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This seminar featured Dr. Sivananda Advaryoo ( the eye surgeon). He could do 12 cataract operations in a row at age 80. 250 operations in a weekend. Easily the most evolved soul Swamiji ever brought to Yoga camp in my day. His lectures are being posted as we speak 0054 A-E. On the best.
Never fall a victim to fruitless regret. Today is the best day. Today is the day of your new birth. Start Sadhana now. With folded palms, bid goodbye to past mistakes and faults. You have learnt your lessons. March forward now with new hope, determination, and vigilance. ~ Swami Sivananda
I recommend that you read the excellent article by Dr. Jill Bolt Taylor
http://www.cygnus-books.co.uk/magazine/2010/07/own-your-power/?utm_source=EM1AWR&utm_campaign=1ab230460c-09julCygnus_Newsletter_2010&utm_medium=email
Its time to write something like what flows through the key board from mind.
When we say Mind we think it should flow like river. River flows from the source say for example the Himalayas is the source of the River Ganges.
So should our thoughts flow from and beyond Mind then it should be connected to source that the source being pernennial can give sustenance to the thought flow that it can translate in to the fingertips to get going on the key board that it can get translated to a medium of read
Man is one. God is one. Love is one. Law is one. Realisation is one. We are all the fruits of one tree and the leaves of one branch. There is nostranger, no alien in this world. Everyone is God in the process of evolution. ~ Swami Sivananda
This is a wonderful practice combining mudras and mantras that I plan to teach at the "Spiritual Retreat" that I will be leading in Bad Meinberg 1-6 August
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Sit in any meditative position and close your eyes. “Aaa” chanting
· Inhale slowly and completely fill your lungs.
· Adopt Chin mudra while exhaling, chant "Aah” .
· Feel the sound resonance in the abdomen and the lower parts of your body.
· Repeat nine times.
“Ou” chanting
· Inhale slowly and completely fill your lungs.
· Adopt Chinmaya mudr
In Indian philosophy, your body is viewed as being made up of five elements, with each of your five fingers representing one element:
Thumb:
With regular practice, these methods sharpen and expand your spiritual wisdom. They help you to restore balance within the microcosm and bring it into harmony with the macrocosm. They support your meditation practice and aid you in finding inner peace.
- Ma
("Ganjoji in Izushi" by 663highland)
"The Door Of The Law" is a suite in six parts inspired by "A Parable About A Parable" from RAWilson's "Quantum Psychology," itself inspired by Kafka's "Before The Law." (There is also a video version by jackhalfaprayer.)
The 3rd part is entitled "Parable" and presents a reading of the story by which Simon, the Zen student, is bewildered.
Once was a man who had made it
Up all the way to the Door of the Law
No obstacle had made him quit
No one burden had caused him
The Essence of Guru
The concept of Guru is highly misunderstood in the West & some what in East too, mostly as people in the west want a simplistic definition for everything. But yoga comes from a Sanskrit speaking culture that works with conceptual thinking, the word guru is a concept that must be understood, not a word to be defined. Take a minute to let go of previous definitions and open to the full potential of the guru.
Often people translate guru as the remover of darkness; this is a metaph
Those who know do not tell, those who tell do not know. Not to set the tongue loose but to curb it, not to have edges that catch but to remain untangled, unblinded, unconfused, is to find balance, and he who holds balance beyond sway of love or hate, beyond reach of profit or loss, beyond care of praise or blame, has attained the highest post in the world. ~Lao Tzu - The Way of Life #56.
The purpose of an Ashram is not to stimulate you or to provide enjoyment for your senses - although you may enjoy the scenery and the people you meet. An ashram is a place to spend time and return home feeling refreshed. It was established to offer an oasis of peace to real spiritual aspirants who have realised that there is really somethin
