The Song of the Divine I stood on a rock above the shore, watching the giant waves crashing on the beach below. Mesmerized by their power and magnificence, I lost all track of time. Caught up in the exquisite dance between the full force of the...
This is the art of meditation—paying close attention to what is actually going on. Lewis Richmond gives us practical steps to find the essence of meditation. Part I: Turning the Light of Awareness Inward Every religious tradition espouses some form of meditation or prayer, but because these...
Buddhist monks, Hindu yogis, modern spiritual teachers, and burning-man enthusiasts may all use the word “enlightenment” — but are they speaking about the same thing? In this article I will explore what is spiritual enlightenment, both the traditional definition as well as the modern changes to it....
Six hundred years before the birth of Christ, a spiritual teacher emerged who would change Eastern civilization forever, just as Christ would change Western civilization. The British historian Edwin Arnold called him the “Light of Asia.” We know him by his title, the Buddha, which...
The Sanskrit word guru means “darkness to light.” Anything that enlightens us is our guru. As we come to locate the strength in our weak parts, the gifts in our losses, the counterintuitive uplift of even the most difficult changes, we realize as well that...
“None flies high without the opposing winds” ~ Yogi Bhajan [i] The global phenomenon known as Interspirituality includes personal and direct encounters not only between followers of the many paths of the world’s myriad spiritual traditions but, in that, intersections among the paths themselves. Wayne Teasdale...
I came home from my first trip to India full of spiritual ideas and intent on following the householders path. What was enlightening and what wasn’t. What was holy, sacred, pure; what was decadent, ignorant, unworthy. There’s nothing worse than a convert and I was...