Tourist Attractions Outside (but Nearby) Kochi By: vinag vp | - Tourists who are visiting Kochi often fail to go to some other tourist attractions which lie nearby the city. Through this article I am going to introduce you to some of those places, which I think, any tourist visiting Kochi should visit.
Athirappalli Waterfalls: This waterfall is located in Thrissur district, 60 km away from the city of Kochi. It is one of the most beautiful waterfalls in India. Many Indian film directors choose this place to shoot their films here due to the beauty of ... Tags:Hotels in cochin, star hotels in cochin, budget hotels in cochin
Discover The I Am - Embrace The Infinite Possibility Of Spiritual Enlightenment And Nonduality By: drpuff | - To gain awareness and to experience awakening, we need to unlearn what we know, or think we know. We must let go of every piece of knowledge and just be. In the East, this is called neti neti, meaning, not this, not that. In the West, we refer to this concept as via negative, or, a way of nothingness.
We should view our lives as a series of events without getting attached to anything. We should experience these passing events, but not lay claim on them or re ... Tags:Spiritual Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Nonduality, Advaita
Kahaani: When Every Truth Is A Lie By: Akansha Mittal | - Vidya Balan is now the favourite choice of the Hindi movie makers in Bollywood. She has already proved her versatility in the former movies like No One Killed Jessica, The Dirty Picture and Ishqiya. The Kahaani movie will add another colour to her already versatile career. So, the acting performance of Vidya will work for the success of the film. The major scenes have been filmed in the capital of West Bengal, Kolkata. Therefore, Bengali culture and eminent and well known Bengali artists will be ... Tags:kahaani movie, kahaani movie reviews, kahaani movie rating
The first step is earnestness. To achieve enlightenment, you really have to want it. Saying, Ill work during the day, sleep at night, and during the weekend Ill work towards enlightenment, wont cut it. We must eat, drink, and sleep our paths towards enlightenment. It must consume our lives. Many have ... Tags:Spiritual Enlightenment, Nonduality, Advaita Vedanta
What Happens During Spiritual Enlightenment: You Are The Ocean, Not The Lotus Flower By: drpuff | - As we journey toward the path of enlightenment, what can we expect to happen in our lives? What can we expect to happen inside of us? In truth, there is nothing that we must do. Life just unfolds and we are merely the witness to this unfolding.
How do we live our lives if were seeking the path of awakening, in order to truly be awakened to who we are and to live an enlightened life? How are we to live our lives if we arent the doers of the living but merely the witness to this ... Tags:Spiritual Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Nonduality, Advaita
Empower Yourself With The Here And Now: End Your Mental Suffering With Spiritual Enlightenment By: drpuff | - Life is in constant flux: people and jobs come and go, we learn new things while forgetting the old, and different events take place. Our lives and views change. A seventeen-year-old boy might believe popularity is of crucial importance, whereas a sixty-seven-year-old man might believe that having a connection with God is what matters most. Nothing stays the same. The only thing we know for sure is that we are, right now.
When it comes to living in the moment and being more enlightened, you may have some questions. You might ask, Dr. Puff, how do I reach that point? Is there anything I can do to speed up the process of waking up and of living a life filled with the present?
Enlightenment is beyond our concepts, so merely attempting to apply our concepts to it causes its secret to remain hidden. Its similar to that Chinese puzzle where yo ... Tags:Spiritual Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Nonduality, Advaita
When we wake up to who we are, we stop identifying with our egoic selves because we realize they are impermanent. Only that which is permanent can be who we truly are. We arent our bodies, we arent our memories, we arent our thoughts, and we arent our feelings. We arent any of these things, so we stop identifying with them. When we wake up to the fact that life is an extended dream, a sense of calm or a feeling that all is well ... Tags:Spiritual Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Nonduality, Advaita
The Most Powerful Mantra For Spiritual Enlightenment: Waking Up To Nonduality By: Paul | - Who we are is very simple. We are the supreme reality. Everything comes from this and is a reflection of this. We are like the sun and the lives that were experiencing right now are like the dewdrops that are reflecting the light. Another way to look at it is to see life as a dream. We are dreaming this life; we are the dreamer of our lives. Life is really just an extended dream and we are the dreamer, which is the supreme reality.
Total Recall Of Who We Are: Stop Thinking And Start Being By: Dr. Robert Puff | - There is a movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger called Total Recall. A large part of the movie revolves around Arnolds character discovering who he really is. We all want to know who we really are. Unless we settle into thinking, Well, this is my life and Im not going to think about it, we keep searching until we find the answers.
When I was an undergraduate many years ago, my deep admiration for the works of William Shakespeare first blossomed. My passion for his plays has been an integral part of my life, and his writings have taught me many important things.
Shakespeare: An Enlightened Being
During my undergraduate years, I had the privilege of taking a Shakespearean class and was also able to travel through Europe. I vividly remember going to Stratford ... Tags:Spiritual Enlightenment, Enlightenment, Nonduality, Advaita
Nominations For The 2nd Chevrolet Global Indian Music Academy (gima) Awards Announced By: PR 24x7 Network Ltd. | - Nominations for the 2nd Chevrolet Global Indian Music Academy (GIMA) Awards announced
The Global Indian Music Academy today announced the nominees for the 2nd Chevrolet Global Indian Music Academy (GIMA) Awards. After the phenomenal success of the Awards last year, preparations are underway to hold this years celebrations at the Kingdom of Dreams in Gurgaon, late September. Supported by all constituents of the Music industry, GIMA is a pioneering effort by Wizcraft International Entert ... Tags:Chevrolet GIMA Awards 2011
Hotels In Shringeri - Your Accommodation Options By: soni sajjan | - Sringeri is one of the most revered temple towns located in the Chikmanglur district of Karnataka. The world renowned Sri Sarada Samsthanam established by Saint Adi Shankaracharya in the seventh century is located in this small town.
Shringeri Hotels Some Luxury Hotels
This temple town has a few lodges and deluxe Sringeri Hotels. These include the likes of Neeruli Srunge Swaraiah Lodge, Hotel Pallavi Lodge, Padmashri Lodge and Shreepoorna Lodge. All these lodges ser ... Tags:Nandi Hills, Bangalore to Nandi hills
The Kundalini - Everything You Need To Know By: Yamaya Cruz | - Kundalini literally means "coiled". In traditional yoga meanwhile, it means "corporal energy". In the context of meditation, it is defined as an instinctive, unconscious and libidinal force ("Shakti"). It is described as a form of sleeping that creates a latent force in the human organism. According to meditation teacher and Sanskrit translator Eknath Easwaran, the yoga literally means "coiled power" - a force that allows the body to rest at the spine's base area, like the serpent being coiled.< ... Tags:Shakti, Kundalini, Chakra System, Spiritual Healing, Spiritual Cleansing
Kerala- God"€™s Own Country By: Ayush Aggarwal | - Kerala located on the Malabar Coast of south-west India was created on 1st November 1956 by the States Reorganization Act. Kerala is known for its sun-kissed beaches and the misty hill stations.
The state is bordered by Karnataka to the north and northeast, Tamil Nadu to the south and southeast, Arabian Sea towards the west and Western Ghats on the East. Thiruvananthapuram is the capital city. Kochi and Kozhikode are other major cities.
Kerala flaunts the timeless beauty of the pal ... Tags:bus booking, bus tickets, online bus booking, volvo bus service, bus ticket booking, ticket booking for bus, bus ticket bookings, bus services, bus ch
Discovering Waking Down In Mutuality By: Julius givens | - In January 2003 I went to check out Saniel Bonder at a Friday evening presentation in Seattle. A friend of mine, Krishna Gauci, whose spirituality I respected, brought Saniel here from California. Krishna was a fellow practitioner of advaita vedanta, and I knew that Saniel was not of this tradition. I was curious. During the sitting I was impressed by Saniel"s aliveness, intellect and the way he engaged and related to the audience. I also liked his wife, Linda, who was presenting with San ... Tags:
Nonduality: How To Attain Oneness By: Kip Mazuy | -
It is important to realize that separation is not your natural state. You are not separate from everything and trying to get to oneness.
You are doing separation. You are actively separating yourself from this moment. Through defining, describing and judging you separate yourself from everything.
From Religious To Agnostic To Spiritual Seeker By: Julius givens | - In the second grade my relationship with God took a turn for the worse. I was critically injured in a bicycle accident, and in order to save my life the doctors amputated my right arm. After a while my grief turned to anger, and I confronted Him, "Why me, God?" What did I do to deserve this? It wasn"t fair. Eventually, God and I patched things up, and I went back to loving Him.
The Truth About Self Realization By: Kip Mazuy | - There are many teachings about self realization. With the internet you can find tens of thousands of writings on self realization and spiritual enlightenment. Some of them quite wonderful and quite profound.
But because of this, self realization can be reduced to an intellectual experience by many and the opportunity for real enlightenment is lost.
Learn To Practice Meditation And Mindfulness Within Minutes By: Kip Mazuy | - Mindfulness Meditation is one of the most popular and effective forms of meditation. If you read this short article, you will be able to attain deep states of meditation and peace by practicing mindfulness on your own.
Mindfulness meditation is about noticing and allowing. Allowing is important, because you cannot really notice what you do not allow. It is in allowing and noticing that meditation happens.
Anjaana Anjaani Movie Review By: Riddhi Mehta | - Our editor Ms. Riddhi Mehta view anjaana anjaani film yesterday night as reporter and she has published her review on our website today morning. Her review is as follows.
Yes we have had a drought of good Indian cinema for the whole week. ANJAANA ANJAANI was to release last week but didn't. So... are you really thirsty to ... Tags:anjaana anjaani, movie review, movie, review
Oneness Can Be Experienced In Life Each Day By: Sam Black | - The teachings about the oneness of all beings are said to be the deepest spiritual one in this world. And since the oneness is referring to all things, this teaching is the basic factor of everything. Pointing to how each thing or being is connected to and a part of each other, this is the teachings of the ancient eastern traditions of Advaita or Nonduality.
Life and death, happiness and unhappiness, attraction and repulsion. There cannot be one without the other.
The very nature of the ego is to seek only one side of the equation. The ego wants life and not death, wants happiness and not unhappiness, attraction and not repulsion.
Learn The Art Of Spiritual Awareness In Meditation By: Kip Mazuy | - There is nothing more enjoyable, more enriching then the practice of spiritual awareness in meditation. In this short article, I will teach you all you need to know about spiritual awareness.
Consider this: In the mind, you are always going somewhere. You are always looking around the next corner for contentment.
What Is Advaita By: James Swartz | -
Advaita (pronounced aahdwaituh) is a Sanskrit compound that means not two. Although it can refer to anything, it is a particularly important word in the Vedic spiritual tradition because it indicates an important fact about the nature of consciousness, the Self. The portion of the Vedas that deal with the topic of enlightenment is called Vedanta. Vedanta contends that reality is advaita, not two. This means that the subject-object distinction that is the ... Tags:Advaita in US, Advaita Vedanta in Canada, Non duality in Eur
What Is Advaita Vedanta By: James Swartz | - We cannot dismiss the Yoga view completely because untold millions of truthful persons have experienced the self over tens of thousands of years so we need to look for a reasonable explanation for this phenomenon. One possible explanation lies in the imprecise use of language. It may be that the experience of the self is actually a shift from the individuals point of view to the selfs...in which case it would be more accurate to say that the self exp ... Tags:Advaita in US, Advaita Vedanta in Canada, Non duality in Europe, Enlightenment in North America, Self realization in Canada, Meditation in Canada, Bu
Moksha According To Yogic Philosophies By: Dee Braun | - Moksha is a term used in many Indian religions. Someone who is thought to experience Moksha is absolved of the suffering and constant rebirth (reincarnation) that life brings. Constantly going through life and death is not considered to be a good thing according to many religious Indian people.
Let Us Strive For Enlightenment By: newagephilosopher | - The mere theoretical statement that we are potentially divine does not save us from the problems of life., when Lifes problems overwhelm us!
There was a student who learnt Vedanta, the Science of Being and declared somewhat egotistically Aham Brahmasmi, that I am the Universal Truth and all this is My mental image. After some days an excruciating stomach ache gripped him and he began to cry. We are like him. Crying Brahmams, crying Universal Truths !
Your Purpose In Life Is Being Fulfilled In Every Moment By: Devin Iyer | - One fundamental question in life is "What is life's purpose?" This is a very important question to ask yourself, as the answer changes everything! It significantly changes the way you view things, changes your pursuits, and changes the way you live our life.
Here we are, within this context of life and the universe, seemingly separate, ego-centric beings with the ability to desire things, and achieve things. There are a few basic ideas circulating in our collective experience rega ... Tags:awareness, , purpose, , spirituality, , philosophy, , life, , freedom, , enlightenment, , self-improvement, , self-help, , self-development, , happiness, , self improvement
Effortless Meditation By: Eric Putkonen | - After meditating for many years, through many forms of meditation, I prefer a most basic and simple meditation. A meditation that requires no effort. A meditation that is not a doing. It is simply sitting...aware.
In its simplicity is something very powerful, because when we sit down to meditate, often we feel we should be doing something. Instead, for a period of time, we are to do nothing at all. If we find we are trying to control or manipulate our breathing, thoughts, etc., w ... Tags:meditation, spirituality, zen, enlightenment, awareness, consciousness, awakening, present moment
Shree Vallabhacharya Trutiya Gruh - Kankroli (third Seat Of Pushtimarg) By: Dhawal Patel | - The first proclaimar of prem-lakshana nirguna bhakti marg known as Pushti (grace) bhakti marg, is Jagadguru Shreemad Vallabhacharya Mahaprabhu. Pushtimarg is a sect of Hindu Religion proclaiming the Bhakti Marg to attain Lord Shree Krishna. The uniqueness about this sampraday is attaining the Supreme Being i.e. Shree Krishna with the simplest way i.e. Anugraha Marg. Shri Vallabhacharya's philosophy is a faithful interpretion of Vedas and Upanishads teachings, which in known as "SUDDHA ADVAITA" o ... Tags:Pushtimarg, Shuddha-advaita, Shreenathji, Trutiya peeth, Shree Vallabhacharya, Shree Vallabh, Yamunaji
Comprehensive Guide To Worldwide Meditation Techniques By: Anmol Mehta | - There are as many types of meditation techniques as there are wonderful flavors of ice cream. This allows each person to find a flavor that is delicious to them. In this article I will provide an overview of some of the most popular meditation techniques that exist and hopefully this will help you find the style that is sweetest to you.
Understanding Vs. Knowledge By: Eric Putkonen | - Understanding is very different than knowledge. We could learn about something in great detail, accumulate many facts about it, and yet not really understand it. To understand something is to gain the meaning or essence of something, not to merely have a catalog of facts or just naming it. Understanding also implies being able to apply your understanding. For example, if I said 5 plus 5 equals 10, but 1 plus 1 and 8 plus 8 also equal 10...how many would agree? All three statements are true, but ... Tags:understanding, knowledge, thought, consciousness, awareness, beliefs, mindfulness
Death: Teacher Of Life By: Eric Putkonen | - To me, death is a teacher whose wisdom and simplicity can be awe-inspiring. Humanity, as a whole, fears death; however, death is inevitable. For as an old saying goes, you can win a million battles with death, but death only has to win once.
This resistance to an inevitable part of nature brings a certain amount of pain and discomfort. When we come into this life, we are already starting to die as the sands of our life start to run. So many people see death as the enemy; these dam ... Tags:life, fear, teacher, realization, death, moksha, enlightenment, liberation, nirvana, detachment, spirituality
Forgiveness: An Intermediate Exercise In Unconditional Love By: Eric Putkonen | - I have long pondered on why humanity as a whole practices "eye for an eye," especially after reading about Mahatma Gandhi's life and learning the concept that an "eye for an eye only ends up making the whole world blind." The message of peace is within most of the world's doctrines, and yet, it is practiced so rarely.
Forgiveness is one of the keys to peace. In the New Testament, Matthew 6:14 states, "For if ye forgive men their trespasses, your heavenly Father will also forgive ... Tags:forgiveness, forgiving, forgive, love, emotional baggage, spirituality
True Self By: Eric Putkonen | - Authenticity and integrity is really the same thing. To be authentic means to be our real being. I did not use the word "self," because our normal conception of self is a false self. What many people see as themselves is not their true selves. We often try to identify ourselves by our accumulated facts and events, what we do, what we have, what we think, etc., but this is not really our true identity.
What Is Oneness Or Advaita? By: Nirmala | - Advaita means nondual or not two. This oneness is a fundamental quality of everything. Everything is a part of and made of one substance. Often the question arises, If it is all one thing why dont I experience it that way? This is confusing oneness for the appearance of sameness. Things can appear different without being separate. Just look at your hand for a moment. Your fingers are all different from each other, but are they separate? They all arise from the same hand.
Seeing The Nature Of Reality Through Buddhist Meditation By: Copthorne Macdonald | - The perennial philosophy "nondual" spiritual traditions (such as Nisargadatta's Vedanta, and Tibetan Buddhism's Dzogchen) hold that existence involves a monistic, enduring, unchanging, absolute reality and a dualistic, ephemeral, constantly-changing relative reality. Through the practices that I describe in my book Toward Wisdom, I too have come to see that this is the way it is. Describing the situation in words has always been tricky, but I found that certain "information age" concepts clarify ... Tags:wisdom, spirituality, meditation, Buddhism, Vipassana, Dzogchen, Nisargadatta
Using Your Attention To Be Happy By: Nirmala | - There are two possibilities in every moment. The first possibility is to have all of our attention, curiosity and passion focused on what is happening. The other possibility is to focus that same curiosity, attention, and passion on what isn't happening, what is not present, or what want to be happening. The question is: In this moment, what are you giving your attention to? Are you allowing what is, or trying to change it in some way?
The Metaphysical View Of Death And Life After Death Part 1 By: Luxamore | - Humanity throughout the ages have seen death as something loathsome and gruesome; something dreadful, something preferable to avoid at all cost--that is, if a choice were given--but without any other option, are forced to succumb for lack of any power over its occurrence. Anticipating the termination of life at an unexpected moment and the possible prospect of annihilation of self-identity, humanity views death as a state or condition to be feared. This fear is sustained when all around, most of ... Tags:Death, dying, religion, spirituality, metaphysics, fate, NDE, OBE, occult, esoteric, Maya, Self, soul
There are several versions and interpretations concerning Man's Fall to be found in the Western Tradition.This particular doctrine can be said to be the foundation from which all other doctrines and tenets of esotericism are built upon; for without a "fall," why would there be a "salvation"? Why should there be a striving towards perfection, wholeness and unity? Man in his present state of being finds himself isolated, alone, and fragmented. Man subconsciously feels a c ... Tags:esotericism, doctrines, Adam Kadmon, Logos, angels, heaven, mysteries, spirituality, gnosis, occult
