[Sivananda] Divyajivan Newsletter January 2013

Sun Dec 30 23:57:52 EST 2012

Divyajivan Newsletter
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad
January 2013
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Om Namo Narayanaya!
OM Namo Bhagavate  Sivanandaya!
OM Namo Bhagavate Chidanandaya!

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New Year Message by Sri Swami Sivananda*

"By the command of the Indestructible Being, minutes, hours, days and 
nights, stand apart. By the command of the Immortal Brahman, months, 
years, seasons and solstices stand apart. He who knows this 
Indestructible Being is a liberated sage or Jivanmukta.

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."- Swami Sivananda<< More> > 
<http://divyajivan.org/sivananda/index.htm>

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*Early Morning Meditation talk from "Ponder These Truths " by Swami 
Chidananda*

Connect Yourself with God

"You must keep in contact with the source of your being, be ever linked 
and connected with the origin from which you are. Then, day by day, your 
spirit will begin to unfold. It will grow, develop, progress, expand, 
and you will attain divine experience. You will become divine."

"But when there is no connection, or you have alienated yourself from 
It, or forgotten It, or thought of yourself as something independent, 
then you are full of sorrow and anxiety, pain and suffering, misery and 
fear. You are full of a sense of want. Why? Because you have unwisely 
cut yourself off from the source of your being. The secret of a 
progressive and fruitful life is to be inwardly ever linked with God, 
linked with the Cosmic Being."

"Keep that connection either through inquiry and discrimination, or 
through constant unbroken remembrance of God and devotion, or through 
meditation and continuously thinking about Brahman, or through 
worship-fully dedicating all activities to Him. Do it by whatever means, 
but by any means do it!"  - Swami 
Chidananda<<More>><http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm>

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<http://divyajivan.org/adhyatmananda/index.htm>New Year 2013 
GreetingsbySri Swami 
Adhyatmananda<http://divyajivan.org/adhyatmananda/index.htm>

Yoga Learning from a Book "Yoga, A way of Life" from Swami Adhyatmananda

Sheetali and Shidhkari Pranayam

The word "sheetali" means cooling in Sanskrit, it is taken from the 
original word "Sheetal" which is soothing or cold. The practice of 
sheetali breathing calms the mind, reduces the stress. It cools the body 
and mind, The blood pressure is also lowered. This pranayama is very 
effective in hyper acidity or even ulcers.
Sit in Padmasana or Cross legged position in which the body can be 
relaxed and spine is erect. Then start inhaling through mouth by rolling 
the tongue, make sure that the air passing in is cooled via tongue. 
Initially 4 seconds inhale through mouth while rolling the tongue and 
exhale for 6 seconds through both nostrils, this can be practiced for 
about 5 minutes. With practice one can increase the counts to 4:8, or 
5:10 or 6:12 seconds.

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Highlighting Ashram's News & Upcoming events

  Divine Darshan (Video Clip) <http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/index.htm>

"Project READ", " Project Manav Seva" , "Sivananda Jnana Nidhi" , 
Nutritional aid & grain distribution through " Sri Vishvanath Seva 
kendra & Annapuarna center"  of  Sivananda Ashram 
<http://divyajivan.org/services.htm>. Involve yourself in Seva Projects 
and be benefited. Sivananda Ashram is very active in providing the 
services to the  poor and the sick in the society. "Manav Seva, Madhav 
Seva" has been the guiding principle for whoever has been associated and 
working at the ashram. Holy Master Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj used to 
take the great pleasure in serving one and all and the tradition continues.

  The continuation of such comprehensive programs has been possible only 
because of the unstinting devotion and generous financial assistance 
provided by selfless devotees of the Lord like yourselves.

Divya Jivan/ November 2012

News & Activity Report for the Month of December 2012 
<http://divyajivan.org/News2012/Dece2012_news.htm>

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*GitaMrutam
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**Whatever thou doest, whatever thou eatest, whatever thou offer-est in 
sacrifice, whatever thou givest, whatever thou practiseth as austerity, 
O Arjuna, do it as an offering unto Me! (IX:27)

To those men who worship Me alone, thinking of no other, of those ever 
united, I secure what is not already possessed and preserve what they 
already possess.(IX:22)

To those whose minds are set on Me, O Arjuna, verily I become ere long 
the saviour out of the ocean of the mortal Samsara! ( XII:7 )

Fix thy mind on Me only, thy intellect in Me, (then) thou shalt no doubt 
live in Me alone hereafter.(XII: 8)

Free from pride and delusion, victorious over the evil of attachment, 
dwelling constantly in the Self, their desires having completely turned 
away, freed from the pairs of opposites known as pleasure and pain, the 
undeluded reach the eternal goal. (XV : 5)

Abandoning all duties, take refuge in Me alone; I will liberate thee 
from all sins; grieve not.(XVIII:66)

Vivekananda Jayanti (Jan 12, 2012)
<http://divyajivan.org/Vivekananda/index.htm>

Gurudevarpanmastu
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