by Gregor Maehle | Dec 9, 2016 | Ecology, Society/ civilisation
As some of you may be aware Indigenous spirituality has recently been one of my main research projects. Many of our religions, created in the last few thousand years, are so called “sky-religions”, where a deity or deities reside in a heaven far removed from human...
by Gregor Maehle | Sep 17, 2016 | Ecology, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
A student was inspired by us retreating to a life in the bush to focus on our spiritual practice. She would like to take a similar step but, finding the preparation tough, wrote the following: “I find myself working 8am-6pm to build a strong financial foundation to...
by Gregor Maehle | Oct 2, 2015 | Ashtanga Yoga, Ecology, Meditation and Samadhi, Society/ civilisation, Teaching, Yoga Philosophy
You can get it here on this site at https://chintamaniyoga.com/shop/ or at your favourite online retailer. Currently available as hardcopy only but ebooks formats are coming soon. A summary of the content: The book culminates in a detailed description of the eight...
by Gregor Maehle | Sep 13, 2015 | Ecology, Mythology, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
The currently predominant concept of Western Science regarding our evolution can be succinctly summarized in this way: We are individual flesh-robots powered by selfish genes that are trying to survive in a hostile or at least indifferent universe. We are pitched...
by Gregor Maehle | Jul 17, 2015 | Ashtanga Yoga, Ecology, Meditation and Samadhi, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
Yoga Sutra 1.2 states: “Yoga is the stilling of the fluctuations of the mind.” But this stanza only defines objectless samadhi, the higher of the two types. Taken out of context and without being supplemented by the other definitions of samadhi, one might think yoga...
by Gregor Maehle | Jul 5, 2015 | Ecology, Meditation and Samadhi, Mythology, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
When Paramahamsa Ramakrishna was asked how he attained samadhi his answer was, “Through total acceptance of the gift of samadhi from the Divine.” This is the most direct way! I am not saying other methods suggested should not be practiced, but they should be...
