Category: Asoka

On Having A Mentor: A Lesson From Alexander The Great 0

On Having A Mentor: A Lesson From Alexander The Great

By Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D In a recent biography of Alexander the Great, the author, in exploring Alexander’s motivations and driving forces, makes some fascinating observations. It would seem that Alexander was a devoted reader...

Communing With The Universe: The Power Of Oracles 0

Communing With The Universe: The Power Of Oracles

By Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D Until recently, scientists were giving us an increasingly mechanistic view of the Universe. The “billiard ball” model of reality – namely, that certain knowable causes always give rise to certain...

Your Life As A Mystery School 0

Your Life As A Mystery School

By Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D Mystery schools once existed throughout the Ancient World – Greece, Egypt, India, China, South America. These spiritual centres provided a place where students could receive a mystical education by progressing...

Using A Journal For Personal Development 0

Using A Journal For Personal Development

By Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D A great man once said that a life worth living is a life worth recording. With this truth in mind, let us examine the time-honoured method of keeping a Journal...

In Search Of The Feminine Archetype 0

In Search Of The Feminine Archetype

By Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D I often wonder what the world would be like if women were in charge of it instead of men. It would definitely be an altogether different place. Moreover, it’s hard...

Working in the Subtle Realm of Thought 0

Working in the Subtle Realm of Thought

By Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D The spiritual realm is the world of Causes. The manifest material world, that is so familiar to us through our senses, is the world of Effects. Thought always precedes manifestation...

Ten Steps To Contacting Your Higher Self 0

Ten Steps To Contacting Your Higher Self

By Asoka Selvarajah, Ph.D The Higher Self is that part of you that connects you directly to the spiritual realms. It is eternal, infinitely wise and transcends our everyday consciousness. It is in touch...