The Enlightenment Business: Wisdom For Sale https://luthar.com/2013/06/07/the-guru-business-wisdom-for-sale/ Religion and spirituality today are a big business. Generally the spiritual teachers, preachers, gurus, and the so-called enlightened masters of the day are really motivational speakers and self-styled self-help experts who engage in entrepreneurial ventures for financial and commercial success. Every year people spend billions of dollars buying the books, CDs, and self-help programs offered by such teachers. The commodity that the spiritual teachers in the new age sell in the free market is “Enlightenment”. Enlightenment is intangible and not well-defined as a product. The cost of production and storage costs of “Enlightenment” are very low, and so there is always plenty in the inventory to sell! Of course, there is the cost of marketing “Enlightenment”. Still, even with that expense, the profit margins for this product or service have the potential to be...
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Can We Talk About Spirituality? The Medicalization of Transpersonal Experiences (Another article about differences between East and West) In the West, to believe in the existence of spirits is to risk being labeled “mad“. —Letcher, 2007, p. 74. https://www.madinamerica.com/2024/05/medicalization-transpersonal-experiences/ As a therapist in social work, I meet many people with difficult life events. Over the years, I have seen that many with early traumatization have different experiences of spirituality in their life—something that I feel the secular, bio-medical approach has difficulty responding to. But even social work and psychotherapy can have difficulty allowing these lived experiences. The experience is that, for the vast majority, spirituality is something that instills hope, meaning, and the strength to move on and relate to suffering. In my room we talk about how difficult life events affect us. But we also talk about what made you survive and have the strength to move t...
Buddhalaisten määrä on lisääntynyt Suomessa tasaisesti koko 2000-luvun etenkin maahanmuuton myötä. Tarkkaa määrää on vaikeaa tietää. https://www.helsinginuutiset.fi/paikalliset/7345034 Helsingin rajalla sijaitseva rintamamiestalo muuttui loistokkaaksi temppeliksi – tällaista elämää siellä vietetään Buddhalaisten määrä on noussut koko 2000-luvun, mutta tarkkaa määrää on vaikeaa arvioida, sanoo Helsingin yliopiston akatemiatutkija Mitra Härkönen. – Suomessa buddhalaisiksi lasketaan rekisteröityyn uskonnolliseen yhdyskuntaan kuuluvat henkilöt. Vuonna 2021 heitä oli 1834. Määrä on noussut tasaisesti koko 2000-luvun. Vuosituhannen vaihteessa buddhalaisia oli 26. Kaiken kaikkiaan buddhalaisuutta harjoittavia henkilöitä on varovaisen arvion mukaan noin 30 000, Härkönen sanoo. Eniten buddhalaisia löytyy vietnamilaisten ja thaimaalaisten maahanmuuttajien keskuudesta. – Luvuissa on nähtävissä se, että buddhalaisten määrä lisääntyy etenkin maahanmuuton myötä ja he myös rekisteröivät yhteisöj...
The Starseed Activation https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9SRsG-CScg This is the starseed activation. This is designed to finally activate the starseed within you. If you have found this video it is likely you are a starseed and you were intended to listen to this. This requires no complicated meditation simply listen and your starseed DNA and abilities will begin the activation process. Your presence on Earth at this time is not an accident or coincidence. Each and every one of you made the courageous choice to come here, to this planet, to assist in its evolution and healing. You knew before you arrived that there would be challenges, that there would be a forgetting of your true nature. But you came anyway, because of the love and dedication you have for this planet and all its inhabitants. I want you to know that your mission, your purpose, your reason for being here - it's all real. The stirrings of your heart, the whispers of your soul that have guided you on this...
Lion Gate portal in mainstream media: A Psychologist Explains How The ‘Lion’s Gate Portal’ Can Benefit You https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2024/08/08/a-psychologist-explains-how-the-lions-gate-portal-can-benefit-you/ Research has confirmed time and again that the gaps between psychological science and spirituality are wide. While one uses treatment modalities developed through scientific rigor, the other banks on faith, belief and optimism. Paradoxically, however, psychological healing often intersects with spirituality in the realm of practice. “Manifestation” exercises such as meditation and chanting, positive visualization, journaling and affirmations are prescribed in both spaces regularly and are often rooted in gaining more knowledge of and control over the subconscious and unconscious mind. Research published in 2023 also indicates that certain psychological constructs, like being in a “flow state,” mirror spiritual experiences. The study further argues that incorp...
Seva: The Art of Selfless Service Some people are posting on facebook almost every kind/good action what they have done, but there is no reason/need to make a number of it. It is about boosting ego to post it on fb. Here is some examples what is Selfless Service. What is Selfless Service? To serve selflessly is to serve without expectation of reward, Selfless service is a practice that is encouraged and honored by many different cultures and faith traditions. https://www.desaseni.com/seva-art-selfless-service/ Discovering the Art Everyday, the Sun practices seva towards the Earth. In Sanskrit, seva means ‘selfless service’: the act of giving without any expectations of receiving. The purest loving kindness with no reciprocity, which then differs from an ‘altruistic action.’ Seva is all about altruistic devotion. How often, instead, do we call on ‘karma’? And we act kindly for receiving good karma back? This is led by a cause-effect principle…and a lot of expectations! There...
Power of collective meditation can help stop wars? Here's a healthy pathway to peace https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/health/power-of-collective-meditation-can-help-stop-wars-heres-a-healthy-pathway-to-peace-101722841520471.html Can meditation reduce murders, traffic deaths and infant mortality or reduce the intensity of fighting across a border without interacting with other people? Armed conflicts continue around the world, inflicting horrific pain and suffering, which establish that every war is a tragedy but the greater tragedy today is that these conflicts are no longer necessary or inevitable. Experts claim that they can be resolved quickly, easily, safely and at low cost. We got one such expert on board to describe a simple approach — a technology, actually — that has been proven effective again and again over the past 50 years and has been tested in locations around the world, East and West, and at every scale of society, from cities and countries to the world as a...