December 2012 Blog Posts (16)

Dear Friends,



May the grace of Gurudev Swami Sivananda illumine the New Year, with brightness and radiance of hope, aspiration and inspiration.



At the dawn of this New Year, I wish to remind you of Gurudev's message of Divine Life. Live a life of selflessness and service unto all beings. Worship God with devotion and develop Divine Love.



Meditate upon the Supreme Being regularly each day without fail.…

This is what I have to say: practice quiet. Stop chasing your tail and substituting dizziness for natural ecstasy. Also: discipline yourself to move slower and sometimes to be still. Look, listen, feel—then think about what you are gathering.

Practice silence, but as part of being alert. Be subtle and be sensitive. Then when you know it is time to give your soul expression, be as definite as rolling thunder. Do not fear the storm of compassion denouncement. Such is in quest of…

Spirituality, humanity and power [or energy], all the three, are, in fact, connected to the inner self of a human being.  In other words, all the three are the subject of the self –the virtues of the soul. Spiritualism, especially from the great Indian viewpoint is a process of searching the self through continuous practices. It is not merely a concept, but an active way of achieving the goal of life by meditation, prayer and contemplation while having high human values as the…

1 - In the East, the lotus flower signifies spiritual purity. The lotus, also known…

What of us, salt of the Earth, the little folk, the people—no larger, no smaller, than the fragile fingerprints of God; of God who is not known as we unknown remain, oblivion-scaped in the bigness of the armored-armied, bubble bursting, bludgeoning world

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we have now arrived at the Crowning Ceremony to the culmination of the Rites of Passage. On the Solstice, December 21, 2012, the Earth will align with the Galactic Core of the Milky Way system. This will open a portal of light that ushers in the emergence of a new vibration for the planet, unto the likes of which we have never seen before. Considered to be the birth of the new epoch of love and unity, this momentous time in history also sets into momentum our actualized transition into a…

Insights and reactions from a white, progressive, American-Irish born Catholic, who has studied with Tibetan Buddhist monks of the Gelugpa school, for the past nearly 13 years.

peace,

mickeypamo

http://thehowofhappiness.com - how best to savor life’s pleasures in the here and now. our subjective well being - eudaemonia - “human flourishing” - being nice & kind to people - establishing good relations helps make one happy. You are nicer too when you feel happy - also reduces stress so you relax into lovely feelings & enjoy life & loved ones - peace & love then is shared as we dance into the new age of aquarius together

Word spread across the countryside about the wise Holy Man who lived in a small house atop the mountain. A man from the village decided to make the long and difficult journey to visit him.

When he arrived at the house, he saw an old servant inside who greeted him at the door.

“I would like to see the wise Holy Man,” he said to the servant.

The servant…

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the regal realm with the sorrowless name 

they call it Begumpura, a painless place 

no taxes nor cares or property owners there 

no wrongdoing, worry, terror or torture.

Oh my brothers i take it as my own

my distant home,where everything is right...

they do this or that, they walk where they wish

they stroll thru fabled palaces unchallenged.

Oh Ravidas, a tanner now set free 

those who walk beside me are my…

Dear All,

Contd.....

Let us say that on the compound wall of our house some dirty posters have been pasted. What should we do to stop this? We should paste a poster reading, 'do not paste any poster on this wall.' This would stop further pasting of posters. Thus, by listening to Lord's qualities, Life histories of great devotees, Vedic sounds, sound of the Divine Names unwanted thoughts are erased out and new ones do not crop up. All our Desire, Anger are wiped out. Listening…

In these days of continuously increasing process of globalization it is but natural that a subject like that of higher education emerges predominantly at international level, or discussions pertaining to internationalization of higher education becomes vital all over the world. It is because globalization and internationalization are, despite being two different subjects –having different meanings, purposes and basic spirits in their roots in particular, connected to one-another.

How…

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