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Our Kriya Yoga blog is full off inspirations and insights on the path to self-realization. Start your journey to awakened living today! Ellen Grace O'Brian (Yogacharya O'Brian) is an acclaimed teacher, award-winning author, and minister who has served seekers of spiritual enlightenment from all walks of life for over thirty years.
Ellen Grace O'Brian Blog
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Explore the spiritual perspective on desire, its link to ego, strategies to handle it, and wisdom from religious teachings and ancient tales. Subscribe on YouTube
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Ellen Grace O'Brian Blog
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Embarking on a journey of spiritual progress is a transformative and deeply rewarding experience. However, recognizing the signs of spiritual growth and understanding how to navigate the path to enlightenment can be challenging. What does […]
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Life's powerful questions arise from our soul's yearning to realize our true nature and actualize its divine potential. We wonder how that actualization is possible. How does life change with spiritual awakening? Subscribe […]
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1y ago
Spiritual practices, those seemingly small acts we commit daily, are the threads that tie our life into a meaningful whole. It is no use having a beautiful shell of an outer life if we have […]
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In The Crest Jewel of Discrimination, the great sage Adi Shankara wrote about three gifts of grace or three things in life that are needed for spiritual awakening and are very difficult to attain.
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Spiritual practices imbued with symbols from the Christian tradition of Advent can be luminous tools to guide us through the dark days and nights of Winter. Through contemplation and meditation, we prepare our hearts and […]
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Vedic teachings offer a model for a lifetime of spiritually conscious, purposeful living by suggesting that we view our lives with four significant stages or ashramas. These four stages of life are related to age […]
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Beyond the ability to make good choices, we all have a greater capacity to develop spiritual clarity — a more comprehensive way to approach life. By seeing ourselves and the context of our life clearly, […]
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Every year I look forward to the Gratitude for Teachers festival celebrated in the East for centuries. It is a holy day in the Hindu religion, called Guru Purnima, which occurs at the time of […]
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2y ago
Space element allows all the other elements to arise. It is the most subtle, invisible field—an opening for possibility on all levels, physical, mental, and spiritual. Our need for space is fundamental, it allows us […]
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