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2020

Mantra

Mantra Today you are being initiated into the process of mantra. Mantra means a force which can free the mind from its normal states of identification, and allows a greater creativity and receptivity of the mind to manifest when it is perfected. Mantra is a sound vibration. Sound vibrations can alter the vibratory field of body, brain and mind and the sound vibrations which are known as mantras relate to the different psychic centers or

2020

Koshas

What are the koshas? To normal understanding, the human personality is comprised of a physical body along with all its organs and systems. There is a component of emotion, and a component of rationality. Then there is a component of interaction, behaviour and expression; call it creativity. There is also the component of ego. Just as we try to understand the human personality in these terms, Yoga has also described it in the form of

2020

SwaN BDay

Happy birthday dear SwaN!!! Niranjan Niranjan, Just as pollen contains life and beauty The vibration of beauty is within you Be sure to keep radiating this. Don’t let the pollen become tainted Always be alert. Life is a flower Of truth, auspiciousness, beauty, Inner fragrance; From these pollen is made. A wild shock scatters it before time. It is vibrant with joy Some would destroy it with the flower. New life is there in the

2020

Origin of Raja Yoga

Origin of raja yoga You are familiar with the term raja yoga. Who was the propounder of raja yoga? Everyone will say Patanjali, and that is an incorrect understanding. Sage Patanjali came in the medieval period of yoga, not in the early period of yoga. Raja yoga comes from an age way before Patanjali, many centuries and possibly millennia ago. In the early period of yoga, the teaching of raja yoga was imparted by Lord

2020

Difference between meditation and yoga nidra

What is the difference between meditation and yoga nidra? Although the practices may be similar, the concept of yoga nidra and the concept of dhyana or meditation are poles apart. Yoga nidra is part of pratyahara: withdrawal of sensory perceptions, developing internal awareness, reducing external awareness. There are four states of mental awareness and concentration: pratyahara, dharana, dhyana and samadhi. In the practices of pratyahara, yoga nidra being one of them, we begin the process

2020

Become a gardener

Become a gardener One has to become a gardener. We have been given a barren piece of land and through our effort we have to convert it into a beautiful garden. We have to work hard to achieve that. We have to remove the rocks and weeds, cultivate the earth and prepare the soil by adding the necessary nourishment and nutrients. Only then do we plant the seed. Once we have planted the seed, we

2020

Samadhi

One of the biggest problems with the mind is that we project ourselves, and see ourselves as we wish to be in the future. We ignore the present moment and what we are currently experiencing. Yoga teaches us to connect with the present without expectations of the future. The future is the outcome of a balanced, harmonious and joyous present. Even samadhi is not a process of mystical experience, but a process of gaining knowledge,

2020

Surrender to the divine will

What is the yogic path that can help us surrender to the divine will? Bhakti yoga is the only yoga that indicates the way to Ishwara pranidhana, letting go and surrender to the divine will. The path of bhakti is superior to karma yoga, raja yoga, kriya yoga, kundalini yoga, or any other yoga. All other yogas work at one level of the personality. Karma yoga will deal with action, performance, the expression of the

2020

Sat Chit Ananda

Discovering sat-chit-ananda The tradition says that you have to discover three experiences within yourself. First, sat, truth or reality. You have to know what is real, you have to discover the truth in everything. Second, chit, the experience that consciousness is able to expand and outgrow its self-imposed limitations and boundaries. Third, ananda, the experience that there is no suffering and pain in life, only bliss. Thus, sat, chit and ananda are the three experiences

2020

Developing the qualities of the head – Willpower

Developing the qualities of the head – Willpower The first quality of the mind that needs to be developed is willpower, which represents a focused mind, not a dissipated mind. Willpower is the first requirement on the yogic journey. Willpower does not mean assertiveness, but a quality of mind which achieves what it desires. This is the straight flight of the arrow. In this state of mind there are no dissipations; the mental energies are

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