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<div align="center">February 2010 <br>
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<h1><font color="#cc6600">Divya Jivan Newsletter</font></h1>
<address><b><big><font color="#cc6600">February 2010 </font></big></b>
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color="#ffffff"> <big>Worship of Lord Shiva on auspicious </big> <font
size="4"><small>Mahashivratri ( Feb 12, 2010) </small></font></font></b>
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alt="" src="cid:part3.09030006.06000507@divyajivan.org" align="left"
height="183" width="182"></span>"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.”</p>
<p>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.”</p>
<p>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 <a
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<p><a href="http://www.swami-krishnananda.org/invoc/in_sat.html">The
significance of Satrudriyam</a> - Sri Swami Krishnananda<br>
<a
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or Rudram, Namakam </a><br>
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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="#000000">Brahma
Satyam Jagan -Mithya</font></small></small></h2>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The highest ultimate declaration, the
quintessential truth, declared by people of the supreme absolute
experience is <i>brahma satyam jagan-mithya jivo-brahmaiva naparah </i>(Brahman
alone is real, the world is unreal. <i>Jiva </i>is not other than
Brahman).<br>
I shall tell you within the compass of half a verse the quintessence,
the heart, the very essence of the teachings expounded in innumerable
scriptures and that is: Brahman alone is real. This phenomenal
appearance before us is only a relative reality, ever-changing,
unstable, unreliable, never dependable, limited, subject to time and
space, subject to decay and dissolution, having a beginning and an end.
Characterized by these defects and shortcomings, everything here seen,
perceived by the human individual consciousness, is but a mere
temporary relative reality. And the individual soul that thinks of
itself as the knower of this, or the seer of this, or the experiencer
of this ever-changing phenomenal flux, which is called <i>samsara </i>or
the universe, is a non-entity, for Brahman alone is real and the <i>jivatman</i>,<i>
</i>the individual, is Brahman plus <i>upadhis </i>(limiting
adjuncts or additions).- Swami
Chidananda <a
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">Yoga
Learning through a book , " Yoga , A way of Life " of Swami
Adhyatmananda</font></b> </td>
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src="cid:part5.09000002.06010005@divyajivan.org" align="left"
height="147" width="96">Primary & Main Yogasana (Yoga Postures) <br>
The Physical techniques of Yoga are the stepping stones to meditation.
According to Patanjali, Yoga is the cessation of the modifications of
the mind.<br>
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 <span style=""> </span>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. <a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/yoga%20_postures.pdf"><<
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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>Sadhana -The secret of Success. Persevere. Plod on in your
Sadhana. <br>
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<li>Through introspection, analysis, discrimination, vigilance,
enquiry and prayer, you can understand the tricks and jugglery of the
mind and escape from its deception.</li>
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<li>To make the mind obey you, is Spiritual discipline.</li>
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<li>Still the mind. Here in lies freedom and bliss eternal.</li>
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<li>Where there are kindness, humility and purity, there
spirituality springs up, saintliness shines, divinity descends and
perfection
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