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SATSANG

2 FREEDOM AND JOY, OUR NATURAL STATE
by Swami Amar Jyoti
Freedom and joy are our heritage. Just be it. When you be it, it just shines like a flash. Eons of darkness can be removed by one beam of light.

FEATURES

10 YOUR PRACTICE IS YOUR PRACTICE
by Edward Espe Brown
What is ordinary is to strive after something you think is special. What is truly special is to abide in the ordinary.

12 LEX HIXON’S RADIO INTERVIEWS
Edited by Sheila Hixon
How a weekly NYC ecumenical radio program became a pivotal voice for the 1970s spiritual revolution

16 ETHICS IN TROUBLED TIMES
by Scott Cooper
The core of morality is to live by rules of behavior that benefit ourselves and the world.

18 THE DALAI LAMA SPENDS THE NIGHT
by Christi Cox
The Holy seeks us out, comes looking for us, no matter which unlikely fragment of this world—in the largest sense—we inhabit.

22 SPIRITUAL REBEL
by Sarah Bowen
How often do we stop to see the wonder around us? To be amazed? To be awed? To be?

26 QUIETING THE MONKEY MIND
by Dudley and Dean Evenson
Sound is a carrier wave for intention. If we connect the tone with an intention, affirmation or prayer, there can be an increased flow of blessing.

29 YOGA’S THREE D’S
by Scott Richmond
Our souls must experience many things on our journey to return to our Source. This yogic practice has brought me strength, courage, joy and compassion

30 WORKING WITH THE THINKING MIND
by Mark Coleman
Thoughts are just thoughts, they are not as real as we believe them to be.

  33 IS ALL THIS REAL?
by Charles Shahar
Life is just a play on the canvas of your mind.

36 THE CELESTIAL SPHERE
by Philip J. Imbrogno
Stargazing reminds us that we are all children of the stars, searching for our origins and the meaning of life.38 THE DIFFICULTY OF FINDING HAPPINESS
by Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo
Losing self-cherishing is the key to peace and contentment, and the best methods are gradual and gentle.

42 A LIVING SOUL, EMBODYING OUR ESSENTIAL NATURE
by Adolfo Quezada
Our soul accentuates our human condition because it is through our humanity that we come to know our divinity.

44 PARAM PARA: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH
by Swami Amar Jyoti
Who is the witness beyond ego and mind? How to truly be God’s instrument. The scientific meaning of forgiveness.

50 SPIRITUAL GROWTH
by Kent Nerburn
What it means to practice your belief.

64 AN IMPORTANT LETTER TO OUR READERS
by Sita Stuhlmiller

REVIEWS

46 Books, Books for Young Adults & Children,
Mixed Media, Audio, Spiritual Cinema

SEEKERS BAZAAR

51 Tools for Your Journey

ART CREDITS:

Cover Photograph by AngiePhotos | istockphoto.com
Woman doing anjali mudra, Ridofranz|Istockphoto.com
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SATSANG

2 THE YOGIC WAY OF LIFE
by Swami Amar Jyoti
Consciousness or energy is incessantly flowing through us. In giving we receive, because we are open. We regain our divine inheritance only by being, not by expecting.

FEATURES

10 HEALING AND EMPOWERING THE SACRED FEMININE
by Lama Tsultrim Allione
The earth is in crisis with the loss of the sacred feminine, a crisis of spiritual values, of the sacred as imminent and imbued in all of life.

13 
THE HEART OF WELLNESS
by Kavitha Chinnaiyan, M.D.
When we begin to live our lives as bliss, we change the structure of the cosmos. Each of us is that significant and that powerful.

16 RAJA YOGA: THE YOGA OF CONCENTRATION
by Swami Jyotirmayananda
The purpose of Yoga philosophy is to remove “pain” of all kinds—physical, mental or those experienced through life’s circumstances.

20
 MEDITATION AND THE POWER OF THE GROUP
by Charles Shahar
In a group setting, sometimes all meditators need to do is close their eyes, and their soul will fly.

24 SOUL DOG: THE SPIRITUAL LIFE OF ANIMALS
by Elena Mannes
Research on the feelings and understanding of dogs and other nonhuman animals leads to the conclusion that other species possess consciousness.

28 
SELFLESS SERVICE
by Prem Prakash
It’s a wonderful paradox that the spiritual path begins with taking responsibility and ends in surrender. To have faith means to relinquish the past and trust the future.

32 THE POWER OF SACRED CEREMONY
by Sandra Ingerman
If you honor and respect life and reestablish your connection with nature, the helping spirits and nature will honor you in return.

34 MY HUNT FOR THE AFTERLIFE
by Thomas Jacobson
“While in my trance state, I experienced the depth of Spirit’s compassion, their unwavering devotion to the well-being of whomever they were addressing.”

38 HYGEE—THE SIMPLICITY OF COZY
by Melissa Alvarez
Hygee means accepting things and finding delight in life instead of wishing for something else.

40 PARAM PARA: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH
by Swami Amar Jyoti
Witnessing and observing are very important from the yogic point of view, in order to find your true Source.

43
 YOGA NIDRA: THE YOGA OF CONSCIOUS SLEEP
by Pierre Bonnasse
It is important to observe that true happiness is not about making dreams come true, but about realizing that we are, in fact, dreaming.

50
 PRASAD AT THE LOVE CAFÉ
by Leah Loveday

64 
VIDURA IN THE MAHABHARATA

REVIEWS

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

SEEKERS BAZAAR

51 Tools for Your Journey

ART CREDITS:

Cover Photograph by Glebstock | stock.adobe.com

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