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Jivan Newsletter <br>
Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad <br>
February 2014</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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Namo Bhagawate Sivanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!</span><br>
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"Worship of Lord Shiva" on the occasion of auspicious
Shivaratri Utsav ( Feb 27, 2014)</span><span
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alt=""
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width="150">"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.” <o:p><br>
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normal"><span
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Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">“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.” - Swami Sivananda<a>
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Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman""><a
href="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/index.htm">Shiva
Aradhana</a> - Live recording of Bhajans &
Kirtans </span><span
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Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">in
praise of Lord Shiva</span><span
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during </span><span
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Utsav at Sivananda ashram</span><span
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absolutely soul starring and touching the heart to
the core. <br>
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<a
href="http://saranaagathi.files.wordpress.com/2009/08/rudram_with_meanings.pdf">Satarudriyam
or Rudram, Namakam</a><span
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</o:p></span><span
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Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Early
Morning Meditation Talk from "Ponder These Truths" of
Swami Chidananada<o:p> <br>
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width="150"> </span><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New
Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman"">"Four Powerful
Transforming Factors" <br>
"Radiant Divinities! Beloved sadhaks and seekers!
Today let us consider four valuable means of making
your life sublime, four valuable factors that will
keep your life moving towards the grand divine
destiny, to fulfill which you have been endowed with
this human status. For the power to feel, think,
reason, understand, expand in knowledge and grow in
wisdom is verily the uniqueness of this privileged
status of yours as a human being on earth. These
factors will enrich your human status, adorn your
spiritual life, enrich your sadhana and abhyasa, and
augment your movement towards your grand divine
destiny of atma-jnana, transcendental experience,
God-realization."<br>
<br>
".......These four powerful forces, powerful
transforming factors, can enhance your spiritual
life, make it fully God-oriented, give it a push in
the right direction, take you towards the Goal
Supreme—the power of the Name which immediately
links you up with the Unmanifest, the transcendental
Reality; constant remembrance of God in the mind;
bhav, the right feeling, sublime spiritual feeling
in your heart; and fourth, the right vision, which
beholds the Reality everywhere, so that you live,
move and have your being in God."- Swami Chidananda
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On Health Topics from a book "Yoga and Health" by
Swami Adhyatmananda<br
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New Roman""> <img alt=""
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/adhyat-3.jpg"
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width="150">Diabetes & Yoga-Abhyasa <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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normal"><span
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Roman","serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"">Diabetes
can, in a few & milder cases be cured by Yoga
way of Living. The essential factors in managing
diabetes are proper dieting, weight control, regular
exercise, practice of Yogasanas, Pranayama, Mudra,
Bandha etc. To begin with, one should start
flexibility exercise, Trikonasana and
Suryanamaskara. Gradually and in proper order one
should practice main yogasanas namely Sarvangasana,
Matsyasana, Halasana, Paschimottanasna. Shitali and
Shitkari Pranayamas have good effects on internal
secreting glands. One needs to seek medical
consultation also. <a
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More>> </a><a
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times
New Roman","serif";
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href="http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/index.htm">Satsang
with H.H. Swami Adhyatmanandaji (through Video
clips) - </a></span>on the Subject of <span
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Roman","serif";
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href="http://divyajivan.org/video_clips/index.htm">
" Excellence in Action"</a></span> discourse series
organized by AMA (Amdavad Managment Association)<br>
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Utsa</a>v : Please join with us in Shivaratri Utsav.
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Gitamrutam<o:p></o:p></span> <br>
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"Times New Roman","serif"">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.(9:22)<br>
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<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Fix thy mind
on Me; be devoted to Me; sacrifice unto Me; bow down
to Me; having thus united thy whole self with Me,
taking Me as the Supreme Goal, thou shalt verily
come unto Me.( 9:34)<br>
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Fix thy mind on Me only, thy intellect in Me, (then)
thou shait no doubt live in Me alone hereafter.(12:8)<br>
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<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>Fix thy mind
on Me, be devoted to Me, sacrifice to Me, bow down to
Me. Thou shalt come even to Me; truly do I promise
unto thee, (for) thou art dear to Me.(18:65)<br>
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<o:p> </o:p>Abandoning all duties, take refuge in Me
alone; I will liberate thee from all sins; grieve
not.(18:66)</span><br>
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