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Inspiring Words of Swami Niranjanananda (By Dharmaraj or Paul Harms)
Dharmaraj (Paul Harms) is a Atma Center teacher, he has taken some gems of yogic wisdom from Swami Niranjanananda's talks. He explains that Swami Niranjanananda often referenced his teachers, Swamis Satyananda and Sivananda, as he spoke. Here are a few of the excerpts :
Reproduced with permission from www.atmacenter.com |
Inspiring Words of Swami Niranjanananda
 Transforming the personality and building character. We tend to identify with the weaknesses rather than the strengths of our character. This promotes "won’t" power--I won’t do that, I can’t do that, rather than will power--I will do that. We need to reduce the weak and limiting characteristics of our personality and develop the positive and creative characteristics. Yoga is what will lift you up and guide you.
Practicing yoga and learning about yourself is like entering a big dark room and turning the lights on one by one. People want instant transformation. Yoga is not for these people. It is for people who are patient and willing to work hard to overcome their limitations.
The human mind has to go through a transformation of connecting with the human spirit... It’s more important to be a farmer than a warrior: Sow positive qualities like strength, love, compassion, service, and purification to lead a spiritual life.
A yogic philosophy of life. Life is a sequence of moments of happiness, joy and bliss. If you capture the moments you will have a full life. If you see life as a struggle, it will be.
Don’t shy away from pain and suffering. They create a balance. Have enough happiness to be content, enough trials to make you strong, enough struggles to keep you human, and enough hope to keep moving forward.
Life is a process of acceptance, accommodation, and adjustment, then marching forward with head held high. The happiest of people don’t necessarily have the best of everything, but make the best of everything that comes their way.
Sing, dance, live, love, laugh!
What is enlightenment? As our desire for happiness increases, our desire for material things increases, creating imbalance. ENLIGHTENMENT is the outcome of a harmonious, balanced personality. Do not subscribe to the theory that enlightenment is a goal. It is only the side effect of developing qualities in yourself and leading a balanced life. Make Yoga a lifestyle, not simply a practice. Yoga is not about escaping life by sitting with the eyes closed, but rather running into life with our arms wide open seeking to enjoy and understand ourselves and others. |
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