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SATSANG

2 MEDITATION AND GURU’S GRACE 
by Swami Amar Jyoti
Purity of mind and heart and relaxation are the two golden wings needed for deep meditation. We can learn from books and pilgrimages, but for real spiritual growth we need a Master.

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10 CHOOSING COMPASSION IN A WORLD THAT NEEDS OUR LOVE 
by Anam Thubten
There is a lot of pain in this human life. The path of compassion is a way to kindly and nonviolently evolve.

13 CONVERSATIONS WITH TREES, THE OFFERING OF DARKNESS
by Stephanie Kaza
In the saturated glow of evening, the bleached blond grasses have turned golden with the last light. It is time to go walking, time to enter the realm of the night trees.

16 THE MAHARAJJI BLANKET AND OTHER TEACHING STORIES
by Ram Dass, compiled & edited by Noah Markus
You and I have to dance in form. There’s no way we can meet on this plane other than through our forms.

18
 IF BUDDHA CAME TO A NURSING HOME
by Lori Erickson
Honestly confronting aging and death is largely absent from our culture. So maybe nursing facilities for the elderly are the closest we can get.

22 DRINKING FROM THE RIVER OF LIGHT
by Mark Nepo
Each of us is called to listen our way into the underlying truth that connects us all.

24 
SHAKTI RISING,
EMBRACING SHADOW AND LIGHT ON THE GODDESS PATH 
by Kavitha M. Chinnaiyan, M.D.
The primary purpose of the path of the Mahavidyas is to see the falseness of the I-self and to realize the Self.

28 A DAY OF FORGIVENESS
by Stephen Levine
Forgiveness is a powerful tool for letting go of our suffering 

30 THE ONLY ANSWER IS PEACE OF MIND
by David Hoffmeister
To say the words, “I want peace,” actually means nothing. But to mean them is everything.


34 DEEP CREATIVITY,
FALLING IN LOVE WITH THE PARTICULARITY OF THINGS
by Deborah Anne Quibell
Life is just a play on the canvas of your mind.

36 THE PUZZLING STREAM
by David Perez
At deeper levels, everything—atoms, cells, animals, and people—connect and flow with each other.

38 THE SEEING IS THE DOING
by Rob Nairn, Choden, and Heather Regan-Addis
The way we have perceived our reality has led to the turning of the wheel of suffering.

42
 LETTER TO A YOUNG WOMAN
by Austin Repath
To experience this ultimate gift of aging, the open heart, is a blessing of the highest order.

44 PARAM PARA: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH
by Swami Amar Jyoti
Do not think you are judged by your mistakes or rejected by God. God always looks to you as you are now, not your past.

50
 THE GLASS IS HALF-FULL THEORY
by Aimee Mosco and Donald L. Ferguson
Opportunities exist in every waking moment, and as you adopt this idea, your field of vision grows exponentially.

64 
LIGHT
A poem by Monika John

REVIEWS

46. Books, Books for Children, Audio, Spiritual Cinema

SEEKERS BAZAAR

51. Tools for Your Journey

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SATSANG

2 FREEDOM AND JOY, OUR NATURAL STATE
by Swami Amar Jyoti
Freedom and joy are our heritage. Just be it. When you be it, it just shines like a flash. Eons of darkness can be removed by one beam of light.

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10 YOUR PRACTICE IS YOUR PRACTICE
by Edward Espe Brown
What is ordinary is to strive after something you think is special. What is truly special is to abide in the ordinary.

12 LEX HIXON’S RADIO INTERVIEWS
Edited by Sheila Hixon
How a weekly NYC ecumenical radio program became a pivotal voice for the 1970s spiritual revolution

16 ETHICS IN TROUBLED TIMES
by Scott Cooper
The core of morality is to live by rules of behavior that benefit ourselves and the world.

18 THE DALAI LAMA SPENDS THE NIGHT
by Christi Cox
The Holy seeks us out, comes looking for us, no matter which unlikely fragment of this world—in the largest sense—we inhabit.

22 SPIRITUAL REBEL
by Sarah Bowen
How often do we stop to see the wonder around us? To be amazed? To be awed? To be?

26 QUIETING THE MONKEY MIND
by Dudley and Dean Evenson
Sound is a carrier wave for intention. If we connect the tone with an intention, affirmation or prayer, there can be an increased flow of blessing.

29 YOGA’S THREE D’S
by Scott Richmond
Our souls must experience many things on our journey to return to our Source. This yogic practice has brought me strength, courage, joy and compassion

30 WORKING WITH THE THINKING MIND
by Mark Coleman
Thoughts are just thoughts, they are not as real as we believe them to be.

 

  33 IS ALL THIS REAL?
by Charles Shahar
Life is just a play on the canvas of your mind.

36 THE CELESTIAL SPHERE
by Philip J. Imbrogno
Stargazing reminds us that we are all children of the stars, searching for our origins and the meaning of life.38 THE DIFFICULTY OF FINDING HAPPINESS
by Anyen Rinpoche and Allison Choying Zangmo
Losing self-cherishing is the key to peace and contentment, and the best methods are gradual and gentle.42 A LIVING SOUL, EMBODYING OUR ESSENTIAL NATURE
by Adolfo Quezada
Our soul accentuates our human condition because it is through our humanity that we come to know our divinity.

44 PARAM PARA: ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ON THE SPIRITUAL PATH
by Swami Amar Jyoti
Who is the witness beyond ego and mind? How to truly be God’s instrument. The scientific meaning of forgiveness.

50 SPIRITUAL GROWTH
by Kent Nerburn
What it means to practice your belief.

64 AN IMPORTANT LETTER TO OUR READERS
by Sita Stuhlmiller

REVIEWS

46 Books, Books for Young Adults & Children,
Mixed Media, Audio, Spiritual Cinema

SEEKERS BAZAAR

51 Tools for Your Journey

Mature woman in park joining hands with closed eyes and meditates. Relaxed senior woman with joined hands breath deeply with closed eyes. Healthy woman meditating outdoor.”r

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