As we enter into the Holiday season, I thought a good way to end the year - this is the last article of the year (I'll resume with the Masters of Enlightenment series right after the New Year) - is with the above video. It's a video montage I created in celebration of the spirit of the Holidays. It’s an homage to peace, love, trust, hope, belief, and the knowledge that we can make this a better world, a peaceful, sane, healthy and happy world, … [Read more...]
Archives for December 2010
The Masters of Enlightenment: Alan Watts
The series on the Masters of Enlightenment continues today with a profile of the Zen teacher and scholar, Alan Watts. The last profile was of Paramahansa Yogananda, and the profile before that was of J. Krishnamurti. Alan Watts was born in Chislehurst, England on January 6, 1915 and died at his home in Marin County, California on November 16, 1973. He was a philosopher, writer, and speaker, and best known as an interpreter and popularizer of … [Read more...]
The Masters of Enlightenment: Paramahansa Yogananda
In the last article in this series on Spirituality, I turned my attention to discussing people who were Masters of Enlightenment. The first article on this subject profiled J. Krishnamurti. Today I will continue with the profiles by discussing another Master of Enlightenment, Paramahansa Yogananada. Yogananda was born Mukunda Lal Ghosh on Jan. 5, 1893 in … [Read more...]
The Masters of Enlightenment: J. Krishnamurti
"What Krishnamurti has done is to free spiritual life as science has done in other areas. He has maintained that one can be in total freedom from the very beginning to the very end, and he has stood for that, like a rock, for forty years. I think it may well take the world fifty more years to understand that. I think he is the man of tomorrow." - Vimala Thakar The series on Spirituality continues with articles about people who were true Masters … [Read more...]
Walking Through Illusion: A Book Excerpt, Part 3
The series on Spirituality continues today with the third and last installment of a three-part book excerpt of the author Betsy Otter Thompson's book, Walking Though Illusion. Here are links to the first two installments: Walking Through Illusion: Part 1 Walking Through Illusion: Part 2 The first excerpt was the preface of … [Read more...]
Walking Through Illusion: A Book Excerpt, Part 2
The last article of this series on Spirituality was part one of a excerpt from the book, Walking Through Illusion, by Betsy Otter Thompson. Betsy Otter Thompson is the author of a few books, including The Mirror Theory: The Way to Inner Peace, Resolution, and Transformation; Loveparent: How To Be The Parent You Hope To Be; … [Read more...]