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May 2010 Blog Posts (25)

"Refuge in you, Dark One, you alone know how to save me. A girl possessed, I shamble through the sixty-eight places of pilgrimage but haven't the wit to know failure. Hear my cry, O Murari - nothing on earth looks like it's "mine". Mira gave you her trust, now it's your move. Spring her from this noose we call "world." " ~From "For the Love of the Dark…

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Added by Sita Chaitanya on May 28, 2010 at 8:51pm — No Comments

Asanas or physical excercises never turn a practitioner as "Yogi" other

wise all gymnasts and circus fellows of the world are best Yogi because

they do all kind of physical excercise with a perfection and have

a command over theri body. They have such elasticity in their body

movement which we in genral can not think even but mind it they do not

have such Yogic Power and are not Yogi.

So you can think where you are?

Similarly, sitting with a close… Continue

Added by Kriyananda Maharshi Dayananda on May 28, 2010 at 1:06pm — No Comments

Meditation posture described in the Bhagavad Gita 6.11-15

"In a clean spot, having established a firm seat of his own, neither too high nor too low, made of a cloth, a skin and Kusa-grass, one over the other.

“There, having made the mind one-pointed, with the actions of the mind and the senses controlled, let him, seated on the seat, practice Yoga for the purification of the self. "

"Let him firmly hold his body, head and neck erect and still, gazing at the tip of his nose, without looking around.

"Serene-minded, fearless,… Continue

Added by Sita Chaitanya on May 27, 2010 at 3:35pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 2.47-48

Thy right is to work only, but never with its fruits; let not the fruits of action be thy motive, nor let thy attachment be to inaction. Perform action, O Arjuna, being steadfast in Yoga, abandoning attachment and balanced in success and failure. Evenness of mind is called Yoga.

Added by Sita Chaitanya on May 27, 2010 at 3:09pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 12.18-20

"He who is the same to foe and friend, and also in honor and dishonor,

who is the same in cold and heat and in pleasure and pain, who is free

from attachment, He to whom censure and praise are equal, who is

silent, content with anything, homeless, of a steady mind, and full of

devotion - that man is dear to Me. They verily who follow this immortal

Dharma as described above, endowed with faith, regarding Me as their

supreme goal, they, the devotees, are exceedingly… Continue

Added by Sita Chaitanya on May 27, 2010 at 12:20am — No Comments

Audio Kirtan: Hari hari Bol

Mantra, Kirtan, Bhajan, Spiritual Chants

Mantra Audio: Hari hari Bol, chanted by Narayani in Yoga Vidya Ashram Germany. A Mantra in praise of Vishnu and Krishna.…

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Added by Sukadev Bretz on May 26, 2010 at 12:30pm — No Comments

Divine Power or Guru Tatwa

If you want to receive divine power the then you will have be

surrendered totally with self less, with full of devotion and with full

of sewa bhao feeling in to the feet of Guru Charan and once you are

blessed you will get all divine powers that is called guru tatwa. So if

one enters with such bhao (feelings) "Twadiom Vastu Nkhilam, Thubhmewom Samarpetya"

So, whatever the things are, is yours even… Continue

Added by Kriyananda Maharshi Dayananda on May 26, 2010 at 12:14pm — No Comments

Mantra Chanting

Taking Mantra from books and start chanting cannot be affective and it

is worthless and waiting your valuable time, because books itself

cannot say its techniques and sound. Since, mantra is the main medium

to have blessing from Gods and the Gods and the Goddess are

reside in mantra.So without knowing its actual techniques no one even

can feel its affect either good or bad. So technique is the "Tantra"

through which one can fullfil his desire but to know the… Continue

Added by Kriyananda Maharshi Dayananda on May 26, 2010 at 7:52am — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 5.27-29

Shutting out (all) external contacts and fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, equalising the outgoing and incoming breaths moving within the nostrils, With the senses, the mind and the intellect (ever) controlled, having liberation as his supreme goal, free from desire, fear and anger - the sage is verily liberated f...or ever. He who knows Me as the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, the great Lord of all the worlds and the friend of all beings, attains to peace.

Added by Sita Chaitanya on May 25, 2010 at 8:43pm — No Comments

Bhagavad Gita 18.65-66

Fix thy mind on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me, bow down to Me. Thou shalt come even to Me; truly do I promise unto thee, (for) thou art dear to me. Abandoning all duties, take refuge in Me alone: I will liberate thee from all sins; grieve not.

Added by Sita Chaitanya on May 25, 2010 at 8:42pm — No Comments

Mind of a Sannyasin - Vivekananda

Lately I have been reading "Vivekananda - A Biography" by Swami Nikhilananda. It's a really good book, and if you are interested in knowing about the great yogi and sannyasin Swami Vivekananda and how he did a lot to bring eastern thinking and vedanta to America, this is the book for you.

I especially like this quote from the book which is a story…

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Added by Sita Chaitanya on May 19, 2010 at 8:40pm — No Comments

Just 30 seconds

When you do not even have two minutes, you will find that just 30

seconds of meditation a few times a day can transform your experience

of life. If you simply pause long enough to remember to be aware of

your breathing and say, "I am breathing freely, this quick expansion

into full breath awareness will awaken your whole-body consciousness.

You transform your day when you are aware of your breathing. It does

not matter what… Continue

Added by ૐ Lakshmi Devi on May 19, 2010 at 9:14am — No Comments

Being aware of our feelings

Know you are breathing in. Know you are breathing out. Be aware of a

pleasant feeling arising. Hold this feeling as though it was your most

precious child. Smile with joy at your happiness. Then be aware of an

unpleasant feeling arising. Be aware that you dislike this feeling.

Hold this feeling as though it was your most precious child. Smile with

compassion at your suffering. Be aware of the feeling arising and

passing… Continue

Added by ૐ Lakshmi Devi on May 18, 2010 at 9:22am — No Comments

samadhi sanyam

hi, i can say namaskar.

samadhi is the formula of application..any application. all type.. either physical #adhibhauthic, spiritual #adhiyatmic or natural #adhidaivic.

samadhi's physical state could varies as per its nature of form physical, spiritual or natural n there ratio of formation.

sanyam is its orientation in life.

so samadhi…

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Added by anil kumar sharma on May 15, 2010 at 4:09pm — No Comments

Asking For A Miracle

("The Miraculous Draft of Fishes" - Author Unknown - photography by TTaylor)

"Asking For A Miracle" is a short instrumental piece arranged for acoustic instruments, and written in a time…

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Added by Christopher Stewart on May 13, 2010 at 6:55pm — No Comments

Meditation before going to sleep

Do a prayer meditation at night in a darkened room, going to sleep
immediately afterwards. Raise your hands toward the sky, palms up, head
up. Feel energy flowing into your arms and then to your body. You will
feel one with the earth. Then bend and touch the earth. Repeat this
six more times so each of the chakras can become unblocked. Then go to
sleep.

Added by ૐ Lakshmi Devi on May 12, 2010 at 10:18am — No Comments

Relationships

Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment,
are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a
hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving
your own evolution. ... Deepak Chopra

Added by ૐ Lakshmi Devi on May 12, 2010 at 10:15am — No Comments