Om ! The conquest of the three archenemies! ~ Swami Sivananda

The conquest of the three archenemies

Lust, anger and pride are the root of all human diseases. They are the enemies of peace and the relatives of all evils. 

Get up in the morning and meditate on the havoc these three wreak in the life of man. If you develop the feeling that they will sap your physical and mental vitality, and that you should eradicate them for your own good, then the conquest of these three enemies will be an easy matter. 

Victory over these three arch-enemies of man is the greatest conquest.

Om! THE LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS! - atman

 

THE LIGHT OF CONSCIOUSNESS!

As the Sun shines above and beyond the clouds, so the light of Awareness shines above and beyond the body and the mind (thoughts, feelings, desires and ego).

Om! You are not what you think, feel and want! ~ Atman Nityananda

 

You are not what you think, feel and want!

What prevents you from freeing yourself from the ego is that you perceive everything that manifests in you as yourself and as your choice.

In other words, you are fully identified with it.

MOST POWERFUL WAY OF PRACTICE ~ Aan Nityananda

 

MOST POWERFUL WAY OF PRACTICE

There is no more powerful practice than repeating the name of God moment by moment and even more powerful to combine the repetition of God's name with Self-inquiry and afirmations of our true Self!

The necessity to control the senses! ~ Atman Nityananda

 

The necessity to control the senses!

When we allow the senses freely to run towards the objects of the senses then the temptation and desire to posses and enjoy them is easily born within us.

Depending on the circumstances we can fulfill it immediately or it will remain latent in the subconscious mind to be fulfilled in the future.

In both cases our minds become more conditioned and limited by this desire.

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Extracts from Bhagavad Gita 

21. With the mind unattached to the external contacts he discovers happiness in the Self (Atman); with the mind and buddhi engaged in the meditation of Brahman *he attains to the endless happiness."

22. The enjoyments that are born of contacts are generators of pain only, for they have a beginning and an end, O Arjuna! The wise do not rejoice in them.

23. He who is able, while still here in this world to withstand, before the liberation from the body, the impulse born of desire and anger—he is a Yogi, he is a happy man.

24. He who is ever happy within, who rejoices within, who is illumined within, such a Yogi attains absolute freedom (Moksha), himself becoming Brahman.

25. The sages obtain absolute freedom (Moksha), they whose sins have been destroyed, whose dualities (perception of dualities or experience of the pairs of opposites) are torn asunder, who are self-controlled, and intent on the welfare of all beings.

26. Absolute freedom (or Brahmic bliss) exists on all sides for those self-controlled ascetics who are free from desire and anger, who have controlled their thoughts and who have realised the Self.

27. Shutting out(all) external contacts and fixing the gaze between the eyebrows, equalising the outgoing and incoming breaths moving within the nostrils,

28. With the senses, the mind and the intellect always controlled, having liberation as his supreme goal, free from desire, fear and anger—the sage is verily liberated for ever.

29. He who knows Me as the enjoyer of sacrifices and austerities, the great Lord of all the worlds and the friend of all beings, attains to peace.

Hari Om Tat Sat

 Thus in the Upanishads of the glorious Bhagavad Gita,

the science of the Eternal, the scripture of Yoga, the dialogue between Sri Krishna and Arjuna ends the fifth discourse entitled:

“The Yoga of Renunciation of Action”

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Om! Self-awareness the foundation of liberation. -Atman Nityananda

 

Self-awareness the foundation of liberation 

By being centered in silence we avoid identification with mental and emotional formations, we can manage them and let them go or make them remit and through prayer and the power of the mantra eliminate (diminish) the energy of the egoic tendency (desire, emotion, etc.).

Om! The art of inner warfare - Atman Nityananda

The art of inner warfare

 Effectively dealing with mental-emotional reactions and maintaining Self-awareness in every moment is an art and not just a practice. It is the art of inner warfare.

Om! Our True Nature is Happiness! - Atman Nityananda

 

Our True Nature is Happiness

We are looking for freedom, eternal life and happiness because we are already these here and now. Our essential or divine nature (Consciousness, Self, Atman) is eternal Existence, freedom, peace and bliss but we have to realize it. Our divine nature is veiled by the Gunas and the impure mind.

Rajas and tamas gunas along with the ego and its innumerable desires and tendencies make us identify with the body and mind and veil our divine Self whose nature is Eternal Existence, Pure Consciousness, Infinite Peace and Bliss. Because of it we live as a body-mind entity separate from life and God, we ignore our true Self which is identical with God and we take the external world as the only reality.

When the mind is freed of all egoic tendencies and from the rajas and tamas gunas we will permanently rest in our natural state of Self-awareness. We will dance with life without being affected anymore by any object or happening. In all circumstances, we will rejoice the peace and bliss of our true Self. We will be an embodiment of peace, love and harmony on earth. All our desires and goals will be fulfilled.

Om! The 'secret' to a fulfilled life! - Atman Nityananda

 

The 'secret' to a fulfilled life

The 'secret' to a plentiful life, a life of harmony, happiness and contentment is to have a sattvic mind and to live in every moment in conscious contact with our true Self (Consciousness).

Whenever we have felt plenitude or a higher happiness (peace-bliss) it has been because, albeit unintentionally, we have come in contact with our true Self (Consciousness) which shines as the silent presence at the center of our existence.

Om! Self-realization is attained through elimination of the ego! - Swami Sivananda

 

The tree of ego.

Self-realization is attained through elimination of the ego!

When this ego melts in the cosmic ego (God) you will attain communion with the Lord or Self-realisation.

May you realise the goal of life and attain everlasting Bliss through annihilation of this little ego!
Swami Sivananda

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The tree of ego.  - Atman Nityananda
The ego is a multifaceted psychological entity which makes us identify with body and mind and sensory reality.
It prevents us from realizing and living in conscious union with our divine Self which is Absolute Existence-Consciousness-Bliss (Sat-chit-ananda).
Ego is essentially desiring and causes identifications, attachment, pleasure, pain, misery and suffering.

Its dissolution bringsabout liberation and Self-realization