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New Article - Definition of Metaphysics: Idealism
Idealism is the doctrine that whatever exists, or at least everything that can be known to exist, is mental. (Opposed to materialism: &qu...  » Read the article

New Article - Definition of Metaphysics: Nature Of God
Dictionaries usually describe God as the Supreme Being. Since we cannot put God on a table for a thorough investigation, God and his natu...  » Read the article

New Article - Definition of Metaphysics: The Existence Of Matter
Our fixed point of reference is the existence of our sense data, and what they are like.   But the existence of the Self, the 'subje...  » Read the article

New Article - Essence of Meditation: What I Really Want
What I really want is for people who have waited well to know that their wait was worth it, I want those who have been righteous and good...  » Read the article

New Article - Definition of Metaphysics: Appearance and Reality
The totality of all physical things is matter. "Is there any knowledge in the world which is so certain that no reasonable man could...  » Read the article

New Article - Essence of Meditation: Food For Thought
The teaching which is written on paper is not the true teaching. Written teaching is a kind of food for your brain. Of course, it is nece...  » Read the article

New Article - Definition of Metaphysics: Nature Of Existence
The general rule we normally accept is: "All things which I perceive/conceive clearly and distinctly are true."   But one ...  » Read the article

New Article - Essence of Meditation: One needs maturity to simply sit...
To seek the Divine within, is it necessary to withdraw from worldly affairs/ Does it not imply running away from one's responsibilities? ...  » Read the article

New Article - Definition of Metaphysics: Nature Of Matter
We shall now take it for granted that matter, physical objects, the external world exist e.g. that there is a real table which exists ind...  » Read the article

New Article - Essence of Meditation: Flight Of The Alone
Being alone with yourself and understanding yourself is a way to peace. Man, as he is and as he lives, is a crowd. He appears to be a sin...  » Read the article

New Article - Morning Meditation: Energise Yourself Each Morning
Morning is the best time for all meditative methods. It is the time when the whole existence is waking up and one can try different metho...  » Read the article

New Article - Definition of Metaphysics: Knowledge By Acquaintance
We are normally acquainted with anything of which we are directly aware, without any inference or knowledge of truth.   Am I acquain...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Osho Kundalini Meditation
Shake Away the Stress Osho Kundalini Meditation acts like an energetic shower, softly shaking you free of your day and leaving you refres...  » Read the article

New Article - Definition of Metaphysics: Look deep within
The Higher Self knows everything about us and sees the bigger picture. It knows all of our past lives, our dreams, frustrations, relation...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Osho Nadabrahma Meditation
Osho Nadabrahma Meditation is a sitting method, in which humming and hand movements create an inner balance, a harmony between mind and b...  » Read the article

New Article - Definition of Metaphysics: Discover your soul
The human species is a three part being - mind, body and spirit. The mind is what drives us, the spirit is our personality or ego, and th...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Aids To Your Meditation
Your meditation seat should be comfortable. A cushion of cotton or some other natural fibre facilitates the natural flow of circulation. ...  » Read the article

New Article - Definition of Metaphysics: Opportunities for transforma...
Did you ever see something go wrong around you and suddenly burst out, How on Earth did I create that? Really, how can bad things happen,...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Love Thyself
This is a meditation to create a new rhythm in your life. Remember: such a lovely beginning will certainly make you love everybody. You w...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Meditating Scientifically
The approaches to the path are many and different personalities are satisfied by different techniques and methods. Each one of us may be ...  » Read the article

New Article - Definition of Metaphysics: Birth and Death are Only Con...
They say that Life is only Existence visible. That birth and death are only constructs in the mind, two points in time, taken to be Reali...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Meditation through Mantras - Man...
Mantra meditation involves channeling one's consciousness from a low level to a high level of purer thought. "In the beginning was t...  » Read the article

New Article - Definition of Metaphysics: Definition of Metaphysics
The term metaphysics originally referred to the writings of Aristotle that came to light after his writings on physics, in the arrangemen...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Totally Involved - Comple...
When your source of motivation comes from your spiritual basis, you will naturally experience an equanimous detachment, while at the same...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Meditation on an object
Meditation can either be on an object, or otherwise, can be objectless. In the initial stages, it is easier if you start by concentrating...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Practising Sacrifice at W...
"Sacrifice" is a word that has many unpleasant connotations for people, especially in the workplace. When a manager says, "...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: Find God in everything
We sometimes fear rejection when we express our needs to others. However, we have the promise from God that, when we ask, our needs will ...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Reducing Ego Desires &nbs...
Have you ever known someone at work who always focused on "me, me, me" - preoccupied with enhancing their reputation or career,...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Meditation on Impermanence
Everything in the universe is impermanent. Like the waves in the sea that ascend and descend, so to creation is made up of electromagneti...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Spiritual Character Part ...
In the past few articles, we've focused on various aspects of developing spiritual character, as found in our equation:   Spiritual...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: Listen to the voice within
Every soul that is currently experiencing life on any level begins and ends as a whole. Our essence - the very core of our spiritual bein...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Techniques In Meditation
The world over, many have confused meditation with concentration and relaxation with meditation. Techniques using music, dance, other for...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Spiritual Character Part ...
As we discussed in our previous articles, the first step in developing spiritual character is to identify your spiritual context, which i...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Spiritual Character Part ...
In our 1st article on spiritual character ("The Power of Spiritual Character"), we shared with you the following equation that ...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: Be Cool, Draw Energy From Sp...
Have you seen how peacefully a child sleeps in the lap of his parent, even in a noisy, crowded local train? The hustle-bustle disturbs ev...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Understanding Meditation
Much of the world today confuses meditation with a lot many exercises that are geared to relaxing the mind or releasing stress. Meditatio...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: The Power of Spiritual Ch...
In high school and college, Debra excelled in accounting and William in mathematics. So, from time to time we love to represent new ideas...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Experiencing The Gap Between Two...
This method is from The Book of Secrets , Osho's talks on Vigyan Bhairav Tantra .   This technique is about using breath to calm the...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: Kshana - Time stands still w...
Hindu mythology of creation talks about how the universe is created each time the Creator Brahma blinks! Millions of human years, called ...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Shifting To A Spiritual V...
A financial consultant once spent many hours working to secure prospective clients, but was unable to close the sales. His manager told h...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Seeing Work as a Spiritua...
Susan, a telephone service representative for a large health insurance company, once taught us an extremely important lesson about "...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Counting in breaths - Breathing ...
In a situation where you can't do active techniques of meditation, a simple but effective passive method will be useful. Breath-watching ...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: The Power of Thoughts
Thoughts are things. You have probably heard this idea at one time or another. You have probably nodded your head in agreement, understan...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Putting Your Spirituality...
"Spirituality at work." Seeing or hearing these words, some people feel sceptical about whether spirituality can mix with work....  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Sound of the Inner Void
Real strength is not what the physical eyes perceive. Real strength is the inner strength, the true self of the being. And the secret to ...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Generate Your Creative Fu...
In our last two articles, we discussed how to use the Creative Journey to turn work challenges into creative opportunities. We asked you ...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: Choices are constraints
No choice in life is without a cost. Each decision to choose something necessarily costs us the option of keeping something else. In most...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Creating A Safe Landing &...
In our previous article about the "Creative Journey", we described four stages to creatively respond to the challenges we face ...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Chanting The Mantra 'Aum'
Aum is one of the most popular chants in India. From time to time Osho has suggested many ways of doing it; if done properly, it can be a...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Turn Your Challenges Into...
Our spiritual teacher often reminds us to be thankful for our challenges and difficulties, and to consider them as good for us. We initia...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: Intelligence and Happiness
Intelligence does not in and of itself bring happiness. What brings happiness is acceptance. There is no purpose to intelligence, it is i...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Let the energy flow into you
Life is a continuous circle of giving and receiving. Usually we are more focussed on receiving than giving. But the mystery of receiving ...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: The Spiritual Basis Of Cr...
In the mid-1980's, while William was consulting on corporate creativity, he began to recognise a similarity in the language that people u...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Seeing The Eternal In The...
Have you ever faced a challenge at work and felt stuck in finding a solution? Or, felt alone in your work with no one to support you in y...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Osho Gourishankar Meditation
This meditation is a unique combination of breathing, looking, letting go and witnessing. Looking at the light with soft gaze is so relax...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: How to stay positive?
Why is staying positive so difficult?   I read, write and strive to be positive, but I often slip back to doubt and fear that seem t...  » Read the article

New Article - Indigo Children: Who Are The Indigo People? - Part Two ...
I always knew that I was different- not only in appearance from my peers, but also different inside, in my mind and my thoughts. I would ...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Positive Spirit - Positiv...
"If only other people would be honest and respectful, then my company would be a better place to work." At work, it's very temp...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Meditation before sleep
Osho has used every opportunity for meditation, says Amrit Sadhana. According to him, the moments before going to sleep are crucial, as t...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: See, Savour, And Serve Th...
In recent articles, we've spoken of three different pathways that people commonly choose for growing spiritually through their work: the ...  » Read the article

New Article - Indigo Children: Who Are The Indigo People? - Part One
I have assembled here a list of some of the traits and potentials of Indigo people. There are many Indigo-ray souls reading this who are ...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: Realizing the concept of dea...
Everyday, we hear of deaths. We hear of people contracting diseases and dying. We hear of earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes, floods etc. ...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Bless Outside For Happine...
"May all beings be happy" is a beautiful blessing that SN Goenka, a great teacher of the Buddhist Vipassana meditation, express...  » Read the article

New Article - Indigo Children: Who Are The Indigo People?   Part...
Indigo homes are interesting places- often reflecting the owner's diverse tastes in books, music, dŽcor, and everything else. We span the...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Breathe out despair
As we exhale, not only do we throw out carbon dioxide from our system, but also mental and emotional impurities. Here, Swami Kriyananda s...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: The Three Keys To Happiness
Life has a way of taking unexpected turns - of throwing surprises at us when we least expect them. In many ways, life does bring one down...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Waking Up Spiritual Wisdo...
In all major religions, the path of spiritual wisdom ( jnana yoga) is the awakening of consciousness to see the inherent Divinity in all ...  » Read the article

New Article - Indigo Children: Who Are The Indigo People?   Part...
Indigos have very rich and sensualist tastes in music, food, scent, color, and other sensual expression. Adult Indigos are often connoiss...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Walking Meditation
For those who do not find the sitting posture appealing enough and prefer movement, walking meditation is a very powerful alternative. Wa...  » Read the article

New Article - Work As A Spiritual Practice: Working With Devotion
You may know people who are "devoted to their work" - meaning that they are dedicated to their careers and their jobs. If this ...  » Read the article

New Article - Indigo Children: What are Indigo and Crystal children a...
How do you know if you, or someone you know, is an Indigo or Crystal Child or Adult?   We will describe the main features and charac...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Inspirations: Ten Ways To Heal a Broken He...
A broken heart requires as much care as a broken bone or as any other physical ailment. However, with time and proper care, one can be co...  » Read the article

New Article - Spirituality At Work: William and Debra Miller  
    See also: Spirituality At Work, Work As A Spiritual Practice, Spiritual Based Leadership     » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Chair meditation - sitting medit...
Understanding a few quick steps of Chair meditation will make Vishvas Meditation even more accessible for you to practice daily at work, ...  » Read the article

New Article - Indigo Children: What are Indigo and Crystal children a...
How do you know if you, or someone you know, is an Indigo or Crystal Child or Adult?   We will describe the main features and charac...  » Read the article

New Article - Spirituality At Work: Living Truth At Work  
In this article we will explore truth , the first of five human values found in all spiritual traditions (truth, righteousness, peace, lo...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Principles: Outgrow the Ego
    (See also: Metaphysics, Metaphysical Principles, Definition of Metaphysics, Metaphysical Techniques, Miracles, Creating M...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Golden light meditation
This meditation is created by Osho to transform the energy that gathers at the sex center, and channelize it upwards. In this meditation ...  » Read the article

New Article - Indigo Children: Warrior of the Heart - The Way of Crys...
Part One How to Recognise a Crystal Child The Crystal Child and its Physical Incarnation Their Special Abilities Some Problems Encounter...  » Read the article

New Article - Spirituality At Work: Spiritual Values Are Human Values...
In February of 2000, we began writing an in-depth programme for working people which explores five human values that are found across all...  » Read the article

New Article - Spirituality At Work: Creating Wonder Questions  
As you explore how to work from a spiritual basis, it is natural that you might have some concerns or reservations about its' "pract...  » Read the article

New Article - Indigo Children: Traits of Indigo & Crystal Childre...
A distinctly different group of children has been born onto the planet over the last couple of decades according to Lee Carroll and Jan T...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation Techniques: Prayer Meditation
Osho has combined prayer with meditation. For him prayer is not asking, prayer is merging with cosmic energy . Let it pass through you an...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Principles: Cardinal Principles
Only direct Knowledge can be the cause for Liberation. Action by itself cannot destroy our illusions and delusions. It is because of our ...  » Read the article

New Article - Spirituality At Work: Defining Success From A Spiritual...
What are the traditional ways in which people define "personal success at work"? For many, it means one or more of the followin...  » Read the article

New Article - Indigo Children: To Label or Not To Label. This is the ...
I've had the wonderful opportunity to work with children who are creative, intuitive, physically and emotionally sensitive and nonconform...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation for Beginners: Meditation - a Stress Buster
Meditation serves as a medicine for stress and provides sound mental health.   Stress can create havoc in our lives as it can lead t...  » Read the article

New Article - Spirituality At Work: Will Your "Real Conscience&q...
Our conscience is our true guide to what is wise, good and beneficial to ourselves and the larger whole. It provides the strength of char...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Principles: Attachment and Non-Attachment
In the West, there is a widespread fear of losing the ego or personality. Through meditation we find that we can expand the ego, not lose...  » Read the article

New Article - Indigo Children: The Wisdom of Indigo Children - An Emp...
Jesse and Mattea are two typical Indigo Children. Jesse, the older of the two, was born in 1987. He was "a ruler on another planet,&...  » Read the article

New Article - Spirituality At Work: "Tuning In" To Your Con...
When Debra managed a software development department years ago, she often gave her employees the motherly advice that "an ounce of p...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation for Beginners: Sound sleep through meditatio...
You can meditate at bedtime lying down, making it more comfortable than sitting meditation, especially for those who are not in the best ...  » Read the article

New Article - Indigo Children: The Unveiling: Adult Transition from I...
It starts with a vague feeling of something not quite being 'right'. Sounds are harsher on the ears, you find yourself avoiding your once...  » Read the article

New Article - Spirituality At Work: Is Your Conscience Showing?  ...
One day a devotee asked his spiritual teacher what to do in a situation he was facing. His teacher gave him very specific directions. The...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Principles: Some Esoteric Principles
Esoteric tenets of the established religions clearly state, among other things that "God is everywhere."   If we are to be...  » Read the article

New Article - Indigo Children: The Systems Busters - The Way of the I...
"Indigo Children" is the name given to a very special group of beings who have chosen to incarnate on our planet with a specifi...  » Read the article

New Article - Meditation for Beginners: Meditation - Frees you of the...
In order to understand the approach and significance of Meditation, one must first understand what health signifies. Complete health is a...  » Read the article

New Article - Spirituality At Work: Start Early, Drive Slow, Arrive S...
Fred Schwettman, former president of the circuit technology division of Hewlett Packard, once told us:   We had a discussion one ti...  » Read the article

New Article - Indigo Children: The New Children Have Arrived - Caring...
Many have asked; what or who are these Indigo Children and how can I help my child, my grandchild, or the student in my class who seems t...  » Read the article

New Article - Metaphysical Principles: Principles Of 'Self'
Through discrimination, the seeker has to isolate the pure innermost Self from the mental coverings.   The Self is only reflected in...  » Read the article