Remember, your body changes constantly. If you will change your mental “picture,” the incoming cells will fit themselves to the new pattern.
The Missing Years of Jesus
Clearly, then, those eighteen years of Jesus’ life must have been deliberately omitted from the official account of Christ’s life.
Overcome Victim Consciousness
Victim consciousness puts the blame on other people. It’s the kind of thinking that says: “I have these difficulties and problems because of what people did to me.”
Hallucinogenic Drugs: Are They Spiritually Harmful?
Drugs seem to inspire a sort of spiritual self-centeredness, an attachment to experiences, that is the very opposite of self-giving. In the long run, they actually reduce one’s sensitivity to reality as a whole.
The Higher Yugas and the Unfolding of Human Potential
By the end of Dwapara Yuga in 4100 A.D., mankind will conquer the delusion of space and people will be able to go, not only to other planets, but to distant galaxies.
The Fallen Devotee: Finding the Way Back
“So long as you continue to make the effort,” Paramhansa Yogananda said, “God will never let you down.”
The Beauty and Weakness of Human Love
Love, to me, means consciousness reaching out to embrace the universe, not merely a human emotion that confines the heart to one or to a few human beings.
From Form to Formlessness: Saints, Symbols, and Devas
The ultimate purpose of visualization and of devotional images is to lift the mind into communion with the Absolute. Always, the quest must be for transcendence.
Delusions That Never Keep Their Promises
All delusions endanger one’s peace of mind, strengthen the ego, and deepen one’s sense of isolation from others and from any sense of support from the universe.
Does Goodness Beget Goodness?
If people treat us harshly despite our present kindness to them, it is because the seeds of harshness have not been completely erased from our own consciousness.