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What is the Virtue of Idolatry

by Devadas Chelvam | Jan 25, 2017 | Spiritual

Many religions including Judaism, Islam, non-Catholic Christianity and reformed Hinduism decry idolatry as an abomination. The Ten Commandments from the Bible start with a clear injunction against idolatry and making images: “You shall not make for yourself a carved...

How God Can be Found Within Ourselves

by Devadas Chelvam | Jan 25, 2017 | Awareness, Spiritual

”So God created man in His own image” (Gen.1:27). Created in His image, we truly reflect God. Going deep within ourselves, we can find Him. But it is not easy to go within, since we are bound to externality and sensations, due to our habitual attachments and...

Byron Katie: A Master of Loving What Is

by Devadas Chelvam | Jan 25, 2017 | Happiness, Love

Byron Katie, a successful middle-aged business-woman, suffered from depression, paranoia, rage, and despair that steadily got worse for ten years, in spite of the medications and psychotherapy. She was in a half-way house attic, lying on the floor, since she felt...

A Modern Master: Eckhart Tolle

by Devadas Chelvam | Jan 24, 2017 | Awareness, Happiness

Eckhart Tolle was teaching at Cambridge University in England as a graduate student. He had suffered from severe suicidal depression from childhood in Germany. One night at Cambridge, despair overcame him that he decided to commit suicide. While thinking again and...