As I continue on my journey, I watch closely the relationship between the causes and effects of my life. Where am I moving toward unconditional love and where do I still have a lack of awareness and lessons to learn? 2 years ago when I was backpacking through Asia, I had the opportunity to visit a friend Mario’s chicken farm. Now, for me, this was one of those experiences similar to the first time watched a high school mate brutally beat up another boy from class over a kickball game. I did not understand it at all. My heart hurt
Read more →Since that night in the hotel room, when my years of darkness were instantly transformed, I was hooked. I had seen the light and I thought that I would never see the shadow again. Over the next few years, I attended countless seminars and transformational retreats, read hundreds of books on spirituality and developed numerous mental, emotional and spiritual practices to keep me positive. I learned to see the silver lining in everything. I avoided anything that I did not perceive as being “enlightened.” I watched my thoughts, paid attention to my words, only showed others those actions that were “pure.”
Read more →One of the great saints of modern times, Swami Sivananda (1887 – 1963) is the inspiration behind the Sivananda Yoga Vedanta Center. His teachings are a synthesis of all the formal doctrines of Yoga. Author of over three hundred books, Swami Sivananda was a medical doctor before renouncing worldy life for the spiritual path. His teachings continue to enrich the lives of millions around the world. His main message was: Serve, Love, Give, Purify, Meditate, Realize. In 1957, he sent one of his foremost disciples, Swami Vishnudevananda to the west to spread the ideals of Yoga. Swami Sivananda was a
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