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IT WORKS !!
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Sep 12, 2009 5:09 am
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"When I accept something, what do I do? Is it just a sentence, "I accept"? a mere sentence does not imply acceptance. Sometimes I accept something without saying so.
Acceptance implies a certain attitude on my part. When I accept something, I give it the freedom to what it is. I do not want the thing to be different from what it is.
Acceptance implies granting freedom to the object of acceptance to be what it is. In giving that freedom I do not demand that the object be differnt from what it is. The mere word, acceptance without understanding its implications does not help. I accept the child as the child is. I accept a tree. I accept the sun, the moon. I accept a bird its color, its behavior.I accept chemical as it is.I accept sugar as it is. I accept poison as it is. Acceptance does not imply that I have to use it. In acceptance, there is objectivity. I let things be as they are.
With reference to my past, however I do not let it be as it is. I do not accept it because it has caused me pain. Due to my helplessness I subjected myself to pain, to hurt. Therefore, the painful past is not acceptable to me. Can I bring myself to expect the past ? When I bring myself to bear upon the past, can I be the same person that I am when I accept the sky ?
How do I accept the sky ? What frame of mind do I have when I accept the sky? That same frame of mind I bring to bear upon my mother and father - whether they are alive are not. In the same way, I accept my friends, my relatives, employers, my grandparents, my children, my partner in life. Individually, I accept every one of them because I give them the freedom to be what they are. I do not blame the sky because it is or is not blue.
I bring this same person to bear upon those with whom my life has been cast. They are all different characters in the drama of my life. I free myself from blaming any one of them. I blame no one, nor do I blame myself.
O Lord, please give me the serenity, the clarity, to accept gracefully what I cannot change and change what I can. I cannot change the past for it has already happened. But I change my attitudes, my understanding. I can bring about a change in my attitude towards myself, towards the world by widening my understanding. Let me change what I can, and grant me the wisdom to know the difference between what I can and cannot change."
In so many words, I pray
Om Tat Sat
Talks by Swami Dayananda
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Y O G A T H E R A P Y
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Sep 12, 2009 2:18 am
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People who suffered from various psychosomatic (diseases affecting the body and mind simultaneously)diseases found YOGA to be an excellent form of therapy. Yoga takes control of the whole body and the mind hence that part which suffers from a particular ailment also starts to function properly.
CASE STUDY
In our Yoga therapy centre in Tamil nadu,South India, I treated a 51-year-old man who had 1.fat,2.diabetes 3.hypertension 4. swollen leg for few years. I taught only 7 simple Yoga Asanas and a particular form of tradition Indian breathing to that man. He was a regular practitioner for 6 months , amazingly his blood sugar level became normal for the first time after many, many years.Obviouly, he was jubilant.
The important point that should be noted, I feel, is the confidence level of the person and the faith that he had in yoga. He can take care of his body and mind ! then what ?! He can manage himself life long. Managing oneself by oneself is the only way !! It seems !!
A Diabetic like him can discontinue all medications if he practices regular yoga asanas and breathing.
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Y O G A
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Sep 12, 2009 2:12 am
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Yoga as many know is a step by step process which instantly offer anyone with
Best health; Continuous peace; sharp intellect; an ideal daily life !!
Yoga is not only Yoga asanas ( Postures , it is a Physical part of Yoga only.
Yoga works upon the emotional,psychological and Intellectual planes of a person.
One may have good health but what about peace of mind?
Are there any food which gives peace? or any drink that gives peace ? no, they offer only temporary manipulation of the mind. They have side effects causing illness and psychological impact !!
Yoga can be taken up as a therapy also with one who knows about it !
Yoga offers wonderful Memory, Power of concentration,and grasping power to the students and anyone who practices it !
Students and teachers also can benefit from it immensely. It is said that in future man may take up Yoga for world wide research like science to find answers to many of the Individual, social, national, international issues
YOGA FOR STUDENTS IS AN IDEAL AND ASSET LIFELONG !
YOGA IS THE FRIEND THAT OFFERS PEACE WHEN IN DISTRESS AND GRIEF!
YOGA IS THE PHYSICIAN WHO BESTOWS EXCELLENT HEALTH TO THOSE WITH DISEASES!
YOGA IS THE TEACHER WHO SHARPENS YOUR INTELLECT WITH PRESENCE OF MIND !
Y = YOUR
O = ONLY
G = GUARDIAN
A = ANGEL
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