Hot Spirituality How-Tos
How To: Practice Buddhist breathing meditation
In Buddhism, meditation serves to calm and control the mind and is essential to break the cycle of suffering and attain Enlightenment. Follow these steps for mindfulness of breathing meditation, one of the two simplest meditations.
How To: Practice Kabbalah
This video includes the 3 reasons why Kabbalah is called “the hidden science.” Kabbalah studies how our life and our world has been created, and how to achieve connection with our life’s source, the totality of reality.
How To: Recite a Bracha Achrona prayer
This video explains how to recite a Jewish Bracha Achrona prayer which is said before a snack or meal that is not a whole meal.
How To: Do the Haftarah (blessings chanted)
This videos shows you how to chant the blessings used before and after the Haftarah done on Jewish holidays.
How To: Sing 7 Jewish wedding blessings
This video explains what you need to have a Jewish wedding and then teaches you how to sing the 7 Jewish wedding blessings - Sheva brachote.
How To: Do the Shabbat Kiddush prayers and Havdalah
This video explains how to do the Shabbat Kiddush (Jewish sanctification prayers) and Havdalah.
How To: Meditate properly
A great video that explains about meditation and how to do it properly.
How To: Counsel with an E Meter in Scientology
Scientology Minister Marlene Coates demonstrates the E-Meter, the much discussed electronic instrument used in Scientology Counseling sessions. Ms. Coates shines the light of truth and simplicity on a much misunderstood, yet invaluable tool of the trained Scientology Practitioner.
How To: Recite the mourner's Kaddish prayer
Jonathan Ginsburg teaches you how to recite the mourner's Kaddish prayer.
How To: Say Jewish blessings
This video covers the basics of Jewish blessings - how to say each word in Jewish, what it means in English and then how to put them together in different blessings.
How To: Overcome worry with yoga meditation fear fasting
To learn how stop worrying involves regular fasting from fear, learning to plan without worrying and to accept the future as it comes. Part of a Yoga class on Rasa Sadhana, the Tantric practice of emotional fasting.
How To: Control emotions & psychology with yoga meditation
In Yoga Psychology, consciousness consists of body, mind, ego, intellect and self (the koshas). Rasas (emotional essences) are primarily a game of mind, but only become strong if the Ego identifies with them. Part of a Yoga class on Rasa Sadhana, the Tantric practice of emotional fasting.
How To: Achieve emotional control through yoga meditation
To achieve more emotional control is very helpful in meditation. To get mind control during meditation, emotional control is necessary. If your life is free from negative emotions, then these will also not bother you during meditation.
How To: Control your emotions through your senses
The sensory input of our environment may strongly affect our emotions, if we let it. The senses can be used in a positive way, by creating an agreeable, uplifting atmosphere, which is a lot more important than people often think.
How To: Use yoga meditation against food and taste addiction
To work with out emotions in Rasa Sadhana, we must be aware of the relationship between our emotions and the food we eat. There is the direct effect of the taste, the second effect during digestion and the third after digestion. Taste addiction and food addiction can be solved through Rasa Sadhana, the Tantric practice of emotional fasting.
How To: Analyze your dreams
Dreams are a part of everyone's lives, but often the part that we find most difficult to understand. In this series of dream analysis videos, our expert hypnotherapist helps you to shed some light on these strange experiences.
How To: Understand numerology personal numbers
Carmen Lynne shows us how use personal numbers in numerology in this series of videos. Part 1 of 16 - How to Understand numerology personal numbers.
How To: Control anger through anger fasts in yoga meditation
Rasas Book Lecture Extract 7 of 22 : By fasting from anger for some time, we learn to control anger in our lives. It teaches us to better manage our expectations, because anger comes when our expectations are not fulfilled. Part of a Yoga class on Rasa Sadhana, the Tantric practice of emotional fasting. See also www.rasas.info.
How To: Do Dhyan and Pran yoga
Expert Prem Bhatia will show you in this video series how to combine yoga and dhyana meditation. You will learn traditions of yogic meditation from an authentic Indian teacher. These videos cover hand and foot movements, stretching, kriyas, yogic postures fit for meditative purposes, making warmth from friction, and more.
How To: Understand mystical numerology
In this video series, watch as Gnobo Calypso teaches all about mystical numerology. Learn all about patterns, anthropocosmic beings, nature's flow, the sacred geometry, universal vibrations, mystical energy as Ra, Isis, Maat, and Numena, and the Age of Aquarius.
How To: Read the symbols, charts & houses in astrology
In this online guide to astrological signs, our long-time astrologer, astrological consultant and metaphysical bookshop owner will tell you everything you need to know about this ancient belief system.
How To: Apply a Vastu remedy
In this video series, our expert will give you an overview of these and other remedies and tell you how to use them in order to harmonize the cosmic energy in your life to achieve happiness and prosperity.
How To: Know what your Chinese zodiac sign means
In this video series, our expert will teach you about the Chinese Zodiac sign meanings. Part 1 of 15 - How to Know what your Chinese zodiac sign means.
How To: Find Ursa Major, the Big Dipper
Ursa Major is called the Big Dipper in North America. The seven main stars are easy to identify. The big dipper changes positions throughout the night and throughout the year. The change in position is due to the earth's motion rotating the sun.
How To: Recognize and learn about Orion the Hunter
A short video looking at the winter constellation Orion and some of the interesting deep space objects it contains. When you look into space you are looking back into time.
How To: Use a star finder
Stars seem to move across the sky. This is because the earth is rotating. Some stars are not visible at certain times of the year because they are hidden behind the sun.
How To: Practice a salaat or an Islamic prayer
Learn the basic of doing a salaat (an Islamic prayer). This is a recitation of some verses of the Q'uran
How To: Do wudo
Perform the Wudo, the ritual of cleaning before Islamic prayer.
How To: Learn not to worry
Why do we worry about things? Why do we spend so much energy thinking about what could happen? In this video Guruka Singh shares his thoughts on the topic of "worrying". I hope you take the time to think about it after you watch it. Then, start to be more conscious of how you are thinking in the coming days….and when you start to worry try changing your thoughts. Learn not to worry.
How To: Know the difference between a blood & spiritual family
Guruka Singh answering a question about the difference between blood and spiritual family.
How To: Know the difference between a ritual and a ceremony
Guruka Singh shares his thoughts on the difference between doing something as a ritual and a ceremony. Also taking about the power Guruka Singh shares his thoughts on the difference between doing something as a ritual and a ceremony. Also taking about the power and science behind many of the Sikh related practices
How To: Practice Sahej Sukh Dhyaan (meditation)
Sahej Sukh Dhyan is a wonderful and powerful meditation (Pranayama). Bliss, happiness and comfort! What could be better? We practiced it together at Sikh Student Camp last summer and a group of Singhs and Kaurs came together each morning to do it before morning Japji Sahib. If you practice it, it will give you a very calm mind and the ability to listen deeply and understand the root of any situation. Try starting with 5 minutes and work up to 11 minutes. You can do it for as long as you like,...
How To: Tune in and feel the Guru within you
In this video Guruka Singh shares his thoughts about feeling the Guru within you. Presenting yourself before the Guru, and experiencing that state of surrender in which you are getting out of the way, letting go, and letting the Guru's light fill you, and the Guru's presence fill you.
How To: Believe In God to live a spiritual life
Perceiving Reality answers that if you just believe in God, then you can't live a spiritual life. What is spirituality? According to Kabbalah, spirituality can't be defined as a belief or philosophy, but only as a clear perception and sensation of reality.
How To: Meditate like filmmaker David Lynch
Filmmaker Director David Lynch explains and discusses transcendental meditation (TM). Learn about knowingness and intuition. The inside story on transcending the brain, with this Award-winning film director of Blue Velvet, Twin Peaks, Mullholland Drive, ... all » Inland Empire (filming); John Hagelin, Ph.D., Quantum physicist featured in "What the bleep do we know?;" and Fred Travis, Ph.D., Director, Center for Brain, Consciousness and Cognition Maharishi University of Management.
How To: Meditation for beginners
Looking to know more about meditating? Take a seat and watch one person's interpretation of meditation. Learn how to practice and what the fuss is all about.
How To: Celebrate Toro Nagashi
Learn how to celebrate Toro Nagashi, also known as lantern offering: the traditional Buddhist rite that honors the dead. This particular ceremony takes place in Hawaii.
How To: Read tarot cards properly
This short video shows the meaning of various key tarot cards. For an initiate this can be a helpful how to video, for others it's an interesting tutorial and a few moments of entertainment.