Awakening

Is self-realization possible without teachers and without studying books? Sri Ramana Maharshi was born on the 30th of December, 1879 in Tamil Nadu. He was renowned for his saintly life. At age 16 it's said that he self-realized spontaneously and ran away to Arunachala, one of India's traditional holy sites, where he stayed for the [...]

Virtues for Awakening Virtues are the most precious treasure. Students take many classes from different teachers, related to various energy or spiritual methods, hoping that their psychic, manifestation and healing powers will increase. Without developing virtues though those classes are futile. It’s not sufficient to believe that we are virtuous, but when a situation arises, [...]

Falling in love is a natural phenomenon, an inbuilt desire in all humans irrespective of age, educational background or financial status. Regardless of their social and economic circumstances, all people fall in love. There are different types of love, but today, let’s look at a unique type of love: agape. What is agape love? Agape [...]

A Look Behind Happiness and Suffering What is every human searching for? From the moment of birth, every human being desires happiness and wants to end their suffering. Can we achieve permanent happiness? Foremost what causes suffering? If impermanence is causing suffering to human beings, and impermanence is a character of our universe, what can [...]

A truly spiritual person consistently searches for truth in ancient scriptures, science and nature, without being attached to any particular belief system. A person on a spiritual path strives to evolve, and aims to understand himself or herself. Formula for Happiness: Visualize Harmony and Beauty in your life Generate positive Thoughts Amplify them with Love [...]

Scientific Understanding of Vision Our understanding of vision took a long time to develop. Many obstacles had to be overcome: fundamental misunderstandings about the nature of light (physics), prohibitions against dissecting human bodies (anatomy), erroneous preconceptions about the eye's function (physiology) and errors in understanding perceptual, or interpretive, aspects of vision (psychology). To appreciate the [...]

We all know that we have emotions and thoughts, even though we can’t precisely measure them. How do we know that we have emotions? How do we know that we have thoughts? With the advent of modern science, can we accurately measure the type and intensity of our emotions? We can certainly see our physical [...]

Socrates (470 BCE- 399 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and the main source of Western thought. Little is known of his life except what was recorded by his students, including Plato. Socrates is why we still praise the power of reason in human affairs today, a power we praise more than we practice. The question [...]