Guest guest Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009 --- On Sun, 9/27/09, Weekly Words of Wisdom <info wrote:Weekly Words of Wisdom <infoRajas vs. Tamasyognat2001Date: Sunday, September 27, 2009, 12:47 AM Rajas vs. Tamas “Is rajas (restlessness) better than tamas (laziness)? Some people are just lazy and don’t want to do anything. They say, ‘Well, I am very quiet; I am at peace, so why should you want me to practice Yoga and japa and this and that? ’ But, they are not at peace. They are dull, sleepy and incapable of doing even some mischief. Better to be mischievous, than to be dull. That is why people who are restless or mischievous, who do something—whether good or bad— are better off than people who are just sleepy. When they do mischief and make mistakes, they will get the lessons sooner and they will rise further. So a mischievous person is better than a dull, sluggish person. “God bless you. OM Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.†More Inspiration from Sri Swami Satchidananda and Integral Yoga Magazine Coming Soon: Fall 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine LIVES OF LUMINARIES & YOGA IN EDUCATION Life with Paramhansa Yogananda—Swami Kriyananda and Roy Eugene Davis How I Came to Bhagavan (Ramana Maharshi)—Kenneth Rose, PhD Jesus in the Lotus—Russill Paul Love, Serve, Remember God—Mirabai Bush Yoga for Education—Leah Kalish David Lynch’s Consciousness-Based Education All Knowledge is Within Us—Swami Tyagananda Yoga as Pedagogy—Deborah Orr, PhD Spirituality and Culture in Higher Education—Elizabeth Tisdell, EdD Yoga in the Public Schools and Yoga as a Major —Laura Sevika Douglass Plus: Interviews with founders of The Calm Classroom, YogaMoves Education, YogaEd®, YogaKids®, Yoga for the Special Child®, Yogaville Vidyalayam And—Are We Practicing Yoga Therapy or Yogopathy?—Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani Tips for Incorporating Raja Yoga In Your Daily Life—Rev. Paraman Barsel Are you d to Integral Yoga Magazine? New subscriptions will start with the Fall ssue. The Summer 2009 issue may be ordered individually, as may the Spring 2009, Winter 2009 and the Fall 2008 issues. FOLLOW ON TWITTER Follow Swami Satchidananda on Twitter at twitter.com/SwSatchidananda for daily inspiration. Follow Integral Yoga Magazine on Twitter at twitter.com/IntegralYogaMag for inspiring quotes, news and updates, as well as behind-the-scenes from the editor. Available now: Summer 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine YOGA & THE EMOTIONAL BODY And the 40th ANNIVERSARY of the WOODSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL Special collector's issue with cover art by Peter Max Yoga & the Emotions with Sri Swami Satchidananda Emotional Freedom—Judith Orloff, MD Yoga & PTSD—Bessel van der Kolk, MD Integral Psychology—Ananda Bhavanani, MD The 12-step Yogi—Tamara Page The 12-step Buddhist—Darren Littlejohn Yoga, Psychology & Nondualism—Richard Miller, PhD As You Think, So You Become—Ed & Deb Shapiro Healing Depression with Yoga & Ayurveda—Nancy Liebler, PhD & Sandra Moss, MSPH The Emotional Effects of Asana—Nancy Gerstein Yoga & Emotional Regulation—Rich Panico, MD And—Woodstock Revisited: Swami Satchidananda’s opening address, plus stories from Woodstock featuring Victor Arjuna Zurbel, who accompanied Swami Satchidananda to Woodstock Spring 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine The Spring 2009 is available as an individual order. YOGA AND DIET FOR A NEW PLANET Featuring the leading pioneers and advocates of spiritual and live foods nutrition Why Be Vegetarian, plus Q & A with Sri Swami Satchidananda Eating, Survival and Sacrifice—Swami Karunananda The Yoga Sutras and Vegetarianism—Sharon Gannon Saving Ourselves, Saving Our Planet—John Robbins The Metaphysics of Diet—Viktoras Kulvinskas Spiritual Nutrition: Diet for Enlightenment—Gabriel Cousens, MD Putting the Human Back in Humane—Wayne Pacelle Yoga and Nutrition—David Wolfe The Inner Art of Vegetarianism—Carol J. Adams Frequently Asked Questions—Satish Daryanani The Ethics of Vegetarianism: A Multifaith Perspective—Pamela Villars The Humble Vegetarian—April Gauri Hunziker Purrfect Cuisine: Feeding Our Pets—Jennifer Sokolov And more… Winter 2009 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine The Winter 2009 issue is available as an individual order. NADA YOGA: THE YOGA OF SOUND Listening to the Sound Within—Sri Swami Satchidananda The Yoga of Sound—Russill Paul Nada Yoga—Yogi Hari The Heart of Kirtan—Jai Uttal The Yoga of Kirtan—Steven J. Rosen Shabad Yoga: Sounds of Wisdom—Snatam Kaur Khalsa The Kirtan Rabbi—Rabbi Andrew Hahn Connecting to the Writer’s Muse with Kirtan—Jeff Davis Sacred Sound Across Traditions—Catherine Ghosh Japa as a Relationship—Prentice Alter Plus: Yoga for Your Personal Finances—Jacqueline Richards The Fall 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Still available! Get the Fall 2008 issue now as an individual issue. YOGA THERAPY SPECIAL ISSUE Yoga as Medicine—Timothy McCall Yoga Therapy Research—Sat Bir Khalsa Inner Medicine—Swamini Mayatitananda Yoga Therapy as a Profession—Kelly McGonigal Cardiac and Medical Yoga—Mala Cunningham Yoga-Based Therapy for Anxiety Disorders—Boris Pisman Yoga and Eating Disorders—Sevika Laura Douglass Yoga for Pain and Disabilities—Bill Gallagher Yoga for Depression—Amy Weintraub Integral Yoga-Based Therapy Programs—Swami Ramananda Wholeness as Healing—Arthur Kilmurray Yoga and Psychoanalysis—Lynn Somerstein Inside the Yoga Sutras with Rev. Jaganath Carrera focusing on healing the obstacles on the spiritual path And more… Integral Yoga Magazine is a quarterly (summer, winter, spring and fall), nonprofit magazine that’s about Yoga, your spiritual practice, study, and inspiration. The gift of Integral Yoga Magazine keeps on giving, with four insight-filled, advertising-free issues a year. Please support Integral Yoga Magazine, your own personal growth and those for whom you care—give the gift of a subscription. We’ve made it easier than ever to : www.iymagazine.org/subscriptions.html Postal Mail: Make check payable to and mail to IY Magazine, 108 Yogaville Way, Buckingham, VA 23921 $25 per year—$42 for 2 years U.S. $32 per year Canada/Mexico $42 all others outside U.S. $6.25 single issues (plus shipping) As a nonprofit publication, the Integral Yoga Magazine depends on the support of rs and donors. The Integral Yoga Magazine has always been dear to Sri Gurudev's heart, and it was through his inspiration and guidance that it took birth in 1970. It is both a vehicle of these teachings and a way for us all to stay connected. Please consider becoming a donor! Donations to Integral Yoga Magazine may be made online. CALENDAR—Order now! 2010 Sri Swami Satchidananda Color Wall Calendar A twelve-month interfaith calendar with 13 spectacular color photos of Sri Gurudev (1 for each month + cover photo), an inspirational quote from Sri Gurudev for each month, holidays and observances for the many world faiths, as well as legal holidays in the USA and room for you to write in your appointments, etc. Just like last year's calendar, it is printed on sturdy card stock and in a convenient size (measures 8-1/2 long x 10-3/4 wide closed). Very limited quantities, so order soon. DOCMENTARY FILMS DVD Release from Integral Yoga®—a presentation of the heart and soul of the interfaith spirit. Many Paths, One Truth: The 1977 Yoga Ecumenical Service Available now on DVD. View the trailer. LIVING YOGA: The life and teachings of Swami Satchidananda Available now on DVD. How the ancient teachings of Yoga were brought to the West and the far reaching effects on society of the modern Yoga movement is a story told for the first time on film in an hour-long documentary that informs, entertains and provokes self-inquiry. See a preview and order a copy now at: www.livingyogamovie.org. Contact us for discounts for your Yoga school, students, teachers and clients. Now also available with Spanish subtitles. MORE ONLINE AND BY PHONE The Satchidananda Ashram Channel on YouTube.com Visit the Satchidananda Ashram Channel for videos of talks by Sri Gurudev. Subscribe to the channel for updates when new videos are added. Call (434) WOW-GURU [969-4878] to hear Sri Gurudev’s monthly message—be inspired! For everything Integral Yoga®, visit www.YogaAndPeace.org. View the archive for this message and previous Weekly Words of Wisdom on the Web at http://yogaandpeace.org/newsletters/archive.php?listID=7. Wishing you peace and joy, love and light. 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Guest guest Posted September 27, 2009 Report Share Posted September 27, 2009  Namastey All, re. Rajas v. Tamas. Yes i think that even a mischievous person has risen above Tamas. It takes energy to move from tamas..one cannot jump from tamas to Sattwa without moving thru rajas. I think that rajas is the fire , the movement , the passion the vehicle that can take us to sattwa from tamas. It is the link between yin and yang ..it is the energy which moves between the pairs of opposites. Inertia can only create stagnation. - Yogacharya Dr.Ananda Bhavanani Sunday, September 27, 2009 5:24 AM Fw: Rajas vs. Tamas --- On Sun, 9/27/09, Weekly Words of Wisdom <info wrote: Weekly Words of Wisdom <infoRajas vs. Tamasyognat2001Date: Sunday, September 27, 2009, 12:47 AM Rajas vs. Tamas “Is rajas (restlessness) better than tamas (laziness)? Some people are just lazy and don’t want to do anything. They say, ‘Well, I am very quiet; I am at peace, so why should you want me to practice Yoga and japa and this and that? ’ But, they are not at peace. They are dull, sleepy and incapable of doing even some mischief. Better to be mischievous, than to be dull. That is why people who are restless or mischievous, who do something—whether good or bad— are better off than people who are just sleepy. When they do mischief and make mistakes, they will get the lessons sooner and they will rise further. So a mischievous person is better than a dull, sluggish person. “God bless you. OM Shanti, Shanti, Shanti.†More Inspiration from Sri Swami Satchidananda and Integral Yoga Magazine Coming Soon: Fall 2009 issue ofIntegral Yoga Magazine LIVES OF LUMINARIES & YOGA IN EDUCATION Life with Paramhansa Yogananda—Swami Kriyananda and Roy Eugene Davis How I Came to Bhagavan (Ramana Maharshi)—Kenneth Rose, PhD Jesus in the Lotus—Russill Paul Love, Serve, Remember God—Mirabai Bush Yoga for Education—Leah Kalish David Lynch’s Consciousness-Based Education All Knowledge is Within Us—Swami Tyagananda Yoga as Pedagogy—Deborah Orr, PhD Spirituality and Culture in Higher Education—Elizabeth Tisdell, EdD Yoga in the Public Schools and Yoga as a Major —Laura Sevika Douglass Plus: Interviews with founders of The Calm Classroom, YogaMoves Education, YogaEd®, YogaKids®, Yoga for the Special Child®, Yogaville Vidyalayam And—Are We Practicing Yoga Therapy or Yogopathy?—Yogacharya Dr. Ananda Balayogi Bhavanani Tips for Incorporating Raja Yoga In Your Daily Life—Rev. Paraman Barsel Are you d to Integral Yoga Magazine? New subscriptions will start with the Fall ssue. The Summer 2009 issue may be ordered individually, as may the Spring 2009, Winter 2009 and the Fall 2008 issues. FOLLOW ON TWITTER Follow Swami Satchidananda on Twitter at twitter.com/SwSatchidananda for daily inspiration. Follow Integral Yoga Magazine on Twitter at twitter.com/IntegralYogaMag for inspiring quotes, news and updates, as well as behind-the-scenes from the editor. Available now: Summer 2009 issue ofIntegral Yoga Magazine YOGA & THE EMOTIONAL BODY And the 40th ANNIVERSARY of the WOODSTOCK MUSIC FESTIVAL Special collector's issue with cover art by Peter Max Yoga & the Emotions with Sri Swami Satchidananda Emotional Freedom—Judith Orloff, MD Yoga & PTSD—Bessel van der Kolk, MD Integral Psychology—Ananda Bhavanani, MD The 12-step Yogi—Tamara Page The 12-step Buddhist—Darren Littlejohn Yoga, Psychology & Nondualism—Richard Miller, PhD As You Think, So You Become—Ed & Deb Shapiro Healing Depression with Yoga & Ayurveda—Nancy Liebler, PhD & Sandra Moss, MSPH The Emotional Effects of Asana—Nancy Gerstein Yoga & Emotional Regulation—Rich Panico, MD And—Woodstock Revisited: Swami Satchidananda’s opening address, plus stories from Woodstock featuring Victor Arjuna Zurbel, who accompanied Swami Satchidananda to Woodstock Spring 2009 issue ofIntegral Yoga Magazine The Spring 2009 is available as an individual order. YOGA AND DIET FOR A NEW PLANETFeaturing the leading pioneers and advocates of spiritual and live foods nutrition Why Be Vegetarian, plus Q & A with Sri Swami Satchidananda Eating, Survival and Sacrifice—Swami Karunananda The Yoga Sutras and Vegetarianism—Sharon Gannon Saving Ourselves, Saving Our Planet—John Robbins The Metaphysics of Diet—Viktoras Kulvinskas Spiritual Nutrition: Diet for Enlightenment—Gabriel Cousens, MD Putting the Human Back in Humane—Wayne Pacelle Yoga and Nutrition—David Wolfe The Inner Art of Vegetarianism—Carol J. Adams Frequently Asked Questions—Satish Daryanani The Ethics of Vegetarianism: A Multifaith Perspective—Pamela Villars The Humble Vegetarian—April Gauri Hunziker Purrfect Cuisine: Feeding Our Pets—Jennifer Sokolov And more… Winter 2009 issue ofIntegral Yoga Magazine The Winter 2009 issue is available as an individual order. NADA YOGA: THE YOGA OF SOUND Listening to the Sound Within—Sri Swami Satchidananda The Yoga of Sound—Russill Paul Nada Yoga—Yogi Hari The Heart of Kirtan—Jai Uttal The Yoga of Kirtan—Steven J. Rosen Shabad Yoga: Sounds of Wisdom—Snatam Kaur Khalsa The Kirtan Rabbi—Rabbi Andrew Hahn Connecting to the Writer’s Muse with Kirtan—Jeff Davis Sacred Sound Across Traditions—Catherine Ghosh Japa as a Relationship—Prentice Alter Plus: Yoga for Your Personal Finances—Jacqueline Richards The Fall 2008 issue of Integral Yoga Magazine Still available! Get the Fall 2008 issue now as an individual issue. YOGA THERAPY SPECIAL ISSUE Yoga as Medicine—Timothy McCall Yoga Therapy Research—Sat Bir Khalsa Inner Medicine—Swamini Mayatitananda Yoga Therapy as a Profession—Kelly McGonigal Cardiac and Medical Yoga—Mala Cunningham Yoga-Based Therapy for Anxiety Disorders—Boris Pisman Yoga and Eating Disorders—Sevika Laura Douglass Yoga for Pain and Disabilities—Bill Gallagher Yoga for Depression—Amy Weintraub Integral Yoga-Based Therapy Programs—Swami Ramananda Wholeness as Healing—Arthur Kilmurray Yoga and Psychoanalysis—Lynn Somerstein Inside the Yoga Sutras with Rev. Jaganath Carrera focusing on healing the obstacles on the spiritual path And more… Integral Yoga Magazine is a quarterly (summer, winter, spring and fall), nonprofit magazine that’s about Yoga, your spiritual practice, study, and inspiration. The gift of Integral Yoga Magazine keeps on giving, with four insight-filled, advertising-free issues a year. Please support Integral Yoga Magazine, your own personal growth and those for whom you care—give the gift of a subscription. We’ve made it easier than ever to : www.iymagazine.org/subscriptions.html Postal Mail: Make check payable to and mail to IY Magazine, 108 Yogaville Way, Buckingham, VA 23921 $25 per year—$42 for 2 years U.S.$32 per year Canada/Mexico$42 all others outside U.S.$6.25 single issues (plus shipping) As a nonprofit publication, the Integral Yoga Magazine depends on the support of rs and donors. The Integral Yoga Magazine has always been dear to Sri Gurudev's heart, and it was through his inspiration and guidance that it took birth in 1970. It is both a vehicle of these teachings and a way for us all to stay connected. Please consider becoming a donor! Donations to Integral Yoga Magazine may be made online. CALENDAR—Order now! 2010 Sri Swami Satchidananda Color Wall Calendar A twelve-month interfaith calendar with 13 spectacular color photos of Sri Gurudev (1 for each month + cover photo), an inspirational quote from Sri Gurudev for each month, holidays and observances for the many world faiths, as well as legal holidays in the USA and room for you to write in your appointments, etc. Just like last year's calendar, it is printed on sturdy card stock and in a convenient size (measures 8-1/2 long x 10-3/4 wide closed). Very limited quantities, so order soon. DOCMENTARY FILMS DVD Release from Integral Yoga®—a presentation of the heart and soul of the interfaith spirit. Many Paths, One Truth: The 1977 Yoga Ecumenical Service Available now on DVD.View the trailer. LIVING YOGA: The life and teachings of Swami Satchidananda Available now on DVD. How the ancient teachings of Yoga were brought to the West and the far reaching effects on society of the modern Yoga movement is a story told for the first time on film in an hour-long documentary that informs, entertains and provokes self-inquiry. See a preview and order a copy now at: www.livingyogamovie.org.Contact us for discounts for your Yoga school, students, teachers and clients. Now also available with Spanish subtitles. MORE ONLINE AND BY PHONE The Satchidananda Ashram Channel on YouTube.comVisit the Satchidananda Ashram Channel for videos of talks by Sri Gurudev. Subscribe to the channel for updates when new videos are added. Call (434) WOW-GURU [969-4878] to hear Sri Gurudev’s monthly message—be inspired! For everything Integral Yoga®, visit www.YogaAndPeace.org. View the archive for this message and previous Weekly Words of Wisdom on the Web athttp://yogaandpeace.org/newsletters/archive.php?listID=7. Wishing you peace and joy, love and light. 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