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December 2016 NewsletterThis is the Ahymsin newsletter. If you want to unsubscribe, click on the link at the bottom of the page. Click images for full size versions 2016 is ending and brings to mind Swami Rama teaching us “Self-realization is the goal of life.” Perhaps it is a time when some will think of sankalpa and Swami Rama saying, “So the next step is learning to cultivate sankalpa, determination, that feeling, ‘I will do it! I can do it, and I have to do it!’ no matter what happens.” In 2017, may each second, as Swami Veda had said, “be cause for celebrations and serve for you as gateways to the Non-temporal.” “Light and Love as your Destiny now and in your meditations of the coming year,” Swami Ritavan wrote in his Holiday Blessing.
“Connecting to that guru spirit is the light that inspires, guides and protects. When we feel that spirit, we understand that one makes the transition from ego-based thinking to compassion for all, and then true love begins,” Swami Ritavan at this month’s board meeting. Please see the article Ahymsin Board Meeting: December 2016 by Rajini Prakash in this newsletter.
To read "Mastery over Death” by Swami Rama, please click on title. Swami Tat Sat Bharati talks about awareness at https://www.facebook.com/SwamiTatSat/videos/346217619076287. Program for Non-Initiates with Borim Murali is scheduled for 15-21 January 2017 at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama (SRSG) in Rishikesh, India. “You have been a guest at the Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama, perhaps once, perhaps many times, and have had basic lessons in sitting and breathing etc…But, there is always need for (a) refreshing, (b) refining to subtler levels and (c) learning the next steps (d) even the explanation on mantra-diksha for those who wish to go in that direction.” - Swami Veda Bharati. Contact: [email protected]. There will also be a Program for Non-Initiates 6-12 August 2017. Retreat for Initiates is scheduled for 9th - 15th April 2017 at SRSG. Swami Veda Bharati provided the statement regarding this retreat: "You have...received mantra-diksha. Now the question remains: WHAT after mantra? How to refine it; where to go further? There is always need for (a) refreshing, (b) refining to subtler levels and (c) learning the next steps." For more information: [email protected] There will also be a Retreat for Initiates October 15-21, 2017. Picture around the dinner table came from Marilou Hermens.
Upcoming Events in 2017 include: ongoing guest programmes, Silence Retreats, The Dance of Transformation workshop, teacher training retreats, Art of Shavasana Retreat, Navaratri Devi-Pujas, 40 Day Spiritual Festival Retreat, Guru Purnima Retreat, Mahasamadhi Anniversary Retreat (2nd Anniversary of Swami Veda Bharati's Mahasamadhi), Application of Yoga Psychology in Daily Life Retreat, Breath Retreat, Christian Meditation Retreat, and the Yoga Youth and Children's Retreat. Facebook NewsWant daily and weekly news updates? Please see the Ahymsin Facebook page. NewsletterPlease click here to view this month's Ahymsin Newsletter: http://www.ahymsin.org/docs2/News/1612/index.html Please Share Your News We invite you to share what is happening in their centers and your experiences, insights, and questions. With such sharing, we can learn more about one another and strengthen one another in our sadhana, becoming a true “sangha”. We welcome your articles. You can write to [email protected] For Upcoming Events please click 2017 Events and Beyond. (http://ahymsin.org/main/events-maps-schedules/upcoming-events.html) For Full Moon Meditations, please click Full Moon Meditation Calendar. (http://ahymsin.org/main/practice/full-moon-meditations.html) December Newsletter ArticlesJump directly into any article:
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