Santosha, the Masters say, grows in time into a state of supreme joy. Rather than expecting God to do all the workīy training ourselves in santosha (conscious contentment), our inner treasure will gradually increase, turning us into a spiritual Croesus: a smile millionaire. Swami Kriyananda in fact describes santosha as one of the secrets of meditation: Inwardly, the trick is to not wait for inner joy to appear in our meditations, but to fill them actively with contentment. Outwardly, our task is to maintain that feeling of contentment constantly, affirming it, strengthening it day by day, no matter what may happen in our life. There are two ways to consolidate it: the one outward, the other inward. Use this feeling as your guiding light for 2018: it is your precious santosha-gold. Concentrate on that precious mood for some time. All agitated emotions were at rest as you fully enjoyed the moment. You didn’t need anything, didn’t feel the urge to go anywhere, or to do anything different from what you were doing. To set the mood of santosha for our coming year, think of a moment when inwardly you were completely at peace, fully content with life. This is the essence of yoga: to neutralize the waves of reaction in the heart ( yogas chitta vritti nirodha).
Yogananda expresses it like this: “Be even-minded and cheerful at all times,” and “Work on yourself: on your reactions to outer circumstances. One of them – the golden one – is santosha, or contentment, known as the supreme virtue. The Supreme Golden Note: Santoshaįrom ancient times, the ten yamas and niyamas (the do’s and don’ts) of Patanjali, the “father of yoga,” have constituted the core attitudes for meditators. In 2018, let us consciously play the golden notes of happiness. The notes we play, however, can be somber and out of tune with our real nature, or they can be filled with beauty, harmony and golden joy. It is as if life had given us a musical instrument so that we can play our own melody. And this is where our great opportunity lies. Why? Because, as Yogananda teaches, “circumstances are neutral.” It is we who color our life from within, constantly and at every moment.
Together as Daily Meditators, however, let’s charge these words “Happy New Year” with power and meaning, with intention and truth.Ģ018 has the potential to be a surprisingly happy year, perhaps our best year ever. Yogananda said the Kriya Yoga meditation technique is “the fastest route to Self-realization.”ĭo you find this wish pleasing, if somewhat shallow? Indeed, it’s a common seasonal wish, but one that is often empty of content, a social custom, habitually repeated millions of times over the festive season.
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