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Fate, Free Will, and the Laws of Karma

Posted on Aug 24th, 2008 by Eli : Swami Eli

 In most people's minds, "free will" has two relatively distinct properties. The first is the idea that what one does is in some sense "free", that is "not determined by something else". The second is... More »

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The Bahá'í Faith

Posted on Aug 19th, 2008 by Eli : Swami Eli

This blog is the result of the warm feedback to my post " God in The Bahá'í Faith - Can God be discussed with words? " . My sincere thanks to all my Gaia friends, brothers, sisters, and... More »

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The Kemet Faith

Posted on Aug 19th, 2008 by Eli : Swami Eli

Kemet is a religion of recent but unclear origin. It is an attempt to reconstruct ancient religious practices of Kemet (Egypt), in as much of a pure form as possible. Kemetic belief is Monolatrous- that... More »

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Kanakadasa the Saint-Poet

Posted on Aug 16th, 2008 by Eli : Swami Eli

Saint-Poet Kanakadasa (c 1509-1609 A.D.) belongs to the tradition of Haridasa literary movement which ushered in an era of devotional literature in Karnataka, South India ( Hari=God,Dasa=Servant, Haridasa= He who serves the Lord ). The... More »

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Free-will in Islam

Posted on Aug 15th, 2008 by Eli : Swami Eli

The word "Islam" comes from an Arabic lexical root word which means both surrender and peace. He who submits himself to the will of Allah is a "Muslim". He would find peace and fulfillment in... More »

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