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My Life North of San DiegoI had been living in the small town of Encinitas, north of San Diego, California. The house was on a street named Vulcan and was about three hundred feet from a frequently used railroad track and an additional three hundred feet from a Self-Realization Fellowship temple. The temple's grounds ended at an abrupt cliff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. At the base of the cliff was "Swami's" beach, famed for its good surfing. I shared the house with a man and his son. At the time, Michael was an electronics technician working at a company that made Citizen Band radios ("Breaker! Breaker!, Good buddy"), Single Side-Band Radios, and Linear Amplifiers. He also taught ...
The second—this focusing on the Mind—in a series, By Carl Llewellyn Weschcke (As I write the second editorial in this series, I want to state that I am not writing as an "expert," but rather as a 77-year old guy who has done a lot of reading, a lot of study, and a lot of work in most areas of Body, Mind, & Spirit who just wants to express a few ideas.) MIND—What is it?I was tempted to ask "MIND—Do You have One?"—but of course you do. My point really is that we all have something we call "mind," but we don't really have a solid idea of what it truly is. You say, "Of course I have a mind. It's what I think with." So, what is "thinking?" What is "thought?" ...
Astrology is a complex, multifaceted subject, but the basics of which are easy to understand. Most of the astrological information available through the Internet, astrology books, and in newspapers and magazines relates to your Sun Sign; knowledge about your Sun Sign is the single most important element in astrology. However, to really appreciate astrology, and to gain the self-knowledge astrology can offer you, it's important to have an understanding of the planets themselves and of their meanings and energies. This information can be gained through the symbology of astrology. Astrology is symbolic; if you look at the symbols for the twelve signs of the zodiac, for the aspects between ...
Numerology, the practice of assigning numeric values to dates as well as to the names of people, places, and objects, has been around for centuries. Throughout much of its history, it has figured in esoteric, occult, magical, and divinatory bodies of knowledge, accessible only to the initiated few. In recent years, along with astrology, tarot, and the I Ching, numerology has benefited tremendously from the free flow of information made available through books and now through the Internet. Much of what once was considered secretive and kept from the masses has now rapidly become mainstream. The current explosion of the New Age and Self Help markets tells of a significant thirst for ...
