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ARTICLE TOPICS: SPIRITUAL MASTERS
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Chris Tong, Ph.D.: The
Offering of Perfect Happiness
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All the great Spiritual Masters have been
Transmission Masters: they literally transmit their
Spiritual Realization to their devotees, communicating
a state that is happier than the usual worldly destiny.
The greatest of all Spiritual Masters are the Divine
Incarnations, those rare occasions when the Divine
appears in its Own "dream" as a character, for the sake
of Transmitting the greatest Realization of all — the
state of Perfect and Eternal Happiness — which coincides
with awakening from the Dream. In this article, we make
the case that Avatar Adi Da Samraj is just such a rare
Divine Incarnation, here to remind all of their greatest
possible destiny, and to awaken all beings to that Divine
State of Perfect Happiness. |
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David Almquist: Bashing
Gurus and Alternative Religions
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Not too many years ago, it was common in our society
to make jokes indiscriminately about Afro-Americans, women,
homosexuals, and other minorities and ethnic groups. One
by one these groups protested, and eventually changes
occurred. But it is still officially okay, and in fact
quite fashionable, to denigrate gurus and their devotees.
Are we ready, as a culture, to take one more significant
step toward tolerance? |
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Anthony Costable: Disciples,
Fools, and Enlightenment
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Like it or not, authentic practice (leading
to spiritual awakening) demands conscious, deliberate
submission to the adept-teacher, and to all the necessary
offenses inherent in the teacher-disciple relationship.
To the dismay of many Western aspirants, such a relationship
is patently not a democratic institution. And though it
may be a hard pill to swallow, it is the master, not the
aspirant, who provides effective spiritual guidance. Therefore,
always choose a master wisely, but by all means, be wise
and choose a master. |
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