[Chidananda] Divya Jivan Newsletter - February 2021
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Divya Jivan Newsletter
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad
February 2021
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!
OM Namo Narayanaya!
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"Light of Yoga " by Swami Sivananda
YOGA is a perfect, practical system of self-culture. You can attain
harmonious development of your mind, body and soul by the practice of
Yoga. Yoga is an exact science. You can acquire absolute control over
the whole nature by its practice. It helps the student to attain ethical
perfection, perfect concentration of the mind and to unfold various
psychic powers. It teaches applied psychology. It helps the practitioner
to enter into conscious communion with the Lord through Samadhi, to
separate himself from the three Gunas and to attain Kaivalya or
independence eventually.
Yoga is the discipline of the mind, senses and the physical body. Yoga
helps in the co-ordination and control of the subtle forces within the
body. Yoga brings in perfection, peace and everlasting happiness. Yoga
can help you in your business and in your daily life. You can have
calmness of mind at all times by the practice of Yoga. You can have
restful sleep. You can have increased energy, vigour, vitality,
longevity and a high standard of health. You can turn out efficient,
work within a short space of time. You can have success in every walk of
life. Yoga will infuse in you new strength, confidence and
self-reliance. Through Yoga you can have complete mastery over the mind,
passions, emotions, impulses, temper and tongue. The body and mind will
be ever at your beck and call.
Yoga aims at restraining the mind and its modifications. The practice of
Yoga disentangles the Jiva from the phenomenal world of sense objects.
The Jivatma becomes identical with Paramatma. This union with Paramatma
is the goal of human existence - Sri Swami Sivananda <<Read More>>
<http://divyajivan.org/sivananda/index.htm>
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Early Morning Meditation talks from "Ponder These Truths" by Swami
Chidananda
"Yoga & Vedanta" : Blessed Divinities! Sadhaks and seekers! From your
ancient, effulgent past, as your heritage and birthright, you have
inherited two great treasures—Yoga and Vedanta. Vedanta is divine
wisdom, knowledge of the Divine Reality, the great Reality. Yoga is the
science of entering into a conscious relationship with that knowledge,
experiencing that knowledge, realising that knowledge.
Yoga and Vedanta form the two ingredients that go to make up the divine
life of service, devotion, meditation and Self-realisation. Boldly
Vedanta proclaims and wants you to know: “Ahamatma Nirakarah Sarvavyapi
Svabhavatah (I am the Atman that is formless, all-pervading by nature).”
“Beyond sense, beyond mind, I am the quintessence of luminous wisdom
consciousness”—this is the awareness that Vedanta grants you and wants
you to practise. And Yoga is continuous, unbroken, conscious, purposeful
contact and relationship, ever progressive relationship with the Divine.
Gurudev’s concept of divine life combines both the practice of Yoga and
the spirit of Vedanta. Live in the awareness of your divinity, and live
to utilize every conscious moment, every breath to be continuously,
unbrokenly in close contact with the cosmic source of your divinity,
with your divine origin, with your eternal divine ground, your divine
abode. - Sri Swami Chidananda << Read More>>
<http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm>
<http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm>
<http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm>
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Learning of "Jeevan Yog" from a Yoga Acharya Sri Swami Adhyatmananda
Through TV episodes of "Jeevan Yoga" Serie
<http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm>s by Doordarshan Girnar
Primary & Main Yogasana (Yoga Postures)
The Physical techniques of Yoga are the stepping stones to meditation.
According to Patanjali, Yoga is the cessation of the modifications of
the mind.
In the beginning the primary prerequisite to peace of mind is posture.
Yogasana practiced to gain steady posture, health and lightness in the
body. All Yoga postures are intended to directly or indirectly quiet the
mind. The majority of Asana have been devised to build up different
parts of the body and to develop the strength required by the more
advanced Physical disciplines. The purpose of the yogasana is to
recondition the system, both mind and body, and to develop the nervous
and glandular systems. The different Yoga postures have been devised to
bring a rich supply of blood to the brain and to the various parts of
the spinal column. The yogasana work by stretching, bending and twisting
the spinal column in different directions to promote the health of the
nerves. When the body is purified, Prana (vital energy) can be conserved
and the individual becomes healthy and conscious. << Read More>>
<http://divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/yoga%20_postures.pdf>
<http://divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/yoga%20_postures.pdf>
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Highlighting the News & Upcoming Events
"Manav Seva, Madhav Seva" has been the guiding principle for whoever
has been associated and working at the ashram. The Holy Master Sri Swami
Sivanandaji Maharaj used to take great pleasure in serving one and all
and the tradition continues.....All the activities at the Ashram were
curtailed due to Covid Pandemic for the last nine months. Except, the
food drive to the under-served families of the town......Ashram's
Karmayoga team diligently worked towards food & groceries distribution
seva activity with Pandemic caution from the very beginning even in the
Covid lock-down.
Now slowly but surely, after nine months of break, the ashram has
restored with cautions the regular activities namely, Yoga classes,
Yogasana Camp, Satsang, Religious worship services for people at large
and even more, getting organized.
*Republic Day Celebration at the Ashram:* Jan 26, 2021, marked 72 ^nd
Republic Day of India. It was celebrated by Flag Hoisting at the Ashram
Lawn Garden by H. H. Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj. He gave a
thundering message on the occasion on the moral & ethical duties of the
citizens of India towards the Nation. He denounced the destruction,
looting, national property damage, and like in the name of expressing
displeasure and protest against the Government policy. He advised
against the destruction of natural resources. He said, "Exercise
discipline, Conserve the resources, live a disciplined life, Protect
your Nation, Love your Nation. You belong to the Nation and the
Nation belongs to you. See oneness in all. Live in the awareness of
harmonious coexistence with nature, plants, animals & birds, the
environment, and ecology.
Honor all life equally. The Life Principle (Chaitanya) is the same in
All. God pervades the entire universe. The Lord is within you and all
around you. Open your eyes and behold HIM everywhere. Behold the Lord in
all beings, all objects, plants, animals, actions, feelings & Thoughts.
Lead the Divine Life. "Be good Do Good" "Serve, Love, Give, Purify,
Meditate & Realize", says Sri Swami Sivananda.<< Read More>>
<http://divyajivan.org/News%202020/News%202021/News_January%202021.htm>
*The upcoming Residential Yoga Teachers Training Course (47^th YTTC May
11, 2021 - May 30, 2021). For the details refer to
our*<httphttps://www.divyajivan.org/SIVA%20Yoga%20Center/index.htm>Sivananda Institute
of Vedanta -Yoga Academy (SIVA)
<http://www.divyajivan.org/SIVA%20Yoga%20Center/index.htm><http://www.divyajivan.org/SIVA%20Yoga%20Center/index.htm>
Please register by April 30, 2021 through email
to<sivananda_ashram at yahoo.com>
Pujya Sri Swamiji Maharaj's daily Satsang discourses are inspiring on
"Patanjali Yoga Darshan" text of Maharshi Sri Patanjali. And "
Gitamrutam" on Bhagawad Gita every Sunday is a blessing to all. Thanks
to Sivananda Ashram Parivar to organize through Sivananda Ashram
FaceBook page. For more details, Visit *Sivananda Ashram FaceBook page
<https://www.facebook.com/sivanandaahm/>*.
News & Activity Report for the Month of January 2021
<http://divyajivan.org/News%202020/News%202021/News_January%202021.htm>
News through Event Photos
<https://photos.google.com/share/AF1QipOKTR43mU0BNwCcsvmyWuNbTK4H8G3wZm4ILlUzbEVf1ffipDN5zKWccM5nWhjdrA?key=bWs2MVJIU28tZEQwSldCa25EX2gyeGR0S0wwY3lB>
Divya Jivan <http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm> /February 2021
<http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_2021/DJ_Feb%202021.pdf>
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Samadhi Experiences
* Meditate and enter into the realm of radiant light. There are no
limitations; here there is no worry, there are no obstacles. There
is no time-space. In that holy realm, there is no fear, no doubt, no
indecision. It is all eternal joy, bliss, peace, and Happiness.
* In Higher meditation the senses and the minds are completely
subdued. The Yogi withdraws himself completely and enter into the
state of consciousness beyond the mind and intellect.
* Samadhi is awareness of Reality. Samadhi is super-consciousness. It
transcends duality of all kinds. In Samadhi the triad, Known,
Knowledge, and Knowable disappear.
* In Samadhi there is neither "I" neither "you", neither "He" nor
"she", neither "here" nor "there"Neither "this" nor "that", neither
"above" nor "below".
* In Samadhi or super-conscious state the yogi abandons the sense of
his own being and enters into the Being of GOD.
- Sri Swami Sivananda
_"Gurudevarpanmastu"_
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