Showing posts with label Energy. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Energy. Show all posts
Saturday, July 25, 2015
Friday, July 04, 2008
40 Tips for A Better Life - how to live a better life, day to day
40 Tips for A Better Life - THAT WILL CHANGE YOU LIFE
A Better Life is Life Lived Purposefully. Live your life connected to a purpose bigger than you. For me, that's pursuing a spiritual path and helping others who are seeking a spiritually-connected life.
Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day.. And while you walk, smile.
Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
Sleep for 7 hours.
Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
Play more games.
Read more books than you did in 2007.
Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer. They provide us with daily fuel for our busy lives.
Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
Dream more while you are awake.
Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
Drink plenty of water.
Try to make at least three people smile each day.
Don't waste your precious energy on gossip..
Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
Smile and laugh more.
Life is too short to waste time hating anyone.. Don't hate others.
Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey is all about. Don't compare your partner with others.
No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
Forgive everyone for everything.
What other people think of you is none of your business.
GOD heals everything.
However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
The best is yet to come.
No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
Do the right thing!
Call your family often.
Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
Each day give something good to others.
Don't over do. Keep your limits.
When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
Please pass this information to all you care about.
Saturday, June 21, 2008
Vastu Purusha Mandala (Mandalam)
Vastu Purusha Mandala (Mandalam)
Vastu Purusha Mandala pooja Performed at my residence "SRIVARI BLISS" under the Guidance of Sri Gopala Krishna Bhat, Bangalore 0n 21st June, 2008.
Now lets get to know the concept of Vastu Purusha Mandala. The faith that Earth is a living organism, throbbing with life and energy; is fundamental to the Vastu Shastra. That living energy is symbolized as a person; he is the Vastu Purusha. The site for the proposed construction is his field; Vastu Purusha Mandala. In fact the Vastu Purusha Mandala, the site plan, is his body; and it is treated as such. His height extends from the South West corner (pitrah) to the North East corner (Agni).The Vastu Purusha Mandala also depicts the origin of the effects on the human body. All symbolisms flow from these visualizations.
Purusha means 'person' literally and refers to Universal Man. Purusha is the body of god incarnated in the ground of existence, divided within the myriad forms. He is also that fragmented body simultaneously sacrificed for the restoration of unity.
Vastu Purusha is associated with the Earth and its movable and immovable basic elements of nature, such as the earth, water, fire, air and space; just as a human being does. The Vastu purusha mandala is in some ways a development of the four pointed or cornered earth mandala having astronomical reference points. Further, the Vastu Purusha Mandala is also the cosmos in miniature; and the texts believe “what obtains in a microcosm, obtains in macrocosm too (yatha pinde thatha brahmande).”
Similarly, it believes that,"Everything is governed by one law. A human being is a microcosmos, i.e. the laws prevailing in the cosmos also operate in the minutest space of the human being." In the end, the nature, the man and his creations are all one.
“The vastu-purusha-mandala represents the manifest form of the Cosmic Being; upon which the temple is built and in whom the temple rests. The temple is situated in Him, comes from Him, and is a manifestation of Him. The vastu-purusha-mandala is both the body of the Cosmic Being and a bodily device by which those who have the requisite knowledge attain the best results in temple building.” (Stella Kramrisch,; The Hindu Temple, Vol. I)
The Vastu Purusha is visualized as lying with his face and stomach touching the ground; to suggest as if he is carrying the weight of the structure. His head is at North East (ishanya) and his legs are at the South West corner (nairutya).
The South West corner (nairutya) where the Vastu Purusha has his legs corresponds to the Muladhara chakra and denotes the earth principle. Just as the legs support the weight of the body, the base (adhistana) for the muladhara should be stable and strong. Accordingly, the South West portion of the building is the load bearing area; and should be strong enough to support heavy weights. Just as the feet are warm, the South West cell represents warmth and heat; even according to the atmospheric cycles the South West region receives comparatively more heat.
Svadhistana chakra is in the lower stomach region near the kidneys. It is related to water principle (apa).On the Vastu Purusha Mandala; it is to the South and to the West .Therefore the wet areas like bathroom etc are recommended in the south or in the west portions of the building. It is for sewerage (utsarjana).
The general guidelines are, the South West should be heavier and North East where gods dwell should not be so .The base should be heavy and the apex be lighter; just as in the case of a hill or a tree. The sensitive organs like brain, eyes, ears tounge are in the head; and the head should be lighter and secure. The head of the Vastu Purusha is in the North East and it should be kept free of pillars. Activities like worship, study are recommended in and towards east and adjoining directions.-North east and South East.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
108 Names of Lord Shiva - ॐ शिवाय नमः। Om Shivaya Namah।
108 Names of Lord Shiva
Lord Shiva is known by several names. The Shiva Purana, one of the oldest Hindu religious texts dedicated to the Hindu deity Shiva , ...
OM SHIVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Auspicious One
OM MAHESHVARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Great God Shiva
OM SHAMBHAVE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who exists for our happiness alone
OM PINAKINE NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva, who guards the path of dharma
OM SHASHISHEKHARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who wears the crescent moon in his hair
OM VAMADEVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who is pleasing and auspicious in every way
OM VIRUPAKSHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God of spotless form
OM KAPARDINE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord with thickly matted hair
OM NILALOHITAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God splendid as the red sun at daybreak
OM SHANKARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the source of all prosperity
OM SHULAPANAYE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who carries a spear
OM KHATVANGINE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who carries a knurled club
OM VISHNUVALLABHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva, who is dear to Lord Vishnu
OM SHIPIVISHTAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord whose form emits great rays of light
OM AMBIKANATHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Ambika's Lord
OM SHRIKANTAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to he whose throat is shining blue
OM BHAKTAVATSALAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who loves His devotees like new born calves
OM BHAVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who is existence itself
OM SARVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who is all
OM TRILOKESHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who is the Lord of all the three worlds
OM SHITAKANTHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the primal soul whose throat is deep blue
OM SHIVAPRIYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the god who is dear to Shakti
OM UGRAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva whose presence is awesome and overwhelming
OM KAPALINE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God whose begging bowl is a human skull
OM KAMARAYE NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who conquers all passions
OM ANDHAKASURA SUDANAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who killed the asura Andhaka
OM GANGADHARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who holds the Ganges River in his hair
OM LALATAKSHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord whose sport is creation
OM KALAKALAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who is the death of death
OM KRIPANIDHAYE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who is the treasure of compassion
OM BHIMAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva whose strength is awesome
OM PARASHU HASTAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who wields an axe in his hands
OM MRIGAPANAYAE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who looks after the soul in the wilderness
OM JATADHARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who bears a mass of matted hair
OM KAILASAVASINE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who abides on Mount Kailas
OM KAVACHINE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who is wrapped in armor
OM KATHORAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who causes all growth
OM TRIPURANTAKAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who destroyed the three demonic cities
OM VRISHANKAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God whose emblem is a bull (Nandi)
OM VRISHABHARUDHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who rides a bull
OM BHASMODDHULITA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord covered with holy ash
OM SAMAPRIYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God exceedingly fond of hymns from the Sama Veda
OM SVARAMAYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who creates through sound
OM TRAYIMURTAYE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who is worshiped in three forms
OM ANISHVARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the undisputed Lord
OM SARVAGYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who knows all things
OM PARAMATMANE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Supreme Self
OM SOMASURAGNI LOCHANAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the light of the eyes of Soma, Surya and Agni
OM HAVISHE NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who receives oblations of ghee
OM YAGYAMAYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the architect of all sacrificial rites
OM SOMAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Moon-glow of the mystic's vision
OM PANCHAVAKTRAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God of the five activities
OM SADASHIVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the eternally auspicious benevolent Shiva
OM VISHVESHVARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the all-pervading ruler of the cosmos
OM VIRABHADRAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva the foremost of heroes
OM GANANATHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God of the Ganas
OM PRAJAPATAYE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Creator
OM HIRANYARETASE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who emanates golden souls
OM DURDHARSHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the unconquerable being
OM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the monarch of the holy mountain Kailas
OM GIRISHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord of the Himalayas
OM ANAGHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who can inspire no fear
OM BUJANGABHUSHANAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord adorned with golden snakes
OM BHARGAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the foremost of rishis
OM GIRIDHANVANE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God whose weapon is a mountain
OM GIRIPRIYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who is fond of mountains
OM KRITTIVASASE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who wears clothes of hide
OM PURARATAYE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who is thoroughly at home in the wilderness
OM BHAGAVATE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord of prosperity
OM PRAMATHADHIPAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who is served by goblins
OM MRITUNJAYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the conqueror of death
OM SUKSHMATANAVE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the subtlest of the subtle
OM JAGADVYAPINE NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who fills the whole world
OM JAGADGURAVE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the guru of all the worlds
OM VYOMAKESHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God whose hair is the spreading sky above
OM MAHASENAJANAKAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the origin of Mahasena
OM CHARUVIKRAMAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva, the guardian of wandering pilgrims
OM RUDRAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who is fit to be praised
OM BHUTAPATAYE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the source of living creatures, including the Bhutas, or ghostly creatures
OM STHANAVE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the firm and immovable deity
OM AHIRBUDHNYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who waits for the sleeping kundalini
OM DIGAMBARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva whose robes is the cosmos
OM ASHTAMURTAYE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who has eight forms
OM ANEKATMANE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who is the one soul
OM SATVIKAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord of boundless energy
OM SHUDDHA VIGRAHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to him who is free of all doubt and dissension
OM SHASHVATAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva, endless and eternal
OM KHANDAPARASHAVE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who cuts through the mind's despair
OM AJAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the instigator of all that occurs
OM PAPAVIMOCHAKAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who releases all fetters
OM MRIDAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who shows only mercy
OM PASHUPATAYE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the ruler of all evolving souls, the animals
OM DEVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the foremost of devas, demigods
OM MAHADEVAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the greatest of the gods
OM AVYAYAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the one never subject to change
OM HARAYE NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who dissolves all bondage
OM PASHUDANTABHIDE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the one who punished Pushan
OM AVYAGRAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who is steady and unwavering
OM DAKSHADHVARAHARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the destroyer of Daksha's conceited sacrifice
OM HARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who withdraws the cosmos
OM BHAGANETRABHIDE NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who taught Bhaga to see more clearly
OM AVYAKTAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to Shiva who is subtle and unseen
OM SAHASRAKSHAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord of limitless forms
OM SAHASRAPADE NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who is standing and walking everywhere
OM APAVARGAPRADAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the Lord who gives and takes all things
OM ANANTAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the God who is unending
OM TARAKAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the great liberator of mankind
OM PARAMESHVARAYA NAMAHA
Obeisances to the great God
Lord Vishnu & Ananta Sesha - Lord Vishnu is known as "SHANTAKARAM" means peaceful form who is ... As everybody else has rightly pointed out, Lord Vishnu sleeps on Ananta Shesha.
Lord Vishnu & Ananta Sesha
His name means "that which remains", from the Sanskrit root sis, because when the world is destroyed at the end of the kalpa, Shesha remains as he is. So he is reffered as "Ananta-Shesha" which means "Endless Shesha". Lord Vishnu is seen resting on the coils of the serpent Shesha, also called Ananta.
A popular artistic rendering of Lord Vishnu (Adi Keshava) reclining on the serpent Ananta Sesha. Brahma can be seen atop the lotus issuing from Vishnu’s navel
An expansion of God who appears as a serpent with thousands of heads and who serves as the bed of Lord Vishnu. Ananta Sesha holds all the planets of the universe on His hoods and constantly sings the glories of Vishnu from all His mouths.
The fact that our true self resides in pure consciousness is also represented in the depiction of Vishnu. Vishnu is always shown residing in the ocean of milk, resting on Anantha Sesha. Vishnu is the true self, residing in the ocean of pure consciousness, and his resting on Anantha Sesha is representative of the fact that you know your true self by gaining mastery over the kundalini energy.
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Reiki is a spiritual healing art with its roots in Japanese origin. The word Reiki comes from the Japanese word (Rei) which means “Universal Life” and (Ki) which means “Energy”. Reiki is not affiliated with any particular religion or religious practice.
What Is Reiki?
Reiki is a spiritual healing art with its roots in Japanese origin. The word Reiki comes from the Japanese word (Rei) which means “Universal Life” and (Ki) which means “Energy”. Reiki is not affiliated with any particular religion or religious practice. It is not massage nor is it based on belief or suggestion.
Reiki practitioners channel energy in a particular pattern to heal and harmonize. Unlike other healing therapies based on the premise of a human energy field, Reiki seeks to restore order to the body whose vital energy has become unbalanced.
Reiki energy has several basic effects: it brings about deep relaxation, destroys energy blockages, detoxifies the system, provides new vitality in the form of healing universal life energy, and increases the vibrational frequency of the body.
The laying of hands is used in Reiki therapy also as in spiritual healing. There is a difference though. In spiritual healing, a person with a strong energy field places his or her hands above a particular part of the recipient's body in order to release energy into it. So, here the healer is the one who is sending out the energy. In Reiki, however, the healer places the hands above the recipient; however, it is the recipient that draws the energy as needed. Thus, in this case, the individual being healed takes an active part in the healing process as opposed to having a passive part in spiritual healing. The individual takes responsibility for his or her healing. The recipient identifies the needs and cater to them by drawing energy as needed.
Although there are a few positions in which the practitioner is in contact with the patient (such as cradling the head), most Reiki treatments do not involve actual touching. The practitioner holds his or her hands a few inches or farther away from the patient's body and manipulates the energy field from there.
History of Reiki
Reiki is believed to have begun in Tibet several thousand years ago. Seers in the Orient studied energies and developed a system of sounds and symbols for universal healing energies. Various healing systems, which crossed many different cultures, emerged from this single root system. Unfortunately, the original source itself was forgotten.
Dr. Mikao Usui, a Japanese Christian educator in Kyoto, Japan, rediscovered the root system in the mid- to late 1800s. He began an extensive twenty-one-year study of the healing phenomena of history's greatest spiritual leaders. He also studied ancient sutras (Buddhist teachings written in Sanskrit). He discovered ancient sounds and symbols that are linked directly to the human body and nervous system which activate the universal life energy for healing.
Usui then underwent a metaphysical experience and became empowered to use these sounds and symbols to heal. He called this form of healing Reiki and taught it throughout Japan until his death around 1893.
The tradition was passed through several grandmasters of reiki such as Dr. Chujiro Hyashi, Hawayo Takata, and Phyllis Lei Furumoto.
There are many forms of reiki being practiced now. The two principal ones are: "the Usui System of Natural Healing" and "the Radiance Technique."
The Usui System of Natural Healing balances and strengthens the body's energy, promoting its ability to heal itself.
Reiki is useful in treating serious serious illnesses as well as others. Examples are: sports injuries, cuts, burns, internal diseases, emotional disorders, and stress-related illnesses.
Reiki was introduced to the Western world in the mid-1970s. Since then its use has spread dramatically worldwide.
Reiki Energy
Reiki energy is regarded as life energy at its most effective-with the maximum vibration. It is considered to have an almost divine quality and as such includes everything, in a world where problems and disorders are deemed to be due to the feeling of detachment from the world. There is no division of Reiki energy into positive and negative forms but when a person undergoes a session of therapy, they allow the energy to be taken into themselves with beneficial effects. Essentially, those receiving Reiki energy decide subconsciously just how much of the life energy is taken in.
Those who use Reiki regularly often find they are more joyful, lively and their own in-built energy is enhanced-almost as if their batteries had been fully charged! Existing conflicts within the person are broken down and there is a greater vitality, leading to relaxation and a stimulation of the body. As this improvement develops, the natural processes of renewal and removal of toxins are enhanced and rendered more effective, ultimately opening up more of the body to the life energy.
Body organs such as the skin, and protective systems such as the immune system are improved providing the individual is prepared regularly to undertake Reiki and in the first place to undergo an attunement or initiation into Reiki energy. The initiation is merely a means whereby the universal life energy is bestowed through the Reiki master. The master acts as a channel and a link with God to release the healing power.
An initiation is not absolutely essential but it allows the individual access to the universal life energy, which is used rather than their own life energy. Also, an initiation conveys a greater capacity for using Reiki energy, with no associated tiredness and further, it provides a protective mechanism against any negative manifestations.
The Use of Whole-Body Reiki
Since, a disease or disorder in one area will inevitably affect the whole body, the use of Reiki is best applied to the whole-body, to cleanse and revitalize the complete system.
The implementation of Reiki is highly ritualized and ceremonious. Many practitioners undertake a particular routine before commencing a regime of whole-body treatment. The main elements are briefly described below.
Preparing For Whole-Body Reiki
Remove jewelry
Jewelry contains items such as stones (semi-precious or precious), metal rings or chains, leather thongs or a variety of other objects. Many of these will attract energies that may interfere with the life energy of Reiki. Items such as watches create a closed circuit that reduce the flow of life energy. Earrings are especially a problem. The pierced ears interfere with the flow of energy. The ears are very important in many therapies such as acupuncture that utilize meridians and must be kept unencumbered.
Wash hands
There are two reasons for washing hands. First, there is the physical effect of cleaning. It makes the hands pleasant to feel for the recipient of Reiki. Hot, sticky hands should be avoided in Reiki as they are not conducive to the state of relaxation being sought.
The second benefit relates to the aura surrounding the body. This aura may be affected by contact with objects, people, etc over the course of the day and washing removes such influences, which could, in sensitive people, have an adverse effect.
Say a prayer
It is helpful at this stage to recite a short prayer asking for healing and to concentrate upon and acknowledge your aims, self-perception and those of the person upon whom your hands will be placed. The prayer makes you ready to enter into the relaxation process.
Even out the aura
This is a means of gently making contact and starting the therapy. It involves a number of steps.
Ask the person to lie down.
Sit beside the person; put your left hand on your sacrum.
With your right hand held about 6-9 inches(15-25 cm) above the body and palm facing down, move your hand along the length of the body from the head to the toes.
Return the hand to the starting point using a circular motion along the side of the body.
Repeat this three or four times