Insights
Wisdom from Other Traditions
Some of the articles on this site are not easily categorized into one religious tradition or another. We have therefore created this page of links to articles of unique insights and wisdom.
 In the last quarter of the nineteenth century, an Englishwoman named Mabel Collins was inspired to record teachings on the beginnings of the spiritual quest in a small book called Light On The Path. She did not consider herself the author but only the transmitter. Therefore she insisted that the title page say: “Written down by M. C.” In the following commentary we will be carefully analyzing her inspired transcription, for those who would make the Great journey must know both the path and how to travel upon it.
 George Bernard Shaw wrote The Adventures of the Black Girl in Her Search for God in 1932. It was a bold, devastating, and ruthless unmasking of people’s “gods”—none of which have anything to do with God. When reading it, please keep in mind that the people the black girl encounters are not meant to be satires of the Divine, but satirical exposés of the foolish ideas that are current about God.
In the online book The Seventh World of Chan Buddhism by Min Zhen Shakya are found some incredibly insightful sections on the ways of samsaric (deluded and bound) human beings, including the fifth chapter called “Six Worlds of Samsara.” In it is found an interesting delineation of various types of meditators according to their evolutionary level. Anyone sincerely desiring to establish a yoga center or ashram for the benefit of humanity needs this information for the safeguarding of themselves, the sincere seekers, and—frankly—their valuable time.
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