SPIRITUAL LIFE WITHOUT TEACHERS OR GURUS Spiritual life without teachers or gurus is like universities without professors, hospitals without doctors and...
From Merging with Shiva by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami THE PATH OF UNFOLDMENT Meditate on man being like a lotus flower. He comes through the mud, his...
THREE POLARITIES IN MYSTICISM, YOGA AND RELIGION Swami Jnaneshvara Bharati There are three separate polarities described in the article Yoga, Mysticism and...
YOGA AND LIFE Sri Swami Brahmananda Divine Life Society There exists a common belief, certainly an erroneous one, among the majority that Yoga is for those,...
From the article: http://www.swamij.com/diaphragmatic-breathing.htm ANATOMICAL PHOTOS TO AID IN DIAPHRAGMATIC BREATHING The Diaphragmatic Breathing article on...
We will be having small gatherings in Pittsburgh, PA the weekend of June 23-25. If you would like to join us, please reply to this newsletter. Swami J...
From: http://www.swamij.com/centripetal-centrifugal.htm (There are useful graphics here that cannot be put in the Yahoo newsletter format.) CENTRIPETAL AND...
From: http://www.swamij.com/georg-feuerstein.htm TRADITIONAL YOGA STUDIES DISTANCE LEARNING COURSES with Georg Feuerstein, PhD. As I've written elsewhere in...
I AM THAT By Swami Rama Tirtha (1873-1906) I have no scruple of change, nor fear of death, Nor was I ever born, Nor had I parents. I am Existence Absolute,...
TURNING WITHIN Swami Rama The human mind is bewildered, and it tries to find out where to find the answers to the questions of life. Some people search in the ...
THE PURE AND THE IMPURE MIND Swami Sivananda Saraswati The Sanskrit term for mind is Manas. Manas is said to be of two kinds, the pure and the impure. That...
From: Perennial Psychology of the Bhagavad Gita By Swami Rama ACTIONS, REWARDS AND SINGING SONGS OF JOY The human being alone has the gift of judgement,...
From Merging with Shiva by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami AWARENESS AS A LOTUS FLOWER Be That which never changes. Then what happens? When we become this ...
From: http://www.swamij.com/what-do-i-want.htm WHAT DO I WANT? The most important question to ask yourself is, "What do I want?" It means asking this at the...
PRATYAHARA By Swami Sivananda The Yogic student should practise Pratyahara after getting some success in the practice of Yama, Niyama, Asana, Pranayama....
From Merging with Shiva by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami NO GOOD, NO BAD Each experience that we have is a good experience, because it molds us. It shapes...
From the book: Samadhi - The Highest State of Wisdom By Swami Rama http://www.swamij.com/swami-rama-guru.htm GURU AND THE LIGHT WITHIN If you prepare yourself...
From: http://www.swamij.com/mantra-use.htm (Useful graphics are at this link) THIRTEEN TIPS ON HOW TO USE A MANTRA MANTRA USE: Following are 13 practical tips...
Press release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/1/prweb336859.htm YOGA DAY USA AND THE DISTORTION OF YOGA IN AMERICA To understand the distortion of Yoga in...
From: http://hrih.net/patanjali/introduction.htm Truth is concurrence between thought, word and deed. It must be true to fact and at the same time pleasant. If...
TYPES OF MEDITATION—PART TWO Swami Bhajanananda Swami Bhajanananda was the editor of Prabuddha Bharata from 1979 through 1986 and has contributed many...
TYPES OF MEDITATION—PART ONE Swami Bhajanananda Swami Bhajanananda was the editor of Prabuddha Bharata from 1979 through 1986, and has contributed many...
From: Perennial Psychology of the Bhagavad Gita By Swami Rama THREE ATTRIBUTES (GUNAS) OF THE HUMAN MIND The human mind is composed of three gunas (qualities):...
From the book: Vedantic Meditation By David Frawley THE SPACE WITHIN THE HEART There is a space within ourselves, the space within the heart. It is not a...
REMEMBERING IN THE NEW YEAR The wave forgets the truth that it is ocean, thinking itself to be the grand shape, which it has temporarily taken. For a while, it...
From Merging with Shiva by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami FIND THE CORE OF YOUR BEING The superconscious mind and the body of the soul have been around a long...
LOVE IS THE LORD OF LIFE Swami Rama Those who are aware only of their birth and life on this platform of existence always remain afraid of so-called death. Yet...
