Body - Mind - Heart - Spirit

September 2007 Blog Posts (5)

my experience in the Ananda Institute after a month

"Divine Wisdom", as Swami Kriyananda explains in his book Affirmations for Self-Healing, "is omniscience itself. In such wisdom there is no shadow of sorrow, only Bliss Absolute, Bliss Infinite, Bliss Eternal!" And this is exactly what I have come to realize during the first weeks at the Institute. Wisdom isn't about the amount of knowledge we think we posses, it is about what we choose to do with that knowledge, how we use it, that is important! "True human wisdom means recognizing at last the… Continue

Added by Eef on September 30, 2007 at 3:50pm — 1 Comment

Saudi women challenge driving ban

As a woman I started driving at age 15 as most American women do. I grew up on a farm in Tennessee where

women were dominated by their husbands. However this level of domination is completely unimaginable, and I hope the Saudi women can win their independence.

Speaking of independence,let's look at some of the other things we need to gain independence from, like old habits. What habit do you have that you would like to… Continue

Added by Annie Lawrence on September 19, 2007 at 8:35pm — No Comments

Butterfly - A Poem of Hope

Butterfly

Like the metamorphosis of the caterpillar,

Into a beautiful butterfly,

Let our past desire, karmas and sanskaras,

Be transormed into an ever new light,

Let bygones be bygones,

For the rebirth of spring,

Has flourished into a new joy.

-Bijay Raut…

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Added by Bijay Raut on September 17, 2007 at 3:07pm — No Comments

Where the Mind is Without Fear and the Head is Held High - Tagore

Where the mind is without fear and the head is held high;

Where knowledge is free;

Where the world has not been broken up into fragments by narrow…

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Added by Bijay Raut on September 6, 2007 at 5:09pm — No Comments

What is Your Ayurvedic Mind-Body Type? Find out.

According to Ayurveda, each of us inherits a unique mix of three mind/body principles which creates our specific mental and physical characteristics. These three principles are called doshas. Most of us have one or two doshas which are most lively in our nature, with the remaining one(s) less significant.

Not sure about your dosha type? Take the interactive …

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Added by Bijay Raut on September 6, 2007 at 10:18am — No Comments