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Meditation the final step towards the inner temple
Many people are either ignorant of meditation or have wrong notions about it. Many imposters have taken advantage of the ignorance of people to exploit them. On the name of meditation, many ugly things have taken place, therefore fear is normal. But sincere seekers do not rest content with speculations, they would like to know the truth. Though meditation has already been discussed in previous issues of the ‘Know Thyself’ magazine, this one gives a glimpse of this divine scie
March 3, 2014
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COSMIC CONSCIOUSNESS -The Culmination of Human Evolution
The evolution of life starts from the tiny unicellular organism to reach the human being, but it seems that human existence is not the apex of organic evolution. Human existence has never been in such a boiling state as it is today. The reason is that the human mind knows fairly well that it is not satisfied with technological development and sensual pleasures. It has the intuition that something higher and more beautiful awaits it on the evolutionary path, yet it is confused
March 3, 2014
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Religions And People Of The Book
All religions that exist today are based on books, which people call scriptures. Some religions have many books. Most of those who call themselves religious are followers of the precepts and knowledge as they appear in the scriptures. Many people know verses, commandments and written prayers by heart and at times they even quote them to support their arguments in religious matters. Books are made of paper, ink and words, then why do people give much more importance to them ra
November 16, 2007
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Mind A Quantum â A Holistic Approach
We are fortunate to be living in an era when science is making giant leaps in many fields. It has nearly become a divine science as some scientists have even started working on the truth about the mind, soul and God. . Some scientists say that our mind is a quantum â a packet of energy that is not localised but which extends ad infinitum in space. It has been discovered that consciousness is the fundamental nature of the mind. If such is the case, and for the mystic it is,
November 11, 2007
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Listen To Yourself First
The body has its language, so do the heart and the mind, but few people have the art and science of reading, listening to and understanding these languages. Being too busy in focusing on the external world, we have no time to look into ourselves. It is also a fact that we are afraid to listen to and understand the inner language because we are bound to come across much madness. However, beyond all this there is something immensely beautiful and vast. But before we can attain
November 11, 2007
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Transcending the Primitive Brain
We, people of the third millennium, are supposed to be highly civilised and educated. We have moved from the caves to the city and have now succeeded in achieving what we call a global village. We are even planning to colonise other planets. But so far as our behaviour is concerned, what have we achieved? One part of our brain has developed to a very high extent, but what part is it? Have we achieved anything more than just new and easier means of obtaining food, clothing and
November 11, 2007
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Virtual Reality
I was inspired by the film âExistenzâ to write on virtual reality. If only people could realise that what they call life with its material progress and so on is nothing but a virtual reality! It is like in a dream world where one leaves the body on bed and travels in the mental world. And what is the mental world if not the world of thoughts, emotions and impressions! The virtual world is so vast and impressive that it seems nearly impossible to realise that it is not the
November 11, 2007
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MIND - A Contraction of Space, its Expansion is Godliness
Science says that every cubic centimeter of space consists of the energy of a trillion atomic bombs. The human mind is the smallest portion of contracted space - this gives an idea of the amount of energy the mind conceals. It can be said that it is a seed of tremendous power. The question is how to tap and make use of this power. A glance around us gives an idea of the miracle the mind is capable of. Yet, at a given moment only four and a half percent of its total capacity i
May 10, 2007
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MEDITATION - The Art of Dehypnotization
It has become an established yet erroneous belief around the world and most particularly in the West that meditation is synonymous with hypnotism. Ironical as it may seem, the science of Yoga on its side asserts that man is already under the spell of hypnotism and compares our actual state to that of a sleepwalker whose actions are performed in the absence of consciousness or whose deeds are motivated by unconscious energy and impressions of the mind. While in normal hypnotis
March 31, 2006