Author: Swami Nishchalananda
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Two Meditations
Two meditations from the recent course at Mandala Yoga Ashram, in October 2019. Who it is that feels, sees, thinks through the medium of this body? Can the mind be stilled by the breath, so we can reflect more deeply on what is this life?
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Kriyas, and the practice of yoga.
A Satsang given on the evening of May 2nd 2019 to students on the third of the Kriya Yoga course sessions. Topics include a discussion on – Kriya Yoga the limitation of concepts the speeding up of life modern life helps to liberate us from prejudice being receptive but transparent yoga helps us to find…
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Silence – a guided meditation
What is the basis for the underlying silence? Is it because your mind is quiet, or is it because the silence is there anyway and the fact that we are always so busy ….. we don’t perceive the underlying silence? This guided meditation set the mood at the start of the evening questions and answers…
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Whose Life is it?
We should be passionate about life and do our best in every situation, but at the same time we should first of all know that ‘our’ life is not really our life but the play of Reality or Conscious Presence. Secondly, we should know that life is but a bubble in the ocean of Eternity.
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Mandala Yoga Ashram Chakra course – evening questions and answers (3), 24th August.
The final question and answer session from the 2019 Chakra course. topics include: The Chakra paradigm and Kriya Yoga The value of the Ashram ‘Ashram is a refuge, you come here to deepen your understanding’ Swami Nishchalananda’s life in India Behaviour and archetypes, the evolution of behaviour patterns Edit and Sound by Narada
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Mandala Yoga Ashram Chakra course – evening questions and answers (2), 22nd August.
A wide ranging question and answer session, themed by the worldwide expressions of alarm at apparently uncontrolled burning of many locations in the Amazonian Rain Forest. So themes include :- Environment and playing our part in tidying up the planet ‘We are ruining this Planet far faster than we thought…….. …….. Don’t underestimate the part…
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Mandala Yoga Ashram Chakra course – evening questions and answers, 19th August.
Topics raised in this question and answer session include ‘The Inner Space’ in meditation practice. ‘Meditation has nothing to do with whether your eyes are open or closed’ The significance of Mouna (the practice of keeping silent). The positives and negatives of focussing on the individual Chakras. Edit and Sound by Narada
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