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Dear Reader,
Here it is, the first Atma Kriya Newsletter, written with a wide
variety of interesting articles that we hope will inspire you to seek
Divinity in your daily life.
In this first issue, just before Christmas, the theme is about
experiencing Christ-Consciousness. Christ Consciousness means to
see the world through the heart and mind of the Divine, to refrain
from judging others, to love unconditionally, to be positive and be
in Oneness.
So, let this Christmas be a time of spiritual transformation. Let us
think about how He would like us to spend this time. Dont forget,
its His birthday! The best gift for the Divine who already has
everything, is just to love Him, to focus on Him in meditation and
to keep remembering Him while going about our worldly duties.
Let us celebrate the birth of Christ on the altar of meditation and
inner silence. We wish for all of you to experience the real birth of
Christ, within you.
With Lots of Love,



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ATMA KRIYA
IN THE LIGHT OF KRIYA YOGA

riya Yoga will ultimately spread to all lands and aid
in harmonising the nations through mans personal
transcendental perception of the infinite God. It is with
these words in 1920, that Mahavatar Babaji blessed
Parmahansa Yogananda on the eve of his departure for
America. There over a 30-year period, Yogananda fulfilled his
lifes mission of teaching the sacred science of Kriya Yoga to
over 100,000 students.
Some 60 years earlier, in 1861, Shyamacharan Lahiri, while
wandering in the Drongiri mountain area of the Himalayas,
was approached by a mysterious holy man. Unable to
recognize him at first, the holy man touched his head and
awakened his latent memories. He recognized Him as
Mahavatar Babaji, and the guru-disciple relationship that had
been theirs for several incarnations was renewed once again.
Lahiri Mahasaya, as he became later known (Mahasaya means
one who is cosmic conscious), was a Yogavatar (incarnation
of Yoga), and was initiated into Kriya Yoga by Mahavatar
Babaji. He was to play a major role in re-introducing Kriya
Yoga to the world, though the lineage of Jnanavatar Sri
Yukteshwar (an incarnation of wisdom) and Premavatar
Paramahansa Yogananda (an incarnation of love).
So what is Kriya Yoga and how does it relate to Atma Kriya?
And why has Mahavatar Babaji given so much importance to
it for the spiritual evolution of the planet and mans
realization of his true Being or Atma? Let us consider these
questions.
Mahavatar Babaji and Kriya Yoga largely came to the
attention of the West after Paramahansa Yogananda wrote his
spiritual classic, Autobiography of a Yogi. However, the
history of Mahavatars teachings goes back long before then.
Mahavatar had taken close disciples and taught them a variety
of different yoga systems over the centuries, suited for their
times to further mans spiritual growth. This included the
teaching of Jnan Yoga to Dakshina Murti, Hatha Yoga to
Maha Buddha Baba, Raja Yoga through Adi Sankara in the
eight century and Kabir in the fifteenth century, Tantra Yoga
to Brahmani, Nada or Sabda Yoga to Burua Baba, Mansa Yoga
to Hairakhan Baba, Bhakti Yoga to Paramhansa Brahmananda,
Mantra Yoga to Nim Karoli Baba, Pasupat Yoga to Sombari
Baba, Kriya Yoga to Lahiri Mahasaya, Purna Kriya Yoga to
Swami Satyeswarananda Giri Babaji and most recently Atma
Kriya (formerly Bhakti Kriya) to Swami Vishwananda. The
latter three are all different forms of Kriya Yoga and have
evolved for our times. The most recent, Atma Kriya has been
chosen for our times, today.
There have been other systems of Kriya Yoga as well. As with
Atma Kriya, they all have the following hallmarks: (1) The
techniques originate from Mahavatar Babaji. (2) The
techniques involve breathing in the spine to control and
expand the life-force. These techniques awaken the Kundalini
energy at the base of the spine (mans highest potential), so
that it pierces all six energy centres (chakras) along the spine,
resulting in achievement of super-consciousness. (3) A sense
of unconditional love and devotion (bhakti) is required,
because Kriya Yoga is characterised as an offering and
techniques done mechanically will not be effective. One
should practise out of love for the Lord, without any selfish
desires for results. (4) Self-study and self-awareness is key to
achieving higher consciousness.
Atma Kriya and Kriya Yoga bring about the simultaneous
development of body, mind, intellect and soul. It is the
essence and synthesis of all the yogic techniques taught in the
world. As Mahavatar Babaji says, Atma Kriya is one of the
most powerful and fastest ways of attaining union with the
Divine through the uplifment of limited, human
consciousness to God-cosmic-consciousness.
Unstable mind or prana (life force) is the cause of mans pain
and discord. It can be brought under control through Atma
Kriya and Kriya Yoga. The mind produces an effect that can
be likened to the waves of the ocean, preventing man from
glimpsing the seabed, a vision of his spiritual heritage. These
waves cannot be controlled through will-power alone. When
the external respiration is turned inward, it gradually stills all
the waves, making the mind controlled and constant. This in
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turn results in freedom from negative traits, including anger,
hatred, jealousy and ego.
But in addition, Atma Kriya compared to other Kriya Yoga
systems naturally unfolds bhakti for the Divine. Spiritual
progress is not measured by your knowledge, but by how
much love you have. Bhakti is the most powerful tool for
personal transformation. If you can harness the power of
bhakti, then spiritual transformation is assured. It is the
undercurrent of all forms of spiritual practice and it is the
only path that can lead you to liberation. To realize the Atma,
which is real spiritual knowledge, one needs to have true
bhakti. As one begins to perceive that the indwelling Self is
the sole doer in you, that He Himself is functioning in the
body, then Self-Realization is attained.
In the history of Kriya Yoga, whenever there has been a
decline in its practice, a spiritual Master has always been sent
to re-establish the technique amongst mankind. In recent
years, Mahavatar Babaji has given the teachings of Atma Kriya
to Swami Vishwananda to spread.
The science of Self-realization is best learnt from a self-
realized Master or one of his appointed teachers. But how can
one distinguish a true Master? As Jesus said: You will know
them by their fruits. Divine power is the real fruit. The true
Master or Guru is a person who will immediately infuse
Divine power in the disciple at the time of initiation. The real
spiritual Master will give you evidence of His Divine power,
just as Jesus and his apostles did. In Atma Kriya, the giving of
Shaktipat is the process of awakening a persons Kundalini
and healing energy. Shaktipat stands for Descent of Grace,
and can only be given by a Sathguru. It happens by the grace
of the Guru Parampara - Mahavatar Babaji and Swami
Vishwananda. This grace has also been passed on to the Atma
Kriya teachers.
Mahavatar Babaji has designated Atma Kriya and Kriya Yoga
as primary vehicles for spiritual evolution in these times, and
has said that it is suitable for even a house-holder as a means
of achieving Self-realization. Paramahansa Yogananda
referred to Kriya Yoga as the aeroplane route to God,
because like Atma Kriya, a practitioner could achieve in just a
few moments by one inhalation and exhalation, the spiritual
evolution a common person would undergo in one year. Thus,
it was possible for an ordinary person to greatly develop their
conscious level in one lifetime and achieve Self-realization.
Lahiri Mahasaya said that the immortal karma yoga of the
Bhagavad Gita was also the Kriya Yoga he revived; that it was
the method known and passed down throughout the ages and
written about in the scriptures, from the Upanishads to the
Mahabharata. Patanjali practised something akin to Kriya
Yoga. Many other spiritual Masters in the past have also had
knowledge of a similar kind of Self-realization technique,
including King Janaka, Socrates, Jesus Christ, Saint Paul, Saint
John, Kabir Das and Guru Nanak, to name but a few.

KRIYA YOGA AND CHRISTIANITY
Is Kriya Yoga mentioned
in the Holy Bible? Yes it
is. Jesus says seek first
the Kingdom of God.
Kriya Yoga means to
look within yourself and
seek God and His
Kingdom within you.
In John 14:10, Jesus said,
Believest ye not that I
am in my father and the
Father in me? The
words that I speak unto
you I speak not for
myself: but the Father
that dwelleth in me, He doeth the works. This verse has the
same meaning as the words Kriya and Yoga. Kri means
whatever activity you are doing word and deed, and ya
means it is done by Him, the almighty Father.
Jesus came to teach mankind of his unity with God. This
oneness with God is what is called yoga. The word yoga
comes from the Sanskrit root yuj, which means to join or
unite.
In Matthew 11:29, Jesus said, Take my yoke upon you and
learn from me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall
find rest unto your souls. In this verse, the Greek word
translated to yoke. So in the Holy Bible that yoke which
Jesus wanted every person to take upon themselves, is the
process through which one attains conscious union with the
Heavenly Father, I am in my Father and the Father is in me.
When a man reaches God, he himself becomes perfect. Self-
realization is the practise of worshipping God internally so as
to become God, or attain union with Him.
The path of Self-realization and the path of ego-ignorance are
the two eternal paths of the world. The latter leads to rebirth
while the former to liberation. Therefore, be steadfast in your
practice of Atma Kriya at all times.

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SAINT JUGGLER
aint Barnabas was a juggler. He dressed himself in the
costume of a clown, but the costume only had two
colours: blue and white. It was so, because Saint Barnabas
loved Virgin Mary very much and wanted to dress only in the
colours that She wore. He went around the streets juggling
with his balls and knives. People liked him and his juggling.
They often gave him some coins, which bought him enough
food for the day.
One day a monk was passing by and asked him why he was
wearing such funny clothes. He answered that it was so,
because he loved the Virgin Mary very much. The monk
replied: We monks also love the Blessed Virgin, but we dont
go around juggling, you know. Barnabas asked: Then what
do you do the whole day? The monk answered: Well, we all
pray a lot. I write books about the Blessed Virgin, Brother
John prints the books, Brother Paul draws pictures for the
books, Brother Samuel makes beautiful statues of Mary in
marble and wood, Brother Thomas grows beautiful lilies for
the Blessed Mother, and so on. Then Barnabas said: I wish I
could be a monk too. Is it possible that I could be a monk,
Father? The monk answered: I dont see why you cannot. It
is good that you have mentioned it to me, for I am the Abbot
of the monastery. And so Saint Barnabas became a monk.
But on joining the monastery, Saint Barnabas was not happy.
He had plenty of time to kneel before the white marble statue
of the Virgin, but he thought he should be doing something
for Our Lady. However, he couldnt write books like the
Abbot, he couldnt print books like Brother John, he couldnt
draw pictures like Brother Paul. The only thing he knew was
juggling. He was very sad that he could not do anything
special for the Blessed Virgin. But one night he thought:
Why should I not be a juggler? Its the only thing I do know.
If I can make people happy with my tricks, why cant I make
the Virgin and the Little Child Jesus happy with my tricks?
And from that day every night he took his balls and knives
and tiptoed into the chapel. When everyone was asleep, he
would juggle in front of the marble statue of the Virgin Mary,
making Her and Her Son happy.
Brother Sacristan saw him one day as he was performing his
special trick, standing on his head and juggling. Everyone
thought that poor Barnabas was mad. But then the Blessed
Virgin said: It was excellent. Little Jesus liked it too. Son, give
Barnabas a kiss. Barnabas took the Child Jesus in his arms and
received a loving kiss from Him on his cheek. The monks
knelt down when they saw this.
When Saint Barnabas died, the monks buried him in the
chapel in front of the statue of the Virgin. They put his balls
and knives in his coffin for the Abbot said that he might need
them to make God happy in heaven.
By his life Saint Barnabas showed mankind, that only one
thing is needed to please God: to do even the smallest thing
out of great love. (Saint Faustina)
Legends of Saints, Fr. P. C. Thomas, Asian Trading Corporation

HE WILL ALWAYS HELP
ne day Saint Gerard went to the well to bring some
water. Accidentally, he dropped his key into the well.
He ran to the nearest church and started to pray to Little
Jesus. When the prayer was finished, he took the statuette of
Little Jesus and went with Him to the well. He placed Little
Jesus in the bucket and said to Him: O Lord, only you can
help me with this. Then he lowered the bucket with Little
Jesus down the well. When he pulled it up, the Little Jesus
was holding the key in his hand.

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CHRIST CONSCIOUSNESS
lessed be those who seek; for they shall find; the
kingdom of God is within. The kingdom of God is
within each and every one of human kind and through truly
wanting it, you will find it!
- Sri Mahavatar Babaji


ANSWER THE CALL OF CHRIST
he conception of Christ was not ordinary, but
immaculate. For us His birthday is therefore a very
special day to celebrate, knowing and feeling as we do that in
Jesus immaculate conception the Heavenly Father prepared
for the birth of a perfect being. The true celebration of
Christmas is realization in our own consciousness of the birth
of Christ Consciousness.
Do away with all wandering thoughts and feel your oneness
with the Spirit of Christ. I invoke the Spirit of Jesus, and of
the Masters who are one with Him in Spirit, that the perfect
one who was born some nineteen hundred years ago may
manifest His consciousness within you now. This I pray
earnestly today, with all the unctuous fervour of my soul. All
things are possible through prayer. Jesus said, What things
soever ye desire, when ye prayer, believe that ye receive
them, and ye shall have them. Believe that your prayer for
His visitation is granted, and it shall be so. The love of Christ
becomes manifest in you not merely by peace of mind nor
even by burning zeal; but by calm, devotional will for
perfection. O Christ, come unto us! Manifest Thyself unto us!
Naughty or good, we are Thine. Deliver us from the bondage
of restlesness and receive us as we are.
May this Christmas be the greatest holy day you have ever
had. Want nothing but the love of God. That alone is real.
- Sri Paramahansa Yogananda
Answer the Call of Christ
(The Divine Romance, Self-Realisation Fellowship, USA)


REVIVE THE BIRTH OF CHRIST
esus is not born only once a year. Our purpose here is to
revive the birth of Christ within ourselves. And this is why
He incarnated to remind us, that we are not just mere
human beings; we are also children of God. If one think of
oneself being just normal human being, he will stay just a
normal human being. But if one will remind himself his true
identity of being a Spirit, then one will reach a level of being a
Spirit.
Virgin Mary, from whom Christ took birth, represents the
purity of our heart. Very often she is represented as pure,
white lilies, without any stain. Human heart should be like
this. And then from the purity of your heart God can take
birth. The Lord is already there! Deep inside, waiting to come
out.
So keep practising it: everyday say to yourself, I am the Spirit,
I am the Christ!, and let it reflect outside.
- Sri Swami Vishwananda
Talk given on Christmas 2005




I AM THE WAY
et not your heart be troubled: ye believe in God, believe
also in me. In my Fathers house are many mansion: if it
where not so, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place
for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come
again, and receive you unto myself; that where are I am, there
ye may be also. And whither I go ye know, and the way ye
know. I am the truth, the way and the life: no man commeth
unto the Father but by me [Christ Consciousness].
- Jesus Christ
Saint Johns Gospel (King James Version)

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THE ETERNAL CANTICLE
Exiled afar from heaven, I still, dear Lord, can sing, -
I, Thy betrothed, can sing the eternal hymn of love;
For, spite of exile comes to me, on dove-like wing,
Thy Holy Spirit's fire of rapture from above.

Beauty supreme! my Love Thou art;
Thyself Thou givest all to me.
Oh, take my heart, my yearning heart, -
Make of my life one act of love to Thee!

Canst Thou my worthlessness efface?
In heart like mine canst make Thy home?
Yes, love wins love, -O wondrous grace!
I love Thee, love Thee! Jesu, come!

Love that enkindleth me,
Pierce and inflame me;
Come, for I cry to Thee!
Come and be mine!

Thy love it urgeth me;
Fain would I ever be
Sunken and lost in Thee,
Furnace divine!

All pain borne for Thee
Changes to joy for me,
When my love flies to Thee,
Winged like the dove.

Heavenly Completeness,
Infinite Sweetness,
My soul possesseth Thee
Here, as above.

Heavenly Completeness,
Infinite Sweetness,
Naught else art Thou but Love!

This poem was written by Saint Teresa of the Infant Jesus. She
was calling herself The Little Flower of Jesus. Her little
philosophy was as simple as her life: just love Him!

One of Saint Teresas favourite pictures

* * *
When your chest is free of your limiting ego,
Then you will see the ageless Beloved.
You can not see yourself without a mirror;
Look at the Beloved, He is the brightest mirror.

* * *
O Love, O pure deep Love, be here, be now,
Be all worlds dissolve into your
stainless endless radiance,
Frail living leaves burn with your brighter
than cold stares
Make me your servant, your breath, your core.

* * *
Love is the cure,
for your pain will keep giving birth to more pain
until your eyes constantly exhale love
as effortlessly as your body yields its scent.

These short verses were written by Persian mystic Rumi. He
perceived God as his Cosmic Beloved. Only one value existed for
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THE ROSE OF JERICHO

his small desert plant is very often called the Christmas
plant. Legend says that when Mother Mary and Saint
Joseph fled from Bethlehem with baby Jesus, to avoid the
massacre of young children, they crossed the plains of
Jericho. When Mary alighted from the donkey on which she
was riding, this little flower sprang up at her feet to greet the
infant Savior whom she carried in her arms. Flowers sprang
up at all the places where the Holy Family rested during
their flight to Egypt.
All through the Christ's life on earth, the little rose of Jericho
continued to flourish, but when He died upon the Cross, all
these flowers withered and died away at the same time. But
three days later, our Lord rose again from the tomb, and at
the same time the roses of Jericho came to life again, and
blossomed as a sign of the joy of the earth because Christ had
risen. Because of these happenings, the rose of Jericho has
ever since also borne the name of the Resurrection flower.
The resurrection flower grows in the sands of Egypt, Arabia,
and Syria. When the flowers and leaves have died and fallen,
the drying branches curl inwards, forming a round ball; after
the roots die, the plant is blown around by the wind until it
lodges into a damp spot. The ball then expands again and
deposits its seeds, which germinate. Once watered, the dried-
up looking young plants soon begin to bud.
God is showing us through this little plant very significantly,
that even a few raindrops of His grace are enough to
enliven the dried Soul.




THE HEART OF CHRIST
od unceasingly keeps reminding us that all around us
is the Divine, that we are Divine and the whole of
creation is Divine, as the manifestation of Himself. However,
we have got used to being blind to His presence in this form
so much, that the miracles of love and life remain invisible to
us. We demand proof of His presence, so from time to time
he showers His mercy and performs phenomena, which
break our way of thinking. Those Divine interventions are
called miracles.
One such miraculous
event occurred at the
beginning of 2009 in
Poland, during mass in
St Anthonys Church in
Sokka. While the
priest was distributing
the Holy Communion to
the people, he dropped
one of the Hosts on the
floor. As the liturgical
procedure orders, it was
immediately put into a
pot with water to be
dissolved. However, after a couple of days the water became
red. Something else was discovered, what looked like a piece
of blood clot. Two independent doctors tested it and both of
them came to the same conclusion, it was a piece of human
heart tissue. As Jesus said: This is truly my body and this is
truly my blood.
May His grace showered at the beginning of the year
continue to accompany us. May we remember to look
beyond the visible and remind ourselves of His love and
presence.









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MEDITATION
FROM SRI SWAMI VISHWANANDA

it straight and straighten your spine. With your ears,
listen to your breathing. And with the mind, imagine
OM on your forehead. Listen to the beautiful melody of your
breathing. Let yourself be drawn deeper and deeper into it.
Your mind will think. Let it pass. Dont try to stop it. Dont
use force to stop it. Dont give any importance to it. Keep
your concentration on your breathing. Dont hear anything
else other than your breathing. To stop the mind, lets use it
now. Lets use it to imagine how God is looking at us.
Imagine yourself being God. Imagine the majesty, the
hugeness, the purity, the light. See your physical body full of
light. See your body radiating this light very brightly. There
is so much joy inside that is coming out from inside you. So
much happiness. Now imagine the people who surround you.
Look at all of them. See the same light in them. Theres no
difference. Visualize the town where you are. Everybodys
radiating the same light. See your whole country radiating
light. Imagine the animal kingdom too. They also radiate the
same light. Imagine the plant kingdom. You see the same
light. See the ocean kingdom reflecting the same light. See
your whole continent full of light. See the whole world
reflecting this brilliant light. There is no disharmony. There
is no hate. There is just peace and love. The whole universe is
radiating this beautiful light.
And now reduce all this light to one central point, the heart.
See yourself with this light around that you have been
imagining. See all this light shrinking and entering one point
the heart. In the heart, you will feel lots of warmness,
happiness and joy. Now start chanting OM.

HE IS NEAR
STUDENT S EXPERIENCE
ve had close contact with Babaji on two occasions. The
first time was when He came to me in a dream as an
extremely marvelous, shining figure, which is very hard to
put into words. The second time was when He appeared in
my meditation about one month ago. For a long time I had
experienced hardships in my personal and professional life.
In addition, for months I had suffered from illness, lived in
permanent pain and met financial problems. As a result of all
of that, I started to escape from the spiritual sphere of life.
Daily spiritual practice, meditation and prayers became more
and more difficult.
Finally, I encountered the straw that broke the camel's back,
and started falling into the depths of darkness. I felt that after
many years I was falling again into the clutches of
depression, and that this time it wouldnt go away so easily.
However, when the situation was very bad and I felt
completely alone in the world, something was telling me:
stand up, rise one more time, you can do it, sit down, start
breathing calmly, try to think about God for a little while. So
I did. Although tears were flowing down my cheeks, my
throat was choked with pain and I didnt believe in the sense
of what I was doing, I started praying. Some time passed, I
have no idea how long, and then the marvelous figure of
Lord Babaji appeared to me transparent, radiating
wonderful light. I felt I was not the same person any more. I
felt enormous love. This love slowly started filling each of
my cells. There was peace and realization that I was not
alone and never shall be. He will always be with me.
I believe that He is always with every one of us. Maybe He is
especially present when it seems that there is nothing. I
know that if He hadnt helped me, I wouldnt have managed.
It was a real miracle.
For me Babaji is Pure Love. Simply, the love which you want
to achieve. In the past I thought that the biggest happiness
came from being loved. Now I understand that actually it is
the opposite that brings you happiness, which is to love
others.
- Elisabeth from Poland


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PRAYER BEFORE MEAL

A prayer before a meal is really important in the present
times, when it is so hard to find natural, organic food. Also,
the food that we eat becomes a part of our body, therefore it
can also affect our mind. This has been proven scientifically!
For example, people who eat meat are more aggressive than
vegetarians. So the quality of the food we are eating is really
important. By using a prayer, we can attain the best quality.
When we are offering the food to God in the first place, then
the whole act of eating becomes Divine it becomes
sanctified by His presence. In the Bhagavad Gita, Bhagavan
Krishna teaches that our every act should be offered to the
Divine as a yagna ancient fire ritual, which symbolizes
offering our prana (life-force energy) to the Eternal Source
of Life, God. Through this we are attaining perfection in our
deeds.
Sri Swami Vishwananda has taught his disciples a simple
prayer before a meal, which is based on two verses from the
Bhagavad Gita (IV.24 and XV.14):
Brahmarpanam Brahmahavir Brahmagnau Brahmanahutam
Brahmaiva Tena Gantavyam Brahma Karma Samadhina
Aham Vaishvanaro Bhutva Praninam Deham Ashritah
Pranapana Samayukta Panchamyanam Chaturvidam
Om Shantih Shantih Shantih
Sri Gurubhyo Namaha Harih OM
THE MEANING:
(IV.24) The process of offering and the oblation itself both
are Spirit. The fire and he who makes oblation into it are
other forms of Spirit. By realizing this, being absorbed in
Brahman (Spirit) during all activies, verily such a one goes to
Spirit alone. (XV.14) Having become Vaishvanara (fiery
power), I exist in the body of living creatures; and, acting
through prana and apana (two life force currents), I digest
food that is eaten in four ways.
- Sri Paramahansa Yoganandas translation (God Talks With Arjuna,
Self-Realisation Fellowship)

A person near a village, while driving his horse carriage
slowly, was searching a water-reservoir because his horses
were very tired and thirsty. All of a sudden he saw a small
hut. In its courtyard, a ten or twelve year old boy was sitting.
Having seen the horses tired and thirsty from a distance, the
boy went into the hut and immediately brought back a
bucket full of water and stood by the roadside before the
carriage arrived. The coachman, having reached there,
stopped the carriage and asked the boy, What do you want?
The boy replied, I want nothing. I have come here to
provide water to your horses. Having said so, he put the
bucket full of water before the horses. The horses drunk the
water and were satiated.
After that the coachman took out some silver coins from his
pocket, to give to the boy. The boy said, Sir! I have not
provided water for money. I am a poor lame boy. My mother
works in a field and earns our livelihood. My mother says to
me that whatever God does, He does only for our welfare. So,
if He made me lame, it must be for a good purpose. She has
asked me to provide water to the thirsty men and animals. It
is also a service to God, because within eight miles there is no
stream of water, nor a village. I liked my mothers suggestion
and so I started drawing water from the well to provide for
hungry men and animals. I regard it as Gods work and as my
duty. I do not charge money for it.
When the coachman looked at the face of the boy, he saw in
it the radiance of beneficence and righteousness. Having seen
the good conduct of the boy, the coachman was very much
pleased and he began to think of Gods Glory. After that the
coachman, encouraging the boy and thanking him, left from
there. The coachman learnt his lesson that when even a poor
and lame boy could be so generous and beneficent, without
any selfish motive, why couldnt he become generous and
beneficent like him. So, he also started doing good to others
selflessly.
What glory of beneficence!
Virtuous Children, by Sri Hari (Gita Press, Gorakhpur, India)




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CREATIVE CONSCIOUSNESS
Below we present you with an excerpt from
an interview with Dr. Amit Goswami, well
known quantuum physicist, who is a
pionieer of the new paradigm of science
called science within consciousness. He
has written a number of books about the
connection between consciousness and matter from a
scientific point of view, including Self Aware Universe,
Physics of the Soul, God is not Dead, and many others. In
this interview Goswami is talking about consciousness and
the role of the human being in the universe.

What do you say about the subtitle of your book: How
Consciousness Creates the Material World. This is
obviously quite a radical idea. Could you explain a bit
more concretely how this actually happens in your
opinion?

Amit Goswami: Actually, its the easiest thing to explain,
because in quantum physics, as I said earlier, objects are not
seen as definite things, as we are used to seeing them.
Newton taught us that objects are definite things, they can be
seen all the time, moving in definite trajectories. Quantum
physics doesnt depict objects that way at all. In quantum
physics, objects are seen as possibilities, possibility waves.
Right? So then the question arises, what converts possibility
into actuality? Because, when we see, we only see actual
events. Thats starting with us. When you see a chair, you see
an actual chair, you dont see a possible chair.

Right I hope so.

Amit Goswami: We all hope so. Now this is called the
quantum measurement paradox. It is a paradox because
who are we to do this conversion? Because after all, in the
materialist paradigm we dont have any causal efficacy. We
are nothing but the brain, which is made up of atoms and
elementary particles. So how can a brain which is made up of
atoms and elementary particles convert a possibility wave
that it itself is? It itself is made up of the possibility waves of
atoms and elementary particles, so it cannot convert its own
possibility wave into actuality. This is called a paradox. Now
in the new view, consciousness is the ground of being. So
who converts possibility into actuality? Consciousness does,
because consciousness does not obey quantum physics.
Consciousness is not made of material. Consciousness is
transcendent. Do you see the paradigm-changing view right
herehow consciousness can be said to create the material
world? The material world of quantum physics is just
possibilities. It is consciousness, through the conversion of
possibility into actuality, that creates what we see manifest.
In other words, consciousness creates the manifest world.

So you feel theres a kind of purposiveness to the way the
universe is evolving; that, in a sense, it reaches its
fruition in us, in human beings?

Amit Goswami: Well, human beings may not be the end of
it, but certainly they are the first fruition. Because here is
then the possibility of manifest creativity, creativity in the
sentient being itself. The animals are certainly sentient, but
they are not creative in the sense that we are. So, human
beings certainly right now seem to be an epitome, but this
may not be the final epitome. I think we have a long way to
go and there is a long evolution to occur yet.

In your book you even go so far as to suggest that the
cosmos was created for our sake.

Amit Goswami: Absolutely. But it means sentient beings, for
the sake of all sentient beings. And the universe is us. Thats
very clear. The universe is self-aware, but it is self-aware
through us. We are the meaning of the universe. We are not
the geographical center of the universe. Copernicus was right
about that, but we are the meaning center of the universe.

http://www.amitgoswami.org

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CHRISTMAS LOAF OR FRUIT CAKE

In Ayurveda unleavened bread and cakes with very little
baking powder are prefered instead of sourdough and yeast
bread, because it is better for the digestion.
100 gram dried apricots
150 gram raisins or sultanas (sweeter)
150 gram cranberries
400 ml apple juice
1 orange
2 soup spoons ginger, freshly rasped
100 gram walnuts
250 gram flour of spelt (fine grind, white or whole-
wheat)
50 gram or 100 gram sharkara (Ayurvedic sugar) or raw
sugar
100 gram almonds, rasped
10 gram of baking powder
1 teaspoon cinnamon
teaspoon cardamom
just a trace of nutmeg powder and powder of cloves
50 100 gram pine nuts
Especially for a Christmas Fruit Loaf or Fruit Cake you can
add more ginger. Depending if you want it more like a bread
or like a cake, you put more or less sugar. Preferably, we use
sharkara, which is Ayurvedic sugar: 50 gram for a bread and
100 gram for a cake.
1. Cut dried apricots in small pieces and put it together with
the raisins and the cranberries into a big mixing bowl. Soak it
in the apple juice for 30 min. or longer until they are soft.
2. Mix the freshly rasped ginger and the rasped orange peel
into it. For a bread you put only half of the orange peel, for a
cake you add the whole. Add also the juice of a half orange.
3. Chop up the walnuts and brown it for a little while. Mix
them together with the spices, the rasped almonds, the flour
and the baking powder into the fruits. (See point 1 and 2)
4. Pour it in an approximately 30cm long rectangular baking
tin, which is covered with a greaseproof paper. Scatter out
the pine nuts and press it a little bit into the smoothed
surface of the dough.
5. Bake it in a preheated oven at 200 Celsius for 50 60
minutes. After 50 min, you take a little wooden rod to check
if the cake is baked.
Because this recipe does not contain any fat or animals
products, it is also convenient for vegetarians and for people
who like sweets but do not like to gain weight. For children
it is an ideal snack, because it is containing many minerals
and vitamins but little sugar. Wrapped in tin foil the fruit
loaf or cake keeps well for at least one week.


WARMING GINGER TEA
Ginger tea has a spicy, invigorating taste. It's used as a home
remedy for indigestion, nausea, and to ward off colds, flu,
and sore throats.
1 ginger root
1 teaspoon cinnamon
teaspoon cardamom
honey
lemon
4 cups of water

Peel the ginger root and slice it into thin slices. Bring the
water to a boil in a saucepan. Once it is boiling, add the
ginger, cinnamon and cardamom. Cover it and reduce to a
simmer for 15-20 minutes. Strain the tea. Add honey and
lemon to taste. You can add also a bit of raspberry sirup, if
you like.
Note: Keep in mind that if you are making ginger tea as a
home remedy during cold and flu season, sweeteners are not
recommended.
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OM HEALING ON FULL MOON
The purpose of
full moon OM
Healing is to help
raise the positive
vibration of OM
worldwide. We
recommend that
people practice
OM Healing on a full moon in the evening, as the energy
is higher and the healing is more concentrated. Below are
the next full moon dates:
31
st
of December
30
th
of January

- SRI MAHAVATAR BABAJI
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