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MEDITATION, ECSTASY, AND ILLUMINATION I am sure you recognize that the three words of my title meditation, ecstasy, and illumination mark the different stages of spiritual attainment. Illumination has …
Nowadays you are told that you should not control your emotions too much or something will happen to your psyche and you will have to run to a psychiatrist. …
Once Sri Ramakrishna said of an experience of his that suddenly a boy came out of his body, a sixteen-year-old boy with a shining form; he also became a …
Physically, particularly as he progresses, such a person loses his appetite, that is to say, he loses his desire for material things like food and drink and sleep and …
Ramanuja, who is not considered to equal Shankara in importance, fulfilled a similar function that is, he is considered to be a man with spiritual authority. Greater saints may …