<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
</head>
<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF">
<table cellspacing="2" cellpadding="2" height="497" width="100%"
border="1">
<tbody>
<tr>
<td valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffcc">
<div align="center">Divya Jivan Newsletter<br>
<div align="center">
<div align="center"> Sivananda Ashram, Ahmedabad<br>
December 2017<br>
</div>
</div>
<div align="left"> OM Namo Bhagawate
Sivanandaya!
====================================<br>
OM Namo Bhagawate Chidanandaya!<br>
OM Namo Narayanaya!<br>
==================================================================<br>
Christmas- Its Spiritual Significance -by Swami
Sivananda <br>
<br>
<img moz-do-not-send="true"
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/sivananda.jpg"
alt="" align="left" height="124" width="98">"Beloved
seekers, usher in now the real and spiritual Christmas
within your being, become desireless. Conquer egoism.
Become embodiments of true humility. Develop meekness
and lowliness of spirit by humble surrender unto the
Lord. <br>
<br>
Be courageous to overcome all obstacles. Joyously
renounce mammon. Welcome the descent of the Light of
Grace within. Rejoice in the advent of the Divine. Thus
celebrate the Christmas that ultimately leads you on the
glorious climax of Transfiguration, Resurrection and
Ascension. Be crowned with Divine glory. Attain
immortality, perfect freedom and be for ever steeped in
infinite bliss. Through Christmas realise the
Christ-consciousness and the radiant light of Atmic
(divine) Wisdom. Amen."- Swami Sivananada" <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://divyajivan.org/sivananda/index.htm"><<More>></a><br>
</div>
</div>
<br>
<br>
<br>
==================================================================<br>
Early Morning Meditation Talk from " Ponder These truths" by
Swami Chidananda <br>
<br>
<img moz-do-not-send="true"
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/chidananda.jpg"
alt="" align="left" height="120" width="104">"Spiritual
Life" <br>
"Blessed Immortal Atman! Spiritual life is an earnest
endeavor to transcend sense-perceived, temporary
appearances, unrealities, and attain to a vision and an
experience of the super sensuous Divine Reality. It is an
attempt to transcend changeful and passing sense appearances
and to rise up and become established in the Reality that is
ever-present amidst these ever-changing, temporary
appearances as their very source, their support and their
substratum."<br>
<br>
"Spiritual life means growing in godliness. Sadhana in its
various forms such as japa, kirtan, puja, svadhyaya, asana,
pranayama and meditation is a process of purifying and
transforming your normal human nature into godly divine
nature. And to ensure that your outer life of day-to-day
living—speaking, acting, interacting with others and all
life around you—to ensure that it supports your inner
sadhana, you are admonished by Gurudev to transform your
present outer life into a divine process, a divine life, not
the life that you have been leading in the past, but a
divine life. You have to make your life a divine life by
bringing into it ingredients and qualities that belong to
God, incorporating into it divinity, godliness, qualities
that we do not normally associate with man, that we do not
normally associate with this world, this earth plane."
-Swami Chidananda <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://divyajivan.org/ponder_these_truths/index.htm"><<<More>>><br>
</a><br>
====================================================<br>
Learning of <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm">"Jeevan
Yog"</a> from a Yoga Acharya Swami Adhyatmananda<br>
Through TV episodes of "Jeevan Yoga" Series by Doordarshan
Girnar<br>
<br>
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>
<br>
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. <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/Yoga_Book/chapter_3_Prana.pdf"><<
Read More>></a> / <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://divyajivan.org/Jeevan%20Yoga/Index.htm">Jeevan
Yoga Episode </a><br>
<br>
=================================================================<br>
Highlighting the news and upcoming events<br>
<br>
<img moz-do-not-send="true"
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/Adhyat-6.jpg" alt=""
align="left" height="115" width="131"><a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm">39th YTTC
(Dec 11, 2017 - Dec 30, 2017) :</a> You can still
enroll. <br>
A comprehensive 20 days residential Yoga Teachers Training
Course for training of Yoga teachers has been conducted
twice a year since the last two decades at Sivananda Ashram,
Ahmedabad. It is designed by H.H.Sri Swami Adhyatmanandaji
Maharaj. On completion of three weeks residential YTTC and
successfully passing the test including theory and
practical, the graduate will receive a diploma certificate
recognized by Gujarat University. These programs are
attended by yoga aspirants from across the globe. Sri
Swamiji has trained more than 1000 yoga teachers. These
teachers render both preventive and curative aspects of yoga
teaching for well-being of body and mind around the world
and are instrumental in spreading ancient Indian Culture and
rich heritage. <a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://divyajivan.org/misc/index.htm"><< Reg
Form & more info >></a> Please refer to our <a
moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://www.divyajivan.org/GuestInfo/index.htm">guest
information page</a> for stay, travel details and more. <br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://divyajivan.org/News%202017/News%20_%20November2017.htm">News
& Activity Report for the Month of November 2017 </a><br>
<br>
<font size="+1"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="https://photos.app.goo.gl/Zulj0gvDe1GkuVhn2">News
through Event photos</a></font><br>
<br>
<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/index.htm">Divya
Jivan</a> /<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://divyajivan.org/divya_jivan/DJ_November2017/DJ_Nov2017.pdf">
November 2017<br>
</a><br>
==================================================================<br>
Q & A on Spiritual Life and Sadhana from “May I Answer
That?”- by Holy Master Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj. <br>
<br>
Why does not the benevolent, kind and all-merciful God help
the righteous man and give him happiness? Why does He leave
him to the mercies of his Purva Karma?<br>
Karma is likened to the wheel. It has to work out; because
the force that set it in motion has to be spent. It is a
cycle of action and reaction. Just as the arrow once
discharged from the bow cannot be withdrawn, even if the
hunter feels that he has aimed at a wrong target, Prarabdha
Karma, the fruit of those Karmas performed in previous
births that have come up for experience in this present
birth, cannot be annulled.<br>
<br>
How then does God help His devotee? The all-merciful God
does help His devotee by strengthening his will-power, his
power of endurance, to bear the Karma-Phala with a cheerful
countenance. The devotee is certainly not left to the mercy
of his Purva Karma; he is beautifully clothed in the
protective shield of His grace. Just as in the worst winter
and violent storm, you remain unaffected in your own house
and in your warm clothing, the devotee (though to the
onlookers he is poor, sick or suffering) does not feel that
he is suffering at all and is ever happy and blissful in His
remembrance.<br>
<br>
<br>
<div align="center"><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="http://divyajivan.org/dattatreya/index.htm">Teachings
of Lord Sri Dattatreya </a><br>
</div>
<div align="center"> Dattatreya Jayanti (December 3, 2017)<br>
<br>
<img moz-do-not-send="true"
src="http://divyajivan.org/Monthly_NL/Christmas%20candles.jpg"
alt="" height="133" width="328"><br>
<br>
</div>
<div align="center">
<div>Gurudevarpanmastu! </div>
<div><font size="-1">Home Page:</font><br>
</div>
<font size="-1"><a href="http://www.divyajivan.org/">http://www.divyajivan.org/</a></font><br>
<font size="-1"> For questions, comments and suggestions:</font><br>
<font size="-1"> <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:divyajivan@divyajivan.org">divyajivan@divyajivan.org</a></font><br>
<font size="+1"><b style="font-style: normal;
font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-caps:
normal; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2;
text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space:
normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;
-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color:
rgb(255, 255, 255); color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family:
arial; font-size: medium; text-align: -webkit-center;"><a
href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=chidananda-join@divyajivan.org,divyajivan@divyajivan.org&su=Subscribe&body=Just%20press%20the%20%22Send%22%20button.%20You%20will%20get%20the%20confirmation%20link.%20Please%20send%20the%20confirmation%20link%20to%20complete%20the%20subscription."
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">|Subscribe</a> | <a
href="https://mail.google.com/mail/?view=cm&fs=1&tf=1&to=chidananda-unsubscribe@divyajivan.org,divyajivan@divyajivan.org&su=Unsubscribe&body=Just%20press%20the%20%22Send%22%20button.%20You%20will%20get%20the%20confirmation%20link.%20Please%20send%20the%20confirmation%20link%20to%20complete%20the%20unsubscription."
target="_blank" style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Unsubscribe</a>| <a
href="http://divyajivan.org/mailman/listinfo/chidananda_divyajivan.org"
style="color: rgb(102, 0, 204);">Manage Subscription</a> |</b></font></div>
</td>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>
<p><br>
</p>
</body>
</html>