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Desire and Rebirth - 1 You are what you desire. Depending on your desires, you take up a body. The body here does not refer to what you see in the mirror, but extends beyond to include the five sheaths — annamaya, pranamaya, manomaya, vigyanmaya and anandmaya.The soul stays in the body till the time there is prana in it. Death is a state when there is no prana left in the body, and hence the soul leaves the body. Traditionally, when a convict was hung to death, after taking him off the noose, the hangman put slashes at the bottom of the feet. Ever wondered why? When one is hung, all the prana rushes to the bottom. By making slashes, it was ensured that no prana remains in the body so that the soul can exit. There are many who have survived near-death experiences at Dhyan Ashram. The healers were able to revive them because there was some prana left in the body and the soul took shelter in that prana. The healers then replenished the pranic body and restored the persons back t...

Yog is the sum total of creation. A yogi has access to everything in this creation. Our ancestors through the power of yog had unveiled the deepest secrets of creation. So much so that most learned men of present times have praised the richness of Vedic culture. Albert Einstein commented, “We owe a lot to the Indians, who taught us how to count, without which no worthwhile scientific discovery could have been made.” Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb, said that “Access to the Vedas is the greatest privilege this century may claim over all previous centuries.” We are the descendants of the same rishis and have inherited from them oceans of Vedic wisdom. One such inheritance is the Vedic science of havans.  Havans are not mere rituals, they are a means of purification of the environment by tapping into the power of agni to interact with the energies that run the creation. All aspects of manifest creation are different permutations and combinations of five basic el...

You come into this world alone. When you leave, you will go back alone. No one will accompany you, no matter how close they are to you. Pause for a minute and think; the majority of your problems stem from your near and dear ones. The smallest things regarding a close one affect you deeply. The root cause of all arguments, fights, emotional turmoil, congestions and business disputes, too, are these relationships. Hence it is safe to conclude that, for the greater part of our lives, you are troubled not by absolute strangers, but by people you know. All relationships are based on the basic principle of give and take. This is a payback of karmas from your previous births as well as from this lifetime. You get associated with some people because they need something from you and you need something in return. In the absence of this interdependence, the relationship will cease to exist. You remain caught in this cycle of give and take, lifetime after lifetime. You derive pleasure out o...

In every Indian household, there is one deity which holds a prominent place on the pedestal, without paying reverence to whom, no puja, ritual, auspicious work can even begin. It is Lord Ganesh. According to puranic legends, Mother Parvati found a young boy, in the absence of Lord Shiva, in the sweat of her body while bathing. She gave him the responsibility of guarding the entrance of her abode, forbidding anyone from entering. Lord Shiva was denied entry by this boy, for whom the mother’s word was foremost. The story goes on to say how Lord Shiva beheads the boy with his trishul for this misdemeanour, but on Mother Parvati’s insistence brings him back to life, for he had committed no crime but only obeyed his mother. Shiva places an elephant head in place of his severed human head. Through symbolism, allegories and depictions, this story conveys a larger message. The uninitiated should be careful about commenting in a derogatory manner about these stories. They may app...

The book Sanatan Kriya, The Ageless Dimension, details techniques to hold and increase vitality of the body and also how to maintain its beauty, glow and strength naturally Recently a BBC news item pointed out that eating less can increase your lifespan. However, before you pledge yourself to a lifetime of fasting, here's a piece of information. The BBC research authenticates a technique from the book, 'Sanatan Kriya, The Ageless Dimension', but discusses it only partially. The book describes the complete technique in detail, many important aspects of which have been missed by Dr. Mosley. If you go by this study alone, chances are that you might starve your way into depression and ill-health. "Ageing is not just a product of a stressed out digestive system, but it effects from all layers and organ systems of a being. With every breath you take in, every activity you are engaged in and every thought that enters you, you are constantly ageing", e...

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Recently it was in the news that the BBC science show presenter Dr Michael Mosley has discovered  that eating less can increase your lifespan because it slows down the metabolic rate, and hence the rate of cell decay in the body. It is incredible to see that with every passing day every new ‘discovery’ of modern science is only rediscovering and reconfirming what our ancestors had said many thousands of years ago. Be it the nasal irrigation technique (jal neti) to fight infections that has become a rage in the United States; the hydro-colon therapy (basti) or the recent research by Dr Mosley, the world is gradually waking up to the ancient Vedic sciences and laying claims to the knowledge of our ancestors. However, still being in the stage of development, modern sciences are able to touch upon these principles only partially, as in the case of the ‘eat less, live longer’ mantra of Dr Mosley. Ageing is not just a product of a stressed-out digestive system, it works up...

Yogiji's column in Andhra Prabha The unmanifest gave rise to  dhwani  (sound) and from this sound emerged the entire manifested creation. Every sound is a specific frequency and hence generates a specific effect. The roar of a lion creates an environment of dread all around, the call of a cuckoo soothes and a lullaby puts the child to sleep. In earlier times, a conch was blown before the start of a battle in order to generate fear in the opponent’s army. People living close to jungles used to beat drums to keep fierce beasts and evil spirits away. All this was done keeping in mind the effect of the sound generated. The  vedic  seers had mastered the science of sound eons ago and gave us codified forms of sound energy, called  mantras . There are three components of a mantra –  shakti ,  beej  and keel . Together they contain the total effect of the mantra. S hakti  refers to the driving force in a mantra ,  beej  is ...