AuthorJosef Schinwald, MDiv

Hello dear visitor, this website is based on my podcast OM By The Beach and my FB group with the same name. I hope you find the content both inspirational and educational. Thank you for visiting, please leave a comment, and maybe we can get to know each other soon.

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The Rebel Saint

Excerpts from Smith, Huston. The World’s Religions, Revised and Updated (PP.114-122). HarperOne. Kindle-Version.  Covered here in 8:28 minutes: In this episode, I cover the famous parable of the arrow smeared thickly with poison, and how...

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An Ecology of Mind

Novak, Philip, The Dhammapada, Sayings of the Buddha: All that we are is a result of what we have thought: it is founded on our thoughts, it is made up of our thoughts. If a man speaks or acts with an evil thought, pain follows him, as the wheel...

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The Man Who Woke Up

Excerpts from Smith, Huston. The World’s Religions, Revised and Updated (PP.105-113). HarperOne. Kindle-Version. Covered here in 7:16 minutes: In this episode, I cover the four passing sights, his search, leaving the palace, the forest, Raja...

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The Hindu Worldview

Excerpts from Smith, Huston. The World’s Religions, Revised and Updated (S.85-93). HarperOne. Kindle-Version. Covered here in 7:24 minutes: In this episode, we learn about the Hindu worldview, and how it sees all other religions in her context...

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THE LOST PEARL

Thomas Merton, The Way Of Chuang Tzu: The Yellow Emperor went wanderingTo the north of the Red WaterTo the Kwan Lun mountain. He looked aroundOver the edge of the world.On the way home He lost his night-colored pearl.He sent out Science to seek his...

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Brahman And Jivas

Excerpts from the book by Smith, Huston. The World’s Religions, Revised and Updated (PP.82-83). HarperOne. Kindle-Version. Covered here in 9:52 minutes: In this episode, notions of brahman, jiva (individual soul), karma, and the journey of a...

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Inside You And Outside You

The Gospel Of Thomas, Philip Novak: Jesus said, “If your leaders say to you, ‘Look, the kingdom is in heaven,’ then the birds of heaven will precede you. If they say to you, ‘It is in the sea,’ then the fish will precede you. Rather, the kingdom is...

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