new age spirituality

Author: abracad

  • Pope’s Visit Polarizes Britain

    The planned visit by Pope Benedict XVI has polarized opinion in Britain with much criticism of the use of taxpayer’s money to fund the Holy Father’s state visit and today’s publication of a letter by more than 50 public figures criticizing the status of the visit.

    Although critics have the right to their opinion the level of concern underlines the increasingly secular nature of society characterized by obsession with minor “celebrities”, short-lived hedonism often fuelled by alcohol or drugs, and an unquenchable materialistic greed. Such pleasures may bring temporary satisfaction but the duration of that satisfaction grows ever shorter and the resulting emptiness leaves us ever-more unfulfilled and in need of ever-greater highs to fill the inner void. (more…)

  • Deepak Chopra’s controversial new novel

    Discover the truth beyond the stereotype

    Deepak Chopra, MuhammadFollowing the incredible International success of “Jesus” and “Buddha” Deepak Chopra now goes boldly beyond the headlines, the controversy, the fears and confusion, to bring us the third in his series of “teaching novels” about the world’s greatest spiritual leaders.

    Never has there been a better time to shed light on the world’s second-largest, yet most misunderstood religion – a faith rooted in peace, yet so commonly associated with terrorism in the western world…

    Never has there been a more suitable story teller than Deepak Chopra, with his Eastern background and spiritual wisdom combined with his experience of life and learning in the Western world, to tackle such a hot-button topic…

    …and provide the perfect antidote to this widespread and disillusioned prejudice. (more…)

  • Gog and Magog 2012?

    by Alan Navarre

    David Wilcox’s documentary video The 2012 Enigma summarizes the “2012 movement” comprehensively. Wilcox demonstrates how several diverse sources predict that life on Earth will undergo a cataclysmic change of unprecedented magnitude at the winter solstice of the year 2012 (on 21 December). In The 2012 Enigma, Wilcox’s survey encompasses the Mayan calendar, Montauk Project and Project Looking Glass experimental subjects, crop circles, and more. What Wilcox does not include is the culminating fulfillment of the Gog and Magog prophecy of Revelation 20 and Ezekiel 38-39. It is hoped that this chapter’s exploration of Gog and Magog will supplement Wilcox’s excellent achievement. (more…)

  • Hawking’s Godless Universe

    or Why do Seagulls Exist?

    The BBC reports English physicist Professor Stephen Hawking’s latest book The Grand Design concluding there is no place for God in theories on the creation of the Universe, with Big Bang merely an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics. Hawking says there is no need to invoke God to set the Universe going, “Spontaneous creation is the reason there is something.”

    I have enormous respect for Prof. Hawking who, despite suffering Motor neurone (Lou Gehrig’s) disease, has become a leading cosmologist and made theoretical physics accessible to the masses through classic bestsellers such as a Brief History of Time. However, I am inclined to suggest that the existence or otherwise of God is a matter that science is ill-equipped to answer. There is a limit or hidden layer beyond which the tools of science cannot penetrate; eg even if existence is an inevitable consequence of the laws of physics one might ask how those laws came about in the first place? (more…)

  • “Hey Waiter…There’s God in My Soup!”

    Learning Kabbalah Through Humor Creation

    by Simcha Krause

    Harry:   What’s green, hangs on the wall, and whistles?
    Stanley:  I don’t know.  What’s green, hangs on the wall, and whistles?
    Harry:  A herring.
    Stanley:  But … a herring Isn’t green!
    Harry:  Nu, so you could paint it green
    Stanley    :  But a herring doesn’t hang on the wall!
    Harry:  Nu, so you could hang it on the wall.
    Stanley:  But a herring doesn’t whistle!
    Harry:  Ok, so it doesn’t whistle. (more…)

  • From Selfishness to Selflessness

    By Lt Col RK Langar

    Selfishness is the basis of all immoral and corrupt practices that is prevalent in our society. Our worldly desires make us self centered and to fulfill them we focus on self interest and in the process we acquire selfishness. Main cause of selfishness is that we only think about our own interests and comforts. Selfishness starts getting into the background whe we think about others, there problems and what we can do to reduce them.  Selfishness is the biggest impurity is us which does not permit us to look beyond our own self. Once we are rooted in selfishness we move away from truth and at the same time show very little truth respect for others and their opinions. Swami Vivekananda had once remarked that what is selfish is immoral and that which is unselfish is moral, People are selfish due to wrong understanding that if their desires are met they can be happy for ever. They fail to realize that the main end of life is not the pursuit of material happiness. It is in the pursuit of eternal happiness which has nothing to do with material happiness. It is obtained by looking inwards to realize our spiritual destiny. (more…)

  • Regarding Death

    by Lynne Brassington

    More To Me

    You know how sometimes, a random past moment glides in?  In the midst of cleaning out my wardrobe, memory of my mother’s eyes crinkled with laughter suddenly came into focus.  She had been telling me a story.  Long ago as a kid, she’d been out walking.  Ahead of her, cool and fuzzy blue-grey shifted into brilliant and sharp white.  Made her blink.  Tracing the dazzle to its source – a rooftop – she was convinced it had to be made of gold.  Short-socked feet running, she got close and stared.  Then frowned.  The amazing glow was no longer there.  And immediately she realised and felt sheepish.  There’d been no gold; it was just tin flirting in the sun!  Naive maybe, but she was only very young when this happened.  As I remember our sitting together that time, deepest human sorrow tries to invade again, because my mother died not so long ago.  But then her girlhood meeting with illusion helps return a quiet smile.  For it also reminds me that ‘looking again’ may go on to reveal the greatest illusion of all – within death itself. (more…)

  • Spirit of Service

    By Lt Col RK Langar

    Service to mankind means expressing concern for others, caring for others and providing help to the needy. Service or Seva is one of the ideals of Indian culture and heritage. Showing concern for others is essential for human development as it expands our vision which promotes social health. As per Indian thoughts to serve society is a means to reach God. Spirit of service refines our inner energies which can be directed towards a noble cause. Service attitude moves us away from selfishness and at the same time we acquire virtues like purity of mind, love and sincerity. That is why it is said that when you get an opportunity to serve others it should be regarded as Divine grace.  It is  our humble duty  to make a difference to some once life through our service. When we serve others without any personal motive we demolish our personal ego leading to peacefulness of mind and a sense of togetherness. (more…)

  • The Maat Online Retreat Process

    Anu Sophia embarks on 40 days and 40 nights of truth with the Maat online retreat process, taken from the newly released “Nine Eyes of Light, Ascension Keys from Egypt“…

    In the ancient Egyptian texts, after the body has died, the soul enters into the underworld and the Hall of Two Truths, meeting the shadowy jackal deity Anubis, guide of the underworld and the radiant Ma’at, the Goddess of truth and justice. As you approach them, looking for a way through the underworld into the eternal peace that we all yearn for, Anubis steps forward to you, smiling. (more…)

  • Silence is essential for self perfection

    By Lt Col RK Langar

    In Bhagavad Gita Lord Krishna states “Of all the secrets I am silence”. In Upanishad silence has been described as a means to know God. Upanishad says “Silence is Brahman, Ultimate Reality is Brahman, Atma is pure silence, Ultimate Reality being beyond speech, silence is the only way of expressing it”. It is well known that silence plays a vital role in one’s spiritual growth. (more…)