Tag: Inquiry

• February 19, 2026

  Raja Yoga Prepares The Way For Advaita Vedanta

  “The path of [Raja] Yoga,” states Swami Adiwarananda in his book Meditation and its Practices: A Definitive Guide to Techniques and Traditions of Meditation in Yoga and Vedanta (2003; 2012 ed.), “is suited to those in whom reason has not yet established its natural supremacy over the emotions and volitions” (p. 40). This is a…
• February 14, 2026

  Does It Matter If There’s A Lot Of AI Hype?

  In her book Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting (2018), philosopher Shannon Vallor rightly points to one of the central puzzles we face today. This is that there’s, in her coinage, a stunning “epistemic opacity” with regard to how technology is and will unfold and, of course, with what…
• February 5, 2026

  Jeffrey Epstein, Alas, Had Thought Power

  I don’t recall Swami Sivananda discussing perversions of thought power in his book Thought Power, at least not at great length. It’s clear that he’s aware of the possibility of a yogi abusing thought power, and it would have been obvious to him that ethical practices (such as the yamas and the niyamas from Raja…
• February 4, 2026

  Who Is Going To Save Me?

  Power bypass is a real thing: renouncing my own inner power, I become small. In each complaint and in every sorrow is a lone cry for a savior, someone or something “out there” that will come and save me and make it all better. Won’t someone pull me out of this mess? Won’t some powerful…
• January 28, 2026

  Is Right Thinking Just Pollyannaism?

  The Pollyanna objection to “thought power” has been, I trust, on your mind since you’ve been reading the last series of posts. The thought power thesis states that positive thinking is more powerful and truer than negative thinking, and it doesn’t flinch with regard to the twin implications. One, your life is “the product” of…