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| "Humanity
Our Uniting Religion |
| Breath
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| Consciousness
Our Uniting God" |
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Yogiraj
Siddhanath |
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In
this issue:
• Yogiraj's Northern
California Tour Begins
• USA
New Life Awakening Retreats 2009
• Spiritual Study TeleConference
• YouTube
Video of the Month
• Personal Experiences
• Earth
Peace Meditation: Wednesday August 5 |
Yogiraj's Northern
California Tour Begins |
Yogiraj
wrapped up his Southern California tour last weekend
with a bang. Nearly 200 new Kriya initiates were made during
his visit! Next weekend, Yogiraj continues his California
tour in the north where we will begin by celebrating
his arrival with a free picnic at the San
Pedro Valley Park
in Pacifica. Any and all are welcome to come along and celebrate
with us outdoors as we welcome Yogiraj back to the San Francisco
Bay. The picnic is this Saturday Aug 8 from about 1-5PM.
Food will be provided as a potluck, and while contributions
are most welcomed, they are not required. The event is free
of charge, however, the park will charge $5 per vehicle.
Best of all, you'll have the chance to meet and spend time
with Yogiraj himself, so come on out and join us for the
fun! Don't forget to invite your friends and family.
The following weekend, Yogiraj will get down to business
conducting an Experiential
Satsang and Kriya
Yoga Empowerment
at Fort Mason in San Francisco. The last weekend of events
will be held in Marin county Aug 22 & 23 with the final
Satsang and Empowerment in the area. As you may have noticed,
there aren't as many opportunities to see Yogiraj this year,
so be sure not to miss out.
SF
Bay Area
Events 2009:
Aug 8 - Celebration of Peace Picnic - San
Pedro Valley Park
Aug 15 - Experiential Satsang - Fort
Mason
Aug 16 - Kriya Yoga Empowerment* - Fort Mason
Aug 22 - Experiential Satsang - Unitarian
Universalist of Marin
Aug 23 - Kriya Yoga Empowerment* - Unitarian Universalist of
Marin
*$108
one-time fee
For more details on these events, see the complete
USA
schedule.
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USA
New Life Awakening Retreats 2009 |
Online
registration is now available for all three of this year's
New Life Awakening Retreats with Yogiraj in the United States.
Check out the retreats
page on our website for links to register online
with your credit card or by downloading a registration form
and mailing it back with a check. The retreats are
filling up fast, so don't delay.
The first retreat
will be held Sep. 5-7 at the Temescal Canyon Gateway Park
in Pacific Palisades. Register
online or
download the Los
Angeles retreat packet to register by mail. The second
retreat will be from Sep. 18-20 outside of Portland in
Vernonia, Oregon. You can register
online or download the Oregon
retreat packet to do so by mail. The final retreat
will be held Oct. 23-25 outside of Santa Cruz at
the Mount Madonna Center in Watsonville. Register
online or download the Bay
Area retreat packet to register by mail for this retreat.
Three major features set these retreats apart: receiving
transmissions of spiritual energy from a living enlightened
master, experiencing personal time with the
Master, and learning powerful yogic meditation methods
which lead you to self-mastery & enlightenment.
These experiential New Life Awakening Retreats are perfect
opportunities to recharge yourself and make significant
progress in your spiritual practice. Each one gives your
true Self a period of spiritual renewal, quiet reflection,
and further teachings from our beloved Yogiraj. Don't miss
out!
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Spiritual
Study TeleConference |
Every
Friday from 6-7pm PST Hamsacharya Jyoti Mehta is holding
an Interactive Spiritual Study via TeleConference. Join Jyoti
to plumb the depths of Yogiraj's book "Wings
to Freedom" and
learn the deeper secrets of the Kriya
tradition.
Requirements:
A telephone with USA long distance calling, a quiet place
to sit, and a copy of "Wings to Freedom". If you don't
have the book yet, you can get it at hamsayogashop.com.
Space is limited. RSVP Required by emailing socal@hamsa-yoga.org.
Free
Conference Call Instructions:
1. Simply dial in to the
Conference Dial-in Number: (001) (218) 844-8230
2. Enter the
Participant Access Code when prompted: 325800#
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YouTube
Video of the Month |
This
month's video, taken during the 2008 retreat in Los Angeles,
is Yogiraj's spontaneous response to the question, "Should
you not make an effort because it engages desire, or should
you desire enlightenment as intensely as a drowning man
wants air?" Check
out the response.
As always, this video and many more are all available on our YouTube
channel.
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Personal
Experiences |
This
month we'd like to share a testimonial given by Bill McDonald
-- Vietnam veteran, author, poet, Kriya practitioner and
founder of the American Author's Association. Bill did a
radio interview with the hosts of Seattle's largest spiritual
radio station, Contact Talk Radio, back in May of this year.
Bill's story has so much to it that it really can't be put
into a few paragraphs. We encourage you to have a listen
to the truly incredible story of his transformative
and healing experiences with Yogiraj.
You have a few options for hearing the interview. You
can listen to it directly from our
website which should launch
the file in your web browser. The file may need to download fully
first, so be prepared for a long wait. Or if that doesn't work
well for you, you can go to the Contact
Talk Radio website
and hear the interview either by streaming or by downloading
the file. Keep in mind that the interview doesn't
get started until 22 minutes into the program if you use the
file from the Contact Talk Radio website.
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Earth
Peace Meditation: Wednesday August 5 |
A
reminder that the next full moon is the night of Wednesday
August 5th. With every full moon, Yogiraj transmits Shaktipat
healing energy worldwide to help evolve humanity into a peaceful
coexistence. Shaktipat is the transmission of a Master's
Kundalini energy which one may avail of to get into an expanded
state of awareness and further spiritual evolution by removing
blocks of negativity, stress and tension.
We can all best receive the healing transmission by sitting
for meditation anytime between the hours of about 7-10pm, your
local time. Just
make yourself available to Yogiraj by forming the spiritual
bridge between His heart and yours, dropping the mind and opening
the heart. Those who have been taught Yogiraj's Earth Peace
Meditation should conclude with it to help spread the vibrations
of peace.
To read more about the Full Moon Earth Peace Meditations, see
our website.
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