Inner-U

"The Alchemist (A Fable About Following Your Dream)" by Paulo Coelho. It's an interesting novel written in a simple but beautiful way. Coelho's amazing storytelling powers enable the reader to imagine each scene from the novel....

Breaking The Rules: An interview with Yoga Instructor, Tara Stiles...

Path to Anandam is pleased to announce the release of a new book, "Yoga Beyond Asana...the Complete Guide for Blissful Life"which joins our family of the Path to Anandam Pocket Book Series by Satya Kalra. Yoga has become very popular in the world in last decade. More than 20 million people in the USA alone practice yoga. The term yoga in the West is primarily associated with stretches and postures/asanas; however, yoga is much more than physical exercise.

     A poem I wrote to highlight the difference between Jesus and false religion. In the scriptures Jesus received the most opposition from the most religious people of his day. At it's core Jesus' gospel and the good news of the Cross is in pure opposition to self-righteousness/self-justification. Religion is man centered, Jesus is God-centered. This poem highlights my journey to discover this truth. Religion either ends in pride or despair. Pride because you make a list and can do it and act better than everyone, or despair because you can't do your own list of rules and feel "not good enough" for God. With Jesus though you have humble confident joy because He represents you, you don't represent yourself and His sacrifice is perfect putting us in perfect standing with God!

This is a clip from a visit, His Holiness---The Dalai Lama, at Doon School in Dehradun, India, on October 28, 2011. The entire event can be viewed at: http://youtu.be/-3qC5YrfKjc (www.dalailama.com)

Spiritual words from the Vietnamese Buddhist Monk, Thich Nhat Hanh ..!

Chants for Self-Transformation...

"We are not here to save the World or Anyone; We are here to become Aware..." (BUDDHA)

Islam is a verb meaning: Surrender (your will to Allah), Submit, Obey, Sincerity, and 'salam' or peace. Islam gives freedom in chioce to believe or not to believe. It says in the Qur'an 2:256 "There is no compulsion in religion." And the accusations which say 'Islam was spread by the sword' it is a rather silly accusation. As explained, Islam requires people to submit willfully to the Creator of the Heavens and the Earth, not to any King, country, or to any race.