Lapis lazuli is a sodium aluminum silicate with sulfur, chlorine hydroxyl, and variable inclusions of pyrite and white calcite. The name means "blue rock" and is always a brilliant blue with violet or greenish tints. The rich blue color is due to the lazurite that [...]
Meditation is often practiced with eyes closed. But it can also be done with eyes half-open and focused within, by following a well-guarded technique of yogis and tantric-s, called Shambhavi mudra. Literally, the word ‘mudra’, means, seal, sign, badge, symbolic gestures or parched grain, in [...]
This exalted, blissful experience comes through intuition or Samadhi. The lower mind is withdrawn from the external, objective world. The senses are abstracted in the mind. The individual mind becomes one with the cosmic mind or Hiranyagarbha or the Oversoul, the Soul of the Universe, [...]
I present a way of looking at the Age of Pisces from a different perspective. The Sun goes through all 12 signs of the zodiac annually and the zodiac also changes signs approximately every two thousand years and is called the precession of the equinox. Approximately [...]
The stellar gateway chakra to the Source is the 12th chakra and is located 12 inches above your head. Its color is pure gold. When your lower chakras are ready, this mighty flower opens so that you can access divine energy. In literal terms, „stellar” [...]
Throughout the course of history, the Celtic cross appears to have served several purposes; for both practical uses and spiritual symbolism that harbors an esoteric understanding of creation. Opinions as to the meaning of this mystical ancient cross are also divided, but this is the [...]
A Near Death Experience (NDE) is a profound psychological event that may occur to a person close to death or, if not near death, in a situation of physical or emotional crisis. Because it includes transcendental and mystical elements, an NDE is a powerful event [...]
The square is used symbolically in spiritual and esoteric artwork to represent attributes of the four. In the many ancient writings, the four was expressed using nature; the four directions, the four winds, the four seasons, the four elements, the four evangelists and so on. [...]
Transcendental Meditation (TM) refers to a specific form of silent mantra meditation called the Transcendental Meditation technique, and less commonly to the organizations that constitute the Transcendental Meditation movement. Maharishi Mahesh Yogi introduced the TM technique and TM movement in India in the mid-1950s. The [...]
Either Rama was a God incarnate, or he was a fictitious character. He was simply written up, a figment of someone's imagination. Either Krishna was a God incarnate, or he was a fictitious character. He was simply written up, a figment of someone's imagination. Either [...]
