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…
As we contemplate the New Year, let us give tribute to the past that has brought us to where we are now. A New Year’s Message by Paul Hourihan The past is not fixed. It is what you think it is. As you change, your power of perceiving changes. As Read more…
Of all the delusions the world imposes on us the worst is to make us believe it is an arena where Truth may be found. “For here we have no continuing city….” – Saint Paul Use the world to strengthen your mind and personality, deepen your understanding. Use the Read more…
By Paul Hourihan (Edited by Anna Hourihan from lecture transcripts) In Vedanta there is the Upanishadic vision of the all-present, all-pervading Oneness in life. When we actually feel this Divine presence stirring in us, then it is easier to sense the Divine in those with whom we are related: the Read more…