These days we hear a lot of talk about the mantras used for meditation. Some people say a random word is best, others recommend the universal sound Aum or Om. But what about the mantras used in the Transcendental Meditation technique? Are they generic or special? Secular or religious? Useless or effective? And where do they come from? These are important questions so let’s find an answer for them.

The Transcendental Meditation technique is an effortless mental procedure...

If have been seeking for spiritual growth or just looking to have better control of your self and the thoughts that your brain is continuously conceiving. Use of the alpha brain waves can help one to master their thoughts and achieve peace in their life.

Have you ever heard the phrase that your life is how you perceive it?

This tends to be very true, If you are hating on your life right now due to certain experiences that you have been through. Consider this, negative...

From: David Simon

"A lover's pain is this sleeping,
This sleeping,
When God just rolled over and gave you
Such a big good-morning kiss!"
~Hafiz

During the school year when my kids need to get up in the morning but want to stay asleep, they say the "sleep monster" is holding them in bed. For many, the sleep monster continues to exert its control. Hours, days, and years pass in anesthetic states, from which people...

We all have enjoyed much pleasures and joys in our lives, but they have all passed and vanished away with the source through which we achieved them. They can be defined as the Material Pleasures where the source of happiness is somewhere outside. But the problem with such pleasure is that it is as perishable as are all material objects in the Outer World.

How many times have we wondered and questioned ourselves when is the day of pure Bliss and Ecstasy going to come in my life...

It has long been recognized that yoga and meditation are excellent ways to achieve inner peace and for us to get connected with our higher consciousness. Science has also recognized the value of fine balancing the stimulation of the 7 energy centers within the body, or the 7 Chakras as they are better known. Of course yogis and meditation masters have practiced chakra meditation throughout the ages, and have reaped consequent spiritual peace and enlightenment, together with improved...

It was the year of the Partridge Family, eight cent postage stamps and blue jeans with bell bottoms. That was 1971 and I was an under achieving senior in a middle American High School when I saw a funny looking poster on the way to my American History class. It had a large black and white picture of Maharishi Mahesh Yogi on it and a lecture on Transcendental Meditation® was announced for the next day in the school auditorium. I was intrigued and showed up to check it out.

Compassion is on of the most revered divine qualities of human being. It is compassion that separates us from other animals. A loving and sympathetic attitude towards every living creature on earth is one of the most important qualities a spiritual person can have. In this article we shall discuss how compassion can be used as a meditation practice.

Meditation is a process to know who we really are in true sense of existence. A common thread of consciousness is passing...

The beating heart is a sign of life.Hopeis what sustains that life. Yes, food, water, sunlight, these sustain life also but, it’s HOPE that really keeps you alive. Hope is what has brought you to today. Hope is what inspires us to move forward because we believe that tomorrow will truly be a better day. Tomorrow, will give you that new house that you have been saving for. Tomorrow, you will finally be able to spend time with your family – and, tomorrow is the day that you...

When I started practicing Tantra with my husband, I was thrown for quite a dizzying loop! In the midst of the breathing and the movements, I connected to him in a way that I never had before. Mind you, we've been together for more than a decade, and we're very close. But in our meditations together, we somehow reached a whole new plain of intimacy and understanding. His eyes were the same ones I had been looking into for many years, but now they were tinged with a new kind of depth and...

Many people wonder about Astral Travel or Out of Body Experiences (OBE). They even ask what possible be its benefits for them to take it seriously and learn about it!!

In the astral world, there are no boundaries of one's exploration even the skies and seas. One can travel out into the infinite space explore the planets and other distant galaxies, fly way beyond the blue skies or glide thru the air and over the ocean like a seagull or dive inside and swim like a dolphin!!! Explore...