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<div align="center">December 2009 </div>
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<h1><font color="#cc6600">Divya Jivan Newsletter</font></h1>
<address><b><big><font color="#cc6600">December 2009 </font></big></b>
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"> <font color="#ffffff"
size="4">"The Teachings of Lord Sri Dattatreya <br>
on auspicious Sri Dattatreya Jayanti (Dec 2, 2009)</font> </td>
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"Lord Dattatreya - He was a supreme <i>yogi</i>.
Like Dakshinamurti,
He was the <i>adi guru</i>, the primal world teacher. Contemplate His
life. Meditate upon Him. Feel His divine presence. Evoke in your mind
the sacred memory of Sati Anasuya and Atri Maharshi, the power of
chastity, and divine grace in the form of Divinity taking birth at the
earnest supplication and prayer of a heart filled with devotion. The
earnest prayer of a heart filled with devotion never goes unanswered or
unfulfilled. This is what the advent, the <i> avatara </i>of
Dattatreya represents or proves."- Sri Swami Chidananda<a
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<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/chidananda/dattatreya/index.htm">Dattatreya
Jayanti </a>-Sri Swami Sivananda<br>
<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/articles/krishna/dattatreya.htm"> Lord
Dattatreya - Master Par Excellence</a> - Swami Krishnananda
<div align="left"> <a href="http://www.nareshvar.org/12.html">Sri
Datta Namsankirtan </a>(audio)- composed by <span
style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">Brahmleen Sri. Sri. Sri. Rang Avadhut
Maharaj of Nareshvar in praise of Guru Sri.Dattatreya.</span><br>
More on <a href="http://www.shreeswami.org/">Lord Sri Dattatreya
& Dattavatara.</a> </div>
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<b><big><small><big><small><big><small><big><small><font
color="#ffffff"><big><small>Early Morning Meditation talks from"
Ponder These Truths" by Sri Swami Chidananda</small></big></font></small></big></small></big></small></big></small></big><font
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<h2 align="left"><small><small><font color="#333333"><img alt=""
src="cid:part4.00050805.07060607@divyajivan.org" align="left"
height="151" width="131">Start the Day in an Ideal Way</font></small></small><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">" In his first Spiritual Instruction,
Gurudev says get up at 4.00 A.M., <i>
brahmamuhurta; </i>it is very favourable for spiritual practices. Why
get up? So that you may sit on <i>padma</i>,<i> siddha </i>or <i>sukha
asana </i>for <i>
japa </i>and meditation. You get up in order to think of God, remember
Him, take His Name, direct your mind and focus it on Him. This is the
way to start the day "....... <br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">.... "Gurudev gives us the ideal way of
entering into a new day. First, get up early in the morning. Then start
the day by sitting for <i>japa </i>and meditation: “Start the day
with God. End the day with God. Fill the day with God. This is the way
to God.” It means this is the way to bliss, to peace, to perfection, to
illumination. For God is only a symbolic word summing up all that is
supreme, all that is blessed, all that is most auspicious, all that is
most desirable, all that human beings everywhere covet, crave for, seek
for—the sum totality of human aspirations and deep desires " ....<span
lang="EN-GB"><span style=""></span></span><a
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><i><b><font
color="#ffffff"> </font></b></i><b><font color="#ffffff"> Yoga
Learning through " Yoga way of Life " by Sri Swami
Adhyatmananda</font></b><br>
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Bhastrika Pranayama <br>
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The meaning of the Sanskrit word ‘Bhastrika’ is ‘Bellows’, thus the
Bhastrika Pranayama is called the ‘bellows breath’. This form of
breathing increases the flow of air into the body to produce inner heat
at the physical and subtle level.<br>
Bhastrika breathing is a dynamic and highly energizing abdominal
breathing exercise requiring a large expenditure of physical energy. It
is accomplished by breathing abdominally at the rate of 1-4 breaths per
second, with inhalations and exhalations equally emphasized and equally
active. <a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/Bhastrika%20.pdf"><<
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff"> Upcoming
events </font></b> </td>
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<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm">Upcoming
YTTC
( Dec 11, 2009 - Dec 30, 2009)</a> - You can still enroll in YTTC at
Sivananda Ashram , Ahmedabad. Yoga Teacher Training Course at
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabada is designed to offer you the experience of
living Yoga way of Life and to present the necessary techniques that
will enable you to pass these great teachings on to others.The program
syllabus includes detailed instructions for each posture
with their benefits. Also, in depth practice of different pranayama
(breathing exercises), meditation, relaxation (Yoga Nidra) techniques
are taught based on Patanjali Yoga philosophy. At the concluding of the
program and passing the test graduate receives certificate recognized
by Gujarat University.<br>
For more details, Contact <a
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href="mailto:Sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com">Sivananda_ashram@yahoo.com</a>
/ # 079- 26861234<br>
<br>
<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/News2009/news_nov09.htm">News
& Activity Report for the Month of November 2009</a><br>
<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan
(Gujarati)</a>/ <a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_Nov09_final.pdf">November
2009</a><br>
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">So
Says Swami Sivananda</font> </b><br>
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<li>The language of silence is more forcible than the language
of speech.<span style=""> </span>Observance of silence or
Mouna daily for two hours is very necessary to conserve the energy that
is
wasted in useless controversies and debates and idle gossips. </li>
<li>Silence develops will-power,
checks the force of sankalpa and gives peace of mind.<span style=""></span>
It removes anxieties and quarrels<span style="">. </span> .<br>
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<li>Conserve speech for the
praise of GOD.</li>
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