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<div align="center">October 2007<br>
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<h1><font color="#cc6600">Divya Jivan Newsletter</font></h1>
<address><b><big><font color="#cc6600"> October 2007 </font></big></b>
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">"Mahatma
Gandhiji - The Pattern of a Perfect Life" - Swami Sivananda on the
occasion of "Gandhi Jayanti" (Oct 2, 2007 )</font></b></td>
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<img alt="" src="cid:part2.06050800.02060806@divyajivan.org"
align="left" height="209" width="170">"Mahatma Gandhi’s life is a
monument to the triumph of spirit over flesh, a living witness to the
victory of the divine over the base nature of man. A continuous
exercise of self-restraint and discipline, along with deep prayer and
an invincible faith in the Divine, enabled him to successfully resist
all kinds of temptations, overcome all obstacles and gain full mastery
over himself."<br>
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"Mahatmaji demonstrated how a life of complete detachment and
renunciation may be led while remaining in the thick of battle. His was
a supreme example of one who had completely annihilated the ego, the
little "I", and led a divine life in the world. His life was like that
of a lotus leaf in water.".......Swami Sivananda <a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/articles/siva/Mahatma_Gandhiji.htm"><<
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">Navaratri
& Its Spiritual Significances </font></b><b><font color="#ffffff">by
Swami Sivananda (Oct
12, 2007 - Oct 21, 2007)</font></b><b><font color="#ffffff"> <br>
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<img alt="" src="cid:part3.04010106.07010700@divyajivan.org"
align="right" height="177" width="139">"The central purpose of
existence
is to recognise your eternal identity with
the supreme Spirit. It is to grow into the image of the Divine. The
supreme One
embodies the highest perfection. It is spotless purity. To recognise
your
identity with That, to attain union with That, is verily to grow into
the very
likeness of the Divine. The aspirant, therefore, as his initial step,
has to get
rid of all the countless impurities, and the demoniacal elements that
have come
to cling to him in his embodied state. Then he has to acquire lofty
virtues and
auspicious, divine qualities. Thus purified, knowledge flashes upon him
like the
brilliant rays of the sun upon the crystal waters of a perfectly calm
lake."<br>
<p>"This process demands a resolute will, determined effort and
arduous
struggle. In other words, strength and infinite power are the prime
necessity.
Thus it is the Divine Mother who has to operate through the aspirant.
Let us now consider how?" ........Swami Sivananda <a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/navaratri/index.htm"><< More
>></a> </p>
<font color="#006600"><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/navaratri/devi_mahatmya.htm">Devi
Mahatamya - </a></font><font color="#000000">Swami Krishnananda<br>
</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Adishankaracharya/articles/adhyatma/Navaratri.htm">Navaratri-the
Festival of Self-Restrain - </a>Swami Adhyatmananda<br>
</font><a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/realaudio/mangal_kari_mata.ram">"Mangal
Kari Mata
Bhavani" </a>(Audio Clip)<br>
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Morning Meditation talks from "Ponder These Truths" by Sri Swami
Chidananda</font></b></td>
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<b><img alt="" src="cid:part4.06070909.03030600@divyajivan.org"
align="left" height="155" width="133">The Peace Within</b><br>
"The peace of the Supreme Being is within every human individual. This
peace that passeth understanding, this peace that is supreme, higher
than which there is nothing, which is profound peace, perennial peace,
is the truth about your inner Self. It is the one real thing within
amidst a thousand miscellaneous thoughts being allowed to flit and fill
the mind, being allowed to agitate and disperse the mind"......<br>
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"You are that peace if you establish your identity with that peace
instead of with the numerous other fancies and thoughts that come into
your mind. Be as you are. And this peace overcomes time. For this peace
there is no past, there is no present, there is no future. It is
always. It is here, now, and it is for all times. It is beyond
time—this peace which is your truth.".........Swami Chidananda <a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm"><<More>></a><br>
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">On
"Health Topics" from a Book " Yoga & Health " by Swami
Adhyatmananda</font></b></td>
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<p><b><img alt="" src="cid:part5.02050808.09000702@divyajivan.org"
align="left" height="151" width="111">Flexibility Exercises<br>
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<p>Regular
practice of simple and
gentle flexibility exercises will improve stamina and strength, reduce
aches
and pains, improve posture and body alignment , improve immune system,
awaken
body and energize the mind and finally leads one to evolve spiritually.
........<a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/yoga&health/index.htm"><<More>>
<span style=""> </span></a><span style=""> </span> <o:p></o:p><br>
Included in this chapter - demonstration & explanation of
flexibility exercises, still better guide is through Yoga DVD.<o:p></o:p>
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><o:p></o:p><b>Yoga, <st1:street><st1:address>A Way</st1:address></st1:street>
of Life
- DVD, (available in set of Two)</b> <img alt=""
src="cid:part6.02090604.03080501@divyajivan.org" align="right"
height="184" width="189"><br>
A complete guide to Flexibilities exercises, Yoga Postures, Pranayam
&
Meditation compiled & directed by renowned teacher H. H. Sri Swami
Adhyatmanandaji Maharaj. Swamiji leads Flexibility exercises and gives
an
in-depth study of Primary Series of postures for students of all ages
and
fitness level. Demonstration of Yoga Postures are accompanied by clear
explanations of alignment and form which is a helpful tool for
Yoga learning. You will find simple and systemic teaching of breathing
exercises (Pranayamas), Yoganidra (Savasana) & Meditation technique.</p>
<p><b>Yoganidra</b> is a prolonged Shavasan that leads to
relaxation and
finally establishes in deep meditation. Swami Adhyatmanandaji’s
expertise has guided many seekers and this DVD is a boon to those
who are seeking a soul within themselves.<br>
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<p><b>Meditation</b> -To recognize the need, the importance, the
indispensable
necessity of awakening the light within, of banishing the darkness of
little "I", which is the source of all problems. Please find guided
meditation technique to realize that "I am in the light and the
light is within me", and slowly, gradually and finally we realize the
real state of the absolute that "I am the Light".</p>
For purchase of Yoga DVD-contact Ashram # 079-26861234
or <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:sivanandaashram@gmail.com">sivanandaashram@gmail.com</a><br>
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<td bgcolor="#000099" valign="top"><b><font color="#ffffff">Highlights
of Upcoming Events </font></b></td>
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<p><a target="_blank"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/misc/yttc_dec07.htm">Spiritual Sadhana
& Devi Worship during sacred nine days of Navaratri festival at the
Ashram</a>- If you plan to stay at the Ashram during these days, please
inform ahead, so the arrangements could be made. <br>
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<p><a target="_blank"
onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)"
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/misc/yttc_dec07.htm">Upcoming Yoga
Teachers Training Course (YTTC) Dec 11, 2007 - Dec 30, 2007</a>.
Enhance your skill in Yoga, be a teacher and spread the knowledge to
others. You can accomplish all that by systemically learning from a
Master. Join YTTC at Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad. Please download the
registration form.</p>
<p><a
href="http://picasaweb.google.com/divya.tour2006/NewsletterOct2007/photo#s5116170628259240290"><big><b>News
In Slide Show</b></big></a><br>
<a
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/News/Newsletters/sept07_news.htm"><big>News
& Activity Report for the Month of September 2007</big></a><br>
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of Wisdom</b></font></td>
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<p>On Truth (Satyam)</p>
<p>"Search for truth is search for God. Truth is God. God is
because Truth is. <br>
God alone is truth and everything else is transitory and illusory.<br>
Though God may be Love, God is Truth above all.<br>
Truth is what the voice within tells you.<br>
Truth alone will endure, all the rest will swept away before the tide
of time. <br>
Truth should be so humble that even the dust could crush him.<br>
Truth without humility would be an arrogant caricature. <br>
If you would swim on the bosom of the ocean of Truth, you must reduce
yourself to a zero.<br>
The quest of Truth involves tapas—self-suffering—sometimes even unto
death.<br>
Truth is the first to be sought for, and Beauty and Goodness will then
be added unto you.<br>
Truth is like a vast tree which yields more and more fruit the more you
nurture it."<br>
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<p>On Nonviolence( Ahimsa)</p>
<p>"Ahimsa is the highest ideal. It is meant for the brave, never
for the cowardly. <br>
Ahimsa is the eradication of the desire to injure or to kill. <br>
Ahimsa is not a matter of mere dietetics: it transcends it. <br>
Ahimsa is the highest duty. Even if we cannot practice it in full, we
must try to understand its spirit and refrain as far as is humanly
possible from violence.<br>
Ahimsa means infinite love, which again means infinite capacity for
suffering. "</p>
<p>-Mahatma Gandhiji<br>
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