“1) An increase in peacefulness in meditative state2) A conscious inner experience of calmness in meditation, increase in bliss3) A deepening of one’s understanding and finding answers to one’s question through the calm intuitive state4) An increase in mental and physical efficiency in one’s daily life5) Love for meditation and the desire to hold on the peace and joy of the meditative state6) An expanding consciousness of loving all7) Actual...

In the towering legacy of spiritual literature, Autobiography of a Yogi (1946) by Paramahansa Yogananda is one of the most admired and well-respected memoirs in the genre. The book follows the spiritual journey of Yogananda, from the formative mystical experiences of his early years in India to the discovery and cultivation of the philosophies that brought him legions of followers all over the world. More than a series of inspired...

“The last 100 years of science has began to bridge the gap between the scientific and spiritual understandings of the Nature of Reality. This can be most clearly seen between the teachings of Buddhism & the scientific findings of Quantum Physics. Buddhists point to the notion of Emptiness as that which is the ground from which everything arises and everything returns to. According to Buddhists, everything that you feel, see,...