Mon Nov 30th, 2015 6:59 am, NYC
December 8, begins the Next Circle of 12 Volumes,
so please remember to sign up or update your subscription!
Pranavadipa is a Monthly Publication of Online Study Material containing
the Teachings of Satguru Shri Mahayogi & the Experiences of Practitioners
that is available by annual subscription.
A new volume of Pranavadipa is issued
on the 8th of every month, that means Tuesday December 8th!!!
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A RECEIVER’S VOICE: Pranavadipa
Reflecting on the First Year of Pranavadipa:
The day it arrives in my Inbox is a good day. A new Pranavadipa! The first time I look at it, I scan the section titles and subtitles. I skim all the way down to the bottom and then soar back up to the top, to begin to read in earnest.
On the first reading, some small things will jump out at me. In Pranavadipa #1, for example, it was the title “New Wine for New Bottles”, about adapting the ancient practices of the rsi to modern lifestyles. In Pranavadipa #12, it was Shri Mahayogi’s explicit instructions for how to meditate on Buddha- to really feel the Essence of the object, feel his body, feel the rhythm of his breath, make it as tangible as possible.
Then I read it again and again throughout the month, on the train, waiting to see the dentist, at night at home on the couch, wherever I happen to be. I keep it in my phone, handy to read anywhere anytime, even without an Internet connection
For most of us who have very little or no real experience or understanding of Yoga or serious spiritual practice (in the religion I was brought up in, spiritual practice means practicing rituals at certain times of the week or year and saying a certain number of prayers every day, for the most part), Pranavadipa is like fresh air in springtime. Yoga is in point of fact not postures or chanting or “being spiritual”. Yoga is breaking yourself down in a new way at every step. I was going to write about how challenging this is at the beginning stages, but truthfully there are only two stages: the beginning and the end. I am beginning the journey repeatedly until I reach the destination, because at every juncture I discover a new area of the mind that needs to be sand-blasted out of delusion.
Pranavadipa is a blessing and a delight because it connects me to the struggles of others who are attempting the same path. It inspires me to be more creative in the ways I attempt to combat my own lower self, using the examples of others and the techniques they have developed as indispensable guides.
But even more so, it connects me to Shri Mahayogi. It enables me to do with his image the very things he describes for others to do with the image of Buddha or Swami Vivekananda: To feel the life, the personality, the breath, to get as close as possible with the mind in order to go beyond the mind.
For me, Pranavadipa is the very synthesis of Buddha’s Three Jewels, the Buddha or Guru, the Dharma or Teachings and the Sangha or Brotherhood of practitioners. The sincerity of the gurubai, the depth and weight of the teachings and the words and ways of Shri Mahayogi permeate every issue.
I cannot wait to see what the New Year will bring.
Prajna
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Pranavadipa is a Monthly Publication of Online Study Material containing the Teachings of Satguru Shri Mahayogi Paramahansa ＆ the Experiences of Practitioners that is available by annual subscription. A new volume of Pranavadipa is issued on the 8th of every month, that means Tuesday December 8th!!!
December 8, begins the Next Circle of 12 Volumes,
so please remember to sign up or update your subscription!
