The word

He is the truth;he is the Self supreme.(From the Chandogya Upanishad, the great Hindu Scripture)

with curiosity, enthusiasm,inquisitivenessand a sense of wonderIn the presence of awe,the mind lets go and opens itself.Scientific fundamentalism sees a world,stripped of enchantment and meaning.Religious systems require obedience to doctrine.Social and family systems are often rooted in fear.In truth, awe offers us a powerful expansion of identitya release from limited ideas of ourselves and the…

the idea that moksha(freedom, liberation)is achievable in thislife in contrastto Indian philosophiesthat emphasizevidehamukti,or moksha after death.

and pleasurableexperiences,loss and gain,union with thosewelove,and separationfrom them-all these, my Lord,are governed bythe laws of timeand destiny,and are as unalterableas the sequenceof night and day.(Ayodhyakanda)

scripture, Peterreminds usthat the Wordof God givesillumination,revelation andinspiration from God.He identifiesthe written Wordas a light thatshines in the darkness,which lightensour journeythrough thisincreasinglydark world.(Ref. to 2 letter ofSt. Peter 1: 20in the New Testament) .

or adequately expressed symbolically.But there is a conscious awarenessof God, though it is ever tenuousand tinged with doubt.On the conceptual level,where logic and rationalityare in commandthe mystical experiencemay admit of doubt.In fact, it may perhaps admit ofnothing else but doubt.But on the level of immediate intuition,it admits of no doubt.This is a level in which,an…