By Paul Hourihan/ed. Anna Hourihan Can meditation compete with such things as vacations? Going away on vacation is wonderful! There is only one fault with it—we bring ourselves along. We can get away from our jobs, but we can’t get away from ourselves—that is, the ego self, the compulsive self, Read more
According to Hindu mythology, the duration of the world is divided into four Yugas,* or ages, each lasting thousands of years. The Kali Yuga or Iron Age, which we are deeply entangled in, comes at the end of the cycle and is historically a time of materialism, sensuality, and godlessness. How, then, do Read more
By Paul Hourihan (edited by Anna Hourihan) Easter presents the great message of Christ’s life: Sacrifice is the way to resurrection. Nature must be crucified on the cross of our self‑immolation, the willing sacrifice of our ego‑life. Then will come the resurrection of the Soul out of the tomb of the Read more
On this day in 1854, Henry David Thoreau, the great American writer, thinker, and mystic published “Walden.” This classic book recounted his two-year experiment to live a simple life in Walden Woods. To honor this day, we are posting the following excerpt from Mysticism in American Literature: Thoreau’s Quest and Whitman’s Read more