Young children provide fertile ground for miracles, because their minds have not yet been conditioned by the limiting world-view shared by their parents. Because they do not yet know what is possible in life and what is not, they are often unwitting partners in events that defy common logic and scientific understanding. They are the […]

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Michael Bondarchuk was born in Canada in 1937, and grew up in the northern interior of the rugged, mountanous province of British Columbia. When he was 18, Michael happened to be hiking with a friend near Dome Creek, some eighty miles east of the city of Prince George. The day was gloomy and the sky […]

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When Jesus found himself surrounded by a large crowd of followers who had gone long hours without eating, he asked his disciples whether any food was available. Andrew mentioned that there was a lad among them who had five barley loaves and two small fishes. Then, speaking for entire generations of subsequent skeptics, he said: […]

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According to the teachings of the Rishis of old, all that is necessary to perform miracles is the power, plus the conviction that such miracles are possible. Enlightened beings like Jesus, as well as Elijah and Lahiri Mahasaya, acquired the power to raise people from the dead once they obtained Supreme Awareness. Others who have yet to reach this level […]

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According to the Apostle Mark, a ruler of the synagogue by the name of Jairus approached Jesus in the hope that he might be able to heal his twelve year-old daughter who was critically ill. Before Jesus could reach the child, however, friends came to Jairus to say that his daughter was dead. Undeterred by […]

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The mission of Jesus during the three years of his ministry in Israel was no different from that of countless numbers of Rishis who had preceded him. It was to demonstrate the intrinsic divinity that exists within every living person, and to show the way by which this divine state could be attained. Jesus taught that […]

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When Jesus began his ministry, he astonished those who followed him by performing a series of miraculous feats that defied all conventional understanding. When he turned water into wine at the wedding feast in Cana, he achieved something that conventional thinking believed to be impossible. Those who witnessed these “miracles” considered them to be evidence […]

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The epic science fiction series “Star Wars” introduced to the general public an idea that had been known in the East for thousands of years. It was the concept of “the force”. According to the movie, this “force” was a subtle field of energy that existed inside every living being. This force could be used to […]

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The miracles performed by Jesus were designed to encourage faith among his followers.  When his disciple Peter tried to imitate Jesus as he walked upon the water, only to sink beneath the waves, Jesus reproached him saying: “O thou of little faith, wherefore didst thou doubt?”  (Matthew 14:31) Jesus claimed that anyone who had faith “the […]

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When Jesus began his ministry, he was an enlightened “Rishi” who had transcended the human level of consciousness. He was now a God-man who had attained the level of Supreme Awareness. He was now able to say to those who challenged his identity that He and God were an indivisible unity. “I and my Father are one”. (John 10:30) […]

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