A crystal-clear outline and explanation of Chapter One of the Yoga Sutra, together with a brand new translation of a Tantrik scriptural passage that adopts and reinterprets Patañjali's ashtānga-yoga!

The second of two posts on the spiritual culture of Karnātaka, this one also outlines the Bhakti Movement and describes some of its key features. 

The seventh sutra of this seminal Tantrik scripture explained. How does the One become many? What are the fundamental constituents of embodied Consciousness?

In the face of tragedy, we need to feel our emotions fully, but we also need to see through our negative stories, which dishearten us and make us less able to take positive action. This post might help put things in perspective for you.