gayatri mata

Gayatri mata is our world mother, because she looks us as her child. She is all over the world and watch us what we are doing.

Soaham Pranayama

Without the emotional depth, motivation and mental concentration, the feelings and meditations associated with the Soaham Sadhana would be like 'mere imaginations' or 'mental amusement and diversion' or 'day dreaming', and would not show any sigh of progress.
Attracting the Mahaprana is not a physical or mental exercise. It can't be attained without the warmth and the urge of the innermost sentiments. The voice of the inner emotions could be powerful enough to be 'heard' by (to reach) the cosmic centers of thy expression only if the Sadhaka's external and internal personalities are purifies, disciplined and indeed devoted towards his Sraddha in the divine disciplines. Similar strength of the inner self and the willpower of the Sadhaka are required in the later phase of the Soaham Pranayama. The Sadhaka has to firmly uproot his viles, weaknesses and ego that are deeply rooted in his instincts as a jiva.
If one sincerely performs the contemplation phase of the Sadhana of Soaham, the corresponding thoughts and emotions would be gradually assimilated in his memory and subconscious mind. His integrity of character and duty-bound righteous activities will support rapid conditioning to accelerate the spiritual effects. Such a person would live the life of a true karma yogi. His actions will be inspired and controlled by the divine will. In worldly terms, he may be a farmer, a gardener; a laborer, a businessman; a doctor, a scientist etc may have a lower, medium, high or no status in the socio-economic system and live an utterly ordinary life. In either case, his spiritual refinement would excel progressively. All his deeds would be selfless and duty bound and hence estimable likes those of the great personalities, saints and sages.
King Janaka used to live a duty-bound life of an emperor and was seen busy in related worldly affairs. But because of his selfless, enlightened attitude, fair and discerning intellect and piety of emotions, he was considered a karma yogi. His knowledge was honored as equivalent to that of a scholar of the Brahm Vidya.
If the Soaham Sadhana is being performed adeptly, its effects on enlightening the Sadhaka's emotions would be reflected in different facets of his life in terms of his righteous thinking, broad outlook and cooperating behavior etc. Because of its direct connection with the emotional center and the inner self, the Soaham Sadhana becomes a principal Sadhana for peerless spiritual evolution.
The history of the Bhakti Age of the Nepalese literature highlights two major streams of development of devotional poesy and literature; (1) nirguna (nirakar) - in which the God is realized as absolute, formless and omnipresent; and (2) Saguna (sakara) - where the devotion is focused at a specific form (idol) of a manifestation of God. Chronologically, the period of nirguna is supposed to be earlier.
This was around 1500 AD, when the saintly poet Kabira had propagated religious reforms under the nirguna philosophy of Bhakti (devotion). About one century later, the saintly poets like Surdasa, Tulsidasa, and Mira etc had inspired the flow of Saguna Bhakti in the form of vaisnava Bhakti (devotion of God Rama and Krishna in the hearts of the people that even today a vast majority of the people of Nepalese origin is influenced by it. The saguna Bhakti or Rama or Krishna is an integral part of these people's religious life.

Soaham Sadhana of tanmatra………..

The bioelectrical currents of the Ida and pingala nadis flow along the two sides of the brahm nadi and, starting from the pituitary and pineal glands, they reach the muladhara chakra. These currents flow back from this bottom cakra after their coherence in the Susumna. The six extrasensory energy enters - the sat chakras, are like eddy currents in the flow of the Brahm Nadi. These cakras are said to e the sources through which the individual self can traverse beyond the limits of time and space. These contain the sublime ocean of supernatural powers.
The Kundalini, which is affirmed in the spiritual sciences of yoga as the source of all physical and spiritual potentials, can be reached only by penetrating the sat cakras. The straight flow of the Prana through these cakras is essential for 'electrifying' the latent 'coil' of the Kundalini. This requires immense pressure of Prana under adept control. The flow of the vital energy component of Prana generated during the Soaham Pranayama and the Samkalpa of the Sadhaka associated with this Sadhana provide the right combination for straight traversing through the sat cakras, penetrating the three Granthis and eventually activating the Kundalini.
Another spiritual benefit of the Soaham Pranayama is the perception of sublime and divine fragrances. Smelling is a tanmatra (power of perception) associated with the basic element of air. Therefore, the practice for control and attainment of extraordinary potential of this (the gandha) tanmatra fall under the Sadhanas of higher level Pranayamas. The Soaham Sadhana can expand the Gandha tanmatra so much that the Sadhaka may smell the infra- subtle and long distant fragrances. This power then becomes a medium to recognize and experience the divine elements by their unique fragrance. When the Sadhaka is progressing well in the Soaham Sadhana, he often smells some divinely soothing fragrances. This is an indication of supernatural developments.
Shrines and the place of upasana and Sadhana are often endowed with some incenses (like dhupa or agarbatti) or flowers. Their aroma induces a soothing feeling in mind and helps its focused concentration. Such fragrances also support rapid development of the Gandha tanmatra during the initial stages of the Pranayamas. If the Sadhaka meditates on the fragrance along with the exercise of deep breathing then after a little practice with determination he would be able to smell the same pleasant aroma even when he comes out and goes away from the room of Upasana. Eventually, he would begin to smell it during his regular Sadhana even without having any external means or arrangement of creating such incense. This is an indication of the awakening of the latent potential of the gandha tanmatra. Performing a higher level Pranayama like Soaham at this stage boosts this development and gradually gives rise to a supernatural power of extrasensory smell.
The importance of gandha tanmatra is well experienced in nature. Many animals and insects possess refined power of smelling. This potential is indeed an essential mode of communication, search for food, sensing an enemy's presence and transmitting or receiving the signals for mating (to or from the opposite sex)….., etc in many birds, animals and insects. Many creatures also use this sense to know the weather conditions in advance. The trained dogs use this faculty to trace the criminals or the lost things or persons. In human beings this faculty normally stands much below in the order of importance as compared to the faculties of thinking, vision, speech and hearing. Once the hidden power of smelling is activated, this dominates over all other normal faculties and it can be focused by the Sadhana for sensing the supernatural signals and experiencing the unknown, which exists far beyond the grasp of human intelligence…. The evoked tanmatra of gandha enables the Sadhaka to feel the presence of the divine powers and receive their messages. Success of the Soaham Sadhana also bestows such extrasensory potentials of the gandha tanmatra on the Sadhaka.

Soaham (Pranayama) Sadhana

Among the higher level Pranayamas, the Soaham Sadhana is regarded as supreme because the Samkalpa associated with it has the potential to evolve the individual consciousness up to the ultimate divine form and to connect the individual self with the Brahm. No other kind of Pranayama involves this level of emotional sacrifice and Samkalpa as the Soaham Sadhana does. Perhaps this is the reason why it has been given a special name - the Hamsa Yoga rather than categorizing it within the nomenclature of the other Pranayamas. The scriptures of spiritual Sadhanas have mentioned so much about the Hamsa Yoga that if compiled collectively, these descriptions would appear like an independent branch of the yoga Sastras.
The sounds of 'so' while breathing in, 'a' while retaining it, and 'ham' while breathing out, are not loud and clear like other audible sounds. One can hear them only by the 'subtle ears' (i.e. through experiencing the extrasensory vibrations) with unperturbed mental concentration. Nobody can really perceive them in the continuous breathing cycles unless one concentrates on the subtle sounds made by the flow of air in and out of the nostril during the natural process of respiration.
The sound of 'soaham' is an anahata nada. In the practice of Nada yoga one has to meditate upon the sublime sounds) of the ahata and anahata category successively) inside the body, which are perceived under a state of absolute silence. In Hamsa Yoga the nose provides extra support and the two senses (the functions of nose and ears) together with deep mental engrossment help realize the latent sound of 'Soaham'
As described in context of the nada yoga, varieties of subtle sounds - including those perceived during the gradual progress in the long term practice of nada yoga- result from the vibrations created by the sat, raj, and tam tendencies of the nature immanent in the five basic elements. These, like the internal sounds of the nerves and muscles in the body, are ahata nadas because they are generated by some kind of vibration only. Even the silent and manasika japas produce ahata nada because some movement, through of subtle dimension, of the vocal cord and the components of the nervous system, is always associated with such japas too. It is only the ajapa japa that continues naturally like the eternal flow of the self-existing anahata nada of Omkara.
The ahata nadas are expressions of the manifestations of Sabda in nature, but the anahata nadas are the expressions of the subliminal Sabda of the Brahm - the eternal Creator, the origin of nature, the cosmic thyself. Whence the latter are of paramount importance; they are conceptualized as the ultimate expressions of Sabda.
The savants of spiritual knowledge opine that in the innermost centre of the soul, its sense of self-recognition - as a fraction of the Parabrahm - is eternally reflected and gives rise to the continuous cycles of the self-existing (ajapa) japa of Soaham (meaning "I am that" - the Brahm). While discussing the meaning of 'Soaham' one should not be confused with respect to the precision of the liaisons in this Sanskrit word (according to the Sanskrit grammar; sah (that) + aham = Soaham. Because, Soaham has not been a word derived from the Sanskrit grammar, rather, it is a nada that is self-existing, because of the eternal linkage of 'so' (that, the supreme consciousness) and 'aham' (the consciousness of the individual self).
Soaham represents the oneness of the soul and the Braham. The Hamsa Yoga Pranayama of the Soaham Sadhana aims at awakening of this feeling of oneness in the jiva (the individual self). Without this realization an individual believes his body and mind to be his "self" in too. His aspirations, concerns and activities remain confined to the domain of the body and mind. His thoughts and emotions circulated within this self-conceited, limited periphery and only the things and people falling within this domain - of having some relationship with the body or the conscious mind - appear to him as his own. He does not feel any sense of responsibility or affection with others except perhaps for his near relatives and friends. Not only that at times, he does not even hesitate in harming others in order to secure the benefits of his 'own' people or to preserve the things in his 'own' possession.

Special Sadhanas for women

Women have the same right as men in respect of worship of Vedmata Gayatri. To convert inertia into momentum two objects of opposite qualities which attract each other are required. Electricity is generated by attraction and repulsion of negative and positive currents. Electrons and protons of an atom get activated on account of their mutual give and take. This conscious creation has been divided into male and female forms to make the eternal animate creation alive; otherwise this universe would have remained enveloped in in-conscience. Union of rayi and pran energies results in chaitanya. If there is no union of male and female elements, consciousness, pleasure, pulsation, speed, activity, growth etc. will all disappear and in-conscience will reign supreme in the universe.
Male and female elements supplement each other. One is incomplete without the other. The importance, utility, position and rights of each are the same. Those who say that women have no right to chant Gayatri Mantra, which is a ved-mantra, are completely mistaken. Of course, uneducated, unwise and impious women are like Shudra, and due to their own mental state they become deprived of the right of Gayatri worship.
Women have equal right with men to perform all Sadhanas relating to Gayatri. It has however, been observed that housewives who are ever much busy in household chores, who have small children to look after and are unable to maintain cleanliness cannot find time to take up difficult Sadhanas. They have to be provided with a technique of Sadhana which is easy and does not take much time. Those who cannot remember full Gayatri Mantra can make do with chanting the grief Panchakshari Mantra (Om Bhoor bhubaha swaha). During the period of menses they should suspend regular Sadhana. The performance of Anusthan, if it is being done, should also suspend during this period. It can be resumed on the expiry of this period, after taking bath.
Issueless women or those whose children have grow n up, unmarried women or widows, can conveniently per form Gayatri Sadhana like men. In routine, Sadhana it is not necessary to observe specific rules and restrictions and there is no bar to discharging normal marital functions. But during specific Sadhana or Anus than, the rule of observing Brahmacharya is to be strictly followed.

Steadiness and concentration of mind in Sadhana

A Sadhak should remove all disturbing thoughts from his mind and perform Sadhana with an unperturbed bed and quite mind. He should have firm faith, confidence, devotion and reverence. It can hardly be termed Sadhana if the mouth utters the Mantra, the hand works on the rosary but the mind wanders widely. The magnetic field to attract Gayatri cannot be created so long as the mind remains wavering and restless.
The other obstacle in Sadhana is lack of faith. Some people are by nature cynical and lack in depth of feelings. They have no real faith in spiritual pursuits. Words of praise from someone just arouse some casual curiosity in their minds. They think that by merely chanting a few Mantras their most-convicted desires might be fulfilled. Some persons are even seen taking a vow to do prescribe Jap after their desires have been fulfilled. Probably they assume that divine powers might be sitting hungry in the absence of their worship. This tendency of crude bargaining ridiculous and reveals the shallowness of their faith.
However, if persons who are lacking in faith, devotion and reverence and those who have an unsteady mind perform Gayatri Sadhana regularly, they are able to overcome these defects and in course of time, their Sadhana starts progressing smoothly. By and by faith and confidence are built up and they achieve concentration of mind. A person should, therefore, get started in Sadhana, although his mind may be unsteady. A day will come when he will overcome his defects and will receive Divine Mother's grace. He will then unders tand that faith, confidence, devotion and reverence habe a mighty power with the help of which impossible looking tasks can be accomplished, as was done by Bhagirath.

Stick to Your Resolutions

There are ample opportunities in this world for the alert and prepared ones. Those who adapt to the demand of the situation and attempt sincerely in the desired direction often make best use of the opportunities. But that would lead to good progress towards a high goal only if one does not deviate from the chosen aim. One should process towards the goal with full preparation, but should also be open to constructive criticism and consequent improvement in one's abilities and strive.
There are very few brave fellows who dare recognize their own flaws and make an honest attempt to rectify them. You should also be like them. Transform your outlook, objective and personality to become a better, more alert and illumined person. Set your goals after thorough review; then plan your actions wisely. Once you resolve to process with what is planned you should stick to it firmly like a rock; no obstruction or difficulty should be able to shake you. Often it is seen that people start with high hope and grand plans but escape in between. You should learn from their mistakes and be cautious to avoid erroneous approach.
Remember God helps those who help themselves! The world would follow you if you help yourself and reach great heights on your own.

How to improve our Economy?
The profession of beginning is a curse on our national character. Equally harmful and pitiable is the trend of having luxurious life, showoff via loans and debts. People are seen spending much more than what they should in view of their limited income. Those who enjoy festivals and fun-fares on borrowed money in fact insult themselves and degrade the dignity of life. they have no savings and keep asking for money to their friends and relations in case of emergency or for major purchases under the pretext that they would refund it soon. This habit of borrowing is as inferior as begging. Those having self-respect prefer starving to selling their prestige….
You should know that austerity and assiduity are the basis of wealthy progress of the individuals and the society as well. You should cultivate the habit of living according to your economically planned budget. Cut down on your comforts, even accept hardships if you are short of money. Don't feel tensed or bad about your low income. You can always improve your economy by further hard work and observing a self restrained austere life style.
Extravagance is the worst enemy and disease. Protect yourself from it. If you have more money that should be saved for emergency and utilized constructively for further generation of wealth which would help up-liftment and self-reliance of many others rather than being drained out in luxuries. Money is not for insane joys; its value lies in adding to economic ascent.

The Bindu Sadhana 1

In the third and the final phase of the daily practice of Bindu yoga the Sadhaka meditates on the feeling that the brain is fully illuminated and that the divine luminescence is slowly pervading the entire body. No corner, no portion, inside the body is left un-illumined. The gentle effulgence of the bright spot focused in the domain of the Ajna Cakra intensifies with the Sadhaka's mental engrossment and willpower. The duration of its consistent appearance and the domain of its light (aura) also increase correspondingly. The Ajna Cakra is described in the yoga Sastras as the sixth sense, the third eye or the divine eye. A third eye is usually depicted at this spot on the forehead (Siva) and Goddess Durga. According to a story in the Puranas, Lord Siva had generated divine spark with immense effulgence by opening his third eye and had thereby 'charred' the prankish, erotic power of Kamadeva into ashes.
In anatomical terms the Ajna Cakra encompasses the pituitary and pineal glands. It has a subtle structure similar to that of an eye. This Cakra is an eye of the subtle body. By awakening of this latent center of subtle perceptions one can visualize the otherwise invisible or hidden entities, the scenarios of the past events and those of the future happenings anywhere in the space…….
With the help of the X-ray we can photograph the internal parts of the gross body and also 'see' the belongings inside a closed metal box…... etc. The signals emitted from (or received by) the 'subtle eye' are much more powerful. If this 'eye' is opened (or enlightened by thy luminescence) then one can use it for television without the help of any external or materialistic means. Sanjay is described in the Mahabharata to have been endowed with this power of supernatural vision. This 'third eye' shows the world that can never be seen by the ordinary eyes (of the gross body).
Apart from having the potential of supernatural vision, the awakened Ajna Cakra also has the latent capacity to transmit the glow of its aura as a powerful spark. This radiant force can burn (diminish) all the illusions and evil assimilation that prevent the refinement of the subtle body (thoughts and sentiments) of the Sadhaka. Thus, by successful practices of Bindu yoga all the Kusamskaras and weaknesses can be destroyed completely with the help of the immense power of the spiritual effulgence emanated from the Ajna Cakra.
Philosophically speaking, the awakening of the 'third eye' means arousing of the viveka - pure and discerning intellect and prudent foresightedness, which exists in every human brain but in a dormant state and largely remains latent and unrealized by most of the people. The activation of the hidden wisdom eliminates all ignorance and thus helps restrain and remove the blemishes of avarice, selfishness, possessive attachment, ego, jealousy and the agonies of the unlimited desires and mental complexities caused by them.
The Puranas mention that when the world becomes disorderly and the misdeeds of evil mentality severely disturbed the harmony of nature then God Siva performed his Tandawa… When he was engrossed in this 'temblor' dance, he opened his third eye. The opening of this eye generated the devastating spark of the grand disaster. The complete destruction of the world was then followed by the creation of a new, orderly world of divine disciplines.

The Bindu Sadhana 2

In personal and social life too it sometimes becomes essential to destroy (discard or cleanse) the irrelevant, unmindful and untoward traditions or systems. Such a revolution turns out to be successful and leads to the betterment of life if it is guided by the foresighted prudence (the power of the subtle eye). The above story of the Puranas implies the essence of this fact in a rhetoric style. The present ailing state of humanity can be cured by transforming the mentality and attitude of the people upside down and by destroying the root causes of unethical thinking - viz, the passions of selfishness, avarice, lust and ego. This great revolution (Vicara Kranti) could be originated and driven up to ultimate success only by the trenchant power of righteous Viveka.
In the Soaham Sadhana, the meditation and contemplation phase consist of a determined feeling that each component of the body is being filled and energized by the Prana. Similarly, in a Bindu yoga, the last phase of meditation corresponds to visualizing the glow of the divine flame (jyoti) successively in the brain, heart, lungs and intestines etc, followed by the feeling that this brilliance has enlightened every constituent of the body from within. Every cell, every tendril is seen as sparkling with a reflection of this unique glow.
The Nepalese science of spirituality affirms four layers of the mind - mana (conscious mind), Buddhi (intellect), citta (subconscious and unconscious mind) and Ahamkara (the sense of 'being' in the individual self). In the final contemplation phase of the Bindu yoga, all these four components of the inner self are mediated upon as - fully absorbed in an ocean of thy light.
This feeling of illuminating the entire body and the inner self by the glow of the jyoti inspired in the Ajna Cakra results in an effect similar to that of the sunrise. The glow of the rising sun breaks the darkness of the night and spreads brightness in all directions; soon the world leaves the drowsiness, rouses up and begins to work with a fresh charge of energy and enthusiasm in the bright morning. The Sadhana of Bindu yoga enlightens and purifies the gross, subtle and the casual bodies of the Sadhaka and results in activating each instinct, each impulse of the self by the unique spark of the divine energy.
The word 'light' used in the science of spirituality corresponds not only to the glow and brightness of Prana but, it also implies an aura of knowledge and intellect and the energy of the enthusiasm of creativity…. in the terminology of the physical science, the effect of light naturally generates illumination and heat. In spiritual sense, the term tapa (heat) means asceticism and creative use of Prana and the term Prakasa (illumination) deals with in-depth knowledge, sound reasoning, prudence and foresighted intellect.
The use of 'bright spot' as an object of concentration in Bindu yoga is indeed related with the aforesaid spiritual impact. As stated earlier, the physical light produced by fire of electricity is used only in the elementary training phase of Trataka. The use of an oil (or ghee) lamp or a candle is most common in this practice. If one wants to use an electric bulb in place of a lamp then a low power bulb emitting dim light would be recommended to avoid train on the eyes. A blue colored bulb should be arranged in this case, as its light would have ca calm and cooling effect on the Sadhaka's mind.

The Bindu Sadhana 3

Concentration on the reddish yellow glow of the rising sun is excellent for Trataka. Full moon may also be tried as an object for meditation in this early phase of the Bindu yoga. Regular practice with sincerity enables the Sadhaka to perform Trataka without the help of any external source of light. The glow of the bright spot (jyoti) of light begins to appear on its own in the Ajna Cakra after practicing the Trataka for substantial amount of time with firm determination, devotion and mental engrossment. Initially this jyoti appears to be oscillating and shows different shades of light but gradually it becomes stable and glow of the interior of the rising sun) as this phase progresses steadily.
During the contemplation phase of the Bindu yoga, the Sadhaka has to control the flow of his thoughts and sentiments in a single direction, namely, that the divine glow is pervading from the Ajna Cakra and eliminating the darkness of ignorance, infirmities, illusion, fears and vices. Some people often doubt that this type of contemplation may disturb the concentration that ought to be maintained during a meditation-based Sadhana like the bindu yoga. These people should note that total thoughtlessness is required only in the practice of Samadhi or the thoughts within the domain of the focus and purpose of the Sadhana.
The holy river Ganges originates from the Himalayas and ultimately reaches its goal in the Ganga Sagara because, despite several turns, hurdles, drastic variations in its currents and disturbances due to the merging of other rivers etc, its flow does not loose its original direction. This example illustrates that it is not always the 'sharply focused concentration', rather, the consistency of the direction of the flow of thoughts which is important in an effective meditation.
The amazing performances of the artists in a circus become possible only by their dedicated practices with deep mental concentration. These experts have significant willpower but they are not yogis. On the contrary, the saints like Meera, Chaitanya, Suradasa, Kabira, Ramakrishna Paramahansa etc, who used to be in an emotionally charged state of devotion and used to sing and even dance in Bhakti, were equivalent to the yogis, although, they had not practiced any specific yogasana or steady meditation… This is because the flow of the emotions of these saints and every activity of their life was naturally dedicated to the devotion of the Omnipresent God.
In the Sadhanas like the Prana yoga, Hamsa yoga (Soaham) and Bindu yoga, although the initial phase involves meditation, the more important and effective component is - contemplation and realization of the goal of the Sadhana. The prescribed domain for the flow of thoughts and emotions is quite wide here. The Sadhaka has to think and feel within this domain instead of focusing upon a single point. This flow churns the ocean of consciousness in the inner self and purifies its hidden core.
The Saguna Upasana is performed with emotional linkage with God. it involves worshiping thou manifestations, chanting of the prayers and devotion songs. There is no need of specific mental engrossment or meditation in such modes of Upasanas. In fact, it is the Sadhaka's Sraddha and the depth of his devotional love that takes him to those high realms of spiritual attainments, which other yogis might reach via the successful practice of deep trance (Samadhi).
While pondering through the heart during the (last phase of) Sadhanas like Soaham and Bindu yoga, the Sadhakas often attain a state of yoga-nindra. Although physically it appears like a sleeping or an unconscious state, it is indeed a state of trance. It should be noted that the spiritual Sadhanas, if performed in a disciplined manner and with purity of heart (sentiments), mind (thoughts) and body (deeds), would never cause the extreme effects of excitations or dullness (or sleep). The yoga-nindra is a state of immersion of the individual consciousness in the supreme, eternal consciousness. Even if it is experienced for a few seconds, it brings enormous grace of that Almighty and excels the Sadhaka towards the goal of divinity.
The Soaham Sadhana and the Bindu yoga are simple, risk less and easy to perform. the Sadhaka's willpower, emotional strength and piety of character ensure that - if these Sadhanas are performed according to the guidelines laid above the Sadhaka would receive immense bliss during the final phases of contemplation and realization and gradually reach the ultimate state of evoking the divinity indwelling in himself.

The Bindu Yoga

Bindu Yoga is an important and simple Sadhana like the Hansa Yoga and it also serves as a supplement to the latter and to many other spiritual practices because it deals with meditation upon the sacred glow of the supreme consciousness existing in the soul. In this yoga, the Sadhaka first concentrates on the visible light through Trataka and by deepening his meditation gradually experiences the illumination of the inner body to visualize the manifestation of divine spark in it.
In the initial stages of this yoga the practice of Trataka is repeated. After sufficient progress in Trataka the meditation on the spot of light becomes possible even without the help of any external source of light such as a candle or lamp.
The Bindu yoga is a high level Sadhana which falls next to the Soaham Sadhana in terms of the simplicity of practicing in daily life. Likewise the Soaham Sadhana, everybody can perform it without any risk or difficulties of strict disciplines.
In the daily practice of the Bindu yoga, the Sadhaka sits in a Dhyana Mudra (posture of meditation) in a calm state of the body and the mind with erect spinal cord and closed eyes. His legs are cross folded so as to make a posture of Sukhasana or Padmasana and both the hands are kept on the lap with the right palm above the left (Lord Buddha is often depicted in this posture in this posture in his idols and pictures). The Sadhaka then concentrates to 'perceive' a bright spot in the central portion of the forehead right above the gap between the eyebrows. Deeper core behind this center is defined to be the location of the Ajna Cakra. The Sadhaka should initially practice the Trataka in order to perform this meditation properly.
In the practice of a Trataka, the Sadhaka keeps a lamp (of oil or ghee) or a candle in front of the eyes - at a distance of about 3 to 4 feet and keeps the eyes half-open. The position of the lamp is set up to the height of the Sadhaka's chest when he is sitting in the posture as described above, so that he could look at the tip of the flame without the bending his head. The Sadhaka's eyes gaze steadily at the bright spot without blinking for few seconds. He then closes the eyes to visualize the image of this glow at the position of the Ajna Cakra.
After few seconds, he again opens the eyes slightly and looks at the flame. The above process is repeated successively at increased stretched of times - ranging from two to twenty minutes per day. Initially the light spot appears to be blue-red and unstable once the eyes are closed. But, as the Sadhaka's concentration improves, it becomes as bright and stable as the flame (or the object of light) kept in front of the Sadhaka.
The morning times are usually recommended for performing a Trataka because the mind and the body are both fresh during this period. The atmosphere is relatively cool during these hours of the day and thus prevents the possibility of 'heating up' of the head due to deep engrossment and direct and continuous vision of light.
Once the practice of Trataka is perfected, the Sadhaka begins to see a bright spot inside the center of his forehead without the help of a lamp or any other source of light…… Upon reaching this state, the Cakra and feel that its glow is gradually expanding and illuminating the surrounding portion of the brain.
In an electric lamp, the central filament radiates first and its glow spreads in the surrounding gas and illuminates the entire globe of the bulb and the outside too. Vision (by closed eyes) of a similar spark and expansion of this 'mental radiance' is striven in this second phase (after Trataka) of the Bindu yoga. The duration of this phase should be kept about 5 to 10 minutes initially which may be extended gradually along with the consecutive (third) phase to about 30 minutes.

The Glory of Gayatri

It is difficult to fathom the root cause of the astonishing demonstrations of Gayatri Sadhana. Right from Brahma, the Creator of this universe, down to the present era, all the Rishis, Saints, Spiritual seers and seekers have demonstrated the beneficent effect of the chanting of Gayatri Mantra. No other mantra has been worshipped and chanted as much as Gayatri Mantra. Since ages highly elevated souls have been practicing Gayatri Sadhana. Thus, a huge mass of highly elevated spiritual energy has been accumulated in subtle celestial spheres (loks) enveloping the earth.
It is a scientific truth that no sound or idea ever perishes. Whatever is uttered or thought today will spread in the space along with its waves and will remain there till infinity in some state or the other. Waves which are most powerful remain specifically alive. Scientists are trying to catch waves set in motion during the Mahabharata battle and those of the music of Tansen. If they succeed, we will be able to listen to sounds of important conversations which took place in ancient times. It will then be possible to listen Geeta directly emanating from the mouth of "Lord Krishna". Although, it may not be possible to transform sounds and thoughts into material forms in near future, it is certain that they do not vanish into nothingness. The faith and devotion towards Gayatri which have been nourished by countless persons still exist with all their potentialities in the subtle realm. According to the principle of convergence of all homogeneous elements at one point, the faith, devotion, sentiments and devout austerity of all the devotees have combined to contribute to the accumulation of a huge store of conscious spiritual energy.
Those who are acquainted a little with the science of thinking know that a magnetic field of the type in which a person thinks is created in his mind. This magnetism attracts thoughts of similar nature permeating the entire space and in a short time there is a vast accumulation of similar kids of thoughts. Persons who think about gentlemanliness become more and more charged with righteous thoughts, virtues, tendencies and nature. In the same way a sinful mind becomes all the attraction of identical thoughts, according to which thoughts of all divine souls who were devotees of Gayatri right from the beginning of this certain get inter-linked. It is difficult even for a strong man to climb over a high wall but if a ladder or a stair-case is provided, anybody can climb over it easily. With the help of the stair-case built by the devotees of Gayatri in the past we can easily attain the fruits of Gayatri Sadhana.
We get enriched suddenly and spontaneously with all the boons of Gayatri Sadhana for which great seekers in the past had put in extremely hard labor. By these past Sadhanas powerful energy fields have been created in the subtle spheres by turning into which we can march ahead with great speed. A drop of water, when it falls in the ocean, becomes the ocean itself. A person recruited in the army becomes a part and parcel of the army. In the same way, a Sadhak who comes part and gets linked with the accumulated power of Gayatri derives all its benefits. No other Veda-Mantra possesses so much radiant and puissant energy as Gayatri Mantra. It is for this reason that immense benefits are obtained through Gayatri Sadhana with the least effort.
Even then we find that most of the people so no take advantage of it although they know its importance. A person may have ample money in his possession but if he does not use it and enjoy it, it can only be considered his misfortune, Gayatri is divine knowledge which has been made available by God to us. Rishis and Saints have been directing us at every step in the scriptures to take advantage of Gayatri Sadhana. Yet, if we do not perform this Sadhana to get its benefit, it will be our misfortune and nothing else.

The meaning of Gayatri Mantra

Rishis have selected the words of various Mantras and arranged them in such a way that they not only convey some meaning but their chanting also creates specific energies. Gayatri is a mantra which inspires righteous wisdom. It means that the Almighty God may illuminate our intellect, which may lead us on the righteous path. This is the most important prayer. All the problems of a person are solved if he is endowed with righteous wisdom. Having far-sighted wisdom, a man is neither entangled in avoidable calamity nor does he tread a wrong path. A wise man intuitively finds solutions to his problems. Those who lack this clear-sightedness find themselves always facing problems and ever living from crisis it crises. The worship of Gayatri Mantra bestows the boon of righteous wisdom. The teachings of and the powers incorporated in Gayatri Mantra fulfill this purpose. Righteous wisdom starts emerging as soon as Jap of this mantra is taken up as a Sadhana.
Gayatri Mantra
Om bhurbhuvah swah tatsaviturvarenyam bhargo devasya dhimahi dhiyo yo na prachodayat. (May almighty illuminate our intellectual which leads us to righteous path)
Om Brahma or Almighty God
Bhuh embodiment of vital spiritual energy (pran)
Bhuvah destroyer of sufferings
Swah embodiment of happiness
Tat that
savituh bright, luminous like the sun
Varenyam best, most exalted
Bhargo destroyer of sins
Devasya divine
Dhimahi may imbibe
Dhiyo intellect
yo who
Nah our
Prachodayat may inspire.
In short it is a prayer to the Almighty Supreme God, the Creator of entire cosmos, the essence of our life existence, who removes all our pains and sufferings and grants happiness beseeching His divine grace to imbibe within us His Divinity and Brilliance which may purify us and guide our righteous wisdom on the right path.
A man gets imbued with divine qualities contemplating and meditating on this meaning of Gayatri. One should contemplate on these feelings daily and regularly. Three prayer-filled meditations are given here which should be silently recited and projected on the mental screen through imagination.
1. The Almighty God, who is known as pranav pervades all the three lokas, viz, Bhooha-lok, Bhubaha-lok and Swaha-lok. He is Omnipresent. The cosmos is physical manifestation of God who pervades its each and every particle. I am seeing Him everywhere. I would always refrain from evil thoughts and evil deeds and perform true worship of God by extending cooperation in promoting happiness, peace and beauty in this universe which is His creation.
2. This (tat) God is extremely bright (savitur), most exalted (varenyam), devoid of sin (bhargo) and divine (devasya). I visualize this Divinity within me, in my soul. By such contemplation, I am becoming illumined; virtues are growing in all the layers of my being. I am being saturated with these virtues, these characteristics, of God.
3. That God may inspire (prachodayat) our (nah) intellect, wisdom (dhiyo) and lead us on righteous path. May our intellect, the intellects of our family members and of all of us, be purified and may He lead us on the righteous path. On getting righteous wisdom, which is the greatest achievement and is the source of all the happiness in this world, we may be able to enjoy celestial bliss in this life and make our human life purposeful.
W e should contemplate and meditate on these three prayer-filled meditations slowly and pausing for a moment on each word and an imaginary picture of that word should be drawn in the mind.
While contemplating upon the first meditation, it should be imagined that God pervades all the three Lokas, the earth, heaven and Patal (nethermost world). God should be visualized pervading these Lokas in the form of light, heat and electricity, life force (pran) etc. This vast universe is the living physical image of God. The Sadhak should try to visualize in his imagination a glimpse of the All-pervading Omni-present God just as was given to Arjun by Lord Krishna. He should imagine that God is all around him and he is sitting in God's lap. It should be pondered how evil thoughts and evil actions could remain lodged in his mind and body in the presence of the Omni-potent Divinity. He should imagine that each and every manifestation of this universal Godhead is aborable and that will being lies in selfless service of this universe, this vast humanity and in beautifying God's creation.
While reflecting on the second meditation, one should imagine the extremely bright and luminous, supremely exalted God adorned with all divine qualities, seated on the throne of Sadhak's heart. God can be also visualized in the form of Virat Purush -Ram, Krishna, Vishnu, Gayatri, Saraswati etc. and in the flame of a lamp. God can be meditated upon in male or in mother's form according to one's own sentiments. God is female as well as male. Gayatri Sadhaks prefer to meditate on the Almighty God in the form of Gayatri Mata Brilliance, supreme excellence, utmost; piety, purity and divine righteousness should be visualized in the beautiful image of Gayatri Mata. It should be imagined that such a beautiful and virtuous divine power permanently dwells in the Sadhak's heart and permeates all the pores of his body.
While thinking on the third meditation, it should e felt that the divine power of Gayatri has caught the intellect and feelings of our head and heart and is guiding them on the path of righteousness. We are pure, concerted and enthusiastic and are getting attained to move in the direction of righteousness with the grace of Gayatri Mata.
These three kinds of prayer filled meditations embodied in Gayatri are symbolic of Gan-yog, Bhakti-yog and Karma-yog. In fact, contemplation of the meaning of Gayatri amounts to immersion in the Triveni of these three kinds of yog.
By such contemplation, the meaning of Gayatri Mantra is fully assimilated in the heart of the Sadhak. The result is that in a short time his mind gets diverted from evil thoughts and evil deeds and he starts taking enthusiastic joy in righteous thinking and good actions. Howsoever little this tendency may be in the beginning it is almost certain that if the practice persists, the inner-self of the Sadhak becomes more and more awakened and the ultimate aim of life draws closer and closer.

The origin of Vedmata Gayatri

Vedas means Supreme Knowledge. Rik, Yaju, Sam and Atharva are four branches of knowledge. Spiritual well-being and fulfillment, self realization, peace of mind, Brahma, Nirvana, dutifulness, love Tapas, compassion, beneficence, generosity, service etc. fall under Rigved. Generosity, velour, courage, gallantry, self defense, leadership, fame, victory, power, dignity etc fall under Yajurved. Samved deals with games, sports, amusement, recreation, music, arts, literature, sensual enjoyment, beauty, harmony, poetic imagery dynamism, refined taste, gratification etc. Wealth, prosperity, accumulation of money and resources, medicines, good grains, materials, metals, buildings, vehicles, animals and similar other materials of worldly wellbeing fall within the purview of Atharva Veda.
If the subtle and material internal and external activities and imaginations of any living being are seriously and scientifically examined, it will appear that its entire consciousness moves within these four spheres. The current of knowledge of all living being flows only in the four direction of - (1) Rik- spiritual wellbeing and fulfillment, (2) Yaju- velour, (3) Sam- enjoyment and (4) Atharva- prosperity. Rik is also known as righteousness, Yaju as liberation (Moksha), Sam as sensual pleasure (Kam) and Atharva as prosperity (Arth). These are four faces of Brahma. Brahma has been described four-faced, because although having only one face, there is outflow of four currents of knowledge from his mouth. Although supreme knowledge or law which is called Veda is one, it manifests in four different aspects. This is the secret behind the four aspects, four stages of human life (Ashrams) and four social divisions (Varnas) have been formed. Childhood is the s tage of playfulness and self development; youth of raising a family and earning money; Vanprastha of virility and Sanyas of doing welfare activities. According to this fourfold division, Brahman is Rik, Kshatriya is Yaju, Vaishya is Atharva and Shudra is Sam.
These four kinds of knowledge are off-shoots of that creative consciousness of Brahma which has been described in the ancient scriptures by the name of Gayatri. Thus Gayatri is mother of four Vedas and it is therefore, called Vedmata. Just as water manifests in four different forms of ice, vapor (cloud, dew, fog etc.), air (Hydrogen, Oxygen) and liquid, and fire manifests in the forms of burning, heat, light and movement, so also Gayatri manifests in the form of four Vedas, four kinds of knowledge, Gayatri is the mother and four Vedas her progeny.
This much about the subtle form of Vedmata Gayatri. Now let us consider its gross form. Before creating this four Vedas, Brahma created Gayatri Mantra consisting of twenty-four letters. Every letter of this Mantra is instinct with a superbly refined subtle conscious energy field from which have emanated the four Vedas and their branches and sub branches. A great banyan tree lies hidden in the interior of each of its seeds. Which it sprouts and develops into a tree, gets embellished with innumerable twigs, branches, leaves, flowers and fruits. As is the growth of a tiny sees in a tree several thousand million times bigger than its origin, so have the twenty four letters of Gayatri bloomed and manifested themselves in the stupendous, all-encompassing Vadic literature.
T he origin of Grammar lies in the fourteen sounds produced by Shiva's Damaru ( musical percussion instrument) Mahadev ,once in ecstasy, played his favorite instrument Damaru which produced fourteen sounds. Pamini, the celebrated pioneering Grammarian of ancient India, created his great grammatical treatise on the basis of these fourteen sounds. Since then, its interpretation and elaborations have assumed so huge a form that they can constitute a library of grammatical literature. Similarly, the twenty-four letters of Gayatri Mantra have manifested in each and every branch and sub-branch of Vedic literature. Gayatri is the Primordial World and Vedic Richas (Stanzas) its detailed interpretations.

The Secret of the Healthy life2

The root cause of diseases is unmoral diet and an undisciplined mind. Their mixture brings disease and troubles. These troubles cannot be eradicated unless and until the root-cause is alive. The fundamental solution is to change the pattern and proportion of diet to very simple food. Excess of sweets and fats in the diet causes harm as also non-vegetarian food. Non-vegetarian food cannot keep a person healthy, because in reality, it is against man's natural constitution.
New research on brain and mind has changed the entire thinking about health and conclusively shown that a perturbed, worried excited and feeble mind casts its influence on the organ of the body. Careful attention must be paid to our daily diet, and fruits and vegetables must be increased in it. It is sufficient to cook the vegetables by boiling, rather than frying. One must give up undesirable foods and eat less than the demands of hunger. The current trend of seasoning the food with spices and eating rich food is like buying illness at a high price.
Similarly it is necessary to maintain mental stability by resorting to moral living. So not allow lust to take possession of your better self. So not allow your ambition to run riot so that mental balance is lost in merely planning your project. The greed for wealth is such that even Gods have not been able to fulfill this greed. The easiest way to save one's self from disease is to lead a life close to nature and to keep one's mind free from disturbances. A good and healthy attitude is not to give too much importance to illness. Nature is always working for the removal of disease. She does not accept defeat as long as the patient co-operates, even to a small extent. The patient's co-operation should be in the form of patience and keeping a strong mental attitude.
Pain and problem are always connected with an individual. It is not enough to fight against it. He must also learn to bear with the illness with patience. He should also learn to lighten his suffering by diverting his mind into some entertainment. It is also the duty of the family-members and relatives to reassure the patient about the treatment that he is being given proper treatment and will be definitely cured.
Disease is a result of our choosing the wrong path. It can be considered a punishment for going along the wrong path. By behaving in a willful manner and going against the tenets of nature, we have to bear the fruits of our sins in the form of various diseases. Undisciplined and willful behavior against the rules of nature has resulted in the roaring tornado of various illnesses gripping mankind today. Ignoring the signals from one's body and audaciously tinkering with it is resulting in increasing illnesses in th society. Smoking, drinking very hot t ea and coffee, alcohol, aspirin, and increased and indiscriminate use of steroids is also resulting in illnesses.
Illnesses do not come without reason. They are invited by the ignorant and the undisciplined and reside in them as long as accommodation is available. Entertainment is necessary for giving rest and relief to the mind. When taking rest after work it is necessary to relax the body. Likewise during entertainment the mind relaxes because it is freed from tension. One can relax even without entertainment but that requires efforts. This is possible only for people continuously practicing high level yogic (Mental) attainments. For the common man, relief for the tired mind is possible only by entertainment because it diverts the mind's attention to a lighter plane.
Just as rest is necessary for the body, similarly entertainment is necessary for the total development of the individual. Like education, health, social interactions and proper atmosphere, entertainment too, must be pure and wholesome, because it cheers up the mind, creates new interest in living and recharges the mind with energy.
Every activity should be mixed with proper positive feelings. Meals should be eaten as an offering from God. Instead of tasting unwanted food and leaving it as it is on the plate, it should be removed to another clean plate so others can use it. If the food plate is not to our taste, we should not express displeasure or anger. A meal taken in an atmosphere of displeasure becomes harmful, whereas even a meager meal taken cheerfully makes it nourishing and healthy. One quarter of all illnesses in this world are because of improper digestion
It is the duty of every thinking individual, to make his body healthy, and capable for long life. Everyone wants all this but their life-style and food habits are exactly in the opposite direction. This causes incalculable harm to one's own body, destruction of health, pain and even untimely and painful death.
It is ot at all difficult to remain healthy and capable. This is achievable by living in tune with nature. What is proper and improper is indicated by machines in the form of body's organs. Their deranged function alerts us for taking proper measures. Proper health is achieved by disciplined living within the limits set up by nature.
It is an absolutely wrong belief that eating more food gives more strength. Only proper digestion of food will result in strength. Actually over-eating burdens the digestive system and causes harm instead of giving strength. One should eat only after the earlier meal has been digested, the stomach is empty and one feels really hungry. If that does not happen, one should be satisfied with one meal only and avoid a second meal. If one wants to mend a weak digestive system to bring it to normal, the time between two meals must be prolonged. Instead of taking medicines for digestion, it is better to fact or eat once a day until returning to normal. This prevents the waste of food as well as digestive-juices.
Laziness is a bad habit which makes the body lazy and affects the mind. The lazy mind affects starts roaming in the wrong direction, justifying the saying, "an idle mind is the devil's workshop". The idle person then starts indulging in such time wasting pastimes as card-games, ludo and chess. He starts looking out for similar company or even entices the gullible ones.
As long as people are engaged in service, business or some gainful activity, their health remains good, but no sooner they retire, their rosy imaginations of a "peaceful and happy life" disappear. It is extremely important to understand that if one takes interest in any work, it does not remain mere work, but a fun-giving activity.
There is a custom in many part of Nepal that people press you to eat more food to express their love for you. In such a situation, one must politely and firmly say "no" to such instance. Many people overeat because of their greed for tasty food and then suffer also.
One does not become weak because of reducing the food intake. With over eating, one becomes a victim of indigestion and the digestive system becomes weaker and weaker with continued overeating. Compared to the number of people dying from hunger, double the number doe from over-eating. Man is attacked by external micro-organisms and also affected by changes in the weather resulting in lower body-resistance. There may also be other reasons for lowering the body-resistance. But the most prominent cause is over-indulgence in food.
People working only with their brains and running away from physical work usually do not have proper health. Actually every limb and organ of the body must get due exercise to maintain its normal activity and firmness. Those who do not have the practice of hard physical work or do not get such an opportunity, pay a heavy price for laziness and weaken the body's constitution.
One must always take deep breaths for maintaining the dynamic activity of the lungs and help the body to get its proper supply of oxygen. A large part of the lungs of people sitting with a stoop remains inactive. This leads to diseases such as asthma, tuberculosis, and cough and also to an increase of bacteria in the lungs. One should always breathe through the nose and move one's hands forward and backward like a soldier, while walking. I f one adopts a simple life-style then there will be no cause at all to suffer the punishment for going against the norms of nature.

The Secret of the Healthy life2

The root cause of diseases is unmoral diet and an undisciplined mind. Their mixture brings disease and troubles. These troubles cannot be eradicated unless and until the root-cause is alive. The fundamental solution is to change the pattern and proportion of diet to very simple food. Excess of sweets and fats in the diet causes harm as also non-vegetarian food. Non-vegetarian food cannot keep a person healthy, because in reality, it is against man's natural constitution.
New research on brain and mind has changed the entire thinking about health and conclusively shown that a perturbed, worried excited and feeble mind casts its influence on the organ of the body. Careful attention must be paid to our daily diet, and fruits and vegetables must be increased in it. It is sufficient to cook the vegetables by boiling, rather than frying. One must give up undesirable foods and eat less than the demands of hunger. The current trend of seasoning the food with spices and eating rich food is like buying illness at a high price.
Similarly it is necessary to maintain mental stability by resorting to moral living. So not allow lust to take possession of your better self. So not allow your ambition to run riot so that mental balance is lost in merely planning your project. The greed for wealth is such that even Gods have not been able to fulfill this greed. The easiest way to save one's self from disease is to lead a life close to nature and to keep one's mind free from disturbances. A good and healthy attitude is not to give too much importance to illness. Nature is always working for the removal of disease. She does not accept defeat as long as the patient co-operates, even to a small extent. The patient's co-operation should be in the form of patience and keeping a strong mental attitude.
Pain and problem are always connected with an individual. It is not enough to fight against it. He must also learn to bear with the illness with patience. He should also learn to lighten his suffering by diverting his mind into some entertainment. It is also the duty of the family-members and relatives to reassure the patient about the treatment that he is being given proper treatment and will be definitely cured.
Disease is a result of our choosing the wrong path. It can be considered a punishment for going along the wrong path. By behaving in a willful manner and going against the tenets of nature, we have to bear the fruits of our sins in the form of various diseases. Undisciplined and willful behavior against the rules of nature has resulted in the roaring tornado of various illnesses gripping mankind today. Ignoring the signals from one's body and audaciously tinkering with it is resulting in increasing illnesses in th society. Smoking, drinking very hot t ea and coffee, alcohol, aspirin, and increased and indiscriminate use of steroids is also resulting in illnesses.
Illnesses do not come without reason. They are invited by the ignorant and the undisciplined and reside in them as long as accommodation is available. Entertainment is necessary for giving rest and relief to the mind. When taking rest after work it is necessary to relax the body. Likewise during entertainment the mind relaxes because it is freed from tension. One can relax even without entertainment but that requires efforts. This is possible only for people continuously practicing high level yogic (Mental) attainments. For the common man, relief for the tired mind is possible only by entertainment because it diverts the mind's attention to a lighter plane.
Just as rest is necessary for the body, similarly entertainment is necessary for the total development of the individual. Like education, health, social interactions and proper atmosphere, entertainment too, must be pure and wholesome, because it cheers up the mind, creates new interest in living and recharges the mind with energy.
Every activity should be mixed with proper positive feelings. Meals should be eaten as an offering from God. Instead of tasting unwanted food and leaving it as it is on the plate, it should be removed to another clean plate so others can use it. If the food plate is not to our taste, we should not express displeasure or anger. A meal taken in an atmosphere of displeasure becomes harmful, whereas even a meager meal taken cheerfully makes it nourishing and healthy. One quarter of all illnesses in this world are because of improper digestion
It is the duty of every thinking individual, to make his body healthy, and capable for long life. Everyone wants all this but their life-style and food habits are exactly in the opposite direction. This causes incalculable harm to one's own body, destruction of health, pain and even untimely and painful death.
It is ot at all difficult to remain healthy and capable. This is achievable by living in tune with nature. What is proper and improper is indicated by machines in the form of body's organs. Their deranged function alerts us for taking proper measures. Proper health is achieved by disciplined living within the limits set up by nature.
It is an absolutely wrong belief that eating more food gives more strength. Only proper digestion of food will result in strength. Actually over-eating burdens the digestive system and causes harm instead of giving strength. One should eat only after the earlier meal has been digested, the stomach is empty and one feels really hungry. If that does not happen, one should be satisfied with one meal only and avoid a second meal. If one wants to mend a weak digestive system to bring it to normal, the time between two meals must be prolonged. Instead of taking medicines for digestion, it is better to fact or eat once a day until returning to normal. This prevents the waste of food as well as digestive-juices.
Laziness is a bad habit which makes the body lazy and affects the mind. The lazy mind affects starts roaming in the wrong direction, justifying the saying, "an idle mind is the devil's workshop". The idle person then starts indulging in such time wasting pastimes as card-games, ludo and chess. He starts looking out for similar company or even entices the gullible ones.
As long as people are engaged in service, business or some gainful activity, their health remains good, but no sooner they retire, their rosy imaginations of a "peaceful and happy life" disappear. It is extremely important to understand that if one takes interest in any work, it does not remain mere work, but a fun-giving activity.
There is a custom in many part of Nepal that people press you to eat more food to express their love for you. In such a situation, one must politely and firmly say "no" to such instance. Many people overeat because of their greed for tasty food and then suffer also.
One does not become weak because of reducing the food intake. With over eating, one becomes a victim of indigestion and the digestive system becomes weaker and weaker with continued overeating. Compared to the number of people dying from hunger, double the number doe from over-eating. Man is attacked by external micro-organisms and also affected by changes in the weather resulting in lower body-resistance. There may also be other reasons for lowering the body-resistance. But the most prominent cause is over-indulgence in food.
People working only with their brains and running away from physical work usually do not have proper health. Actually every limb and organ of the body must get due exercise to maintain its normal activity and firmness. Those who do not have the practice of hard physical work or do not get such an opportunity, pay a heavy price for laziness and weaken the body's constitution.
One must always take deep breaths for maintaining the dynamic activity of the lungs and help the body to get its proper supply of oxygen. A large part of the lungs of people sitting with a stoop remains inactive. This leads to diseases such as asthma, tuberculosis, and cough and also to an increase of bacteria in the lungs. One should always breathe through the nose and move one's hands forward and backward like a soldier, while walking. I f one adopts a simple life-style then there will be no cause at all to suffer the punishment for going against the norms of nature.

The Secret of a Healthy Life

Good health and ability for proper understanding - both these are the best blessings in life
Good health is closely related to proper understanding. It is said that a stable mind resides in a healthy body. The mind, thoughts and understanding of a person having indifferent health will never be mature. One can judge a man from the status on his health. People with good moral conduct are healthy, strong and free from disease. They always have a smiling face. These people have some sort of magnetism so that everyone wishes to talk to them, make friends with them and always be with them. Nobody likes to separate from them. Healthy people have greater vitality in them
The reason for the current disease, sorrow, frailty, dissatisfaction, strife and lack of peace in our lives is because of lack of proper understanding. This lack of understanding makes us roam in the mire of greed and delusions, and does not allow us to come on the pathe of heavenly peace, natural satisfaction and endless virtues. Test your ambition, on the touchstone of truth and propriety weigh it on the balance of benefit or lack of it and immediately throw away those desires which are obstructing the path. Then you will observe how happiness, peace and good health enter your life.
Moral discretion is man's biggest Guru, director, assistant and harbinger of luck. In ancient times, every citizen of Nepal was a follower of Nepalese civilization and worshipper of moral discretion. Morality in the form of the Gayatri Mahamantra (great psalm) was worshipped. The characteristic of the strength of the soul in those days was to accept and adopt only that which is proper, derived by logic and acceptable to the intelligence, and to throw away the useless garbage of traditional muddling thoughts from the mind. Discrete people have always been discarding - according to the needs of the times - unnecessary customs, habits, traditions and beliefs even though these may have been introduced or adopted by so called great persons. If this mode of thinking is destroyed, then one should realize that all else is destroyed, even good health.
The truth of the matter is that at present we are living in a terrible era of illusion of intelligence. Instead of thinking along the straight and truthful live, we have become habituated to think in the opposite direction. As a result we are roaming dazedly in the labyrinthine maze of our own perversities. It is a quirk of destiny that on the one hand the strength of our intelligence is used in making money, in plotting strategies in satisfying our curiosity and creating miracles, while on the other hand the same intelligence discards ideals and gets entangled in such problems, that one is compelled to brand it as foolish. The path to happiness, good health and long life is straight and simple and free from the so called cleverness. Our own foolishness is the mother of all our troubles.
Wrong belief, very low type of thinking and tastes and willful choice of wrong direction - in the name of sophistication, these mistakes have ensnared intelligent people in their collective net and fooled them. If we wish to continue to rot in this situation, then we must also realize that our individual and collective health will be destroyed in the days to come. We must free ourselves from the illusion that costly foodstuffs can make a person strong and that freedom from disease can be achieved with medicines.
The type of world that we live in today can only be termed a world of mad person. When people throw morality, vision, propriety and permanent benefits to the winds and are immersed in making money by deceit, they should be considered profligates only.
It appears as if man's intelligence is centered on preparing various rich dishes for destroying digestion. This distorted intelligence manifests vividly at get-together and picnics, songs, musical instruments, make up, appearance and acting in films - all are aimed at exciting lust and creating the ammunition for destroying man's health and life. Artificialness has crept in man's lifestyle and food-habits to such an extent that apparently man has decided to boycott the dictates of nature. The whole society is bent on behaving like mad persons. This is akin to slow suicide. In this situation superficial efforts cannot contain the danger to society's health. For this we will have to bring a revolutionary change in our thinking-pattern and behavior.
Unfortunately the daring and will required to change the wrong beliefs, thoughts and habits, is very much lacking these days. Actually we must firmly hold on to what we believe is right and immediately discard all the wrong that is going on. Each man must have at least this much courage. Those who do not dare to accept the useful and cannot give up the useless must be called half-dead in not dead. They are not able to understand any discussion on knowledge and discretion. When they hear such a sermon, there is a temporary surge of ambition coupled with a desire to follow the good path for their own benefit, but the moment the talk is over, the desire dies down. If a person is not ready to change his beliefs and habits, then he cannot hope to obtain freedom from the problems of indifferent health or disease.
Jungle tribes like the Bhils in Nepal and Eskimos living in the unbearable colds of the North Pole are found to be healthy, well-built, cheerful and having a long life - span despite living in economic hardship and being deprived of costly food, clothes and medical facilities. They have adopted a simple life-style with the intelligence bestowed by nature. Compared to them we are very much different and despite being surrounded by comforts and facilities, we are making our bodies unnecessarily weak. The issue of good health for us cannot be tackled by nutritious food, rest, medicines etc. If that were so them we would find all wealthy rich people well-built like wrestlers and the poor, laborers and people not having enough their daily necessities with poor built and suffering from illness. But actually what happens is the opposite.

The Secret of the Healthy life2

The root cause of diseases is unmoral diet and an undisciplined mind. Their mixture brings disease and troubles. These troubles cannot be eradicated unless and until the root-cause is alive. The fundamental solution is to change the pattern and proportion of diet to very simple food. Excess of sweets and fats in the diet causes harm as also non-vegetarian food. Non-vegetarian food cannot keep a person healthy, because in reality, it is against man's natural constitution.
New research on brain and mind has changed the entire thinking about health and conclusively shown that a perturbed, worried excited and feeble mind casts its influence on the organ of the body. Careful attention must be paid to our daily diet, and fruits and vegetables must be increased in it. It is sufficient to cook the vegetables by boiling, rather than frying. One must give up undesirable foods and eat less than the demands of hunger. The current trend of seasoning the food with spices and eating rich food is like buying illness at a high price.
Similarly it is necessary to maintain mental stability by resorting to moral living. So not allow lust to take possession of your better self. So not allow your ambition to run riot so that mental balance is lost in merely planning your project. The greed for wealth is such that even Gods have not been able to fulfill this greed. The easiest way to save one's self from disease is to lead a life close to nature and to keep one's mind free from disturbances. A good and healthy attitude is not to give too much importance to illness. Nature is always working for the removal of disease. She does not accept defeat as long as the patient co-operates, even to a small extent. The patient's co-operation should be in the form of patience and keeping a strong mental attitude.
Pain and problem are always connected with an individual. It is not enough to fight against it. He must also learn to bear with the illness with patience. He should also learn to lighten his suffering by diverting his mind into some entertainment. It is also the duty of the family-members and relatives to reassure the patient about the treatment that he is being given proper treatment and will be definitely cured.
Disease is a result of our choosing the wrong path. It can be considered a punishment for going along the wrong path. By behaving in a willful manner and going against the tenets of nature, we have to bear the fruits of our sins in the form of various diseases. Undisciplined and willful behavior against the rules of nature has resulted in the roaring tornado of various illnesses gripping mankind today. Ignoring the signals from one's body and audaciously tinkering with it is resulting in increasing illnesses in th society. Smoking, drinking very hot t ea and coffee, alcohol, aspirin, and increased and indiscriminate use of steroids is also resulting in illnesses.
Illnesses do not come without reason. They are invited by the ignorant and the undisciplined and reside in them as long as accommodation is available. Entertainment is necessary for giving rest and relief to the mind. When taking rest after work it is necessary to relax the body. Likewise during entertainment the mind relaxes because it is freed from tension. One can relax even without entertainment but that requires efforts. This is possible only for people continuously practicing high level yogic (Mental) attainments. For the common man, relief for the tired mind is possible only by entertainment because it diverts the mind's attention to a lighter plane.
Just as rest is necessary for the body, similarly entertainment is necessary for the total development of the individual. Like education, health, social interactions and proper atmosphere, entertainment too, must be pure and wholesome, because it cheers up the mind, creates new interest in living and recharges the mind with energy.
Every activity should be mixed with proper positive feelings. Meals should be eaten as an offering from God. Instead of tasting unwanted food and leaving it as it is on the plate, it should be removed to another clean plate so others can use it. If the food plate is not to our taste, we should not express displeasure or anger. A meal taken in an atmosphere of displeasure becomes harmful, whereas even a meager meal taken cheerfully makes it nourishing and healthy. One quarter of all illnesses in this world are because of improper digestion
It is the duty of every thinking individual, to make his body healthy, and capable for long life. Everyone wants all this but their life-style and food habits are exactly in the opposite direction. This causes incalculable harm to one's own body, destruction of health, pain and even untimely and painful death.
It is ot at all difficult to remain healthy and capable. This is achievable by living in tune with nature. What is proper and improper is indicated by machines in the form of body's organs. Their deranged function alerts us for taking proper measures. Proper health is achieved by disciplined living within the limits set up by nature.
It is an absolutely wrong belief that eating more food gives more strength. Only proper digestion of food will result in strength. Actually over-eating burdens the digestive system and causes harm instead of giving strength. One should eat only after the earlier meal has been digested, the stomach is empty and one feels really hungry. If that does not happen, one should be satisfied with one meal only and avoid a second meal. If one wants to mend a weak digestive system to bring it to normal, the time between two meals must be prolonged. Instead of taking medicines for digestion, it is better to fact or eat once a day until returning to normal. This prevents the waste of food as well as digestive-juices.
Laziness is a bad habit which makes the body lazy and affects the mind. The lazy mind affects starts roaming in the wrong direction, justifying the saying, "an idle mind is the devil's workshop". The idle person then starts indulging in such time wasting pastimes as card-games, ludo and chess. He starts looking out for similar company or even entices the gullible ones.
As long as people are engaged in service, business or some gainful activity, their health remains good, but no sooner they retire, their rosy imaginations of a "peaceful and happy life" disappear. It is extremely important to understand that if one takes interest in any work, it does not remain mere work, but a fun-giving activity.
There is a custom in many part of Nepal that people press you to eat more food to express their love for you. In such a situation, one must politely and firmly say "no" to such instance. Many people overeat because of their greed for tasty food and then suffer also.
One does not become weak because of reducing the food intake. With over eating, one becomes a victim of indigestion and the digestive system becomes weaker and weaker with continued overeating. Compared to the number of people dying from hunger, double the number doe from over-eating. Man is attacked by external micro-organisms and also affected by changes in the weather resulting in lower body-resistance. There may also be other reasons for lowering the body-resistance. But the most prominent cause is over-indulgence in food.
People working only with their brains and running away from physical work usually do not have proper health. Actually every limb and organ of the body must get due exercise to maintain its normal activity and firmness. Those who do not have the practice of hard physical work or do not get such an opportunity, pay a heavy price for laziness and weaken the body's constitution.
One must always take deep breaths for maintaining the dynamic activity of the lungs and help the body to get its proper supply of oxygen. A large part of the lungs of people sitting with a stoop remains inactive. This leads to diseases such as asthma, tuberculosis, and cough and also to an increase of bacteria in the lungs. One should always breathe through the nose and move one's hands forward and backward like a soldier, while walking. I f one adopts a simple life-style then there will be no cause at all to suffer the punishment for going against the norms of nature.

The Use of Mind Energy

The mind's energy is used up in a limited, balanced and organized manner during the process of normal thinking and normal working. During mental excitement, the loss of mind's energy increases very muck. During such mental states as suffering from fear, worry sadness, dejection etc man feels lost whereas during anger, impulse, sexual urge and eagemess, man feels excited. In either case, mental stability is disturbed. Whether ebb or tide, the proportion of upheaval in the sea is the same. The emotion produced in the mind due to an overdose of dejection or happiness makes it impossible to think rationally or come to proper conclusion because a tired man thinks despairing thoughts of loss and an intoxicated or overconfident man tends to make tall claims.
Body and mind are inter-related. When the mind is happy, the body is active and if gries or sorrow fills the mind, the body not only becomes lethargic but the work is spoiled because of half-hearted effort and result will be more expensive than loss. Mood is another name to describe the mind's condition. If the mood is favorable, the man will be immersed in activity and when the mood is unfavorable, then man will feel that work has become a burden.
The mind carries out some activities on its own whereas it has to take the help of other organs for some other activities. Thinking, cogitation, meditation, imagination, planning, mental conclusion, decision etc are carried on independently by the mind whereas activities such as moving around, eating, drinking, seeing, hearing and speaking have to be carried out by the mind with the help of organs.
Mental slavery is a very bad type of dependence. Slaves at least get the time for eating and sleeping, but the slave of mind is never at the rest. Leave alone doing anything independently, they are not able even to think. The basic reason for progress is the mind. Usually circumstances are given the credit or blame, but it is only a shameful excuse. If circumstances are the reason, then most - if not all people in the same circumstances would have adopted the same, favorable means or path, but it does not really happen. What we really find is that people living in the best of circumstances, with all the facilities at their command, carry out the worst types of deeds. As against that, many people living in extreme adversities and living in a state of scarcity are able to maintain their morality and goodness.
Only man is born crying and goes on complaining throughout the life till death. All the other animals do not have any problems or complaints, but man possesses the abilities of thinking and feeling and therefore gets influenced by the smallest matter or event and expresses his reaction. Most or the reactions are expressed as unfavorable rather than favorable.
Some people are unhappy because of the scarcity of materials facilities whereas some are unhappy because of lack mental peace. These problems have been more complicated in the present times. Development or progresses have brought many problems created by today's mechanical civilization, the fore most mental tension.
Our aim should be to lead a life free from worry, but for this we should neither be impatient nor be perturbed. One should try to reach one's target by climbing one step at a time. To observe oneself from the bodily discomforts due to tension, everyone must have faith. Some people may find it difficult to believe in God's existence, but one can at least have faith in one's own self, if not anything else.
People without mental strength appear to have a suppressed nature. They are not able to tell an ordinary and true tale to anyone. They are always afraid to open their mouth with the fear that the person listening to them will misunderstand or will not be pleased or will snub him. In reality, nothing much is lost if this happens, but a person without mental strength is so much afraid and suppressed that he does not pick up the courage to tell his story to anyone properly even though he may communicate such a person feels shy to talk, so there exists the possibility of misunderstanding. There is also the possibility that the listener may do something undesirable, unexpected and harmful because of such misunderstanding.
Why people suffer from lack of mental strength or shyness or inferiority is worth thinking about. Psychiatrists give many reasons for that. According to them, lack of love and attention from parents, neglect by parents and relatives and constantly being put in a ridiculous situation are some of the reasons which create such situations that the children become the victims of the severe handicap of inferiority. Ill, handicapped, retarded and frail children frequently receive scolding. As a result they develop the belief that their situation is pitiable compared to others - that they are just unlucky. Similarly people belonging to the backward classes mostly consider themselves inferior to other and tend to keep their thinking level also low and inferior.
Men devoid of self-confidence and suffering from inferiority compels do not have the strength to cultivate daring and patience. Therefore they adopt rude behavior for attracting people's attention and sometimes also adopt criminal ways. It takes courage to be rude and commit a crime and hence when they find quick achievement possible by this approach, people suffering from inferiority, search for the company of such criminals for friendship. After joining such vagabonds, they develop the courage for committing crimes and by indulging in intimidation, feel glorified.
A person with inferiority complex suffers from the illusion of neglect, contempt and inferiority. He pampers this illusion which impels him to attract others by dressing flashily. The attraction of other people's attention acts as a balm for his inferior feelings. Most persons who dress flashily consider themselves inferior and neglected or rejected by the society. Even though they make tall claims and indulge in false and self-satisfaction, concealed deep in their mind is the suppressed feeling of inferiority.

Torturing of Kundalini

When the Sadhak does not find a way out and his Sadhana does not progress for a long time he should consult his experienced Guru (spiritual teacher) and proceed according to his advice. In this way gradually, after piercing through all the six chakras, the Sadhak reaches Kundalini located at Mooladhar and gets a glimpse of that volcanic, terrifying serpentine coil of gigantic energy, Maha-Sarpini. The overwhelmingly violent form of Mahakali is seen here. Several Sadhaks tremble violently when they try to awaken this sleeping tigers.
The dormant Kundalini requires to be hit hard if it is sought to activate it. In spiritual language this is known as "torturing of Kundalini". By such torture, the excited Kundalini makes a hissing sound and awakens and its first targets of attack are negative habits, tendencies and desires accumulated over the past several births. It chews-up these evil sanskars and rides upon the chest of Sadhak's mind duly armed with all her weapons, destroys his material illusions and ignorance and transforms him into godliness.
The process of awakening Kundalini and exciting it has been described in the ancient scriptures in an extremely symbolic of voting style. The battle between Mahisasur and Durga is symbolic of this spiritual secret. Mahisasur (human mind consisting of five elements), seeking to attain salvation and inspired by the desire to be killed at the hands of the Goddess, enters into battle with Chandi (Kundalini) who is sitting silently, and attacks. The Goddess gets infuriated and counter-attacks and chews up its mount. Mahisasur (he-buffalo). This Mahisasur is nothing else than a bundle of evil. Sanskars. Goddess Chandi (Kundalini) destroys the body of Mahisasur (the material trend of the mind) by her ten arms from all directions and ultimately Mahisasur merges into Chandi's Light. It becomes a part of Maha-Shakti and attains the supreme goal of life. This furious form of devotional Sadhana is extremely fierce and hazardous. This is known as the path of battle (Sadhana Samar).
Whereas several devotees attain Divinity by love and devotion, there are others who attain it through Sadhana-Samar. Just as a true lover attains God, a true enemy can also attain Him. Hath-yogis and followers of Tantrik Sadhana fall in the latter category. Awakening of Kundalini is a warrior like (veerochit Sadhana) on the basis of which in significant individual soul can become great, a living atom transforming itself into the all-pervading Divinity.
While performing Sadhana of Shat-chakra, the Sadhak should enter into Brahamnadi and meditate on the chakras daily. Starting from five minutes the daily practice can be extended up to thirty minutes. But extending the duration beyond thirty minutes is harmful, as intense heat is produced by such meditation, which cannot be tolerated after a certain limit. The mind should be brought back to the trikuti and meditation should be brought to an end.
Needless to say, while doing this Sadhana, a Sadhak should observe Brahmacharya, take only Satvik food once a day, remain in solitude in a healthy atmosphere and maintain regularity in his daily routine. By piercing of Shat-chakras and awakening of Kundalini, a Sadhak can have a glimpse of the Supreme Divine Energy in brahmarandhra and thus attain several great Siddhis (occult divine powers).

Towards Self-Realization

Soaham Sadhana or Hansa Yoga is purely a spiritual type of Pranayama. This Yoga incorporates Pranayama along with some kind of Nada Yoga and Dhyana Yoga.. The Pranayama phase consists of -sitting in a stable posture of Sukhasana or Padmasana; in a physically and mentally calm condition; keeping the spinal cord in an erect position and taking deep breaths in a consistent manner. The erect position of the spinal column supports straight flow of the Prana. Like for the other Pranayamas, breathing at a slow pace is supposed to be the best for this one too. Breathing should be so deep that the lungs would be totally filled with oxygen after inhalation. The duration of either kind of Kumbhaka should not be more than half that of the recaka or puraka.
While breathing in, the concentration should be focused at the subtle sound (of 'so') produced by the air-flow through the nostril. During the antah kumbhaka it should be centered inside the body. Meditating on the flow of the 'inhaled' Prana through the endocrine centers like the satachakras or the granthis along the spinal column is extremely useful because it helps focusing the consciousness at these specific extrasensory nodal points and thus accelerating the vibrations of latent energy currents.
While breathing out, the Sadhaka should concentrate on the subtle sound of 'ham' (produced by the outflow of the air) and expel the ego, selfishness, vices and infirmities with it. In order to make this activity careful in his day-to-day life too. All the glamour and passions associated with 'ham' ('I" - the ego) and its narrow perspectives are to be left despite the intense pressures of worldly benefits and fears. When an oil -lamp is kindled, its flame assumes predominance and the oil slowly loses its own identity and transfers its existence in the form of light through the medium of the flame. Similarly, in the soaham Pranayama, the existence of ham (the ego) is immersed in so (that, the omnipresent Brahm) through the medium of controlled breathing and support of mental Samkalpa.
Perception of the subtle sounds - of 'So' and 'Ham' which are 'dissolved' in the in and out flows of the breaths - corresponds to a practice similar to the nada yoga. Meditation upon these sounds and the associated paramount feelings of attracting the mahaprana and releasing the ego and ignorance is indeed a superior type of Dhyana yoga too.
The inherent unity between the soul and the Brahm is described in the scriptures of Vedanta as the principle of advaita. The sastras like the Panchadashi present the details on the philosophy and implementation of this principle. The Hamsa Yoga is a Sadhana, a spiritual experiment for the realization of this theory.
The Gayatri Mantra consists of twenty-four Sanskrit letters compiled in the three vyahrtis after "Oam". The continuous japa of this mantra by the subconscious mind is a sadhana of the prana, which results in the merging of the individual consciousness with the mahaprana. This effectuates the linkage of the individual self with its Omnipresent thy origin and thus leads to the realization of the Brahm. The subtle but spontaneous japa of soaham occurring with each breath is the same type of Sadhana of Prana and gives equivalent spiritual benefits. Therefore, the soaham sadhana is called the ajapa of Gayatri.
Every Sadhaka of Gayatri has to perform the soaham sadhana (hamsa yoga) before entering into the highest phase of the spiritual sadhana of Gayatri. Thus 'soaham' is the bija (essence) of the Gayatri Mantra and its sadhana is said to be essential for the ultimate success in the sadhana of Gayatri.

Traditional Meanings of Colors
The traditional meanings of colors are given below:
Red Leadership, energy, aggressiveness
Orange Peace, cooperation, diplomacy, health
Yellow Creative expression, joy of living, intellect
Green Order, service, healing, construction
Blue Constructive freedom, travel, resourcefulness, love of knowledge and sex
Indigo Balance, responsibility, humanitarianism, love, domesticity
Violet Analysis, understanding, intuition, spirituality, clairvoyance
Pink Materialism, attainment, execution, love of power and position
Bronze Selflessness, philanthropy, tolerance, compassion
Silver Illumination, intuition, vision, impracticality
Gold Master builder

Above are the meaning of traditional color which may apply till date by the person.

True meaning of Color

Traditionally a particular color would typify a person and say, "this is how the person is". True meaning would differ on the 'level of certainty' and say, "this is how the person should be". This is so because only a few of us live or are able to live correctly according to the traditional meaning. Most of us do not live or are not able to live the way the traditional meaning expects. This observation applies equally to astrology, numerology, palm reading predictions, etc.
According to the traditional meaning nature normally offers an opportunity to people, which they fail to grab for several reasons. One of the most common reasons is the fear of failing. In come corner of their heart they feel that this is what they are supposed to be, and perhaps they could have done it. However, they were afraid, and the opportunity passed by. They felt safer in leading a mediocre life. I personally am aware of missing several grand opportunities that came my way.
The other prominent reason for missing the opportunity is to live as a means to an end. People have to earn money to pay the bills and run the family, and so, they cannot pursue the special lines offered by their primary color. They could have become extraordinary, but they were forced by circumstances to live a mediocre life. More often than not such people are painfully aware of what they have missed. But, I repeat, the opportunities keep persisting, and at any other time in life you can still seize one of them. You always have a chance to live true to the traditional meaning of the color
Thus, an engineer, a doctor, a lecturer, a carpenter, a blacksmith, a cobbler - all may be having the same color as primary in the aura, but they are leading different professions. Similarly, if you see the auras of half a dozen librarians, for example, you may be surprised to see that they have six different colors as primary in their auras. This explains why most people are doing what they are not supposed to be doing. Yet there are a few who are doing what they are supposed to be doing. And they are the brilliant ones, know in society for their work Galileo, Einstein, Rabindranath Tagore, Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Nat King Cole are some such examples. This should motivate you to find your primary color in the aura, and to live up to its requirements, if possible. It is never too late.
Then there are mood colors in the auras. For example, if you are angry or jealous or revengeful, a dirty red can appear in the outskirts of your aura. Murderers and condemned people may have dull red and black combined at the moment of their intense feelings.
When you are in love or in a peaceful state or involved in religious activities, blue and violet may appear in the aura. Blue and green appearing together may imply intuitive awareness. Appearance of gray would mean depression or stress. When you are thoughtful, a yellow tinge may be seen in the outskirts. When you are involved in philanthropic or compassionate activities, indigo may be seen in the aura for that time. These are temporary appearances.

Value of Meaningful life

Life is like a river, which keeps on flowing from its source to its merger into the sea. That the feeling of worthlessness of life gives rise to the wish for suicide is evident from the fact that man wants to keep only useful things which are worth keeping. No body likes to keep worthless dirt with him.
Therefore when life is found worthless, it is but natural that man tends to destroy rather than save it. There may be some connecting fiber, which because of attachment or infatuation; May save him from rash acts but when such a connection breaks down, then the desire for self-destruction becomes intense. This desire becomes fulfilled upon gathering enough courage - otherwise there is only the wish in the individual.
Many have found life's fulfillment in collecting wealth, but even wealthy persons have been found committing suicide. Many people have tried to make lives successful through fame, reputation and renown. It has been found that even after success in this direction, they are not satisfied. Some think that life becomes worth through scholarship and knowledge but many profound scholars and knowledgeable people and scientists have been found committing suicides.
These types of successes create an illusion of success, but do not give a meaningful life. If life became meaningful with these, then big scholars, wealthy, famous people, leaders and knowledgeable people would not be seen dejected, disappointed and unhappy.
What makes life meaningful? With a little thinking, it becomes clear that man's own soul is a part of the vast universe. Man's soul - bound within the body - is eager to meet the vast sea of vitality pervading the universe. Whosoever has understood this eagerness, made the gesture of dissolving one's selfish interests in the vast interest of the universe - they have never been found to be disappointed, nor is a description found of such person, who having accepted this direction, has ever committed suicide. Just as a drop of water merges into the river and becomes meaningful, similarly man also, by breaking away from the hold of his wretched ego and merging into the vase creation becomes meaningful and fulfilled. Then the question of thinking about committing suicide does not arise at all.
Weakness is also a type of unforgivable sin which gives rise to impulsive sentiments and ultimately to diseases. It is natural for those without strength to feel hopeless and sad, but nature does consider lack of strength as some disease or helpless and pitiable condition. Sages with the strength of knowledge have called weakness as a sin, for which the punishment has to be suffered in all spheres. When every particle of creation inspires you for gathering strength, and the facilities for this are available everywhere, then why should you remain weak because of laziness and inaction? Weakness is not a condition but a result of laziness and lack of action. For this reason whatever be the type of weakness - whether physical, mental, intellectual or spiritual - the person will have to bear unfavorable results of efforts in the related field.
A weak person is not able to take proper advantage of his natural rights. The effect of nature's organization always works against him and the rules and organization which give benefits to the strong; the same prove injurious for him.
For such an individual, song, music, entertainment, facilities, money and wealth all these are of no use, to the extent that he is not able to sleep peacefully. It is well known that the reason for ill health is weakness. Bacteria and other matter which can produce ill health cannot remain even for a second in a strong and well-nourished body. The moment they enter, the body's vital resistance-power destroys them. How is this possible for a weak person?
From an intellectual view all that is best and beautiful is included in the literature. The advice and experience of pleasant sweetness, love and beauty can be had through the mediu, of literature. If unfortunately some person is a victim of intellectual weakness, then the incomparable knowledge and the treasure of joy of this world has no value for him.
Blind and deaf people are able to enjoy literature by hearing and reading literature, but mentally retarded people remain deprived of this joy despite enjoying good health. People with mental strength are able to go ahead even in adverse conditions. As against that, mentally weak persons become disappointed and stupefied in similar conditions.
Where is it possible for spiritually weak persons to make any kind of progress in the spiritual field? For them - that joy and peace which a spiritually fulfilled person gets and makes his life successful is not only available, but impossible.
The elements like water, air, heat, open brightness never harm anyone, but they become fatal for weak persons. It is also said in Sanskrit language "Devopi durbalaha ghatakaha" i.e. for a weak person, even deities are fatal. As a result of lack of alertness, laziness and malingering, people are not able to pay any attention to the supreme requirements of life. Their own weaknesses grasp the contrary of effects of supportive powers. The elements which are helpful to strong persons becomes injurious for weak people.