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2022

My Conversation with God

During Navaratri, on the night of Ashtami, when I was lying on my bed, I was thinking of Lakshmi and one statement of Swami Sivanandaji about Mother Lakshmi. While thinking about that statement, I heard a voice which said, ‘Talk to me.’ In my state, I recognized it to be the voice of Lakshmi, yet it was not a feminine voice, it was a neutral voice. I addressed that voice, ‘You are God.’ The voice

2022

Break your limits

Break your limits and make muscle memory You have to extend yourself beyond your limits. Even in the practice of asanas, you practise one asana for maybe 10 rounds, then you get bored and move on to the next one. Then you feel that your body is slightly tired, so you lie down to relax. There is often more relaxation in an asana class than the actual practice of asanas. You don’t do an asana

2022

Bhakti Yoga

Bhakti yoga is a sadhana for psychological transformation. It gives nine practical disciplines or stages for transmuting negative and restrictive emotions to positive and uplifting ones. Following any one of the nine stages of bhakti yoga will allow you to change limiting attitudes, conditionings and patterns of behavior that have been influenced by your family, society and culture. Unlike other yogas, such as raja yoga or jnana yoga where a sequence has been prescribed for

2022

Practicing the first lifestyle niyama

The first lifestyle niyama is japa. It is interesting why japa has been placed as the first niyama. By doing japa, you develop the ability to disconnect from the outside world. That is the only way by which you can isolate yourself from the external world and become stable inside. Mantra is the first yogic initiation and also the final one. When people commence japa sadhana, repeating the mantra with the mala, for many it

2022

Women in the Yogic Tradition

According to the tradition, yoga is not a patriarchal system. Historically, from the time of Rama, Krishna and the Vedic age, there were many women luminaries, gurus, sadhus and saints. These women had higher status than their male counterparts. The feminine nature is not so rational or intellectual, it is more psychic, intuitive and more sensitive to the changes that take place in the personality of an individual. Females project an image of compassion, kindness,

2022

Importance of Concentration

Concentration is one-pointedness of mind, the ability to hold the awareness of the mind on one point, one place, without wavering. The perfection of concentration leads to meditation. In the state of concentration, the mind is not aware of the external environment or of other peripheral things that surround the object of concentration. Why is concentration so important? This can be best answered by comparing the mind to a light bulb. The rays of light

2022

Swami Satyananda

When I was a young child, Sri Swami Satyananda gave me a mantra. He said, “Niranjan, sit here and repeat this mantra five times after me.” That was my mantra initiation. I asked him, “How many malas do I need to practice?” He said, “If you do one, it is an achievement.” I thought to myself, “This aspiring sannyasin can do at least five, six, seven, eight, nine or ten malas!” and I started doing

2022

True Human Being

A reporter once asked our guru, Swami Satyananda, what psychic powers, or siddhis, he had. When he replied that he had no spiritual powers despite what people said, the reporter said, “But there is an aura of mystery, peace, self-control, positivism and dynamism around you. You must have some spiritual powers you are not telling us about.” He questioned Paramahamsaji at length until ultimately he said, “I have been through the dictionary of spiritual powers.

2022

I, the Devil or God?

Whenever you are critical or negative, remember it is the devil or the evil inside you which is raising the head. Whenever you are in a happy and joyous and light mood, supportive and cooperative, happy and content, then that is God’s influence in your life. People who are always seething about something: Why should I, why this, why that? Then it is the devil who is speaking through them, not God. The language of

2022

New Year’s Message 2022

Greetings of New Year from Ganga Darshan, in the city of Yoga, Munger. Munger is the Karmabhoomi of our master Sri Swami Satyanandaji and it is our Yogabhoomi, the land of Yoga. On New Year’s day we chant 108 times the complete Hanuman Chalisa to invoke the grace of Hanuman. Especially on these times of challenges, when we are facing a lot of difficulties, conflicts and pandemic disturbing our life, our society, our aspirations, plans

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