From newsletter at divyajivan.org Tue Jan 3 07:41:37 2012 From: newsletter at divyajivan.org (Divya Jivan Newsletter) Date: Tue, 03 Jan 2012 06:41:37 -0600 Subject: [Sivananda] Divya Jivan Newsletter, January 2012 Message-ID: <4F02F781.50003@divyajivan.org> January 2012 Divya Jivan Newsletter *January 2012 * Home News Upcoming Events What's New? Services Multimedia Publications Administration Saints and Sages Photo Gallery Contact *New Year Message - Sri Swami Sivananda***** By the command of the Indestructible Being, minutes, hours, days and nights, stand apart. By the command of the Immortal Brahman, months, years, seasons and solstices stand apart. He who knows this Indestructible Being is a liberated sage or Jivanmukta. Time rolls on. New becomes old and old becomes new again. Today is the most auspicious New Year?s day. God has given you another chance this year to enable you to strive for your salvation. Today man is. Tomorrow he is not. Therefore avail yourself of this golden opportunity, struggle hard and reach the goal of life. Make the best use of every moment of this New Year. Unfold all latent faculties. Here is a chance to begin life anew, to grow and evolve and become a superhuman or a great dynamic Yogi. May this bright New Year?s day and all the succeeding days of this year and all the future years also bring you all success, peace, prosperity and happiness. May you all tread the path of Truth and righteousness! May you enjoy the eternal bliss of the Absolute, leading a divine life, singing Lord?s name, sharing what you have with others, serving the poor and the sick with Atma Bhava and melting the mind in silent meditation in the Supreme Self.- Swami Sivananda << More>> *Early Morning Meditation Talks from "" Ponder These Truths " by Sri Swami Chidananda * * **Cultivate Peace * "Radiant Divinities! Beloved Atman! Cultivate /santi / (peace) within your heart. Cultivate the habit of peace and serenity which is a covetable possession, that is a positive force to take you towards your supreme Goal. Cultivate /santi /in your mind and in your heart, for it is a condition prerequisite for the inward process of bringing the mind to rest upon the Eternal and the Divine. There can be no concentration for one who does not cultivate the habit of peace. The Lord poses this question in the Bhagavad Gita: ?/asantasya kutah sukham/??How can happiness come to one who is not at peace?? The Supreme Reality, Atman-Brahman, is immeasurable peace, profound, boundless, indescribable peace. The great transcendental experience of your ancestors and of the supreme mystics of all times and climes is that the Reality pervades everywhere, which means that peace fills all existence. From their transcendental experience our ancestors declared boldly that the Supreme Reality dwells in the core of your own heart. One divine Reality dwells hidden in all beings, which means that peace dwells within you permanently as the innermost center of your being.- Swami Chidananda << More>> *On "Health Topics" from a book " Yoga and Health " By Swami Adhyatmananda* *Osteoporosis *What Is Oseoporosis ? How Does the Osteoporosis Treated & Prevented? Does Practice of Flexibility exercises & Yogasana help ? Which Yogasana is recommended? Osteoporosis is a condition characterized by the loss of the normal density of bone, resulting in fragile bone. Osteoporosis leads to literally abnormally porous bone that is more compressible like a sponge, than dense like a brick. This disorder of the skeleton weakens the bone causing an increase in the risk for breaking bones (bone fracture). Here the importance of proper nutrition can't undermined. Regular practice of flexibility exercises, Yogasana and Pranayama is essential for prevention and treatment of Osteoporosis. <> *Highlighting upcoming events and news* Upcoming Jnana Yajana (Jan 11,2012- Jan 24,2012) - by Pujya Swami Haribrahmendranandaji Maharaj A special YTTC - Jan 29, 2012 - Feb 20, 2012 News & Activity Report for the Month of December 2011 Video Clip - Pujya Swamiji's discourse at AMA (Ahmedabad Managment Association) Divya Jivan (Gujarati) / November 2011 *Quotes of Swami Vivekananda Vivekananda Jayanti ( Jan 12, 2012 ) * * "Seek ye first the kingdom of God, and everything shall be added unto you." This is the one great duty, this is renunciation. Live for an ideal, and leave no place in the mind for anything else. Let us put forth all our energies to acquire that which never fails--our spiritual perfection. If we have true yearning for realization, we must struggle, and through struggle growth will come. We shall make mistakes, but they may be angels unawares." * "In this external world, which is full of finite things, it is impossible to see and find the Infinite. The Infinite must be sought in that alone which is infinite, and the only thing infinite about us is that which is within us, our own soul. Neither the body, nor the mind, nor even our thoughts, nor the world we see around us, is infinite." * "Do not go for glass beads leaving the mine of diamonds. This life is a great chance. What, seekest thou the pleasures of the world? He is the fountain of all bliss. See for the highest, aim at that highest, and you shall reach the highest. * "Realize your true nature. That is all there is to do. Know yourself as you are?infinite spirit. That is practical religion. Everything else is impractical, for everything else will perish." /*Guurudevarpanstu! */ |Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Manage Subscription | -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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