Tag: gnosis
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Psychotherapy harmful to spiritual development (108)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next (1) Psychotherapy is usually associated with a somewhat mysterious, well-being-promoting effect of the environment (including other people and therapists), referring to what is understood as psychological support or help in solving problems. That is why we talk about the therapeutic influence of listening to appropriate music, hiking in the mountains,…
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Śaivism as the first monotheistic mystery cult (107)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next (1) Śaivism, in the original Śaiva, more precisely the Śaiva Sampradaya, is the oldest, most ancient spiritual, mystery and religious tradition of India, Kashmir and Tibet. Śaivism is strongly associated with the practices of tantric yoga or, as some prefer, yoga, tantra, and the so-called kundalini yoga. Śaivic tantra is…
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JNANA YOGA – Brahman, Viveka, Advaita Vedanta and Jnana Mudra
Jñāna Yoga – in Devanāgarī: ज्ञान योग; the pronunciation can be approximated by jnyaana yoga” – “path of knowledge” is one of the types of yoga mentioned in Hindu philosophies. Jyâna in Sanskrit means “knowledge”. As used in the Bhagavad Gita, the Advaita philosopher Adi Shankara gave primary importance to jyâna yoga as “knowledge of…
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Nine-Level Classic Laya Yoga (28)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next Essential Concepts Let’s try to look at laya yoga today in its traditional, classic approach, in a form that always invariably begins with practicing the principles of YAMAH and NIYAMAH. The term LAYA derives from the verb LAY, which means “to go”, “to move”. The word LAYAH carries such meanings…