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The Daily
Meditator - March 2003
Dear Meditator,
Why is keeping
your spiritual energy high so important? Swami Kriyananda writes,
"If our consciousness is strongly positive, our magnetism will
be positive also, and will attract good things to us. It will, in
addition, create a 'buffer zone' around us, protecting us from harm
like an umbrella in the rain…"
Recently, we
have received emails from many of you sharing the challenging situations
you are facing. In this month's feature article, How to Strengthen
and Protect Your Spiritual Magnetism, Swami Kriyananda offers techniques
and suggestions that can help protect you from negative influences
and keep your aura strong and positive. Whenever you experience
or expect a difficult situation, these techniques can be invaluable.
Our second article,
The Brain: Engineered for Divinity, written by Dr. Peter van Houten,
Ananda minister and medical doctor, explains that medical science
now believes the structure of our brain changes according to how
we use it. He writes: "The brain is very responsive and will
change if we point it in the right direction. If we choose to be
violent, our brain will respond by changing in ways that make us
more violent and coarse. On the other hand, if we choose a life
of compassion and kindness, our brains will respond by helping us
to manifest those qualities."
Sri Yukteswar,
Paramhansa Yogananda's guru, said that the spiritual path is "first
painful, then effortlessly liberating." When we begin on the
path, we have to struggle against old inclinations and habits. Sometimes
our minds want to do one thing, and our conscience another! This
article points out that because of the plasticity of the brain,
every meditation, every spiritual effort we make, slowly, but surely,
restructures the brain in ways that will support our quest for divine
realization.
Our third article
is A Simple Technique for Overcoming Sleepiness During Meditation.
Most of us have had to face this challenge and will welcome this
technique!
In this issue:
If you get a
chance, please share with us how you are doing with your meditation
practice. I pray that you are able to find the time to meditate
regularly and deeply.
Joy and blessings
to you!
Bharat Cornell
Ananda Meditation Ministry
14618 Tyler Foote Road
Nevada City, CA 95959
530-478-7561 ext. 7014
meditation@ananda.org
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