Sivananda Yoga Teacher Training

Necessaries of spiritual development
Unfavourable conditions, certain amount of mental restlessness, sense of frustration, a little of unhappiness in life can never be avoided; for, they are evolutionary necessity with every human being , they are the conditions of upward ascent and spiritual growth. Every spiritual aspirant must possess infinite power of endurance and great patience and make persistent strenuous efforts at achieving Divine Illumination, Peace, Joy and Glory. Let the Sadhana be regular, continuous, unbroken and earnest. If quick God-realisation is your aim, both regularity and continuity in Sadhana and meditation are required. Never stop Sadhana until you are fully established in God-consciousness.


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"The beginning of your life resides in the breath of your mother.
His lips taught you your first words.
She is your first teacher and your first Guru.
It is she who dried your first tears ...
How great is your patience and endurance! "~ Swami Sivananda


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Some inspiring words from Swami Sivinanda. Appropriate for today’s is a day in which we celebrate love.

P.S. If you haven’t gotten flowers today then the second picture is for you.


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Namaste. Breathing asanas, meditation


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Always do good to others. Be selfless. Mentally remove everything and be free. This is divine life. This is the direct way to Moksha or salvation.
- Swami Sivananda


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🕉🙏 The Glory of Shiva Linga 🙏🕉

The Siva Linga is a symbol of Lord Siva. When you look at the Linga, your mind is at once elevated and you begin to think of the Lord.

There is a mysterious power or indescribable Sakti in the Linga to induce concentration of the mind. Just as the mind is focussed easily in crystal gazing, so also, it attains one-pointedness when it looks at the Lingam. That is the reason why the ancient Rishis of India have prescribed the Lingam for being installed in the temples of Lord Siva.

To a sincere devotee, the Linga is not a block of stone. It is all radiant Tejas or Chaitanya. The Linga talks to him, makes him shed profuse tears, produces horripilation and melting of the heart.

It raises the devotee above body-consciousness and helps him to commune with the Lord and attain Nirvikalpa Samadhi. Lord Rama worshipped the Siva Linga at Rameswar. Ravana, the learned scholar, worshipped the golden Linga. What a lot of mystic Sakti there should be in the Linga!

The light of consciousness manifesting out of Sadasiva is, in reality, the Siva Linga. From Him all the moving and unmoving creations take their origin. He is the Linga or cause of everything. In Him the whole world merges itself finally.

The Siva Purana says: “Pitham Ambamayam Sarvam Sivalingascha Chinmayam”. The support or Pitham of all is Prakriti or Parvati; and the Linga is Chinmaya Purusha, the Effulgent Light which is self-luminous. The union of Prakriti and Purusha, of Parvati and Siva Linga, is the cause of the world

- 'MAY I ANSWER THAT?' by SRI SWAMI SIVANANDA

A DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY PUBLICATION


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"You can obtain mental calm at all times by practicing yoga.
You can have a good night's sleep.
You can increase your energy,
vigor,
vitality,
longevity
and a high level of health.
You can efficiently get a job done in a short space of time.
You can be successful in any area of ​​life. "Swami Sivananda


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Mind carries aura-mental aura or psychic aura. The Sanskrit term for aura is Tejas. It is brilliance or halo that emanates from the phenomenon of mind. In those who have sought the full development of their minds, we find it extremely effulgent. It is capacitated to travel long distances and affect in the most beneficial manner a large number of persons who are privileged to come under its influence. It must be noted that the spiritual aura is far more powerful than either psychic or Pranic or mental aura.

SWAMI SIVANANDA SARASWATI
Excerpt from "Thought Power"


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"Today's own effort
becomes
tomorrow's fate.
Own effort
and destination
they are the same
thing."

~ Swami Sivananda


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Practice of concentration-attention

Throw your entire attention into whatever you happen to be doing at the moment. Practise attention on unpleasant tasks from which you have been shrinking before on account of their unpleasantness. Throw interest upon uninteresting objects and ideas. Hold them on before your mind. Interest will slowly manifest. Many mental weakness will vanish. The mind will become stronger and stronger.


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