2021

The Spirit of Christmas

Sadhana to transform the mind Christ lived two thousand years ago. Why do we still remember this day? Not because Christ was the founder of Christianity. Christianity was established in Rome, not in Bethlehem or Jerusalem. The founder of the organized Christian system was St Peter. The teaching of Christ, of Jesus, before the establishment of Christianity was very simple. If we are to express Christ’s teaching in the language of today, we would say,
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2021

The faculty of perception

Ultimately, it is not introversion or extroversion that is important, but how you use and extend the faculty of perception at gross levels of awareness and at high levels of consciousness. It is this faculty of perception that energizes and stimulates the mind. Awareness is one activity of perception, memory is another activity of perception. You can remember what you don’t perceive, what you have just thought, or things you have come across, but you
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2021

The five vrittis

There are five vrittis in chitta, as defined by Patanjali. The first is pramana, cognition, and cognition is always dependent on memory. If there is no memory, there is no cognition. However, this cognition is not happening right now through your senses, mind or logic. It is not the present cognition, but past. That is pramana. A child who has put his hand in fire will have that memory even twenty years later when he
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2021

Towards sattwa

What should one do in order to come to this state where we are able to eliminate the psychic suffering which we experience in the form of fear? Meditation, which leads to awareness, which leads to concentration. This meditation need not be done sitting on the floor with the spine straight and with the eyes closed. It is the process of dharana and dhyana in yoga and the techniques that are taught in the form
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2021

Α Balanced Lifestyle

What is the definition of a balanced lifestyle? A balanced lifestyle is one in which you are able to integrate and harmonize the experiences, first at the individual level of body, mind and spirit, and then at the social level, through care and support, inspiration and motivation. In this way, you not only improve yourself, but society and the environment as well. However, the care and nurturing of society has to be done from a selfless
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2021

Pawanmuktasana series

To be able to move into a yogic posture easily and fluently, you have to loosen up the body. The stiffness and tightness have to be removed from the body so that you can practice the asanas. For this, another set of exercises was developed which was known as sukshma vyayama, subtle movements or exercises. The sukshma vyayama existed throughout the ages as complementary practices to hatha yoga asanas. However, there was no sequence, progression
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2021

Diwali

Diwali means ‘festival of lights’. When Sri Rama vanquished his nemesis Ravana and returned to his kingdom, the people of Ayodhya lit up the entire city and the kingdom with little oil candles. At night the whole kingdom was shining like a diamond, glittering in the dark. For yogis lamp, light and flame is the symbol of anahata chakra which represents love. Sri Rama represented love. Therefore, when Rama came to Ayodhya there was not
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2021

The God element

The element fire is inherent in every material object. Fire exists in matter, in rocks, stones, wood, in carbon forms like our own bodies, in different life forms. When you strike two pieces of rock, sparks come out. When you rub two pieces of wood together, smoke comes out, heat is created, embers are seen and eventually fire is visible. If you strike metal against metal, you will see sparks fly. This fire element is
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2021

Temple of transcendence

According to tantra, the body is a spiritual tool to realize one’s higher nature. This concept is not only limited to the physical body but encompasses the chakras contained in the body. The awakening of chakras induces an altered state of seeing the world in a different manner. With the awakening of each chakra, the interactive consciousness and the passive consciousness also awaken. The interactive consciousness is used to relate and understand the external world,
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2021

Navaratri

Navaratri, or the nine days of sadhana, is traditionally celebrated as a festival. During this period, according to the myth, Shakti (Durga) was victorious over the negative forces or demons. Traditionally, it is the victory of Shakti which is remembered during these nine days. According to myth and the available literature, the demonic forces in the world were gaining power and subduing the divine forces. So all the devas got together and prayed for mukti,
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