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CONTENTS Volume 1, Issue 5, September, 2012
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Who is Nithyananda ? ...6 My Dear Ones ...7 Life Strategy: Emotions are Just Body Fluids! ...8, 9, 10 Vedic Renaissance : Bharat Meets Ram ...11, 12,13 Samyama: Nirahara Samyama - Beyond Fasting & Feasting! ... 14,15 Siddha & Ayurveda: Turmeric ...16,17 Bliss Bites: Vegan Saffron Strawberry Cake ... 18,19 Be Unclutched: Bring World Peace by Unclutching ...20, 21 Upcoming Events ... 22-26 News: Inner Awakening ... 27
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Vedic Renaissance: Mangalam Ganesham! ...28, 29 Main Story: Be Honest To Your Capacity! ... 30-34 Heal the World: Miraculous Healing ...35 Beyond Mind: Increase Your Intensity ...36, 37 Yoga & Kriya: Kriya for Anger ...38, 39 Technique: Live Stress Free! A Simple Technique ...40-41 Creative Juices: The Bliss Band ... 42-43 Kailash: Kailash IS the Yatra ! ... 44-45 Esoteric Realms: The World of the Baul Mystics ... 46-48 In the Life Of: Anand Tapas ... 49-50 Abhyasah (Practice): Crossword & Gentle Kicks ...51h (Practice): Gentle Kicks ...45
Who is Nithyananda ? Paramahamsa Nithyananda is a global leader in the science of enlightenment. Recently coronated as the 293rd pontiff of the world's most ancient Hindu organization, Madurai Aadheenam, Nithyananda is revered as a living avatar (divine incarnation) by millions worldwide. He is the most-watched spiritual teacher on youtube.com with more than14 million views, and the author of more than 300 books published in 27 global languages. Nithyananda was recently named among the world's top 100 most spiritually influential personalities of 2012 by renowned esoteric magazine 'Mind Body Spirit' from Watkins.
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A spiritual genius with an enlightened insight into everything from management to meditation, from relationships to religion, and from success to spirituality, Nithyananda brings to us a wealth of practical wisdom, meditation techniques, kriyas and tools for lasting inner transformation. A trained yogi, a powerful spiritual healer and a siddha, Paramahamsa Nithyananda is working actively with scientists and researchers worldwide to decode the mystical yogic sciences of the East, including levitation, teleportation and manifestation (materialization). When Paramahamsa Nithyananda ascends the traditional seat of deeksha daana (initiation) every morning and starts his discourse (satsang), thousands of people from over 30 countries participate live via 2-way video conferencing, while thousands view it live on
Nithyananda TV.
Disclaimer The meditation techniques included in this magazine are to be practiced only under the direct supervision of an ordained teacher of Nithyananda Mission (NM) and in consultation with your personal physician to determine your fitness and ability to do the techniques. They are not intended to be a substitute for medical attention, examination, diagnosis or treatment. If someone tries these techniques without prior participation in the meditation programs of NM and without the direct supervision of an ordained teacher of NM, they shall be doing so entirely at their own risk; neither the author nor NM shall be responsible for the consequences of their actions. Š2012 Dhyanapeeta Charitable Trust All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, or stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without written permission of the publisher. In the event that you use any of the information in this book for yourself, the author and the publisher assume no responsibility for our actions.
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Not taking responsibility even for what you are doing is ‘unconsciousness’. Taking responsibility for what you are doing physically and mentally is ‘consciousness’. Taking responsibility for all the ripple effects due to your presence and all the possibilities due to your presence is ‘super consciousness’. When you take responsibility, naturally you will ask yourself, ‘What for am I doing this? Why should I do this? What is the need? What is the use?’ Then your innate intelligence will turn your attention inward. You will radiate totality. You will be total! Be Blissful!
Paramahamsa Nithyananda Spiritual Founder of Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam
life strategy
Taken from Nithyananda’s 8 Discourses on the Bhagavad Gita on 4th May, 2012, Bidadi Ashram
Emotions are Just Body Fluids! Emotions & Body Fluids If there is one concept that is truly universal in every sense, it is emotions. Young or old, male or female, working or studying, rich or poor - emotions exist in each and every human being. ‘To err is human’, is an often quoted line, and emotions are often the cause of these errors. There are often moments in a person’s life when the power of his own emotions threaten to overwhelm and sometimes even break him. Traumatic events are aplenty in one’s life and it is essential to learn how to handle such emotions without suppressing them. A common mistake people make, when trying to curb their fears and anxieties after facing traumatic situations, is suppressing their emotions. It is common to procrastinate thinking about them or facing them, thus pushing them back to the recesses of
one’s mind. However, this is not an ideal solution at all. The real solution is exactly the opposite - to face it. Before a person can think about how to overcome this problem, it is important to get to the very root of it. What are emotions? This is an answer out of the ordinary, but emotions are, in fact, nothing but body fluids! Physical symptoms such as one’s body shaking, or crying, releases the emotions from the body. Whenever a body fluid is released from the body, the emotion associated with it is also released. For example, fear, shock and suffering are associated with tears from the eyes and rheum from the nose. Self torturing emotions such as guilt are associated with sweat. Attention need is associated with estrogen. So, when someone consciously goes through those emotions, the respective body fluids leave the system, taking those emotions along with them.
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Decision Making That is why, after a traumatic event, the best way to deal with the rush of emotions is to relive the entire experience. This may not be pleasant at all, it may even be a horrible affair. You may sweat, you may shake, but there is no other way. The person must go completely into every detail, every emotion and every feeling to relive it properly and get rid of it once and for all. This must be done with complete awareness, consciously. It will be evident after just two or three days of doing this, that the incident will no longer bear the same weight as it did before. It will be forgotten. All the shock, fear, insecurity and anxiety associated with it will simply disappear.
life strategy This does not apply to traumatic incidents alone, but also to everyday life. It is a daily occurrence in some people’s lives, to lose their tempers and make rash decisions that they irrevocably end up regretting. Not just anger, but also due to guilt, fear or sometimes even intense happiness. For example, if somebody’s superior at the office has yelled at them, they either get very angry, very scared or very guilty. It is impossible to think clearly with such a state of mind, and they end up taking the wrong decision. Does this improve the situation with their superior? No, it only makes it worse. A person’s potential is limitless, if not for their emotions inhibiting them from doing what they can.
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CONQUER YOUR EMOTIONS So many decisions are made everyday based on mere emotions, because of a few hormones running high in the body. Without these hormones, one’s entire perception, entire strategy towards a situation changes. This is pratyahara, that is, not being forced to take decisions through body fluids.
Image © Aaron Krohn
Anger, lust, fear, greed, attention need - all of these are strong emotions and all of these belong to a different body fluid. So, understanding this one concept is enough to liberate anyone that is bound by their emotions. Emotions are nothing but body fluids, a little liquid added to the body. All emotional sufferings and emotional clots are nothing but liquids. When one understands his biochemistry he ceases to be enslaved by his emotional reactions. Conquering a person’s emotions and taking decisions based solely on their judgment can change the very tune of a person’s life and bring harmony back into it. n
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Bharat Meets Ram The Ramayana
about the two boons he had granted her once and was yet to fulfill. Consequently, Ramyana is one of the most told and because Kaikeyi desired so, instead of celebrated epics in the Vedic tradition. being crowned as king of Ayodhya, Ram was sent to exile in the forest for fourteen Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya, had years. three wives and four sons. Lord Ram (an Incarnation of Lord Vishnu) was the eldest and the son of Kaushalya. Bharat was the son of his second and favorite wife, Kaikeyi. The other two sons were Lakshman and Shatrughna, sons of Sumithra. While Ram was all set for coronation, his step-mother Kaikeyi wanted her son Bharat to become the king. Kaikeyi reminded King Dashratha
Lord Ram went to the forest, accompanied by his wife Sita and brother Lakshman, and they lived as renunciates. One day Lord Ram, Lakshman and Sita were sitting on a huge rock and enjoying the beautiful scenery, when they saw Bharat approaching their hut with the entire army of his kingdom.
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As soon as Bharat saw Lord Ram, he your resolute adherence to dharma (the embraced him and said: “Ram, our father principle of cosmic order) is such that died soon after your departure. On his even Gods bow before you. But love is deathbed he had only your name on his the only divine ethic that no dharma can lips. Please forgive me. It is only because ever compel. Steadfast unselfish love is of my cruel mother that you have come above dharma. When that love reaches to the forest in exile and we have lost our its pinnacle in the form of true devotion father.”
then God himself needs to break his own laws. That is why now scales are heavy in
Lord Ram, Lakshman and Sita were lost Bharat’s favour. But remember Bharat, in grief when Bharat conveyed the news love has its own rules, it makes its own of Dasharatha’s death to them. Lord Ram laws. Love’s true power lies in its being said to Bharat: “We will carry out the selfless. And when love is selfless it asks remaining rituals here. You must return for nothing. It just wants to give to the to Ayodhya and rule over the kingdom. It beloved for the sake of their happiness is the only way of satisfying our father’s and pleasure. And so you now decide what soul.” Lord Ram wished to continue to live you can give to your Ram. It is easy to give in exile to fulfil the promise made by him up life, but it is often hard to live for your to his late father. But Bharat was firm to loved one. If you are a true devotee, sit at his resolve as well. He insisted that he will Ram’s feet and ask him what he desires”. instead fast to death, and won’t go back to Ayodhya without taking Lord Ram back
Bharat’s Realization
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Enter King Janaka
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King Janaka, whose four daughters his love and his glory and misinterpreted were married to the four sons of King it as selfless love. He thanked King Janaka Dashratha, arrived at the scene to resolve for enlightening him on the essence of the deadlock. King Janaka said: “Ram, true love.
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Ram, feeling vanquished by the power Ram’s representative from Nandigram. of Bharat's love, accepted being the king Ram lived a life of exile for fourteen years of Ayodhya but only after fulfilling the with Sita and brother Lakshman. promise made by him to his father.
So much is said about unconditional love,
With his newly gained clarity Bharat said yet often one tends to miss the essence of selflessness. It is important to understand “Dear Ram, at least do this for me. Let the other person’s needs and happiness me have your paadukas (sandals). I shall instead of only thinking about one’s place them on the throne and administer own wants - to be aware whether the kingdom on your behalf and that too
one is actually contributing to other only till your return after fourteen years person’s life or just burdening them and not a day more.” Bharat took Ram’s with some ideas of love. Approaching
paadukas. With great devotion he placed others with an attitude of contributing to them on his head and returned to Ayodhya. their life makes true love flower in one’s The divine paadukas were kept on the inner space and liberates one from his throne of Ayodhya while Bharat ruled as own attention need as well. n
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Nirahara Samyama ...
Taken from Nithyananda’s Morning Discourse on 22nd June, 2012, at the Madurai Adheenam
the bio-memory. When one’s bio-memory is awakened, he/she will not need will. The meaning of samyama is to explore There will be just a feeling of high energy and discover one’s various possibilities and excitement. and powers. It is being centered on a certain technique or spiritual process. In this process, a person will explore and What will happen through discover their body’s innate possibilities and capabilities without the external input the samyama ? of food or water. The body is a miniature of the cosmos with all possible intelligence During this process, a person will be in it. If a fish can swim, so can anyone. If a liberated from many patterns that were bird can fly, so can anyone. It’s up to every created with food. Every human being person to discover these possibilities in associates their fear, greed, attention need and the idea of love with food. That’s their bio-memory and reawaken them. why when someone is given just one meal, A very important thing that one should they will feel that the person really loves realize is that controlling the consumption them. Food is closely associated with love of food and water through will is not all over the world, not just in one or two allowed nor effective as it will create one particular cultures. Every single pattern more pattern of trying to control things. associated with love and attention need The purpose of this samyama is to awaken is connected with food.
What is ‘Samyama’ ?
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Beyond Fasting & Feasting !
What is the purpose ? The purpose of this samyama is to awaken a person’s own natural intelligence of feeding the body through natural resources such as sun rays, air and ether which is directly available to everyone from space. If plants can make food directly from air, sun rays and ether, so can a person’s body. Every extraordinary capability, every extraordinary possibility is in one’s bio memory. This samyama is not aimed at saving on food cost. It is aimed at eliminating the many basic root patterns with which people suffer, which are in turn associated with food patterns. When the food pattern is removed, many of those basic emotional patterns are broken and a person is liberated from them. Many
of the fear, greed and attention need patterns are all associated with food.
Finally... During Nirahara samyama, a person will not use their will power to control the hunger or thirst. In this whole game, if the will comes inside, it will replace food. They will not be successful. This samyama should only make one healthier, full of excitement, joy and bliss. This samayama should not make a person fall sick. Each person should be sincere and honest to their own possibility and capability, but not starving oneself. Nirahara samyama is neither fasting, nor starving. Nirahara samyama is in a way teaching a person’s whole system, responsible intense action. It is a very powerful method where the whole body will learn intense action. n
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Turmeric Indian Turmeric (Curcuma longa) is a leafy, aromatic plant in the ginger family with a unique spicy fragrance. The spice made from the plant’s rhizome is a staple of Indian cuisine. Turmeric is a potent medicine widely used in Ayurveda and traditional herbal medicine. Modern medical studies have found that ‘curcumin’, one of the components of turmeric, is the most biologically active component with healing properties. In the ancient Indian Vedic civilization, turmeric was revered as a holy powder, dating back nearly 5000 years. Dry turmeric is added as an offering in fire sacrifices (homa, yagna), releasing a cleansing and healing smoke. The spice is called ‘Indian saffron’. Thanks to its brilliant yellow colour, it is an ideal choice as a food flavour, an effective ingredient in medicines and cosmetics, and a natural colorant.
Health Benefits • In the Ayurvedic system of medicine, turmeric has been prescribed for the treatment of upper respiratory disorders, jaundice, as a stomach and intestinal soother, and as an anti-inflammatory substance. • Turmeric powder in warm milk is useful in conditions of sore throat and cough with expectoration. The hot milk eases the throat and turmeric fights throat infection. • The antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, anti-allergic, antiseptic properties of turmeric prove effective topically in various skin disorders including skin cancer. • Turmeric is popularly used to create face masks by blending turmeric powder with yogurt, honey or milk and applying the paste to the skin. • A combination of turmeric with sandalwood powder as a paste can be applied to the skin to combat acne. • Women in India and parts of Asia use turmeric masks on a daily basis for skin rejuvenation and to soften the appearance of lines and wrinkles, also significantly reducing the facial hair.
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• For maintaining elasticity of skin and to prevent stretch marks in pregnant women, a mixture of turmeric powder with yogurt is applied to the abdomen and wiped off after 5-10 minutes. • Turmeric with a gram of flour, mixed in water can be used as an overall body scrub before showering. Doing this regularly gives a glowing skin. • For toothache and gum infections, a mixture of turmeric, rock salt and mustard oil can be applied to the affected area around two to three times a day, followed by washing the mouth with warm water. • A combination of table salt and turmeric powder used as tooth powder relieves one from tooth infections. • For heavy headache, sinusitis, cold, or throat irritation, a piece of dry turmeric rhizome is used with the help of tongs, the other end placed in a flame of a lit lamp. Inhaling the fumes gives instant relief. Or, add to water for steam inhalation. • In India, it is a common practice to apply a paste of turmeric to minor cuts and bruises. Its antiseptic property is perfect as it quickens healing. If you feel a burning sensation, it just means the turmeric is acting! • As an effective anti-inflammatory, turmeric is used in treating Rheumatoid Arthritis. Turmeric powder taken thrice daily helps reduce swelling and inflammation around joints. n
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Vegan Saffron Strawberry Cake This vegan cake recipe is not only delicious, but also of high nutritive value, consisting of ingredients such as saffron and cardamom. It is also completely egg-less. Saffron is teeming with anti-bacterial qualities, which make it ideal for curing acne. It is also helpful in the improvement of digestion and appetite, because it helps in improving circulation to the organs of digestion. Cardamom also helps in cleansing the body as it has detoxifying properties. It is used extensively in Ayurveda.
½ TEASPOON Salt ¼ CUP Organic Vegetable Oil 2 TEASPOONS Organic Apple Cider Vinegar ¾ CUP Organic Grade B Maple Syrup – which makes the cake very soft ½ TEASPOON Rose Water 2 TEASPOONS of Organic Vanilla Extract (non-alcohol base/vegetable glycerin) or fresh/dried vanilla bean ground
Cardamom Raspberry Moreover, this recipe is devoid of milk. In Butter-cream Frosting some Western countries, the cows are treated inhumanly, which makes causes pain engrams to be a part of the bio-memory of the animals. These engrams are transferred to humans when they consume the milk produced by these cows. This makes being vegan a healthy choice.
INGREDIENTS 1 CUP Soy Milk 1 TEASPOON (approx.) Saffron Threads 1 1/3 CUPS Organic Whole Wheat Baking Flour or equivalent 1 TABLESPOON Organic Cornstarch 1 (Equivalent) “Egg”-Replacer (For Eg, Enter-G Egg Replacer/can be bought at Whole Foods or online) ¾ TEASPOON Non-Aluminum Baking Powder ½ TEASPOON Baking Soda
Rose
¼ cup Non-HydrogenatedVegan Margarine/ Buttery Spread - I used Earth Balance 2 CUPS Vegan/Organic Confections Sugar (Powdered Sugar) Several TABLESPOONS of Vanilla Soy Milk, till you get the right frosting consistency *note, non-organic sugar is not vegan/ vegetarian as the sugar cane is ground up using bone char. 2 TEASPOONS Rose Water (adjust to your taste) 1 TABLESPOON Crushed Cardamom (adjust to your taste) 1 pint very ripe organic Raspberries for pink color (or vegetable derived/non-chemical red food coloring) *Normal red food coloring is not vegan or vegetarian, red dye #40 is derived from insects. Saffron Threads for garnishing (optional)
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DIRECTIONS
DO NOT over mix.
1. In a small pot/saucepan, pour the soy 3. Bake for 16-18 minutes or until an milk and saffron threads and bring to a inserted toothpick comes out clean. boil, then turn off and let the saffron steep 4. In a medium-sized bowl, using a hand for about 10-15 minutes. mixer, beat the vegan butter until smooth 2. Preheat oven 350 degrees F. Spray a 9 and creamy. x 13 inch cake pan with non-stick cooking Sift in 1 cup of the powdered sugar, and spray. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, beat. Sift in the 2nd cup of powdered sugar cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder and beat until well combined. Add in the and salt. Once the saffron has steeped in rose water, and cardamom. the soymilk, the milk will turn a beautiful Beat until well combined, then fold in the golden-yellow color. Add the maple syrup, raspberries and stir by hand. oil, egg-replacer, apple cider vinegar and Cover and store in the fridge until ready to use. rose water. Whisk until well combined. Using the whisk, slowly pour the wet ingredients 5. Once the cake is completely cooled, into the dry whisking until the batter is add the frosting and sprinkle with crushed smooth. cardamom and saffron threads. n
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Bring World Peace By Unclutching
Taken from Nithyananda’s Peace Webinar on 22nd April, 2012, Bidadi
WHAT IS PE ACE ? Being peaceful within means being in completely unclutched space or the restful awareness space internally and taking more and more responsibility and being productive externally. Let me define “peace”. Peace means: being
at ease internally and responding to the world in a most efficient way, and being most productive to the humanity. If you wish to authentically
by one thought to the other thought and carrying that load constantly. Please understand, usually you transfer the load and the stress you create by one thought to the other thought and when you are constantly transferring those emotions to the next thought your inner space becomes insensitive, loaded with so much of emotions, it naturally sinks into depression, restlessness, boredom - all the negative emotions.. Unclutching is not connecting one thought and the other thought and carrying the same stress and emotions.
make a difference and bring peace to the world, you must first bring peace yourself within. Being peaceful within When you unclutch you stop carrying the means: being in completely unclutched stress and negative emotions from one space, or the restful awareness space. thought to the other thought and when you don’t carry that stress, suffering, Let me define this word “Unclutching – negativity, pressure, restlessness Being Unclutched”. When you are not from one thought to the other thought transferring the stress and load created naturally you experience peace inside.
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LE V ELS OF PE ACE
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Peace at the level of self: Being in the restful awareness zone at all times, being unclutched within is peace at the level of self. Please understand; every human being has the birthright for the peace within. The Peace at the level of self is the birthright of every human being and everyone should do it. Everyone should have this peace experience – life while you are living.
Second: Peace at the level of Family. Being unclutched and mature in your relationships and executing your responsibility towards your family and relationships. Every householder, person who has a family, is responsible for his family’s peace. Even if you are not the head of a family, please understand; every person who is part of the family is responsible for the peace of the family. Third: Peace at the level of community. Being unclutched in the way you relate with your community, taking up responsibility towards your community and performing actions that radiate responsibility. I tell you, when you unclutch, so much of your inner space will be freely available to you. You will be able to do so many creative things, radiating responsibility. Fourth: Peace at the level of Society – Being unclutched in the way you relate to the society and being responsible at the societal level. Please understand; only at this level you will really feel the sacrifice – the “tyaga” – the joy of sacrifice happening to you. I tell you, only at that moment you really feel: “What can I contribute to others and make a difference?” When each individual is established in being unclutched at the level of Self naturally he will create the peace at the level of family, then at the level of community and it will expand to the level of society. Naturally peace has to start happening at the level of nation and the whole civilization itself.
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Inner Awakening, Bidadi Dates: October 7th - October 28th, 2012
See www.innerawakening.org for more details
THE Nirahara Samyama, Bidadi Dates: October 7th - October 28th, 2012
e-World Tour Istanbul, Turkey 30th October - Free Evening Meditation 31st October - Manifest Your Reality
London, UK 1st November - Free Evening Meditation 2nd November - Manifest Your Reality 2nd November - Memory Camp for Children 3rd-4th November - Nithya Dhyana 3rd-4th November - Memory Camp for Children
Paris, France 5th November - Free Evening Meditation
Poprad, Slovakia 8th November - Free Evening Meditation 9th November - Manifest Your Reality 9th November - Memory Camp for Children
Paris, France 10th November - Free Evening Meditation 11th November - Manifest Your Reality 11th November - Memory Camp for Children 12th-13th November - Nithya Dhyana 12th-13th November - Memory Camp for Children 14th November - Spiritual Healing Initiation
Schedule is subject to change. Please check the website www. nithyananda.org for further details.
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Guadeloupe, France 15th November - Free Evening Meditation 16th November - Manifest Your Reality 16th November - Memory Camp for Children 17th-18th November - Nithya Dhyana 17th-18th November - Memory Camp for Children
Vancouver, Canada 20th November - Free Evening Meditation 21st November - Manifest Your Reality 21st November - Memory Camp for Children
Toronto, Canada 22nd November - Free Evening Meditation 23rd November - Manifest Your Reality 23rd November - Memory Camp for Children 24th-25th November - Nithya Dhyana 24th-25th November - Memory Camp for Children 26th November - Spiritual Healing Initiation
Calgary, Canada 27th November - Free Evening Meditation 28th November - Manifest Your Reality 28th November - Memory Camp for Children
Monterray, Mexico 10th November - Free Evening Meditation 11th November - Manifest Your Reality 11th November - Memory Camp for Children
Mexico City, Mexico 2nd December - Free Evening Meditation 3rd December - Manifest Your Reality 3rd December - Memory Camp for Children
Schedule is subject to change. Please check the website www. nithyananda.org for further details.
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Webinars with Paramahamsa Nithyananda Venue: Worldwide (Check www.nithyananda.tv) The Rising of the Divine Feminine Consciousness October 6th, 2012 20:00 to 22:00 hrs, IST There is a profound shift happening. Male domination is not working out financially, environmentally, socially, spiritually. Individuals are responding to the urgent need for Divine Feminine to express. Learn how to embrace the shift, find out: The immense benefits of living from divine feminine consciousness. Tools and techniques to express divine feminine easily
Intuitive Decision Making October 13th, 2012 20:00 to 22:00 hrs, IST Intuition gives us access to extraordinary perceptions Access “beyond logic” decisions Gather data from more than five senses! Function from the heart, not the ego Break through the ‘mind noise’ that clouds intuition Develop confidence in Intuition Learn practical tools to access intuition easily and successfully
Samyama - Yogic Powers Beyond Imagination October 20th, 2012 20:00 to 22:00 hrs, IST Discover potential beyond your wildest dreams! You have the innate ability to Live without food, water, sleep, or pain Awaken Kundalini - your highest power of manifestation Shape your reality to achieve your true desires Experience powers like levitation, materialization and prophecy
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INNER AWAKENING Glimpses from the ultimate Mind-Body-Spirit Retreat of 21 days Interactive Sessions with Swamiji
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The August-September Inner Awakening program was conducted by Paramahamsa Nithyananda at Sterling Resorts, Kodaikanal, Tamil Nadu, India. For more information on the program, please visit www.innerawakening.org
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Mangalam Ganesham !
Ganesh Chaturthi 19th September, 2012
Ganesha or Ganapati is the supreme expression of super-consciousness, the cosmic intelligence. On the fourth day of the waxing moon, He appeared in the Cosmic Space. Thus, Ganesh Chaturthi is celebrated as His birthday festival. Ganesha is the most worshiped deity in India, for whom there is a temple in every street. He is the most beloved and friendly God in the Hindu tradition. Anyone can approach and relate with Ganesha in any way without much rituals. He can be formed out of a small piece of turmeric or clay and can be worshiped so easily as He is readily available, unassuming and undemanding. Ganesha has four hands – in the upper right hand, He holds the Ankusha (Goad), in the upper left hand the Pasha (Noose), in the lower right hand He has His own broken tusk and in the lower left hand the Modaka (sweet). His form is a powerful representation of the cosmos and holds a beautiful philosophical representation. The elephant face signifies tremendous awareness and sensitivity. The elephant’s eyesight and sense of smell are extraordinary, the big belly symbolizes the entire cosmos and his Vahana (vehicle) - the mouse, represents playfulness.
attachment is added to thoughts, they become engrams. Pasha means attachment, and because Ganesha has His attachments under control, He does not allow thoughts to become engrams. When Ganesha wrote the epic Mahabharata for Vyasa at the banks of the Sarasvati river, His pen broke but He could not stop writing. So, He broke His tusk to continue the task. This displays the spontaneity, responsibility and courage to sacrifice for the cause He had taken up. When we imbibe these qualities, life naturally becomes sweet – this is what Modaka symbolizes. In celebrating Ganesha Chaturthi, all Nithyananda Dhyanapeetam devotees and disciples remember the great happening in Nithyananda’s life – that Ganesha ate food offered by Nithyananda when He was a young boy! That gave him the intense vitarka from his early years, since it was the first mystical experience he had. His spiritual journey started with the blessings of Lord Ganesha Himself.
Ganesha is the remover of obstacles, the Lord of auspicious beginnings. The best way to enjoy this festival is by bringing unclutching, un-attachment, spontaneity, courage and responsibility into our lives, and by experiencing the sweetness and auspiciousness of the inner and outer worlds. With the extraordinary sensitivity to live and enjoy in the inner and outer Even if the mind is like a big, wild elephant, worlds, Ganesha can bless one to tune into the small Ankusha - the key that represents his cosmic intelligence on this auspicious unclutching, can control it. When occasion! n
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Be Honest to Your Capacity
Taken from Nithyananda’s Bhagavad Gita Discourse on 19th July 2012, Kodaikanal How can you be honest to your capacity calendar, on this day, this time and this place without being caught in mental cunningness, on planet earth - the whole geography and tamas and rajas as you explore your time is described precisely. So, there you capacity? You see, being honest to your literally record everything. When you chant
capacity means to be in the present ‘samasta duritakshayadwara’ – where and moment whatever you are doing, and what you start, everything is recorded. to do it with complete intention and Practically, you bring it to you and chant intensity. In The Vedic tradition, we have why you are doing what you are doing. A a unique thing before every ritual, called a complete sankalpa is made. The intention is Sankalpa or will. Does God know your name set. I have seen many times, people don’t or today’s day or date? No. When you take a take responsibility for what they are doing will, you take the responsibility. In the Vedic even physically.
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TAKING RESPONSIBILITY
you are not needed. You are not doing it to put things from here to there. But when you
Not taking responsibility for what you don’t take responsibility for the actions you are doing is unconsciousness. Taking are doing, I can see. Your attitude is, “Okay, responsibility for what you are doing now only Paadyam, I don’t know when this physically and mentally is consciousness. Pushpanjali will come.” When you start
Taking responsibility for all the ripple Swagatham itself you are thinking about effects due to your presence and all Svasti mantra. Taking responsibility for the possibilities due to your presence every action is the reason for the Sankalpa is super consciousness. I feel responsible mantra. Unfortunately, if you start living
for all the ripple effects happening due to unconsciously even during the simple my presence with the whole world, with actions like a small Guru Puja or brushing the whole universe. Please understand, I mean even for what they are doing physically. Every moment, everything
your teeth in the morning, I tell you, you will make the most dangerous unconscious decisions without even knowing it.
you are doing, let you be completely responsible for it. The moment you take BRAHMANANDA & responsibility for your actions, your innate POTATOES intelligence starts thinking, “How can I do this more perfectly, much better with more One man, Brahmananda was a very great clarity, more depth?”. disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. Ramakrishna used to call Brahmananda his son, spiritual I will give you one example - In the morning son. Among Ramakrishna’s disciples Guru Puja, if you take responsibility for what Brahmananda had more influence and you are doing, you will think, “I am doing respect than even Vivekananda. In his life an it, then I should make it successful. What incident happened. Once in the Belur mutt, is the meaning of success in Guru Puja? one Brahmachari was peeling potatoes. For Creating a strong feeling connection. Then Bengalis, from birth to death, potato is their come on, let me chant the mantras.” You life. They don’t just eat potatoes, they live
are not doing the Guru Puja to transfer potatoes – maans, mishit, tamaak is their the water from the cup to the plate. Or mantra. Maans means fish, mishit means from the Arghya to the plate. No, pouring the sweet made out of different sugars, from there to here we ourselves can do, tamaak is the smoke.
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So, one Brahmachari was peeling the up the entire concept of a wife. You trust your potatoes. He was supposed to receive father, but he did not stand by you for some Sannyas that year. Brahmananda came and reason. So, you just give up on your father. saw him and immediately said, “Send this Many times, with the Guru also, if you think he fellow out, he is not qualified for Sannyas.” did not stand by you at some point, you just Just seeing him peeling potatoes, he said he give up. Like this, you live your life drifting like is not qualified for Sannyas. Everyone was a leaf in the wind or dust floating in the river. shocked. The reason was that, even for this When you do small actions without being small action he was not taking responsibility. responsible, that becomes a pattern even in He feels somebody else is responsible, but bigger decisions of your life. When I made this he is made to do this. Understand, when
you don’t take responsibility in the smallest actions, you practically give up on life. `
GIVING UP ON LIFE
as a central theme of Dhyanapeetam on 10th July, I saw that all Ashramites were relieved. They thought, “Oh, no more productivity, it is great. Now we can do what we want.” No. I have given all the responsibility to you. Now, it is you who needs to constantly
break new doors in you and open them. I know so many people who give up on life See, each pattern is like one door stopping you because of one or two patterns. For example, from reaching your inner treasure. When you you trust your wife so much, but maybe at one break the one door, you go to the next and so point, she did not stand by you. So, you just give on.
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When you are doing yoga in the morning, honest to your capacity, you are capable understand that you are not forced by the of the big picture, becoming a part of the people or situation to do it, you are doing big picture, becoming a part of the big it because you want to do it. Increase the possibility. But the moment you start weight you are lifting. If you are trying to taking small decisions unconsciously, bend and touch your feet, increase it by 2 you are prone to take big decisions inches. In 2 inches, surely you won’t break unconsciously. Brahmananda swami your back. Just try, stretch one more inch. makes a very beautiful statement – if Increase the weight by just 2 or 3 kilograms. you can’t take responsibility for peeling Understand responsibility comes with the potato, I know for sure that by this
innate intelligence. The moment you take pattern, you will not take responsibility responsibility for yoga, immediately you will for your Sannyas. I know some people, understand that you should make it happen. to change the foot mat in their house, it
will take them 2 years. Because they will
TAKING DECISIONS
not take responsibility for that foot mat. They don’t remember it is their house, it
Same way in your office - when I say be is they who placed it.
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obese
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also present, so the smell tries to be complete
Please
understand, with the food, the touch tries to be when it started you should have taken complete with the food, the sound tries the responsibility. Or at least after you to be complete with the food, everything became big, you should have taken the tries to be complete. Every sense by its responsibility to bring it to normal size. nature, tries to complete everything in Living in an obese body is irresponsible.
You don’t take responsibility for the way you eat, for the way you live, for the way you think, for the way you move around. So,
take
responsibility
for
every
your life. Take responsibility for every single action you are doing. You will reach your highest possibility the moment you take responsibility. When you take responsibility naturally you will ask
action you do. Everything around you, yourself for what am I doing this? Why everything in you. Be honest to your should I do this? What is the need? What capacity. I tell you, every one of you carry is the use? Then your innate intelligence the innate intelligence of totality. When will turn your attention inward. You you are eating the food, don’t think your will radiate totality. You will be total in other senses are absent, they are also everything. n
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Miraculous
Healing !
heal the world
My name is Ma Ananda Sanghavasini. I am a Meditation Facilitator in Calgary, Canada. I would like to share a few amazing healing experiences that has happened to me because of Swamiji’s healing and THE Samyama offered by Swamiji free of cost. First is a miraculous healing of a severe allergic reaction. Since the
year 2000 I have been suffering see the facts right there on top of the experiences from allergic reactions to heat and exposure to sunlight. This reaction of healing I had is nothing short of a miracle. manifests itself as a swelling of the face while face and neck are covered in small blisters. It is extremely uncomfortable and painful to say the least. Right before the start of THE Samyama program I was suffering from such an allergic reaction. I asked Swamiji for healing; not only for the healing of swelling and blisters but also for the patterns that keep causing this. Swamiji gave His blessings and told me He would clear it. In the past this allergic reaction would have taken at least 3 weeks to clear up. Now, with Swamiji’s blessings and healing, it took 4-5 days!
There are two major improvements in my health since I started participating in Nirahara Samyama that allopathic medicine has failed to heal. 1)
About 5 years ago doctors noticed three or four huge ovarian cysts on each ovary on an ultra sound that was done. Especially the left ovary had been extremely painful. Now, after having done the ultra sound as a check- up for THE samyama, there was no trace of any cysts!
2) From when I was about 16 years old until The healing that happened for me was not only of now, at the age of 40, I have suffered from the skin but of the inner wounds of self-hatred as Hypoglycemia. This resulted in blood sugar well. Swamiji explained that THE Samyama works levels going up and down, mood swings and deeply on clearing all patterns related to self- feelings of weakness and dizziness continuously. After participating in THE Samyama last month, I hatred along with all food-related patterns. suddenly came to the realization that I have had After the program Swamiji had requested for all of none of these symptoms at all since the beginning us to get tests done recommended by a physician of the Nirahara Samyama first level! to make sure we are all healthy. I did all the tests; blood- and urine work, ECG, Ultrasounds, etc. The There are no words to express the gratitude test results were astonishing. Of course I felt great, for the blessings of healing that Swamiji keeps I didn’t need any ‘proof’ for that. Nevertheless, to showering on all of us. n
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Increase your Intensity What is intensity? Intensity means: that which does not create conflict, which is really smoothly flowing, yet very strong. A common belief is that if it is flowing smoothly, like a river, it will not have intensity. Another belief is that if it is not flowing freely like a stone, it does not have intensity. This is not true. Intensity is like a flood which is intense and flowing. Usually intensity is like a solid feeling. There are two different experiences that can occur. One is that it might be intense but one lost the ability to able to flow. The other one is that one might be flowing but lost the intensity. There is a way to integrate both experiences so that the intensity can be experienced. In the Shiva Sutras, an ancient scripture from India, Mahadeva (Lord Shiva) says: “Consider your essence as light rays rising from center to center up the vertebrae. And so raises livingness in you.” Livingness means: radiating the energy that does not create any conflict inside and outside. That is what is meant by the word “livingness” – intensity. Intensely being inside, being conflict-free. The meditation technique described here will help to increase one’s intensity. It is a very powerful technique which which can be practiced everyday as a part of every routine. This technique can be like a “carrying” energy. This technique is especially useful for times when facing mood swings. It can be very powerful. It will bring one back to that same intensity and connect them back to their higher intelligence. This technique will also create a heightened emotional awareness and spiritual consciousness.
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INSTRUCTIONS:
Shiva Sutra Talks, November 2007, Los Angeles, USA
Please close your eyes and sit straight. Inhale and exhale as slowly and deeply as possible. As you go through each energy center, stay focused on each center for at least one minute. 1. Visualize yourself as a light in the root center (Muladhara Chakra), at the root of the spinal cord. Forget all other parts of your body. Forget everything. Just be a light. 2. Intensely bring your awareness to the spleen center. (Swadishtana Chakra), two inches above the root center. Be in Swadishtana intensely. Forget the other centers, other parts of the body. Just be in Swadishtana. 3. Slowly move up to navel center right at the belly button. Now, be intensely present in the navel center (Manipuraka Chakra). Let your livingness be in the navel center. 4. Bring your awareness to the heart center (Anahata Chakra) and be intensely present in the heart center. 5. Move your awareness to the
throat
center
(Vishuddhi Chakra). Be intensely in the throat center. 6. Move your energy to the brow center (Ajna Chakra). Be completely centered on the third eye, Ajna Chakra. 7. Slowly, but intensely, bring yourself up, lift yourself up, to the crown center (Sahsrara Chakra). Be intensely present in the form of a light in the crown center. 8. Slowly, very slowly, you can open your eyes. n
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KRIYA FOR ANGER Taken from Nithyananda’s Morning Discourse, 24th November, 2011, Bidadi Ashram
Anger is an emotion related to one’s psychological interpretation of having been offended or wronged and there is a tendency to undo that by retaliation. Anger is an emotion that involves a strong uncomfortable response to a perceived provocation. It becomes the predominant feeling when a person makes the choice to immediately stop the perceived threatening behaviour of another outside force. Anger may have physical correlates such as increased heart rate, blood pressure, and higher levels of adrenaline and noradrenaline. Modern psychologists point out that suppression of anger can have harmful effects as well.The suppressed anger may find another outlet, such as a physical symptom, or become more extreme. This kriya removes anger from a person’s system, liberating him from all the emotional and physical turmoil that is caused due to this one pattern.
knees. Stand in this posture for 30 seconds. 2. UDYAN BANDHA (Gheranda Samhita, Upadesha 3,Verse 10) Be in the same posture for all steps. Exhale completely. Without inhaling, contract the bowels equally above and below the navel towards the back, so that the abdominal viscera may touch the back. Hold udyan bandha for as long as you can. When you can’t hold any more, release the abdomen and inhale slowly. Do this 21 times. 3. JALANDHAR BANDHA (Gheranda Samhita, Upadesha 3,Verse 12)
INSTRUCTIONS: 1. EKAPADASANA (Yogasanam,Verse 5) Stand up. Be balanced. Raise the right foot and place on the left thigh. Continue to balance yourself in this pose. Bring the hands down close to your respective
Inhale fully. Place the chin on the chest and contract the throat. Hold for as long as possible judiciously. Release the throat lock while exhaling slowly. Do this 21 times.
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4. BHASTRIKA (Gheranda Samhita, Upadesha 5,Verse 75-77) With a bellowing sound, forcefully blow air out of both nostrils so that your abdomen gets tucked in. Slowly allow the body to inhale. Do this 21 times. 5. SHEETKARI PRANAYAMA (Hatha Yoga Pradeepika, Upadesha 2,Verse 54) Close your eyes. Press the lower teeth with the upper teeth and open the lips comfortably. Suck air through the gaps in between the teeth. Be aware of the sound produced. After inhaling, close the mouth and exhale through the nose. Do this 21 times. 6. SHEETALI PRANAYAMA (Gheranda Samhita, Upadesha 5,Verse 54) Close your eyes. Protrude your tongue as much as possible. Roll the sides of the tongue like a tube. Now inhale through the tube formed by the tongue.You will feel the coolness in the mouth while inhaling. After inhaling, close your mouth. For a moment hold the breath. Exhale through both nostrils. Do this 21 times. For More Kriyas, visit the Nithya Kriyas Website DISCLAIMER:This technique is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical diagnosis or treatment. Individuals with any type of medical condition, the elderly, children below 14, women who are pregnant or suspect they may be pregnant are advised to seek professional medical advice before practicing this technique. Viewers who are not on two-way video conferencing are cautioned that they are practicing these techniques at their own risk.
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Live Stress Free ! A Simple Technique
Every researcher that devoted time and energy to understanding stress in human beings has managed to unveil a temporary solution or two, but what nobody discovered was that laying an emphasis on anything, including the necessity of a stress-free life, brings in stress. There may be a thousand solutions to overcome this stress, but emphasizing on their importance will only bring in more and more conflict.
Anything done out of free will is a technique for a stress-free life, even if it is as simple as a hand movement. One way to live this life is by obtaining technical information about everything,
be it walking, cooking or talking. For example: Why does one breathe? Where does it lead? Does it help achieve a goal? If it doesn't, can it be changed?
Lack of relevant technical information is the root cause of conflict and stress. At many points, human beings find themselves having desires that completely contradict each other. Bringing in the right technical information helps fuel the intelligence to understand that ultimately, only one of the conflicting desires can be fulfilled and helps in making an informed choice. In more ways than one, this technique brings tremendous clarity within.
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Taken from Nithyananda’s Morning Discourse, 4th September, 2010, Bidadi Ashram
Understanding and adding an irrelevant train of imagination while in information to the system helps iron the shower. Staying completely conscious out one's life. This process of ironing of oneself adds intensity to these actions out life is a spiritual routine that has been and cleanses the body and mind much observed by sannyasis and yogis all over more effectively. Correctly applied, this the world. Even the spiritual beings that technique ensures the end of laziness wandered observed this routine in the time when it comes to physical work. It helps between Guru Poornima and Navaratri, one understand that it is lack of technical where they stayed put and added enough information that allows lethargy to take information to ensure that they lived a over. life completely devoid of stress. Every
action is done as a conscious choice There are five techniques to lead a and is celebrated. Every individual who stress free life. They involve bathing seeks spiritual enlightenment is advised consciously, having breakfast consciously, to observe this technique, even for the going to work (or school) consciously, simplest of actions.
having lunch consciously and at the end of the day, falling asleep consciously. The
Basic observation can help infer that the beauty of these techniques is that nothing average individual does not stay within his is changed from the routine; all that is or her bodily boundaries while performing added is enough technical information to the simplest of actions. It is much easier eradicate stress and ensure that life is as to get caught up in a distant fantasy or in beautiful as it should be. n
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The Bliss Band By Senthil Sankarappa and Sri Ananda Subrahmanya San Jose, California, USA “Why this ignorance in the world” is a song inspired by the Tamil super hit song 'Why this Kolaveri Di'. There was a discussion about this song on why it became so popular and how it ranked as CNN's most popular song of 2011. Senthil, who was on his Christmas break, immediately thought of creating a flavor of that song themed around Swamiji. The aim was to create a funny song in the Kolaveri style to introduce Swamiji to new people. When the lyrics were written, many of Swamiji's devotees from the San Jose sangha encouraged Senthil to compile that as a full song and add that to youtube. Since Senthil has no background in music he approached Subrahmanya from the San Jose sangha who has music skills.
of Swamiji which contributed to the fun and devotion in the song. The video was recorded by Senthil’s 11 year old daughter inside the puja room in his house, using his wife’s iphone! Subrahmanya manipulated the audio from online to create a karaoke version. Then they simply recorded singing the new lyrics over the karaoke version. After that Subrahmanya added some of his favorite photos of Swamiji and other images in a video editing software. Senthil and Brahmanya were totally thrilled when Swamiji complimented the song and showed that multiple times during the satsang, especially since the video was never formally sent to anyone in the ashram! The video was simply uploaded and shared through social media, and somehow it reached Swamiji! Then the plot thickened and Subrahmanya The best blessings for them from Swamiji helped in adding the music and edited the was him watching and enjoying the song so whole song with many beautiful pictures much.
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The Bliss Song ! Yo boys & girls I am singing ignorance in the world-u song Why this ignorance ignorance Swamiji song in the world-u Bliss song Maama meditation panniko Why this ignorance ignorance Apadiye konjam yoga panniko in the world-u pa pa paan pa pa paan pa pa Why this ignorance ignorance paa pa pa paan in the world-u straighta ukkaru Rhythm correct <ha ha haâ&#x20AC;Ś.> super maama Why this ignorance ignorance ready in the world-u ready 1 2 3 4 Maintain please whaa what a change over Why this ignorance ignorance maama in the world-u ok maama now asana change-u Banga-lore swami swami kaila mudra Swami name-u Nith-yananda only English.. Swami teaching dhyana hand la mudra dhyana mudra la energy Dhyana gives-u bliss-u mind-u full-aa bliss-u empty life-u Why this ignorance ignorance swami come-u in the world-u Why this ignorance ignorance in the world-u All-u skin-u people-u people-u People-u heart-u dark-u Eyes-u eyes-u meet-u swami My future bright-u Why this ignorance
life front-u gear-u lovvu lovvu oh my lovvu you showed me the path-u Cow-u cow-u holi cow-u i want u here now-u God-u i m blissed now-u Weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re all happy how-u This-su song for boys and girls-u We donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have choice-u Why this ignorance ignorance in the world-u Why this ignorance ignorance in the world-u Why this ignorance ignorance <pause> in the world-u Why this ignorance ignorance in the world-u Bliss song n
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Kailash, The Ultimate Fulfillment
By Ananda Yoganandini, Bangalore, India An eternal revelation, a mystery, a conscious of the actual yatra – life after Kailash! Even fire, a happening, an immeasurable energy, though words are to the real experience an ocean of mysticism, a congregation of as puppets are to living beings, having no enlightened beings, a place beyond space other way to put my Kailash experience on and time – and, a completion of lifetimes. record, I will throw a flashback on one of my Kailash, the abode of Shiva. The place most intense experiences of the yatra. where the entire cosmos is centered, as explained by Swamiji. The headquarters of The Kailash parikrama in Tibet starts the cosmos.
from Darchhen and after an 8 km stretch of mountains and valleys comes the first
All these, and many more ideas cross my halt at Dhirapuk. At Darchhen, where the mind when I have to recount my Kailash parikrama starts, the Kailash looks the way I yatra to anyone. Yet, I am not able to say was expecting to see it – a holy mountain, at much because I know that no matter what I a great distance, high up in the sky, standing say, I cannot do justice to Mahadev, the One out majestically from the surrounding huge who planted the desire in me to see Kailash, rocks. As the parikarma progressed, I soon and who made my Kailash yatra not only lost sight of Kailash. Almost half way through possible, but also the ultimate fulfilment the journey, as I was gazing happily at the life can offer me.
hills and the rivers and the yaks, I suddenly got the shock of my life. I almost fell from
The Kailash yatra was only the beginning my horse.
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Kailash was at my eye level, almost as if just hours. How many, I donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t know. Though a few hundred feet away! It was definitely I had uncountable mystical experiences pretty far away still, I figured that out much throughout the yatra, in the time stretch later, but it was so huge that it felt like when I sat lost in Kailash, I had no such right next to me. Larger than life, in every experiences. And yet, it was the most sense. I felt it a huge disrespect to Kailash fulfilling experience from the entire yatra. to be sitting on my horse, so I got down and It was almost as if I wanted to absorb the started walking for the rest of the journey, very air, the very breath of Kailash and take unable to take my eyes off Kailash.
it away with me.
On reaching the Dhirapuk Guest House, I After coming back from the yatra, I still feel dumped my bags in the room assigned to as if that experience of being lost in Kailash me, and went out to gaze at Kailash. I sat has become a very part of me, my life, my there, at a little distance away from people, very thinking. I feel like I have nothing more leaned against a rock, with the horses to ask of life, and yet, there is an immense neighing in the background and the chilly excitement to do so many things in life, out wind reddening my nose, unwilling to close of gratitude to Swamiji and Mahadev. That, my eyes even to blink. I sat for several to me, is the ultimate completion with life.
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The World of the Baul Mystics Taken from Nithyananda’s Morning Discourse on 14th August, 2010, Bidadi Ashram
THE BAULS’ TRADITION Vedic tradition has seen many streams of living enlightened masters, out of which many streams have dried up. The streams which have an unbroken lineage of living enlightened masters are Vedanta, Aghori, Tantra and Bauls. The Baul Mystics are not well known as a mainstream tradition just because of their habit of not having any property. That is the only reason they are not well known, otherwise they have all the qualifications to be respected as living stream of enlightened masters. The Bauls have a strong belief that the moment you start staying in one place, corruption starts happening. I do agree with it. Organization sometimes unconsciously forces people to dilute the truth. In a way I can say unconscious people will dilute the truth even if there is no organization. That’s the reason I accepted to have an organization - because otherwise people are going to dilute the truth. But the Bauls are such a pure and uncompromising tradition that they they don’t have an organization or even a permanent place to stay. I had the fortune of spending some time in Bengal and being associated with some of the Baul sanyasis.The Baul sanyasis are not celibates
or unmarried. They live like a breeze. They travel place to place, sometimes alone, sometimes together. They sing so beautifully. Each Baul can at least sing two thousand verses. Sometimes the verses are of their predecessors, the early masters, sometimes it is their own spontaneous compositions.
THE MAIN THEME But the main theme which runs through the Baul tradition is the pure love towards everything that exists; to the river, hill, sun, moon, plants, trees, animals and to themselves. Whatever exists they flood it with love. That is why they are not socially accepted, because they are such a joyful species. I can say, Bauls and Tantrics are actually a different species altogether - one of the most endangered species on planet earth. They are an altogether different species. It’s a different life. The very word “Baul” means (it’s a Bengali word) ‘mad’. If somebody else calls you mad, there is every possibility that you may get hurt. If you yourself declare I am ‘mad’, you are liberated. It is a great liberation from the social image.
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THE “MAHAVAKYA” Each tradition has a “mahavakya” means the ultimate truth, the ultimate word. Vedanta has a mahavakya, Tantrics they have their mahavakya, Agoris have their own mahavakya. The mahavakya for Bauls is “NO to society and social hypocrisy”. One of the core messages they transmit to the disciples is to break free from social hypocrisy the unconsciousness being carried from generation to generation and transmitted to you unconsciously without knowing why, what, without having any reason. Constantly, a kind of unconscious lifestyle, unnecessary lifestyle is made into a
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legitimate living condition or trend and forced on human beings in the name of social etiquette or tradition. It is unnecessary social hypocrisy which keeps you away from enlightenment and is the cause of your suffering. The
BAULS’ KUMBHA MELA Bauls are ultimate beings from my experience. I have seen Bauls in lakhs (1 Lakh = 100.000). Just like Vedantis have a Kumbha Mela in Allahabad and Haridwar, Nasik and Ujjaini, Bauls have their own Kumbha Mela in Calcutta. I’ll sincerely suggest at least all my disciples should make pilgrimage to the Bauls’ Kumbha Mela.
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They gather every year. If you Google you will find out their date in Calcutta. They don’t have a big organization structure; only a few people maintain this website. Almost all Baul mystics gather. None of them are well known to society because they live such a beautiful life, such an innocent life that society cannot tolerate them. The collective unconsciousness cannot tolerate them so they don’t recognize the Baul mystics. I can say that it the most powerful congregation I have ever seen. There is a beautiful book called ‘Nine Lives’ which beautifully describes Bauls’ Kumbha Mela. The whole theme of their Kumbha Mela is only one line, ‘Say NO to social hypocrisy’.
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really live with a backbone. Even the Zen tradition has missed one point not to have a permanent place to stay. There are only two traditions which still maintain that - Aghoris and Bauls. Aghoris don’t have permanent address, but they have monasteries where Aghoris can stay temporarily and then go somewhere else. But Bauls have not even compromised to that level. Bauls are literally like butterflies. They happen, fly, spread colors, and just disappear; nothing else. The only truth the Bauls radiate is ‘Say NO to all social
hypocrisy’.
Sit today - you must be having thousands of social hypocrisies inside you now. Pick
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Ananda Tapas Taken from Nithyanandaâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Discourse in Bidadi Ashram There is a very intense meditation technique money back in return. Nithyananda was called the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Ananda Tapasâ&#x20AC;?. This involves surprised because the lamp was not made the meditator to sit within a circle of fire of silver when he received it. He suddenly for several hours for many days under the remembered a sadhu (monk) who had supervision of the Master. This technique handled this lamp. This sadhu was a great dissolves
the
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completely and the engraved memories anything, no clothes, no food, no water and are burned and boiled away. Paramahamsa no sleep. However the sadhu used to smoke Nithyananda mentions a beautiful incident ganja (a local version of hashish or opium) by in his past that happened when he was placing it in a chillum (straight conical pipe performing the Ananda Tapas.
made of clay and used by wandering Hindu sadhus). When his stock of ganja ran almost
While doing the Ananda Tapas, he enlisted empty he would place a few copper coins in the help of a villager to take care of tending the chillum and would tap the ashes out of to the fire by adding more fuel to the fire. the chillum and lo behold! Gold coins would The villager gathered wood and dried fall out of it. The copper coins miraculously cow dung cakes to keep the fire burning. got converted into gold coins in his chillum. However he was a poor guy and had no The sadhu played with the lamp and gave it money to keep the fire burning continuously. back to Nithyananda. While Nithyananda was pondering upon this situation, his eyes fell upon a lamp that he After a few days the money received by received as a gift when he had gone to a selling the silver lamp was exhausted, and feast in Mysore. He gave this lamp to the yet the meditation had to be continued. villager and instructed him to sell it to buy Nithyananda remembered this sadhu and the necessary fuel needed to keep the fire jovially said within himself that the sadhu burning. The villager came back saying should have changed it into a gold lamp that it was a silver lamp and he got good instead of a silver lamp.
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The next day Nithyananda was invited to a exchange, the rich man generously offered nearby ashram for bhiksha (gifted meal) as to take care of all of Nithyananda's needs a rich man was giving food and distributing for two months and did not take anything gifts to all the sadhus. He was shocked back in return. when he received the same silver lamp back from the rich man. The rich man said that from the day he bought the lamp from the villager, a sadhu appeared in his dream everyday telling him to give the lamp to a young swami. As the rich man noticed that Nithyananda was the youngest among the
This is the greatness of enlightened beings.
With the highest purpose in mind, when you make a request for help, they just respond back to you irrespective of time and space. In Nithyananda's life, a
group that is why he was giving it back to casual, honest request to an enlightened him. Nithyananda still needed money to being for financial assistance to complete continue with his tapas hence he offered his tapas, was immediately granted through to exchange the silver lamp for money with the generous rich man who came in search the rich man. On hearing the reason for the of Nithyananda to offer monetary help. n
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CROSSWORD ACROSS 1. The Sanskrit name of the Path of intense action as stated in The Bhagavad Gita. (Two words separated by a hyphen) 6. The goddess of knowledge, music, arts and science. She is the consort of Lord Brahma. 7. Incarnation of Lord Shiva who is the consort of Devi Meenakshi. 8. The name of the bull who is considered to be the greatest disciple of Lord Shiva in Vedic tradition. 11. In Mahabharata, the son of Devi Kunti who is considered to be the greatest giver of all times. 12. The famous temple of Lord Venkateshwara also known as Balaji is situated in this town.
DOWN who is the mount of the Lord Indra. 2. Weapon of Lord Hanuman. 3. The ritual of sacrificing and sublimating the havana sĂĄmagri (herbal preparations) 4. One of the 84 Mahasiddhas who is believed to be the founder of Natha sampradaya 5. The pure white winged elephant of Indian mythology
9. The mantra often given as the part of Upnayan ceremony, the first ceremony in Vedic tradition. 10. The second incarnation of Lord Vishnu in which he assumed the form of a turtle) in the fire accompanied by the chanting of the Vedic mantra
GENTLE KICKS Below there are a few questions which we call as a hitch. What you have to do is to think of a solution according to your understanding. Then read the answer given by the master. Read just one question at a time and check its answer. The beauty of this exercise is that the answers given here will act as gentle kicks given by a trained soccer player which will lead the ball directly to the goal post. Your honesty here is going to decide the level of benefit. So enjoy! Hitch 1: What is the secret of success? Hitch 2: Is renunciation wrong? Hitch 3: What are hormones? Hitch 4: I think I have committed a lot of sins. Can I practice meditation and do holy things such as poojas to make it right?
Hitch 5: How do we overcome the mind? Answers from the master: Gentle Kick 1: Jump before you think! If you go on thinking, be sure that you will not jump. Gentle Kick 2: Not only wrong, it is totally against life. Enjoy whatever you have. Renounce what you donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have! Gentle Kick 3: Emotional scavengers. They are the ones who convert your invisible emotions into visible actions. Gentle Kick 4: Thinking that you are sinner is the only sin. Bring intelligence into your system. You will never do guilt provoking acts. Gentle Kick 5: Just be aware. The mental patterns of the mind will dissolve. Kurma 11. Karna 12. Tirupati
CROSSWORD KEY: 1. Karma-Yoga 2. Gada 3. Yajna 4. Matsyendranath 5. Airavat 6. Saraswati 7. Sundareshwara 8. Nandi 9. Gayatri 10.
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