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Dear friend,
I know I could do better with my meditations. This new year seems like a wonderful time to extend and deepen our practice. If you are interested in working in that direction, you will find a lot of support from Ananda this year, as meditation will be a key theme for the year.
Why do we want to meditate? To increase calmness. To center our minds, leading to clearer thinking and better decisions. To increase focus, leading to more effective expenditure of our energies. To improve our health, for example in reducing susceptibility to colds. Yesterday at lunch, a guest told us that he’d seen a study that said meditating reduced colds by 70%. We’re aware of a strong connection between meditation and dental health. Stress reduction. The Mayo Clinic reports meditation may help people manage symptoms of
· Anxiety disorders
· Asthma
· Cancer
· Depression
· Heart disease
· High blood pressure
· Pain
· Sleep problems
Tempering disruptive emotions. To be a positive influence in the world. To experience the remarkably nurturing essence of true quiet. And if you are using the techniques shared at Ananda: To be happier. To raise consciousness. To understand better who we really are. To grow spiritually. To sit in bliss. To enter a higher astral plane when we leave our bodies. To know God.
There is potential here for a deeply meaningful New Year’s resolution. Let’s try it together. Perhaps you can visit us at The Expanding Light Retreat a little more often to gain tools and support. If you have been here before, you how wonderful our staff members and guests are. It’s hard to picture a more supportive environment.
“No storm can shake my inmost calm
While to that refuge clinging.”
From the song “How Can I Keep From Singing?”
May you know deep inner calm in this New Year.
Nayaswami Nityananda
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