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Guru Jagat • Invincible Living
Pratibhā simultaneously means intuitive insight, embodied instinct, and spontaneous inspiration.
Christopher D. Wallis • Near Enemies of the Truth: Avoid the Pitfalls of the Spiritual Life and Become Radically Free
Among many others, I draw on the ideas of two spiritual teachers I should mention. One is my friend Douglas Harding, whose unique and inimitable approach sheds light on the Self as Consciousness, which is pure Kashmir Shaivism. The other is the enigmatic 20th-century teacher G. I. Gurdjieff. I met his teachings in my earliest days as a spiritual
... See moreSwami Shankarananda • Consciousness Is Everything: The Yoga of Kashmir Shaivism
The root teacher in yoga is always the present moment. The word guru comes over to English as “gravity.” Guru denotes a center of gravity. The root gu stands for darkness; ru for its removal. The guru, or the teacher, is one who sheds light in the darkness of avidyā. The guru is one who understands the law of gravity and other basic laws of the
... See moreMichael Stone • The Inner Tradition of Yoga: A Guide to Yoga Philosophy for the Contemporary Practitioner
Devipuram—“The Goddess’s Abode”—the temple complex that Guruji had spent more than three decades building up from almost nothing in the rural wilds of eastern India.
Michael M. Bowden • The Goddess and the Guru: A Spiritual Biography of Sri Amritananda Natha Saraswati
the guru, the spiritual teacher, is in every one of us. All that another person can do is to make us aware of the teacher within ourselves.