‘Re-union of soul and Spirit, after so long living in the Great Divorce from God, is the theme for this life-time. . . . To find the real resolution from suffering is the work we are here to do.
The key to gaining spiritual freedom . . . is the ability to learn from our experience. This ability to learn from experience is basic to all growth. So many people repeat the same errors and expect different results: this is insanity. The soul who wishes to really grow must be a keen observer of cause and effect, for this is the universal law of creation.
How can we remain in a shadow existence when that is not who we are? Realize that there is much more to us. Let us demand our birthright, proclaim our freedom, and manifest all that we are in truth. This is the task for which we have come and it waits for us to step into the Divine Image and Likeness of who and what we truly are.’
- Yogacharya David
Yogacharya David, as a modern Western yogi, found his way through materialism and the five-sense bound nature that seems to have captured humankind to discover a new understanding of truth-the sacred, ancient, yogic science of truth. Join Yogacharya David as he shares his journey and seeks the infinite soul-force-mankind’s unique spiritual heritage-and finds the path that is seeded in the sovereign heart of each individual. As Yogacharya David shares his marvellous and perilous pilgrimage of sacred discovery with us, we too can embody more conscious soul-force, birthing a new re-union of soul and Spirit.
Tabla de materias
Prefaceix
Introductionxiii
January
Give Love3
Master’s Birthday6
Work Is Love Made Visible9
Truth Makes You Free12
The Simple Peace and Joy in Finding God15
Decisions - Decisions - Decisions18
February
Mother’s Silver Anniversary22
The Sword Is In Krishna’s Hand25
Quiet Determination28
Living in the Present31
Overcoming Fear and Anger34
Birthday Greetings38
Best Birthday Present41
March
Honoring This Amazing Temple44
Desert Purity47
Impossible Tasks50
A Test of Love53
Following in the Footsteps
of the Great Ones56
Unbounded Freedom60
Resurrection64
April
Kriya Initiation67
All Is He70
Building a Perfect House in God73
Aspiration vs. Attachment76
Enlightened Self-Interest79
A Bridge to the Infinite82
Will and Surrender86
May
Micro-Moments of Joy89
Mother’s Day92
Prayag95
Inner Prayag97
The Inner Sound100
June
Compensation102
In Perfect Service106
Ridding World-Addiction109
Slipping Through the Bonds113
Seclusion and Recharging115
Superior Character117
Nature’s Healing Power120
July
Sacred Land123
Superior Inner Nature126
Echoes of Infinity130
Darkness Abhors the Light134
Relations - Attachment and Freedom137
Guru Purnima141
Babaji Remembrance Day144
Ingredients for a Great Marriage148
Positive Tapas151
August
It Is Either a One or a Zero155
Perfect Faith159
Joy in Victory164
Your Temple-Home168
Don’t Eat, God First!171
My Cup Runneth Over174
Decisions176
The Art of Balance180
September
Something Beautiful for God183
The Inward Mind187
Happy Journeys Powered by Aum190
Badlands Are Not So Bad193
From Wall Drug to Mt. Rushmore196
Reflections on This Equinox Day200
Be Ye Perfect205
Sacred Yellowstone210
Old Mission - Powerful Medicine214
October
First Yellowstone Safari218
A Meditation on Master224
Blessings - Not Luck228
Arjuna Chooses Krishna231
November
Gathering God234
Come - Rise Up237
The Love of God240
Walking Among Giants243
He Must Come to You247
A Natural State of Gratitude250
Tis the Season253
God’s Emissary256
December
A Most Excellent Result259
Food for the Soul263
The Love of Divine Mother267
Freshly Born Truth270
Was It a Year Ago - Or a Lifetime Ago?272
Attaining Needed Velocity275
The Eve of Christmas278
Christmas Morn’280
Papa’s Sannyas282
Unwritten Pages of the New Year285
Conclusion288
References291
Image Attribution293
Acknowledgments297
About the Author299
Also by Yogacharya David301
Sobre el autor
Ruth M. Lamb, BA, MSN, Ph D., health care professional, author, and editor began her career as a critical care nurse. Following this, she became a corporate Director of Nursing and then moved from conventional Western medicine to study other healing modalities. She completed programs addressing the mind-body epigenetic connection and the electromagnetic-light body bioelectric mechanisms of health and healing. She then joined an academic institution where she was hired to develop and teach integrative healing programs, taught in Canada and led internships to India. Adult participants in the foundational three-year program completed clinical practice hours and internships in numerous conventional medicine settings under academic-hospital arrangements. Shorter retreat-based strategic resilience programs were developed specifically for First Nations groups and for First Responders.In addition to writing numerous curricula, Standards of Practice documents, and articles, Ruth has written two books: The Sadhana of Healing: A Subtle Energy Approach to Addiction Treatment and Human Becoming: A Guide to Soul-Centered Living.Ruth is a wife, mother, and grandmother. She has made many trips to India to study the Vedic system of living and healing. She continues to study the integral, multidimensional relationship that leads to vibrant health and a well-lived life.She is currently editing the life work of Yogacharya David Hickenbottom, a Western yogi of the Kriya Yoga tradition, at the invitation of David’s wife, Carla. Yogacharya David left a legacy of accessible teachings, he reminds us that our sacred connection bridges physical to energy-body, mental, intuitive/transpersonal and spiritual, all in one unique human being. Ruth sees Yogacharya David’s legacy writings to be capable of nurturing us back to our true origin in spirit; they can assist us to re-remember our unique purpose-the purpose that brought us to this realm of physical matter.