Recent archeological finds, and other accumulating evidence from the past, seriously call into question the commonly held view of primitive, stone-age cavemen men roaming the world 10,000 years ago. Indeed, more and more evidence points to a far longer history of civilized man than is currently assumed, and to a picture of man in 10,000 B.C. far different from the caveman of popular conception.

Ask most people and they will tell you the Great Pyramid was a tomb for a pharaoh. While tombs have been found from this same period, the Great Pyramid was probably never used that way.

People are no longer content to hear, “Heaven will come after you die.” People want to do something right now that will make them better people. And science is confirming that you can do things that will make you a better human being. In the process, science is also corroborating some of the fundamental teachings of yoga.

Many of the great modern scientific discoveries merely confirm what the rishis (sages) of India discovered centuries ago about the atomic constitution of matter and the basic laws of the physical world.

Sri Yukteswar explains that the cycle of the yugas is caused by influences from outside our solar system that affect the consciousness of all mankind. Today, when many are turning a blind eye to exploitation, inequity, and injustice, it may not seem that the world is actually getting better! However, through the cycle of the yugas and the evolution of dharma, Sri Yukteswar offers a profoundly reassuring vision of where mankind is heading.

The heart generates the most powerful vibrations in the body – it sends out electrical signals roughly 60 times as strong as those emitted by the brain.

Only recently has science begun to investigate exactly how music affects us and what it does to our bodies, our brains and our nervous systems.

The founder of Christian Science, Mary Baker Eddy, was a student of the Hindu scriptures, who taught the basic principles of mind over matter first taught by the Hindus long ago.

Though not considered a child prodigy, the notion that Einstein was slow, retarded or mentally challenged is unfounded.

In the 15th century, a powerful spirit of inquiry swept across Europe, bringing with it the Italian Renaissance and later, the Protestant Reformation.

We still live only at the beginning of Dwapara Yuga proper. What may we expect in the years and centuries to come?

The Shroud of Turin is possibly the most remarkable relic in human history. What does the scientific evidence tell us about it?

Sri Yukteswar’s theory of the yugas describes a very long cycle of human evolution—24,000 years—encompassing eight distinct ages or “yugas.” Each age offers distinct challenges and opportunities.

Over the last two decades, scientists have done considerable research on what makes people happy. These studies have yielded interesting results.

Yogananda described the brain and central nervous system as a window onto the superconscious mind. When we meditate deeply, this opens a pathway to superconsciousness.

CONSCIOUSNESS is not the product of brain activity: It is the fundamental reality without which thinking as a conscious activity could never take place.

Ralph Waldo Emerson was one of the most original and influential thinkers of the 19th century. His search for truth led him to the scriptures of India, which he embraced wholeheartedly.

Most people today know little of Luther Burbank. Yet during his lifetime his name was a household word.

Many newspapers called Burbank an “atheist,” considering him to be one more scientist without faith in God.

Today there are two conflicting ideas about where all the tumultuous change in our present-day world is leading.