dharma . devotion Candlelight flickers across the worn pages, and the Sanskrit characters dance rhythmically, like graceful maidens chanting ancient hymns. Transfixed, the young boy follows their motion, and his soul sings in unison with them: A mass of radiance, glowing all around, I see thee, hard to look at, on every side; Glory of flaming fire and sun, immeasurable, without beginning, middle, or end of power. Infinite arms, whose eyes are the moon and sun, I see thee, whose face is flaming fire, burning the whole universe with thy radiance. Quietly another voice enters the song. It is a gentle,...

It’s hard to keep regret out of your life. No matter where you find yourself today, there’s a chance that you’ll have certain things you wish you did differently. When you strive to look at your situation with a different perspective, you’ll gain a better understanding about life and you’ll learn to live without regret. While you won’t be able to completely eliminate regret in your life, you can take steps to reduce it. Strive to keep your life organized and live your life your way. Establish Your Priorities One way to begin living without regret is to sort out your priorities. Ask...

Here are some healing promises which are legally yours by inheritance as a heir of God and a joint-heir of Jesus Christ. Print this page. Meditate upon these promises daily. Speak them aloud, putting God in remembrance of His promises… By Jesus’ stripes I am healed. (1Peter 2:24) It is God’s will that I prosper and be in health, just as my soul prospers. (3John 2) The Lord is my healer: (Ex. 15:26) Jesus came that I may enjoy life and have it overflowing abundance. (John 10:10) As I serve the Lord, sickness is taken from my midst. (Ex. 23:25) Healing is one of God’s benefits....

This First lesson and any that follow are taken from Deepak Chopra’s wonderful book: The Third Jesus, for any seeking a less dogmatic approach and view of Jesus this is a must read! 1. The Kingdom of Heaven is within you. Applying the teaching—The source of reality is inside you. It is your essence. Here Jesus points the way to hidden dimensions, not simply the conventional notion of Heaven. When you go inside, you are aware of activity such as thoughts and feelings. Your instinct is to pursue the activity that brings pleasure and avoid that which brings pain. But Jesus speaks of a...

I find that quite a few trainers and coaches in the personal development and peak performance world instruct others to just decide on a goal and then take massive action toward it. I have attended numerous workshops, home study programs and tele-seminars where the trainer instructs that all we need are enough compelling reasons to support why we want the goal and then to do whatever it takes to achieve our outcome. I believe that many people do not reach their goals because of the inner blocks and fears and doubts that arise the moment we set a goal. These doubts and fears can be known or unknown...

Jesus identified completely with love, and he is absolute about it: “By this sign everyone will know that you are my disciples, that you love one another.” (John 13:35) Love is certainly the word most associated with Jesus. Jesus treats love as something radical, a life-changing event. Love will bring God back into our existence. Love will make peace with our enemies and bring joy into our hearts. What makes love new? This question needs to be posed in every generation; it’s the seed of the spiritual quest. If you cannot discover what divine love actually is, no temple can supply...

I Corinthians 6:20 “For you were bought with a price” I Corinthians 7:23 “You were bought with a price“ Romans 3:21-26a “But now, apart from law, the righteousness of God has been disclosed, and is attested by the law and the prophets, the righteousness of God…. For there is no distinction, since all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God; they are now justified by his grace as a gift, through the redemption that is in Christ Jesus, whom God put forward as a sacrifice of atonement by his blood, effective through faith. He did this to show his righteousness,...

I do not believe you can be lost. Not permanently. Not “for ever.” Jesus died to pay the price for ALL mankind – and He WILL redeem ALL He has paid for. The TRUE Gospel is that which was taught by Paul and as it was understood for the first 300 years after Christ. But that Gospel of grace, mercy, freedom, rest, UTTER defeat of the devil, and CERTAINTY in Christ has been replaced in mainstream Christianity with a gospel (small “g”) of fear, condemnation, control, manipulation, and torment. This came about as a DIRECT result of the early fourth century compromise with...

When we have reached the point where we have had enough of our limited carnal existence and experience, and in our hearts want more. We can then ask our loving father, who gives freely to all who ask, that we have our minds and our eyes unveiled to our true reality and identity. From there we are going to start to be regenerated, unveiled to our spiritual eyes and minds, filled with the life giving spirit of Christ. We will begin to think and act like him, not by trying to, but because he will strip away our carnal conciousness, all of our thoughts and actions will begin to fall in line with his....

The Christian life was never intended to be based on man’s ability, but on God’s ability to fill you with Himself, which then enables you to live the Christian life. Through fellowship with our Father, our character is transformed and we begin to manifest the fruits of the Spirit. Every sin that we have ever been guilty of has been washed away by the blood of Jesus. Jesus by His death on the Cross bore the sin of the whole world.Until we have a proper appreciation and understanding of God’s evaluation of the blood of Jesus, we can never be normal Christians walking in...