When our spiritual teacher, A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, explained the philosophy of Bhakti Yoga to all of us students in the 1960s-70s there was already a small ecology movement in this country. (more…)

“How much is push and how much is pull?  By push, I mean the conscious way we push ourselves towards spiritual development through our intellectual understanding of its necessity.  By pull, I mean the natural attraction that draws us towards development. Both, I suppose are interwoven, but often I feel there to be a tension between the two.  Is there a proper balance?”

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Bhagavad-Gita: The Beloved Lord’s Secret Love Song
Graham M. Schweig

Before I turned 18, I lived in 4 countries and attended 6 schools. Transition, adjustment, flexibility – these were concepts I understood and embraced. It was after I settled into a dorm room at Columbia University as a freshman that time stopped moving so quickly, and my attitude started to shift from adaptation to identification and independence.

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