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New Dimensions Radio for January 07, 2008
10:30 PM - 11:30 PM
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Today's Highlight: "Practice and Grace - The Oneness Blessing," with Arjuna Ardagh
There is a practice that some are bringing back from India called Deeksha or the Oneness Blessing. Ardagh traveled to India at the request of the Oneness University and interviewed more than 300 people who had received extraordinary benefits from this blessing. He also met those who were critical and who were very wary of this phenomenon. Through his personal experience of the blessing and the interviews he did, Ardagh concludes that Oneness Blessing is a good thing. When asked if this is a shortcut to enlightenment he replies, "I'm not really a big believer in enlightenment. It feels to me that it is a term that people use very loosely and no one seems to agree as to what it means . . .I believe, however, that this phenomenon of blessing definitely speeds up the process of evolution of consciousness to allow greater and greater oneness." Ardagh describes the origin of the blessing and suggests that the most reliable measure of spiritual maturity is happiness. This revelation and more serves as the focus for this edition of New Dimensions with our guest Arjuna Ardagh. (Hosted by Justine Willis Toms and Michael Toms)
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