tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-151255722011-04-21T10:53:02.899-07:00"Once love has been aroused and expressed, what else has to be accomplished?" -- Anandamurtiji -- Now we must give our love to others. This is true realization - the realization that our love is for the justice, well-being and happiness of all created entities. -- KrpasevanandaNeilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951654913015425902noreply@blogger.comBlogger41100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15125572.post-1123714653383037122005-08-10T15:50:00.000-07:002005-08-10T15:57:33.386-07:00<a href="http://www.anandaseva.org/Yama&Niyama.htm">http://www.anandaseva.org/Yama&amp;Niyama.htm</a> <br /><br />This link will give you access to the the TEN ITEMS OF HUMAN CONDUCT that are required to develope the mental clairity and strenght to be successful in yogic meditation.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15125572-112371465338303712?l=anandamargamission.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951654913015425902noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15125572.post-1123207668908353342005-08-04T19:07:00.000-07:002005-08-04T19:07:48.913-07:00<a href='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/183/7213/640/Old%20Camera%20pics%20to%202004%207501.jpg'><img border='0' style='border:1px solid #000000; margin:2px' src='http://photos1.blogger.com/img/183/7213/320/Old%20Camera%20pics%20to%202004%207501.jpg'></a><br />me and the pup&nbsp;<a href='http://picasa.google.com/' target='ext'><img src='http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif' alt='Posted by Picasa' border='0' style='border:0px;padding:0px;background:transparent;' align='absmiddle'></a><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15125572-112320766890835334?l=anandamargamission.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951654913015425902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15125572.post-1123204901581915112005-08-04T18:14:00.000-07:002005-08-04T19:19:31.070-07:00The peacock must lose it feathers before it knows the truth. The yogi must lose his/her sense of special development before grace arrives. We think we have made some progress, but what is progress when the goal is infinite? True concentration comes when we are thinking about the guru of the universe in the most personal way - the most personal way that has been given to us. It has been written that we should merge/coincide with our goal. The loving truth of this is what brings to us true concentration, true surrender and true devotion.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15125572-112320490158191511?l=anandamargamission.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951654913015425902noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15125572.post-1123204273128364372005-08-04T18:10:00.000-07:002005-08-04T18:11:13.133-07:00The Other Side<br /><br />The swan glides on the glassy pond<br />The morning mist moves with angle’s touch<br /><br />The stone that touched the water’s edge<br />Was but an idol fashioned by foolish hands<br /><br />The morning song echoes across the banks<br />As though a mother’s sigh with babe in arm<br /><br />What spell was cast upon this time and space<br />That I forget to love everything?<br /><br />Now the ferry has gone to the other shore<br />The misty shroud makes secret the course<br />Oh, if only my ears could hear the heart<br /><br />As water ripples at water’s edge<br />I know that it is only you –<br />My Beautiful One,<br />Who will take me to the other side<br /><br />You, the Great Swan<br />I saw on morning pond<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/15125572-112320427312836437?l=anandamargamission.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Neilhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13951654913015425902noreply@blogger.com0