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1. Great spiritual teachers - my favorite inspirational people These are some of the teachers - past and present - who will keep reminding us that there IS more to life. There is more to US... Spiritual teachers are the salt that gives flavor to our otherwise somewhat dry western culture. With all the focus on...
2. Karen Armstrong: author, former nun and religious inspiration Karen Armstrong is the embodiment of religious tolerance and spiritual transformation. A former Roman Catholic Nun, she got disillusioned about religion. A visit to Jerusalem rekindled her love for religion and she turned to writing books about the...
3. Rudolf Steiner the founder of Anthroposophy Introducing the founder of Waldorf education, alternative farming methods (bio-dynamic farming), alternative health practices and dietary advice - Rudolf Steiner (1861-1925) was way ahead of his time. Rudolf Steiner was quite a learned man. He was a...
4. Anthony De Mello, Christian inspiration from India Influenced the world through his powerful understanding of the human condition. Through the use of parables and teaching stories, de Mello pointed the way to authentic living. The influence of spiritual traditions outside mainstream Christianity is c...
5. Krishnamurti : Jiddu & U.G. This is a disambiguation lens. There are two famous Krishnamurti's in the world of Spirituality. They knew each other. They had similar teachings. Both were anti-guru's. U.G. Krishnamurti was so against being a guru that he didn't give many lectures....
6. Spiritual Quotes and Wisdom Sayings This lens has links to websites and books with wise quotes from various spiritual traditions to uplift your life and inspire you to kindness, patience, inner strength and a better life in general.
7. Love quotes - spiritual, romantic and religious On LOVE in all its manifestations: romantic love, spiritual love, love as a source of creativity etc. Love quotes and links to more quotes on love. Love is never as simple, or as complex, as we think it is...
8. Lao Tse quotes from the Tao Te Ching According to tradition, the Tao Te Ching (or Dao De Djing) was written around the 6th century BC by the sage Laozi (or Lao Tzu, Lao Tse, "Old Master"), a record-keeper at the Zhou Dynasty court. In fact, in China the text is known by his n...
9. Best Dalai Lama Books The Dalai Lama is that unique mix of a spiritual teacher and a political leader. Unlike the Pope he is virtually uncontested as a spiritual inspiration. His continuing attempts at peaceful dialog with the Chinese government is amazing. His attempts a...
10. Thich Nhat Hanh: Peace and Zen Buddhism Monk and Vietnamese peace activist turned Zen Meditation teacher. Thich Nhat Hanh is an Vietnamese Zen Buddhist monk. He is a teacher, author, and peace activist, born in central Vietnam in 1926. He coined the term Engaged Buddhism in his book Vietna...
11. Mme Blavatsky : Helena Petrovna Blavatsky Blavatsky compared the science of her day, studied the world religions and came up with her own synthesis, which she called 'theosophy', or ancient wisdom.
12. Jiddu Krishnamurti, world teacher Jiddu Krishnamurti was famous in his lifetime for first being raised as a 'world teacher' and then renouncing the organisation founded in his honor. Paradoxically he spent the rest of his life teaching all over the world: lecturing, talking to people...
13. John Hick - philosopher of religion An introduction into the philosophy of John Hick a noted religious philosopher using quotes. Philosophers of religion know John Hick's pluralistic hypothesis for it's daring solution to conflict between religions. The basic idea: religion is based o...
14. The Vedas - ancient sacred literature from India Well, not quite. The Vedas are however some of the oldest texts to have survived as living literature till our time. The Veda are the literature of the Brahman elite in India. They were composed between 2000 BC and 500BC (roughly, no dates are clear...
15. The 14th Dalai Lama: Tibetan leader in exile Nobel Peace Prize Winner, popularizer of Buddhism and head of the Tibetan Government in Exile. The Dalai Lama's life is a unique convergence of religion, politics and an admirable stand on peace in the face of aggression. This lens focuses on his l...
16. Katinka Hesselink Online Going crazy trying to keep up with myself online. So this is where you can find me online and where I keep track of my many online profiles. There is a good chance you will find me elsewhere online as well. I'm not very good at keeping this list up t...
17. David Bohm: science and spirituality Famous for his 'Implicate and Explicite Order', quantum physicist David Bohm combines a knowledge of current day physics with a spiritual vision of the universe. His parents were immigrant European Jews, but David went to college and worked with one...
18. What is Spiritual Growth? What is Wisdom? Spiritual growth and wisdom have something to do with living right and positive change. Or does it? I'll explain my idea about spiritual growth: it's ups and downs and how it's linked to wisdom. With links to more inspiration.
19. Ralph Waldo Emerson Emerson was an extraordinary and powerful writer, a passionate poet and reader or observer of what is going on in all of us deep within. He had a gift and the courage to express it without compromising it to be understandable. He did not write for an...
20. How to practice Mantra Meditation This lense is about making your life even happier. Meditation is food for the soul, an essential part of life. We both lived in an ashrama (holy place to live in celebacy and meditate) where we learned from the teachings of a real sadhu, His Divine G...