Tag: soul
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Raja Yoga – Fundamentals of Royal Yoga of the Masters of Wisdom (106)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next (1) Raja Yoga is a spiritual science and art that explains more esoteric topics such as ćakras, the role of the Guru, Vedic astrology, nadis or energy channels in the subtle body of man, aura and halo, awakening and development of charismatic supernatural abilities, development of willpower and methods leading…
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Swami Vivekananda – The Nature of the Soul and Its Goal
The earliest idea is that a man, when he dies, is not annihilated. Something lives and goes on living even after the man is dead. Perhaps it would be better to compare the three most ancient nations – the Egyptians, the Babylonians, and the ancient Hindus – and take this idea from all of them.…
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The Concept of Guru
When contemplating the spiritual development path (Margah) it is worth remembering the fact that Guru’s (Spiritual Guide’s) consciousness leads to greater and greater liberation and freedom of mind, and further, to greater and greater dissolution of all structures of material ego whose nature is to contradict the needs arising from the depths of soul, which…
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Dream of Death (64)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next 1. Let us begin our reflections on the life of the soul after the death of the body with an analysis of the Christian story about the Rich Man and Lazarus from the Book of Luke, i.e. the Gospel of Luke (16.19-31). This is one of the most insightful descriptions…
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Lilith, Adam, Elohim and Creation (62)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next The name Lilith comes from Lila, a female demon or rather a demoness known from Babylonian-Assyrian mythology. In the Kabbalah, Lilith is the demon of Friday (the sixth day of the week) and is depicted as a naked woman whose body transforms at the bottom into serpentine coils similar to…
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Shards of True Esotericism (Occultism, Upanishad, Kālī Devi) (61)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next Today let us deal with concepts such as esotericism and occultism as reflected in the Vedic concept of upanishada, which concepts and the Wisdom of God hidden under them are often mocked today by people representing the materialistic, i.e. the lowest and darkest, type of religiosity. So let’s first look…
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Abhyasa Prathamakalpika – The Work of Adept of Laya Yoga (14)
Previous ★★★ Index ★★★ Next Let’s take a look at the first stage of practice of yogis, whom Master Patanjali calls those, who apply the exercises, ie, using the original name, Prathamakalpika. This indicates the nature of the beginners mind, which becomes empty of any activity, and this process is called purification in yoga terms.…