The Truth Will Set You Free2 (John 8: 31-32)
By
Bill Cottringer
“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.” ~David Foster Wallace, author.
From my research, there seem to be two main opposing sources for interpreting the true literal and the intriguing ... Views: 87
How to Find COMPLETE INNER PEACE
FINDING YOUR INNER PEACE IN EASY STEPS
With things being as they are in the world at the moment, feeling calm, genuinely happy and achieving inner peace can be hard things to achieve. But inner peace is essential for your well-being. That feeling when you are ... Views: 91
“What goes around comes around” and “karma” both basically indicate that there is a factor in existence that rewards good deeds and punishes bad deeds. But do we really see that things work this way? Is there some divine entity sitting up in the clouds, watching our good and bad actions, and ... Views: 75
There are many ideas about rebirth, how it works, and the relationship of suffering to an individual’s life and, through operation of karma, potential future lifetimes. Much of this is based on an underlying implicit assumption that the self-awareness that an individual holds in this lifetime ... Views: 82
A support group is a gathering of people who are experiencing similar difficulties and wish to discuss them. They are able to provide and receive support, encouragement, and comfort from their peers by sharing their personal experiences.While those who care about you may sympathize, they ... Views: 93
We observe an outer fact of existence, but we do not see the motive force behind it, nor the intention behind the motive force. Thus, Darwin identified an evolution of species, and researchers have identified families of species, development of specific characteristics within those families and ... Views: 89
Plato (429--347 BC), the Greek philosopher, is known as one of the greatest and most influential philosophers of the ancient world. The academy he founded, one of the first Western schools to offer higher learning, helped shape how we structure schools and universities today. Besides philosophy, ... Views: 85
Human beings are social animals, and they crave contact and relationship with others. Modern society has broken or weakened many of the links that formerly brought people together, including the nuclear and extended family, and tight-knit communities where people socialized and interacted with ... Views: 83
Russian Ukrainian War February 28 News: The Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has issued a new video statement ahead of the Kyiv-Moscow peace talks on the Border of the Belorusia today. In his speech, Zelensky said that his main goal was to reach an agreement for a ceasefire. He asked ... Views: 78
The ego-consciousness has its evolutionary purpose. The distinction of the individual from the mass of existence led to the ability to move beyond the instinctual and habitual patterns of the species. With this consciousness, variation and innovation became more easily possible. Observation from ... Views: 79
Thought has power. Power, however, has its conditions of action. A ‘passing’ thought running through the mind, disappearing as quickly as it enters, does not have the same impact as a concentrated and persistent focus coupled with the gathering of emotional or vital force to accentuate its ... Views: 113
To know ‘who am I?’, the knowledge of the Self!
Only when we know really who am I, based on that can we envision the right purpose and true meaning in life.
Until we do not understand ‘who am I’, the purpose and meaning of life remains restricted to doing something, be it something good, ... Views: 72
In a world where fear is being put out for the masses to catch ahold of I am here to tell you that you don’t have to grab on to the darkness. You can actually look for and find the light in all situations.
When you are experiencing a dark moment in your life and you feel you are spinning in ... Views: 72
The surface being, under the influence of the vital ego, loves to criticize others and ‘gossip’ about them. This is a method of ‘puffing up’ or inflating the ego by dragging down others. It also wastes considerable time and energy by focusing on what are for the most part superficial things in a ... Views: 109
DuckPond Technologies, Inc., headquartered in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was founded in 2019 by Dartanyon A. Williams. The company develops disruptive technologies designed to change how Americans protect themselves from the growing number of crimes violating consumer protections. Those include ... Views: 64
Even among those closest to one another, there remain differences of habit and temperament. Issues of personal grooming, dietary choices, choices in music or other media interactions, time commitments, interactions about caring for the common shared space all work to create minor daily ... Views: 88
The Supreme Soul is present in every living being.
“What is the nature of the Soul? To see the dharma (function) of everything; to see who is performing what function and how that function is being performed. To ‘see’ - this is the function of the Soul”, says Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, the ... Views: 68
What causes an individual to ‘like’ or ‘dislike’ someone they meet. Some obvious reasons include similarities or differences in temperament, responses to situations, idea-sets, lifestyle, and, based on acculturation, accidental characteristics such as religion, social standing, career, or ... Views: 91
Do you really know Jesus? If you really do, then why aren't you teaching others so they can come to know Him also? Do really know Jesus? I will suggest that if you do, then you know His love for you and others. If you really love Jesus, you are going to want others to know about Him the way you ... Views: 87
Param Pujya Dada Bhagwan, the Enlightened being has said:
“All the religions in the world are relative and of varying standards. Everyone finds an appropriate standard depending upon his or her spiritual development. However for the real religion, the religion of the Self, you will have to go ... Views: 68
Truth. This term is subjected to considerable interpretation in today’s world. Some say that there is no such thing as ‘truth’ and that ‘truth is relative’. Some hold that what one person understands as ‘truth’, seen from a different perspective, is falsehood. Some indicate that ‘today’s truth ... Views: 81
Washington: The United States took a waiting attitude and saw Monday to President Vladimir putin
for Russian forces to spread the Ukrainian separatist region, by saying that talks might be "until the tank roll."
President Joe Biden enacted sanctions on two Russian-supported areas in the East ... Views: 95
An individual has a peak spiritual experience, or something unusual takes place in his inner life about which he has no prior knowledge or understanding. This creates an impulse to speak of the experience to other people. There can be a number of motivations for talking about an inner experience ... Views: 100
Speech not only can affect one’s own energy, but it can also affect one’s relationship with others and the dynamics of a social relationship and a community. For the most part, people tend to speak whatever comes to them without a great deal (if any) reflection. This practice however can have ... Views: 72
Mauna Sadhana, the discipline of silence, can be a very powerful way to gain insight into the impulse to speech and the control of speech. We frequently speak without filtering what we have to say. The idea comes into our mind and before we know it, it is making its way out in the form of ... Views: 74
There are occasions where the practice of silence and a temporary withdrawal from the hustle and bustle of the outer life, to the degree feasible, becomes a necessary part of the sadhana for the practitioner of yoga. Yoga is, by definition, a change of consciousness, and it involves an inward ... Views: 87
Human beings are talkative creatures. The power of speech, the power of language is one of the most highly developed areas of difference from most other species on the planet (there are other beings that have speech, but to date we have not found them to have the complexity and breadth of ... Views: 112
Liberation!
Liberation is the Ultimate Purpose of Our Existence.
For centuries, on the sacred land of India, countless saints, Satpurush, Gnani Purush, Vasudevas, Balrams, Chakravarti Kings, Tirthankaras, the perfect embodiment of Omniscience, have been born.
These divine beings have not ... Views: 64
Maya Angelou was an American civil rights activist and wrote seven autobiographies, three books of essays, and several books of poetry. She was also an actress, director, and produced plays, movies, and public television programs over 50 years, and received dozens of awards and more than 50 ... Views: 103
There is an impulse to share something that we find valuable in our own lives. This impulse is oftentimes harnessed by religious organizations or spiritual groups to become a method of proselytizing and conversion, and in some cases, it can become a situation filled with pressure on the ... Views: 87
There’s long been a rift between conventional medicine and alternative forms of healing.
Evidence has become profoundly important in Western society, and especially for the healthcare industry. Doctors rarely stray from the treatments recommended by guidelines that are recognized by regulators, ... Views: 68
India is getting ready to celebrate the Great Night of Shiva or Maha Shivaratri, a festival that honors Lord Shiva. Some legends say that on this night, Shiva performed his Thandav, the dance of creation, preservation, and destruction. Others hold that it is the night of Shiva’s marriage with ... Views: 75
Why has technology become an almost omnipresent entity in our daily lives? Why do we rely on appliances and strings of codes for tasks as feeble as washing dishes or doing the laundry? Why do we trust machines and robots for surgeries and creating artificial organs?
Jad has been instrumental ... Views: 73
Innovations for a Better Tomorrow is What Makes them Standout
Conceptualizing an idea is worthless if it cannot be translated into business. While many of us have fleeting concepts or ideas, few people believe in these. They pursue and transform ideas into businesses. After observing or being ... Views: 71
If we look at the spiritual and religious traditions of the world, we find that a recurring theme is the need of the true seeker to disassociate himself from the outer life of the world. This is done to focus the attention on the spiritual quest and to avoid the distractions, disruptions and ... Views: 87
The true test of spiritual equanimity and balance is how one responds to adverse circumstances. It is relatively easy to be calm and peaceful when there is no external pressure and one is surrounded by a quiet and nourishing environment. It is quite another to remain focused, balanced and equal ... Views: 89
From games like snake, space impact to games like angry birds and Player Unknown’s Battleground (PUBG), we have witnessed a drastic transformation in the gaming industry.
Meet Mariam Nusrat, an innovator and the Founder of GRID, a tech startup unleashing the power of video games to educate, ... Views: 69
The most intriguing aspect about acting on a unique idea is that it brings together creative minds together to initiate a change that can disrupt the industry’s landscape for the better. To connect the newly engaged couples to several local boutique vendors to form a connection before investing ... Views: 76
I bring you a message from Ahwarah, my spirit guide within, for the remaining month of February 2022. Your career path has led you in a higher direction, with positive changes to support your dreams, priorities, passions, and life purpose. Trust these changes will help release the old and ... Views: 88
My most practical outlook on the meaning and purpose of human life is to help humanity in any which way I could and find a path to salvation. By salvation, I mean freedom from the perpetual cycle of birth and death and permanent freedom from pain, suffering and misery.
With this outlook in ... Views: 90
We observe some individuals who have an obvious connection to the life-energy and who have a sensitivity and responsiveness to life that allows them to experience the fullness of life. We also observe individuals who appear more restrained, self-contained, and less subject to the life around ... Views: 87
Not everyone can achieve spiritual progress using exactly the same methods or disciplines. The “one size fits all” approach tried by many religious or spiritual communities of the past only works if their members are all basically similar in temperament and their spiritual development. We have ... Views: 84
The normal human viewpoint in today’s world is one of separate individuality. We believe, based on that viewpoint, that we are free and independent and make our own choices exercising our free will. In actuality, however, this is not quite true. All relationships in society involve subtle vital ... Views: 108
From childhood we are acculturated with the idea of family and family life as a primary function and goal of our existence. This becomes a habit in our vital being and in our minds. At some point, through some seminal experience or through a growing inner conviction, certain individuals become ... Views: 97
Mankind is born neither to suffer nor to enjoy, one is born to finish their individual karma.
Whatever misery befalls us is the result of our own karma. And whatever we enjoy is also the result of our karma. We suffer the consequences of the bad deeds we’ve done and enjoy the fruits of the good ... Views: 74
For spiritual and religious aspirants, there has always been a pressure to give up the focus on family life due to the inherent distraction that a family creates for the seeker. Whether the seeker takes vows and enters a monastery or cloister, or leaves family behind to follow a particular ... Views: 114
Al Soudah is a fantastic mix of ancient legacy, diverse culture, and spectacular scenic wonders. This place is a paradise for nature lovers and those preferring a serene environment, with a plethora of hiking paths, rolling valleys, nice clean air, as well as magnificent vistas. Al Soudah enjoys ... Views: 77
With an ambition to build a customer-focused organization to help pharmaceutical companies overcome their complex drug development challenges through an outsourced solution, Dr. Song Li formed Frontage Laboratories, Inc. Today, Frontage Laboratories has grown to one of the leading CRO’s with ... Views: 68
Impactful leadership begins with a strategy that is clear, compelling, supported by thoughtful analysis and designed to deliver competitive advantages, and is followed by an unwavering focus on execution. Strong execution relies on finding the right people and creating the right environment for ... Views: 74