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Swami Ramdas : THUS SPEAKS RAMDAS

Yoga: Perfect Union with God Yoga is the path by traversing which the individual soul realizes its real nature of immortality, omnipresence, peace, and bliss. The essential condition for the attainment of this supreme goal is the complete absence of … Continue reading

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Karajan : Beethoven Symphony No. 5, First Movement

« Each concert is a mystical experience, an ecstasy… it’s a form of grace » Herbert von Karajan   An audience invariably makes great demands on an artist’s attention—demands that are generally beyond the capacity of the ordinary person—yet these … Continue reading

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Gandhi and the Bhagavad Gita

«  When doubts haunt me, when disappointments stare me in the face, and when I see not one ray of light on the horizon, I turn to the Bhagavad Gita, and find a verse to comfort me; and I immediately … Continue reading

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Vigilance is the path to Life Eternal

Vigilance is the path to Life Eternal. Thoughtlessness is the path to death. The reflecting vigilant die not. The heedless are already dead. Dhammapada (21)   The French philosopher Simone Weil said, ‘Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer.’] I love that. … Continue reading

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Jacques Lusseyran : The attention

Jacques Lusseyran (1924-1971) was a  french author and a blind hero of the French Resistance.. He became totally blind in a school accident at the age of 8. “At all times, I know of the world only what I deserve … Continue reading

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Swami Ramdas : Perfect Union with God

Yoga is the path by traversing which the individual soul realizes its real nature of immortality, omnipresence, peace, and bliss. The essential condition for the attainment of this supreme goal is the complete absence of the ego-sense. Self-control and self-discipline … Continue reading

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Salim Michael : The Attention and its Importance

A human being’s attention is the most precious treasure he possesses. Its purpose, force, and importance in life may not be very obvious, since through long, habitual, and instinctive use it is generally taken too much for granted. (…) On … Continue reading

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