by Gregor Maehle | Jul 24, 2021 | Meditation and Samadhi, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
This is the complete Chapter 8 from my recent book Chakras, Drugs and Evolution. This chapter is my reckoning with Aldous Huxley’s Perennial Philosophy, in which he suggests that all mystics were essentially experiencing the same even if they clothed it in...
by Gregor Maehle | Jul 13, 2021 | Audio/Video, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
This would have to be my favourite podcast. I am interviewed by Miriam and Adam from We Are Open Circle about laughing at your own authority, listening to the mystery, spirituality as a community practice, and more. For podcast please click...
by Gregor Maehle | Jun 12, 2021 | Psychology, Society/ civilisation, Yoga Philosophy
Freedom is attained by living your divine purpose, by expressing its will and embodying its nature. I often get asked whether I thought there was free will, and then, often, facts from neurology are quoted to claim that we don’t. To begin with, I think the question is...
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 | May 15, 2021 | Meditation and Samadhi, Mythology, Yoga Philosophy
Immanent means here-with-us; something that we can perceive, experience and touch. Unfortunately, religion was so obsessed with the transcendental aspect of the Divine that the immanent aspect has often been forgotten. As the transcendental aspect of the Divine in...
by Gregor Maehle | May 3, 2021 | Meditation and Samadhi, Mythology, Yoga Philosophy
There are three aspects to the Divine. We could say the three aspects make a trinity. This has, of course, already been described in Christianity, so there is nothing new to it. Understanding the three aspects is an integral part to living your life’s divine purpose...