Life Positive Archives 2006

July 2006

The Messiah of Yoga

Sneak into any household in India between 5 and 7 am and chances are good that you will find someone sitting cross-legged in front of the television intently following the instructions of a saffron-clad sanyasi, with disheveled..... More >>

Also In This Issue

What a Place to Wake Up

by Andrew Cohen

My first visit to Mother India was in early January 1984. By that time, I had already been a serious spiritual seeker for over six years. Living in my native New York City, I had had easy access to many of the most famous,... More >>

An Actor is a Mini Brahma

by Oorvazi Irani

For several years, Kishore Namit Kapoor has been training actors and sharpening their skills before they plunge into Bollywood. Few of us could describe our profession in his words, "My love, my passion, and my... More >>

Growing up with God

by Suma Varughese

Rama Devagupta, a student of Sahaj Marg system of Raja Yoga, as taught by Shri Ram Chandra Mission, and a dedicated mother living in the US, recounts the moment when she found that her spiritual convictions and thinking had... More >>

Voice of Healing

by Shameem Akthar

Most classical schools of yoga emphasize chanting. While rationalists may dismiss this is as part of the psychic mumbo-jumbo that shrouds much of yoga, actually modern-day scientists are discovering that chanting has tremendous... More >>

Yoga of the Hands

by Rajendar Menen

In a sparsely furnished apartment at Juhu Gully in suburban Mumbai, 66-year-old Ramesh Shah spends his time mastering the intricacies of mudra therapy and passing on the knowledge to those keen on benefiting from it. "It is a... More >>

Foods for a Super You

by Vinita Makhija

While all natural foods are good for you at varying levels, there is the brahminical cadre of super foods that can rev up your health substantially. What are these and how can we use them in our daily diet? Dr Steven Pratt in... More >>

Freedom from Fear

by Swami Veda Bharati

Roman philosopher Seneca was a stoic, belonging to the school of Greek philosophy that taught, like the Bhagavad Gita, the principle of equanimity in all situations. It particularly emphasized the practice of deep spiritual... More >>

Laughing Buddha The Holy Potato

by Jyoti Lajmi

I know this may sound a bit absurd, but the potato for me is a very 'spiritual' vegetable. Not only because it is my favorite, but also because of its balanced 'attitude'!

The potato, I feel, combines well with any... More >>

Commanding the Mind

by Megha Bajaj

Focus. Come on, focus. Just focus, will you! How often have you caught yourself persuading your mind to stop wandering and concentrate on the task at hand but like a stubborn, recalcitrant child, the mind refuses and behaves... More >>

To Share and Inspire

by Shakti Maira

Many years ago, I came to a position about my art making - that it must operate at the four levels at which I experience... sensory, emotional, mental and spiritual or consciousness. I didn't then, nor do I now, know how to... More >>

Embattled Epiphany

by Chintan Girish Modi

Arundhathi Subramaniam is "cobbling together stuff" for a new anthology of writing on sacred journeys. And it's proving a challenge "to find writers who are willing to talk about their engagement with the sacred realm without... More >>

Teachings of the Breath

by David Harshada Wagner

As people enter into a practice of meditation, the question often arises: On what should I meditate? What is the object of my meditation? From the perspective of the ancient tantras and Upanishads, the object of meditation is... More >>

Love and Deliverance in Kamathipura

by Rajendar Menen

Tara is short, less than five feet, and petite. She is in an orange sari and blouse that wraps her like an Egyptian mummy. An orange bindi, orange bangles and flowing black curly hair complete the image of a fluorescent dervish.... More >>

Necessary Detours

by Suma Varughese

While reading Mani Bhaumik's extraordinary book, Code Name God, a phrase he used resonates in my mind. After making his fortune as one of the team that discovered the laser technology that made the Lasik technique possible, for a... More >>

Yo, Yogi - Jul 2006

by Life Positive

Time out with Ananda
Swetaketu
Kumar asked Ananda, "How can I believe there is God when I cannot see him?"
"Wonderful question," said Ananda. "I... More >>

Banyan Tree - Jul 2006

by Life Positive

Inspiration
If you can Disentangle
yourself from your selfish self
all heavenly spirits
will stand ready to serve you

If you can finally... More >>

Live for God

by Life Positive

Oh, well, of course, folks are different. One man lives for his own wants and nothing else, like Mituh; he only thinks of filling his belly, but Fokanitch is a righteous man. He lives for his soul. He does not forget God."More >>

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