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<div align="center">Divya Jivan Newsletter<br>
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad<br>
August 2018<br>
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OM Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya! <br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!<br>
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"Serve Humanity and Seek Divinity" - by Swami Sivananda<br>
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src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/sivananda.jpg"
alt="" align="left" height="169" width="132">"Come, come,
wake up now. Claim your birthright. Recognize your identity.
Enter into experience of the Divine Joy, Peace and Wisdom
which is your Eternal Svarupa (essential nature). O beloved
friend! O Radiant Atman! Do it now. You are indeed Divine.
You are unchangeable, infinite, immortal Atman."<br>
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"Compassion to all is the key to blessedness. Humility is
the highest virtue. Truthfulness is the greatest treasure.
Self-control is the supreme wealth to possess. Egoism is the
worst blemish and hence to be eradicated in toto."<br>
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"Be an ideal individual. Become a spiritually-illumined
soul. Thus crown your life with Wisdom, Peace and
Blessedness. You will then become a blessing to all mankind.
I wish you joy and peace".<br>
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Early Morning Meditation Talk from "Ponder These Truths" by
Swami Chidananda<br>
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"Based Your Life Upon Wisdom" <br>
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"Beloved Immortal Atman! Blessed children of the Divine!
Blessed are all of you who have entered into a life that
leads to the realisation of the divinity inherent in you as
your own essential nature. In all that you do in this life,
day by day, morning till night, in all that you say and do,
make sure that it springs from wisdom and not from wrong
understanding or ignorance. Where there is wisdom as the
basis of your life, as the basis of your action, there is no
sorrow, there will be no sorrow for you. Where you allow
wisdom to be thwarted by thoughtlessness, forgetfulness,
heedlessness, the letting go of awareness, wisdom becomes
clouded. Letting go of awareness makes for your sleep.
Falling asleep means ceasing to know anything, being in the
dark, and such darkness the great sages term as avidya,
ignorance. Such a state of ignorance is due to letting go of
the awareness, “I am divine, I am divine.”- Swami Chidananda
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Learning of "Jeevan Yog" from a Yoga Acharya Swami
Adhyatmananda<br>
Through TV episodes of "Jeevan Yoga" Series by Doordarshan
Girnar<br>
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src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/jeevan_yog.jpg"
alt="" align="left" height="185" width="144">Prana - "The
true meaning of Prana is not only breath. The Prana is
energy. It is universal power, brightness, light and
intelligence. All these cosmic energies are named as
Prana."Yatkinchit Jagat Sarvam Drishyate Shruyatepiva..This
Prana is filled in all that we see and hear, the inside and
outside of all things, all movement etc. in this world. <br>
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The Prana is the source of all capabilities and the power in
the universe. Prana is the only power behind the normal
functioning of the system of respiration (inhalation and
exhalation), blood circulation, digestion, excretion of
urine and stool, system producing semen, structure of our
bones and also the nervous system.The working abilities of
sensory organs and motor organs improve as each cell gets
extra nutrition. The secret of beauty of skin, shining of
the face, brightness of the eyes, intelligence power and
development of mental power is the result of the practice of
Pranayama. The practice of Pranayama means oneness with
cosmic energy. Pranayama Sadhana opens the doors of subtle
life from the gross life "- Swami Adhyatmananda
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Highlighting the news and upcoming events<br>
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& Activity Report for the Month of July 2018</a><br>
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Jivan</a>/<a moz-do-not-send="true"
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August -Sept 2018 ( Special Issue)</a><br>
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Q & A on Spiritual Life and Sadhana from “May I Answer
That?”- by Holy Master Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj.<br>
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Who is God? What is God? Is there a God? Where is God? How
to realise God? <br>
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Man wants an answer to these eternal questions. Certainly
there is God. God exists. He is the only reality. God is
your creator, saviour and redeemer. He is all-pervading. He
dwells in your heart. He is always near you. He is nearer to
you than your jugular vein or nose. He loves you. He can
talk to you. You cannot find God by the intellect. But, you
can find Him by feeling, meditation, experience and
realisation."......<br>
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"Reduce yourself into zero before God. Only then will God
completely take care of and guide you. Only then surrender
becomes complete. Forget your own interests, your own
longings, your own desires. You will attain the bliss of the
Supreme Self. Crucify, sacrifice the lower self, if you wish
to have union with God. Empty your egoism. You will be
filled with God. Lose your personality. You will find the
Divine Life. You will realise God." <br>
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