Three Articles From Easwaran: Love, Death, & Building the Will

Our Blue Mountain Blog team has been looking at the new material on the website, and we've particularly enjoyed the library of Easwaran's Talks & Writings. Easwaran has a unique perspective on topics that affect us all, such as loving relationships, death, and building the will.

This week we'd like to highlight three articles in which Easwaran comments on these themes, and invite you in turn to dive in!

• A Love That Lasts
• The Mantram at the Time of Death
• Building the Will

We'd love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. Is there a particular message of Easwaran's that caught your attention? How has it helped you deepen your spiritual practices?

The New BMCM Website: BMCM.org

Hello Blue Mountain Blog readers,

We, the BMCM Web Team, are very happy to tell you that our newly re-designed website www.bmcm.org is now live! This website is full of new content and resources. 

We invite you to explore the website, and we'd also like to highlight some features that may particularly appeal to Blue Mountain Blog readers:

• A library of Easwaran's talks and writings that you can filter by theme
• Over 150 passages for meditation
• A new 10-minute online workshop that explains the theory and benefits of passage meditation.

Long-time blog readers may see some familiar faces in our collection of stories from the community – stay tuned as we continue to add more stories from our friends world-wide.

If you're interested in reading more about the process of designing the new website, we invite you to visit the News section of the website and peek behind the scenes.

We're looking forward to seeing how this website will evolve with the participation of you, our  Blue Mountain Blog readers, and hope that it will be a valuable resource for our growing international passage meditation community!

Eknath Easwaran: Patience & Beauty

This week we're pleased to share with you a 30-minute video from the Video of the Month series. In this lively talk, Easwaran describes how spiritual practices can help us to increase our patience, good-will, and love for all – qualities which are all markers of inner beauty.

We're always interested to hear what stands out to you in the video. Share any thoughts or tips you're taking away in the comments below!

The control of self-will is the essence of a truly beautiful person. Easwaran points to the dangers of excessive self-will. He maintains that the number one danger is anger, in all its forms; sulking, saying unkind words, and exhibiting surly behavior. The key is the regular systematic practice of spiritual disciplines so as not to let self-will grow .