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The Spiritual Science Research Foundation (SSRF) recommends chanting the Name of God as a foundation to one’s spiritual practice. To begin chanting the Name of God, one does not have to stop one’s current form of spiritual practice, but in fact, can augment it with chanting.
The World Health Organization defines health as physical, mental, social and spiritual well being. Much has been said about the first three aspects of health and rather little of how much spiritual root causes affect our health. The Spiritual Science Research Foundation has investigated the spiritual aspect of cancer disease and the probability of its cure by introducing spiritual healing remedies.
Study of Spiritual science is integral to help us understand the importance of why we should do spiritual practice. Only when the intellect is convinced about the importance of practicing Spirituality can we make concerted efforts to do spiritual practice regularly.
People often confuse spirituality with religion. People can be both religious and spiritual, but it is also possible to be religious without being spiritual, or to be spiritual without being religious. Discover the difference in this article.
Having a teacher to guide us in any field is invaluable. This is true in Spirituality as well. As Spirituality is subtle or intangible in nature, it is difficult to identify with certainty, who a spiritually evolved guide or Guru is. A Guru is very different to a teacher or a preacher. He is a beacon of spiritual light in our world and teaches us the universal spiritual principles that underlie all religions and cultures.
Break the ice and throw in spiritual icebreakers! Have you ever been to spiritual retreats where all you can feel is tired and bored; everyone present is as cold and solid as ice? In times like this, the retreat leader should introduce spiritual icebreakers to break the icy boredom and individuality, then, introduce the warmth of teamwork and friendship.
Did you know that the simple, peaceful movements of Tai Chi are not only a good exercise, they can help you center and grow spiritually?
There is a saying in ancient scriptures that the mind is responsible for both man’s binding and his ultimate liberation from the cycle of birth-death or happiness-unhappiness. The personality defects in a person are responsible for unhappiness, whereas his qualities are responsible for happiness and contentment.
When you practice yoga, it is, of course, not necessary to have a full understanding of yoga history in order to fully benefit from your practice. A brief understanding of the history behind yoga, however, may increase your spiritual practice and inspire you to find out more about the tradition behind the discipline.
Manifest spiritual emotion as the name suggests is when there is an apparent manifestation of spiritual emotion. We will expand on the various types of manifestation in subsequent paragraphs.
The spiritual meaning of numbers can help us understand the many principles that govern the existence and operations of the things in the universe. The better understanding can enable us to align our lives daily in the path of favor and success.
In an age where the super rich invest their wealth in various interests such as football teams, vintage aircrafts etc., Bill Gates stands apart. He has not only pledged a large percentage of his wealth to charity, but has also stated that after July 2008, he will be devoting all his time to charity work.
Reiki is a Japanese type of spiritual practice also used for stress reduction and relaxation. It is a technique that also helps promote healing either for self or for other people. It is characterized as a practice of "laying of hands". The healing powers of the technique are based on the idea that there is an unseen "life force energy" that flows through each person. This life force is said to be the reason why people are alive. When one's life force energy is low, then people are likely to get sick or feel weak. If the life force is high, people fell healthy and happy.
Whichever path leads a devotee to the practice of yoga a life of balance and harmony can be achieved.
Emotions are our feelings related to our worldly life. They are basically the attitudes of the conscious mind. Our emotions give us happiness or unhappiness. Emotions are related to our little ‘i’ (physical body, mind, intellect, ego). Hence, in a state of emotion...
An introduction to a series of articles on spiritual topics, such as meditation, reiki, and more, called Spiritual Pathways!
Many events in our lives are destined, beginning with our birth, the family we are born into and other major events like marriage and death. In this article we will examine the factors which influence compatibility of couples. According to the law of Karma every positive deed generates a ‘merit’ while every negative deed generates a ‘demerit’ or a sin. Subsequently one has to reap the results of one’s actions. Whenever one does a good deed to others, it is bound to give a positive return (in the form of some happiness), apart from a simple thank you from that person.
The subtle battle of good versus evil has been waged periodically since the earliest times. It is once again been fought in the subtle world during the years 1999 – 2006. After 2006 as the intensity of subtle battle has reduced, a gross battle on Earth will ensue. Thereafter, the world will undergo a period of flux recovering from the battle on Earth and preparing for a new era.
The sleepwalkers show a variety of behaviors, ranging from cleaning the house, switching the lights on-off, walking in the house or street, going places, talking as if in a ‘conversation’, shouting, abusing, throwing things, hitting the partners, etc. In extreme cases some people have had sex with strangers and committed murder while sleepwalking.
A lot of the busy people nowadays are actually really prone to undergoing all sorts of stress related activities from high tailing it from one meeting to another or giving a presentation or a report that took weeks before it could be finished. Such stressful activities can really be jarring on the nerves which is why a lot of people become cranky and would not care less about how they associate with other people anymore.
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