Trust God
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187 pages.
Trust God
Early Morning Meditation Talks
by Swami Atmaswarupananda
Swami Atmaswarupananda was born in Canada in 1925,
and he has been a resident of Sivananda Ashram since 1974.
Table of Contents
| Publishers’ Note 1. What Do We Really Long For? 2. We Must Want to Know the Truth 3. Jumping off the Cliff 4. Does Your Sadhana Prepare You for the Battlefield? 5. Spiritual Practices Are Not an End in Themselves 6. We Are Rebels Against God 7. The Way to Peace 8. Live Today 9. Footprints 10. The Goal Is Beyond Feelings 11. The True Revolutionary 12. Do I Really Want God? 13. Choosing Between Being Special and Being Ordinary 14. Do Not Disturb 15. Spiritual Extremism 16. Expressing the Divine Will 17. Karma Yoga 18. The Genius of Gurudev’s Unorthodox Teachings 19. We Are the World 20. Facing the Truth 21. The Heroic in Us 22. You Won’t Let Go 23. Listening with Our Heart 24. Seeing the Presence of God 25. Obedience 26. A Test for Ethics and Morality 27. Taking a Universal Point of View 28. Controlling the Senses 29. Waking Up from Our Long Dream 30. The Secret of Happiness 31. Why Aren’t We Reaching the Goal? 32. The Importance of Common Sense 33. Adapt, Adjust and Accommodate 34. Wake Up! 35. Letting Go of the Past 36. Righteousness 37. Being Casual About God 38. Faith 39. Overcoming Mediocrity 40. Going Beyond Self-images 41. Dealing with Pleasure and Pain 42. A New Beginning 43. Rising Above the Narrow View 44. The Neutral Factor in Us 45. Is Life Fundamentally Positive or Negative? 46. Overcoming Negative Forces 47. Omnipresence 48. True Dispassion 49. Purity and Spiritual Experiences 50. Bringing the Meditation Experience into Daily Life 51. The Art and Science of the Spiritual Life 52. Integrating Self-effort and Dependence upon God 53. Discovering the Fundamental of Your Spiritual Life 54. Going Beyond Fixed Ideas 55. Understanding Teachings Properly 56. The Spiritual Purpose of Japa 57. True Selfless Service 58. Stocktaking 59. Becoming Like God 60. The Wisdom of Not Knowing 61. No Room for Diffidence 62. Liberation Is Our Responsibility 63. We Are Body, Mind and Spirit 64. Lead Us Not into Temptation 65. What Is Ignorance? 66. Deepening Our Surrender 67. Connecting Ourselves with God 68. The Real Thou 69. The Conscious and the Inert 70. Discrimination 71. Becoming Impersonal 72. The Importance of Will 73. An Understanding Heart 74. Wanting Nothing 75. Freeing Ourselves from Slavery to the Mind 76. Abandoning I Want, I Know, and I Am 77. Our Attitude to the Guru 78. The Need for Both Introspection and Meditation 79. Wait No Longer 80. Simple Living and Simple Thinking 81. A Simple but Powerful Spiritual Practice 82. Being Convinced 83. Believing the Truth 84. Making Our Spiritual Life Progressive 85. Victory Is Everything Glossary |
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PUBLISHERS’ NOTE
Early rooming meditation has long been a tradition at Sivananda Ashram. Heldin the sacred Samadhi Hall of the founder of The Divine Life Society, HisHoliness Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, the present format was inaugurated byHis Holiness Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj during his birthday celebrationsSeptember 24, 1984. Since then, fulfilling a promise he made that day, wheneverhe has been in the ashram revered President Swamiji has given a daily talkduring the morning meditation gathering.
In 1995, Swamiji Maharaj requested Sri Swami Atmaswarupanandaji to also givea brief talk six mornings a week. Later he requested him to have the talksrecorded and brought out in book form. This volume of 85 talks is in response tothat request, and it is being released on the auspicious 85th birthdayanniversary of revered Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj.
In the text, H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj is referred to as”Gurudev,” and H.H. Sri Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj is referred to as”Swamiji.” Sanskrit words that the reader may not be familiar with canbe found in the glossary.
It is hoped that many of the thoughts expressed in these talks will resonatewith seekers after the Truth, and be of assistance to them in their sadhana andtheir search for God.
September 24, 2001
THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY
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