Library, The Gospel of Mary Magdalene, The Gospel of Judas, etc. have been found in the 20th century, as well as the Essene Gospel of Peace.

These teachings are called “esoteric” (esōterikos in Ancient Greek) which means that they are not for people “en masse”. Esoteric teachings are understood by a few – a few willing ones who do what it takes to truly develop themselves spiritually.

“For many are called but few are chosen” – Matthew 22:13
Authentic esoteric teachings are not reserved for some “special elite group”, but only a relatively small group of people tend to feel a spiritual yearning strong enough to take it seriously. And only a small part of those people tend to put the required amount of work to step out of dry theory and convenient beliefs. Spiritual development is attained through dedication to spiritual exercises.

Spirituality can be truly understood only by practicing it.


As long as there are human beings, there will be a yearning to find truth – an inner quest to understand the profound beyond ordinary existence. Yet not many people feel this yearning sufficiently enough to pursue persistently the mysteries of life and the universe. Those who are persistent and fortunate enough, encounter teachings which guide them to find truth within themselves.

Spirituality, Quantum Physics, and Life Experience

What exactly is Quantum Physics? 

It is a specialized form of science that, unlike Newtonian physics, studies, explores and explains how everything in the tangible world comes into existence. Quantum Physicists basically explore the nature of reality beginning at the subatomic level.

They certainly don't have it anywhere close figured out, but what they do know is where all physical things, whether events, conditions, and circumstances as well as everything in the entire Universe stem from. Put simply, quantum physics breaks physical things down into their purest and most basic form, attempting to discover the Ultimate Source from where they are derived.

Quantum Physics reveals with what the mystics, sages, masters and philosophers since antiquity have to say about life and how our lives come to be what they are, is not only PROFOUNDLY exciting, it CAN prove to be the catalyst that transforms our entire life.

To make it more personal and bring it closer to home, as Quantum Physics has shown, OUR THOUGHTS, BELIEFS and PERCEPTIONS concerning any and every event, condition or circumstance determine how our life experience will unfold in the physical world.

Our thoughts, (which are energy) which are determined by your beliefs which in turn form our perceptions, are broadcast outward into the infinite field of "wave" energy much like a radio frequency, transformed from waves (spiritual realm) to particles (matter) and join together with additional energies which vibrate at a harmonious frequency and collectively join to shape what we come to see and experience in physical form in the physical world, our physical world.

We quite literally have the ability to mold and shape the various areas of our life, based on how we choose to think, believe and feel!!

Just as the mystics and masters have shared for thousands of years, that is how our world was created to operate. Regardless of what we may currently believe to be true, we ARE NOT the victim of some arbitrary set of external events, conditions and circumstances. We are quite literally the creator of our reality.

We are the artist that paints the picture. We are the producer and director of our own movie. If we want to change the scene on the canvas we only need use a different brush. If we don't like the scenes that are being played out in our movie we only need change the script which is responsible for creating them. If we desire to change the events, conditions, and circumstances in our life we only need change the thoughts, beliefs and emotions that are responsible for bringing them into and making them our reality.

In short, whatever we think about and believe to be true regardless whether those beliefs are based on "real truth" or "perceived truth," are what determines how our life will unfold.

Quantum Physics has shown us that there exists no such thing as "untruth" only physical experiences in each area of our life which are formed based on our individual perceptions of truth.

Quantum physics also tells us that it is the act of observing an object (events, conditions and circumstances) that causes it to be there and the outcome is based only on our choice and how we observe it. An object cannot and does not exist independently of its observer!

Put another way there is no "objective reality."

The Quantum Field is an Infinite field of potential. Anything and everything that has, does or will exist in the Newtonian world, begins as a wave in this "quantum field" and is transformed into the physical realm, limited only by what can be conceived as truth by the observer.

Who is this observer? YOU and ME

Let's look at it again in a more personal way.

If we believe at some level, whether consciously or subconsciously, that money is difficult to come by, the projected energy emitted and broadcast will harmonize with energy of a harmonious frequency in wave form, transmute into particles which attract additional particles that harmonize with it and our life will reflect that of money being difficult to come by.

By the same token if we believe that money flows to us effortlessly and maintain the conscious and subconscious beliefs regarding that, we will find that money becomes much easier to acquire.

Taken a step further, if we can conceive and believe in the materialization of your BIGGEST hopes dreams and desires, they already exist as a wave in the quantum field (which is INFINITE in nature) as a probability of existence only awaiting for US to make them real.

As Quantum Physics has proven, it is WE who are responsible for WHATEVER outcomes we are experiencing in our life.

Modern day Quantum Physics fully explains beyond any doubt that our thoughts are the things that group together and collapse energy packets (Bits per second), change those thoughts from a probability into physical matter in a given place and time and create our life experience physically, financially, relationally, emotionally and spiritually.

The Double Slit Experiment

"Shift Your Paradigms and Change Your Entire World"

The ability to begin creating desired outcomes in our life effortlessly is a science, although it's not science that allows the creation of wealth or any other outcome in life. Science can and is being used to enhance awareness, to show in a tangible and measurable kind of way that hopes, dreams, desires and aspirations that we as individuals hold, CAN and DO transmute from wave forms of "probability" into "physical form."

When looked at it with an open mind and a willing heart it becomes quite simple and easy to see that 21st century science actually supports and substantiates that what the spiritual Masters of the past have always taught and conveyed is "true."

21st century science; namely Quantum Physics, also provides a better and much deeper understanding with regard to how and why things in life work as they do, enabling us to understand how we can become more skilled at consciously creating the outcomes that we DO desire whether physically, financially, relationally, emotionally or spiritually.

How? By simply choosing to observe physical events, conditions and circumstances in a different way than MOST people do, that is by accepting that what is, rather than thinking what events should be like. 

We need to Shift our paradigms, accept things as they are, and allow them to be OK, surrender to what is, then state our intention and our life will transform in a way that can appear as magical, miraculous and effortless.

If the opportunity presents itself I would urge anyone to watch a "Double Slit Experiment” (available on YouTube). It will show that in the way we observe the world; it will be molded and shaped based on our individual beliefs and perceptions. It is these attributes that transmute our individually conceived ideals, hopes, dreams and desires from "wave" forms of probability into "particle" form of "reality" or "particle" to "wave" into whatever we might individually perceive and believe it to be.

Put another way, everything in our life, in the entire world is the result of "Consciousness." Our life will unfold perfectly and precisely just as we "believe" that it will.

5 Simple and Profoundly Empowering Steps

1) Hold a conscious intention of the thing desired

2) Focus on its realness as an already existing fact

3) Think, speak and act as if you already have it

4) Take "inspired action" as the ways and means to make it a tangible reality.

5) Detach and allow the perfection and simplicity of the process to provide the "desired outcome."

For those that have any religious background whatsoever they will discover if they choose to delve deeply enough into what has been discovered by modern day science is precisely what the great spiritual teachers of the world have shared and attempted to get their followers to understand for thousands upon thousands of years.

Here are some of the spiritual teachings.

Wisdom and Understanding Provides LIMITLESS Potential

"And I say unto you, ask and ye shall receive, seek and ye shall find, knock and the door will be opened unto you; for everyone that asks receives, and he that seeks finds and to him that knocks it shall be opened." Luke 11, 9-13

"Wisdom is a fountain of life to him who has it." Proverbs 16:22

How Big Is The Source?

"I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to the one who thirsts from the spring of the water of life without cost." - Revelation 21:6

How important are Our Thoughts, Emotions, and Beliefs?

"Faith is the substance of things hoped for; the evidence of things not yet seen." Hebrews 11:1 NKJV

"To see things in the seed, that is genius."  Lao-Tzu

"Every human being is the author of his own health or disease." Buddha

"If you can believe, all things are possible to him who believeth." Mark 9:23

"The kingdom of God is within you." Luke 17:21

"We are what we think. All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts, we make the world." Buddha

And How Do We Tap Into And Begin To "Consciously" Apply The Creative Power Provided To US?

"And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, so that you may prove what the will of God is, that which is good and acceptable and perfect." Romans 12:2

What Brings Us To...What IS The Will Of God?

The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy: I have come that they may have Life, and may have it in abundance."  John 10:10

What about Fear and Anxiety?

“There is no fear in love; but perfect love casts out fear: because fear hath torment. He who has is not made perfect in love.” 1 John 4:18

“Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.”  Lao-Tzu

“For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.” 2 Timothy 1:7

"For the thing which I fear comes on me, that which I am afraid of comes to me."  Job 3:25

"Be anxious for nothing, but in everything by prayer and supplication with thanksgiving let your requests be made known to God."

Philippians 4:6

"Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap."  Galatians 6:7

“Science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature. And that is because, in the last analysis, we ourselves are a part of the mystery that we are trying to solve.”

All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter."

Max Planck