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Three Stages of Yoga

2012-01-31T22:48:00.000-08:00

Though the purpose of yoga is atmasakshatkar, there are various by-products on the way to self realisation. Yoga is an experience and not a subject of intellect. It works on all aspects of a person: physical, vital, mental, financial, emotional, psychic and spritual. Only when all these aspects are in a state of balance does a being experience liberation, perfect harmony.

There are three stages in yoga journey. The beginner is attracted to the physical world, wants to enjoy everything and to live to the fullest what he thinks is life. Yoga says, Why not? Go ahead, sail in ocean of life, but do not drown in it. At this stage you are required to do simple asanas, pranayam and cleansing kriyas to effect physical and etheric purifications. A byproduct here is a light body, a clear and active mind, great physical and mental strength and balanced emotions.

The practices of the intermediate stage give suppleness to your limbs and your bones to prepare your body for long hours of meditations. Then your mind is prepared to control thoughts and emotions, Some asanas perfected by now including the cobra to work on the Manipurak chakra, the shoulder stand for Vishudhi chakra and the head stand for Ajna chakra. Now your digestion and evacuation are perfect. Your eyes, with the practice of Trataka, are full of charisma. All your indriyas, or sense organs, are fully under your control.

At the advanced stage, you are ready to awaken the kundalini, or the force of creation, which lies in a semi-dormant state in Mooladhar chakra. As you have perfected Siddh asana and Ashwini and Vajroli mudras and Maha Bandh, the guru gives you shaktipath. You are given various mantras for various energies controlling creation and taught how to harmonise yourself with them. This is a level of pure bliss.

Ageing and Concept of Agni

2012-01-22T01:05:00.000-08:00

"In Ayurveda a concept of agni (fire) has been given. Agni here refers not just to the digestive fire, but various kinds of agnis corresponding to myriad life processes. In fact, it is the agni which is the sub-stratum of a cell, not the nucleus. It is the play of agni that leads to symptoms of ageing in the body, that is, dulling of the senses - vision deteriorates, hearing ability decreases, sense of touch becomes weak, etc.

What do these agnis do? When you inhale there is an exchange of gases in the lungs, energy is produced at the cellular level and in turn, toxins are also produced. These toxins are called as ama in Ayurveda. Because of their production, cell exhibits symptoms of weakening. Cells die and are reborn, each subsequent cell being weaker than the previous one. There is a limit to how many times a cell can multiply; this has been recognized as the Hayflick Limit in western science. In 1912, an experiment was conducted by Alexis Carrel where chicken cells were maintained in a saline solution. They survived for 20 years, which is much more than the average lifespan of chicken. The same concept of saline water or life giving water is used in jal neti, laghu shankh prakshalan and kunjal since ages…While the West raises doubts on their safety, nevertheless they too are adopting Vedic ways- neti kits are available all over US, hydro-colon therapy is essentially laghu shankh prakshalan.

From the above we may conclude that breath rate of a person is indicative of his/her state of health. The faster you breathe, the faster you age. But agni is not just activated by breath alone, it is also activated by the food you eat. Because when you eat something, the dhatus have to be ‘cooked’ and when you ‘cook’ them, energy is produced and again it draws on the same vital reserves of the body, leading to ageing. So, when you are breathing you are ageing, when you are eating you are ageing and also, when you are thinking you are ageing. People who are very intense, who want to go to the root of every issue, all the time their mind is at work. The thinking process is also consuming that vital prana and this vital prana is limited in quantity in each cell. Your batteries (prana) are neither unlimited, nor are they rechargeable. Once it is consumed, the body perishes. For example, Bruce Lee was a fine martial artist but he had a lot of aggression (martial arts are not a technique of showing aggression, rather they are meant for defence). Due to this aggression he died at 33 even though all his systems were working like that of an 18 year old. Aggression killed him - it consumed all the energy of the cell and once that happens, it all over. By some reason or the other the body dies, thus the extreme symptom of ageing is death. Death lies in each and every cell and Yoga is means to stall it – breath that you take in, the food that you eat, thoughts and memories. In yoga we say live in the present moment, i.e. only now exists, there is no past or future. When you are in the present moment, eye muscles become still and the thoughts cease. It is the movement of eye muscles that creates thoughts in the body. When you still yourself, you still the eye muscles, thoughts cease and thus the process of ageing is stalled. That is why in Yoga, stillness is the key. When you think about something that happened to you in the past, this thought "cooks" up the cells as energy is being produced. You can test it for yourself. You will observe that whenever you are thinking hard, automatically your breath rate and pulse rate shoots up. This is owing to the play of agnis which consume the vital prana and causes ageing.

Do not forget, once the body ages to a certain degree, you cannot reverse that process as that much energy has been spent from the body. It is not possible to reverse the process of ageing!"

-Yogi Ashwini

Know more on the process of ageing and anti-ageing - 'Sanatan Kriya, The Ageless Dimension' acclaimed as a thesis on anti-ageing by the media and top doctors of the country

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Breathing Power

2012-01-19T03:12:00.000-08:00

A simple test to know the current state of your health is to count your breaths per minute. If you breathe 8 to 10 times in a minute then you are on the right track. At 12-15 breaths per minute, you need to start yoga and if you’re breathing more than 15 times, then immediate corrective measures are required. To begin with avoid hyperactivity as it depletes energy.

There are techniques in yoga that can regulate your breath-flow. They can keep you charged-up and disease-free all the time. Sanatan Kriya is one simple way of controlling the flow of your breath. Here are 3 techniques to synchronise your breath with the body’s biorhythms.

1. Bhramari Pranayama: Try to sit in vajrasana or any other comfortable position; make sure that your back is upright. Plug your ear with your thumb and place your fingertips on your head region. Inhale and very slowly exhale while making a deep and steady humming sound (like the humming bee).

2. Nadi Shodhanam: Sit in vajrasana or any other comfortable position. Put your middle finger at the centre of your eyebrows, your thumb on the right nostril and your ring finger on the left. Inhale from your left nostril to the count of 4 and exhale from your right nostril to the count of 12. Then again inhale from the right nostril repeating the same counts at least 7 times.

3. Mace Movement: Hold the mace (a small club) in front of you, move it around the body slowly synchronising one breath with one movement. Stop when you feel tired.

Note- It is imperative that the first few days of all such practices are done under guidance of a GURU

Is euthanasia ethical?

2012-01-16T00:46:00.000-08:00

Death – the five letters are considered the end of birth and also the end of existence. A person who does not want to live as he or she is unable to go through the experiences of life and is dependent on artificial aids to breathe and be nourished is not allowed to die. The modern-day society considers it unethical. Man has completely forgotten the Gita and Vedas, which clearly say that this body is for experiences and once it is unable to give you that, then it's time to leave it and go into another. The soul chooses the body and the experiences it desires. It's the free will of the soul which should be respected.

As per Ayurveda, if a disease exhibits certain symptoms, then the vaidya would not treat it, as it means that the time for the person to leave the body has come and no medicine would be effective. The patient is allowed to go into a fresh new body. The Vedic seers believed that the time and place of death is fixed and cannot be changed, unless the guru desires.

The purpose of birth is clearly for experiences and then going beyond them, not getting attached to them. The fear of death has been referred to as abhnivesh by Patanjali and Sanatan Kriya also considers it to be an unreal fear arising out of avidya (ignorance). Any practitioner of yoga clearly should have gone beyond this fear of death and the attachment to the physical or unreal (maya).

Therefore, let's get back to the real world and let the principle of free will prevail.

Health is Wealth

2012-01-15T00:05:00.000-08:00

he often-quoted phrase has acquired a new dimension in today’s materialistic world. In today’s context health does really imply wealth, though not really in quite the manner it was meant to in earlier times. In the current environment Health is Wealth because it provides the most fruitful business opportunities. Fitness having become a fad, all health related goods and services yield profits. Health is the positioning for communication for not just a brand of cooking oil, but also for a refrigerator, colour TV, trousers and many more products.

The race is on to acquire healthy bodies, healthy skins within the framework of unhealthy lifestyles. Health boutiques offering quick fix solutions to health related problems have burgeoned. Now besides physical health and emotional health, even spiritual health can be acquired for a price. The proliferation of organisations marketing slickly packaged programmes offering spiritual gains is testimony to how misconstrued the concept is. Health as Wealth implies well being, not just at a physical level but also at the emotional and etheric level. Lack of physical well being is often a consequence of absence of emotional well being. The growing incidence of asthma, high blood pressure and arthritis are signs of emotional congestions and physical evidence of the stressed out lives that people today are leading. The practice of yoga is the key to a healthy life. While physical and emotional health is not the primary purpose of Yoga, they are definite by-products. Unfortunately not too many people, even some so called experts, are imparting knowledge about yoga in its true form. Dhyan Foundation, a voluntary organization under the aegis of YOGI Ashwiniji is attempting to bring the knowledge of the Ancients to the masses in its most pure and pristine form.

YOGIJI has perfected a system of physical exercises, breath control, physical and etheric purifications which actually transform a person - from an emotionally disturbed, physically and financially unstable to one with a glowing health, physical and emotional stability and financial growth.

The complete practice is called ‘DIVINE YOGA’ and the Dhyan Foundation is dedicated to this practice. YOGIJI teaches as per the ‘Guru Shishya Parampara’. No fee is charged for the course; where each and every student relates directly, on a one to one basis with YOGIJI who personally attends to each student’s personal growth as per the ancient masters and practices.

Science Of Mantra

2012-01-13T23:34:00.000-08:00

A mantra is a coded form of energy in the form of sound (dhwani).
Every mantra comprises of shakti, beej and keel - the combination of three containing in themselves the total effect of a mantra. While shakti refers to the driving force in a mantra (responsible for sanchalan of the mantra), the beej is its potential (just like a seed is a potential tree) and the keel is what binds the mantra to the purpose for which it is intended. (sound waves traverse large distances in a matter of seconds, the keel ensures the energy unleashed stays where it has to and does not dissipate)

Uchharan is of utmost importance in a mantra.

A mantra is a codified form of energy, an invocation of the subtler energies. The science of mantras calls for great degree of precision and accuracy. A mantra should only be chanted by one who has the right uchharan – the right words, the right pronunciation and the right modulations. Incorrect and faulty uchharan can do more harm than good, the reason for present state of chaos in the world. Hence chant the mantra only if you have learnt it and got it checked by your Guru.

The science of mantra is powerful and precise and its purpose is to aid the Creation.

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Fibre of life

2012-01-13T20:35:00.000-08:00

The clothes we wear are the closest to our physical at all time. By virtue of this, we are constantly affected by the nature of our clothes and their colour. That’s why it is advisable to wear clothes made of natural fibre. Wearing synthetic clothes will transfer on to you the artificial nature of the fabric, making you artificial and taking you away from the real world of nature. The same goes for ladies who wear bindis. Since it affects the Ajna Chakra directly, it is strongly recommended that the bindi be made of natural substances. Unfortunately, nowadays designer bindis are more prevalent than the natural ones. What these ladies are imbibing through their Ajna is only plasticity and artificiality.

Within the physical, the natural colour of substances indicates its nature and effect. When you go to a party, you wear bright flashy clothes, but when you go for a prayer meeting, the preference is for subdued pastel shades. Is this an effect of social conditioning or has social conditioning happened because the role of colour in our lives has been understood? The science of colour is an amazing science, and its effect on the physical body is even more amazing. I will discuss about colour in a different article. Today I want to tell you about energy, prana.

In temples, priests apply tilak to hundreds of foreheads in a day, with the same thumb or stick. You can imagine the amount of different energies that are getting transferred to your forehead through this simple, seemingly harmless act.

On a daily basis, we interact with many people, coming from different walks of life, having different energy patterns. This interaction affects us in one form or the other. Otherwise why would we feel good in the company of some people and irritated and agitated after meeting some? Have we thought why an eight-hour outing in a hill station is refreshing while eight hours in an office completely drain you of your energies? The reason is interchange of the energies.

Prana is the force that pervades the universe; it is actually “the force” in the universe. Pranic energy, vibrating at zillions of frequencies, manifests itself as each and every object of creation, giving it a different shape, size and mental and physical state of being. This prana also manifests as the “life-force” that keeps the body alive. The other sources of prana are the air we breathe, the clothes we wear, the environment we are in, the sounds we hear, the land we stand on, the people we interact with, etc. Since our environment constantly affects us, it translates onto our physical, resulting in changing our pranic composition on a regular basis. This is why rishis choose to live in isolation, in a clean environment.

-Yogi Ashwini is an authority on yoga, tantra and Vedic sciences. He is the guiding light of Dhyan Foundation.

Desires

2012-01-11T09:59:00.000-08:00

"The more desires a person has, the more the thoughts come to him/her to fulfil those desires and thus the person keeps planning and scheming. Thought is also a source of prana because when the thought comes only then you act. Can you do anything without the thought of it coming first? First thought of aeroplane came and then aeroplane was manufactured. Similarly first thought of the atom bomb came and only then it was invented. Every single thing is preceded by its thought.
How would you have made these without the thought of making them?

And these thoughts go right up to the cellular level and thus desires get embedded in each and every cell of your body.There is a very interesting study on this,ie, Consciousness at the level of the cell. A person named William Sheridan went for a heart transplant and after the operation suddenly he started painting and sketching landscapes and wildlife. He was himself surprised to see this...So later research was done and it was found that the heart given to him belonged to a person who was an artist. (http://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-381589/The-art-transplant.html)

So this shows us that the cellular memory is present inside every cell of your body. Any desire (which may be as trivial as the desire to lose weight) will be present in every cell of your body. These desires are the reason why you go round and round and round lifetime after lifetime and these desires only lead you to your downfall. Eg desire to lose weight makes you take medicines, go on a diet, become anorexic and ultimately become the cause of your own destruction.

Depending on your desires you catch thoughts from environment and that thought goes into every cell of your body and gets embedded in every cell. After this agni gives shakti to that thought so that the thought can be manifested on physical level. And ultimately this leads to ageing of cell (as explained above).That it why we say- You don’t consume food, the food consumes you. …..Your desires don’t satiate you, your desires consume you! Your desires, (eating, drinking, getting a big car or house or losing or gaining weight) whatever, howsoever small they may be, every moment takes you towards ageing. It is these desires which mislead you from your path or the truth because they make you work then. They form a veil over you and cloud your vision and as a result what you see is what your desires make you see!"

-Yogi Ashwini

Gyan Vs Knowledge

2012-01-09T05:16:00.000-08:00

"There is a huge difference between knowledge and gyan. Let me give an example. When I was appearing for my class 10 exams, I found that as it is I am bad in maths apart from that I was weak in Geography as well and in our school whoever used to fail in two subjects used to fail in that class. So I still remember that I memorised the whole book, chapter-wise and in the exam for each question I wrote the entire chapter. So ultimately the examiner must have thought that I have written so much (even though irrelevant) that he gave me passing marks- exactly 33 %.

So, you may know entire chapters on Yoga but the gyan will still not be there.

When you do yog or dhyan, gyan comes to you constantly. As you progress Gyan comes to you step by step. When you receive gyan you take one step, then you receive more gyan and move to the next step and so on and so forth. This progress is not dependent on time. Gyan will come to you only when you are connected to your Guru; without this connection there can be no gyan. It is the similar to the example I gave earlier- you will know the entire chapters on yoga but you wont know the answer to question, as there will be no gyan. You may know everything but still you wont have the gyan. (Gyan nahi hai par maloom sab kuch hai).So when you are on the path of yog and if your are doing it the right way, as time passes and as you progress there is an increase in gyan (gyan vriddhi) and when this happens many things start merging.

When creation began, it was marked as the Satyug. In Satyug, Yoga primarily was gyan (not knowledge). While knowledge is limited to the physical brain and the 5 senses, gyan is embedded in the deepest core of the physical and etheric self. To prove this fact, I would like to quote an interesting case study. Mr. William Sheridan from New York went for a heart transplant. Before the surgery he was an ordinary office-goer, but post the surgery he suddenly started to sketch and paint. He himself was taken by surprise and when research was done, it was found that the heart that was given to him belonged to an artist. This proves that consciousness is present in each and every cell of the body and in all layers of cell. Cell is not a modern-day concept. Rishi Atreya gave the concept of anu and paramanu many millennia ago in the Sankhya philosophy.

We believe in the concept of gyanand not knowledge. Like I said, knowledge is of the brain and the five senses. Gyan, on the other hand, is the core of what you actually are, what you are living through and what you experience. The experience that you live is what is gyan. Let me distinguish the two with the help of an example. We all know that soul is immortal, and yet the biggest fear mentioned in the Patanjali Yogsutras is the fear of death - Abhnivesh. This is because you have not yet had the gyan of soul. The fear of death is embedded in each and every cell of your body due to your past life impressions and thus is very difficult rid yourself of it.

Here at Dhyan Ashram we differentiate between knowledge and gyan. Knowledge is what your mind understands, you may chose to follow it or not, but gyan is what you have experienced personally. (For example If you have experienced pain then you will never give pain to others.) We believe in imparting gyan not knowledge. And to get gyan there is only one way - service and charity - no other technique or method."-Yogi Ashwini

"Spirituality" ???

2012-01-06T23:52:00.000-08:00

In our times "spirituality" has become a fad. This aint surprising one bit simply because such is the pace of life that one doesn't even finds the time to "live life". Infact, life for most has reduced to weekends. So in such a scenario a new business opportunity has presented itself and that is the " inner peace" business which involves various spiritual upliftment courses that bring your mind and body to perfect health and lots of other "benefits" (essentially a one stop solution to every problem that you have) And because there is demand for such "products" so the supply too is available in abundance.

Spirituality has always been the mainstay of our country. So many great beings (Kabir, Sri Raman Maharishi, Sri Ramakrishna... the list is endless!) have shown us what spirituality actually means, but did any of them put a fee to their teachings or did any of them ever had courses-beginners, advanced...?!!! Its time we put to ourselves the real question... if by spending money one could buy "spiritual upliftment" or peace or sound health.... then the millionaires and billionaires existing on this very planet would have got it before anyone else!

True spirituality is beyond what money can ever buy but for that you need to find a being (GURU) who is not running a business in the garb of spirituality rather s/he is giving (what he has) selflessly (just like the masters i mentioned above) and for that you dont have to go to some remote corner of the world... such beings still exist.... amongst us only.... Its just that what you seek is what you get!

"If you want to go and buy something from market you will get only a shopkeeper not a saint. Untill you search for your Guru with a feeling of surrender (samarpan bhaav) you will not find your Guru."

-Yogi Ashwini

Destiny

2012-01-03T08:46:00.000-08:00

"Destiny which is called as prarabdh in vedic terminology is indeed a fact. Everyone has to go through the effect of what is prarabdh. It is only Shiv or your Guru who have the capacity to alter what is prarabdh, but then that is done only for a higher cause. By doing yog under the sanidhya of your Guru, whatever has to happen will still happen, but you will not feel its effect. Therefore that karma becomes redundant for you. Thus role of a Yog Guru is to gradually open all these karma bandhans.
The purpose of life is simply to experience what you have desired. This desire could be anything- desire to have a particular sweet or the sexual desire or desire to paint depending on the individual. So there is nothing wrong in experiencing whatever you desire, after all that’s what you are here for. But the problem comes when you get stuck in one desire and that becomes a pitfall.Don’t forget that apart from the 5 senses there are subtler senses and higher worlds that can be accessed, but for that you need to begin Yog. Let me tell you with certainty, that any physical pleasure has a limited time period after which it will leave you. There are some who realise this and develop detachment by getting into yog whereas others realise only when time teaches them, but by then it is too late because the precious time has already passed.

Time is ticking away continuously, it is for you to realise this fact and take that first step towards the path of yog, before maya fools you yet another time."
-Yogi Ashwini

difference between ‘meditation’ and dhyan?

2011-12-29T22:30:00.000-08:00

"The difference between meditation and dhyan is that between shoonya (this is not to be confused with shoonyata, here it refers literally to zero) and poorna. Dhyan is state of complete awareness-inside and outside- it is a Poorna state, whereas meditation is a big zero. In meditation what a person does is he/she thinks of a certain thing and therefore it is basically no better than day dreaming, where as in dhyan you are aware of everything .Swami Satyananand Paramhans (Bihar School of Yog) described meditation as a ‘moodh’ state or a lower state.
Now a days, the subject of yog and tantra have been totally misrepresented. I was watching a programme on a ‘spiritual’ channel and there I saw a very elderly woman sharing her thoughts on ‘spirituality’. So I thought let me listen into what she has to say. After her discourse she made the viewers do dhyan and sat herself in dhyan as well. When it was over, she came out with some sort of jerk in her body. Anybody who knows the state of dhyan will know that in dhyan you are fully aware of both inside and outside. It is a poorna state. There is no going out of the body and coming back into it. So there is no question of coming out of that state with a jerk because it is complete awareness of everything.Time is ticking away continuously, it is for you to realise this fact and take that first step towards the path of yogu nder the sanidhya of a GURU, before Maya fools you yet another time."-Yogi Ashwini

what is moksha

2011-12-29T06:59:00.000-08:00

What is moksha?
"Moksha is simply a state above your present state. For a dog becoming a cow is moksha and for a cow graduating to a human is moksha. Similarly, for a labourer becoming a supervisor is moksha, for a supervisor becoming a manager is moksha, for a manager attaining the position of a general-manager is moksha, for a general- manager the chair of a CEO is moksha and for a CEO becoming a Yogi is moksha. All these are attainable in one lifetime only, if you are sthir inside. Whatever your current state is, rising above that is moksha for you. Moksha does not refer just to the state of leaving everything and uniting with self - as at this level of evolution it is impractical for you to think about that. Here I am talking about people in general and not about exceptions. For a common man, rising above his/her current state is Moksha. In short, vairagya is Moksha and Moksha is vairagya. This implies you keep climbing up the steps one-by-one but this upward progression depends on the shakti of your vairagya. It depends on what you are ready to ‘leave’ but this ‘leaving’ is not by forcing yourself, it happens naturally.

Yog is not meant for those who have nothing else to do. You must understand whatever will be your priority, that will give you the same priority. If you give a 2nd place to the subject of yog; if you think that yog I will do later first let me do X or Y or Z then be certain you will never be able to understand the subject of yog.

Yog is the final frontier and commands first priority."-Yogi Ashwini

Guru Shishya Parampara

2011-12-28T05:22:00.000-08:00

When a guru accepts somebody as a shishya he takes complete responsibility of his or her. Then the shishya is monitored by the Guru not daily, not hourly, but every moment… the Guru literally carries the shishya on this path. As no two fingerprints are the same, as no two genetic codes are the same, so are no two beings the same. Understanding and realising this fact the rishis of the Vedic era propagated the Guru-shishiya-parampara, or the one-to-one relationship of the shishya with the Guru. And this is what is followed at Dhyan Foundation, under the guiding light of the Guru, Yogi Ashwini.

In the Rudryamala it is said, ‘The fool who commences japa and tapas by reading books instead of receiving instructions from the Guru acquires nothing but sin; no one can save him. The Guru alone can, in a single moment, destroy the mass of his sins….’

" In Yogini Tantra it is said, “It is because the Supreme Guru appears in the body of the human Guru that shastras relate the greatness of the latter”. If it were only the physical body of a Guru that is taken into account as “Guru”, the formula and the aim of sadhana for every Guru would differ according to the appearance of the individual Guru. For this reason shastras clearly state that for one who thinks of the Guru as mere man and identifies him with his physical attributes can never be liberated. Guru mahima is anant, akhand, it is not possible to sum even a fraction of it in limited time and space.

The path of yoga or any other sadhna cannot be traversed without a Guru. It should also be understood that the Guru is not a physical being or a physical form but the embodiment of the ultimate Guru who assumes a human form to guide us through the journey of yoga."
-Yogi Ashwini

We understand things depending on our evolution

2011-12-27T22:25:00.000-08:00

How many of you understood this?A person X would see only this physical body where as a doctor would see the state of health of different organs inside this physical body like heart, liver, lungs etc.Similarly a being with a little more gyan will neither look at the body nor the organs, he will see the energy running in an individual’s body and looking at this energy or prana he will decide the capacity of an individual and not on the basis of the way he dresses or looks. A being of still higher dimension will not be concerned even about the energy, he will just give to whoever comes to him and go forward on his path and think nothing beyond this. A being higher than this level, just remembering that being, whatever you want will come to you, without even going to him. After this level comes the path of Moksha (which even if I describe you wont understand). These are dimensions of a being, the stages he goes through when on the path of yog.

Another example to illustrate this point would be- One person just collects more and more money, make more and more assets and properties while another gives away everything and comes on path of yog and become a saint. Both these individuals have their own state. These are different shrenis.

It is very important for us to understand that listening to words will take us no where, only gyan (which will come automatically once you are connected to your Guru and improve your Karma) can take us forward, otherwise you will just keep going round and round life- time after lifetime.

spiritual Vs material

2011-12-24T10:59:00.000-08:00

Often we see life as a dichotomy - either "material" or "spiritual" and consider these as mutually exclusive... thinking these two to be isolated paths where a being has to choose only one. This is one of the fundamental errors that we make, because the fact is that we are here to experience- experience what we had desired. The so called "spiritual path" or the path of Yog in reality is an all inclusive journey... but this journey begins only and only when one finds ones Guru and finding a true Guru is possible even in the commercial times that we are in today. On the path of yog desires are not suppressed, rather one experiences whatever one desired and goes beyond, holding the hand of ones Guru.

“It’s awrong perception to think that the spiritual is divorced from thematerial. It is only your level ofspiritual evolution that decides what you ask from Divine.”-Yogi Ashwini

Yoga merges the spiritual & physical-http://www.dhyanfoundation.com/sermon/yoga-merges-the-spiritual-and-physical.html

karmic balance

2011-12-24T06:31:00.000-08:00

The entire creation may be described as having just two aspects- Prakriti (anything that can be perceived by the five senses) and Purush (soul). Today man is lost so much in the worldly pleasures that he has completely lost touch with purush(soul).When we face problems we blame it on God asking him why we deserve it but we forget whatever we receive pleasures or pains is as per our karmic balance.We always forget the basic law of karma that every action has equal an opposite reaction.When we enjoy pleasures,we have to balance it with pain an when we get pain be happy,out negative karmas are been taken care of because every pain and pleasure has a limited period.A Yogi knows this and is unaffected by problems, s/he sees it as cancelling out of negative karmas.And such gyan is only possible when you are under the sanidhya of a GURU.A GURU makes even your pain look like a pleasure for you an when you have his grace,your entire journey is blessed.

Problems

2011-12-24T05:36:00.000-08:00

"Whatever happens with you is in accordance with the Law of Karma. Your pains and pleasures are directly proportional to your negative and positive karmas. A problem is nothing but the manifestation of the negative karmas that you have accumulated over lifetimes. A Yogi knows this and is unaffected by problems, s/he sees it as cancelling out of negative karmas. But a normal human being asks- “What did I do to deserve this?”

It is extremely simple to deal with physical problems. If you want academic success start teaching others; if you want material success make lives comfortable for the needy; if you are emotionally stressed become the emotional support for someone - whatever you desire, start giving it to others. It is this simple. But do remember physical pleasures are like sand, the harder you try to hold on to them, the faster they will slip.

The science of mantra is powerful and precise and its purpose is to aid the Creation.

These days people ask me for mantras to solve their individual problems. While chanting specific mantras can rid you of a particular problem, it does not rid you of your karmic baggage (the one you have accumulated as past-life carry-overs). As soon as one problem gets solved, the unbalanced karma takes shape of a new problem, so once again you go searching for a new mantra... this becomes a vicious circle and hence a steady business of those 'dealing' in mantras!

The only way to get over one's karmas lies in - satya (truth), asteya (non-stealing), aparigraha (non-collection), ahimsa (non-violence) and brahmcharya (code of Brahma). No adversity can touch a person who is sthir in these five yamas, as laid down by sage patanjali. What circumstances can fear a person who has nothing to hide? What can one take away from a person who has nothing to spare? Why would one harm a person who is non-violent? And how can a disease touch a person who follows brahmcharya?
It is simple. You can only punish a child as long as he fears the punishment. If the punishment ceases to have an effect on the child, you will have to devise new measures!

But yogji, is it really possible to emulate these yamas in practical life?
Yes.
What stops you from following them is your agyan (ignorance). You think you can get way from a situation by lying. But then you forget the fact that the situation you are in is a product of your own karma. You may fool yourself or those around you, but you cannot fool the one who created you- the creator of this creation.Infact, I am surprised at the new and innovative ways people have found these days to lie. Some tell me, "I didn't lie, i just forgot the truth", some others say, "i didn't mean it, I was just having fun." Still others keep quiet, that too is a lie.At such times you forget, the basis of this creation is the law of karma. Everything will happen the way it has to, in accordance with this law. You will face effect of the cause, in one way or another. So I would say start following the 5 yamas and then see what happens. Experience it yourself. There has to be a starting point, give it a try."

-Yogi Ashwini

you can never satisfy anybody

2011-12-21T23:21:00.000-08:00

Life-full of surprises,ups and downs,expectations and rejections but when you understand the correct meaning of life and the purpose of your birth,life becomes very clear.Every relation we make in our lives has some give and take from our previous lives.Be it any relation even when you try to give your hundred percent most of them are not happy, rather have complaints about the way things are been done.Even if you die for them,they would say you could have died in a better way.There is no end to human needs and wants and satisfaction is never there in any relation.To indulge endlessly in satisfying others is a futile exercise. You must do your duties to the best of your ability, each one knows his/her ability and then never look back. Your “worldly duties” will never end. Hold the hand of a GURU and find a purpose and meaning to life and walk on the right path in the right way.

selfless love

2011-12-20T22:27:00.000-08:00

Love is a beautiful feeling and its nice to know there is always someone who wants to be there for you and give you selfless love without any expectations.When the love is selfless it always brings a lot of happiness, joy and peace which is much more than anything that money can buy.One such example of selfless love is that of a GURU.GURU does not expect anything in return but is always working for the benefit of others and creation.Sometimes out of ignorance sadhaks make huge mistakes but still GURU forgets everything and always cares for the sadhaks and helps them rise to a better level in life.YOGI ASHWINIJI is a GURU whom i have always seen working only towards the progress of mankind and for the creation without any expectations in return.He is always guiding sadhaks towards the right path and working round the clock to see there is happiness and bliss all round and getting people to know the correct vedic culture.Blessed are we sadhaks who are under your sanidhya. "OM SHRI GURUVE NAMAHA.OM"

"Maya" in operation

2011-12-19T21:53:00.000-08:00

Most of us in childhood have host of questions to ask, some of which are trivial and others seemingly trivial…Why is the sky blue? Why can birds fly and i can’t? Why does the sun rise and set every single day? On growing up due to the changing dynamics, this inquisitive nature either gets suppressed or undergoes alteration as there are “more important things” in life.

Someone who has studied biology even at the most basic level would know that a human body is a highly complex ‘machine’ involving a mind boggling number of chemical reactions, electrical activities and mechanical processes occurring in coordination with each other. Isn’t it interesting that these processes are happening inside us, without us ever being aware of them. (By the way did you know that 300 million cells die in our body every minute!)Science tells us that earth is round but isn’t it weird that we never feel it to be. Air that we breathe is indispensable to our existence yet we never value it.

Every single day of life is unique and also a moment once passed shall never return, yet there is an inherent feeling that things will always be the same.

There are 1.8 deaths every second that equates to 155,520 deaths a day (source google) but we are completely oblivious to the fact that our time shall come too and one does not know when and how!

And this brings me to the fundamental questions-
why is it that most of us stop valuing our lives and find ourselves caught up in a situation where we “don’t have time” to do things that we always wished to?
What is it that made us so busy without us even realising it?
After all when and where did the time go and how come we never took notice of this?

And the answer to these is just one….

“Maya” in operation!

Clutches Of Maya

2011-12-19T08:09:00.000-08:00

Maya is the glue that keeps us tied to and stuck with all that is around us. We think that is all that exists; there is nothing beyond our family, our relationship, our work, our mini-world. It seems nearly impossible to think beyond this, no? Maya is the strongest tool of Lord Vishnu, who looks after the sustenance of the world. It is through the aid of maya, a balance is maintained in the physical creation, because this is what holds you or binds you with whatever is around you. In the form of attachments – bandhans you have tied yourself with. It can take any form; ego, attachments, buddhi, material or emotional gains to keep you engaged and not go beyond the physical.It is for those who take on to the path of sadhana or self-realization, that the force of Maya is strongest, because force of attraction commensurate to the evolution of a being. When a person takes on to the practices of yog, he is trying to evolve from a lower dimension to a higher one i.e., the dimension of evolved beings. To understand this concept better let us take an example. If a monkey joins your work place and starts working better than you, you will first try to scare it away, but if it does not move then you offer a bribe like a banana to entice the monkey away.That is where your Guru comes in. The Guru knows what your inner desires are and where your chances of getting stuck are. It is next to impossible, until you hold the hand of your Guru to free yourselves from the clutches of maya.

Lets know about ANAND VIDYALAYA.

2011-12-17T08:21:00.000-08:00

GURU and his grace- there is nothing impossible.ANAND VIDYALYA an initiative of DHYAN FOUNDATION takes care of thousands of underprivileged kids all over India.These street kids like all the other kids have always dreamt of going to school an becoming something in life.They also have dreams of wearing the school uniforms an sitting in their classrooms in front of their teachers listening to them.Anand vidyalaya makes their dream come true an today when you see the spark in their eyes,it says everything.They are living the life they dreamt of, carrying a school bag,wearing a uniform and saying 'yes teacher' sitting in their classrooms.And this dream can only come true when you have the grace of the GURU.YOGI ASHWINI ,a yogi who himself is not tied by maya and who always thinks only for the benefit of mankind can make wishes of such kids come true.Blessed to be under the sanidhya of such a GURU.

miracles

2011-12-16T07:10:00.000-08:00

When a person experiences anything that is beyond his five senses, he calls it a miracle.Few take it as a gift of God and few would consider it as their good luck.When a person is in yog,miracles become a part of their everyday life.When you are in yog,you try to rise above your five senses and experience the reality which for a common man would mean a miracle.And all these are possible only when you are under the sanidhya of a GURU.A GURU makes you go through all the experiences and also learn from them which a person not in yog would not understand.Its time we all rise above our five senses an see the real world before its too late.

What is Dharma?

2011-12-15T22:47:00.000-08:00

Dharma is not religion. It is the lifeline that keeps Creation going. For a lay person, dharma is the code of nature, that which sustains Creation, something which is inherent in every microcosm and is thus instinctive to human existence; but that whose awareness we are losing on account of ignorance.

Suppose we observe the things around us, say a tree...

Green leaves, branches spreading far and wide, fruits and flowers, a tall thick trunk and roots that run deep into the ground -- that's what we would expect to see. Now, if one were to imagine a tree devoid of these attributes, would it still be called a tree? Why doesn't a tree (even in our imagination) exist without these attributes? This is because each of these individual traits is indispensable for the tree to perform its dharma.

A tree withstands the vagaries of nature – storms, downpours and floods – to protect the flora, fauna and soil. A tree provides for those around it – animals, birds and insects with food and shelter, as nurturer and healer. A tree purifies the air around it, binds the soil together, participates in causing rain, a tree decomposes to enrich the earth and it befriends the environment. The tree imbibes the character of strength and stability, of tallness and of expanse, of benevolence and of selflessness, and that of not succumbing to adversities. All of which means that a tree performs its dharma.

It is the dharma of every one of us to protect those who are weaker; to feed all persons, animals and plants in the vicinity; to provide clothing and shelter to those in need and give according to each one's capacity. We need to protect, conserve and nurture the environment, avoid pollution, and foster holistic growth and abundance. It is our dharma to develop strength of character such that we are able to deal with injustice and exploitation.

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In yog you dont need to leave anything.

2011-12-14T20:21:00.000-08:00

Yog or yoga is more than asanas and jumping around like monkeys.Yog is a very powerful science which can only be achieved under the guidance of a GURU.Yog means merger,merger of you with your GURU.Atmasakshatkar or self realisation is the meaning of yog.Only a GURU knows our capabilities and takes us forward as he knows our strengths and weaknesses.Its a wrong conception that when we are in yog,we need to leave things or follow a specific diet.Yoga does not follow any diet or ritual.You can eat anything,drink anything,go out,have fun....coz as you progress on the path of yog anything which is heavy for you will automatically leave you.You are never forced to leave anything infact on the contrary on the path of yog you enjoy everything and rise above it after experiencing it under Guru sanidhya. But for that it is important to follow the agya of GURU and follow on the path of yog with niyam as every word of GURU is a mantra for a shishya.

"Mantra Moolam Guru Vakyam" ~om Shri Guruve Namah Om~

YOG'A'?

2011-12-13T23:00:00.000-08:00

"Yoga"- this four letter word has become a very popular term in recent times and everyone seems to think that they know what it is. This is because of the extensive commercialization of the subject. infact, so much so that it has become a multi-crore business- with all kinds of "products" available in the market and all 'forms' of yoga and some of the recent "innovations" like Hot yoga, dog yoga are amusing,to say the least. (a simple google search will be enlightening here!)

But do you really know what yoga is ? Even those who know its literal meaning that is "union" seem to not give it any further consideration. Majority think of yoga as -"doing some asans and breathing exercises to keep your body fit and mind relaxed" Yog (or Yog'a') is in reality the ultimate science- science of the self. It is by Yog that you discover who you really are. Mind you this is no philosophy, it is THE most practical subject. Its like you are conducting an experiment- one first follows a procedure (given to you by your Guru-this again is a highly misunderstood concept) and then one gets the gyan by ones experiences (not intellectual knowledge but gyan). Yoga is the ultimate science and to "study" this science the pre-requisite is -you need a Guru.

"Though the purpose of yog is atmasakshatkar or self-realisation, there are various by-products as you move up the ladder towards realising yourself or to say being in yog. Here you embrace the inner and outer realities for a perfect harmonious balance, the important point is that you do not intellectually understand the inner and outer realities but experience them. Yog is an experience and not a subject of the intellect. Yog works on all aspects of a person; physical, vital, mental, financial, emotional, psychic, and spiritual. Only when all the aspects are in a state of balance does a being experience liberation, perfect harmony. "-Yogi Ashwini

PS- There is just one way to understand what the science of Yog is and that is to experience it under Guru sanidhya.

Yoga Demystified With Yogi Ashwini- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8oIjTYzEfZs&list=LLgcfS4U5hYmFV8rmUl10oyw&index=4&feature=plpp_video

learning from mistakes

2011-12-13T07:17:00.000-08:00

We are all bound to make mistakes and a sensible person is one who has the courage to admit his/her mistake,take complete responsibility and see that the mistake is never repeated again.When we are on the path of yog,every word that GURU says becomes a mantra for us.But most of us according to our capacity of thinking and capability,judge the words in our own terms ,try to interpret a new meaning ,go wrong and then learn a very valuable lesson in life.It becomes very important when we hold the hand of a GURU,either we trust him completely or we dont and when we do then we should never let him down.Under the guidance of a GURU also we make mistakes by not listening to him because of our ego and our limited thinking capacity forgetting that a GURU would never do anything for his selfish needs but only for our benefit.A sensible person would be the one who would learn from the mistakes an follow the words of the GURU with complete faith and confidence.

NATURE's LANGUAGE

2011-12-12T12:40:00.000-08:00

FACT OF NATURE

LEARNING FOR US

· Everything in nature is in cycles - nitrogen cycle, carbon cycle, water cycle, day and night cycle, cycle of seasons and so on. Infact the life processes and bio-chemical reactions inside any organism too are cyclic in nature- circulatory system, cell cycle, etc

water cycle

· Purest of water stagnates if held in one place for a long time.

· Everything in nature exists in layers. .Eg Earth has layers to it(Crust, Mantle and core), Atmosphere too (Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere ,Exosphere), Even a single fruit has layers to it- Exocarp,Endocarp,Mesocarp,Seed coat, Endosperm,Embryo)

layers of a fruit

· The smallest of things in the creation have a purpose- be it a tree, spider, lizard or a small ant and each of them have their roles defined. Loss of any one creates an imbalance (eg in the food chains and food webs)

· Sun does its job selflessly, day in and day out yet never asks for any kind of remuneration. That is why it has such glow and radiance. Sunlight is the source of our food (photosynthesis) and it sustains life on our planet.]

· Every morning we see that a single ray of sunlight dispels all the darkness that existed prior to it.

· Water when heated transforms to its purest state which is formless - vapour

This reminds us that there is neither a beginning nor an end to anything, including human life, it is a continuous cyclic process with only “apparent” births and deaths.

Also what you give to others you will surely get it back some day -this is the Law of karma-Whatever you give to others (be it food, clothing, money, happiness), divine will give you the same manifold.

(what is charity? http://www.dhyanfoundation.com/what-is-charity.php

Anything that one hoards, be it money, a relationship,etc) will stagnate. So never hoard, let it flow.

A human being too has layers- in the physical body [skin (epidermis,dermis,hypodermis),muscle layer, bone, bone marrow] as well as the etheric layers- Pranamaya kosha (layer of colours visible to a clairvoyant), Manomaya, Vigyanmaya and Anandmaya kosha. (these subtler layers become accessible to a Yogi)

[clairvoyance proved at Indian Medical Associaion- http://www.dhyanfoundation.com/dhyan-foundation-ima-certification.php ]

Life of a human being too has a purpose- realising what you truly are or in other words YOG-union with your own self and the role assigned to us is to do our Dharma. Dharma is not religion. It is the dharma of every one of us to protect those who are weaker; to feed all persons, animals and plants in the vicinity; to provide clothing and shelter to those in need and give according to each one's capacity. We need to protect, conserve and nurture the environment, avoid pollution, and foster holistic growth and abundance. It is our dharma to develop strength of character such that we are able to deal with injustice and exploitation…..follow the link to know more-

http://www.dhyanfoundation.com/sermon/dharma.html

A being who helps others selflessly, rather whoever comes to him takes something back, too has that glow, radiance and magnetism- for instance, a Yogi.

http://www.dhyanfoundation.com/yogi_ashwini.php

Ones Guru is that ray of light who dispels all ignorance (darkness)… infact the term “Guru” literally means from darkness to light…. A Guru makes one experience what one truly.

A Human being too need to do tapa (under a Guru’s guidance) to transform to ones purest state, the state we began our journey from“aham brahm asmi”

~Om shri guruvaye namah om~

Beauty lies within you

2011-12-11T05:11:00.000-08:00

Most of us spend our time either making ourselves look beautiful or getting things that make us look good. But does it really help? Even a person who has been pampering herself/himself from his/her early age, will too eventually look old after a period of time. So then what is beauty? Beauty is not just the outer appearance but the inner self. Beautiful is the one whose thoughts are divine and the one who helps others selflessly. Infact, outside is only a reflection of the inside. When a person glows from inside, the outer glow and attraction comes automatically.Thoughts play a major role in making the person what s/he is- as what you think you eventually become as the energy follows thoughts The secret of beauty and glow does not lie in beauty parlours, but within you. To preserve the life force in you and to look beautiful start with 'sanatan kriya.'

Work to make yourself worthy...

2011-12-11T03:23:00.000-08:00

‎Asteya is non-stealing, in thought or deeds. Trying to possess something that is not yours, be it material or something that is non-material like taking credit for work that was done by somebody else, is also stealing. The Gita says that men get what they deserve as per their karma. When you see something with someone, which is something you pine for, be it a person or something material, do not try to steal it and neither try to take it by force. But look into yourself and ask yourself what kind of positive karmas would make you deserve that. Do those positive acts and make yourself worthy of that physical pleasure. The Divine would definitely bestow you with that if you deserve it.
So work to make yourself worthy.
(An extract from the book "Sanatan Kriya-Essence of Yoga" by Yogi Ashwini)

Watch your thought.

2011-12-08T07:08:00.000-08:00

Close your eyes.Sit in silence and see what happens.When you sit in silence with yourself for sometime,you would see a number of thoughts coming in your mind and if you observe youl find that these thoughts do not come from within you.They are already there in the surroundings, every thought that we get has already been created so the thoughts are merely "caught" by us. We do not create any new thoughts. Thoughts are very powerful. Thoughts are so powerful that if not taken care of can damage the environment too and in a big way. Nuclear bomb was just a thought in the beginning and see its impact today.Its very important to ensure the purity of thought and see that most of our thoughts are for the benefit of the people..A GURU ensures that most of the thoughts have a positive effect and are helpful for the creation when you hold his hand. Lets all understand the importance of thoughts and make the best use of this tool to aid the positive forces of the creation.

Service and Charity

2011-12-05T23:13:00.000-08:00

How many of us know the real meaning of service and charity? A human being of today, is a selfish being who is more interested in himself than others.We forget that most of our problems arise because of this nature of ours.The day we start thinking about others before ourselves,we would all be free of most of our problems. Its always a great feeling to help others and be of some help when they need you. Its always been said whatever you give always comes back to you.If you do charity in terms of money,there would never be any money problems for that person.If its been done with food,that person shall never be devoid of food and when the charity is done in the form of gyan,gyan always flows to that person.And this gyan is never understood unless you are under the sanidhya of a GURU.A GURU would always guide you on the right path and by the way of service and charity would help you improve your karmas which help you in your journey of life. The concept of service and charity is the most fundamental in Yog and like every thing else, this too has to be experienced- what you give, you get back manifold.... so start giving!

The Next Spiritual Generation

2011-12-01T10:56:00.000-08:00

Shivan Chanana (standing) teaching Sanatan Kriya to a group from Delhi Police (above) and Pallavi Dewan practicing the ‘art of mace movement’ (left)

New expressions of spirituality have the youth hooked..
It’s Saturday night and 24-yearold CA student Shivan Chanana is busy conducting a Vedic havan (a fire ritual) at someone’s place. “Creation is revealed to you through these mantras, as each mantra exudes certain energies,” says the Delhi lad who does full-day havans on special occasions such as Holi and Diwali. Chanana does not belong to a priest’s family. In fact, his father is a Chartered Accountant. He is one of a growing army of spiritual youngsters who seeks inner peace and a higher level of consciousness through havans, chanting, spiritual cooking, yoga practice and even feeding dogs and practicing mace movement. Pallavi Dewan, 24 years of age, practices movement of mace, or ‘gada’ in Hindi, as both a physical and spiritual exercise. “It invokes certain energies that help to awaken one’s hidden potential; the result is immediate and the glow exuded in the body is phenomenal,” says the Delhi-based interior designer who has been working out with the mace since the last three years.

...Around the same time, another 27-year old, Ketaki Singh, joined a yoga class at Dhyan Foundation as an experiment. Today, yoga is part of her daily life and she has taken up the spiritual organisation’s Feed-ADog cause with volunteers spread out across cities. “I have always wanted to help street dogs…I devote one hour of my time everyday to this cause,” she says.

So, what’s making these youngsters go after spirituality when most of their peers find contentment in nightclubs, cafes, social networks, games and gadgets?

“Despite everything available, there is a lack of fulfillment in the lives of youngsters today,” says Dr Samir Parikh, chief psychiatrist at the department of mental health, Max Healthcare. “Moreover, there is also a feeling of relative deprivation.” Psychologists blame this largely on nuclearisation of urban families where both parents have a busy work life and the family life is under constant stress mostly due to lack of time. Children in such families may feel emotionally deprived. “Spirituality tends to give them a sense of comfort and peace,” says Dr Parikh.

(these are excerpst from article in Economic times)

(Publication: The Economic Times Delhi;

Date: Dec 1, 2011;

Section: Frdm frm Economics;

Page: 24)

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/et-cetera/new-expressions-of-spirituality-have-the-youth-hooked/articleshow/10938276.cms

How important is niyam?

2011-11-29T07:30:00.000-08:00

Niyam or discipline makes a person always progress in life.Any person who does his work in a disciplined manner always makes the best use of time and moves forward in life.Niyam as it is called in yog is very important for a sadhak to progress.Yog is a subject of topmost priority and it comes second to none.Any person who wants to progress on the path of yog should always follow the niyams set by his/her GURU and not judge them by their limited buddhi.We should never break any niyam given by the GURU as only the GURU knows our capacity.Our vedic culture has given a lot of importance to niyam and a person who follows it always progresses on the path of his evolution by the grace of the GURU.Always remember there is nothing as important as yog an never break your niyam for anything or else you are not fit for yog but you are meant for that state only for which you break your niyam.Find a GURU an under his sanidhya make your life worth living.

Breathe the right way

2011-11-23T06:36:00.000-08:00

Breathing is the essence of life.No human can survive without it yet it is not given much significance. Even one second of breath lost creates a huge disturbance in the body.In today's world when there are so many people teaching so many breathing techniques,its very important to know the right way to breath.When you breath in the right way not only does your body gets into balance but also adds an extra glow on your face.In sanatan kriya we do abdominal breathing in ujjai.Gently be aware of your navel and slowly start breathing in ujjai, ie, when you inhale, the stomach is pushed out and when you exhale the stomach is pulled in. Slowly and steadily keep increasing the volume and time of every cycle of the breath. Reach a point where you feel that this is your capacity of inhalation and also of exhalation i.e. you cannot take in more and neither can you take out more (full capacity). Do not try to stretch yourself beyond your limit. Try to take breath to its full capacity. This has an immediate effect on you.It relaxes the body and on regular practise you see a certain glow on your face free of tensions. It is imperative that the first few days are done under guidance of a Guru. Only a GURU can give us the vedic techniques which are meant for the benefit of the people. Find a GURU,find your anchor in life.

Shanti-- we need it the most today

2011-11-15T04:37:00.000-08:00

Ever wondered why do we like to be in company of few and why do we stay away from others? Its simple.we always want to be in company of people who are positive,who always talk good with lots of positive energy and definetly stay away from people who would make the entire enviornment negative...These are the people who are ashant by nature and thus they make the surroundings also very negative.Its very important to think positive and do good to all the people we can..sometimes by just thinking good for others gives us so much of shanti that we feel happy from inside.The problem with most of us today is we all have become selfish and self centred. Everyone of us is interested only in ones own problems, own interests and in our personal needs. But we do not realise that unless the surroundings we are in and the people around us are not happy and shant,we cannot be in peace.We need to help people around us selflessly and thus inturn we are blessed with lots of peace and happiness and this perfect way of living can only be taught under the sanidhya of a GURU.I guess then shanti is not that difficult to achieve- just start helping who-so-ever you can and see the difference yourself. Lets all work together for a better and more peaceful world.

The REAL you

2011-11-09T06:39:00.000-08:00

Everyone says i am perfect,everybody says i am unique and strong and there is nothing that I cannot do or achieve.Then why are we unhappy?Why do we fall when we encounter a crisis and why are we not able to solve it?Is this world the reality or are we living in illusion?Even if a girl is good looking, she wants to look better. A person who has lots of money is always unhappy comparing himself to other people.Lets get practical and real and learn that this world that we live is only reel as the real world lies inside us..The entire creation and the gods and the goddess which represent the various energies of this creation also lie within us.The day we understand what we are,we would be free from all sorrows and lead a peaceful and detached life.The life within is the only reality but this real you cannot be found by reading books or listening to discourses...You can find and know yourself when you hold the hand of a GURU.Under the guidance of a GURU,the entire creation is revealed to you.Only a GURU can free you from all your worries.Its time we know the purpose of our lives and lead a peaceful life working towards creation.

lets know chakras

2011-11-06T20:38:00.000-08:00

A human being is a combination of various physical an etheric layers.In the etheric layers are a set of energy centers called chakras,the whirling pool of concentrated energy.each and every cell has a chakra associated to it.They throw out used prana when they move outwards an pull in fresh prana when they move inwards.There are 7 major chakras.

Mooladhar,the first chakra from bottom controls the basic instincts like food,shelter,desire an survival.The colour has been observed from dark brown to golden brown.Swadhishtan is the next chakra which controls the sexual desires at lower level.Its colour is observed as dark orange to whitish orange.The next chakra at the navel is Manipoorak whose quality is power.The colour associated is mustardish brown to saffron.The next chakra called Anahat chakra is the seat of human love.It represents kindness and selfless love and is observed as violet and whitish pink.The next chakra Vishuddhi around the throat pit is the seat of higher creativity, seen dominant in artists, dancers, musicions, poets, etc.The colour observed is whitish voilet.Ajna chakra,the next chakra.Its seen at the point between our two eyes. Its visible only in rare people in electric blue colour.Evoution through these chakras leads to attainment of a higher form which happens at Sahastra chakra,the thousand petal otus which is seen over the head.It is the gateway to next higher loka. All these chakras are visible to a clairvoyant and they can be understood under the guidance of a GURU.

Clairvoyance proved at Indian Medical Association- http://www.dhyanfoundation.com/dhyan-foundation-ima-certification.php

Lets learn from the sun

2011-11-03T08:25:00.000-07:00

SUN-ever wondered what gives it that magnificent glow, magnetism and attraction? What would it possibly have, that everything revolves around it?and every single day we see the same ageless sun shining in all its glory.Sun is the highest form of energy in our solar system. This is the energy which is used by plants and stored as food.We humans often take the sun's energy for granted, yet it rises every single morning, lighting up so many lives.It does its responsibility effectively and tirelessly, yet does not ask anything in return. We humans,on the on the other hand, have become so selfish that even before we do a small action, we first look at the "returns" we would get and see to it that we make the most of it. A true Yogi too is like a Sun, whose only motive in life is to benefit the people and work for evolution and creation and thus he exudes the same magnificent radiance.We all must learn from the sun- how to lead a selfless life- where you live to give and expect nothing in return.... Just give and let go and get that magnetism like that of the Sun!

Law of karma----the real meaning.

2011-10-24T22:00:00.000-07:00

Karma can be simply translated as action.Action doesnt necessarily stand for an act in the physical.it can be a thought also.Infact every action in physical terms is a thought before manifestation. the law of karma to put simply is - "what u sow,so shall u reap" We all are aware of this law but how many of us take it seriously and how many of us truly follow it? Every action of ours be it positive or negative releases opposite force in universe i.e. whatever we do has to come back to us but the reaction may not necessarily equal,it could be greater too. What you give to others comes back to you manifold.Its very important not to have any ill feeling against any person in thought, word or deed. Its very difficult to escape the result of your karma in the form of pleasure or pain unless you are holding the hand of a GURU.With the GURU'S grace the events of your life will not be able to affect you in any possible way.
It is time we apply this eternal Law of karma in our lives and see for ourselves what effect it has.
It is no philosophy; it is the most fundamental law which governs our lives.

"Whether you believe in the inner world or not, is of no consequence; it does have its effect on you... If you are living on earth, you are bound by gravity-you may believe it or not."
-Yogi Ashwini

Havan

2011-10-10T22:52:00.000-07:00

Havan-Its the direct way of interaction with the divine energies.Fire or Agni is the only element that cannot be polluted an this is the reason it is chosen as a medium to interact with the devlok.While we feed fruits an vegetables,the devas feed on fragrances.So its very important to ensure the purity of the samagri,the correct prounciation(uccharan) of the mantras an the purity of the thought.When a havan is done under the sanidhya of a GURU,it has a very powerful effect on those participating in it.You imbibe the purity of agni warding off all the negativity an diseases.The proper uccharan of mantras in a havan is very important.It needs to have the right words,right prounciation and the right modulation.Incorrect uccharan can do more harm than good which is the reason for the present state of chaos in the world.Under the sanidhya of a GURU,lets preserve our vedic culture an help towards the creation.

"Of the five elements agni or fire is the only element which cannot be polluted. This was the reason why our ancestors ( vedic masters) chose it as the medium of interacting with the subtler energies of this creation. Thus, a havan is a tool to interact with the devlok. It is the devlok, which carries out the functioning of the physical dimension that we are in- the bhulok. But, in the beings of the devlok the 5 physical senses that a normal human being uses are not there rather a 6th sense , ie, a very subtle sense of smell is present. This fact was also known by our ancestors and therefore havans were conducted in order to provide nutrition (in the form of fragrances) to the devlok and hence there was so much emphasis on the purity of samagri and samedha used and the correct uchharan of the mantras and most importantly bhaav of those performing the havan. Let me give you an example- if you are invited by two people to their respective houses and on entering you find that one of them has a house which stinks while the other house has a very pleasant fragrance-which of the two houses would you like to stay in? obviously the second one. So now you can imagine if fragrance can have such a huge impact on a human beings decision, of what importance would it be for the beings of devlok.

A havan done correctly under the sanidhya of a guru is a very powerful tool for those doing it. As when you do samyam on the agni while performing the havan, the purity of agni comes into you and it removes doshas and negativities in your body. "-Yogi Ashwini

Experience a Vedic Havan- http://www.dhyanfoundation.com/vedic-havan.php

Cleanse your soul, awaken higher forces - http://www.dhyanfoundation.com/sermon/cleanse-soul-awaken-higher-forces.html

Divine love

2011-10-06T23:38:00.000-07:00

The most beautiful and amazing feeling is to love and be loved.The feeling which makes you feel wanted and gives a new meaning to life.There are many relations that demand love like that of a parent,child,wife,husband, and so many more.But the purest form of love which is divine and takes you on the journey of your inner self is the love of a GURU.The most pious and sacred relation which involves no expectations and no conditions.Guru is to the sadhak, what the sadhak seeks, and more – the friend, the mother, the father, the guide, and more. Guru when comes in ones life shows the right path and gives a new dimension to life.It becomes much easier when you know where you are heading to and with whom.Gurus presence is so magical that every thought,every action becomes pious.

Guru mahima is anant, akhand, it is not possible to sum even a fraction of it in limited time and space.

Yog- Definitely not a business!

2011-10-04T09:15:00.000-07:00

Yog or Yoga as its been called today has lost its real meaning. Most associate it with breathing exercises or doing asans (just like some fitness regime). With so many "GURUS" all over and each one having their own styles of yoga, makes a person wonder what is actually Yog'a' ? Yog is GURU and nothing beyond it. It begins and culminates with your GURU.Yog is a complete science of a person's evolution and such a pious science cannot be bought or sold in the market. As Yog has been there in our culture since the very beginnings, thus nobody can lay claim on it and sell it as a "product" to meet personal needs.Saffron clad, in today's world, does not necessarily indicate one is on the right path. Therefore, it is imperative to understand what Yog really is and who can be called a Guru!

The sooner ... the better

2011-10-01T10:59:00.000-07:00

What is the right age to begin yog?

One of the common thought processes is- Yog is pursued when all "worldly duties" are over and when you have achieved whatever you thought needs to be, but this is a misconception. This is because each one of us is born with a limited reserve of energy, once you expend this energy there is no way to replenish it. But here we see Maya( lord vishnu's most potent tool, used to run the creation) at play. Maya has maximum grip during the early years of life and slowly towards the fag end of ones life it loosens its grip, but by then it is too late. The body no longer has the strength, the senses become dull and slowly one loses control over his/her own body. At this stage the body(vehicle) becomes unfit to undertake the ultimate journey of the spirit- Yog. Thus, the right age or inclination never arrives for most.

Yog is a spiritual journey. It has nothing to do with the age of an individual. It is a misconception that Yog is for the old – those who have lived their lives and now want to retreat their last days in peace; because you only truly start living once you hold your Guru’s hand.

Exploring the real happiness...

2011-09-30T07:48:00.000-07:00

For everything we do we always expect something in return. Some could argue that it is quite natural to have these expectations. But if you look closely you will find these expectations are a major cause of unhappiness in life and all it leads to is emotional congestion.The minute we expect something, we make ourselves so weak that if it is not fulfilled we are shattered. Does our happiness really depend on someone or something else?

To experience true happiness all you need to do is start doing service and charity without any expectation.

Any work done without expecting something in return or anything given without asking for a favour always improves ones karmas. This opens the doors to many internal joys for a person.
Let us all start thinking beyond our own self and explore the joy within.

Dont vegetate...Live your life!

2011-09-29T07:36:00.000-07:00

Yog or Yoga has been given to us by our forefathers- the Vedic Rishis. they were highly advanced beings who had studied every single thing in the creation, including the being. In todays world this sacred science of yog is more relevant than ever before. Life in the "modern" world is full of stress, competition, anger, impatience, betrayal and dishonesty, but there is a golden chance to live a life like a lotus in this dirty contaminated water.When you begin on the path of yog nothing changes outside, its still all the same but there is a change within (and that too without you even realizing it) and life takes a complete turn around (but this needs to be experienced individually!) Life becomes full of energy and enthusiasm and above everything else there is a real purpose to life. Life looks beautiful, meaningful and it now gives the strength to walk straight and allows you to focus on the 'goal' without any worryies or tensions..What more can a person ask for? Start to live a life which is meant to be lived!

Experience!

2011-09-27T22:10:00.000-07:00

It is often said that life is all about experiences and to really know about anything,the best way is to do it and experience it for yourself. In the world today where everything has a price tag, truth and honesty are critically endangered virtues, stress and emotional congestion have become central traits of life of one and all, there comes a life of Yog which shows you, your inner self and the purpose of this precious human life. Once you hold the hand of your GURU, he takes you through the experiences of life and beyond.With a correct GURU you not only experience everything you are capable of but you also go over your desires by fulfilling them which is the way of Yog- No desire is suppressed rather you experience and go beyond them. Experiences under a Guru's sanidhya always make you firm and shows your life path . Its always nice to experience something than to just talk and get nothing. Experience Yog to Experience Life!

Dhyan Foundation MIRACLES at the INDIAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION!

2011-03-20T10:27:00.000-07:00

Dhyan Foundation gets validation from Indian Medical Association (IMA): The event held in February 2011, Mumbai, marks the renaissance of Ancient Yogic Sciences in the modern times, and one that should delight a true seeker.

Watch the miracles for yourself at:

http://www.dhyanfoundation.com/dhyan-foundation-ima-certification.php

This has left me pondering on one question- What the skeptics and "rationalists" have got to say now???!! Now that the Dhyan Foundation has given them the empirical proof for the Power and efficacy of Yog.

It is time we accept that there exists a science, infact THE ULTIMATE SCIENCE of the spirit- YOG which is beyond the understanding of the "logical mind" yet no less scientific.

WAKE UP!

Press Club - Blanket Drive

2011-01-24T10:16:00.000-08:00

What does a cricketer, a supermodel and a doctor, have in common? Dhyan Foundation! This Thursday, 20th January, saw a unique initiative, the flagging of blankets for the downtrodden and the needy. Organised by Dhyan Foundation at the Press Club, the event saw the support of many members of the press. The guests of honour included, former cricketer Nikhil Chopra, well known model Amanpreet Wahi and nutritionist Dr Shikha Sharma. Service and charity are the first steps in yoga and Wahi took this opportunity to highlight the great work Dhyan Foundation, under the guidance of Yogi Ashwini has been doing and emphasised on her four-year long association with the Foundation. Chopra too applauded the good work the Foundation does and encouraged others to tread the path. Dr Sharma gave the audience interesting notes and anecdotes about yoga and ayurveda and explained how these ancient sciences hold the key to good health. At the end of the session the vans loaded with warm blankets were flagged off with a lot of cheer from the crowd.

YOG for YOUTH

2010-12-15T23:11:00.000-08:00

YOG for YOUTH

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru called Youth as the building blocks of a Nation and emphasized on strengthening the values among them because if the very basis is not strong the building would crumble down even with the slightest jerk. Sadly today’s youth is like an unsaddled horse who can be driven away very easily, perhaps this is the reason one would see terrorists who are in their teens or prime youth due to their fickle mindedness. The crooks fumble around with these innocent and gullible youngsters and their energy is put forth for destructive measures.
The only solution to channelize the abundant energy of youth constructively is by introducing them to Yog in its purest form. Generally today’s youngsters face few specific problems which can be tackled effortlessly with the help of Yog. The first and foremost problem is the weak and fragile bodies due to adulterated food products available and the introduction of Western ‘fast food’ culture, one can’t alter the products but Yog can help attain balance and enhance immunity so that a healthy life can be pursued. If Sanatan Kriya is followed as guided it brings robust health, immaculate radiance and glow to the practitioner without any artificial beauty products. One can maintain youth without the help of Botox.
The next major issue which has hampered the healthy life style of today’s youth is the ‘life-style’ oriented diseases comprising of cervical, spinal problems but heart failure and nervous breakdown have increased manifold in the recent past due to the professional stress with which they are not able to cope with. Yog can help in lessening hyperactivity which eventually brings relaxation & calmness and helps one take undue stress, caused by desire for professional excellence, in stride.
Another pivotal but the most bothering aspect among Youth is relationship-related issues which gradually makes them prone to emotional congestion. Emotional congestion blocks the flawless flow of vital prana in our body and in itself one of the major causes for innumerous diseases which, at times, cannot be diagnosed even by Medical fraternity. Emotional congestion also aggravates suicidal tendency among youngsters which can be disastrous for any nation. Yog, especially Sanatan Kriya gradually helps them attain detachment with circumstances and people as well. Hence it can be stated that Sanatan Kriya is a must for all the youngsters especially for those who are very emotional.
Youth are expected to not just pursue Yog but also promote this impeccable science which is an immeasurable treasure inherited from our ancient Rishis else claiming to be ‘Proud of being an Indian’ are mere shallow words. Practice Yog and Preach further is the only road to a peaceful and progressive life.

Dhyan Foundation Yoga Retreat

2010-12-07T13:18:00.000-08:00

2nd-4th December, New Delhi
As part of its commitment to share the gift of Yog with all those who seek, Dhyan Foundation* organised a Yoga Retreat from 2nd-4th December, 2010. Set in the clean and green environs of TERI campus, the 3-day Yoga Retreat was truly unique and saw seekers from all over the world make full use of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to learn Yoga from the Master Himself, Yogi Ashwini. A modern Living Master, any opportunity to interact with Yogi Ashwini is one full of surprises and marked by unforgettable experiences. The recently concluded Yoga Retreat was no different. By the time a modest seeming 3-day Retreat neared consummation, participants had experienced realms that were well and truly beyond time and space, something that truly surpassed any expectations they might have had.
The mornings hosted special chants and invocations followed by vitalising Asana sessions to prepare for the afternoon and evening sessions with Yogi Ashwini. Sessions with Yogi Ashwini were keenly awaited, very special and invariably leave the participants baffled and at a loss for words and logic. During one such session, He took the participants through Past Life Regression, and the experiences were nothing short of extraordinary. Many advanced practices were taught by Yogi Ashwini Himself and again the results were immediate and for everyone to see!

So unique and rewarding was the Yoga Retreat experience that everyone was just left asking this one question: When is the next Retreat and where?!

Where has the ‘humanity’ in humans gone?

2010-09-13T08:52:00.000-07:00

GOA: A stray dog is hit by a speeding car. The car driver doesn’t even care to stop and have a look at the innocent animal leave alone taking it to a near by vet hospital. The poor dog lying half dead with eyes popping out in the middle of the road with cars racing by choosing to ignore completely the pain in which the dog must be. Residents of the area on either side of the road ignored it too as though it was a regular sight for them. The various NGO’s that were contacted refused to pick up the dog. Finally, after 2 hours of frantically calling the NGO’s and vets in order to save an innocent life, a lady did agree to pick up the dog but when she did reach the spot, the dog had died a painful death.

Have we humans forgotten to value life?

What is going on?

'Vairagya'

2010-06-27T09:59:00.000-07:00

We all know that we come in this world alone and go back alone. We will not be accompanied by anyone, no matter how close or dear we are to them, or they to us. Pause a minute and think: A majority of our problems stem from our near and dear ones. That is, relatives, immediate family, enemies and friends, not from someone unknown. You will also find that the rootcause of arguments, fights, emotional turmoil, congestions, broken relationships and business losses are also these very people. So it is safe to conclude that for the greater part of our lives we get troubled, not by absolute strangers but by people who are known to us.
Your relationship with every individual is a result of one basic principle — as you sow so shall you get. It is a mere give and take. This give and take is a payback of our karma from our previous births and from this lifetime. You get associated with people because they need something from you and you need something from them too. Without any level of dependency or give and take you will not remain in touch with people. The amazing fact is that you remain caught in this cycle of give and take lifetime after lifetime. This is the state of the common man; he forgets that he is alone, he then gets troubled by those seeming to be close to him. Such a turbulent life leads to innumerable ailments and diseases, hyperactivity and a general state of dishevelment.
In contrast, a practitioner of Sanatan Kriya, who follows the path of yoga and sadhana, reaches a state of detachment wherein he does not get affected by anyone or any situation or for that matter by anything that happens around him. Neither is the practitioner troubled by anyone nor does he trouble anyone. While this state is devoid of emotional congestion it does not imply that he is missing out on any aspect of life. It’s like how it happens in a videogame. Once you have crossed a particular level you won’t go back to it for there are better, more exciting levels ahead. Similarly, while the body indulges in pleasures, it is merely experiencing the pleasure and not attaching itself to it.

YOGI ASHWINI

Yoga is mastery over the senses- By Yogi Ashwini

2010-06-26T11:52:00.000-07:00

“Yoga chitta vritti nirodh” says Patanjali, the fountainhead of yoga, which means blocking the activities of the senses. Blocking the activities of the mind/senses definitely cannot be connoted as suppression of desires for one of the five yamas (principles) of ashtanga yoga is ahimsa/non-violence, which means prohibition of an action perforce. Suppression, therefore, is considered an act of violence. A normal human being has five basic senses, the satisfaction of which is a must. When a normal human being holds the hand of a Guru and is in yoga then s/he crosses the sansar sagar and gains complete control and mastery over the five senses. The sense of touch (sexual sense) is one of these senses.
Yoga is not suppression of these senses and abnormal behaviour just because you want to project yourself as a super being. Yoga is a mastery over the senses where if you choose to have sex then you will have, the difference being that the desire does not control you but you control the desire and you may indulge or may want to indulge for generating a specific kind of heat which is used to activate the higher senses (the orgasm has to be held back in this case and a yogi would maintain the sexual heat for long periods of time, like for two hours to 48 hours). Complete control and mastery is what is the subject of yoga.

Beyond The Five Senses by Yogi Ashwini

2010-05-27T03:03:00.000-07:00

The human existence is not just limited to the physical, the physical is just an aspect, an aspect which is perceivable by the five senses. Majority of the people go through the journey called life with this limited perception of themselves. The perception being limited, obviously there is none or minimal fulfillment... From morning to night and from puberty to old age the majority of beings chase what is the limited i.e. the satisfaction of the five senses and since one is chasing the limited, till ones last breath one remains limited and dissatisfied.

The ancient masters understood the complete being, and were therefore forever satisfied. The satisfaction levels were phenomenal even when there were no movies, no stock markets, no designer wear, no literature to read and the best of all no parties to attend! And the whole world acknowledges that the best of philosophy (the Upanishads), the best of literature (the epics), the best of romance (Radha and Krishna), the best of dance (Bharat Natyam and Kucchipudi), the best of carnal pleasures (Kama Sutra) and much more was the fabric of the ancient Indian society.

Our ancestors were not a boring, nomadic race. They enjoyed all aspects of the creation to the hilt and yet were contented. The satisfaction level was so high that during their later years they would leave everything they possessed and would happily move to the final stage of the human journey i.e. the Sanyas Ashram.

The ancient practice of Yoga would help us understand why? Yoga is not standing on your head. Nor is it breathing rapidly or doing complicated postures in quick succession. Yoga is not about teaching the whole world that creation is false. All of the above is just limited and bound by the play of the five senses. Yoga is experience ... just experience, for only when you experience do you realise the futility of the experience. Only then you would go beyond the act. Empty words and lectures can only keep you occupied for a short while.

Exercises and kriyas directed to just the physical would seem empty after a short while and your search shall continue. In the Mahabharata Arjuna needed the experience of Lord Krishna, just words even when they were coming from the mouth of the divine himself were useless.

As per ancient thought a being exists in five layers. First one is annamayakosh which is the physical layer, is directly controlled by the pranmayakosh, the layer from where the flow of prana happens. It gives life to the former. The third layer, the manomayakosh, is the logical mind. The being controls his physical mind from this level. The fourth layer, thevigyanmayakosh, is the subtler aspect of the being, the intuition or what is called the gut feeling originates from here. The fifth layer, the anandmayakosh, is the state of ananda which a being experiences when he is in total harmony. Sanatan Kriya: Basic - Essence of Yoga works at the first four layers and brings about a perfect harmony and balance in the being.

THE YOG OF TIME TRAVEL- By Yogi Ashwini

2010-04-18T03:02:00.000-07:00

Time travel has remained one of the most intriguing subjects for physicists of all times. Scientists have spent their lives racking their brains on how to make it possible, yet as per modern sciences it remains a dream. On the other hand, the Vedic rishis had already decoded the mystery of time.
Time, as per the Vedic rishis, is nothing but the distance between two thoughts. That is why in the state of dhyan, time does not exist as at that point thoughts cease to exist. The higher the state of evolution or stillness, slower is the passage of time for that being. It is said that in a blink of Lord Brahma’s eye a yuga passes by, and a blink of Lord Vishnu’s eye sees a mahayug pass by. Through yogic practices like Sanatan Kriya, one is able to still ones thoughts and hence become independent of time. The yogi can then travel in time — go forward or backward.
Travelling in time, in fact, is widely used in yog for the purpose of evolution and for aiding the creation. Yogis visit past lives to assess their karmic dues and then address them in their present life to move beyond. Similarly, looking into future is an important tool in the healing sciences, which are based upon rectifying an imbalance before it manifests in the physical. The ancient sciences of yog and Tantra are so advanced and inclusive that with them one can access different dimensions of time; right here, right now, sans any time machine! Very often one hears of evolved beings who can predict the exact sequence of events as they are to occur in a person’s life.
What a clairvoyant does is to look at the subtler body of the being where the frequencies of these events exist in another form before they manifest into the physical.

THE LAW OF KARMA by Yogi Ashwini

2010-04-01T04:27:00.000-07:00

The manifested Creation is based on certain laws, which govern it since it’s beginning. These laws rule us whether we approve of them or not. One of the major laws which binds us in our journey on this plane is the ‘Law of Karma’. It is not a mere coincidence that nearly every major religion of the world talks about the Law of Karma. This could not be a coincidence that all the great men of different religions saw this rule of Creation and gave it as a law. This is an unfailing law and the foundation of any yogic practice.

Karma can be simply translated as action. Action doesn’t necessarily stand for an act in the physical; it can be a thought also. In fact, every action in physical terms is a thought before manifestation.

The Law of Karma states, “What you sow, so shall you reap”. Does everyone believe in the Law of Karma, that everything we do comes back to us in some form? We know, but somehow there is a doubt when we actually begin to do things. This is the basic problem with all of us. We do not understand or grasp the power of this knowledge and its teachings. We doubt it. .

Everything in the universe, all the laws are circular in movement, a complete cycle. Life is a cycle of life and death, life span is again a cycle of birth, infancy, childhood, youth, middle age, old age and again a new birth, infancy… Each and every event in this cycle is an experience, and every experience is the result of a past karma. The sun rises in the east and then sets in the west, again the next morning, it rises in the east… an unfailing cycle. A tree sheds its leaves only to have new ones again… another unfailing cycle. In Creation, one sees so many such cycles which are actually laws governing us.
The entire Creation is governed by the Law of Karma. In fact, the Creation itself is the result of this universal law. In the beginning of the Creation there was nothingness and the desire to experience resulted in an action. This Karma or action set the ball rolling for the manifestation of the entire Creation. This thought led to the emergence of Mata Adi Shakti from whom emerged the Tridevs and their three consorts. Just as the ripples from one thought leads to creating more, similarly, each one of us through our thoughts, actions, and deeds are constantly creating ripples and get tied into the reactions of those ripples… into another ripple.
Because of these constant plays and interplays between various entities, the universe is constantly growing and evolving, nothing can stay static. Even the modern, most relevant to the present day business theory of economics says – “either a company has to grow, or fall down, it can never stay static”. And in order to grow, companies have to constantly innovate and create; otherwise they will cease to exist. Similarly, everything on this earth also has to change and evolve, it cannot stay the same. The day every action in the universe would come to a standstill that day the entire Creation will go back to the state of nothingness, the state where it all evolved from. This is somewhat what the state of shoonya (nothingness) is.

WHAT IS IT?

2010-03-17T05:38:00.001-07:00

There is an outdoor shoot; the sky is dark and cloudy. A shoot seems unlikely; your job is at stake. Suddenly the sun breaks in. LUCK.

There is a flight to catch; there is no way you can make it in time. You reach the airport only to find that the flight got delayed because a minister chose to fly on the same plane and got late. COINCIDENCE.

Doctors have given up hope. There is no way you can be recovered medically. Your near and dear ones are praying and their prayers get answered. MIRACLE.

Life is beautiful. Too good to be true? Exactly. We have instilled in us this strange notion that ‘good’ cannot be true. What is even stranger is that we are actually comfortable with this thought. Human behavior surprises me. When things are not working out, we crib but find ‘solace’ in saying ‘that is life’. And as soon as something good happens, instant reaction is to justify by calling it luck or co-incidence or miracle…

Think about it. There are just two ways in which things may turn – in your favor or otherwise. The probability of either to happen is same. So if everytime you get the same result, it cant be chance. WHAT IS IT???

"One good deed a day keeps sadness away "

2010-03-14T14:29:00.000-07:00

Heard of a saying "An apple a day keeps doctor away”? Well on similar lines some great scholar said “One good deed a day keeps sadness away "...
For next 7 days let’s try this in our lives and share our experiences on this blog every day telling all what good deed was done that day... The purpose of this exercise is to share the best practices amongst ourselves and encourage one and all to engage in acts of charity and service...as Charity & Service is the key to the universe's greatest law of Karma (actions)..
Let's start with Dhyan Foundation's contribution as an example for all. DF contributes in shaping up street children's future by providing them basic education...without charging anything for that. The initiative has now taken a form of a full fledged school called Anand Vidyalaya....

Holi play of energies, positive and negative by Yogi Ashwini

2010-03-01T01:59:00.000-08:00

Energy can neither be created nor destroyed. Entire creation is nothing but manifestation of energy, and this has been revealed by yogis thousands of years ago.

Every object of creation, all lokas or dimensions of existence and yugas or dimensions of time, they say, exist as energy forms. The earth’s movement changes the dimension of time. When the earth moves on its tilted axis, yugas change, as do seasons when it revolves around the sun. Every movement from one dimension to the other brings about transformation as every day comes with its unique energy patterns.

The concept of sandhya is helpful to understand energy changes that occur daily, when powerful transformations take place. There are two forces in creation, positive and negative; both these energies keep the other in balance. Vedanta describes four types of sandhyas that occur on any given day. The first, the Brahma sandhya, occurs an hour before and after sunrise. This is a time when positive forces are at their peak. This time, therefore, is ideally suited for higher practices.

As the day progresses, energies get transformed. Positive energies tend to diminish while negative energies gain ascendance. The waxing and waning of positive and negative energies lead to the Tantric sandhya. This occurs between 10.20 am and 11.30 AM, when positive and negative forces are most likely to be equal in strength. This time is propitious for material gain.

At sunset, once again energies go through a transformation. The process gives rise to the third sandhya when negative energies peak. Practices like the Sanatan kriya are usually done during this time to protect us from the negative energies in the environment. The last and fourth sandhya occurs at midnight, when negative energies tend to go down and positive energies begin to go up

While all the interplay of positive and negative energies might hold true on an average, on ordinary days, there are certain special days when energies are vibrant that everyone and particularly practitioners of Sanatan kriya and Tantra sadhana receive abundant benefit. Hough we tend to associate these special days with sacred stories, there’s more to them than what is apparent on the surface. The days have been chosen with deliberation, for their significance in energy composition.

Let’s take the story of Holika, associated with the celebration of the Holi festival. King Hiranyakashyapa, irked at his son Prahlad’s devotion to Narayana, makes several attempts to have the child killed. Facing one failure after the next, the king finally decides to make Prahlad sit on Holika’s lap and set him afire, as he was confident that Holika would remain unharmed as she enjoyed the benefit of the boon of immunity to fire.

Prahlad’s unshakable faith in the divine Narayana or Vishnu enables him to emerge from the raging fire unharmed. On the other hand, Holika is reduced to ashes. The story establishes the victory of positive forces over negative forces and inspires one to think in terms of celebrating and respecting positive forces in nature. It’s not all that simple, though. These stories involve super-beings and the meanings of each of these sacred stories embedded deep, pregnant with the very secrets of creation, and which are revealed to a practitioner when the stage comes.

For a spiritual aspirant, the night of Holi is a night of sadhana or meditation. For those who value the festival but who might not be spiritual seekers, it is certainly a good time for introspection, a time to `burn’ the Holika hiding within to ashes, so that truth can reveal itself.

RARE CONNECTIONS by Arti Gaur

2010-02-13T00:01:00.000-08:00

In the previous issue we discussed the matching of the Anahat charka which is the seat of selfless love and very rare these days. Though, it’s a rarity to find connections based on the basis of love today, even rarer are the connections established on the basis of creativity i.e. at the level of vishudhi chakra. This is the higher form of creativity, where people unite together when they have risen over their own selfish needs and now can think beyond themselves.

Vedic philosophy is so huge and vast that it covers every aspect of nature, all levels of Creation. Based on the nature of the beings of various dimensions, marriages are categorised in five kinds. ‘Manav Vivah’ or the kinds of marriages we see today are the ones, which require a ceremony and are intended to last a lifetime. The concept of love marriage is not a modern concept; it used to happen earlier also and was called the ‘Gandharva Vivah’. Implying that if two people wish to get married without a ceremony, it is possible and permissible. You can merely exchange garlands and be married. You don’t need a ceremony to announce to the world that you are married. If the connection is from the heart and you are prepared to bear complete responsibility of the person you love, you are married.

Whereas in relationships, which fail to fulfill even the basic requirements of the spouse, cannot be termed a marriage, even if it is performed with rituals. Even a demonic marriage is not devoid of responsibility. The third type, the demonic or ‘Asuric Vivah’ is when you forcibly marry the other person, against his or her wishes (can be a case of forcible sexual assault), however, this person has to look after all the physical and material needs of the person till his/her lifetime. This was a norm with the raksha clans, definitely not meant for the human race. Here, also complete love and respect is given to the person and there is no getting out of it after your carnal desires are fulfilled.

The fourth kind is ‘Yaksha Vivah’. Yakshas are the guardians of the Gods. This marriage is a ceremony with rituals and lasts longer than the ‘Manav Vivah’ but not as long as the fifth one, the ‘Deva Vivah’. Deva means God. Blessed by the higher forces of nature, this ceremony takes 13 months to be completed and lasts for seven lifetimes. In these seven lifetimes the couples carry out specific higher responsibilities and then move towards joining the Deva Lok.

Matching of the horoscopes was nothing else but a match of the chakras, the science was perfected by the Vedic rishis and given to mankind as a blessing. Clairvoyance is a science of seeing chakras and then matching them for two people. It does away with the imperfections of the horoscope matching due to error of the reader.

LAWS OF ATTRACTION

2010-02-11T21:13:00.000-08:00

The entire Creation is based on the principles of magnetism and attraction. We take birth to experience the myriad atractions or desires. In fact, evolution is nothing but experiencing a desire and moving beyond.

    It is these desires or attractions that cause us to interact with the environment and our fellow beings and to develop relationships. The most basic level of interaction is based upon the desire for physical and worldly pleasures. The next thing that ties us to another being is sexual desire. Slightly higher is a connection based on the desire for power. Thus we enter an alliance in the expectation that a desire will be fulfilled, for something in return.

    Love too is an attraction, it is however unconditional. Pure love is selfless; it demands nothing in return. Love is the characteristic property of the colour pink, its occurrence being as rare as the occurrence of pink in nature. Just

look around, where does pink exist in nature? If you observe the sun at dawn or dusk for about 6–7 seconds, the sky turns pink. This much is enough for the sustenance of the earth. So you can well imagine the potency of pink, of love.

    The interesting thing however is that the frequency of pink is most easily accessible to human beings. That is, human beings have been conditioned to easily connect with pink, with love. This microscopic pink possesses the magnanimous power to release the magic of love in the most adverse conditions. You can try it for yourself — to iron out folds in a relationship, to soothe tense situations, to dissipate all negativity. Just be aware of your anahat, the heart chakra. From here, direct a whitish pink light to bless any relationship, event or situation and experience how love casts its spell…

IMPROVING THE BACKBONE by Yogi Ashwini

2010-02-09T23:49:00.000-08:00

Most often when people exercise their focus is rarely on strengthening the back or the spine; it is generally to look slim for women and muscular for men. It is commonly assumed that back aches and other spine related problems are part of life and are bound to happen to majority of the population in their thirties onwards. Things like sciatica pain have become common amongst the youngsters too. Back injuries are occurring in those who claim to follow a fitness regime and spend hours in the gym. Why? Because only yogic kriyas like Sanatan Kriya are able to strengthen the spine along with maintaining its flexibility as both the aspect of strength and flexibility is given due weightage in yog. For this purpose the muscular and the skeletal system are worked on simultaneously, as muscles are like ropes and chains that hold the skeletal upright in the physical form of a person. Here Yogi Aswhini gives a daily routine for strengthening the spine. The first two asans SARPASANA and ADVASANA were discussed in the previous issue now lets move onto the next asan.

JYESTIKASANA – superior posture
Interlock your fingers and place the palms onto the lower neck. Stretch and push the elbows into the ground. Hold this posture for a count of seven, maintaining natural rhythmic breath.

MAKARASANA – crocodile pose
Cup your chin with your palms, resting your elbows on the ground. When the elbows are stretched out and arms flat on the ground, tension is felt in the neck. If the elbows are drawn to close to the chest, tension is felt in lower back. Keep the elbows at a comfortable distance such that the two points are equally balanced and the whole spine is relaxed. Hold this posture for a count of seven, maintaining natural rhythmic breath.

ARDHA SHALABHASANA – half locust pose
Place the right hand straight above the head and the left hand downwards, both the palms lying flat on the ground.Take a deep breath and then raise your left leg straight off the ground. Forehead and arms remained fixed to the ground. Hold for seven counts. Exhaling, gently release and bring the leg down.

Repeat the same with the opposite leg and hands.

YAANASAN – airplane pose
Place the arms straight above the head, palms resting on the floor. Inhale and then raise the legs upward and arms together without bending knees and elbows. Head is also raised, perpendicular to the ground. Hold this posture for a count of seven. Exhaling, come down gently.

BHUJANGASAN - cobra pose
Place your elbows close to the waist, the palms facing downwards next to the shoulders. Inhale. Gently raise your forehead, followed by the neck, the shoulders, and the upper and middle back such that the naval rests on the ground. Gently tilt the head backward such that the chin is pointing forward. The elbows are raised slightly off the ground.
Hold this posture. Exhaling return- starting in the reverse order, head coming down the last.

Note- Asans initially should be done under strict supervision of an expert only.

Hauntings of a previous birth end with a Miracle in the present. Here’s how…

2010-02-04T17:06:00.000-08:00

Hauntings of a previous birth end with a Miracle in the present. Here’s how…
120 years back, in the land of Turkey, there lived a Sultan who had three wives.
Two of his wives were astonishingly beautiful; Sultan would reward them with his time and attention. He would shower expensive presents and jewelry on them.
The third wife was plump and unattractive, and hence an object of neglect. She had no children and used to pass her time brooding over her ill luck and praying to the Almighty for deliverance.
Not being able to take the burden of her lonesome life, devoid of her husband’s love and not being able to enjoy motherhood, one day she took the ultimate exit route and killed herself.
In this life, she is born to a well-off family; her father- the caretaker of the palace from her royal birth…
She grew up to become an overweight girl, void of confidence due to her unpleasant appearance. She would starve herself and spend hours in the gym, she became weak but not thin. Slowly she started slipping into depression and then she met Him.
One day when at one of His classes, He said, “Any one person, just ask for something.”
Before anybody could even figure out what He had said, she exclaimed, “Yogiji, I want to lose weight.” Yogiji replied with a smile, “Bas? Kuch bada mang leti ” (That’s it? There’s so much more you could have asked for)
That was the end of her helplessness. Without even moving an inch, she lost all the extra inches, in a matter of days.
This is how a 28-year-old Jewellery Designer, was able to come out of the dark shadows of a previous lifetime just to enjoy the remaining years of her present life holding the hands of her GURU.
This is a real life experience extracted from Yogi Ashwini’s new book, Sanatan Kriya: 51 Miracles…and a haunting.
In our lives, we never know how many miracles we will need.
A miracle is not the suspension of natural law, but the operation of a higher law

"Power Of Yoga" -Yogi Ashwini

2010-01-26T01:26:00.001-08:00

"If we look around — whether its our neighbourhood, our country or the state of the world today — all we can see is chaos. People are struggling over trivial issues. They are struggling to fulfil their ambitions and aspirations, at the workplace, in relationships or tackling larger issues of terrorism and safety concerns. Peace or shanti has become such a rare concept that people receive Nobel Peace Prize nominations for attempting to address such an issue in daily life. The concept of peace is thousands of years old and was given at the time, by Vedic rishis, when modern historians believed the world to be inhabited by barbarians or nomads. The first mantras to be chanted amongst daily prayers began with praying for shanti first for the universe, the planet earth, amongst the vegetation and the energies that surround us and then for oneself as the rishis very well understood that the world can be a beautiful place to live in only when there is peace and harmony between the inhabitants and the environment that surrounds them. While modern textbooks preach the “survival of the fittest” and push the present generation to become achievers by leaving the crowd behind, the followers of the Vedas were selfless who gave importance to other’s well-being. The highly evolved beings of those times had a thorough understanding of various aspects of energy. This energy was responsible for the proper functioning of the creation. One such energy is agni. While the “primitive man” was discovering fire, there were subtler aspects of fire that the rishis used in their practices to achieve higher states of physical as well as etheric existence of human being. Let us take forward this series of knowing more about Vedic wisdom and various aspects of agni. Each finger represents an element. The thumb represents fire, index finger air, the middle finger ether, ring finger water and the small finger earth. The tip of the thumb which represents fire element can be used to alter the states of other three elements — air, ether and water — in the body. If body shows symptoms of sluggish digestion, constipation or slow peristaltic movement, touching the tips of the last two fingers to the tip of the thumb and maintaining this mudra for 20 to 30 minutes facilitates peristalsis and digestion. Various yogic techniques and texts like Hatha Yoga and Sanatan Kriya talk at length about physical and subtler aspects of agni, which is also one of the major constituents of the physical body — one of the five mahabhutas. Techniques of yoga are so highly developed and complete that without the aid of any modern instruments, the yogis had a thorough understanding of not just the physical body but also the subtle elements and there sub-elements and methods to manipulate them to suit the needs and requirements of the body. That is how even today, though rare is a chance for a normal person to locate them, yogis in a state of dhyan can go on for months and years without clothes or food". — Yogi Ashwini

SANATAN KRIYA- 51 MIRACLES...and a haunting

2010-01-03T13:07:00.000-08:00

A miracle is actually a fact of nature which is beyond the capacity of the normal mind to interpret. As you grow in yoga, miracles become a way of life for you… But then for you they are not miracles anymore but simple laws of nature that you now understand and use for aiding the positive forces of Creation to make this world a happy place to be in, and in the process, you too go beyond." -YOGI ASHWINI

Synopsis:

A distraught mother sees a steel wire nearly decapitate her teenaged daughter. The doctors are not sure if she would live, but they are sure that even if she does, she would definitely not be able to speak ever again; and yet, today that girl is not only alive and speaking, but is also heard chanting. The doctors can’t believe their ears. “It’s a miracle”, they say…

A woman is exploring a cave in Austria. The ground is slippery and drops away at a steep angle into a nearby gorge. The woman trips… The other tourists in the cave raise an alarm but can do little as they helplessly watch her as she slides along the icy floor towards the bottomless gorge. She closes her eyes and prays for deliverance. She sees the hand of her Guru… She says, “It cant be in my imagination because I held it and it saved my life! My family and friends are a testimony to it.” Those who saw her fall in that cave can’t believe she survived without a scratch. Yet again, “It’s a miracle!” they say….

A Dhyan Foundation publication, Sanatan Kriya: 51 Miracles... is their story and the story of 49 others who have been touched by life-changing miracles. These miracles are not just possible “but it is impossible for them not to happen, if you walk on the path of Yog and have the sanidhya of a Guru”, says Yogi Ashwini, the leading light of the foundation.

In a world that has learnt to reward scepticism and accept pessimism, this book gives reasons for hope, and gently, but firmly, pushes us awake from our sleep to a world of magical possibilities that had existed all around us and yet until nudged awake, we had slept through our lives, oblivious to its divine and enchanted existence. This book is that wake up call…

This book not only tells us about a living master but actually makes us experience Him through the medium of the contributors. The solace here is that He is very much in the body and alive and living among us. He is not a story, He is not a myth and He is not history...He is here and now and He is for real.

"In my various assignments as a bureaucrat, I have read and listened to various stories on miracles. The lacuna has always been that these masters are no longer in their bodies, and neither are those people who have experienced these miracles. So, in the absence of validations and self-experience the logical mind remains thirsty. This book fills up that gap: it has 51 validated stories for the logical mind. In this day and age, it's truly amazing to be able to meet a Yogi in flesh and blood, and actually experience His power."- Madhavan Nambiar, Secretary, Ministry ofCivil Aviation, Government of India

About the author

Yogi Ashwini, the Guiding Light of Dhyan Foundation, is an authority on Yoga, Tantra and various spiritual sciences. He has an Honours degree in Economics and a Master’s in Management, and is widely travelled. He practices and propagates Yoga without any dilution, innovation or modification. In short, it is Yoga strictly according to the ancient tradition.

Having studied 'the being' for more than a decade, Yogi Ashwini has assimilated the Vedic techniques to formulate Sanatan Kriya for the modern man. The Kriya encapsulates all the eight limbs of Ashtanga Yoga as laid down by Sage Pantanjali 4000 years ago.

Sanatan Kriya, with its wondrous power, has transformed the lives of innumerable people. It has bestowed remarkable benefits on the them at all levels: physical, mental, emotional and spiritual. The practitioners are a testimony to what it means to have the sanidhya of a Guru like Yogi Ashwini.

He interacts with His students worldwide one-on-one. By His Grace, the students have graduated from reading and hearing about miracles to experiencing them. Such is the phenomenon called Yogi Ashwini.

About Dhyan Foundation
Dhyan Foundation is a spiritual and charitable organisation deeply committed to spreading the message of Yoga in its original form. The Foundation practices and propagates Yoga as per the 'Guru-shishya-parampara'.
Dhyan Foundation is sanitised of commerce. All its activities including Sanatan Kriya workshops worldwide are free.
Dhyan Foundation is actively involved in a host of charitable activities. Among other things, the Foundation runs schools for street children under the banner of Dhyan Foundation Anand Vidyalayas, where a few hundred children are helped with education, food and clothing. It organises food distribution camps in various parts of the country where thousands are fed.
Other publications of Dhyan Foundation:
Sanatan Kriya: Essence of Yoga (ISBN-9788190450607)
Thoughts… of the Inner World (ISBN-9788190450614)
Sanatan Kriya: The Ageless Dimension... (forthcoming)
The Foundation also brings out The Inner World, a monthly magazine on Yoga, Tantra, Vaastu, Gemology, Ayurveda and Spiritual Healing.
The website of Dhyan Foundation, www.dhyanfoundation.com, is a virtual encyclopedia on Yoga.

Yogi Ashwini telling about Yog during an interview with Mid-day, in New Delh

2009-12-23T16:00:00.000-08:00

Yogi Ashwini talking about "true yoga" . Follow the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mihQwn4RtCc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9d5l9AvoDwY

How healthy are we ? Time for some reality check!

2009-12-17T15:53:00.000-08:00

There is a famous saying "Health is Wealth”, and I still remember my father saying that to me almost everyday during my growing years. Over the few years I had forgotten about it completely and I know for a matter of fact that there are many travelling in the same boat. These days the only thing that comes to one's mind when we speak about health is being over/under weight...but is that it? I guess no because I have also witnessed people who go to gym daily , have good biceps and abs but if they are asked to sit cross legged with their back straights they are unable to do so. I am not judging anyone here; after all even I was no different until some time back. All I am trying to say is that isn't this kind of imbalance in the body an indication of one being unhealthy? Let us take some time off, close are eyes, stand straight and just lift one leg few inches above the ground and try to slowly rotate the ankle. how many rounds did we pass through? 1,2 or 3 ? This is a reality check for us as to know how much we are in balance. It is also said that a persons back is a clear indication of his age , more the back is slouching older the person is, so let us observe our backs in order to figure out how young we are? Now the question that comes to one's mind is that how to bring this body in balance and be healthy for real. If you would have noticed a true yogi closely you would have realised how different he is from the rest of the world...It is the true practice of Yog as a whole that keeps his body and mind in perfect balance and harmony with nature. Now days yoga has all of a sudden become a fashion and people have tailor made the true form of asans(which is just one limb of the 8 fold path of Patanjali's Ashtang yog )into a convenient & glamorous exercise like product and are selling it like hot cakes. It is important to know what a true yog is; it is one's union with him
( atamsakshatkar) and cannot be achieved without a Guru.. Per our ancient Guru Shishya parampara a guru would not charge anything from his pupils because a Guru’s purpose is to take us out of the clutches of Maya &, if he himself is stuck up in maya there is no way he’ll be able to show us the real path? The reason of sharing this with all of you is to create awareness that one should beware of people who have made yog a business. Rather look for a master who is beyond this materialistic world and is genuinely there to guide you to pass through the physical world and also prepares you for the real journey of evolution...once that happens there is no way that you would not achieve that perfect balance of body and mind, as a matter of fact one can transform his body to an exact shape and type he wishes to with the grace of the Guru and proper practice of yoga...A piece of advice to everyone : Do not try asans without an experts supervision as this is such a precise science that even an inch of wrong move can do one more harm than good !

51 Sanatan Kriya Miracles...and a haunting-A must read!

2009-12-05T11:25:00.000-08:00

The much awaited book by yogi Ashwini ji will be available post 9th Dec'09. The book is a synopsis of the selected miracles (out of the millions) that happened to people who have been practicing the Kriya given by yogi ji...and the haunting needs to be found out after reading the book...!

Pollution-Slow death of mankind!

2009-11-29T09:59:00.000-08:00

Take a look around your surroundings...now try and recall how your surrounding was 5 years back...now try and go a little more back in time say about 10 years back...What is the major difference that you notice? Iam sure you'll concur with me that the most evident & visible difference in the environment is that it has become from good to bad and is going towards becoming from bad to worse. There is more of concrete and synthetic material around than the natural resources that we so much used to enjoy. Don't we keep cribbing as to how polluted the air now is that one can't breathe fresh air in the city, or how polluted the water is ?{I actually know a woman who washes her hair with Bisleri due to Delhi water being so polluted :-) I personally believe that all of this is nothing but reflection of our thoughts, as all actions and changes are just manifestations of thoughts.We want fleet of cars on our doors and ultimately increase to the city's pollution, we have increased the demand of artificial materials which when created cause pollution and on top of it cannot be destroyed either so, there you go adding on to more pollution... Now that we have become so self centered we just look at the short term benefits that caters only to the "ME" and we really would not care about our future generations because per our limited bhuddi we think we won't be there in future to witness a messed up surrounding, then how does it matter?But,what we really need to realize is that future is not 10years from now but future is every next moment which is not present as of now and all of this is affecting us right now, try comparing your health with what your parent's health was and then with what your grandparents health was during the same age, you'll get the answer...Also, these negative causes will hold on to our souls from being one with the divine , as a result it won't be anyone else but us who will come back to witness the tougher future....So, let us try and purify our thoughts, our surrounding and our world... P.S I used the word" try " because I know it is easier said than done, but I am sure every action counts so it is better atleast trying and keep trying than to just discuss this and do nothing i.e. not even try :-)...

Love- To be or not to be ??

2009-11-19T16:22:00.000-08:00

We all have some defination of love that we have learnt either through our own experiences or through what we see and hear of. This subject is so intriguing, especially during our growing years, that we spend about half of our life figuring it out that what is LOVE ACTUALLY? Personally speaking I think in today's world one falls in love(& by falling i mean literall falling:-)to curb the fear of being lonely ,as being in love in a way gives one license of having his /her lover by their side at any given point of time, and if the availability is not there then what next ? Yes you guessed it right, A BAD BREAKUP, and the after efects is that one becomes a total wreck making life miserable not only for himself/herself but all the others who uselessly try to help.What I fail to understand is that if it is so much of an effort & pain to maintain a relationship then is there even a point of looking out for "THE ONE"? Is'nt life much more beautiful for the one's who look at bigger things in life?

Addiction ..how bad can it get?

2009-11-04T00:38:00.000-08:00

The worst thing we can do to our selves is by getting addicted to things that cause us more trouble than joy...addiction to drugs,smoking,alcohol,shopping or simple day to day things may create big problems in life...how does one know that he/she is addicted ? It is when you are not controling the indulgence but the indulgence controls your actions..I am sure all the people who tried to kick the butt a thousand times and failed miserablly, or the people who made a new year resolution of giving up drinking but broke it the very next day, exactly know what i am talking about.Lets face it we as youth are facing these challenges let me share an incident to elucidate what I am saying,One morning about 11' o clock I went to Saket to eat something and I was shocked to see students of barely 15 years of age were smoking their lungs out on their regular bunks...and i instatntly thought why am I shocked to see that? am I not one like them as i am addicted to so many things that eat away my health and peace of mind.. Is this a disease ? if yes how can one cure this. what makes one person vulnerable and the other one sronger to not fall into it ?? these r the questions that I kept thinking of..who can help geting these answers?

SWINE FLU PREVENTION

2009-08-10T03:29:00.000-07:00

Cracking the problem called OBESITY

2009-08-07T07:03:00.000-07:00

'Even the purest of water stagnates when made to stand,

Even the dirtiest of water becomes clean when made to flow"

Observe any phenomenon innature, wherever there is collection there crops up an imbalance. OBESITY TOO IS NOTHING BUT COLLECTION. At the etheric level it is collection of suppressed emotions. At the physical level it is aggravation of kapha.

The solution hence is non-collection, letting it flow. Likewise, two of the very important purifications in Ashtang yoga in general, and the Sanatan Kriya in particular, are non-collection (aparigraha) and purity of thought.

Weighty matters...

2009-08-07T06:38:00.000-07:00

In todays times, when appearances run supreme; the worst thing to happen to a youngster is perhaps a rightward shift of the needle on the weighing scale. Instantly, one gets tensed, enters depression, develops a low self esteem. Side effects??? Food deprivation followed by binges, resultant guilt and fasting...and hence a vicious circle. Escape route? Hit the gym.

Implications...further DePression due to not being able to eat what one likes freely, having to finish those laps on the treadmill, and still no tracable results. sLuGGishness and LeThargy due no stamina in body because of improper nutrition, loss of muscle n tissue on machines and offcourse untimely secret indulgences in sweets and junk.

What is a person suppose to do??? You cannot just sit on it and iGnore, Can you??

Special Workshop in Delhi University

2009-07-29T22:59:00.000-07:00