At some point while I was sleeping just now I awoke to find myself in sleep paralysis (a state in which one is fully awake and conscious while the body remains asleep—temporary paralysis). My attention immediately lit upon where my
One of the most important mind yoga meditations is learning to ground yourself. If you are properly grounded the other meditations will be more safe and balanced. Grounding yourself is simple: feel the bottoms of your feet with your mind.
It's been a while since I've dabbled in the inducement of lucid dreams or astral projection. In the past I've had a lot of such experiences, and I used to spend a lot of time studying and practicing techniques to
The foundation principle of yoga science is this: energy will flow to wherever your focus your awareness, whether it is inside of or outside of your body. When you "feel with your mind" a part of your body, you are
It seems appropriate to me to start off this blog by talking a bit about spiritual discernment. There is a lot of BS and nonsense out there, some of which is even designed to purposefully mislead you. When I first
Yesterday night before I went to bed I felt an unwelcome presence in my apartment. It has been quite a while since I've felt such a presence. I tried to brush the feeling off, brushed my teeth and headed to
Many relationships in life are based on a dance of karma which can cause us to behave around certain people in different ways. You may have noticed this after being around some people, and wondered why you say or do
The internet is a tremendously powerful spiritual tool. For possibly the first time in human history nearly all beings on this planet have access to profound spiritual teachings at their fingertips. For example, have you ever wanted to go to
One of the most important spiritual practices is the keeping of a personal journal. Yes, keeping a journal is a spiritual practice! I will be honest, it's something that up until now I haven't payed proper attention to. I only
This post contains a guided meditation which you can use to attune yourself to reiki. (Reiki is a healing system developed (discovered) by a man named Dr. Mikao Usui.)My first experience with this self attunement was very powerful. My feet
I have begun to pray the obligatory prayers again. Yusuf, probably thinking it would inspire us, set up the ezan machine, a plastic mosque that sings a recorded Arabic call to prayer at the appointed times. The times are slightly
He threw down his sword and sat to rest a while. Gloomy thoughts filled his mind and he reflected on the insurmountability of the task he had tried to accomplish. Perhaps Scotland would never be free — at least not
Introduction To The Indian Skeptic:The Indian Skeptic is a radical rationalist magazine that is published in India by Basava Premanand (an atheist and skeptic) who is also the chairman for the Indian CSICOP. Although the Indian Skeptic attempts to portray
Who can comprehend the Divine paradox of Mother Kali? Fierce, black in color, large, shimmering eyes, destructive, triumphantly smiling amidst the slaughter of billions of demons, wearing a necklace of skulls and a skirt of severed arms, glowing effulgently like
Basava Premanand's DeliriumIs Basava Premanand Senile, Confused, A Liar Or All Of The Above?On the saibaba-invigilator blog (run by an anonymous ex-devotee), the following excerpt was cited, apparently published in Basava Premanand's Indian Skeptic magazine:"The Indian Skeptic 15.10.2007 Vol. 20
