[Chidananda] Divya Jivan Newsletter, February 2017

Sat Feb 4 17:37:20 EST 2017

Divya Jivan Newsletter
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad
February 2017
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!
OM Namo Narayanaya!
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"Worship of Lord Shiva" on the occasion of auspicious Shivaratri  ( Feb 
24, 2017)

"The formal worship consists of bathing the Lord. Lord Shiva is 
considered to be the Form of Light (which the Shiva Lingam represents). 
He is burning with the fire of austerity. He is therefore best 
propitiated with cool bathing. While bathing the Lingam the devotee 
prays: “O Lord! I will bathe Thee with water, milk, etc. Do Thou kindly 
bathe me with the milk of wisdom. Do Thou kindly wash me of all my sins, 
so that the fire of worldliness which is scorching me may be put out 
once for all, so that I may be one with Thee—the One alone without a 
second.”

Offer this inner worship to Lord Shiva daily: “I worship the jewel of my 
Self, the Shiva residing in the Lotus of my heart. I bathe Him with the 
water of my pure mind brought from the river of faith and devotion. I 
worship Him with the fragrant flowers of Samadhi—all this so that I may 
not be born again in this world.”

Here is another formula for the supreme worship of the Lord: “O Shiva! 
you are my Self. My mind is Parvati. My Pranas are your servants. My 
body is your house. My actions in this world are your worship. My sleep 
is Samadhi. My walk is circumambulation of you. My speech is your 
prayer. Thus do I offer all that I am to you."- Swami Sivananda << 
More>> <http://divyajivan.org/shivaratri/index.htm>

<http://divyajivan.org/shivaratri/index.htm>

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Early Morning Meditation Talks from Ponder These Truths by Sri Swami 
Chidananda

"Four Powerful Transforming Factors"
  "Radiant Divinities! Beloved sadhaks and seekers! Today let us 
consider four valuable means of making your life sublime, four valuable 
factors that will keep your life moving towards the grand divine 
destiny, to fulfill which you have been endowed with this human status. 
For the power to feel, think, reason, understand, expand in knowledge 
and grow in wisdom is verily the uniqueness of this privileged status of 
yours as a human being on earth. These factors will enrich your human 
status, adorn your spiritual life, enrich your sadhana and abhyasa, and 
augment your movement towards your grand divine destiny of atma-jnana, 
transcendental experience, God-realization."

  ".......These four powerful forces, powerful transforming factors, can 
enhance your spiritual life, make it fully God-oriented, give it a push 
in the right direction, take you towards the Goal Supreme—the power of 
the Name which immediately links you up with the Unmanifest, the 
transcendental Reality; constant remembrance of God in the mind; bhav, 
the right feeling, sublime spiritual feeling in your heart; and fourth, 
the right vision, which beholds the Reality everywhere, so that you 
live, move and have your being in God."- Swami Chidananda << More>>
<http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm>
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Learning of  "Jeevan Yog" from a Yoga Acharya Swami Adhyatmananda
Through TV episodes of "Jeevan Yoga" 
<http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm>Series by Doordarshan Girnar

   Can those having High Blood Pressure practice Asanas?
"Yes, they can practice Asanas; in fact they must surely practice them. 
All the Asanas excepting Shirsasana can be practiced. All the Asanas can 
be performed without any fear. But the special Asanas and Pranayama that 
can offer benefits are: Shashankasana, Shavasana and Pranayama carried 
out with ease.

"Initially practise these three Asanas. When there is recession in the 
blood pressure then you can without fear and without worry perform 
beginning with Trikonasana and Suryanamaskara, you can practise 
Sarvangasana, Matsyasana, Halasana, Paschimottanasana, Bhujangasana, 
Shalabhasana, Dhanurasana or Chakrasana, Ardhamatsyendrasana, 
Yogamudra, Mayurasana. Divya Jivan Newsletter, February 2017 << read 
More>> / <http://divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm>
<http://divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm><http://divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm>Jeevan 
Yog : TV Episode  8 <http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/index.htm>

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Upcoming Events and Highlighting the News

Indian Council of Social Welfare (Gujarat State) organized a function on 
Jan 21, 2017. H. H. Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj was honored an 
award, "Glory of Gujarat" (rightly so) with the worthy hands of H. E. 
Governor of Gujarat, Mr. Omprakash Kohliji. Sri Swami Maharaj is beloved 
disciple of H.H. Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj. Swamiji has embraced 
the life in the Holy order of Sanyas in the year 1974. Since then, He 
has been the charioteer of spreading the messages of spiritual masters 
and ancient Holy Scriptures. He has been the President of Sivananda 
Ashram, Ahmedabad as well as President of Gujarat Divya Jivan Sangh, 
Ahmedabad. Pujya Sri Swamiji Maharaj has embraced service to the 
humanity above the self through imparting the knowledge of ancient 
cultural and spiritual heritage of Yogic Science encompassing Asanas; 
Pranayama and Meditation. Swamiji's discourses on ancient Holy 
Scriptures and spiritual deliveries on the subjects of Gita, Upanishads, 
Srimat Bhagavat are in simple and lucid language which has touched and 
inspired millions during last forty years of his monastic life. Sri 
Swamiji is Yoga Guru of global repute. Countless people have learned 
Yoga through HIS Yoga camp. Yoga aspirants from across the globe have 
attended HIS Yoga Teachers Training Course and more than 1000 yoga 
teachers have been trained.

An icon of inspiration and service to Youth, Swamiji's profound 
contribution to modern youth to free them from the vices of the drugs 
addictions in the east and the west has brought Him in great light. 
Swamiji is great missionary on blood donation front and affirms his 
faith in “Donate blood and save life”. Swamiji was honored by the 
Governor of Gujarat as centurion blood donor.<< more>> 
<http://divyajivan.org/adhyatmananda/index.htm>.

HTML clipboard Shivaratri Utsav 
<http://divyajivan.org/upcoming_events.htm>( Feb 24, 2017) - Join with 
us in Shiva Pujan,  Archana,  Abhishek,  Aarati, /Bhajan-  Kirtan/ , 
prasad & more continuous throughout twenty four hours on sacred 
Shivaratri Utsav. If, you plan to stay at the ashram during the 
Shivaratri festival, please let us know ahead and help us make proper 
arrangements for our Guests. For the details visit the Guest information 
page <http://divyajivan.org/GuestInfo/index.htm> on the Divya Jivan 
Website <http://divyajivan.org/index.htm>.

Upcoming Yoga Teachers Training Course ( 38^th YTTC) is organized from 
May 11, 2017 - May 30, 2017. Plan ahead and Register in time 
<http://divyajivan.org/misc/38th%20YTTC%20form%20_1.pdf>. For the 
details, visit our SIVA Yoga Center page 
<http://divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm>.

News & Activity Report for the Month of January 2017 
<http://divyajivan.org/News%202017/News%20_January%202017.htm>
Divya Jivan <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm> / January 2017 
<http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/Divya%20Jivan%202017/DJ_Jan%202017.pdf>/ 
February 2017 
<http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_February%202017/DJ_Feb%202017.pdf>
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Gitamrutam

“Om Tat Sat”: this has been declared to be the triple designation of 
Brahman. By that were created formerly the Brahmanas, the Vedas and the 
sacrifices.(17:23)

Therefore, with the utterance of “Om” are the acts of gift, sacrifice 
and austerity as enjoined in the scriptures always begun by the students 
of Brahman. (17:24)

Uttering Tat, without aiming at the fruits, are the acts of sacrifice 
and austerity and the various acts of gift performed by the seekers of 
liberation. (17:25)

The word Sat is used in the sense of reality and of goodness; and so 
also, O Arjuna, it is used in the sense of an auspicious act!(17:26)

Steadfastness in sacrifice, austerity and gift, is also called Sat, and 
also action in connection with these (or for the sake of the Supreme) is 
called Sat.(17:27)

Whatever is sacrificed, given or performed, and whatever austerity is 
practised without faith, it is called Asat, O Arjuna! It is naught here 
or hereafter (after death). (17:28)

<http://divyajivan.org/articles/articles/siva/symbolism_shiva.htm>
Shivarpanmastu! 
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Gurudevarpanmastu!
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