Sunday, December 16, 2012

Facing Fear of Death Through Yoga

Facing Fear of Death Through Yoga: Death is the one certainty we face. How do you
make sense of this inevitability? A recent New York Times piece...

Three Ways To Balance Your Winter Yoga Practice

Three Ways To Balance Your Winter Yoga Practice: Brrr! Winter is the season of kapha, the dosha that ayurveda
(yoga’s sister science) (http://www.yogabasics.com/connect/ayurveda-and-yoga.html) describes as cold, wet, and heavy—like...

Daily Vows for Spiritual Growth

Daily Vows for Spiritual Growth: MONDAY:
The law of spiritual life is: Find fault with no one. Condemn no one. Criticise no one. Look down upon no one! But continue to pour the love of your pure, passionless heart on all! Remember the words of the Lord in the Gita: "I am seated in the hearts of all!"

TUESDAY:
Be content with whatever God has given to you. trust everyone, and

 never tire in your efforts to reach the Supreme!

The Science of Complaints

The Science of Complaints: The Science of Complaints

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Some people, because of their inner
insecurity, express lots of complaints about the environment, about people,
about the weather. this discourages people and directs their consciousness to
unpleasant events existing in their environment.



A real person must never complain but instead
try to analyze, observe, and encourage people in spite of conditions.

Saturday, December 15, 2012

How To Listen

How To Listen: Some people think that because they have ears, they can sit
and listen. But it is not the ear that listens or even hears. One must be a
listener to make his ears hear. If the listener is absent, if he is occupied,
or if his hearing is ob­scured, he will never hear, even if you play drums next
to his ears.

Listening and hearing is a science and a great art. One must
have the needed

Mental States

Mental States: There are 9 mental stages which characterize stages of our development. They are: 1. Dullness 2. Agitation 3. Mechanical reflection 4. Concern 5. Engagement in problems 6. Thinking 7. Deeper thinking 8. Higher thinking 9. Creativity These nine stages of mind gradually develop in us through our striving. They are characterized by:
1. Dullness, inertia, involvement

Friday, December 7, 2012

Sunday, December 2, 2012

Meditation Improves Emotions When Not Meditating

Meditation Improves Emotions When Not Meditating: Can meditation
help your brain process emotions even when you’re not meditating? Contemplative
philosophies would posit “yes”; practice is undertaken in preparation...

Facial Yoga: Anti-Aging?

Facial Yoga: Anti-Aging?: Could facial yoga actually stimulate anti-aging properties? A recent ABC
article (http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/lifestyle/2012/11/face-yoga-is-the-new-natural-anti-aging-trend/) stirs up the age-old
practice of facial exercises (http://www.look-younger-naturally.com/facial-exercises-history.html) to...