Spirituality

In order to develop as a healer it is important to realise that the ability to heal and find healing is natural and innate, and that all healing is multidimensional. Once this is grasped we can move forward more easily from a state of despair or...

The "near-death experience" that U.G. Krishnamurti had during a lecture in Madras in 1953 was to lead him up to the "final death" and awakening into the Natural State in 1967. It seems, the near-death experience is, almost as a rule, a necessary...

I would like to tell you a funny and true story, a story that at the time I didn’t find so funny, nor did I see the significance in the turn of events that made this story so profound, and yet so ordinary....

About 2000 years ago Jesus spent 40 days in the desert; remember the story? I want you to imagine that you are Jesus and you are in the desert. What are you doing in the desert? What you are doing is facing your own creation, facing what you are,...

Imagine that you are standing under a waterfall. The water pounds down on your head and shoulders and pins your feet to the ground. The steady rush of water feels good. At times, it feels...

“Whenever Truth decays and untruth flourishes, O noble one, then I create myself. To protect the righteous and destroy the wicked, to establish Truth firmly, I take birth age after age.” – Vishnu to Arjuna in tha Bhagavad...

The Lotus Goddess existed in India long before the invasion of the Aryans. When the divine life substance is about to put forth the universe, the cosmic waters grow a thousand-petalled lotus of pure gold, as radiant as the sun. This is the womb of...

Shiva is one of the principal Hindu deities, who with Vishnu and Brahma forms the Trimurti or triad of great gods. Shiva is a Sanskrit word meaning “auspicious one”. He is the Moongod and lord of the mountains, with the moon in his hair from...

The most common object of devotion in Shiva shrines is the lingam. Its origins can be traced to primitive stone symbols as far back as the neolithic period. Symbols such as these can be seen at pre-Aryan sites at Mohenjo-daro and Harappa. The lingam...

One of the most horrible and venerated aspects of the Goddess is Kali, which means Mother Time. She is still worshipped in India and her sacred city is Calcutta, ‘Kali Ghat’, meaning "steps of Kali"....