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Guardian Spirits

Submitted by PALLAS ATHENA – Manager on Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:12 PM

Guardian Spirits

    The contemporary interest in angels is built largely around Guardian angels, a specific category of angelic beings said to be assigned to watch over each person. However, parallel notions of guardian or tutelary spirits are found worldwide in every culture—even in societies lacking belief in what we would readily call angels. The function Read More…

160 Years Ago, This Week…

Submitted by SHABDA – Preceptor on Tuesday, January 22, 2013 6:28 PM

160 Years Ago, This Week…

Irish Famine — The Choctaw Send AidOne hundred and sixty years ago this week in 1847, the Indians of the Choctaw nation took up a collection. Moved by news of starvation in Ireland, a group of Choctaws gathered in Scullyville, Oklahoma to raise a relief fund. Despite their meager resources, they collected $170 and forwarded it Read More…

Prayers For World Peace

Submitted by INDIA – Exec. Admin. on Monday, January 21, 2013 12:06 PM

Prayers For World Peace

    Baha'i Prayer for Peace Be generous in prosperity, and thankful in adversity.Be fair in thy judgement, and guarded in thy speech.Be a lamp unto those who walk in darkness, and a home to the stranger.Be eyes to the blind, and a guiding light unto the feet of the erring.Be a breath of life Read More…

Inner Guidance

Submitted by SHABDA – Preceptor on Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:33 PM

Inner Guidance — The Silence Speaks Volumes: "To be pure and still means to be open to purity and stillness — as a result you can intuit the truth." "Detach yourself from what disturbs and distracts you, and be as pure as one who breathes in purity and emptiness. This state is the gateway to Read More…

CHRIST ON THE SILK ROAD

Submitted by SHABDA – Preceptor on Thursday, January 17, 2013 11:33 PM

  The Evidences of Nestorian Christianity in Ancient China byGlen L. Thompson In 2001, the author, ecumenist, and BBC broadcaster Martin Palmer announced the discovery of a seventh- or eighth-century Christian pagoda in central China. Palmer’s claims were reported inChristianity TodayandU.S. News and World Report. I was teaching in Hong Kong that year and had Read More…

Zeno’s Lenses

Submitted by LOGOS – Overseer on Thursday, January 17, 2013 2:44 AM

Zeno’s Lenses

Xeno pulled The Book down from the shelf- Dusted it clean So he could read to himself.   The tome was old- With yellowing pages Scribed peculiar By sages and mages.   The cover hand tooled- Of fine crafted leather A voluminous read Yet light as a feather.   The symbols arcane- The drawings elite Read More…

Living From the Heart: The Joy of Being Humble

Submitted by SHABDA – Preceptor on Wednesday, January 16, 2013 10:44 PM

Living From the Heart: The Joy of Being Humble

  The Joy of Being Humble   The great prophets and sages have taught that there are none lower than one's own self, and simultaneously, that there are none more exalted. Indeed spiritual equality is our birthright, yet in the midst of this great diversity it's all too easy to overlook our inherent equality and Read More…

Surprising Sources of Artwork

Submitted by on Tuesday, January 15, 2013 3:14 PM

Surprising Sources of Artwork

When it comes to artwork … I am an amateur. Recently, while aimlessly browsing Wikipedia, I came upon some art that was shocking to me in that I thought it was extremely well done, yet was not being found where I would expect to find art. The Coat of Arms for various cities and countries Read More…

The Saint And The Scorpion

Submitted by INDIA – Exec. Admin. on Sunday, January 13, 2013 3:01 PM

The Saint And The Scorpion

One day a saint was taking a bath in a river. His disciple sat on the bank with the saint's clothes, asana and rosary. The saint noticed a scorpion struggling in the current. Taking pity, he lifted the bedraggled scorpion in his palm and started wading toward the bank. No sooner had the scorpion recovered Read More…

Occult Initiation

Submitted by on Wednesday, January 9, 2013 8:38 PM

Occult Initiation

From Alice Bailey's Initiation, Human and Solar (1922). * * * Initiation is a rite of passage ceremony marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society. It could also be a formal admission to adulthood in a community or one of its formal components. In an extended sense it can also signify a transformation Read More…

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