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<\/p>\nSaturday\u00a0January 2, 2021 NYC<\/p>\n
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\u201cThe Truth is One.
\n<\/b>However the Seers, that means the Awakened Ones, call It variously.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n
\nTo our Revered Satguru, Shri Mahayogi:
\n<\/b>Our hearts pour gratitude to be able to start this new year with you at our side, near or far, guiding us eternally through the immeasurable blessing of your very Existence. Your presence among us calms all fears, worries and doubts, and brings us the great strength needed to face all that life places before us.<\/b><\/p>\n
To All: \n It is a new year and a fresh opportunity to clarify and renew our resolution towards the aim of Yoga! What better way to start off than by filling ourselves with the words of Truth that will elevate our minds and hearts? If you have not yet subscribed to our monthly online subscription publication,\u00a0Pranavadipa<\/em><\/a>, we highly recommend that you do so, as this is a source of inspiration for our minds, nourishment for our hearts, guidance on our paths, and study material for our learning.\u00a0Pranavadipa<\/em><\/a>, which is a one year subscription plan, is published on the 8th<\/sup> day of every month, so having a subscription sets us up to make sure that each month we are proactively bringing the teachings of Truth into our lives.<\/p>\n For now, we would like to take this opportunity to introduce the latest issue of\u00a0Pranavadipa<\/em>\u00a0(Vol. 73)<\/a>. The primary messages throughout this volume are centered around CONCRETIZING OUR IDEAL and the IMPORTANCE OF EKAGRATA <\/i>(single-pointed concentration) <\/i>as the underlying foundation.<\/p>\n In December, there are a few dates that are quite significant. December 8th<\/sup>, the day that\u00a0Pranavadipa<\/em>\u00a0(Vol. 73)<\/a>\u00a0was published, marks the day that is said to be the day that Buddha Awakened. December 24th<\/sup>, Christmas\u00a0 <\/span>Eve, is the night that Swami Vivekananda gathered with his brother disciples and together they declared to renounce the world, and become monks\u2014and coincidentally, this is also the anniversary of Mahayogi Yoga Mission\u2019s official recognition in New York from the government of the United States.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n In a reflection of\u00a0 <\/span>these\u00a0 <\/span>significant dates, the Satsangha<\/i> in\u00a0Pranavadipa<\/em>\u00a0(Vol. 73)<\/a>\u00a0begins with much wisdom and many teachings from Shri Mahayogi about the connection and correlation between Buddha and Vivekananda. It is awe-inspiring to read how Shri Mahayogi understood them, and therefore how Shri Mahayogi teaches us to feel and go closer to their spirit.<\/p>\n Through the examples of Buddha and Vivekananda, Shri Mahayogi teaches us what it means to concretize our ideal, and encourages what it is he hopes for from us: to raise our ideal to continuously work for the good of all humanity, seeing not just the limited scope of our own selves and lives, but to expand beyond that to the whole world and even beyond our limited view of time and space, which we so often confine to what is most relevant to only ourselves at any given moment. And, as an integral part of concretizing the ideal, Shri Mahayogi emphasizes the necessity and aim to transform one\u2019s own way of thinking and being, towards that which aligns with the Truth, through each individual taking concrete and practical action in the circumstances and conditions that we find ourselves in, whatever they may be.<\/p>\n Going beyond that, Shri Mahayogi then teaches about the essence of religion. From Judaism, to Christianity, to Hinduism, and to Islam, Shri Mahayogi details for us the essence common to all and how that essence comes to be revived and reestablished in times when the religion itself starts to degrade into mere formalities. He teaches us about the sacred vibration of OM<\/i>, and how this primordial vibration is also referenced in the Bible, and in the Shinto shrines of Japan. And he clarifies the meaning of Ramakrishna\u2019s words\u2014\u201cAs many faiths, so many paths<\/b>\u201d\u2014and the importance of holding the faith of each individual in the highest respect, that each individual has their own auspicious timing when it comes to religion and the path towards its essence.<\/p>\n In tandem with these teachings about the greater Awakened Beings and their mission, and the essence of religion, which truly have the power to raise our minds to an ever-heightening ideal, Shri Mahayogi also provides many practical teachings for daily life that each individual can act on. From teaching about how the whole of Yoga is simply for the purpose of training the mind, to a clear example of discrimination of the mind\u2019s attachments, to the way one can and should feel the hearts, both joys and sufferings, of others, to the way in which one can approach karma yoga<\/i> and deepen in its practice, to the transformation of the mind through simple and daily actions, to improving one\u2019s health, to acting in humbleness and more. Even Shri Mahayogi teaches a young high school-age captain of the swim team about the meaning and purpose of life as well as what the true meaning of being a leader is\u2014to cultivate the minds and hearts of humanity. Truly there is so much for us to learn and try out for ourselves without a moment to lose, be it in our families, in our jobs, with friends, or alone\u2014the opportunities to put Yoga into action are in every moment of our day!<\/p>\n This is certainly a time of year that calls for deep reflection on what the immense value and blessing that such Awakened Beings bring to each of us and to the world and how we can continue the work they have begun.<\/p>\n *<\/p>\n
\n<\/b>We wish you a very Happy New Year!! We pray for the end of Covid-19 throughout the world and for true harmony and peace to come through touching the wisdom of Yoga and living based on the Universal Truth. May all of our hearts and minds be filled with sacredness and keep turning again and again, in every moment, to the one unchanging Truth!
\nThe beginning of this year also marks the beginning of Mahayogi Yoga Mission\u2019s 25th<\/sup> Anniversary year of its establishment in New York!<\/b><\/p>\n
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