enlightenment

New movement aims to foster peace and progress globally

Happy Science's "Fourfold Path to Enlightenment"-- Love, Wisdom, Self-Reflection and Progress -- has come to the United States through a program of guided meditations, fellowship discussions and more, in New York City, and in centers based in Atlanta, Tampa, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Chicago. Based on the Buddhist principles of Enlightenment, Happy Science's new model is designed for the unique challenges in our modern world, with the goal of helping to achieve greater world peace, one … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: enlightenment, meditation, peace

The Reluctant Guru

By Michael Foley 2 Comments

Seven years ago I spent a week at a meditation center in the mountains of North Carolina. While walking around the center, I was drawn to a specific flyer announcing that enlightened teacher, Dave Oshana, would be coming to the area. The energy jumped off the flyer and I received this very strong intuitive feeling that I have to meet this guy. It proved more difficult than I thought. The flyer was old and Dave had already returned home to London. I also had a hard time getting through because … [Read more...]

Category: Uncategorized Tags: enlightenment, transmission

Enlightenment transmission: An interview with Dave Oshana

By Tim Miejan 3 Comments

Dave Oshana will present Enlightenment Transmission September 23 through October 1 in the Twin Cities.

There is a purpose and a timing to everything, like the phone call I received out of the blue from someone named Michael Foley. He told me about his experience being in the presence of a British man named Dave Oshana, who now lives in Finland. And he proceeded to tell me about how his life has changed, about how he saves up to fly to Finland for intensive workshops with this man, and about how fortunate the Twin Cities is to have this enlightened teacher come here at the end of this … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: enlightenment, interview, transmission

Dave Oshana presenting enlightenment transmission events

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"Enlightenment: Living The Life You Were Born To Live" will be presented in the Twin Cities in late September by Dave Oshana, who started sharing his uniquely effective approach to spirituality after being irrevocably transformed by the Enlightenment Transmission in June 2000. Since then, Oshana has internationally taught thousands of truth-seekers through published articles, email correspondences and live teaching events (including an audience of more than 600 people). Oshana defines … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: enlightenment, transmission

First Twin Cities Awakening Conference

By Tim Miejan 1 Comment

"If I could define enlightenment briefly I would say it is 'the quiet acceptance of what is.'" - Wayne Dyer Enlightenment. Conscious Awakening. Just mention the words and the ears of the spiritual community perk up, only to hear nothing and then fall back asleep. We revere the enlightened gurus and read their books and aspire to be like them, and yet we lose interest when we assume we lack the lifetime of perfection required to get to that level of consciousness. We go to conferences and … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: awakening, consciousness, enlightenment

In the Company of the Enlightened

By Steve Gildersleeve 1 Comment

What is it like to work for an enlightened being? Few of us will become Realized Masters this time around, but some, like Sheela Rajdev, have the chance to work with one. Sheela works closely with one of this era’s gurus, Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev. Sadhguru’s talks and sathsangs routinely draw more than 300,000 people to his home in the Coimbatore district of India, and he has been called to share his wisdom at places like the World Economic Forum and the United Nations. In addition to … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: awakening, enlightenment

The Awakening

By Devrah Laval 6 Comments

I guess it was my time or, rather, God’s time. I was 29 years old. I had a good husband and I was a successful model and dancer. By conventional standards, I had an enviable life and yet I felt somehow empty. Something was haunting me. Then, during a routine check-up, my doctor told me that my uterus had completely dissolved and I would never menstruate again. I would never have any children. I was devastated by the news and was telling a friend about it when she told me about an upcoming … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: enlightenment, god, miracle

Light at the End of the Tunnel

By Sally Paulsen Leave a Comment

Someone should have told me earlier that the journey toward enlightenment was so fascinating and full of love. I wouldn't have waited so long looking for a light at the end of the tunnel, wallowing in the hopeless well of addiction by drinking my way out of pain. Six (Light) sober years later, I find the path growing brighter each day. My pathway in sobriety is a little unconventional. I went to some AA meetings. I followed a Twelve Steps program. I wrapped myself around Step Three: "Made a … [Read more...]

Category: Health Tags: addiction, enlightenment, god

Getting Better is not Waking Up

By Jonathan Krown and Johana Sand Leave a Comment

This is the second in a series of articles about the awakening journey. It describes both the common myths that stand in its way and real steps available for those brave souls who are truly interested in waking up now. The material is controversial in that it questions and challenges many of the assumptions most people hold dear and asks for each of us to instead examine what is really true. As you look inside yourself, you already have the guidebook for your awakening there. You only need to … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: awakening, consciousness, enlightenment, journey

Jesus

By Deepak Chopra 1 Comment

An excerpt from the HarperCollins book, from part one: Seeker A horse!" the temple lad cried as he ran in panting for breath. "Quick, come and see.""Why?" I asked without looking up. I was in the middle of writing, which I did every morning. My scribbles never reached anyone outside this dim, falling-down hut, but that's of no matter."Because he's huge. Hurry, or somebody might steal him.""Before you do, you mean?"The boy was so excited that he kept … [Read more...]

Category: Spirituality Tags: dreams, enlightenment, jesus