By way of introducing Sri-Somanatha
Maharshi’s pending visit to Perth in early September of
2004 we would like to ask that you peruse the following
document in the light of making this information known to your
board of directors, members, friends and family for the purposes
of attending a seminar or workshop featuring Sri Somanatha Maharshi.
A visit to the
Theosophical Society in North Perth on Friday afternoon of the 3rd of September.
An opening lecture at the
Beacon Yoga Center 151 South Street Beaconsfield
starting at 7:30pm on Friday the 3rd of September.
Two workshops and
lectures at the Kookaburra
Creek Yoga Centre 210 Carradine Rd Bedfordale on Saturday the 4th and one in the evening
of Sunday the 5th of September at the Same Venue.
Two more workshops will
be conducted at the Ethnic Communities Council
Hall 20 View Street North Perth on Monday and Tuesday.
Note: All workshops and
lectures will be free of charge however there will be
a donation box for those who would like to contribute
to Sri-Somanatha's on-going work.
(see the
Itinerary & Bookings Link at the left for further
details)
In today’s fast-paced world, people
are finding it more and more difficult to find any real and
lasting peace-of mind. Many of us are leading our lives in a
state of fear and depression due to our inability to relax, the
pressure to perform in our jobs and\or the state of things in the
world, both environmentally and in our lives. Sri Somanatha
Maharshi teaches a medically and scientifically tested yoga
technique which has the power to alleviate to a very great degree
much of the suffering described above.
The ingenious inventions of the electronic
age are becoming more and more complex and diverse; as are the
movies and entertainment options available to us, these are
produced in an ever escalating attempt to avoid the reality of
our desire for love, and the dependence upon the harmonious
functioning of our planet. We are giving more importance to
materialistic things and momentary pleasures of life, in such a
way that we are not able to realise the Divine potential in
ourselves and in each other; nor are we able to apply the
necessary policies and philosophies that will ensure our planet
is protected for generations to come.
Often we are not able to retain even the
ordinary human values. We seem to have forgotten the age-old
yogic truth that God can be realised through sincere effort, even
in ordinary daily chores. There is a lot of selfishness and
hatred afoot in the world today and much discord, anger and
disillusionment abounds in our youth.
The techniques taught by Sri-Somanatha are
easy to learn and easy to apply, yielding lasting benefits and
readily accessible tools for dealing with our troubles in this
modern age. Additionally there is a whole plethora of so-called
spiritual teachers, guru’s, soothsayers and astrologers
making a living off the pain of others. These people do provide
some help in the form of commiseration, but there is a definite
lack of any real substance to their help because the malady of
spiritual destitution from which many of us suffer, cannot be
healed by what amounts to a placebo, or band-aid over a gaping
wound. These pseudo cures help us continue on our journey
however, so they too have a place in the scheme of things.
Many of us do not know about, or do not
have access to, information or tools, which would enable us to
turn our lives around in a spiritual sense, or if we do, we find
it difficult to find the time to attend the various classes or
apply techniques (which we may or may not know of) in our lives.
The seminars we propose to present to you upon the visit of Sri
Somanatha Maharshi will be geared toward providing these tools to
all.
Once in a while an authentic rare being
comes along to reintroduce us to the truth of the One
Consciousness existing as The Self in All Beings. Once in a while
we are reminded of the truth of the divinity of The
Self dwelling in all beings. Beings such as would remind us
of this fact are incredibly rare and precious because without
them we as a species would deteriorate into animalism very
quickly or at best be dependant upon the cold barren doctrine of
the laws we devise to protect us from those who would destroy
themselves by destroying others.
Sri Somanatha
Maharshi, is such a rare being as can be seen from the work
he has so far completed both in India and abroad. Examples are:
1.Conducted Manoyoga sessions to more than 500,000 Children.
2.Conducted camps for diabetes and cardiac patients.
3.Constructing a modern school on 50 acres in Hyderabad
4.Founder of a huge Ashram in Hyderabad, India. Which continues
to administer much aid to the poor and needy.
5.
Sri-Somanatha Maharshi's Yoga has also been implemented in many
prisons and hospitals through-out Andhra Pradesh and he continues
his on-going charity work amoung the poor.
Sri Somanatha Maharshi is a great Yoga Guru
recognized all over India, The United States and many parts of
Asia as a great being who is interested in the upliftment of
mankind by way of working to bring about an ongoing
transformation of the pain, heart-ache and suffering we each
endure during our lives.
Sri Somanatha’s message has been
broadcast to millions of families all over Asia via the Sun
Network http://www.sunnetwork.org/ and the Gemini Satellite TV network every
morning for the last 7 years.
Many, many people start their day with a
kind word or wise advice from Swamji, taking thoughts of God with
them as they rush off to earn their daily bread. Swamji's message
can only enhance our lives and temper our treatment of each other
with the love He continues to remind us of, day in day out.
Reference to Sri Somanatha’s ongoing
work can be found on the Gemini Network Breakfast Show as Somanatha Sathakam. The
Satharkam - ( 100 poems ) are yoga secrets revealed in
poetic form.
Sri Somanatha Maharshi having spent 30 years
perfecting his Sadhana (spiritual practice) in the forests of
Srisailam, Andhra Pradesh which included 14 years of motionless
Samadhi (constant meditation) is more than qualified to instruct
us in ways that will provide us with the tools to heal ourselves.
Further there is a plaque to commemorate
this great achievement set in the shallow cave where he performed
this motionless Sadhana.
Sri Somanatha Maharshi a Self-realized
Yoga Master and renowned Yogi teaches us to turn inward to
rediscover our innate divinity via a new yoga technique which he
has called Manoyoga.
From the unique techniques of Manoyoga
various physiological and psychological benefits, (which were
verified medically), can be learned and also used to supplement
modern medicine in mitigating the debilitating effects of a
variety of complex physiological and psychological disorders. It
also has been proven to benefit young students in improving their
academic capabilities and physique.
We would welcome any correspondence in this
regard. However we would like to inform you immediately that this
visit will only be possible if the necessary numbers indicate
that they would like to attend the seminars proposed by Swamiji
can be ascertained, due to the fact that the costs incurred by
him coming so far are not gotten for profit but will actually go
to finance his visit (which as is well known any trip to Perth
from the East coast costs quite a sum).. Charges and costs of
attendance will be discussed should you decide to take this
matter further.
The duration of Sri-Somanantha’s visit
will depend upon the interest we as a community have in what he
has to share with us. To that end I would like to propose that
the media get behind this wonderful opportunity of Sri-Somanatha’s
visit in the interests of the wider community.
We recommend that this opportunity of such
a great yogi visiting Perth be not overlooked or treated lightly
as it is a very rare occurrence.
Finally Sri-Somanatha invites sponsorships
and invitations from Research and Medical establishments to teach
this practice to different target groups and professional people;
and to further record the benefits and to spread this
highly beneficial practice far and wide.
Should you wish to receive a
synopsis of Sri-Somanantha’s method and scientific findings
and documents gathered from medical and scientifically controlled
test cases, please do not hesitate to call or Email
me in this regard.
The Ananta Yoga Web feels very fortunate to
have the opportunity to invite Sri-Somanatha Maharshi to Perth,
we pray thatthe numbers of interested parties make his
visit viable.
For more information please don’t
hesitate to contact The Sri Somanatha Kshetram
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I am Gandolf, the
obscurely known and all but forgotten brother of Gandalf. You may
know my brother from The Hobbit*, at least, you may think that you know him.
...The name Gandalf
is best interpreted technically in our art as I am that;
and Gandolf as that am I. You may recognize the
similarity to the Hebrew ineffable name I am that I am
or I am. We are, therefore, I am that am I.*
We both recognize that the only
reality, the only true substance, and the only sawor[essence]
of all is the totally subjective reality that is simply I am.
All duality, the life of opposites that we all live in every day,
springs from a reduction, a contraction, a separation of
this singularity. The I am can separate itself into honen[self],
and aral[other]; or into I and that,
but it remains always the that just as it remains the I.
I am that am I is the experience of the I am
recognizing itself in all existence and non-existence...
duality of the
world's opposites
There will be two fundamental
schools of thought about the nature of the universe and reality:
one, that manifestation is essentially one of two opposites, a
doctrine of dualism; the other that all is essentially
one, a doctrine of monism.
Gandolf will understand duality
from the perspective of monism. Gandolf will see that:
if one opposite will
exist then the remaining opposite must existone opposite
is neither better or worse than the other (this, itself,
is a value judgment from the dualistic perspective)one
will not be able to create just one of the opposites
pair; if one is created, the other must also be created
one of an opposite pair may not 'triumph' over the other;
they must remain in balance and be, of necessity, equala higher and logically prior state that includes both
of the opposite pairs, and yet neither, must exist from
which the opposite pair may be drawn for, or separated
Gandolf will clearly be a monist
and will certainly believe that there is no fundamental
separation between any thing in the universe in relation to any
other thing, and no separation between any thing and its relation
to the context of that thing (space).
Gandolf will believe that all is
fundamentally one, not two. From this will follow that we are not
separate from any thing, from context, from space, from the
universe, or from the infinite.
Gandolf will clearly be able to
work in the everyday word of dualism; in fact, he will be a
master of it, because he sees it for what it is...
I Am That Am I
This will be a complex subject
that requires some background material.
If, as Gandolf experiences, the
infinite is one, then it follows that there is nothing separate
from the one. The one that is the universe and its context is all
pervasive. In contrast will be the idea that God will have a
domain of good and the Evil One will have the domain of bad, and
that good and evil struggle in an eternal battle. In Gandolf's
experience, this is not God. Any being or energy that must be
separate from God makes God not-God, by definition.
If there is nothing separate from
God, then we are not separate from God, nor are we separate from
each other. What we will call objective reality is not
separate from us--it is us.
Gandolf will carry this one step
further, a step strange to the western mind, and identify the
true nature of God as the pure subjective experience of Self.
The true nature of all is one, and that one is the subjective
experience of I, and not anything objective, That.
In Gandolf's experience, the pure
subjective I that is all is omnipotent, has unlimited
power, and has the ability to separate its consciousness into I
and Other, I and That. Thus, the
monistic I is capable of assuming the role of dualistic I
and Other Than I.
Gandolf will experience his
essential Self in others as I am That. Equally, he will
experience that others' Self is identical to his own, there is
ultimately only one Self, as That Am I. Gandolf
identifies the true understanding of the names Gandalf
and Gandolf to be I Am That and That Am I.
Their names utter their basic principle.
Gandolf will be familiar with the
Hebrew mystical teachings, and the sacred name I am that I am
or I am, which expresses the same idea.
From these teachings flow several
interesting corollaries:
it is impossible to harm
another without harming one's self it is impossible to harm
one's self without harming all others it is impossible to benefit another without
benefiting one's self it is impossible to benefit one's self without
benefiting all others
These, coupled with the experience
that good and evil must remain in balance in the everyday world
of duality, and that one may not increase one side at the expense
of the other, will lead Gandolf and Gandalf to a very high
understanding of their place in the universe.
