0 Meditating on the Cliffs of Moher, Ireland Forty years ago today I found myself walking up a forest path from my home in Wellington, New Zealand, headed for the Ananda Marga meditation center. I was about to take initiation on the path of tantric meditation. Not the weird erotic cult kind, (sorry if that…

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0 This Article is contributed by my dear friend and colleague, Dr Sid Jordan. Sid is a clinical psychologist specializing in guided imagery, and a spiritual teacher (Acarya) of Ananda Marga Yoga tradition. You can find out more about his work at the Institute he co-founded – The Prama Institute. www.pramainstitute.org       A review of neuroscience…

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0 Can you guess what I think is the best way to develop more emotional intelligence, compassion and empathy? If you guessed meditation, you’re wrong. There’s a practice I teach that, when it comes to awakening a feeling of universal love in the heart, is even more powerful than meditation. It is called kiirtan, which…

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