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I AM AKASHA TOUR
In July, Manorama & Sanskrit Studies head to Buckingham, VA for
Mantra & Meditation at Yogaville, July 17th thru 19th (Fri thru Sun). On July 25th, hop on the Long Island Railroad and join Manorama at Bonda Yoga, Great Neck, NY, for an Introduction To Sanskrit.
In August, Manorama heads to PA for Sanskrit Level 2 at Wake Up Yoga, Philadelphia, PA, August 7th & 8th (Fri/Sat). Next stop, is NJ for Introduction to Sanskrit at South Mountain Yoga, So. Orange, NJ on August 16th (Sun).
The summer is a time to renew and refresh. Take time to balance out the body and mind by dipping your toes in the sand, reading a novel, walking along natural foot paths, biking or just relaxing and sipping some delicious lemonade.
I always find summer to be a time to contemplate the experiences of the passing year, to deepen practice with nature and to immerse in the light.
Enjoy the beauty of contemplation.
~ Manorama
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Question & Answer
Chapter 84
Your Goal is Your Guru
From I Am That, Talks with Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj
Questioner: All this I grasp verbally, but it does not become a part of myself. It remains as a picture in my mind to be looked at. Is it not the task of a Guru to give life to the picture?
Maharaj: Again, it is the other way round. The picture is alive, dead is the mind. As the mind is made of words and images, so is every reflection in the mind. It covers up reality with verbalization and then complains. You say a Guru is needed to do miracles with you. You are playing with words only. The Guru and the disciple are one single thing, like the candle and its flame. Unless the disciple is earnest, he cannot be called a disciple. Unless a Guru is all love and self-giving, he cannot be called a Guru. Only Reality begets reality, not the false.
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Questioner: There are two cases to consider. Either I have found a Guru, or I have not. In each case what is the right thing to do?
Maharaj: You are never without a Guru, for he is timelessly present on your heart. Sometimes he externalizes himself and comes to you as an uplifting and reforming factor in your life, a mother, a wife, a teacher; or he remains as an inner urge towards righteousness and perfection. All you have to do is obey him and do what he tells you. What he wants you to do is simple, learn self-awareness, self-control, self-surrender. It may seem arduous, but it is easy if you are earnest. And quite impossible if you are not. Earnestness is both necessary and sufficient. Everything yields to earnestness.
C Sanskrit Studies 2009
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July 2009
Path of Luminous Shabda
MANTRA AND MEDITATION (CANCELLED)
Location: Yogaville, VA
Date: July 17th–19th (Fri-Sun)
*Open to all
Yogaville: 800.858.9642
Path of Luminous Shabda
INTRO TO SANSKRIT
Location: Bonda Yoga, Great Neck, NY
Date: July 25th (Sat)
*Open to all
AA: 631.235.5307
August 2009
Path of Luminous Shabda
SANSKRIT LEVEL 2
Location: Wake Up Yoga, Philadelphia, PA
Date: August 7th & 8th (Fri/Sat)
*Pre-requisite Sanskrit Level 1
WUY: 215.235.1228
Path of Luminous Shabda
INTRO TO SANSKRIT
Location: South Mountain Yoga, So. Orange, NJ
Date: August 16th (Sun)
TT Program
*Open to all
SMY: 973.763.4433
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" The greatest mystical power, the greatest magic, the greatest supernatural
power, is when you reach before a man and there you do not exist. You are
finished. You do not exist. "
~ Shri Brahmananda Sarasvati,
from Pulsation of Godhood
"We study so we can experience the space, and from the space comes the transformation."
~ Manorama
"Guru is (simply) that light which leads you to your own Self awareness."
-Manorama
Tripping Over Joy
What is the difference between your experience of existence and that of a saint?
The saint knows that this is a sublime chess game with God, and that the Beloved has just made a fantastic move that the saint is now continually tripping over joy, bursting out in laughter, and saying "I surrender!"
Whereas you my dear, I am afraid you still think you have a thousand serious moves.
~ Hafiz
Short video of Manorama chanting
Om Namah Shivaya Kirtana
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