Hi Everyone,

http://tinyurl.com/7enoj9

Dear Friends,

I'd like to invite all friends to enter the new year with 5 - 15 mins of meditation.

If you like you can use the "World Peace Meditation" or the "Five Minute Miracle"

recordings I've shared with you (links below). The whole idea is to begin the year in a pure

state of consciousness. Let us all practice together at 12:00am or at 6:00am

local time Jan 1st, 2009.

Here now is a beautiful and inspiring story thats perfect for the occasion of the new year.

A friend shared it with me today and I just kept thinking about

it all day and even dreamt of when I took a little afternoon rest!

I feel you will appreciate the message very much as well.

Wishing a Happy New Year each one of you!

Nithya Shanti

A story for the rest of your life

Several times my daughter had telephoned to say,

"Mother, you must come to see the daffodils before they are over."

I wanted to go, but it was a two-hour drive from Laguna to Lake Arrowhead

"I will come next Tuesday",

I promised a little reluctantly on her third call.

Next Tuesday dawned cold and rainy.

Still, I had promised, and reluctantly I drove there.

When I finally walked into my daughter Carolyn's

house I was welcomed by the joyful sounds of happy children.

I delightedly hugged and greeted my grandchildren.

I told my daughter, "Forget the daffodils, Carolyn!

The road is invisible in these clouds and fog, and

there is nothing in the world except you and my grandchildren

that I want to see right now. I don't want to drive another inch!"

My daughter smiled calmly and said,

"We drive in this weather all the time, mother."

"Well, you won't get me back on the road until it clears,

and then I'm heading for home!" I assured her.

"But first we're going to see the daffodils.

It's just a few blocks," Carolyn said. "I'll drive. I'm used to this."

"Carolyn," I said sternly,

"It's all right, Mother, I promise.

You will never forgive yourself if you miss this experience."

So we went!

After about twenty minutes, we turned onto a small gravel road

and I saw a small church. On the far side of the church,

I saw a hand lettered sign with an arrow that read,

"Daffodil Garden ---->"

We got out of the car, each of us took a child's hand,

and I followed Carolyn down the path.

Then, as we turned a corner, I looked up and gasped.

Before me lay the most glorious sight.

It looked as though someone had taken

a great vat of gold and poured it over the mountain peak

and its surrounding slopes.

The flowers were planted in majestic,

swirling patterns, great ribbons

and swaths of deep orange,

creamy white, lemon yellow, salmon pink,

and saffron and butter yellow.

Each different-colored variety was planted

in large groups so that it swirled

and flowed like its own river with its own unique hue.

There were five acres of flowers!

"Who did this?" I asked Carolyn.

"Just one woman," Carolyn answered.

"She lives on the property. That's her home."

Carolyn pointed to a well-kept A-frame house,

small and modestly sitting in the midst of all that glory.

We walked up to the house.

On the patio, we saw a poster.

"Answers to the Questions I Know You Are Asking"

was the headline.

The first answer was a simple one. "50,000 bulbs," it read.

The second answer was, "One at a time, by one woman. Two hands, two feet, and one brain."

The third answer was, "Began in 1958."

For me, that moment was a life-changing experience.

I thought of this woman whom I had never met,

who, more than forty years before, had begun,

one bulb at a time, to bring her vision

of beauty and joy to an obscure mountaintop.

Planting one bulb at a time, year after year,

this unknown woman had forever changed

the world in which she lived.

One day at a time, she had created something

of extraordinary magnificence, beauty, and inspiration.

The principle her daffodil garden taught me

is one of the greatest principles of celebration.

That is, learning to move toward our goals and desires one step at a time.

"It makes me sad in a way," I admitted to Carolyn.

"What might I have accomplished

if I had thought of a wonderful goal thirty-five

or forty years ago and had worked away at it

'one bulb at a time' through all those years?

Just think what I might have been able to achieve!"

My daughter summed up the message of the day

in her usual direct way.

"Start tomorrow," she said.

She was right.

It's so pointless to think of the lost hours of yesterdays.

The way to make learning a lesson of celebration

instead of a cause for regret is to only ask,

"How can I put this to use today?"

The Daffodil Principle.

Stop waiting.....

Until your car or home is paid off

Until you get a new car or home

Until your kids leave the house

Until you go back to school

Until you finish school

Until you clean the house

Until you organize the garage

Until you clean off your desk

Until you lose 10 lbs.

Until you gain 10 lbs.

Until you get married

Until you get a divorce

Until you have kids

Until the kids go to school

Until you retire

Until summer

Until spring

Until winter

Until fall

Until you die...

There is no better time than right now to be happy.

Happiness is a journey, not a destination.

So work like you don't need money.

Love like you've never been hurt,

and, Dance like no one's watching.

If you want to brighten someone's day,

pass this on to someone special (like I did to you!)

Wishing you a beautiful, daffodil day!

Don't be afraid that your life will end,

be afraid that it will never begin.

- Author unknown

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www.lovingsilence.org

www.tinyurl.com/lovingsilence

You can download the meditations here...

World Peace Meditation:

Five Minute Miracle of Love:

http://www.lovingsilence.org/downloads.aspx

Feel free to share this message with your friends!

#209

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Wed Dec 24, 2008 1:08 pm
Subject: World Peace Meditation - A special Christmas gift for you

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I have here a very special Christmas gift for you.

Soon after the Mumbai bombings I had a powerful vision in meditation.

One million people were meditating at the same time, sending peaceful, healing vibrations to everyone in India, Pakistan and the world.

As I stayed with the vision, it became clear that those million people were actually within me...within each person! Every cell was holding the vision of peace and healing simultaneously.

So I created an invitation for an experiment called "Rockets of Peace". The aim was to have 21 people meditating together each morning. I invited 21 friends to participate in a 15 minute morning meditation at 6:30am for five days. They all agreed to hear a guided meditation or be in silence for five days at precisely 6:30am .

We know that some of biggest changes in history have come from groups of a few. The Maharishi Effect says that the square root of 1% of a population affects the whole. So we wondered if 21 of us could create the beginning of what might become a larger movement.

I asked for a lot of Divine Guidance in preparing the meditation. It was an amazing experience to create it so that it would be acceptable to people from different walks of life and belief systems. I created two recordings of the meditation. One with background music and one without music.

Those five days were very powerful and memorable for those who participated. There were significant shifts in energy and consciousness. The results were tangible and continue to this day for many in that group of 21. We had a long email message trail of insights and experiences, such was the power of meditating together.

Though the World Peace meditation is not yet ready for full public release, I have been encouraged by Sangeeta to share this precious meditation with all friends this Christmas day. This is a loving gift for you. Please do not distribute it further until the final version is available. That said, the current version is incredibly powerful and the benefits, even for people who have never meditated before are tangible.

You can download the World Peace Meditation from this link:
http://tinyurl.com/7enoj9

This version has no background music:
http://tinyurl.com/a3selk

These files are both about 14.5 MB in size and are in MP3 format.

Wishing all friends a Merry Christmas and a year ahead of happiness, health and peace.

Channel of Blessings...

Nithya Shanti

#208

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Fri Dec 19, 2008 6:51 am
Subject: Three lovable new emoticons for hugging

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I checked the net and found that currently the common emoticon for a hug is [ ]

However I think it is not, err, expressive or emotive enough

Whats an emoticon thats not emotive!?

So I came up with some new hugging emoticons

They represent a bird's eye view of two people asking, receiving and dodging a hug!

Enjoy the following emoticons I invented today & do share them with your friends...

1) Hug Proposal...

0< >0 - called "HUG REQUEST", it represents offering / requesting / leaning towards a hug

2) Hug in Progress...

(00) - called "HUG", usually a reply to (1), represents receiving / getting / or simply imagining a lovely hug

3) Hug Denied / Dodged

0x0 - called "AUGGH!", another possible reply to (1), it represents sorry! / no thanks!...can mean a playful dodge / or a stern "hug me not!"

If you enjoyed these new emoticons, pass them on!

And together lets heal the virus of cold shrugs with nice warm hugs :)

(c) Nithya Shanti ;)

#207

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Tue Dec 16, 2008 8:58 pm
Subject: Unexpected blessings of being a tourist

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So yesterday (16th) I decided to do some "touristy" things in Melbourne city. Been a month I've been in Australia and had mostly been avoiding that.

I decided to make it a technology free day (i.e. to stay away from laptops/mp3 players/phones) ...a "planning free" day...and basically to allow joyful intentions to pave the way.

I actually had no clue what I'd be doing when I got to the city. Decided to just let the day unfold. Its a different quality of time and experience when we suspend planning and just open to the experience of being.

It was amusing to notice a slight impatience as I waited for the bus for 15mins...when I had nowhere to go or no one to meet!

Gratitude emerged for simple things like riding a bus / train. I had with me one of my favorite books "Awareness Itself" and just a few pages of it put me into an altered state of consciousness. Not even pages...just these lines put me into such a tizzy that I had to put the book down: "if it wasn't for my teacher, I would never have realized the brightness of life"

the brightness of life...
the brightness of life...

this phrase kept echoing in consciousness...and the world was seen with new eyes...fresh eyes...and it was so bright!

I got off at the central train station. Had a huge delicious salad for breakfast. Met a friendly man who was cleaning a glass door and asked him if he could tell me where I could find a tourist map of melbourne. He directed me to an information booth with a smile.

Met Ann, an enthusiastic and bubbly tourist officer who filled me up with all the amazing possibilities for a day in Melbourne in just 3 minutes...she grew even more enthusiastic when she discovered I was from India (her son loved Indian food she said, and invited me to join them for a meal sometime :)

I took the free tourist tram that circles around the city center. It had a PA system that told us everything we were seeing all around us, the history, queer facts, adjacent attractions etc.

I was with myself and the senses. Noticing everything around me with a degree of acuteness. I found I could easily strike up a friendly conversation with anyone I wanted and was also completely comfortable not saying a thing to anyone.

Decided to visit the tallest building in Melbourne and get a birds eye view of the city. They had something called "the edge" experience where they slide you out in a glass box suspended 88 floors above the ground. The views were spectacular. You can see the building here: http://www.eurekalookout.com.au/

Reflected on how ordinary reality can become so expansive and beautiful when we allow ourselves to take a bird's eye perspective.

Took another tram to "waterfront city" and had lunch there. Began feeling somewhat lonely and gloomy all of a sudden. Held the feelings with patient awareness.

Next I went to the IMAX theatre... a 3D cinema experience on a huge screen.
http://www.imaxmelbourne.com.au/index.aspx?PageId=25#

One of the things I have wanted to do for sometime is replicating the public meditation project.
http://publicmeditationproject.blogspot.com/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7HHSpBCUHUs

So once I got my ticket and while I was waiting for my movie to start, I just pulled out my shoes and sat meditation in public. Despite music and lights, it was a remarkably deep meditation for about 20 mins. I'm glad I did it, it paved the way for a remarkable awakening I was to have shortly.

Saw a 45min movie on Africa in 3D format. We were given special glasses to were which converted otherwise out of focus images into an almost real life effect. It felt like you could touch the leaves and elephants and were actually swimming in water. Extraordinary.

The whole time I was seeing this the Advaitic teaching of life being no more than a projected image lit up by consciousness and resting on the screen of undifferentiated "brahman" kept coming to mind. I went one step behind the movie and arrived at "me"...and then I went one step behind "me" and arrived at ...

free freedom
sweet suchness
beloved beingness
absolute awareness

I never expected to have a spiritual experience in an IMAX theatre! It wasn't spectacular, it was almost normal. And that is what made it remarkable.

Walking out of the theatre, life was the same, and yet just another comprehensive IMAX movie...this one with scents, feelings, tastes and reflective thoughts included. I was walking and also the space in which I was walking. I was apart from others and I was also a part of everything. The awareness of this has been radically awake since.

I visited the Old Melbourne Gaol...the prison where inmates were held for decades. I was the presence of compassion..."bearing witness" as Bernie Glassman would say when visiting Auschwitz with Zen students.
http://www.enlightennext.org/magazine/j19/glassman.asp

Returned home and promptly feel sick with a flu. When there is an upheaval in consciousness there is bound to be an effect in the body as well. The body was disturbed, but the mind kept stepping beyond the me, into the we, the oneness.

This morning I feel stronger, integrated.

All is well. Life is good.

Life is.

#206

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Tue Dec 9, 2008 7:14 am
Subject: Happiness Workshop on 13th & 14th Dec in Melbourne

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Click here for more feedback on the Hadayoli Joyshop

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Hadayoli Joyshop

~ The Happiest Day of Your Life ~

_______________________________________________________

Join Nithya Shanti and friends for two happy days.

You are invited!

Together lets dedicate two days to being more present

more loving and patient with ourselves and others.

Together let us meditate and experience the natural joy within

Let us re-discover the miracle of being completely conscious and awake

Lets us connect with our highest nature and bow to the highest in others.

And let us create an atmosphere of friendship,

lightheartedness and immense peace.

Let us be happy and spread happiness.

Welcome!

Date & Venue for the Joyshop:

Date: 13 and 14 of December (Saturday and Sunday) 2008

Time: 9.45 am � 6 pm both days

Venue: Wadham House, Next to Mt Waverley Library & Close to Senior Citizen's Club, Mt Waverley, Melbourne

Please see the attachment for further details.

Some Feedback from past Hadayoli Joyshops

"Happiest Evening, Nithya! Today, I discovered so many beautiful things and learned to love things and people the way they are and lots more. Some people have the amazing power to walk with you for few moments and make your life divine blessing. You did it and its truly magic and so it is.... Lots of love and Prayers." ~ Amita.

"Nithya Shanti himself was energetic, happy and positive. He spread these qualities in the group. He preached whatever he practiced. Love-laugh-learn is really very important message we got today. Thank you very much. I now say I am the happiest person today. I understood the meaning of gratitude. I got the flavour of 'BE LOVING.' I am sure, through practicing meditation I will get its real flavour." ~ D. Daswani

"It is like getting connected to oneself and to the world simultaneously. We all forget to apply our hearts to our lives. I lived too dry but now I think I love everyone and everything around me I have transformed into "Human Being Happy."" ~ Abhijeet

"The way we were brought up, everything that was imbibed in us in childhood-especially for girls was designed to make us very docile, obedient - termed as selfless persons. In reality I and may be many girls of my generation grew into very inhibited, unreal persons. It has been my struggle throughout my life to become a free (less inhibited) real person who could speak her own mind, to reach the uninhibited innocence of a child within me and to be able not to be ashamed of it. Everything I have done in my life is a journey in that direction, progressing sometimes and also retreating very often. With you and your programme for the first time I felt assured that there would not be many occasions when I see myself retreating." ~ Shubangana

"The stories we heard made understanding deeper ideas simpler. The workshop did not talk about abstract ideas, it was a joyshop about ideas we can apply and have fun applying them." ~ Poonam

Who is Nithyashanti?

Nithya Shanti is a spiritual friend, philosopher and guide, who enables people to discover peace and happiness through his powerful transformational teachings.

Blending his intensive study of ancient wisdom and scriptures, with state-of-the-art, modern and scientific techniques, Nithya Shanti facilitates profound shifts in awareness for people young and old alike.

His unusual and versatile background, combined with his constant study of latest knowledge and processes empowers him to share innovative, simplified and practical methods for holistic development and spiritual insight. His light-hearted and witty approach is endearing, making his profound messages more accessible to all.

After his graduation in B.A. (Economics) from Fergusson College, Pune Nithya Shanti went on to complete an MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur one of the most prestigious B-Schools in Asia.

A profound interest in spirituality from a young age had inspired him to study the teachings of many spiritual masters such as Sri Aurobindo, Maha-avataar Babaji and Lord Buddha. Meditation has been a part of his daily routine since the age of 16.

Hence, despite having secured a coveted position in the corporate world, Nithya Shanti felt drawn to deepen his spiritual understanding with greater zeal and commitment. Accordingly, he took a bold decision of joining a forest monastery and lived as a Buddhist Monk for 6 years.

In 2007, after much introspection, he decided to leave the monastery. This decision was motivated by a compassionate wish to share what he had learned through his experiences with people from all walks of life, in a more fresh and universal manner.

Within a short time, Nithya Shanti has already impacted the lives of thousands of people worldwide through this talks, interactions, workshops and retreats. Some of his joyful initiatives are the Hadayoli Joyshop (The Happiest Day of Your Life � a 2 day open workshop), Conscious Living Joyshop (for Corporates), SMS Joyshop (Some More Smile � for teens), the EFT Joyshop (Emotional Freedom Technique) and The Joy-Treat (a ten day meditation retreat).

The teachings synthesize the best of traditional wisdom and modern breakthrough discoveries in an atmosphere of joy, love and laughter.

Hadayoli Joyshop in the News

The following article was published in the Indian Express paper in Chennai...

Mind Poets

Thursday July 24 2008 09:22 IST

Swahilya

HE draws the attention of the participants with a haunting sound produced by a thick metal cup. The stick that strikes the rim of the cup is taken round and round letting the sound to continue and taper off. Nithya Shanti is the master in white, teaching people how to make today the happiest day of their life at what he calls the Hadayoli Joyshop.

Blending spirituality, emotional wellbeing and physical fitness, Nithya Shanti brings in his Buddhist tradition from his six-year life as a forest monk. An MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur, he opted out of corporate life and is now sharing his experience of "is-dom,". He has just two words to help take people to enlightenment and that is "Be Loving."

Whatever our thoughts, words and actions, the Universe responds with an "And so it is." This makes our thoughts a reality. His workshop focuses on how to create a loving and joyous reality around us. When we live consciously, we begin to balance the physical, energy, emotional, intellectual, spiritual and social dimensions of life. We learn to live in harmony with the natural principles of the Universe. This gives us the strength, clarity and energy to realise the purpose of our life, he says. Physically it means to create a sense of lightness, physical freshness and alertness, flexibility and stamina, energetically to have abundant energy and enjoy a high level of activity, emotionally to be expressive and open, intellectually to provide clarity and depth of thinking, spiritually to have a strong sense of values based on love and compassion for oneself and others and socially to be financially independent, with a healthy relationship with family and community. He teaches the practice of a five-minute miracle that helps the individual to focus positive energy toward any specific outcome with relationships or situations. He draws four sublime attitudes called the Brahma Viharas which are also mentioned by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutra: Metta (Maitri) � loving friendliness to all, Karuna � compassion to all, Mudita � joy in another's accomplishments and Upekka (Upeksha) � equanimity in accepting both loss and gain, praise and blame, success and failure with detachment.

May you be truly happy and well, (whether or not we see you at the joyshop!)

Peace and Light.

Nithya Shanti

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Grant yourself a moment of peace
and you will understand how foolishly
you have scurried about.

Learn to be silent
and you will notice
that you have talked too much.

Be kind
and you will realize
your judgement of others was too severe.

www.lovingsilence.org

#205

From: "nithyashanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Sun Dec 7, 2008 9:52 pm
Subject: Something intimate!

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http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/lovingsilence/files/Workbooks/

I read this lovely little book called "The Five Wishes" by Gay Hendricks, thanks to my friend Kiran .

http://www.5wishesbook.com/wishes/index.php

It suggests that we ask ourself what are the five things that would define an un-successful life for us.

Based on that we figure out what are the top five wishes for our life...
and then based on those wishes make specific goals...
and finally take powerful action steps.

Cool concept!

These days I meditate on my 5 wishes every morning as soon as I wake up and also at night before falling asleep. (This was suggested by the inspiring teacher Neville Goddard : visualize your most ideal self five times daily, esp. morning and night.)

These wishes are the most intimate aspect of my life, and I have shared them with very few people. Today I am inspired to share my five wishes with many more, because it is possible that it may inspire some of you to do this clarifying exercise yourself!

So here we go...let me share my five wishes...

1) Inner Growth: Mastery of the Science of Happiness - Awareness and Love, culminating in Everyday Enlightenment - Inspired thoughts, words and actions

2) Goddess: An Incredibly Loving, Supportive, Synergistic, Purposeful, Transformational & Riotously Fun Relationship Journey with the woman of my dreams

3) Teacher: Being one of the most Outstanding, Inspiring, Ground breaking & Visionary Teachers of the Universal Principles and Practices of Happiness ever

4) University of Happiness: Co-creating a World Class (& Cosmic Class) Institution for Research, Application & Mastery of the Most Important Lessons in Life - Loving, Learning & Laughing

5) Community: Facilitating a Closely Knit Worldwide (& Galaxy wide) Community of Enthusiastic, Innovative and Purposeful Indiviuals (& Institutions) that Support each other in Realizing Inner Genius, Awakening Vision and Spreading Happiness.

I am now in vibrational alignment with these aspirations. All of this, and much more, comes to me in totally satisfying and harmonious ways, in an easy and relaxed manner, in a healthy and positive way, in its own perfect time, for the Highest Good of all. All I need is within me Now. Outer manifestions are a joyful bonus.

I choose to play on this brief excursion on Planet Earth...to play with purpose!

And so it is already!

There we go! Good fun...it actually helped me articulate it better than I ever have before...so thank-you all for giving me this opportunity to share this!

I remember reading about this seminar leader who asked all his (few hundred) participants to take out one of their visiting cards and write on the back one wish they had. Then everyone passed the cards around. Amazingly many people found that there were others in the group with the knowledge, power, wealth or resources to make their wishes come true in some way. And the whole exercise just took minutes. The power of sharing our wishes! How wonderful if we can all support each other in our 5 wishes!

Incase any of you would like to download a worksheet for the 5 wishes, visit the website above or join my Yahoo! group and visit the "files" section

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lovingsilence/

Those who are already members of the group can download it from...

Have a super day!

The Highest in Me
Gives a High Five
To the Highest in You...

Love

Nithya Shanti

PS: If you want to share your five wishes with this group, email them to me & I'll post it here.

#204

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Thu Dec 4, 2008 11:22 pm
Subject: Law of the Garbage Truck

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Enjoy this wise story that Sheetal sent me today...

One day I hopped into a taxi and we took off for the airport.

We were driving in the right lane when suddenly a car

jumped out of a parking space right in front of us.

My taxi driver slammed on his breaks, skidded, and missed

the other car by just inches!

The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us.
My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy.

And I mean he was really friendly.

So I asked, "Why did you just do that?

This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!"
This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call

"The Law of the Garbage Truck."

He explained that many people are like garbage trucks.

They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger,

and full of disappointment.

As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it

and sometimes they'll dump it on you.
Don't take it personally.

Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on.

Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people

at work, at home, or on the street.

The bottom line is that successful people don't let

garbage trucks take over their day.
Life's too short to fill our hearts with judgements and regrets.

"Love the people who treat you right.

Forgive the ones who don't."

Story shared by Sheetal Sanghvi http://www.theurbanashram.org/

http://w ww.lovingsilence.org

#203

From: lovingsilence@yahoogroups.com
Date: Mon Dec 1, 2008 11:09 pm
Subject: New file uploaded to lovingsilence

lovingsilence@yahoogroups.com

Hello,

This email message is a notification to let you know that
a file has been uploaded to the Files area of the lovingsilence
group.

   File        : /Law of Attraction & Abundance/One Command.doc
   Uploaded by : nithyashanti <nithyashanti@...>
   Description : The One Command is elegant in its simplicity, powerful in its
results. I'm really grateful to Biren for sharing this with me.

You can access this file at the URL:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lovingsilence/files/Law%20of%20Attraction%20%26%20\
Abundance/One%20Command.doc

To learn more about file sharing for your group, please visit:
http://help.yahoo.com/l/us/yahoo/groups/original/members/web/index.htmlfiles

Regards,

nithyashanti <nithyashanti@...>

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#202

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Thu Nov 27, 2008 12:29 pm
Subject: Re: Responding to Mumbai

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On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 10:44 PM, msaithal <msaithal@...> wrote:

I've signed up recently, and this is my first post.

As of just now, many innocent hostages may lose their lives.

Should the commandos be called off you think?

In this case, and in general too, evil must be resisted , fought, and
overcome...clinically.

I am a practising surgeon. I dont have any ill will towards my
patient's gangrenous arm, but I choose to use my knife to cut it
away, to save his life. It can hardly be called retribution.....and I
think is beyond the scope of positive thoughts and vibrations.

The highest and purest form of knowledge and conciousness, and all
the love and forgiveness could not save Nalanda from being virtually
razed to the ground, precious knowledge lost forever, and Buddhist
monks from being all but exterminated by invaders many centuries
ago... but for stiff resistance and repulsion by the Kshatriya king
there.

If I am to spread my knowledge of the eternal truth, I must be strong
enough to defend myself against anyone who intends to slash me with
his sword. If I cant, I may die forgiving him, but doesnt it signify
the victory of evil, over good?

Regards,
Manoj Aithal
Mumbai.

Hi Manoj,

Thank-you for raising these genuine questions.

To percievie the "Divine Order" in this incident is not about positive thinking.

It is about understanding the full spectrum of the incident.

There isn't a shadow without light.

Can we honour both, the shadow and the light?

Nor is it about being passive and advocating some superficial kind of "love" that is afraid of

defending lives and the security of an entire city.

Actions will need to be taken and will inevitably be taken.

However we also know that actions can be motivated by different levels of consciousness.

For example : making a donation can be motivated by a hunger for fame, or by a joyous wish to support a cause.

Similarly taking appropriate actions is entirely necessary in this situation.

However actions clouded by rage, fear and revenge never benefit anyone in the long run.

Actions taken with detachment, awareness and compassion always do.

Percieving Divine Order is the essence of wisdom, and far beyond positive and negative thinking.

As a surgeon you are motivated by compassion, not anger when you remove diseased parts.

It is possible to have a similar motivation when dealing with these people, who are also sick after all.

If both sides are angry and self-righteous...how can one side claim to be fundamentally different from the other?

If Nalanda could have been avoided by an army, then how come the US and India

and so many other contries are suffering today despite having huge armies?

Creation and destruction is as natural as inhaling and exhaling. It applies to mountains, oceans, nations & religions.

Even so, The Buddha never asked any king to disband their army. He taught people how to find freedom within.

And the way to do that is by deactivating the seeds of violence within.

That is when balanced action can be taken, which is truly beneficial.

And this is not mere philosophy...it can be practiced.

I for one cannot bring myself to fault anyone in this whole incident.

Everyone is fulfilling their Dharma and reaping their karma.

And death, as far as I am concerned, is not a tragedy...any more than birth is.

We come from essence and return to essence.

Few however ever learn to live from essence...to see the world through eyes of essence.

Anyway, most people reading these messages are not out there fighting those individuals!

Yet they might be fighting what has happened within.

The purpose of the message is to calm the inner vicissitude by offering a different perspective.

The perspective of the Divine Dance, the Divine Drama, indeed...the Divine Comedy

This drama of life will continue!

Did you know that all of us exist today because of a HUGE explosion?

Scientists tell us that after the universe was formed, stars exploded into supernovas...

and the resulting nuclear reactions created all the known elements!

We are all STARS! As we are made of star dust.

So explosions aren't entirely bad...sometimes great beauty can also emerge from them!

Divine Order prevails.

Only love and Best wishes...

Nithya

--- In lovingsilence@yahoogroups.com, "Nithya Shanti"

<nithyashanti@...> wrote:
>
> So we can respond to the incidents in mumbai
>
> with shock and horror and anger and rage
>
> and thats exactly what the people who did this
>
> wanted to evoke in us anyway
>
> Or we can choose to respond by contemplating
>
> the Divine Order manifesting even in this incident
>
> And when we look closely there is Divine Order
>
> there is nothing but Divine Order
>
> Infact every event in space-time is pure love
>
> how is that?
>
> isn't it true that
>
> incidents like this bring us all closer together
>
> they toss us out of our comfort zones
>
> and remind us to find true security within
>
> they force us to question what we normally dont
>
> they remind us that life is so precious
>
> many people's lives have changed
>
> and despite the trauma today
>
> many will learn positive lessons from their experience
>
> many will discover resources of strength
>
> and courage and service and sacrifice
>
> and compassion and generosity
>
> that they never knew they had
>
> many boys will become men
>
> many girls will become women
>
> many turn to god for solace
>
> and many will turn away from outer gods
>
> to seek their own truth within
>
> great growth always comes
>
> from great challenges
>
> and challenges are never pleasant
>
> but on hindsight
>
> always essential
>
> people have died
>
> have been injured
>
> have lost loved ones
>
> have been psychologically wounded
>
> and yet the cycles of life
>
> will lift them up again
>
> like the seed rising from the mud
>
> and rising towards the sun
>
> So there is a profound Divine Order
>
> at every moment
>
> some will percieve it
>
> and will access its liberating power
>
> and reflect that power through their
>
> heart intentions
>
> in unconditional love towards all who struggle today
>
> and this is master consciousness
>
> and of-course most will deny
>
> all such talk of order
>
> as nonsense
>
> and demand justice
>
> and retaliation
>
> and divide their world
>
> into the prosecutors and prosecuted
>
> and thereby divide
>
> their heart
>
> and their love
>
> and thereby limit themselves
>
> and their ability to help and heal
>
> because to deny love
>
> to anybody
>
> is to deny ourself
>
> the experience of love
>
> and this is mass consciousness
>
> so this message
>
> is an invitation
>
> to return to our center
>
> our source
>
> where we recognize
>
> that the world is but a reflection
>
> of our world within
>
> so long as there is violence within us
>
> so long as there are "right" and "wrong"
>
> voices within us
>
> there will be such events
>
> we percieve outside as well
>
> this is an opportunity to heal
>
> this is an opportunity to grow
>
> this is an opportunity to pray
>
> to love
>
> to say "i'm sorry, I love you!"
>
> to our wounded selves
>
> and the people in our lives
>
> because as we empower ourselves
>
> and percieve the Divine Order
>
> manifesting right now
>
> we become a part of the soul-ution.
>
> and the onward march of the universe
>
> shifts in response
>
> to our larger heart
>
> and wider consiousness
>
> let there be peace within each one of you
>
> let there be love
>
> let there be love
>
> om
>
> shanti
>
> shanti
>
> shanti
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> "There is so much to do.
> There is so little time.
> We must go slowly."
> - Taoist saying
>
>
> www.lovingsilence.org
>

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"There is so much to do.
There is so little time.
We must go slowly."
- Taoist saying

www.lovingsilence.org

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#201

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Thu Nov 27, 2008 10:20 am
Subject: Responding to Mumbai

nithyashanti

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So we can respond to the incidents in mumbai

with shock and horror and anger and rage

and thats exactly what the people who did this

wanted to evoke in us anyway

Or we can choose to respond by contemplating

the Divine Order manifesting even in this incident

And when we look closely there is Divine Order

there is nothing but Divine Order

Infact every event in space-time is pure love

how is that?

isn't it true that

incidents like this bring us all closer together

they toss us out of our comfort zones

and remind us to find true security within

they force us to question what we normally dont

they remind us that life is so precious

many people's lives have changed

and despite the trauma today

many will learn positive lessons from their experience

many will discover resources of strength

and courage and service and sacrifice

and compassion and generosity

that they never knew they had

many boys will become men

many girls will become women

many turn to god for solace

and many will turn away from outer gods

to seek their own truth within

great growth always comes

from great challenges

and challenges are never pleasant

but on hindsight

always essential

people have died

have been injured

have lost loved ones

have been psychologically wounded

and yet the cycles of life

will lift them up again

like the seed rising from the mud

and rising towards the sun

So there is a profound Divine Order

at every moment

some will percieve it

and will access its liberating power

and reflect that power through their

heart intentions

in unconditional love towards all who struggle today

and this is master consciousness

and of-course most will deny

all such talk of order

as nonsense

and demand justice

and retaliation

and divide their world

into the prosecutors and prosecuted

and thereby divide

their heart

and their love

and thereby limit themselves

and their ability to help and heal

because to deny love

to anybody

is to deny ourself

the experience of love

and this is mass consciousness

so this message

is an invitation

to return to our center

our source

where we recognize

that the world is but a reflection

of our world within

so long as there is violence within us

so long as there are "right" and "wrong"

voices within us

there will be such events

we percieve outside as well

this is an opportunity to heal

this is an opportunity to grow

this is an opportunity to pray

to love

to say "i'm sorry, I love you!"

to our wounded selves

and the people in our lives

because as we empower ourselves

and percieve the Divine Order

manifesting right now

we become a part of the soul-ution.

and the onward march of the universe

shifts in response

to our larger heart

and wider consiousness

let there be peace within each one of you

let there be love

shanti

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"There is so much to do.
There is so little time.
We must go slowly."
- Taoist saying

www.lovingsilence.org

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#196

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Fri Oct 31, 2008 4:49 am
Subject: Happiness Workshop on 1st & 2nd Nov in Singapore

nithyashanti

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http://www.lovingsilence.org/downloads.aspx

_______________________________________________________

Hadayoli Joyshop

~ The Happiest Day of Your Life ~

_______________________________________________________

Join Nithya Shanti and friends for two happy days.

You are invited!

Together lets dedicate two days to being more present

more loving and patient with ourselves and others.

Together let us meditate and experience the natural joy within

Let us re-discover the miracle of being completely conscious and awake

Lets us connect with our highest nature and bow to the highest in others.

And let us create an atmosphere of friendship,

lightheartedness and immense peace.

Let us be happy and spread happiness.

Welcome!

A Few Gentle Guidelines...

The Hadayoli Joyshop is priceless beyond estimate...one may contribute/ donate from your heart.

Everyone is invited...but whole hearted participation is essential

Joy knows no language...yet this joyshop will be in conducted in English.

Date & time:

1st & 2nd November, 2008 (Sat. & Sun) 9:30 am to 6:30 pm both days

Please be peacefully on time for the Happiest Days of Your Life!

The address for the Hadayoli Joyshop on Saturday (1st Nov'08) will be the following...

C/o TS Murugavel

Block � 170 , # 19-365,

Bukit Batok West Avenue 8,

Singapore � 650170

Time: 9:30am to 6:00pm

Venue for the Joyshop on Sunday:

c/o Jayanth Narayanan

10 West Coast Crescent

West Cove Condo, Tower 3B, 01-06

Singapore 128041

Time: 9:30 to 6:00pm

People may come for only one day of the joyshop ... however priority be given to those who can come for both days.

We have made arrangements for lunch.

Please get along a writing pad and a pen

Important: You are expected to learn and apply the Five Minute Miracle if you intend to participate:

Place is limited, so please confirm participation to: jnarayanan@....

For more info call Jayanth on 81837782

Click here for more feedback on the Hadayoli Joyshop

Who is Nithyashanti?

The teachings synthesize the best of traditional wisdom and modern breakthrough discoveries in an atmosphere of joy, love and laughter.

Click here for more feedback about Nithya Shanti

Hadayoli Joyshop in the News

To Learn more about the Hadayoli Joyshop on the Web: http://lovingsilence.org

May you be truly happy and well, (whether or not we see you at the joyshop!)

Peace and Light.

Nithya Shanti

#192

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:41 am
Subject: Hadayoli Joyshops in Singapore

nithyashanti

Offline

http://lovingsilence.org/meditation.htm

Dear All,

You are very warmly invited for the...

Hadayoli Joyshop - The Happiest Days of Your Life

Join Nithyashanti and friends for two profoundly happy days.

Together lets experience the joy of being more present,

more kind, more loving and patient with ourselves and others.

We'll also meditate and experience the fascinating power of our attention.

We'll re-discover the miracle of being totally conscious and alive

We'll connect with our highest nature and explore ways to recognize it in others.

We'll tackle big big issues like Enlightenment & yet remain Entirely Lighthearted.

We'll be happy and spread happiness.

Just that much!

Who is Nithyashanti?

A person who went from being Nithya-ashanti (almost "perpetually non-peaceful") to Venerable Nyanasanti (a monk who strived to "know peace") to being Nithyashanti (one who "abides in peace"...or atleast pretends to!?)

An MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur, he opted out of the corporate whirl. He lived as a forest monk for six years.

And then stepped beyond the folds of tradition,

to simply live from the heart.

Nithyashanti shares

the wisdom of "is-dom"

with people around the world.

His simple message is "be loving".

(Yes, yes, its not all that simple...

thats why you are invited to this joyshop, beloved one!)

A Few Gentle Guidelines...

The Hadayoli Joyshop is priceless beyond estimate...one may contribute/ donate from your heart Everyone is invited...but whole hearted participation is essential

Joy knows no language...yet this joyshop will be in conducted in English

Date & time:

First Joyshop: 25th & 26th October, 2008 (Sat. & Sun) 9:30 am to 6:30 pm both days

Second Joyshop: 1st & 2nd November, 2008 (Sat. & Sun) 9:30 am to 6:30 pm both days

Please be peacefully on time for the Happiest Days of Your Life!

Venue for the two Joyshops:

10 West Coast Crescent

West Cove Condo, Tower 3B, 01-06

Singapore 128041

(Please call Jayanth on 81837782 for further guidance)

People may come for only one day of the joyshop (if two happy days is too much to bear!)...needless to say, priority be given to those who can come for both days.

We have made arrangements for lunch.

Please get along a writing pad and a pen

You are expected to learn and apply the Five Minute Miracle if you intend to participate:

Place is limited, so please confirm participation to: jnarayanan@....

For more info call Jayanth on 81837782 after 6 pm

Learn more about the Hadayoli Joyshop on the Web: http://lovingsilence.org/hadayoli.htm

May you be truly happy and well, (whether or not we see you at the joyshop!)

Peace and Light.

Nithyashanti

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Grant yourself a moment of peace

and you will understand how foolishly

you have scurried about.

Learn to be silent

and you will notice

that you have talked too much.

Be kind

and you will realize

your judgement of others was too severe.

- Wise proverb (yes, Made in China)

http://lovingsilence.org

--
Hosted by...

Jayanth Narayanan
Assistant Professor
Department of Management & Organization
NUS Business School
National University of Singapore
1 Business Link
Singapore 117592

#191

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Mon Oct 6, 2008 2:19 am
Subject: The last Hadayoli Joyshop is in Pune this weekend...

nithyashanti

Offline

http://www.lovingsilence.org/meditation.htm

Dear Friends,

This is to inform you about the upcoming

Two Day Happiness Joyshop with Nithya Shanti

in Pune. It will be the last joyshop in India this year.

Please find the details below. We look forward to meeting you

and your friends soon!

______________________________________________

Hadayoli Joyshop

The Happiest Day of Your Life

Transformational teachings shared in an atmosphere

of trust, lightheartedness and joy.

11th & 12th October 2008 (Saturday & Sunday) 9:30 am - 6:30pm

______________________________________________

Hadayoli is not really a workshop, or a retreat -

It is a joyshop, or a real treat.

Here you may not learn anything new-

Only live what you always knew.

This is not about gathering happiness -

This is about spreading happiness!

Join Nithyashanti and friends for two profoundly happy days.

This two day joyshop is an opportunity

to explore the deeper dimension of our lives

in a profound yet lighthearted way

The whole purpose of Hadayoli is to

be aware

be loving

be happy

be alive

be life

Some of the most practical & precious

life management & inner development tools

will be explored in this joyshop.

However more than any method, the emphasis will be

the natural blossoming of

compassion

love

appreciation

equanimity

wisdom

in the warm sunlight of grateful awareness

We will journey from

head to heart

becoming someone to just being

seeking joy to spreading joy

wander-full mind to wonderful mind

Its all about living your highest life and dying without fear and regrets.

So come and join us for two wonder-full days of love and learning!

Who is Nithyashanti?

A person who went from being Nithya-ashanti ("perpetually non-peaceful")

to Venerable Nyanasanti (a monk who strived to "know peace")

to being Nithya Shanti (one who "abides in peace"...in a totally playful way!)

An MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur.

Who opted out of the corporate whirl.

He lived as a forest monk for six years.

And then stepped beyond the folds of tradition,

to simply live from the heart.

Nithyashanti shares

the wisdom of "is-dom"

with people from all walks of life.

His simple message is "be loving"

...in the heart

of hearts

peace

never departs...

Frequently Answered Questions

1) Whats the price?

The suggested contribution to cover costs and facilitate further joyshops is:

For Hadayoli Alumni: Rs.1500

For first time participants: Rs 2000

Your contribution covers participant materials, food and organizing expenses for two days.

2) What language?

Joy knows no language...however this joyshop will be in conducted in English

3) Who can come?

Everyone is well-come...but whole hearted participation is essential : )

4) What if someone cannot attend both days?

People may come for just one day if they are unable

to come for all days of the Joyshop.

Preference will be given to people who can attend both days

Date & Time

Hadayoli Joyshop: 11th and 12th October, 2008

9:30 am to 6:30 pm ( Sunday )

Venue

c/o Col S.R. Yeri

301, B-1, Brahma Memories

Bholsale Nagar, Pune

Directions: Take the Range Hills road (its on the left before E Square when coming from Pune University side)

Take the 2nd left turn (there is a small temple & Rickshaw stand there also) and immediately take the road on the right

Go to the end of the road and you will see the Brahma Memories arch on the right. Enter the gate and turn left.

Building B-1 is after the children's park on left. You can park inside the society.

Please contact Shubha at 020-25537327, if hopelessly lost

Please leave your problems outside and enter with a smile : )

A Few Gentle Guidelines:

You are expected to learn and apply the Five Minute Miracle

if you intend to participate in the Hadayoli Joyshop

Please follow this link to learn this practice:

http://www.lovingsilence.org/files/The_Five_Minute_Miracle_of_Love.pdf

Place is very limited for this Joyshop, so please confirm your

interest / participation at the earliest to Poonam +91-9822900859

poonamkunwar@...

May you be truly happy in your heart.

Peace and Light.

Nithya Shanti

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Grant yourself a moment of peace

and you will understand how foolishly

you have scurried about.

Learn to be silent

and you will notice

that you have talked too much.

Be kind

and you will realize

your judgement of others was too severe.

- Chinese Proverb

To learn more please visit...

http://www.lovingsilence.org/hadayoli.htm

("Hadayoli" is short for the "Happiest Day of Your Life")

Hadayoli in the News

The following article was published in the Indian Express recently...

Mind Poets

Thursday July 24 2008 09:22 IST

Swahilya

HE draws the attention of the participants with a haunting sound produced by a thick metal cup.The stick that strikes the rim of the cup is taken round and round letting the sound to continue and taper off. Nithya Shanti is the master in white, teaching people how to make today the happiest day of their life at what he calls the Hadayoli Joyshop. Blending spirituality, emotional wellbeing and physical fitness, Nithya Shanti brings in his Buddhist tradition from his six-year life as a forest monk. An MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur, he opted out of corporate life and is now sharing his experience of "is-dom," He has just two words to help take people to enlightenment and that is "Be Loving." Whatever our thoughts, words and actions, the Universe responds with an "And so it is." This makes our thoughts a reality. His workshop focuses on how to create a loving and joyous reality around us. When we live consciously, we begin to balance the physical, energy, emotional, intellectual, spiritual and social dimensions of life. We learn to live in harmony with the natural principles of the Universe. This gives us the strength, clarity and energy to realise the purpose of our life, he says. Physically it means to create a sense of lightness, physical freshness and alertness, flexibility and stamina, energetically to have abundant energy and enjoy a high level of activity, emotionally to be expressive and open, intellectually to provide clarity and depth of thinking, spiritually to have a strong sense of values based on love and compassion for oneself and others and socially to be financially independent, with a healthy relationship with family and community. He teaches the practice of a five-minute miracle that helps the individual to focus positive energy toward any specific outcome with relationships or situations. He draws four sublime attitudes called the Brahma Viharas which are also mentioned by Patanjali in the Yoga Sutra: Metta (Maitri) � loving friendliness to all, Karuna � compassion to all, Mudita � joy in another's accomplishments and Upekka (Upeksha) � equanimity in accepting both loss and gain, praise and blame, success and failure with detachment.

#190

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Sat Oct 4, 2008 7:09 am
Subject: Abundance - A Powerful Declaration

nithyashanti

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Here is a powerful abundance declaration from John Randolph Price and Catherine Ponder.

I recommend you print these out and post them where you will read them each morning.

Feel free to replace "God" with any other word that for you represents the Grand Overall Design.

Nothing is too good to be true.

Nothing is too wonderful to happen.

Nothing is too good to last.

My conscious awareness of the Divine Presence as my supply

is my supply. I am now consciously aware of the indwelling

fountain of overflowing abundance. Therefore, I AM abundant

supply. My consciousness is the very energy of money.

I AM the Spirit of Infinite Plenty. I am boundless abundance,

and with love in my heart, I let the universal riches stream forth

into perfect manifestation.

What is expressed in love must be returned in full measure.

Therefore, wave after wave of visible money supply flows to me

now. I am wonderfully rich in consciousness,

and I am bountifully supplied with money.

I now realize my plan for abundant living.

There is always an abundance of money, and I now let it

come to me. I am open to receive.

I cannot be limited, for I am the Shining Sun of Supply,

and God's wealth fills my world.

I am receiving. I am receiving now.

I am receiving all the wealth that the universe has for me now.

I do not depend on persons or conditions for my good.

God is the source of my supply and God provides his own

amazing channels of good to me now.

All that is mine by divine right now comes to me

speedily, richly, freely and easily. I am receiving now.

It is finished. It is done. I give thanks that I have received,

and that my good appears in rich appropriate form under

divine timing.

I expect Success!

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
www.lovingsilence.org

#189

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Sun Sep 14, 2008 6:46 am
Subject: Wonderful Transformation Practices

nithyashanti

Offline

Namaskar!
I have compiled a list of transformational practices...ones that have
personally benefitted me & which I frequently share with others. Its a
somewhat "dense" document & has several abbreviations. I will be
explaining & sharing the essence of these teachings in an upcoming
lecture in Chennai. There might be more such lectures if this one is
found useful. I am sharing this so people can get an overview of what
I am sharing & some sense of how it all fits together. the purpose is
"be joyful/loving/peaceful" & to awaken the Divine Potentials latent
within us in a comprehensive, accessible and reliable way.
May you be happy, know inner peace & complete freedom!
Nithya Shanti

--
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mind inclining outwards finds suffering
Mind inclining inwards knows peace

www.lovingsilence.org

#188

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Fri Sep 12, 2008 2:53 am
Subject: Chennai evening gatherings, Sept 24 & 25

nithyashanti

Offline

Narsi & Basker have kindly organized two evening sessions in Chennai
(details of time/venue below). I intend to share a comprehensive
overview of transformational practices that I & many others have
benefitted from. Look forward to meeting you if you are in Chennai.
Joy in Peace...
Nithya Shanti

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: v narasimhan <vnarsi@...>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2008 11:05:52 +0530
Subject: Two evenings with Nithyashanti, sep.24 & 25
To:

Hi

Nithyashanti is in Chennai : 24-26.  We can have a get together on 24th &
25th, from 6.30pm to 8.30pm at our most asked for "Egmore Radhakrishnan
Hockey Stadium", Opp: Egmore Railway Stadium. Price less - no charges.  He
wants to share some 10 most significant processes before
leaving for a trip overseas, to a few countries and it will be some months
before we see him here again. Please read below a mail from Nithyashanti for
some juicy updates.

I am sure you will come and make it two wonderful evenings.  Needless to
add, bring those whom you Love.

Thanks & Love
Narsi
94450 25766

Namaste Namaste!

  Dear All,

Greetings from Thiruvannamalai...the holy land of Arunanchala and Sri Ramana
Maharishi.
I am currently staying in Singing Heart Ashram, where we had a 10 day
"joytreat" last month.

Ante (a brilliant yoga teacher from Canada) has very kindly put together
many new photos from
our time together in Thiru, which you can see by following this link...

http://www.tabblo.com/studio/stories/shared/27737/69nbxrdvw0lo3ea

You will see not only Singing Heart Ashram, but also Sri Ramana Ashram, the
cave where Bhagavan Ramana lived in for many years and some interesting
photos of how we lifted Ante (110kg or so) using just one finger by using
the power of our mind.

Also there are photos of an experiment we did of putting some corn between 4
mobile phones. The theory was that the microwave energy generated when all
the 4 phones ring together will make the corn pop! It didn't work in this
case, but those of us who were sensitive to energy
did feel like our brains were ready to pop with all the radiation generated
: )

Moving on...I wanted to share a few things about my upcoming plans...

I will be in Chennai (24-26th Sept) and we will be having a couple of
evening gatherings (contact Narsi - 94450 25766  ;
vnarsi@...<http://in.f76.mail.yahoo.com/ym/Compose?To=vnarsi@gmail.com>
  )

It is my intention to discuss the ten most significant processes I have
learnt in my spiritual journey so far.  Almost all of them are "open
source"...which means they can be learnt, applied and shared with others
without cost.

Some of these include...

1. Buddha's Teachings - Vipassana; Mahasati; Brahmavihara; Bodhicitta;
Tonglen; Phowa; Pure land...

2. Energy Mastery - EFT; TAT; Release; Emotrance...

3. Sungazing - Using the HRM protocol...

4. Health & Healing - various resources & processes...

5. Spiritual Law of Attraction - some wonderful teachings & tools...

6. Some of my own innovations - Four Tune; Dream team; Health Access Tool...

And others... we will discuss when we meet : )

I will be lecturing on these subjects, introducing them to people so that
those who are interested to go deeper can research on their own or connect
with me. My intention is that over the next year there will be 6 more 10 day
retreats emphasizing meditation and some / all of the above subjects.

Also, I will be in Singapore and Australia this Oct-Dec. If there
is interest in what I am sharing then it is possible I might go on to the US
and Europe before returning to India next year. All this is still a little
tentative right now as I have yet to finalize my travels. In case any of you
are keen to invite me in your part of the world, let me know, and I will see
if I can include it in my itinerary.

So this is what seems to be emerging for the year ahead...sharing the
deepest, most beautiful & transformational teachings...in a way that is
accessible to people and doesn't limit them to just one teacher or
framework...deeper dives within in regular 10 day retreats...a possible trip
round the world to generate interest and resources for co-creating
"happiness universities" (...which will be under an umbrella trust we are
calling "Such") ...all of this, maybe none of this....done in an attitude of
service, play and surrender.

Thats all for this update. Look forward to hearing from some of you.

Peace and inner light,

Nithya Shanti

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When people see some things as beautiful,
other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
other things become bad.

Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low depend on each other.
Before and after follow each other.

Therefore the Master
acts without doing anything
and teaches without saying anything.
Things arise and she lets them come;
things disappear and she lets them go.
She has but doesn't possess,
acts but doesn't expect.
When her work is done, she forgets it.
That is why it lasts forever.

- Chapter 2, Tao Te Ching

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#187

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Wed Sep 10, 2008 6:02 am
Subject: The year ahead...whats emerging...

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Dear All,

Greetings from Thiruvannamalai...the holy land of Arunanchala and Sri Ramana Maharishi.

I am currently staying in Singing Heart Ashram, where we had a 10 day "joytreat" last month.

Ante (a brilliant yoga teacher from Canada) has very kindly put together many new photos from

our time together in Thiru, which you can see by following this link...

You will see not only Singing Heart Ashram, but also Sri Ramana Ashram, the cave where Bhagavan Ramana lived in

for many years and some interesting photos of how we lifted Ante (110kg or so) using just one finger by using the power

of our mind.

Also there are photos of an experiment we did of putting some corn between 4 mobile phones. The theory was that the microwave energy generated

when all the 4 phones ring together will make the corn pop! It didn't work in this case, but those of us who were sensitive to energy

did feel like our brains were ready to pop with all the radiation generated : )

Moving on...I wanted to share a few things about my upcoming plans...

I will be in Chennai (24-26th Sept) and we will be having a couple of evening gatherings (contact Narsi - 94450 25766 ; vnarsi@... )

It is my intention to discuss the ten most significant processes I have learnt in my spiritual journey so far.

Almost all of them are "open source"...which means they can be learnt, applied and shared with others without cost.

Some of these include...

1. Buddha's Teachings - Vipassana; Mahasati; Brahmavihara; Bodhicitta; Tonglen; Phowa; Pure land...

2. Energy Mastery - EFT; TAT; Release; Emotrance...

3. Sungazing - Using the HRM protocol...

4. Health & Healing - various resources & processes...

5. Spiritual Law of Attraction - some wonderful teachings & tools...

6. Some of my own innovations - Four Tune; Dream team; Health Access Tool...

And others... we will discuss when we meet : )

I will be lecturing on these subjects, introducing them to people so that those who are interested to go deeper can research on their own or connect with me.

My intention is that over the next year there will be 6 more 10 day retreats emphasizing meditation and some / all of the above subjects.

Also, I will be in Singapore and Australia this Oct-Dec. If there is interest in what I am sharing then it is possible I might go on to the US and Europe before

returning to India next year. All this is still a little tentative right now as I have yet to finalize my travels. In case any of you are keen to invite me in your part of the world,

let me know, and I will see if I can include it in my itinerary.

So this is what seems to be emerging for the year ahead...sharing the deepest, most beautiful & transformational teachings...in a way that is accessible to people

and doesn't limit them to just one teacher or framework...deeper dives within in regular 10 day retreats...a possible trip round the world to generate interest and resources

for co-creating "happiness universities" (...which will be under an umbrella trust we are calling "Such") ...all of this, maybe none of this....done in an attitude of

service, play and surrender.

Thats all for this update. Look forward to hearing from some of you.

Peace and inner light,

Nithya Shanti

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When people see some things as beautiful,
other things become ugly.
When people see some things as good,
other things become bad.

Being and non-being create each other.
Difficult and easy support each other.
Long and short define each other.
High and low depend on each other.
Before and after follow each other.

Therefore the Master
acts without doing anything
and teaches without saying anything.
Things arise and she lets them come;
things disappear and she lets them go.
She has but doesn't possess,
acts but doesn't expect.
When her work is done, she forgets it.
That is why it lasts forever.

- Chapter 2, Tao Te Ching

#185

From: "nithyashanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Tue Sep 2, 2008 3:38 am
Subject: Photos from the recent Joytreat in Thiruvannamali

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#184

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Sun Aug 31, 2008 6:23 pm
Subject: TED: How kids teach themselves

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Here is an interesting talk that might change our assumptions about education. My brother and I went to a "free progress school" called Mirambika as children. This talk is by my brother's best friend's dad...small world...

In 1999, Sugata Mitra and his colleagues dug a hole in a wall bordering an urban slum in New Delhi, installed an Internet-connected PC, and left it there (with a hidden camera filming the area). What they saw was kids from the slum playing around with the computer and in the process learning how to use it and how to go online, and then teaching each other.

In the following years they replicated the experiment in other parts of India, urban and rural, with similar results, challenging some of the key assumptions of formal education. The "Hole in the Wall" project demonstrates that, even in the absence of any direct input from a teacher, an environment that stimulates curiosity can cause learning through self-instruction and peer-shared knowledge. Mitra, who's now a professor of educational technology at Newcastle University (UK), calls it "minimally invasive education."

"Education-as-usual assumes that kids are empty vessels who need to be sat down in a room and filled with curricular content. Dr. Mitra's experiments prove that wrong."

Linux Journal

if you can't watch this video on TED - over the net, try to download it first (you will find the download button below the video window on the page at TED)

love/biren

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: TED <TED@...>
Date: Fri, Aug 29, 2008 at 11:31 PM
Subject: This week: How kids teach themselves
To: birenshah64@...

This week on TED.com, Sugata Mitra talks about the "Hole in the Wall" project -- where kids in an Indian neighborhood figured out (on their own) how to use a PC and mouse, and then taught their friends. We've all seen kids do things like this, figuring out a new toy or the universal remote, but Mitra asks the next logical question: How can traditional schools harness the immense power of children to teach one another?

Also this week, watch John Q. Walker "re-perform" great piano pieces, with software that brings greats like Art Tatum back to life. Blogger Ory Okolloh tells the moving, personal story of how she committed herself to making Kenya a better place for her family. From last week, check out physicist Patricia Burchat, who is searching the universe for dark matter and dark energy. It's a mind-expanding topic that she explains clearly. And National Geographic photography director David Griffin talks about the powerful ways that photographs can connect us.

Sugata Mitra: Can kids teach themselves?
Speaking at LIFT 2007, Sugata Mitra talks about his "Hole in the Wall" project. Young kids in this project figured out how to use a PC on their own -- and then taught other kids. Given this, he asks, what else can children teach themselves and each other? Watch this talk >>

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Mind inclining inwards knows peace

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#183

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Fri Aug 29, 2008 12:41 pm
Subject: Joytreat, EFT & Deepak Chopra

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Hi Everyone,

We recently completed a very beautiful 10 day meditation joy-treat in Thiruvanamalai.

I might be sharing some recordings from those days on my website at some point.

Yesterday I read a wonderful interview with Deepak Chopra which introduced me to

aspects about his life & spiritual practice which I never knew about, and found very inspiring.

If any of you are interested, please visit...

http://www.wie.org/j40/chopra.asp?ifr=hp-ftr

Also, I liked the following EFT article and felt it might be useful for some of us.

(Those of you who are unfamiliar with EFT, please visit www.emofree.com)

Peace,

Nithya Shanti

Using EFT to Clear the Top 10 Destructive Money Beliefs

Hi Everyone,

Carol Tuttle continues her two-part money series (her first part was entitled Using EFT to Advance Your Business ).

Hugs, Gary Craig

By Carol Tuttle

If you're not making as much money as you'd like, then you're holding onto some negative beliefs about yourself and how much money you're capable of flowing.

Money is a resource with a neutral energy that we project our beliefs onto. Money takes on that energy and that is the experience we get with it.

When you change your beliefs about money, money changes for you.

When you choose wealth, and start to believe that wealth is spiritual, wealth finds you.

EFT is a glorious way to flow money and grow money. What better work can you do on this planet than to help others come into alignment with their God-given truth, free to create lives of wellness, prosperity, and joy.

Wealthy people who are humble, generous, and wanting to do the right thing are some of the most powerful people who have the most choices to make a difference in the world in which we live.

Tap out these old limiting beliefs about money, and then tap in the new beliefs to reframe and re-pattern your energy with money.

While tapping all the points repeat the following set-up phrase to release your destructive beliefs about money.

Even though I am still believing, I now choose to release:

1. Money is not spiritual

2. I will never have enough money

3. I'll probably just fail anyway

4. But we can't afford that

5. Rich people are greedy and dishonest

6. If I'm successful, my friends will be jealous and stop liking me

7. I'm no better than my parents, so I shouldn't make more then they did

8. I might forget what's truly important and not like the person I've become

9. Money is the root of all evil

10. I'm not worthy

(Did you realize that fully 90 percent of the population has an issue with low self-esteem? It's the No. 1 thing that holds people back and prevents them from living their dreams).

Next, while tapping all the EFT points, repeat this set-up statement with each of the following reframes.

I am now believing and radiating these truths about money:

1. I am grateful I am free to create whatever I want with money, I now choose to experience money as a spiritual resource in my life

2. I am grateful that there is enough money for everyone and it is everyone's birthright to create wealth. I choose to create mine now.

3. I am successful, I safe making mistakes and learning better ways to do business, I am ready, success is my god-given natural right

4. I am always flowing more in than is going out, I am wise in my purchases and a good steward of my money

5. I am grateful that I am an honest and generous rich person

6. I am a great example to my friends and associates, as I choose my birthright of wealth others are more free to choose this as well

7. I am knowing my parents did the best they knew how, and I am free and it is appropriate to create more than what they chose to experience

8. I am safe to create wealth. I am always following my spiritual guidance, it does not matter how much money I have, I always choose this

9. Money is a god-given resource that I am choosing to use to bless my life and others

10. I am worthy and I am ready, I choose wealth now.

A good addition to the above process is to recall any significant childhood events around money that influenced your current beliefs and perceptions. Use EFT to release any energy you still have from these formative experiences with money.

When you are triggered by money and start running your limiting beliefs and heavy emotions about money, use EFT to release yourself immediately.

The more vibrant energy your radiate about money and the more gratitude you hold for money, the more money can flow to you.

People in debt and who do not make enough money think about their money problems every day of their lives. Wealthy, spiritual people are free to engage in their life purpose allowing the money to flow free of any worries.

Use EFT to create this balance with money.

Best wishes, Carol

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#182

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Thu Aug 21, 2008 6:11 pm
Subject: Hadayoli Picnic near Pune

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Dear Friends,

We just completed ten Divinely blessed & blissful days in Thiruvanamalai - a joyful meditation retreat.

I am currently in Hyderabad supporting and co-facilitating a 5 day workshop called the Tao of Facilitation.

I have had very little email access & I apologize for the many emails I have been unable to respond to recently.

On the 30th of this month (Aug) we will be having a one day outing to a farm house near Pune.

All who have attended any program with Ven Nyanasanti or Nithya Shanti are welcome to join us.

It will be a day of joy, re-connecting with each other and sharing our successes and challenges with various

aspects of the Hadayoli teachings.

If any of you are keen to attend or would like to know more, please call

HITESHA - 9970208687

BHUPI - 9960640332

or email

<RITU_HITU_17@...>,

All best wishes and abundant peace...

Nithya Shanti

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Mind inclining outwards is suffering

Mind inclining inwards is peace

www.lovingsilence.org

#181

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Mon Aug 11, 2008 8:33 am
Subject: Tips on conscious living

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Dear Geetha from B'lore sent this to me....


Tips for Better Life (www.ishafoundation.org)


1. Take a 10-30 minutes walk every day. And while you walk, smile.
2. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day.
3. Sleep for 7 hours.
4. Live with the 3 E's -- Energy, Enthusiasm, and Empathy.
5. Play more games.
6. Read more books than you did tthe previous year.
7. Make time to practice meditation, yoga, and prayer. They provide us with
daily fuel for our busy lives.
8. Spend time with people over the age of 70 & under the age of 6.
9. Dream more while you are awake.
10. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is
manufactured in plants.
11. Drink plenty of water.
12. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
13. Don't waste your precious energy on gossip.
14. Forget issues of the past. Don't remind your partner with his/her
mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
15. Don't have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead
invest your energy in the positive present moment.
16. 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.
17. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
18. Smile and laugh more.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don't hate others.
20. Don't take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
21. You don't have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
22. Make peace with your past so it won't spoil the present.
23. Don't compare your life to others'. You have no idea what their journey
is all about. Don't compare your partner with others.
24. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
25. Forgive everyone for everything.
26.. What other people think of you is none of your business.
27. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
28. Your job won't take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will.
Stay in touch.
29. Get rid of anything that isn't useful, beautiful or joyful.
30. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
31. The best is yet to come.
32. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
33. Do the right thing!
34. Call your family often.
35. Your inner most is always happy. So be happy.
36. Each day give something good to others.
37. Don't over do. Keep your limits.
38. Share this with someone you care about.


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#180

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Sat Aug 2, 2008 4:48 am
Subject: Blissful 10 day retreat in Tiruvannamalai

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saraswathivasudevan@... ; vnarsi@...

Dear Friends,

Starting 7th evening we will have a 10 day meditation retreat at Singing Hearts ashram (www.cosmicairport.com) , near Tiruvannamalai.

It will be the first 10 day retreat of this kind and definitely an opportunity of a lifetime.

It'll be very positive, very transformational, very unique and very special.

If any of you wish to attend for all or part of the retreat, please confirm participation by 5th August to:

Saras - 0-9444912456 ; Narsi - 0-94450 25766

For everyone's convienience, we are organizing a bus from Chennai to Tirubannamali on the 7th of August.

Please contact Saras for details on this.

Those of you who have expressed interest to me about this retreat, please reconfirm to me, or Saras / Narsi that you are attending.

And please make the payments latest by 5th August '08.

Details on getting there...

COMING TO SINGING HEART, INDIA

You will be sharing a pleasant two seater room with another. Bathrooms are either attached or close by. All rooms have a wonderful view of the sacred mountain Arunachala.
We can provide bed linen and mosquito nets , you are also welcome to bring your own. Please bring your own towel, torch & mosee repellent . Good meals are served, it is mostly South Indian food, enjoyed by most. Filtered drinking water is available. Price for the retreat is Rs. 1000 per day, which covers all costs of organizing it.

The address is:

Singing Heart Ashram
Periya PaliyaPattu
Tiruvannamalai District
Tamil Nadu.

Ashram caretaker Sarvanna: (0) 9486886601 (he speaks simple english only)
Anantha Niketan (next door ashram) phone: 04188 207137

Gopi (in Anantha Niketan) can also guide you if you need directions: (0) 9444862276

Directions: Coming from Chennai by car you come through the town of Tiruvannamalai:
Go to the Ramana Ashram - everyone knows where it is. From the ashram go out on the Chengham road for 7 km. Go straight out and NOT onto the Round Hill Road.
After almost 7 km. you pass the Temple for World Peace on the left.
After 7km. there is a sign for Periya PaliaPattu - pointing to the right - there is also a sign for Singing Heart and Anantha Niketan.
Go right onto the dirt road and continue for about half a kilometer.
Then you see a sign on the right for Singing Heart - see photo here. After that there is a gate into Singing Heart Ashram.

If you are coming by bus or by auto rickshaw from the town the name of the stop is Tanal Murde.
Make sure to remind the bus conductor you want to get off.
It is the final stop for the auto rickshaw. Then you go left and go along the dirt road for about half a kilometer.
Then you see a sign on the right for Singing Heart - see photo above.
After that there is a gate into Singing Heart Ashram.

Coming from Bangalore or Chengham: The ashram is 24 kms. from Chengham - off the Chengham Road.
There will also be a sign to show there are 10 km. to Tiruvannamalai.
There is a sign to turn left for Periya PaliyaPattu - Turn left
Go along the dirt road and continue for about half a kilometer.
Then you see a sign on the right for Singing Heart - see photo above.
After that there is a gate into Singing Heart Ashram.

Please try to arrive before it gets too dark to avoid losing your way!!

WELCOME to 10 days of bliss!

: )

Lots of loving blessings....and Peace...

Nithya Shanti

Dear Friends,

This is to inform you about the upcoming ten day meditation retreat, or JOYtreat

with Nithya Shanti

______________________________________________

The JOYtreat

Deepen the Silence, Dive into Love

8th - 17th August, 2008

______________________________________________

Join Nithyashanti and friends for ten profoundly happy days.

This ten day residential JOYtreat is an opportunity

to explore the spiritual dimension of our lives

in a serious yet lighthearted way

The whole purpose of this JOYtreat is to

be aware

be loving

be happy

be alone

be all-one

be here

be alive

be life

Wonderful meditation and personal development methods

will be explored in depth.

However more than any method, the emphasis will be

the natural blossoming of

compassion

love

appreciation

equanimity

wisdom

in the warm sunlight of grateful awareness

There may also be

yoga

other exercises

chanting

laughter

play

jokes

celebration

relaxation

service

sungazing

journaling

conscious cinema

wholesome food

wholesome company

envisioning

nature walks

healing

deep conversations

and surprises like

"none of the above"

There may not be much

stress

boredom

anger

blaming

complaining

judging

irritation

unless people really

insist on having it!

We will journey from

head to heart

becoming someone to being no one

seeking joy to spreading joy

wander-full mind to wonder-full mind

Lets make these the Best & Bliss-ed Ten Days of Your Life!

Who is Nithyashanti?

A person who went from being Nithya-ashanti ("perpetually non-peaceful")

to Venerable Nyanasanti (a monk who strived to "know peace")

to being Nithya Shanti (one who "abides in peace"...in a totally playful way!)

An MBA from XLRI, Jamshedpur.

Who opted out of the corporate whirl.

He lived as a forest monk for six years.

And then stepped beyond the folds of tradition,

to simply live from the heart.

Nithya Shanti shares

the wisdom of "is-dom"

with people from all walks of life.

His simple message is "be loving".

Frequently Answered Questions :

1) Whats the price?

Nithya offers these teachings as a gift of love.

You are invited to donate from the heart to cover all expenses

and also to facilitate further JOYtreats.

The cost per day is Rs. 1,000/-

This is the minimum donation per participant, per day.

Cash or Cheque is fine.

The name for the cheque should be " Insight and Growth".

2) Who can come?

Everyone is well-come...but whole hearted participation is essential

3) What language?

Joy knows no language...yet this joyshop will be in conducted in English

4) What if someone cannot attend all ten days?

People may come for the first 3 days or 7 days if they are unable

to come for all 10 days of the JOYtreat.

Dates

8th to 17, August 2008

These dates include two weekends and one public holiday.

Arrive 7th evening. Depart 17th afternoon

Venue

Singing Heart Ashram,

In the sacred town of Tiruvannamalai

Visit www.cosmicairport.com for details about the ashram.

(situated 185 km from Chennai and 210 km from Bangalore)

Register By 5th August'08

Place is limited for this JOYtreat, so please confirm your

interest / participation at the earliest to:

saraswathivasudevan@... / vnarsi@...

Saras - 0-9444912456

Narsi - 0-94450 25766

May you be truly happy in your heart.

Peace and Light.

Nithya Shanti

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Grant yourself a moment of peace
and you will understand how foolishly
you have scurried about.

Learn to be silent
and you will notice
that you have talked too much.

Be kind
and you will realize
your judgement of others was too severe.

- Chinese Proverb

http://lovingsilence.org/

Dear friends

To confirm your registration, please send your cheque in the name of

Insight and Growth

Rs.1,000/- per day x the no. of days you are attending. Pl. courier the cheque to my address:

V NARASIMHAN

FLAT 6D, BLOCK III

KENCES BRINDAVAN

142 P H ROAD, KILPAUK

CHENNAI 600 010

Thanks & Love
Narsi
94450 25766

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Your inner being will not join you in a negative thought.

www.lovingsilence.org

#179

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Thu Jul 31, 2008 6:12 pm
Subject: Lighthearted evening gatherings in Bangalore 2nd & 3rd Aug

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Being Lighthearted

Meditation & Conscious Dialogue

4pm-7pm, 2nd & 3rd Aug (Sat. & Sun.) in Bangalore

Join Nithya Shanti and friends for a joyful & lighthearted gathering.

We'll meditate and experience the fascinating power of our attention.

We'll experience together the joy of being more present, more kind, more loving with ourselves (and maybe others!)

We'll connect with our higher, truer nature and learn ways to awaken it in others.

We'll be happy and glow with peace!

Lighthearted Guidelines...

Anyone may come!
Time & Date 4pm to 7pm, Sat. & Sun. 2nd and 3rd Aug '08
This gathering is priceless... donations not expected, not refused!
Venue: 105, 1st floor, Vaishali Residency, 3363/A4, 13 A Main, 2nd cross, HAL 2nd stage, Indira Nagar, Bangalore 38.
Directions: Coming from Koramangala on 100 ft road, take a right turn next to Indira Nagar Methodist Church. You'll pass 1st cross, 4th cross, 5th cross and then will reach 2nd cross on your right hand side. Take that turn and pass Ossicare and take another right turn next to a building under construction. Vaishali Residency is about 100 meters inside this road next to a popular water pump. Please call for directions if required. (Badal - 9901452272)
It will be nice if you can inform Badal if you intend to come ...9901452272
Nithya Shanti's Website: http://lovingsilence.org/

Looking forward to wonderful happy evenings!

Peace and serenity

Nithya Shanti

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The whole point

is to be in love

with the now

and the now

and the now...

#178

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:58 am
Subject: The "trouble tree"

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So beautiful...

The Trouble Tree

            I hired a plumber to help me restore an old farmhouse, and after he had just finished a rough first day on the job: a flat tire made him lose an hour of work, his electric drill quit and his ancient one ton truck refused to start.

            While I drove him home, he sat in stony silence. On arriving, he invited me in to meet his family. As we walked toward the front door, he paused briefly at a small tree, touching the tips of the branches with both hands.

            When opening the door he u nderwent an amazing transformation.. His face was wreathed in smiles and he hugged his two small children and gave his wife a kiss.

            Afterward he walked me to the car. We passed the tree and my curiosity got the better of me. I asked him about what I had seen him do earlier.

            'Oh, that's my trouble tree,' he replied 'I know I can't help having troubles on the job, but one thing's for sure, those troubles don't belong in the house with my wife and the children.. So I just hang them up on the tree every night when I come home and ask God to take care of them. Then in the morning I pick them up again.' 'Funny thing is,' he smiled,' when I come out in the morning to pick 'em up, there aren't nearly as many as I remember hanging up the night before.'


            We all need a Tree!

            Life Isn't about waiting for
            The storm to pass,
            It's about learning to dance
            In the rain!

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#175

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Mon Jul 28, 2008 7:13 am
Subject: Hadayoli in the news...

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The following article was published in the Indian Express paper in Chennai last week...

Mind Poets

Thursday July 24 2008 09:22 IST

Swahilya

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#174

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:26 am
Subject: Power Qualities

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Try reading the following list to yourself in front of the mirror each day.

Phenomenal!

Nithya Shanti

101 POWER QUALITIES by James Lee Valentine.

Intrepid,bold, passonate... you can possess whatever qualities you desire.

Successful people in all walks of life display winning qualities.

For you to have that winning style and be world class, you need to adopt the posture, actions and attitude of a world class person.

It all begins, though, with you adopting the winning qualities and empowering characteristics of a successful person.

Now here are the 101 positive POWER QUALITIES:

I am . . . Honest
I am . . . Determined
I am . . . Enthusiastic
I am . . . Resourceful
I am . . . Focused
I am . . . Committed
I am . . . Effective
I am . . . Vigorous
I am . . . Thoughtful
I am . . . Dedicated
I am . . . Consistent
I am . . . Tender
I am . . . Ambitious
I am . . . Confident
I am . . . Faithful
I am . . . Optimistic
I am . . . Understanding
I am . . . Competent
I am . . . Decisive
I am . . . Vivacious
I am . . . Persistent
I have . . . Fortitude
I am . . . Honorable
I am . . . Disciplined
I am . . . Punctual
I am . . . Courteous
I have . . . Integrity
I am . . . Resilient
I am . . . Helpful
I am . . . Responsible
I am . . . Courageous
I am . . . Precise
I am . . . Humorous
I am . . . Agreeable
I am . . . Persuasive
I am . . . Friendly
I am . . . Teachable
I am . . . Dignified
I am . . . Unique
I am . . . Fair
I have . . . Ingenuity
I have . . . Charisma
I am . . . Inspired
I am . . . Assertive
I am . . . Visionary
I am . . . Professional
I am . . . Intelligent
I am . . . Eloquent
I am . . . Respectful
I am . . . Tolerant
I am . . . Smart
I am . . . Alert
I am . . . Heroic
I am . . . Willing
I am . . . Chivalrous
I am . . . Motivated
I am . . . Joyful
I am . . . Spontaneous
I am . . . Kind
I am . . . Accurate
I am . . . Tenacious
I am . . . Wholesome
I am . . . Patient
I am . . . Benevolent
I am . . . Attentive
I am . . . Bright
I am . . . Strong
I am . . . Wise
I am . . . Industrious
I am . . . Efficient
I am . . . Zestful
I am . . . Zealous
I am . . . Obedient
I am . . . Synergistic
I am . . . Bold
I am . . . Merciful
I have . . . Stamina
I am . . . Jovial
I am . . . Powerful
I am . . . Loving
I am . . . Devoted
I am . . . Brave
I am . . . Youthful
I am . . . Gentle
I am . . . Creative
I have . . . Self-belief
I am . . . Magnanimous
I am . . . Shrewd
I have . . . Drive
I am . . . Masterful
I have . . . Resolve
I am . . . Charitable
I am . . . Persevering

I am . . . Inventive
I am . . . Proficient
I am . . . Cooperative
I am . . . Diligent
I am . . . Purposeful
I am . . . Loyal
I am . . . Generous
I have enormous . . . Passion!

#173

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:17 am
Subject: Power Words

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People often notice that I use words like

wonderful, marvellous & awesome frequently.

These powerful words help shift our consciousness.

Similarly, reading aloud the following list of words

raises consciousness & energy levels. Try it!

Powerful peace!

Nithya Shanti

101 POWER WORDS by James Lee Valentine.

It is vital that you have a positive vocabulary. The way in which you utilize words has a tremendous impact on the quality of your life.

Certain words and phrases are positive, constructive and empowering and whilst others are negative, destructive and disempowering.

Following are the 101 POWER WORDS. Listen carefully to your own vocabulary and try substituting positive power words such as these whenever you hear yourself starting to use weak, dull or disempowering language.

Use POWER WORDS to spice up your present vocabulary. Whenever you want to feel empowered, affirm this list of positive power words (aloud if possible) with feelings of joy.

As you begin using them in everyday conversation, they will add a new multi-colored dimension to your current experience of life.

Now here are the 101 positive POWER WORDS:

Magnificent!
Awesome!
Tremendous!
Wonderful!
Excited!
Dynamic!
Brilliant!
Powerful!
Electrified!
Illuminated!
Terrific!
Astonishing!
Fabulous!
Zestful!
Energetic!
Miraculous!
Incredible!
Supreme!
Motivated!
Breathtaking!
Marvelous!
Exceptional!
Dazzling!
Sensational!
Extraordinary!
Unstoppable!
Intrepid!
Inspirational!
Delightful!
Sparkling!
Enthusiastic!
Stimulated!
Vivacious!
Galvanized!
Exquisite!
Triumphant!
Gorgeous!
Outstanding!
Stupendous!
Ecstatic!
Unbelievable!
Spectacular!
Enterprising!
Awe-inspiring!
Supersonic!
Unlimited!
Euphoric!
Revitalized!
Activated!
Superb!
Enriched!
Astounding!
Fantastic!
Empowered!
Monumental!
Ballistic!
Invincible!
Electric!
Magical!
Raring-to-go!
Passionate!
Outrageous!
Wondrous!
Remarkable!
Amazing!
Resplendent!
Imposing!
Great!
Dynamite!
Extravagant!
Sumptuous!
Turbo-charged!
Illustrious!
Splendid!
Audacious!
Excellent!
Champion!
Momentous!
Energized!
Glorious!
Scintillating!
Exuberant!
Pumped-up!
Exhilarated!
Majestic!
Distinguished!
Vigorous!
Impassioned!
Flamboyant!
Successful!
Hot-blooded!
Prosperous!
Exalted!
Impressive!
Overjoyed!
Rapturous!
Turned-on!
Inspired!
Delirious!
Elated!
Phenomenal!

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The most valuable skill or talent that you could EVER develop  is
that of directing your thoughts toward what you want�to be adept at quickly
evaluating all situations and then quickly coming to the conclusion of
what you  most want�and then giving your UNDIVIDED ATTENTION to that. There
is a  tremendous skill in deliberately directing your own thoughts that
will yield results that cannot be compared with results that mere action
can provide.
- Abraham Hicks

#172

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Thu Jul 17, 2008 3:52 am
Subject: Compassion in relationship

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Someone sent this to me this morning...it is a true

story of how compassion saved a relationship.

It touched my heart.

Nithya Shanti

Compassion

A client came to me with serious relationship issues. She
felt her marriage was definitely heading toward a divorce.
She and her husband had already spoken of it many times.
She felt they were very different in their approach to
life. She had tremendous ambition and drive to make a lot
of money, and he preferred to relax and coast on what they
had in the bank, not feeling the need to work much. She saw
him as negative, lazy and overly cautious. He saw her as
defensive, spoiled and selfish. Their constant fighting was
leading them down the path of separation quickly.

During our coaching session, she mentioned that he had
experienced a lot of loss and distancing in his personal
relationships, and he had a fear of early death. His
parents died in their 50's, his aunt died when he was 10,
and his son and his sister don't really talk to him
anymore. I asked her to look at life from his perspective.
Someone who is afraid he's going to die early wants to take
it easy and isn't really interested in saving for the
future or working extra hard for the someday that may never
come. His fear of loss was so great that it kept him from
embracing life, her, and most other relationships. It was
as if he was still the child that experienced all those
losses and as the adult, couldn't really look at life any
differently.

My client saw that her husband wasn't being lazy, negative
and overly cautious. He was defending what life he thought
he had left and being protective of getting hurt from being
close to others. She saw him as the hurt child and suddenly
had great compassion for him. She felt her heart soften so
much that she's dropped her strong defensive mechanism
(that typically kicked in during an argument) and feels
only love, compassion and understanding for him now.

Her relationship has improved drastically because her
understanding and insight has allowed her be more
unconditionally loving and compassionate. He responds to
her in a more loving way. She feels a huge shift occurring
between them and sees the tremendous potential for a
loving, caring and compassionate relationship.

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The most valuable skill or talent that you could EVER develop  is
that of directing your thoughts toward what you want�to be adept at quickly
evaluating all situations and then quickly coming to the conclusion of
what you  most want�and then giving your UNDIVIDED ATTENTION to that. There
is a  tremendous skill in deliberately directing your own thoughts that
will yield results that cannot be compared with results that mere action
can provide.
- Abraham Hicks

#171

From: "Nithya Shanti" <nithyashanti@...>
Date: Tue Jul 15, 2008 3:10 am
Subject: SMS : Some more smiles!

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Dear Friends,

We will be having a joyful session ONLY for teenagers on the 27th (Sunday) of July in Pune (9:00am - 6:00pm).

Its called ...

SMS - Some More Smiles!

A joyful experiential, interactive and non-serious joyshop for teens only (age - 12 to 19)

This is a time to reconnect with whats truly important in our lives.

We'll discuss and experience how to live in a more harmonious joyful playful way and also achieve extraordinary results.

There will be short movies, games, interactive exercises and some wonderful short meditations.

The last time some young adults attended a similar session, one of them said, "It was the best class of my life!"

But of-course thats not guaranteed to happen again...then again, who knows , it just may! ; )

I don't want to say too much or we'll spoil the surprises!

So...those who wish to come can contact Poonam at 9822900859 or poonamkunwar@...

Contribution is Rs. 700 per heart...which includes yummy food. (we'll go from junk food to "munk" food in this joytreat

...you need to be there to understand what that means!!)

The venue is near Kalyani Nagar...details with Poonam, after you register. (Frankly I dont have the address right now!)

We have limited place so please hurry up and contact her immediately if you would like to attend!

Peace and blessings

Nithya Shanti

PS: Please do not force anyone to come for this SMS joyshop...or it will become a SMS cryshop!

PPS: It is highly recommended (but not demanded!) that the young adults who are keen to attend try the following exercise daily for 2 weeks.

FIVE MINUTE MIRACLE: THE ART OF MANIFESTATION

Before starting, choose a relationship or situation you would like to see improved/ changed/ created!

Step 1: Be at ease

Sit with your eyes closed. Take a moment to relax. The easiest way to relax is to become aware of the sensations in your body. Notice how your body feels touching the chair or bed.
Take a few deep breaths. You could do the 4-step breath-in and breath-out.

Step 2: Think and visualize of the BPO (best possible outcome)

Now let yourself think about the relationship or situation that you would like to transform.
Picture the person involved in this relationship in your mind's eye (or) Imagine a symbol to represent the situation (e.g. a dollar sign to represent financial issues). Surround the whole image with beautiful pink light which represents pure love.
For relationships:

(1) Imagine the two of you interacting with one another in a way you would like.

(2) Imagine both of you saying or doing something positive.

(3) See the two of you smiling at one another.

For situations: Imagine this situation being resolved in a positive way. You do not need to know how it will be resolved, simply imagine that a positive solution is on its way.
Remember it does not matter if you can see an image. A thought is as powerful as an image.

Step 3: Feel a positive emotion – feel good

Feel a positive emotion like joy as you watch this image. Feel joy.
Come into "vibrational alignment" with your aspirations by feeling as though this has already happened.
See yourself joyfully celebrating the transformation of this relationship/situation.

Step 4 : Verbalise

Verbalise the outcome/ affirmation 6-7 times. End by saying "All I need is within me now!"

Step 5 : Release

Let the image go and the feeling to subside

Remember to be persistent!

Repeat the five minute miracle every day for two weeks. Two or three times a day will bring quicker results.
If, throughout your day, you find yourself mentally rehearsing the conflict / this seemingly impossible situation, remind yourself that the power of love is taking care of this and imagine how you will feel when the positive solution arrives.
Record your experiences with this exercise in your journal.
You will get positive results, but you may need to continue to use the power of love if you want the changes to become permanent.

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The most valuable skill or talent that you could EVER develop is
that of directing your thoughts toward what you want—to be adept at quickly
evaluating all situations and then quickly coming to the conclusion of
what you most want—and then giving your UNDIVIDED ATTENTION to that. There
is a tremendous skill in deliberately directing your own thoughts that
will yield results that cannot be compared with results that mere action
can provide.
- Abraham Hicks