Yogah Chittavrutti Nirodhah —Verse 1.2, Yoga Sutras of Patanjali Union (yoga) is the cessation of fluctuations in consciousness,” says the second verse in Patanjali’s Yoga Sutras. The first verse, verse 1.1, is this simple statement, “Now begins Yoga instruction.”...
Omni Present, Spirit of Life and All Powerful are some of the qualities ascribed to the Divine by all faiths. The Divine is also considered indescribable and intangible, but people have always tried to imagine it as some physical, visible entity or another. A...
The season of Lent, six weeks of fasting, prayer and charity straddles winter and spring. Thus, these weeks are filled with nature’s own transitions from darkness to light, from cold to warmth and from lifelessness to new life. Christians observe Lent to remember the...
“I have great faith in a seed. Convince me that you have a seed there, and I am prepared to expect wonders.”—Henry David Thoreau. Mustard flowers are one of the early signs of spring in the San Francisco Bay Area. Almost overnight, our highways are bordered by silken...
“As a mother watches over her child, Willing to risk her own life to protect her only child, So with a boundless heart, should one cherish all living beings, Suffusing the whole world with unobstructed loving-kindness.” – Metta Sutta (of Theravada Buddhism) The...
