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- The Two Great Impediments to Spiritual Awakening - by Submitted on Sep 06, 2023 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThere are two great impediments to spiritual life. The first is attachment to the body and the sensory experience, because when there is attachment to the physical form and the sensory experience there is engagement with the body-mind structure and the belief that you are this small person who ...
Views: 252 - The Power of Love - by Submitted on Aug 02, 2023 from Maetreyii Ma NolanEvery day is a new opportunity, a new beginning, an opportunity to live the life you truly want to live. Spirituality uplifts the human spirit. It is governed by love, lovingkindness, compassion, and awareness. When the mind and body and spirit are aligned, there is a flow from that infinite ...
Views: 295 - The Vastness of Your True Nature - by Submitted on Jul 13, 2023 from Maetreyii Ma NolanToday is a new day, a new beginning. Each day of your life brings you closer to your destiny. Whether you are young or old is irrelevant. What is relevant is what you do each day. Each day is a new beginning, a new opportunity to be what you truly want to be. The individual self, the ego self ...
Views: 283 - The Opportunity of Life's Challenges to Awaken and Grow - by Submitted on May 30, 2023 from Maetreyii Ma NolanFor hundreds of thousands of years, humans have lived on this planet. They have each struggled to exist, to survive, to have a good life - to live. And in this time throughout history, people have encountered various obstacles, difficulties, and struggles in life. These struggles are a natural ...
Views: 263 - Your True Lasting State of Happiness - by Submitted on May 16, 2023 from Maetreyii Ma NolanWhat do people want, really want? They want to be happy. Everyone loves their life. They want to find happiness, find expression, find love, find joy. This desire for happiness is universal. The desire to live and the fear of death are shared by all human beings and most living beings. This ...
Views: 307 - How to Use Love to Transform Obstacles and Suffering - by Submitted on May 02, 2023 from Maetreyii Ma NolanAll beings have suffered. Sometimes in life, things go your way; sometimes, they go the opposite—be it physical, mental, or spiritual, be it loss of loved ones, loss of health, or loss of well-being in one form or another. These periods where something difficult happens can be very challenging, ...
Views: 291 - Dharma and the Path to Harmony - by Submitted on Apr 24, 2023 from Maetreyii Ma NolanWhen you move on the path of dharma, you move in harmony with your own nature and with the essential nature of all beings. Can you feel those moments when your thoughts, words, and deeds are in harmony with life? When you sense such harmony, such alignment, then you are truly following ...
Views: 372 - Your Unlimited Unchanging Essence - by Submitted on Jul 08, 2021 from Maetreyii Ma NolanEvery living being loves their life. Everyone wants to be happy. The deer in the field wants to be happy. The wolf, the coyote wants to be happy. The plants, the trees want to be happy. And human beings want to be happy, want to feel that life is sweet. And it is a burden that even the wise ...
Views: 474 - How to See Beauty in Every Aspect of Your Life - by Submitted on Apr 22, 2021 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThere are many different situations and circumstances that may confront a person during their life, and of those, there will be trials and tribulations, challenges and difficulties, as well as joys, opportunities. You have an opportunity on how you view life and your circumstances. You can ...
Views: 741 - The Evolution of Humanity - by Submitted on Mar 22, 2021 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThe world today faces a crisis. That crisis is a spiritual crisis. A crisis of the soul, of the heart, expressed in the physical world in the variety of collective circumstances that face the planet today. There is one point about all of these circumstances—the pandemic, the racial problems of ...
Views: 454 - Jnana, Bhakti and Karma Yoga - by Submitted on Feb 09, 2021 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThere are three primary yogas - jnana yoga, bhakti yoga, and karma yoga. Jnana yoga is the yoga of knowledge, the yoga of right understanding. It utilizes the mind to bring a clear understanding of the nature of reality and focuses on undoing erroneous beliefs about the nature of self and others ...
Views: 958 - Awaken to the Opportunities of Your Life - by Submitted on Dec 17, 2020 from Maetreyii Ma NolanEach day is a new beginning, a new dawn, a new opportunity to become that which you truly want to be. When you rise each day it is a fresh start. Think, the night before, what you want in life, what you want to be, how you want to be in the world. You have every opportunity every day to create ...
Views: 604 - Working with Bhakti, Karma and Jnana Yoga - by Submitted on Nov 23, 2020 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThere are three basic paths of yoga. One is bhakti, devotion. The other, karma, good work in the world with a sense of selfless service with doing things without attachment to the results of actions. And the third path is jnana yoga, the yoga of knowledge. It works with the mind. Bhakti ...
Views: 662 - The Challenge of Human Life - by Submitted on Aug 27, 2020 from Maetreyii Ma NolanMany different feelings and emotions come in human life, many different types of experiences. And some of them are very painful, very difficult. And difficult experiences can be unique to you, or you can be part of a collective Karma, where those experiences involve a whole group of ...
Views: 1151 - Dharma and Life in Balance - by Submitted on May 20, 2020 from Maetreyii Ma NolanDharma needs to be followed both by individuals and by the collective society as a whole. When an individual is out of alignment with dharma, their life becomes disjointed and they cease to have a harmony with the world around them. They become self-centered and self-absorbed. When a society, a ...
Views: 938 - Working With Change, Coronavirus and Transformation - by Submitted on Mar 19, 2020 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThe situation in the world today is one of shift and change. The more dynamic the change, the more resistance to change occurs. Change that brings transformation is not easy. That which has existed, the status quo, wants to continue to exist. This is true in personal life and in collective ...
Views: 1025 - Dharma and the Tao - by Submitted on Feb 18, 2020 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThe teachings of the Tao come from the ancient teachings of dharma. When a being follows the Tao, they are in alignment with their inherent nature and they follow the laws that govern that inherent nature. These laws, the principles and operating forces of the universe, are the fabric of ...
Views: 855 - The Qualities of Dharma - by Submitted on Dec 10, 2019 from Maetreyii Ma NolanIn order to truly follow dharma, four qualities need to be cultivated. They are Vistara, or the expansiveness of vision; Rasa, flow, to be saturated with blissful awareness and movement towards your eternal essence; Seva, service, and Tatsthiti, divine union, wholeness. If you are to follow ...
Views: 1205 - The Secret to Real Happiness is Learning to Love Yourself, Here's How - by Submitted on Jun 25, 2019 from Maetreyii Ma NolanLife tends to present us with both great struggles and great joy, difficulty, and happiness. In this mix, happiness is often fleeting. If you are fortunate enough to have good circumstances, you might find happiness in your life for a time, but if your feelings of happiness are generated only ...
Views: 1036 - Be Your Own Person - by Submitted on May 08, 2019 from Maetreyii Ma NolanFor most people, when the group goes one way, they go that way; they believe what the group believes. When the group goes another way, they go that way. Why? Because they have surrendered to the group psychology, as their instincts around power and submission tell them to do for their survival. ...
Views: 1761 - Loving Yourself - by Submitted on Mar 21, 2019 from Maetreyii Ma NolanLoving yourself is essential because it is by loving your own self that you become able to love others. When you learn to view your own faults and failings with understanding and compassion, you become able to accept and love others, even when you know their imperfections. When you see ...
Views: 1900 - What is Compassion? - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2019 from Maetreyii Ma NolanWhen you live in appreciation of life and reverence for life, you become alive, vibrant in gratitude and joy then you move toward love and compassion. For the Divine is the source of compassion. When you develop compassion, you put real love into practice. Seeing the pain and suffering of ...
Views: 2004 - A Call to Action - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Maetreyii Ma NolanAs we begin this year, we face some significant issues in the world and in the United States. There is a polarization of people, dire predictions about the soon to come impact of global warming, about immigration, the migration of people from areas in the world impacted by violence and/or ...
Views: 1955 - A Call to Action - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Maetreyii Ma NolanAs we begin this year, we face some significant issues in the world and in the United States. There is a polarization of people, dire predictions about the soon to come impact of global warming, about immigration, the migration of people from areas in the world impacted by violence and/or ...
Views: 1867 - A Call to Action - by Submitted on Jan 08, 2019 from Maetreyii Ma NolanAs we begin this year, we face some significant issues in the world and in the United States. There is a polarization of people, dire predictions about the soon to come impact of global warming, about immigration, the migration of people from areas in the world impacted by violence and/or ...
Views: 1825 - What is Gratitude? - by Submitted on Nov 27, 2018 from Maetreyii Ma Nolan"Gratitude is not only in what you do but how you approach what you do." There are some whose lives are filled with great blessings but still feel that they have nothing. And there are those who are truly poor, yet given even the slightest crumb will feel they are most fortunate. ...
Views: 1307 - Understanding True Forgiveness - by Submitted on Nov 14, 2018 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThe concept of forgiveness is spoken of in many spiritual traditions. In Biblical terms, it is said that we should turn the other cheek, have gentle behavior and practice nonviolence. To be able to do this, you must be able to forgive the one who has affronted you or who has harmed you. How ...
Views: 1239 - Understanding the Nature of Love - by Submitted on Oct 16, 2018 from Maetreyii Ma NolanLove is a many-faceted topic. There is love between people, love for nature, love for animals and plants and love for the Divine. What is important in all of these different experiences of love is that you love purely. To know infinite love, you need not live up to anyone’s expectations but only ...
Views: 1231 - Svadhyaya, Reflections Upon the Nature of Soul - by Submitted on Jan 31, 2018 from Maetreyii Ma NolanDear friends, We have two more aspects of Yama and Niyama to cover, Svadhyaya (self-reflection) and Ishvara Pranidhana ( surrender to God). When we have completed these two aspects we will move on to discussion of other aspects of yogic teachings such as karma, samskara, the five ...
Views: 1224 - Tapas the Third Principle of Yama & Niyama - by Submitted on Aug 16, 2017 from Maetreyii Ma NolanToday lets discuss the relationship we have to ideas like selflessness, self-sacrifice or selfless service. Ideas like self-sacrifice or selflessness have become associated for many people with letting yourself be stepped on or over run by others, of being a kind of dish rag, moping up others ...
Views: 1613 - SANTOSHA, INNER PEACE OR EQUANIMITY OF MIND - by Submitted on Jun 08, 2017 from Maetreyii Ma NolanToday’s article is about the second of the yogic principles to follow in Niyama, Santosha, that is inner peace or equanimity of mind. Inner peace is a powerful state of being but requires the development of certain mental attitudes. If you keep your attention absorbed in the ups and downs of ...
Views: 1372 - SAOCHA, PURIFYING YOUR BODY AND MIND - by Submitted on Mar 09, 2017 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThe yogic concept of Saocha is about cleanliness, or purity, of both the body and the mind. This practice brings a kind of clarity and subtly of being. To practice it is to clean away all the dirt that may clutter the mind so that perception of the Infinite is possible. The mind has many layers. ...
Views: 1471 - NIYAMA - by Submitted on Dec 07, 2016 from Maetreyii Ma NolanI am very excited to be able to offer the teachings of Yama and Niyam to everyone. If you have an interest in yogic philosophy and how you might incorporate these teachings in your life to help you with the challenges that arise on your spiritual journey, then I strongly suggest you read my new ...
Views: 1177 - APARIGRAHA, Simplicity, Generosity - by Submitted on Aug 31, 2016 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThe final practice of Yama the yogic avoidance's, is Aparigraha, that is, to avoid accumulating beyond your needs. It literally means to not (a) grab, hoard, hold on to things or take more than you need (parigraha). It encourages a life of simplicity and generosity on all levels, having what is ...
Views: 1282 - BRAHMACHARYA ~ Transmuting Desire - by Submitted on Aug 10, 2016 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThe Sanskrit Brahmacharya blends two words, Brahma meaning God and Charya meaning to follow. This practice involves seeing everything in this universe as the manifestation of the Brahma, the Primal Source of Being. Some scholars limit this transmutation of desires in Brahmacharya to controlling ...
Views: 1600 - ASTEYA - Non-Stealing, the Third Precept of the Yama's of Yoga - by Submitted on Jul 27, 2016 from Maetreyii Ma NolanAsteya is the yogic practice of avoiding taking what does not belong to you and is not freely offered to you. It includes greedy desires expressed in our thoughts, words, and our deeds. There are many reasons we may covet what we do not have and be jealous, feeling someone else has more than we ...
Views: 1281 - SATYA, LIVING IN TRUTH - by Submitted on Jul 11, 2016 from Maetreyii Ma NolanThis week we will explore Satya, the practice of truthfulness and the second tenant of the Yamas. This is the practice of not deceiving oneself or others. Being truthful with others and with ones self is extremely important on the spiritual path, as the goal of yoga is to know the ultimate ...
Views: 1147 - AHIMSA, LEARNING TO ACT WITHOUT HARMING OTHERS - by Submitted on Jun 28, 2016 from Maetreyii Ma NolanAhimsa, the principle of non-injury or non-violence. It literally means to not harm and is the first and most basic of five actions to avoid outlined in the Yama’s. The Yama’s and the Niyama’s are considered by some to be moral or ethical codes. Though they may serve as such, in reality ...
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