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Introspect Regulary
by Sri Swami Sivananda

Practise self-examination for ten minutes before you go to bed. Sit comfortably on a chair. Close your eyes. Think of all actions—good and bad—that you did during the course of the day. Think of all mistakes that you committed consciously or unconsciously.

A man, who has no life of introspection, whose mind is of outgoing tendencies, cannot find out his own mistakes. The self-conceit acts as a veil and blurs the mental vision. If an aspirant wants to grow, he must admit his defects when they are pointed out by others. He must try his level best to eradicate them and must thank the man who has pointed out his defects. Then he can grow in spirituality.

Do not brood over your past mistakes and failures as this will only fill your mind with grief, regret and depression. Do not repeat them in future. Be cautious. Just think of the causes which led to your failures and try to remove them in future. Strengthen yourself with new vigour and virtues. Develop slowly your will-power.

Every temptation that is resisted, every evil thought that is curbed, every desire that is subdued, every bitter word that is withheld, every noble aspiration that is encouraged, every sublime thought that is cultivated, adds to the development of will-force, good character and attainment of eternal bliss and immortality.

Subconscious life is more powerful than your ordinary life of objective consciousness. Beneath your conscious life there is a very wide region of subconscious life. The subconscious life can modify and influence your conscious life. Through the practice of Yoga you can modify, control and influence the subconscious depths. All habits are imbedded in the subconscious.

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• Being and Becoming
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Yours in the service of Gurudev,

Pannirselvam

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The following book was recently reprinted:

ES226 Beauties Of Ramayana by Sri Swami Sivananda

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BOOK SYNOPSIS

Divine Nectar
by Sri Swami Sivananda

These are the days when the world is very busy running after material achievements. For a worldly mind blinded by gross sensuality nothing beyond the ken of material sciences appears to have any value or charm. Progress is always conceived and measured by them in terms of worldly goods and chattel. The materialistic philosophy has many a camp-follower, and the prophets of the creed of “Eat, drink and be merry” are also increasing in number. As a result, the world has become a veritable battlefield, because fight is inevitable where innumerable individuals actuated by insatiable ambitions run after enjoyments and objects which are limited in number and conditioned by so many relative causes. This earthly plane is finite, limited and subject to change and destruction. Unless some saving power comes to the rescue of humanity to extricate it from the hopelessness of inadequate concepts and imperfect ideologies, the humanity would be irretrievably lost.

This saving power should be necessarily the opposite of the materialistic forces, and should lead a man to the real goal and achievement of human life. Really they should be more powerful than the materialistic forces lest they lose the battle. The world has always been fortunate to have the support of such spiritual powers which remedied the ills of humanity, and bestowed a new lease of life, full of light and happiness, on its votaries. It is a pity only a few always sought for light!
We place before the beloved aspirant-world another work of Master Sivananda, the Master of the New Age, containing a masterly exposition of the principles and methods of practice of the life-saving spiritual science.

Aptly it has been named as “DIVINE NECTAR”, as the aspirant once tasting a drop of it will not rest content until he gulps the whole lot. Siva’s writings are not pedantic boredoms, but a sweet music of depth and beauty thrilling its hearers and readers, and transforming them top-to-bottom unawares. They are simple, directly addressed and unfailing in hitting the desired target.

Dear Reader, dive deep into the nectarine writings of this work and be blessed.

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RESORTING TO SECLUSION: A visitor complained to the Master that he had lost all his good spiritual impressions that he previously had.

The Master said to him, “You must fortify yourself by resorting to seclusion. You should remain at Ananda Kutir. The world is full of distractions. By living in the world you only increase your attachment to your children and your bank balance. The world appears as real and Brahman as unreal. You should develop endurance. You should be able to sleep on the bare ground. You should do charity. You should develop the feeling of oneness. You should always practise Japa. You should study the Gita, Upanishads and Brahma Sutras daily.”

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“What is life? To evolve and to manifest the spiritual principles within you, and to seek and obtain vision and the experience of the Divinity concealed behind visible names and forms–this is life. To behold the external world as God, and to worship this revealed divinity through ceaseless act of selfless loving service–This is life. All this here is sacred. The Divine Presence sanctifies all places and all objects. Where-so-ever you are, you stand before the presence of the Most High. What ever thou doest, thou doest unto the Lord of the Universe, the hidden God, who pervades His own creation. Therefore spiritualise your life.” – Sri Swami Chidananda

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