Interesting Blogs

One of the interesting sociological developments springing from the popularity of the web is how people combine spirituality with technology. You HAVE to have a website, right? Even if you're a guru on a mountaintop, otherwise how would anyone know where to seek you?


One might think that spirituality is inherently, almost diametrically opposed to technology, because we perceive technology as impersonal, an abstraction of real life. I started thinking about it when I tried to find a new yoga studio when my old one went belly up, so to speak.

That is a related concept - making a business out of yoga. It's just like any other business. My studio did virtually no advertising and it was tucked away in the hind side of a strip mall. It was great, the instructors were good, it had a little store (they were going to sell my pavers - Namaste, peace, etc of course). :-( But apparently one cannot Ohm their way into knowing how to run a business, or perhaps they did not have enough time to do so.

So I googled yoga studio phoenix, and found a new place which is more organized and busy, and discovered that it treats yoga more like a business too, with more expensive rates, many rules, crowded practice rooms, and a lot of advertising. So it's a trade-off, but at least they're open. Anyway, on my way to that site, I stumbled upon ads for books and sites for meditation.

The ads are not tasteless - Click Here for Soul Growth! I noticed one for Deepak Chopra (who normally bugs me just b/c he IS so famous) and clicked on the Intent Blog. It's pretty cool - one of the first posts was about the economy and probable recession, by one of the contributors who is looking for a way to create a sustainable, wisdom-based global economy. Of course - EVERYTHING is related, so if we treat the economy as a living thing, and create economic theory using say, the wisdom of Ghandi - makes sense, no? So here is that link - Intent Blog.

That same contributor has started a new group called the Holistic Quantum Relativity Group, a bit more esoteric, with a goal of uniting Science with Spirituality as presented by the Great Spiritual Masters like Socrates, Pythagoras, Jesus, Maulana Rumi, Lao Tse Tsu, Kabir and Kirpal. The introduction features a vector illustration that 'visualizes' part of string theory, showing that it looks like the petal lotus symbol used in eastern religions.

Hey, you had me at Holistic Quantum Relativity. One of the by-lines is "The Entire World is One Family. Listen, learn, and love." Posts are encouraged, as they are at Chopra's site - so in addition to the good stuff you get, and it is stuff to really sink your teeth into, you are going to see a lot of entertaining wacko posts. Holistic Quantum Relativity Group.