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<div align="center">Divya Jivan Newsletter <br>
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad <br>
January 2014 <br>
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<div align="left">OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!<br>
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<div align="left">"New Year Message" by Swami Sivananda<br>
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Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:black">"On this
glorious New Year’s day make a strong resolve to
wipe away all the old worldly Vasanas or tendencies
and bad impressions and to control the senses and
the mind.<br>
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style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black">Know the value of time.
Time is most precious. Utilise every second
profitably. Live every moment of your life for the
realisation of your ideal and goal. Do not
procrastinate. That "tomorrow" will never come. Now
or never. Abandon idle gossiping. Kill egoism,
laziness and inertia. Forget the past. A glorious
and brilliant future is awaiting you.</span><span
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Time rolls on. New becomes old and old becomes new
again. Today is the most auspicious New Year’s day.
God has given you another chance this year to enable
you to strive for your salvation. Today man is.
Tomorrow he is not. Therefore avail yourself of this
golden opportunity, struggle hard and reach the goal
of life. Make the best use of every moment of this
New Year. Unfold all latent faculties. Here is a
chance to begin life anew, to grow and evolve and
become a superhuman or a great dynamic Yogi.</span>
" -Swami Sivananda <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/sivananda/newyear_%20message.htm"><More>></a><br>
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Early Morning Meditation Talk from "Ponder These Truths" of
Swami Chidananada <br>
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"Times New Roman""><img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/chidananda.jpg"
moz-do-not-send="true" align="left" height="174"
width="150">"This Moment" <br>
"This moment is God. God comes to you as this moment. He
does not descend in some sort of supramundane shape and
size with lights flashing and sound emanating. He comes
silently as this moment. Now is God. He constantly keeps
coming to you as now, as this moment. We have to help
God to help us when He comes as <i>kaloham</i>—I am
time, I am life."<span style="color: black"> <o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New
Roman";color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span>"Ponder,
ponder well this great, all-important truth of your life.
Go on pondering it and never stop deeply pondering this
truth. For it is the most important truth. If it is
grasped, life is yours; there is nothing that is withheld
from you. If you do not grasp it, life is in vain. A
hundred things will come and clutter up your
consciousness, and your consciousness will lose the most
precious of all things—the now, the moment, here<tt><span
style="font-size: 10.0pt;color:black">".</span></tt></p>
<span
style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif";
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Roman";color:black;mso-ansi-language:EN-US;
mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">"What
is life and what is time if it is not now, if it is not
this moment? Without any distinction of age or sex or
caste or creed or race it is given to everyone, saint or
sinner. That is the equal vision of the Divine. It is not
withheld from anyone. It is given to everyone. God comes
to everyone as this moment. This is life. This is the I AM
God—here, now. That is the greatest thing. This moment is
the most tremendous thing that can happen to you. It is
the greatest thing that can be given to you. Be wise. Make
use of this moment and bless yourself eternally." </span>
- Swami Chidananda <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm"><<
More>></a><br>
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On Health Topics from a book "Yoga and Health" by Swami
Adhyatmananda<br>
<span style="font-size: 11pt"><b> <br>
<img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/adhyat-3.jpg"
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width="150"></b></span> <span
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mso-ansi-language:EN-US;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;mso-bidi-language:AR-SA">"Backache"<br>
<br>
<b> </b>Principle causes of Backache, Treatment &
Precautions .......<br>
Bhujangasana, Baddha-Naukasana, Kati -Utthanasana,
Ushtrasana, Bharmari Pranayama & Shavasana are very
helpful.<br>
Practice of Shalabhasana at the end of Bhujangasana and
practice of Dhanurasana on completion of Ushtrasana are
found very beneficial for the backache. Therefore, without
any type of hurry, with perfect quiet attitude &
balance state of mind, practise Asanas, Bhramari as well
as Omkar Pranayamas. <a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm"><span
style="color:blue"><<More>></span></a> <br>
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<a href="http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/index.htm"><span
style="color:blue">Satsang with H. H. Swami
Adhyatmanandaji ( Video Clip) </span></a>- on the
Subject of " Vaidik Wisdom for the Harmony of Mind, Body
& Spirit" </span><span
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Highlighting the News & Upcoming Events<br>
<br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/News2013/News_Dece2013.htm">News
& Activity report for the month of December 2013</a><br>
<a href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm"
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255, 204);">Divya Jivan</a> /<a
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_Dec%202013/DJ_December2013.pdf">December
2013 </a><br>
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Gitamrutam <br>
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The man attains peace, who, abandoning all desires, moves
about without longing, without the sense of mine and without
egoism. ( 2:71)<br>
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The sages obtain absolute freedom or Moksha—they whose sins
have been destroyed, whose dualities (perception of
dualities or experience of the pairs of opposites) are torn
asunder, who are self-controlled, and intent on the welfare
of all beings. (5:25)<br>
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He who is ever happy within, who rejoices within, who is
illumined within, such a Yogi attains absolute freedom or
Moksha, himself becoming Brahman.( 5:24)<br>
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<img alt="" src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/7_29.gif"
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Those who strive for liberation from old age and death,
taking refuge in Me, realise in full that Brahman, the whole
knowledge of the Self and all action. (7:29)<br>
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<img alt="" src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/18_52.gif"
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Dwelling in solitude, eating but little, with speech, body
and mind subdued, always engaged in concentration and
meditation, taking refuge in dispassion, (18:52)<br>
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<img alt="" src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/2_72.gif"
moz-do-not-send="true" height="90" width="669"><br>
This is the Brahmic seat (eternal state), O son of Pritha!
Attaining to this, none is deluded. Being established
therein, even at the end of life one attains to oneness with
Brahman.( 2:72)<br>
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Jayanti ( Jan 12, 2014 )</a><br>
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