Selfless Service
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From Spring, 2019 issue of Light of Consciousness My yoga guru, Baba Hari Dass, died about a month ago, at the age of 95. Curiously,
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Karma and Freedom
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The Nature of Karma Karma is a term that has entered the modern vocabulary but is frequently misunderstood as a simplistic, mechanical law of cause
A few Lessons
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My First Prayer I grew up in a Jewish household that was not religious in the least. Our Judaism involved cheering for the Israeli contestant
Meetings with Yogis Part 1
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A Teaching on Pride When I was younger, I was a student at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. My girlfriend at that time and
An American Yoga Odyssey
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Turn your hand so your palm is facing towards you. Now spread your fingers wide. See the distance between the tip of your thumb and
Actions
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Three men see a homeless little girl, and each is moved by her plight. The first recognizes the social and political influences that result in
Yoga American Style
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Yoga has only been in this country for about 100 years, and the transmission of this spiritual art from India is still taking place. American
The Branches of Yoga
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There are several branches of yoga traditionally cited as valid approaches to the goal of Self-realization. Yoga, in its fullest sense, however, is not so
East and West
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Someone said something interesting to me the other day. She said she wasn’t interested in yoga because it is too “eastern.” Certainly, she should be
Purification
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A man goes to a spiritual teacher and is given a small statue of a form of God. He thinks the statue is pretty snazzy