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Keep the Divine flame burning steadily. Treat everybody with respect. View all with an
equal eye. Behold the Lord in all beings. Have intense and exclusive devotion for the Lord.
Do not be offended by trifling matters. Admit your faults if they are pointed out by others.
Thank the man who points out your defects. Pray. Sing the Lord’s Lilas. You will attain eternal
happiness.
Use your intelligence. Intelligence is the most precious possession that a man can acquire.
Do everything in this world with i

Lust for power, material greed, sensual excitement, selfishness, passion, passion for wealth
and the lower appetites have drawn man from his true life in Spirit into the materialistic life. He can
regain his lost Divine glory if he practises in right earnest the principles of Bhakti. Bhakti
transmutes animal nature into Divine Nature and raises him to the pinnacle of Divine glory and
splendour.
May you develop Bhakti so that it will lead you to attain Godhead or Self-Realisation in this
very life! Ma

The power of prayer is indescribable. Its glory is ineffable. Sincere devotees only realise its
usefulness and splendour.
Sit not idly craving God to help thee, but be up and doing as God helps those who help
themselves. Do the best you can and leave the rest to God.
Serve the devotees. Remain in their company. Do Japa and Kirtan. Study Ramayana and
Bhagavatam. You will soon develop devotion. The Divine Grace will descend upon you.
From "Light, Power and Wisdom" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More I

Married life can never be an obstruction to those who are endowed with dispassion and
detachment to worldly objects and who consider that life is intended to mould one’s own self by
drawing lessons from the university of Nature. Study the lives of saints like Thyagaraja,
Ekanath, Narsi Mehta, Bhadrachalam Ramdas, Tukaram, Namdev, Jayadeva, Chaitanya and
Kabir. Probe deep into the world and the way in which the above-mentioned saints and a host of
others actually led their lives.
It is disgraceful on

Be regular in your spiritual Sadhana. Regularity is of paramount importance. Love all.
Embrace all. Behold the Self in all. Develop cosmic love. Grow spiritually strong day by day.
Attain liberation. Enjoy bliss of the Self and be free.
May you all be happy! May you all be free from disease! May you realise what is good! May
you abide in the Lord for ever!
From "Light, Power and Wisdom" by Swami Sivananda (1987-1963). More Informations on Swami Sivananda: on the Website of Divine Life Society, Photo

The tendency to persevere, to persist in spite of hindrances, discouragements and impossibilities – it is this that distinguishes the strong soul from the weak. A man of strong will and perseverance never meets with failures, He attains success in all his undertakings.
When you embark on a project you should not leave it till you attain complete success. Pursue it resolutely. A man of diligence, vigilance and strong resolution grows into a genius.
The nerve that never relaxes, the eye that never

Every day, in the morning, we all need to recharge our spiritual battery, the energy of which has been used the previous day. This is extremely important, otherwise the light of our consciousness becomes dim, thoughts become unfocused and decisions are filled with un-clarity and doubt. This energy is available inside and outside. Inside us we have a spiritual centre, at the center of our consciousness, pure spiritual energy. This is what we are. However access to this energy is now blocked by ou

What is Mind-Yoga?

A situation itself how hard ever is never stressfull.
Whether we handle a stressfull situation in a good way, with less stress or not
that depends on how we perceive and react to a situation.
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A person reacts on any situation according his/her PERSONALITY- THE MIND.
a good Personality of a person consists of
1) purity of mind
2) strength of mind and balanced mind
3) -self-confidence
4) -positive thoughts
Strong, Pure, Positive Happy, Balanced mind is made by the practice of Yo

Swamis Mangalananda and Gurusharananda from Sri Ma Anandamayi Ashram in Omkareshwar India, will once again be on their tour of Europe raising funds for their school in Omkareshwar. They will be in many Yoga Vidya Centers throughout Germany and in Vienna. They will give a five-day spiritual workshop in the main Bad Meinberg Center from 23rd --28th of June, a kirtan concert in the Westerwald Ashram, and kirtans and workshops in many different Yoga Vidya Centers. They sing Traditional Indian folk k

Action of Lord for his Children

Enlightened spiritually can be attained in a home living with family in material life. It is very-very mercy of Lord Shiva (Mahadev) who came in my life spiritually as a Sadgurudev Nikhileshwor Mahadev and made me Kriyananda Maharshi Dayananda. It is very special kind of functions through that he made such where I could understand not only about myself correctly but also able to know how to please the Lord and get their blessing and all that come to happened in a s

The sanskrit name for Camel is 'Ushtra'.This asana derives its name fom this.
Here,as i had mentioned earlier for the Vajrasana pose, you have to sit likewise in that pose and then stand up on your knees.Slowly,separate your knees till they are around 20-30 cms apart.Placing your hands on your waist in such a way that your fingers would be towards your abdomen and your thumbs towards your back. In this position,throwing your neck backwards,bend backwards from your waist.When you complete your be

This is a very easy yogic posture or asana which has a good effect on your digestive system.
For this, you have to first sit on your knees by bending your legs,keeping your toes joined and feet on the ground.Keeping your spine[back] straight,place your hands on your knees,keeping your arms straight.I would recommend this asana to each one of you...especially the beginners as it's very easy. After a long journey it soothes your tired legs.You can try this at any time of the day even as you are re

The question also arises, what does this Body Mind really learn? Well, whatever it learns, is only ofvalue in one particular lifetime. For the next time around, all situations and or conditions are entirely
different again. All of a sudden we live in a different era and people do not even speak the same language. We are supposed to learn Chinese or Russian now. And then, whatever is learned with great effort, is lost again when our body dies.Well now, somehow there has to be a better way of gett

Be with SATYAM-SUNDRAM-SHIVAM

Liberty/Free/Moksh/ can only be received when one is completely come to know about SELF spiritually (The Parabrahatman Gyan) as SATYAM, and has experienced and done the KAAMA (all kinds deeds of material life) as SUNDRAM being in only doing the responsibilities based on dharma and that is LAW OF KARMA as SHIVAM.

Kriyananda Maharshi Dayananda

A person who is reasonably relaxed and sitting inhales and exhales approximately half a liter of air (this is called tidal volume in physiology) at a time. Now if that same person expanded his chest and abdomen to the maximum that is possible and thereby drew more air into the lungs, it would be possible for him to draw in approximately an extra two liters. This is over and above the normal half liter that can be inhaled. This extra volume of air that can be inhaled is known as the inspiratory r

There are many different paths of Yoga. The various paths of yoga lead to the same point or source. All the paths of Yoga incorporate the same aim: Physical Health, Mental Peace and Higher Awareness.
The many variations of Yoga can broadly classified into five basic paths:
1-Hatha Yoga=The path of Balancing the Mental, Physical and Subtle (Pranic or bioplasmic) forces of the body. 2-Raja Yoga = the path of Introspection.
3-Bhakti Yoga= the path of Devotion.
4-Karma Yoga= the path of Activity.
5-

So forget the whole world while you are eating. Eating, just eat; walking, just walk; listening, just listen; talking, just talk and remain totally in it, alert, aware of each gesture, each nuance. And slowly you will get the knack of it, the hang of it ...
... The process can be reduced into a simple formula: whatsoever you do, do it but remain alert.

Lack of sincerity. and respectful, then the hearts of others will open to us. A positive highway of trust is built and communication flows positively.

* Creating negative perceptions (understandings) and emotions about others i.e. how we visualize or label them. Such emotions, no matter how well hidden, are finally always communicated to others on a subtle (non-physical), non-verbal level, and create an atmosphere of tension and unease.

* Not letting go of negative perceptions (understandings) and

Brahman, the Absolute formless reality embedded in Maya, shows Himself to us as Isvara, our personal God. However, the existence of Ishvara is not fixed to any specific God or religion, but to divinity as revered to in many cultures. Therefore, Ishwar appears in many names and forms, and we humans are free to connect with Him in our own unique way as long as our approach is rooted in our heart. Honesty and love are the most important ingredients in our spiritual enfoldment.

The non-dualistic phil

We have greatly increased the content of ocoy.org in the past 9 months, adding a How to Meditate section, as well as a large amount of Free PDFs on various aspects of spiritual life in our e-Library.

We would have posted more frequently, but I lost the link to Yoga Vidya!