MEDITATION PROCEEDS IN STAGES: BY TORKOM SARAYDARIAN FROM CHALLENGES OF DISCIPLESHIP

IN THE FIRST STAGE, YOU REPEAT OR REMEMBER THINGS YOU READ OR HEARD.

IN THE SECOND STAGE, YOU TRY TO REMEMBER REAL EXPERIENCES.


IN THE THIRD STAGE , YOU REALIZE YOUR IGNORANCE.


IN THE FOURTH STAGE, NEW IDEAS ARE DROPPED INTO YOUR MENTAL BODY FROM YOUR SOUL.


IN THE FIFTH STAGE, YOU TRY TO ANALYZE THESE IDEAS AND BUILD THOUGHT CURRENTS. YOU TRY TO INTERPRET AND ANALYZE THEM.


IN THE SIXTH STAGE , YOU LEARN HOW TO SYNTHESIZE THEM AND BUILD THOUGHT-FORMS FOR SPECIAL PURPOSES.

IN THE SEVENTH STAGE, YOU CREATE A NEW CONSCIOUSNESS, A NEW OUTLOOK ON LIFE. YOU CHANGE YOUR PERSONALITY AND DEDICATE YOURSELF TO BEAUTY, GOODNESS, JUSTICE, JOY, AND FREEDOM, FOR SERVICE OF HUMANITY.

NICHOLAS ROERICH

“However, the first condition for the attainment of knowledge is freedom from methods of study. One should not insist upon standardized methods. The true knowledge is attained by inner accumulations, by daring; for the approaches to the One Knowledge are manifold.”

Nicolas Roerich, Realm of Light 

WORKSHOP ON " TEN MEDITATION INCENTIVES"

WORKSHOP ON " TEN MEDITATION INCENTIVES"



BY G. SRINIVAS REDDY ON 1ST APRIL 2018 AT L.B.NAGAR. FROM 10 AM TO 12 PM

BASED ON THE WORKS OF TIBETAN FOUNDATION AND TORKOM SARAYDARIAN

CREATIVE WORKS.

From my heart poetry by Torkom Saraydarian

                                MY BOOKS

by Torkom Saraydarian

My books
are not sheets of papers
with prints
and diagrams
and numbers.
My books are
vortexes,
energy waves,
lightnings.
They are visions
and roaring
waterfalls
and rivers and rapids.

My books are not written
on sheets of paper,
they are frequencies
in Space.
The forms of my books
may perish
but the Spirit
will live forever
traveling with spirals
of visions.
It is not the pages,
paragraphs,
sentences,
and words that
are important,
but the target,
the significance
they reveal
in the souls
of readers.
They carry you
from the unreal
to the real,
from your not-self
to your Self,
from your Self
to the All-Self.

Each book is a
stepping stone.
They do not move
under your feet
but they will help you
to move
toward the All-Self.
If you hate
or love the book,
you cannot move on.

My books are not intended
to make you
a learned person,
but intended
to make you
actualize the greatness
that is
within you.

On every page
of my books,
you will meet yourself
and demand that
you
transcend yourself.
Only
by transcending yourself,
you will fulfill
the purpose
of your life.
My books
are whispers
from your soul
to your ears.

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Practical humility

Practical humility:

 1. Keep your feedback loop large. On any project, leaders and followers co-create each other. There is constant input and output. If you get input only from your closest circle, you won't be in touch with the whole picture.

2. Stay flexible. It's not hard to detect when someone wants to hear only praise and support for their own ideas. Be flexible enough to allow your core beliefs to be challenged. Such beliefs make the ego think it's always right, a dangerous delusion.

3. Welcome criticism and know your opposition. Leaders who rise high often feel insecure about their position. They are constant targets of jealousy and criticism. Since this is inevitable, start early on to embrace other points of view, accommodating them when you can and at the very least listening to your critics and taking them seriously. There's no better way to disarm them.

4. Be good at giving sincere feedback and be alert to the repercussions. Everyone takes notice of how praise and blame are handed out. No one is indifferent. Make sure your feedback doesn't demean anyone, and if you are in doubt about hurt feelings, see the person privately. "Are we okay?" isn't enough. Look and listen to their personal reactions.

5. Don't claim a monopoly on the truth. Keep in mind that you do not see the whole picture. This will instill a desire to hear as many perspectives as possible.

6. In any meeting, never lose sight of one central question, "What do these people need?" Never leave the room feeling confused about this. Behind every discussion, somebody needs something. Your ego needs are just part of the mix.

7. Know the difference between what somebody needs and what they want. We all want more of anything that is available; that's how the ego is designed. But most of the time, what we actually need isn't clear. Ego and emotions stand in the way. If you can state your real need in any situation, undistracted by what your ego wants, you will qualify as extremely clear-sighted.

 It's undeniable that the ego, with its focus on I, me, and mine, plays an essential role. The hidden trap as far as the ego goes is that we seem to need one all the time, the stronger the better. Leaders at the top are expected to be decisive, certain, and self-directed in the face of pressures from all directions. Yet even in this real-world scenario there should be a value on setting ego aside temporarily, not simply to make a show of being humble but to get things to work better.

Deepak Chopra, MD is the author of more than 80 books with twenty-two New York Times bestsellers. He serves as the founder of The Chopra Foundation and co-founder of The Chopra Center for Wellbeing. His latest book is The 13th Disciple: A Spiritual Adventure.

thought for the day

Try to be conscious of the value of those moments of silence and meditation when you receive light or a blessing from heaven. Many human beings suffer because they are not conscious of this. They receive blessings, and even if they happen to feel them, they quickly lose them because they do not know the value of what they have received. They think heaven is always there to pour out its light and love, and when they have nothing more interesting to do, they accept to stop a few minutes to receive them! But that is not the way it should be. Heaven is not at the disposal of thoughtless and careless people. At certain moments and in certain conditions, it pours out its blessings, and if you are not conscious enough to receive them or do not know how to keep them, too bad for you, you will lose them. So, be careful – the days you feel you have received a revelation or a blessing from heaven, try to hold on to it as something very precious for as long as possible. »

Omraam Mikhael Aivanho

thought for the day

Enjoy simple things with total intensity. Just a cup of tea can be a deep meditation. ~Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh


Meditation is the antidote to all the poisons of your life. It is the nourishment of your authentic nature. ~Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh

thought for the day

Why is it important to hold beauty, light, purity, power, and love as your high ideal? Because this ideal has magical effects: an entire network of energies is woven between you and this ideal. A high ideal activates forces hidden deep within our being; it awakens them and attracts them to itself. A high ideal serves first as a means of comparison, a yardstick, a model, a sample. But above all it activates the forces of our consciousness and superconciousness. Then, little by little, our mind is enlightened and discovers the path that will lead us to perfection; our heart expands and is filled with love; our will is stimulated and energized. Thus a high ideal brings our whole being into harmony with God himself. For every thought, every feeling, every desire, and every action, we should ask ourselves, ‘Does it bring us closer to our ideal? Or does it distance us from it?’ »

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

thought for the day

The wisest one-word sentence? Breathe. ~Terri Guillemets






The path of humanity is always coordinated with heaven and earth in the alternation of movement and stillness. Human energy is always in communion with heaven and earth in the alteration of exhalation and inhalation. ~"Heaven and Earth," c. Ming dynasty work Anthology on the Cultivation of Realization by unknown author, translated by Thomas Cleary in Taoist Meditation

thought for the day

People must not use their physical or psychic imperfections as a justification for living mediocre lives. Even the most deprived human beings can acquire a higher state of consciousness which will allow them to work for the good of humanity. Some people might say, ‘But it is not possible! I am neither enlightened nor wise nor powerful. How can I help billions of human beings?’ Obviously, you will not manifest the kingdom of God on earth from one day to the next, but from the moment you begin to think of it and to hope for it, you channel your power and your energy in this direction. This work will first produce effects on you yourself: you will rise higher in yourself, and you will ennoble yourself. And since everything we do is not without consequence, in one way or another you will eventually have a favourable influence on the beings around you. In any case, in the eyes of heaven, you can never justify doing nothing. »

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

thought for the day

The possession of psychic powers must never be a goal. With practice, many people can develop a few. But first of all, try to acquire the utmost self-mastery in order to respect the rules of disinterestedness and purity, no matter what. These qualities alone will allow you to make contact with the beings of light and luminous forces of nature. My duty is to warn all those who, without having studied and acquired great self-mastery, claim to help others by clairvoyance and divination, or to cure their physical and psychic disorders by magnetism, imposition of hands, and so on. Very few people have access to the invisible world to read the past, present and future correctly, or to make contact with the forces and psychic and spiritual beings needed to help others. Why? Because working with these forces and beings requires qualities that are even harder to acquire than those that allow us to work in the physical realm. »

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

Using visual memories to create an inner safe base of resilience

Fully 25% of your brain’s real estate is devoted to visual processing in the occipital lobe.  Human beings who can see navigate their world primarily by sight, more than touch, hearing or smell. 

You can use this tremendous power of processing experiences visually to install resources of equilibrium in your neural circuitry, an inner safe base to come home to. When you remember seeing a banana or imagine seeing a banana, the same neurons light up in the visual cortex as when you see a banana in real life in real time.  You can use this very real power of visualization and visual memory to

create resources for resilience that are very real – and soothing – to your brain. 

Exercise: Memories of a Soothing Natural Landscape

This exercise can install a resource in your brain that can last a lifetime.

1. Go outside to a place that has been calming and soothing to you, or a place that has been the scene of moments of courage for you. 

2. While gazing at the landscape intently, spend 30 seconds (or more) committing the view to memory. 

3.  While still at the site, practice evoking the image repeatedly in your mind.

4.  Practice evoking the image again later, when you are somewhere else. (If you can revisit your soothing or -encourage-ing landscape several times to repeat; excellent.)  Practice calling up the image many times until it is a reliable resource in your brain.

5. When you sense even the slightest whiff of a wobble, evoke this image in your mind’s eye. (You can place your hand on your heart as you do so, if you wish.) Let the felt sense of the soothing or en-courage-ing landscape help you steady your equilibrium now.

You can, of course, create an entire library of memoires of soothing landscapes, just like the memories of soothing people, to help you recover your range of resilience even as circumstances change.

LINDA GRAHAM

thought for the day

How many people who are dissatisfied with their circumstances, blame their parents for not understanding them, for not providing them with the conditions they needed to flourish, or for setting such deplorable examples. It may be true, but they should not blame them. If they had such parents, it is because they deserved them. Yes, if they had deserved to live in other conditions, they would have had other parents. A person who has worked in their previous lives to become a musician or a painter of genius is sent by divine Justice to reincarnate in a family which provides the conditions for them to develop their talents. If they deserve to be weak, handicapped or sick, this same Justice sends them to a family that transmits weaknesses and handicap. Parents are only responsible in appearance; they should not be blamed, for they were only doing their job. What a person receives from their parents, they have prepared through their conduct over a long period of time. So if they want to evolve, they should take responsibility and get down to work right away. »

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

thought for the day

It does not take much to provide for one’s material life, and yet humans are so busy creating new needs for themselves that they no longer have any time to devote to their spiritual lives. As a result, their material comfort gradually improves, but the psychic and moral state of society deteriorates and we see imbalance that was not present before, with criminal behaviour on the increase. Materially, in the West, we have never been so well off, but in the deepest sense, this ease does not make people happier. After the first moments of satisfaction, it is neither a new car nor a new house that will meet the needs of their soul and spirit. There is no doubt that people are conscious of this decline in society because they spend their time in meetings talking about ‘making changes’. But all the changes they discuss concern only the material realm. Who considers holding meetings to help people live the divine life? That is why, even if business is improving, human beings are in a process of decline.  »

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

thought for the day

There are fanatics in every religion who not only claim to see the Creator’s reputation attacked everywhere they look, but who imagine that it is their mission to defend him. As if God were so weak that he needed to be defended! Well, that’s what they believe. And so they condemn, persecute, and massacre people who are often superior to themselves. If they were honest, they would ask God’s opinion, and they would hear God, who is love, reply, ‘Do not concern yourself with this, it is not your affair. If they really wish to attack me, they will destroy themselves, and that will be sufficient punishment. Leave them alone. Or you too will offend me and you will be destroying yourself.’ When we truly wish to defend the Creator, we must manifest patience and love, just as he does. »

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

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Thought for the day

A staunch materialist who rejects the reality of the invisible world is preferable to a self-proclaimed spiritualist who ventures into a world they know little about, in an attempt to exploit it for their own interest, to attract attention to themselves, or to be original. In doing so, they are breaking the laws of the spiritual world, and sooner or later they will have to answer for their transgressions. The knowledge which the initiates have accumulated over the centuries was not meant to be used as it is used today by so many people – the curious, the cranks, the deranged and the crooks. Those who claim to be spiritual must look for nothing else in Initiatic Science than methods of perfection. Any intention other than this goal is not true spirituality. And those who do not know or do not want to know on what paths they venture are in the greatest danger. »

Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov

mystic vs occultist

The mystic seeks to work from the emotional to the intuitional  and hence to the spirit.

                                                        vs

The occultist works from the physical to the mental body and hence to the spirit.


The mystic works along the line of love.
                vs

The occultist works along the line of will.

The mystic should use will and the occultist should animate love.


                                from Letters on Occult Meditation

Cat and Mouse - Story by Torkom Saraydarian

parable what it means to take part in life, to play a role doing what is necessary and appropriate, while remaining inwardly free.

The Snake Who Wanted to Become a Monk, a Parable from G.I. Gurdjieff

During one meal, Monsieur Gurdjieff told us the story of a snake who wanted to take religious vows:

In the middle of a forest a man-eating snake saw a monk coming along a path. He went to meet the monk to ask if it was possible for him to take religious vows.

After listening to him, the monk said, “Yes, but if you take religious vows, you will no longer be able to eat men, or attack them!”

The snake promised to obey his instructions.

So, the monk gave the snake some advice, told him how to pray, and said to him, “In one year I will come this way again, and we’ll see how you are getting on,” and he went on his way.

One year later, the monk came back through the same forest. He saw the snake coming towards him. But the snake was emaciated, and covered in wounds. The monk asked him what had happened.

The snake replied that having kept to his promise of no longer attacking men, these men and children had started to throw stones at him.

“I see!” said the monk. “Yes! yes! I certainly asked you not to attack people, but I didn’t forbid you to hiss!”

spiritual partnership

Spiritual Partnership.........

 The new female and the new male are partners on a journey of spiritual journey.

They want to make the journey. Their love and trust keep them together.

Their intuition guides them.

They consult with each other. with each other.

 They are friends. They laugh a lot. They are equals.

That is what a spiritual partnership is:

 a partnership between equals for the purpose of spiritual growth.

 ~ from "Soul Stories" by Gary Zukav ~ 

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thoughts for the day

You must love in such a way that the person you love feels free.  --- THICH NHAT HANH


Sex is always about emotions. Good sex is about free emotions; bad sex is about blocked emotions.
                                                                                                               --- DEEPAK CHOPRA


A lot of people are afraid to say what they want. thats why they dont get what they want.

                                                                                                             ---- MADONNA

deepak chopra

Steps to creativity: Intention, information ,incubation, insight, inspiration, implementation, integration,incarnation.

Steps to creativity: Intention, information ,incubation, insight, inspiration, implementation, integration,incarnation.

                                                                              DEEPAK CHOPRA

JOY AND HEALING

Learn the real secret of joy and claim the power of joy in your life. When you do and are able to sustain it, life will have a new meaning and deep satisfaction for you. You will heal from your past wounds, enjoy life, and enable yourself to deal with life's interesting ups and downs.

"Joy is a special wisdom," says a Great Sage. Those who learn to develop joy are special people and so attractive and attracted to the best in life.

We have many memories of joy in our lives, but they have been buried by pain and suffering. We have forgotten that we can be joyful. We need to reach them, find them, and release them into our life so that we can once again experience the exhilarating joy of life.

"Since childhood, I have been attracted to joyful people. I have always had a deep desire to know what joy is, what joy can do, and what ways there are to develop joy and be joyful."

"...I have observed that joyful people are magnetic, successful, happy, creative, healthy, and honest...I observed the effect of joy on the physical body, the emotions, and thinking...."

A most loved book for over 20 years! You will love the insights, the stories, and the depth that it will touch you. You will be able to release that inner joy and heal yourself from many memories of sadness and neglect. Joy is a powerful healing tool for children and adults of all ages.

ESOTERIC SCIENCE OF HEALING

Move away from the theatre of sadness and despair and move into healing, wholeness, and integration.

NEW DIMENSIONS IN HEALING

This work gives an in-depth explanation of the subtle constitution of man. Includes a detailed study of the etheric body, the astral body, and the mental body, and the centers or chakras in each body is detailed and discussed. It also provides a comprehensive approach to the process of healing the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual bodies.

Explains the subtle constitution of the human being with clarity and simplicity. Contains exercises, meditations, and visualizations for every part of your life.  This is a key book for the healing profession and for anyone who is striving to understand the mind-body-soul connection.

"We are of the opinion that taking a few pills and a few injections will solve our problems. In reality this is not true."

"Healing is not an outer phenomenon only, but essentially it has to do with our emotions, thoughts, motives, expectations, aspirations, and attitudes. All these factors must be oriented toward the ideal, through the purification process and through the payment of our karma."