Anuradha Clarke, Melbourne, Australia
This is my experience after I started doing Sahaja Yoga. My name is Anuradha Clarke from Australia. Originally I am from Jaipur India. I was such a person who had such anger and was also always depressed on little things but now after coming in Sahaja Yoga my anger has gone and I have improved so much as this keeps you in balance state. I went with my parents to the centre where they use to hold the weekly programmes and didn’t take the realization. I use to just sit and come back and finally I took my realization after almost a month and since then everyday every second I am getting better.
Continue Reading June 29th, 2006
Edit
Dadu Dayal was a saint from Rajasthan in northern India. “Dadu” means brother, and “Dayal” means “the compassionate one”. He lived in the second half of the sixteenth century (1544-1603). His songs are in a Hindi dialect known as Braj Bhasa, being a mixture of Hindi and Rajasthani.
Like the earlier saint Kabir, Dadu came from one of the many low artisan castes that had converted to Islam. He lived in the Jaipur region of Rajasthan, most probably as a pinjari, a cotton carder. He married and had a family of two sons and two daughters.
He gathered around himself a group of followers, which became known as the Dadu-panth. This organization has continued in Rajasthan to the present-day, and has been a major source of early manuscripts containing songs by the North Indian saints.
Continue Reading June 28th, 2006
Edit
Mark Beaven, Brisbane, Australia
About 20 years ago I went to Caxton Hall, St James Park, London to hear Shri Mataji talk to a full hall of spiritual prospectors about Sahaja Yoga and to receive their Self-Realisation.
I remember it well because I only had 5 pounds to my name and that was the cost of the train fare from Brighton to London. It was all I had - the best 5 pounds I’d ever spent!
From that day on I’ve had a tremendous life. I’ve had no confusion as to who I am and what my purpose in life is. My life - like all people who have taken to Sahaja Yoga has become a tangible reality. It’s like a childs complete recognition of it’s Mother - you know exactly where you stand.
With Sahaja Yoga meditation I have been able to maintain the experience of a clarity of mind and great depth of inner peace - genuine inner peace.
Would you like to read more about Sahaja Yoga in Australia? Visit www.sahajayoga.com.au/.
June 28th, 2006
Edit
The ancient tradition of Yoga and meditation began in Indian prehistory as a system of mental physical and spiritual exercises. In approximately 500BC the physician and sage Patanjali formalised this tradition into a science with four major and four lesser branches involving ethical restrain, self-discipline, mental focus, physical exercise and meditation. The entire system was used in an integrated fashion and directed at the attainment of a unique state of spontaneous, psychological integration (Neki, 1975). Modern psychologists have described this state as “individuation” (Van der Post, 1975) or “self-actualisation” (Maslow, 1964) and it has been traditional termed “self-realisation”.
Many studies of meditation and yoga have been conducted over the past 50 years with variable results (West, 1987). The advent of Transcendental Meditation in the 1960’s and 1970’s gave scientists an opportunity to study a standardised technique. Many interesting results were obtained in multifaceted studies however problems with methodology and interpretation of data have been noted (West, 1987). Similarly other techniques have been assessed giving results which are often remarkable, but unfortunately inconsistent and difficult to reproduce. The cultic connotations of many of these techniques and the organisations that promote them are also of considerable and justifiable concern and have, no doubt, hampered research in this area (Skolnick, 1992).
Read Full Article
June 28th, 2006
Edit
Maruthi Kakani, Melbourne, Australia
Once upon a time two young men Ali and Ram lived in a village. They were brought up wise, generous and brave in the nature’s care and nurturing of village atmosphere. They have started on a journey towards the East to explore the worlds.
The Journey began thru dense forests, arid deserts and rugged mountains on their way. They came across a cave in which they decided to take the shelter for the night. As they entered the cave suddenly the ground under the feet of Ali shook and he disappeared into the ground. Not knowing where his friend has gone Ram has searched around and a beautiful lady has appeared before him. The lady spoke with a sweet voice, “O charming young man. I am very much pleased with you and wanting to marry you. But I must turn your friend into a monkey. Please accept me as your wife and we will live happily ever after.” Ram, was very angry with the lady and spoke with determined voice, “O lady. I don’t know who you are. You have taken my friend and turned him into a monkey. For this I shall not forgive you nor I can accept you as my wife. Return my friend Ali to me or face me”. As soon as Ram spoke these words the lady turned into a monkey and ran into the forest, his friend Ali has appeared before him.
Continue Reading June 28th, 2006
Edit
Next Posts
Previous Posts