Rupert Spira

Rupert Spira first came across the poetry of Rumi at the age of fifteen in 1975. Shortly afterwards he learned the Mevlevi Turning, a sacred Sufi dance of movement, prayer and meditation, at Colet House in London. Soon after this he met his first teacher, Dr. Francis Roles, who was himself a student of Shantananda […]

How Culture Drove Human Evolution

Awaken

by Josesph Henrich: Part of my program of research is to convince people that they should stop distinguishing cultural and biological evolution…

Quotes by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky

Helena Petrovna Blavatsky-awaken

“Do not be afraid of your difficulties. Do not wish you could be in other circumstances than you are. For when you have made the best of an adversity, it becomes the stepping stone to a splendid opportunity.” “Everything in the Universe, throughout all its kingdoms, is conscious: i.e., endowed with a consciousness of its […]

Quotes by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

Maharishi Mahesh Yogi-awaken

“All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think, we become.” “The important thing is this: to be able, at any moment, to sacrifice what we are for what we could become.” “I let people make remarks about me, but it doesn’t touch me, all […]

Quotes by Pantanjali

Patañjali-awaken

“Undisturbed calmness of mind is attained by cultivating friendliness toward the happy, compassion for the unhappy, delight in the virtuous, and indifference toward the wicked.” “For those who have an intense urge for Spirit and wisdom, it sits near them, waiting.” “When you are inspired by some great purpose, some extraordinary project, all your thoughts break […]