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Full Moon Meditations
Swami Veda invites you to sit with him in meditation for an hour where ever you are, in your home or with friends. Total beginners, non-initiates and initiates are welcome. See below for a sample meditation technique.
Full Moon Meditation Dates
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2010 |
JAN 30 |
FEB 28 |
MAR 29 |
APRIL 28 |
MAY 27 |
JUNE 26 |
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JULY 26 |
AUG 24 |
SEPT 23 |
OCT 23 |
NOV 21 |
DEC 21 |
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2011 |
JAN 19 |
FEB 18 |
MAR 19 |
APRIL 18 |
MAY 17 |
JUNE15 |
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JULY 15 |
AUG 13 |
SEPT 12 |
OCT 11 |
NOV 10 |
DEC 10 |
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For more details please visit : www.globalmeditationsite.org , www.swamiveda.org , www.bindu.org , www.yogaineurope.eu , www.themeditationcenter.org etc.
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TIMINGS: |
7 AM |
in India (IST), surrounding countries adjust the time accordingly, for example Iran is 5 AM. |
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8 PM |
in East Asia, 8 PM Singapore time. Australia, China, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Taiwan, Thailand etc. adjust their times to coincide with Singapore time 8 PM. |
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8 PM |
in U.K. (Greenwich Mean Time).Those in all European, and all African time zones, please adjust your sitting time to coincide with 8 PM United Kingdom (GMT). |
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10 PM |
in New York. Surrounding countries and regions of South, Central and North America and the Caribbean to match their time to 10 PM New York time. |
How is the full moon calculated?
The dates of the Full Moon Meditations are announced after our Ashram Pandits have worked out the exact hours and minutes of the full moon each month. The hours of the full moon span two calendar days in western time. By Swami Veda’s request, the date with the most full moon hours is chosen for the Full Moon Meditation.
Sample Meditation
Those who have not learned to meditate before, but would like to join Swami Veda in his Worldwide Meditations may ask for his booklet titles Beginning Meditation and a CD of Guided Meditation. Until then, and until you have had the opportunity to take some training in correct ways of sitting and breathing, the simple procedure to follow is:
1. Sit as straight as you can on an even, firm, but cushioned surface.
1. Relax your forehead.
3. Relax your facial and physical musculature.
4. Bring awareness to your breathing.
5. Breathe slowly, gently, smoothly, evenly; without jerk or sound in the breathing.
6. Now feel the touch and flow of the breath in the nostrils.
7. Let there be no pause between the breaths; as one breath is completed, begin to feel the next breath flowing and touching the nostrils.
8. After a few breaths, choose:
a. whichever name of God is your favorite according to your tradition or religion;
b. or a sacred but short phrase or prayer word from your scripture or tradition
c. If you do not believe in a form of divinity, or spiritual incarnation and so forth, exhaling, think Oooonnne (One in a long and drawn out way), inhaling think Twwwoooo (Two) without a break in this count with the breath.
9. Exhaling, think that phrase; inhaling think that phrase. The phrase is not to come in the mouth nor on the tongue; it must only be a mentation.
10. Let there be no break between the breaths, nor between the incessant flow of the thoughts of the same phrase.
11. As soon as you become aware that you have lost the flow and other thoughts have begun to arise, re-start the same procedure from the beginning with number 1.
12. Sit for as long as you wish.
13. Let the quietness of the mind continue even after you rise.
14. If you practice this even for 2-3 minutes at a time many times a day, you will notice subtle changes in yourself for the better.
15. Whatever you do repeatedly with the mind, that will become the mind's habit; calming the mind repeatedly will return your mind to its calm nature.
Initiation
Introducing AHYMSIN
The Association of Himalayan Yoga Meditation Societies International, AHYMSIN, was born when initiates from around the world met at Swami Rama Sadhaka Grama in Rishikesh, India, in 2007. Swami Veda Bharati is both the founder and Spiritual Guide of AHYMSIN. (Additional articles by Swami Veda).
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Spiritual Festival Guidelines for 2010
With "The Spiritual Festival Guidelines for 2010," there's a lot there, and it could be intimidating to new initiates.
The Spiritual Festival has been going on for about 20 years, so for older initiates the general procedure is familiar.
Basically two things are done:
(1) increased japa practice, and
(2) making spiritual lifestyle changes.
Each year Swami Veda emphasizes certain specific things, and so those are implemented for sure.
Swami Rama Sri Vidya Teachings on YouTube
"We discovered a very wonderful series of videos on YouTube about SWAMI RAMA’S teachings
of SHRI VIDYA and thought it a good idea to send this link to the whole family."
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=61035752268BE45B
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Swami Rama's Channel on YouTube
Yoga of Swami Rama of the Himalayas is a YouTube channel to which you can subscribe and where you can find videos of Swami Rama lecturing.
The link for this is: http://www.youtube.com/user/swamiramahimalayas
Currently listed here are:
YOGA SUTRAS: Eight lectures by Swami Rama on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali. These talks give practical advice on the methods of Yoga and Meditation. The 13 hours of talks have been divided into a total of 85 parts for the YouTube presentation.
SRI VIDYA TANTRA: Four lectures by Swami Rama on Saundaryalahari, the Wave of Beauty, which is a prominent text of Sri Vidya Tantra. The wave of creativity, love and bliss of Shakti is one and the same with Shiva. The lectures contain practical advice on advanced meditation practices of Yoga, Vedanta, and Tantra. The 6 hours of talks have been divided into a total of 41 parts for the YouTube presentation.