by Gregor Maehle | Sep 4, 2021 | Ecology, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
Everybody would like to be guided by a higher intelligence, even if that is not the exact wording they would give to this process. And why wouldn’t we? The amount of certainty and inner peace that we could derive from such an apprenticeship is comparable to nothing...
by Gregor Maehle | May 28, 2021 | Ecology, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
We now have two closely interlinked divine aspects; firstly, the infinite consciousness (the God transcendent) and secondly, the entire material cosmos (the God immanent), a crystallization of divine intelligence, reflecting itself in infinite consciousness. But these...
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...
