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SATSANG

2 FORGIVENESS, HUMILITY AND LOVE
by Swami Amar Jyoti
Humility and forgiveness are purifying virtues that open us to unconditional love. And when we are loving we are truly human beings and truly free.

FEATURES

10 TO FORGIVE IS DIVINE
by Rivvy Neshama
Remembrances and rites of forgiveness on the New Jersey Turnpike, on a small mountain in Austria, and seeing the Dalai Lama in Colorado.

14 FINDING HAPPINESS AND SATISFACTION
by Prem Prakash
Yoga philosophy sees the world of form in its real light. That is, nothing lasts forever. The yogis stress that fulfillment can only be found within.

17 QUANTUM FORGIVENESS
by David Hoffmeister
Quantum physics says everything is unified and connected; there is no separation. Mystics say God created us perfect; we have always been perfect in our Source.

22 BUDDHA PROJECT
by Josh Bulriss
A personal journey to photograph some of the most unique and beautiful Buddhas in the world.

28 SPIRIT OF HIMALAYA
by Swami Amar Jyoti
Satyakam, the seeker, experiences glorious visions, a kundalini awakening and initiation amidst Himalayan splendor.

  31 LOST MASTERS
by Linda Johnsen.
What do the sages of ancient Greece and Indian yogis have in common? You’d be surprised!36 DROPPING THE STRUGGLE TO KNOW
by Roger Housden.
When we drop the struggle to find our way and surrender to our complete bewilderment, a new quality of knowing, as distinct from knowledge, can emerge.

41 MUSIC AND MANTRAS
by Girish
The practices of kirtan chanting, mantra, and Bhakti Yoga give us a direct experience of our connection with source, Spirit, the Divine.

43 CYCLING AS MEDITATION
by Juan Carlos Kreimer
Zen and the cyclist: when ideas and thoughts begin to fade, consciousness is liberated from its normal neural pathways, ego gives way to the void, and awakening occurs.

50 THE MASTER’S LEGACY
by Monika John.
His words were living seeds/ held in the heart to flower in time…

64 THE END OF SEPARATION
by Jeff Foster
Nobody you have loved has ever left you…

REVIEWS

46 Books, Books for Children,Mixed Media,
Audio, Spiritual Cinema

SEEKERS BAZAAR

51 Tools for Your Journey

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SATSANG

2 THE BLISS OF SILENCE
by Swami Amar Jyoti
You have to find your way and release your mind. This comes from purity and simplicity of heart, which is not only religious but perfectly scientific.

FEATURES

10 A GLIMPSE OF ZEN
by Kaoru Nonomura
Life-changing experiences during a year as a novice monk at Eiheiji, Japan’s most rigorous Zen Temple.

14 TAO TE CHING BY LAO TZU
Translation by Stephen Mitchell
“You can deal with whatever life brings you, and when death comes, you are ready.”

16 THE HEART OF BRAVERY
by Sakyong Mipham
Can we use meditation to gain solace, strength, inspiration and inquiry in terms of society at large?

22 SHIFT INTO FREEDOM
by Loch Kelly
When we shift into awake awareness we are in real contact with the world and ourselves.

26 TECHNOLOGY, ATTENTION,
AND YOUR CHILD’S BRAIN
by Lucy Jo Palladino, Ph.D
Children today face unprecedented challenges, particularly electronic “attention snatchers.” Practicing the 3 Rs of good attention.

30 PARAM PARA: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH
by Swami Amar Jyoti
Is intelligence reincarnated? How do we choose our path? Is there a balance between surrender and effort?

  32 THE EIGHT LAWS OF CHANGE
by Stephan A. Schwartz
Successful, nonviolent, life-affirming social transformations share certain characteristics, and they are learnable.

40 NEAR DEATH, NOW WHAT?
by Joyce Hawkes, Ph.D.
An NDE can change our awareness and open our consciousness to possibilities we could have never imagined.

42 GRACE IN AGING: SOLITUDE AND SILENCE
by Kathleen Dowling Singh
Intense focus on exploring the self in solitude leads into awareness beyond self and allows our uniqueness to flourish.

50 LOVE, ANIMALS AND MIRACLES
by Bernie S. Siegel, M.D.
A big lesson from a little dog.

64 THE RUNNING CHILD MEDITATION
by Stephanie Noble
Outside the meditation hall a small child running back and forth, feet plopping and rising…

REVIEWS

46 Books, Books for Children,
Audio, Spiritual Cinema

SEEKERS BAZAAR

51 Tools for Your Journey

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