Insights

Some of the articles on this site are not easily categorized into one religious tradition or another. We have therefore created this page of links to articles of unique insights and wisdom.

• Commentary on Light on the Path by Swami Nirmalananda Giri

In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, an Englishwoman named Mabel Collins was inspired to record teachings on the beginnings of the spiritual quest in a small book called Light On The Path. She did not consider herself the author but only the transmitter. Therefore she insisted that the title page say: “Written down by M. C.” In the following commentary we will be carefully analyzing her inspired transcription, for those who would make the Great journey must know both the path and how to travel upon it.

• The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God by George Bernard Shaw

George Bernard Shaw wrote The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God in 1932. It was a bold, devastating, and ruthless unmasking of people’s “gods”—none of which have anything to do with God. When reading it, please keep in mind that the people the black girl encounters are not meant to be satires of the Divine, but satirical exposés of the foolish ideas that are current about God.

• The Yogis of Samsara by Min Zhen Shakya

In the online book The Seventh World of Chan Buddhism by Min Zhen Shakya are found some incredibly insightful sections on the ways of samsaric (deluded and bound) human beings, including the fifth chapter called “Six Worlds of Samsara.” In it is found an interesting delineation of various types of meditators according to their evolutionary level. Anyone sincerely desiring to establish a yoga center or ashram for the benefit of humanity needs this information for the safeguarding of themselves, the sincere seekers, and—frankly—their valuable time.

• The Sermons of Dr. M. W. Lewis

Dr. Minott W. Lewis, a Boston dentist, met Paramhansa Yogananda short time after Yogananda’s arrival in America in 1920, and became a lifelong disciple.

In 1945 Dr. Lewis began to lecture at the Encinitas and San Diego Self Realization Fellowship temples and was put in charge of the Encinitas Colony. After Master’s passing in 1952, Doctor became Self Realization Fellowship’s first Vice-President. He continued to lecture in Hollywood, Encinitas and San Diego, in addition to being in charge of the monks’ training in Encinitas. He often shared with his audiences uplifting stories about Yoganandaji. We now include on our site his lectures in text form, and also the audio audio recordings, which are found at the end of each text talk.