Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 We have often refered to and heard teachings from Swami Sivananda here in the Forum. Recently a friend turned me on to Daily Readings that I find truly wonderful. It is another - but they only send this Daily Reading out, rather than have an interactive dialogue. Of course you mjay choose either to have it emailed to you or visit the group to read it. they also have the archive of all of the readings from last year. To join and get the readings go to: dlsmd/ Here is the one for today - so you can see what they are like.... enjoy jayadeva SIVANANDA DAILY READING FOR 3 FEBRUARY AN EXERCISE FOR DEVELOPING VIRTUE Examine your character. Pick up the defects you find in it, and find their opposites. Let us say that you suffer from irritability. The opposite of irritability is patience. Try to develop this virtue by meditating on the abstract virtue of patience. Regularly, every morning, at 4 a.m. sit down in the lotus posture. Sit in a solitary place for half an hour think of patience. Think of its values, think of its practice under provocation. Thus, take one point each day. Think about that point steadily, without letting the mind wander. Think of your¬self as perfectly patient, a model of patience. End the meditation with a vow that "This patience, which is my true self, I will feel and show, today and every day". For a few days there may be no perceptible change. You may still show and feel irritability. But go on practising. You will see that soon, thoughts of patience will arise simultaneously with the irritable impulse and the irritation will be checked. Go on practising. The irritable impulses will grow more and more feeble, until you find that irritability has disappeared and patience has become your normal attitude towards annoyance. In this manner you may develop various other virtues, such as sympathy, self restraint, purity, humility, benevolence, nobility and generosity. Concentration of the mind on God, after its purification, gives real happiness and knowledge. You are born for this purpose only. Dive deep. The divine flame, the light of lights is burning there. Merge within. "You have passed through millions of wombs, You had countless births, You had countless fathers and mothers, You had numberless brothers and sisters, Millions of wives and children, And yet your desires have not perished. You live to eat, drink and make merry. But birth is painful , death is painful , all is painful Listen to me brother kill passion. Enthrone Lord Rama in your heart Then sound the trumpet of triumph --So says Sivananda." Serve - Love - Give - Meditate - Purify - Realise (Goal of life is God-Realisation - Swami Sivananda) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 3, 2005 Report Share Posted February 3, 2005 Namaste, dear brother, Jayadeva! Thank-you so much for sharing with our group the sublime teachings of Swami Sivanandaji! They are filled with such Divine Wisdom! Pure Nectar! i have always found His teachings deeply Spiritual and Profound, and they have always been gratefully cherished in my life. Jai Maa! Jai Swamiji! Jai Ramakrishna Deva! Jai Swami Sivanandaji! Jai Guru! muktimaa , "Jayadeva" <omjayadeva> wrote: > We have often refered to and heard teachings from Swami Sivananda > here in the Forum. Recently a friend turned me on to Daily Readings > that I find truly wonderful. It is another - but they > only send this Daily Reading out, rather than have an interactive > dialogue. Of course you mjay choose either to have it emailed to you > or visit the group to read it. they also have the archive of all of > the readings from last year. > To join and get the readings go to: > dlsmd/ > > Here is the one for today - so you can see what they are like.... > enjoy > jayadeva > > SIVANANDA DAILY READING FOR 3 FEBRUARY > AN EXERCISE FOR DEVELOPING VIRTUE > > Examine your character. Pick up the defects you find in it, and find > their opposites. Let us say that you suffer from irritability. The > opposite of irritability is patience. Try to develop this virtue by > meditating on the abstract virtue of patience. > > Regularly, every morning, at 4 a.m. sit down in the lotus posture. > Sit in a solitary place for half an hour think of patience. Think > of its values, think of its practice under provocation. > > Thus, take one point each day. Think about that point steadily, > without letting the mind wander. Think of your¬self as perfectly > patient, a model of patience. End the meditation with a vow > that "This patience, which is my true self, I will feel and show, > today and every day". > > For a few days there may be no perceptible change. You may still > show and feel irritability. But go on practising. You will see that > soon, thoughts of patience will arise simultaneously with the > irritable impulse and the irritation will be checked. > > Go on practising. The irritable impulses will grow more and more > feeble, until you find that irritability has disappeared and > patience has become your normal attitude towards annoyance. > > In this manner you may develop various other virtues, such as > sympathy, self restraint, purity, humility, benevolence, nobility > and generosity. > > Concentration of the mind on God, after its purification, gives > real happiness and knowledge. You are born for this purpose only. > Dive deep. The divine flame, the light of lights is burning there. > Merge within. > > "You have passed through millions of wombs, You had countless > births, You had countless fathers and mothers, You had numberless > brothers and sisters, Millions of wives and children, And yet your > desires have not perished. You live to eat, drink and make merry. > But birth is painful , death is painful , all is painful Listen to > me brother kill passion. Enthrone Lord Rama in your heart Then > sound the trumpet of triumph --So says Sivananda." > > > > Serve - Love - Give - Meditate - Purify - Realise (Goal of life is > God-Realisation - Swami Sivananda) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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