MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1203

 MES S  AGE  F OR CONTEMPLATION 1203

Radhe krishna.

Have a blessed day,

ASANAS FOR MEDITATION

Swami Sivananda

Asans can be divided into two broad divisions, viz., meditative poses and poses for health and strength. According to Yoga Shastras there are four excellent meditative poses: Padmasan, Siddhasan, Swastikasan and Sukhasan. Without securing a steady Asan, you cannot get on well in meditation. The more steady you are in your Asan, the more you will be able to concentrate and make your mind one-pointed. Select any one of the four that is suitable to you and sit for fifteen minutes and gradually increase the period to three hours. When you sit in the Asan, keep the head, neck and trunk in one straight line. Do not bend the back. 

Meditation builds up your personality and character, cleanses your thoughts, purifies your emotions and allows the seed of spirit to grow. - Swami Sivananda I can do nothing, without the grace of God. Thou art everything. I am Thine, All is Thine.Have holy aspiration. Grow in purity. Meditate seriously. Entertain lofty, divine thoughts. You will have Divine Life Swami Chidananda Chant the Maha Mantra Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare BE HAPPYhttps://sekhar789.blogspot.com/2017/03/sw-chidananda-sings-before-ma.html

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SSAGE FOR CONT1EMPLATION 1202

MBESSAGE   FOR CONTEMPLA TION 1202

Radhe krishna,

Have a blessed day,

CONCENTRATE ON GROSS FORMS

Swami Sivananda

Concentrate on a black dot on the wall, a candle flame, a bright star, the moon, on the symbol of OM or any other object pleasant to you. When you feel strain in your eyes, then close them for a minute and mentally visualize the object. When the mind runs, again and again bring it back to the object of your concentration. Concentration on the moon is beneficial to those of emotional temperament. Concentration on the candle flame will give vision of saints and deities. Stick to

 one object.

Anasakti (detachment) is the watch-word, the motto of all Yogas. Non-attachment is the fundamental teaching of the Bhagavad-Gita and all religious scriptures.

- Swami Sivananda

Decide. Make a study of yourself. Try to have a clear picture of your own nature. Draw a
picture of yourself; weak points and strong points. Eliminate all the negative qualities. Pray to God

constantly. Lead a simple life. Speak the truth at any cost. God will guide you.

Swami Chidananda

=Chant the Maha Mantra

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

BE HAPPY

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MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1201

MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1201'

Radhe krishna,

Have a blessed day.

CONCENTRATE ON ISHTA DEVATA (CHOSEN DEITY)

Swami Sivananda

Sit in any comfortable pose. Place a picture of your Ishta Devata in front of you. Look at the picture with a steady gaze. Then close your eyes and visualize the picture in the centre of your heart, or in the space between the eye-brows, or in the centre of the head. When the picture fades out in your mental vision, open the eyes and gaze at the picture again. Close your eyes after a few seconds and repeat the process. Stick to one image only.

The greatest goal of man is the realisation of the Divinity indwelling his being. Life is for the
unfoldment of the Divine Perfection within you. Such realisation is Bliss, Peace and Eternal Life.

Attain this by renunciation, devotion and meditation

SWAMI CHIDANANDA

Often it is said that yoga is a matter of grace coming from God. It is not an effort of a single individual, because the effort towards overcoming individuality proceeds from the individuality itself.

- Swami Krishnananda

=Chant the Maha Mantra

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

BE HAPPY

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MESSAGE FOR CONTEPLATION 1200

MESSAGE FOR CONNTEMPLATION 1200

Radhe krishna,

Have a blessed day,

HOW TO CONCENTRATE

Swami Sivananda

Sit in a comfortable posture, in an undisturbed place. Silence the bubbling thoughts. Calm the surging emotions. Relax. Breathe slowly and deeply. Concentrate on a concrete form in the beginning, such as on a flower, or on OM, or on the form of any deity or of Christ or Buddha, placed on the level with your eyes. Keep the spine and the head in a straight line. Concentrate with open eyes, then close the eyes and visualize the image either in the' centre of your heart or in the space between the eye-brows. Then open the eyes again and repeat the process. You can also concentrate on the tip of the nose, or on Sahasrara (centre of the head).

Where there is not the awareness of being eternally related to God there is always fear, diffidence and a feeling of inadequacy.

- Swami Chidananda

=Chant the Maha Mantra

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

BE HAPPY

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MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1199

MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1199

Radhe krishna.

Have a blessed day,

AIDS TO CONCENTRATION

Swami Sivananda

Cultivate attention; you will have good concentration. A serene mind is fit for concentration. Keep the mind serene. Be cheerful always. Then alone can you concentrate. Be regular in your concentration. Sit in the same place, at the same time (4 a.m.), for the practice of concentration. Celibacy, control of breath, reduction of wants and activities, dispassion, silence, seclusion, discipline of the senses, repetition of the Lord's name, control of anger, giving up reading novels and newspapers and visiting cinemas, are all aids to concentration. Recitation and singing of the Lord's name and hymns, will develop concentration. Stick to one object and centre when you concentrate. Concentration demands patient and protracted practice. Do not leave the practice even for a day. It is very difficult to rise up again.

When you enter the consciousness of the infinite, you will have no problems. You will have no questions to ask, for the questioner and the questioned will be one. Subject and object will be dissolved.

- Swami Sivananda

Decide. Make a study of yourself. Try to have a clear picture of your own nature. Draw a
picture of yourself; weak points and strong points. Eliminate all the negative qualities. Pray to God

constantly. Lead a simple life. Speak the truth at any cost. God will guide you

Swami Chidananda

=Chant the Maha Mantra

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

BE HAPPY

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MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1198

 MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1198

Radhe krishna.

Have a blessed day,

PRACTICE OF CONCENTRATION Swami Sivananda Concentration is fixing the mind on an external object or an internal point. It is purely a mental process. It needs an inward turning of the mind. If you concentrate your mind on a point for 12 seconds without wavering, it is concentration. Twelve such periods of uninterrupted concentration will mean meditation. Twelve such periods of uninterrupted meditation will mean super-consciousness. Concentration is fixing the mind with an effort; meditation is allowing one idea to flow continuously, without any effort

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Human  birth is very difficult to attain. Having come to this earth plane we should endeavour
to lead an ideal life. The goal of life is God-realisation. Have this noble ideal before you. Strive to

attain this ideal. Kindly practise a little Jape and meditation regularly.

swami Chidananda

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The development of the religious consciousness in the human individual is the enhancement of dimension in experience achieved through the series of the degrees in which man adjusts himself with the universe.

- Swami Krishnananda 

=Chant the Maha Mantra

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

BE HAPPY

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MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1197

 MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1197

Radhe krishna,

Have a blessed day,

THREE GUNAS

Swami Sivananda

The three Gunas or qualities are present in all human beings. No one is free from the operation of any one of the three Gunas. These qualities are not constant. Sometimes purity predominates at other times, passion or inertia predominates. Analyze all phenomena in terms of these qualities. Know well their characteristics. The individual soul is swayed by these three qualities. The Lord has mastery over the three qualities. When the three qualities are in a state of equilibrium, Nature is in a state of equipoise. There is no projection of the world. There is deluge. A vibration arises; there is disturbance in the qualities; equilibrium of the qualities is disturbed; then the world is reborn again. Passion and inertia are pitfalls in the spiritual path. When a sage or Yogi works for the solidarity of the world, his basic quality is purity. He is a constructive force. Hitler also worked, but his basic quality was passion, streaked with violence. He was a. destructive force.

In the midst of the miscellaneous and momentary relationships, cultivate and make deeper and deeper your relationship with God which alone is real relationship.

Swami Chidananda

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Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

BE HAPPY

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MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1196

MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1196

Radhe krishna,

Have a blessed day,

THE CONTRASTS

Swami Sivananda

The fruit of pure action is happiness; the fruit of selfish action is pain; the fruit of foolish action is ignorance. If anyone meets death when purity is predominant, he attains to the spotless world of the Highest. If he meets death when passion or desires are predominant, he is born among those attached to action. If he meets death while he is in inertia, he is born in the womb of the senseless; he takes his birth amongst the dull and the stupid, or the lowest grades of human beings. When purity prevails, other two qualities are under subjection. When passion predominates, the other two qualities are overpowered. When inertia prevails, the other two qualities are overwhelmed by darkness.

When wisdom dawns, love blossoms. True wisdom is inseparable from universal love. Service is love expressed in action. Love and service are inseparable. Whilst love is a dual expression for non-injury, its logical fruition is in service.

- Swami Sivananda 

Decide

. Make a study of yourself. Try to have a clear picture of your own nature. Draw a picture of yourself; weak points and strong points. Eliminate all the negative qualities. Pray to God constantly. Lead a simple life. Speak the truth at any cost. God will guide you. Swami Chidananda  chant the Maha Mantra Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare BE HAPPY https://sekhar789.blogspot.com/2017/03/how-to-control-mind-part-1-talk-by-sri.html

MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1195

 MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1195

Radhe krishna.

Have a blessed day,

SWAY OF INERTIA

Swami Sivananda

Inertia is born of ignorance. It binds a man by heedlessness, indolence, carelessness, lethargy, sloth and sleep. A man of inertia has no power of judgment. He does foolish actions. His actions are not guided by reason. He has no inclination for work. He sleeps too much. He is thoughtless or ignorant. Some mistake inertia for purity. Unrighteousness is the outcome of passion and inertia.

The greatest goal of man is the realisation of the Divinity indwelling his being. Life is for the
unfoldment of the Divine Perfection within you. Such realisation is Bliss, Peace and Eternal Life.

Attain this by renunciation, devotion and meditation.

Swami Chidananda 

The development of the religious consciousness in the human individual is the enhancement of dimension in experience achieved through the series of the degrees in which man adjusts himself with the universe.

- Swami Krishnananda 

chant the Maha Mantra

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

BE HAPPY

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MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1194

MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1194

Radhe krishna.

Have a blessed day,

POWER OF PASSION

Swami Sivananda

Rajas is passion or activity. Passion causes distraction and restlessness. Passion is the source of thirst and attachment. It binds by attachment to action. A passionate man wants power, wealth, prestige, position, name and fame. A passionate man is constantly active. He is ambitious. He is ever engaged in action. He is talkative. He is full of cravings and desires. He is attached to action. He runs after sensual pleasures. His desires are insatiable, like a flame. He is never contented. He is ever greedy and restless. His understanding is clouded. He has no power of discrimination. He is under the intoxication of the pride of wealth. He has a perverted intellect. His goal is money and sensual pleasure. He worships mammon. Misery appears to him as happiness; pain appears to him as pleasure; sorrow appears to him as joy.

Sadhana done regularly and systematically will bring you sure success. Therefore, never miss meditation and Japa even for a day.

- Swami Chidananda

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Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

BE HAPPY

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MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1193

 MESSAGE FOR CONTEMPLATION 1193

Radhe krishna,h

Have a blessed day.

INFLUENCE OF PURITY

Swami Sivananda

When purity grows in man, he is righteous; he develops devotion to the Lord; knowledge dawns in him. When the mind is pure, there is serenity. Truth is reflected in a serene mind. Purity increases through association with the wise, study of religious books, pure food, repetition of the Lord's name, etc. Purity has the characteristic of effulgence. It is also harmony or goodness. Purity is stainless like the crystal. Purity binds a man by attachment to happiness and temporal and bookish knowledge. Purity is a golden fetter. Passion and inertia are iron fetters. When purity predominates, a man is endowed with discrimination, pure reason and pure understanding. His mind turns away from sensual pleasures. Sublime, divine thoughts fill his mind. When purity predominates, there is clarity or clear vision. There is penetrative insight. The door of intuition is wide open.

Attachment is indicative of the feeling that objective possession brings happiness. This idea has to be removed from the mind. Happiness is not in the objects but in one′s own Atman.

- Swami Sivananda

Have self-confidence. Be bold and cheerful. Keep a cool, balanced mind. Work for work’s

sake. You are bound to succeed in every undertaking. God bless you

Swami Chidananda

chant the Maha Mantra

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

BE HAPPY

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