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meditation has been scientifically proven to reduce crime. One minute meditation - easy, fast, cumulative. Join in & learn now. Register online atminute4peace.org

Research from USA Department of Justice puts violent crime at a cost of $420 billion dollars per year in the USA.* The effect of mass meditation on this cost has been shown in studies in Washington DC, and Liverpool England to reduce crime in

the local region of the meditators by up to 20%.

The average minute of meditation is calculated to save $.20 cents per

minute. That minute reduces crime by 0.00015 of a violent crime! We are

affecting the people around us, and also around the world!

EVERY SECOND COUNTS !

Meditation

effects

are Real,

Measurable and

Profound!

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4CONTENTSVolume 1, Issue 5, September, 2012

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

6Nithyananda TimesAugust 2012, Volume 1, Issue 4

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Published By:Sri Nithya Atmaprabhananda Nithyananda DhyanapeetamKallugopahalliOff Mysore RoadBidadi Bangalore - 562 109(Phone: 97422 03311, +91 80 28022100)

EditorValli Ramanathan

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DisclaimerThe 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.

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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.

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.

Who is Nithyananda ?

7My Dear Ones,

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

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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.

Taken from Nithyananda’s

Discourses on the Bhagavad Gita

on 4th May, 2012, Bidadi Ashram

life strategy

Emotions are Just Body Fluids!

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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.

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.

life strategy

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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.

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

life strategy

Image © Aaron Krohn

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The Ramayana

Ramyana is one of the most told and celebrated epics in the Vedic tradition. Dasharatha, the king of Ayodhya, had 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

about the two boons he had granted her once and was yet to fulfill. Consequently, because Kaikeyi desired so, instead of being crowned as king of Ayodhya, Ram was sent to exile in the forest for fourteen years.

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.

Bharat Meets Ram

vedic renaissanceImage © Ajay Singh

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As soon as Bharat saw Lord Ram, he embraced him and said: “Ram, our father died soon after your departure. On his deathbed he had only your name on his lips. Please forgive me. It is only because of my cruel mother that you have come to the forest in exile and we have lost our father.”

Lord Ram, Lakshman and Sita were lost in grief when Bharat conveyed the news of Dasharatha’s death to them. Lord Ram said to Bharat: “We will carry out the remaining rituals here. You must return to Ayodhya and rule over the kingdom. It is the only way of satisfying our father’s soul.” Lord Ram wished to continue to live in exile to fulfil the promise made by him to his late father. But Bharat was firm to his resolve as well. He insisted that he will instead fast to death, and won’t go back to Ayodhya without taking Lord Ram back with him.

Enter King Janaka

King Janaka, whose four daughters were married to the four sons of King Dashratha, arrived at the scene to resolve the deadlock. King Janaka said: “Ram,

your resolute adherence to dharma (the principle of cosmic order) is such that even Gods bow before you. But love is the only divine ethic that no dharma can ever compel. Steadfast unselfish love is above dharma. When that love reaches its pinnacle in the form of true devotion then God himself needs to break his own laws. That is why now scales are heavy in Bharat’s favour. But remember Bharat, love has its own rules, it makes its own laws. Love’s true power lies in its being selfless. And when love is selfless it asks for nothing. It just wants to give to the beloved for the sake of their happiness and pleasure. And so you now decide what you can give to your Ram. It is easy to give up life, but it is often hard to live for your loved one. If you are a true devotee, sit at Ram’s feet and ask him what he desires”.

Bharat’s Realization

Bharat realized that his judgment was overshadowed by a veil of subtle selfishness. He was only thinking about his love and his glory and misinterpreted it as selfless love. He thanked King Janaka for enlightening him on the essence of true love.

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Ram, feeling vanquished by the power

of Bharat's love, accepted being the king

of Ayodhya but only after fulfilling the

promise made by him to his father.

With his newly gained clarity Bharat said

“Dear Ram, at least do this for me. Let

me have your paadukas (sandals). I shall

place them on the throne and administer

the kingdom on your behalf and that too

only till your return after fourteen years

and not a day more.” Bharat took Ram’s

paadukas. With great devotion he placed

them on his head and returned to Ayodhya.

The divine paadukas were kept on the

throne of Ayodhya while Bharat ruled as

Ram’s representative from Nandigram. Ram lived a life of exile for fourteen years with Sita and brother Lakshman.

So much is said about unconditional love, yet often one tends to miss the essence of selflessness. It is important to understand the other person’s needs and happiness instead of only thinking about one’s own wants - to be aware whether one is actually contributing to other person’s life or just burdening them with some ideas of love. Approaching others with an attitude of contributing to their life makes true love flower in one’s inner space and liberates one from his own attention need as well. n

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What is ‘Samyama’ ?

The meaning of samyama is to explore and discover one’s various possibilities and powers. It is being centered on a certain technique or spiritual process. In this process, a person will explore and discover their body’s innate possibilities and capabilities without the external input of food or water. The body is a miniature of the cosmos with all possible intelligence in it. If a fish can swim, so can anyone. If a bird can fly, so can anyone. It’s up to every person to discover these possibilities in their bio-memory and reawaken them.

A very important thing that one should realize is that controlling the consumption of food and water through will is not allowed nor effective as it will create one more pattern of trying to control things. The purpose of this samyama is to awaken

the bio-memory. When one’s bio-memory is awakened, he/she will not need will. There will be just a feeling of high energy and excitement.

What will happen through

the samyama ?

During this process, a person will be liberated from many patterns that were created with food. Every human being associates their fear, greed, attention need and the idea of love with food. That’s why when someone is given just one meal, they will feel that the person really loves them. Food is closely associated with love all over the world, not just in one or two particular cultures. Every single pattern associated with love and attention need is connected with food.

Nirahara Samyama ...

Taken from Nithyananda’s Morning Discourse on

22nd June, 2012, at the Madurai Adheenam

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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

samyama

Beyond Fasting

& Feasting !

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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.

siddha & ayurveda

Turmeric

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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

siddha & ayurveda

18bliss bites

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.

Moreover, this recipe is devoid of milk. In 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 Threads1 1/3 CUPS Organic Whole Wheat Baking Flour or equivalent1 TABLESPOON Organic Cornstarch1 (Equivalent) “Egg”-Replacer (For Eg, Enter-G Egg Replacer/can be bought at Whole Foods or online)¾ TEASPOON Non-Aluminum Baking Powder½ TEASPOON Baking Soda

½ TEASPOON Salt ¼ CUP Organic Vegetable Oil2 TEASPOONS Organic Apple Cider Vinegar¾ CUP Organic Grade B Maple Syrup – which makes the cake very soft½ TEASPOON Rose Water2 TEASPOONS of Organic Vanilla Extract (non-alcohol base/vegetable glycerin) or fresh/dried vanilla bean ground

Cardamom Raspberry Rose Butter-cream Frosting

¼ cup Non-Hydrogenated Vegan Margarine/Buttery Spread - I used Earth Balance2 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)

Vegan Saffron Strawberry Cake

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DIRECTIONS

1. In a small pot/saucepan, pour the soy milk and saffron threads and bring to a boil, then turn off and let the saffron steep for about 10-15 minutes.

2. Preheat oven 350 degrees F. Spray a 9 x 13 inch cake pan with non-stick cooking spray. In a large bowl, sift together the flour, cornstarch, baking soda, baking powder and salt. Once the saffron has steeped in the soymilk, the milk will turn a beautiful golden-yellow color. Add the maple syrup, oil, egg-replacer, apple cider vinegar and rose water.Whisk until well combined. Using the whisk, slowly pour the wet ingredients into the dry whisking until the batter is smooth.

DO NOT over mix.

3. Bake for 16-18 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.

4. In a medium-sized bowl, using a hand mixer, beat the vegan butter until smooth and creamy.Sift in 1 cup of the powdered sugar, and beat. Sift in the 2nd cup of powdered sugar and beat until well combined. Add in the rose water, and cardamom.Beat until well combined, then fold in the raspberries and stir by hand.Cover and store in the fridge until ready to use.

5. Once the cake is completely cooled, add the frosting and sprinkle with crushed cardamom and saffron threads. n

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WHAT IS PEACE ?

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

make a difference and bring peace to

the world, you must first bring peace

yourself within. Being peaceful within

means: being in completely unclutched

space, or the restful awareness space.

Let me define this word “Unclutching –

Being Unclutched”. When you are not

transferring the stress and load created

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.

When you unclutch you stop carrying the stress and negative emotions from one thought to the other thought and when you don’t carry that stress, suffering, negativity, pressure, restlessness from one thought to the other thought naturally you experience peace inside.

Bring World Peace By Unclutching

be unclutched!

Taken from Nithyananda’s Peace

Webinar on 22nd April, 2012, Bidadi

Image © Trifon Marchovski

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LE VELS OF PEACE

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. n

be unclutched!

Image © Trifon Marchovski

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26upcoming events

Webinars with Paramahamsa NithyanandaVenue: Worldwide (Check www.nithyananda.tv)

The Rising of the Divine Feminine ConsciousnessOctober 6th, 201220:00 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

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Intuition gives us access to extraordinary perceptionsAccess “beyond logic” decisionsGather data from more than five senses!Function from the heart, not the egoBreak through the ‘mind noise’ that clouds intuitionDevelop confidence in IntuitionLearn practical tools to access intuition easily and successfully

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INNER AWAKENING Glimpses from the ultimate Mind-Body-Spirit Retreat of 21 days

Interactive Sessions

with Swamiji

Homes or Yajnas for

bringing peace & prosperityMeditation

Sattvic Food for a Yogic Body, Vedic

Mind and EN Living

Nithya Yoga &

EN-Fitness

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

Outdoor Sessions

with Swamiji

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Taken from Nithyananda’s Discourses on September 16th, 2007, Los Angeles, USA and

September 11th, 2010, Bidadi

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Ganesh Chaturthi19th 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.

Even if the mind is like a big, wild elephant, the small Ankusha - the key that represents unclutching, can control it. When

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 worlds, Ganesha can bless one to tune into his cosmic intelligence on this auspicious occasion! n

vedic renaissance

Mangalam Ganesham !

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How can you be honest to your capacity

without being caught in mental cunningness,

tamas and rajas as you explore your

capacity? You see, being honest to your

capacity means to be in the present

moment whatever you are doing, and

to do it with complete intention and

intensity. In The Vedic tradition, we have

a unique thing before every ritual, called a

Sankalpa or will. Does God know your name

or today’s day or date? No. When you take a

will, you take the responsibility. In the Vedic

calendar, on this day, this time and this place

on planet earth - the whole geography and

time is described precisely. So, there you

literally record everything. When you chant

‘samasta duritakshayadwara’ – where and

what you start, everything is recorded.

Practically, you bring it to you and chant

why you are doing what you are doing. A

complete sankalpa is made. The intention is

set. I have seen many times, people don’t

take responsibility for what they are doing

even physically.

Be Honest to Your Capacity

Taken from Nithyananda’s Bhagavad Gita Discourse on 19th July 2012, Kodaikanal

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TAKING RESPONSIBILITY

Not taking responsibility 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. I feel responsible

for all the ripple effects happening due to

my presence with the whole world, with

the whole universe. Please understand,

I mean even for what they are doing

physically. Every moment, everything

you are doing, let you be completely

responsible for it. The moment you take

responsibility for your actions, your innate

intelligence starts thinking, “How can I do

this more perfectly, much better with more

clarity, more depth?”.

I will give you one example - In the morning

Guru Puja, if you take responsibility for what

you are doing, you will think, “I am doing

it, then I should make it successful. What

is the meaning of success in Guru Puja?

Creating a strong feeling connection. Then

come on, let me chant the mantras.” You

are not doing the Guru Puja to transfer

the water from the cup to the plate. Or

from the Arghya to the plate. No, pouring

from there to here we ourselves can do,

you are not needed. You are not doing it to

put things from here to there. But when you

don’t take responsibility for the actions you

are doing, I can see. Your attitude is, “Okay,

now only Paadyam, I don’t know when this

Pushpanjali will come.” When you start

Swagatham itself you are thinking about

Svasti mantra. Taking responsibility for

every action is the reason for the Sankalpa

mantra. Unfortunately, if you start living

unconsciously even during the simple

actions like a small Guru Puja or brushing

your teeth in the morning, I tell you, you

will make the most dangerous unconscious

decisions without even knowing it.

BRAHMANANDA &

POTATOES

One man, Brahmananda was a very great

disciple of Sri Ramakrishna. Ramakrishna

used to call Brahmananda his son, spiritual

son. Among Ramakrishna’s disciples

Brahmananda had more influence and

respect than even Vivekananda. In his life an

incident happened. Once in the Belur mutt,

one Brahmachari was peeling potatoes. For

Bengalis, from birth to death, potato is their

life. They don’t just eat potatoes, they live

potatoes – maans, mishit, tamaak is their

mantra. Maans means fish, mishit means

the sweet made out of different sugars,

tamaak is the smoke.

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So, one Brahmachari was peeling the

potatoes. He was supposed to receive

Sannyas that year. Brahmananda came and

saw him and immediately said, “Send this

fellow out, he is not qualified for Sannyas.”

Just seeing him peeling potatoes, he said he

is not qualified for Sannyas. Everyone was

shocked. The reason was that, even for this

small action he was not taking responsibility.

He feels somebody else is responsible, but

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

I know so many people who give up on life

because of one or two patterns. For example,

you trust your wife so much, but maybe at one

point, she did not stand by you. So, you just give

up the entire concept of a wife. You trust your

father, but he did not stand by you for some

reason. So, you just give up on your father.

Many times, with the Guru also, if you think he

did not stand by you at some point, you just

give up. Like this, you live your life drifting like

a leaf in the wind or dust floating in the river.

When you do small actions without being

responsible, that becomes a pattern even in

bigger decisions of your life. When I made this

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.

See, each pattern is like one door stopping you

from reaching your inner treasure. When you

break the one door, you go to the next and so

on.

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When you are doing yoga in the morning,

understand that you are not forced by the

people or situation to do it, you are doing

it because you want to do it. Increase the

weight you are lifting. If you are trying to

bend and touch your feet, increase it by 2

inches. In 2 inches, surely you won’t break

your back. Just try, stretch one more inch.

Increase the weight by just 2 or 3 kilograms.

Understand responsibility comes with

innate intelligence. The moment you take

responsibility for yoga, immediately you will

understand that you should make it happen.

TAKING DECISIONS

Same way in your office - when I say be

honest to your capacity, you are capable

of the big picture, becoming a part of the

big picture, becoming a part of the big

possibility. But the moment you start

taking small decisions unconsciously,

you are prone to take big decisions

unconsciously. Brahmananda swami

makes a very beautiful statement – if

you can’t take responsibility for peeling

the potato, I know for sure that by this

pattern, you will not take responsibility

for your Sannyas. I know some people,

to change the foot mat in their house, it

will take them 2 years. Because they will

not take responsibility for that foot mat.

They don’t remember it is their house, it

is they who placed it.

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Living in an obese body is also

irresponsibility. Please understand,

when it started you should have taken

the responsibility. Or at least after you

became big, you should have taken the

responsibility to bring it to normal size.

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

action you do. Everything around you,

everything in you. Be honest to your

capacity. I tell you, every one of you carry

the innate intelligence of totality. When

you are eating the food, don’t think your

other senses are absent, they are also

present, so the smell tries to be complete

with the food, the touch tries to be

complete with the food, the sound tries

to be complete with the food, everything

tries to be complete. Every sense by its

nature, tries to complete everything in

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

yourself for what 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 in

everything. n

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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 from allergic reactions to heat and exposure to sunlight. This reaction 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! The healing that happened for me was not only of the skin but of the inner wounds of self-hatred as well. Swamiji explained that THE Samyama works deeply on clearing all patterns related to self-hatred along with all food-related patterns. After the program Swamiji had requested for all of us to get tests done recommended by a physician to make sure we are all healthy. I did all the tests; blood- and urine work, ECG, Ultrasounds, etc. The test results were astonishing. Of course I felt great, I didn’t need any ‘proof’ for that. Nevertheless, to

see the facts right there on top of the experiences of healing I had is nothing short of a miracle. 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 now, at the age of 40, I have suffered from Hypoglycemia. This resulted in blood sugar levels going up and down, mood swings and feelings of weakness and dizziness continuously. After participating in THE Samyama last month, I suddenly came to the realization that I have had none of these symptoms at all since the beginning of the Nirahara Samyama first level! There are no words to express the gratitude for the blessings of healing that Swamiji keeps showering on all of us. n

Miraculous Healing !heal the world

36beyond mind

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.

Increase your Intensity

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INSTRUCTIONS:

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

Taken from Nithyananda’s

Shiva Sutra Talks,

November 2007, Los

Angeles, USA

38yoga & kriya

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.

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

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)

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.

KRIYA FOR ANGERTaken from Nithyananda’s Morning Discourse, 24th November, 2011, Bidadi Ashram

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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. n

40technique

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.

Live Stress Free ! A Simple Technique

41 technique

Understanding and adding information to the system helps iron out one's life. This process of ironing

out life is a spiritual routine that has been

observed by sannyasis and yogis all over

the world. Even the spiritual beings that

wandered observed this routine in the time

between Guru Poornima and Navaratri,

where they stayed put and added enough

information to ensure that they lived a

life completely devoid of stress. Every action is done as a conscious choice and is celebrated. Every individual who

seeks spiritual enlightenment is advised

to observe this technique, even for the

simplest of actions.

Basic observation can help infer that the

average individual does not stay within his

or her bodily boundaries while performing

the simplest of actions. It is much easier

to get caught up in a distant fantasy or in

an irrelevant train of imagination while in

the shower. Staying completely conscious

of oneself adds intensity to these actions

and cleanses the body and mind much

more effectively. Correctly applied, this

technique ensures the end of laziness

when it comes to physical work. It helps

one understand that it is lack of technical

information that allows lethargy to take

over.

There are five techniques to lead a stress free life. They involve bathing

consciously, having breakfast consciously,

going to work (or school) consciously,

having lunch consciously and at the end

of the day, falling asleep consciously. The

beauty of these techniques is that nothing

is changed from the routine; all that is

added is enough technical information to

eradicate stress and ensure that life is as

beautiful as it should be. n

Taken from Nithyananda’s Morning Discourse,

4th September, 2010, Bidadi Ashram

42creative juices

“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.

Then the plot thickened and Subrahmanya

helped in adding the music and edited the

whole song with many beautiful pictures

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!

The best blessings for them from Swamiji

was him watching and enjoying the song so

much.

The Bliss Band

By Senthil

Sankarappa

and Sri Ananda

Subrahmanya

San Jose,

California, USA

43 creative juices

The Bliss Song !Yo boys & girls I am singing songSwamiji songBliss song

Why this ignorance ignorance in the world-uWhy this ignorance ignorance in the world-uRhythm correctWhy this ignorance ignorance in the world-uMaintain pleaseWhy this ignorance ignorance in the world-u

Banga-lore swami swamiSwami name-u Nith-yanandaSwami teaching dhyana dhyanaDhyana gives-u bliss-u

Why this ignorance ignorance in the world-uWhy this ignorance ignorance in the world-u

All-u skin-u people-u people-uPeople-u heart-u dark-uEyes-u eyes-u meet-u swamiMy future bright-u

Why this ignorance

ignorance in the world-uWhy this ignorance ignorance in the world-u

Maama meditation pannikoApadiye konjam yoga pannikopa pa paan pa pa paan pa pa paa pa pa paanstraighta ukkaru<ha ha ha….> super maama readyready 1 2 3 4whaa what a change over maama

ok maama now asana change-ukaila mudraonly English.. hand la mudramudra la energymind-u full-aa bliss-uempty life-uswami come-u

life front-u gear-ulovvu lovvu oh my lovvuyou showed me the path-uCow-u cow-u holi cow-ui want u here now-uGod-u i m blissed now-uWe’re all happy how-u

This-su song for boys and girls-uWe don’t have choice-u

Why this ignorance ignorance in the world-uWhy this ignorance ignorance in the world-uWhy this ignorance ignorance <pause> in the world-uWhy this ignorance ignorance in the world-u

Bliss song n

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An eternal revelation, a mystery, a conscious

fire, a happening, an immeasurable energy,

an ocean of mysticism, a congregation of

enlightened beings, a place beyond space

and time – and, a completion of lifetimes.

Kailash, the abode of Shiva. The place

where the entire cosmos is centered, as

explained by Swamiji. The headquarters of

the cosmos.

All these, and many more ideas cross my

mind when I have to recount my Kailash

yatra to anyone. Yet, I am not able to say

much because I know that no matter what I

say, I cannot do justice to Mahadev, the One

who planted the desire in me to see Kailash,

and who made my Kailash yatra not only

possible, but also the ultimate fulfilment

life can offer me.

The Kailash yatra was only the beginning

of the actual yatra – life after Kailash! Even

though words are to the real experience

as puppets are to living beings, having no

other way to put my Kailash experience on

record, I will throw a flashback on one of my

most intense experiences of the yatra.

The Kailash parikrama in Tibet starts

from Darchhen and after an 8 km stretch

of mountains and valleys comes the first

halt at Dhirapuk. At Darchhen, where the

parikrama starts, the Kailash looks the way I

was expecting to see it – a holy mountain, at

a great distance, high up in the sky, standing

out majestically from the surrounding huge

rocks. As the parikarma progressed, I soon

lost sight of Kailash. Almost half way through

the journey, as I was gazing happily at the

hills and the rivers and the yaks, I suddenly

got the shock of my life. I almost fell from

my horse.

Kailash, The Ultimate Fulfillment

By Ananda

Yoganandini,

Bangalore, India

45 kailash

Kailash was at my eye level, almost as if just

a few hundred feet away! It was definitely

pretty far away still, I figured that out much

later, but it was so huge that it felt like

right next to me. Larger than life, in every

sense. I felt it a huge disrespect to Kailash

to be sitting on my horse, so I got down and

started walking for the rest of the journey,

unable to take my eyes off Kailash.

On reaching the Dhirapuk Guest House, I

dumped my bags in the room assigned to

me, and went out to gaze at Kailash. I sat

there, at a little distance away from people,

leaned against a rock, with the horses

neighing in the background and the chilly

wind reddening my nose, unwilling to close

my eyes even to blink. I sat for several

hours. How many, I don’t know. Though

I had uncountable mystical experiences

throughout the yatra, in the time stretch

when I sat lost in Kailash, I had no such

experiences. And yet, it was the most

fulfilling experience from the entire yatra.

It was almost as if I wanted to absorb the

very air, the very breath of Kailash and take

it away with me.

After coming back from the yatra, I still feel

as if that experience of being lost in Kailash

has become a very part of me, my life, my

very thinking. I feel like I have nothing more

to ask of life, and yet, there is an immense

excitement to do so many things in life, out

of gratitude to Swamiji and Mahadev. That,

to me, is the ultimate completion with life.

46esoteric realms

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.

Taken from Nithyananda’s Morning Discourse on 14th August, 2010, Bidadi Ashram

The World of the Baul Mystics

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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

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’.

The Bauls are an amazing people who

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 up only one, just one, and say no to it. n

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There is a very intense meditation technique

called the “Ananda Tapas”. This involves

the meditator to sit within a circle of fire

for several hours for many days under the

supervision of the Master. This technique

dissolves the samskaras (biomemory)

completely and the engraved memories

are burned and boiled away. Paramahamsa

Nithyananda mentions a beautiful incident

in his past that happened when he was

performing the Ananda Tapas.

While doing the Ananda Tapas, he enlisted

the help of a villager to take care of tending

to the fire by adding more fuel to the fire.

The villager gathered wood and dried

cow dung cakes to keep the fire burning.

However he was a poor guy and had no

money to keep the fire burning continuously.

While Nithyananda was pondering upon this

situation, his eyes fell upon a lamp that he

received as a gift when he had gone to a

feast in Mysore. He gave this lamp to the

villager and instructed him to sell it to buy

the necessary fuel needed to keep the fire

burning. The villager came back saying

that it was a silver lamp and he got good

money back in return. Nithyananda was

surprised because the lamp was not made

of silver when he received it. He suddenly

remembered a sadhu (monk) who had

handled this lamp. This sadhu was a great

enlightened being who never needed

anything, no clothes, no food, no water and

no sleep. However the sadhu used to smoke

ganja (a local version of hashish or opium) by

placing it in a chillum (straight conical pipe

made of clay and used by wandering Hindu

sadhus). When his stock of ganja ran almost

empty he would place a few copper coins in

the chillum and would tap the ashes out of

the chillum and lo behold! Gold coins would

fall out of it. The copper coins miraculously

got converted into gold coins in his chillum.

The sadhu played with the lamp and gave it

back to Nithyananda.

After a few days the money received by

selling the silver lamp was exhausted, and

yet the meditation had to be continued.

Nithyananda remembered this sadhu and

jovially said within himself that the sadhu

should have changed it into a gold lamp

instead of a silver lamp.

Ananda TapasTaken from Nithyananda’s Discourse in Bidadi Ashram

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The next day Nithyananda was invited to a

nearby ashram for bhiksha (gifted meal) as

a rich man was giving food and distributing

gifts to all the sadhus. He was shocked

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

group that is why he was giving it back to

him. Nithyananda still needed money to

continue with his tapas hence he offered

to exchange the silver lamp for money with

the rich man. On hearing the reason for the

exchange, the rich man generously offered

to take care of all of Nithyananda's needs

for two months and did not take anything

back in return.

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

casual, honest request to an enlightened

being for financial assistance to complete

his tapas, was immediately granted through

the generous rich man who came in search

of Nithyananda to offer monetary help. n

51 abhyasah (practice)

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 don’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.

GENTLE KICKS

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.

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2. Weapon of Lord Hanuman.3. The ritual of sacrificing and sublimating the havana sámagri (herbal preparations)4. One of the 84 Mahasiddhas who is believed to be the founder of Natha sampradaya5. The pure white winged elephant of Indian mythology

who is the mount of the Lord Indra.

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

CROSSWORD KEY: 1. Karma-Yoga 2. Gada 3. Yajna 4. Matsyendranath 5. Airavat 6. Saraswati 7. Sundareshwara 8. Nandi 9. Gayatri 10.

Kurma 11. Karna 12. Tirupati

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