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Ananda va II •• The flame of a lamp lights up count less lamps. The touch of a great personality wakes up innumerable sleeping hearts. In the same way, the eternal glow of boundless elan vital of Cosmic Consciousness has been illuminating the life-lamp of universal humani sm since time immemorial, is illuminati ng and will do so in future even more intensely. That is why I say, the future of the human race is not dark, rather, it is strikingly resplendent . So proceed on, ignoring the frown of dark ness . Shrii Sh rii Anandamurti January 1, 1978 , Vol ume 6 . No. 11

Ananda vacd.anandamarga.us/1977-11 o Crimson Dawn Newsletter... · Shrii Shrii Anandamurti , January . 1, 1978 . Volume 6. No.11 __ _ The Supreme Co'mmand . Those who perform Sa'dhana

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The flame of a lamp lights up countless lamps The touch of a great personality wakes up innumerable sleeping hearts In the same way the eternal glow of boundless elan vital of Cosmic Consciousness has been illuminating the life-lamp of universal humanism since t ime immemorial is illuminating and will do so in future even more intensely That is why I say the future of the human race is not dark rather it is strikingly resplendent So proceed on ignoring the frown of darkness

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

January 1 1978

Volume 6 No11

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The Supreme

Command

Those who perform Sadhana twice a da reg lariy the thought of ParGmaru~usa WIll certainly a rise in their mmdS at the time oi death their liberation is a sure gu rantee - ere ore e very ~nanda Margii Amiddotil hdve to perform Sa dha 13 tv1C1 a day InshyJariabl - veriiy is this the command of the Lord WithOut Varna dnd Niyama Sadhana is an Impossibility hence the Lcrd s comshy1anci is also to follow Varna and Niyama DISObedience to thiS comma nd is nothing but to throw oneselt Into the tortures a t amshymal hfe for crores oi years That no one should undergo torments such as these that everyone might be enaolea to nJoy the erershyna l otessea ness under the lOVIng shelter oi the Lord it is [he bOLltIlshy

den middotd uty 01 every Ananda Margii to Indeavor to bring a ll to the path of bliss VerIly is this a part and parcel of Sadhana to lead others aiong the path of righteousness

-- Sh~1 Shnl Amiddotnardamurt i

The Crimson DawnNovember 1971 Newsletter ot New r or- ~eLlllr

Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha Published monthly by AnJ ndd Marga Inc 854 PeMI Street Denver CO 80203 Copyrigh t ~ 1977 by An anda Marga Inc

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1I1 Baba Sl e _ Buddhism and Bliss (pt 2) 10

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Do all the good you can in all the ways you can in all the places you can to all the people you can as long as every you can Sh rii Shrii Ananda murti (founder of Anan da Marga)

y dearest friends and family Three and a half years ago I accidently joined Ananda

Marga the path to fulfillment These years have been just incredible Ive felt more peace more energy more strength and more love than Ive ever known On January 1st 1976 I suddenly decided that I wanted to become an aca rya a spiritual teacher and monk and devote my life to se rvin g the brotherhood and sisterhood of the world as much as I possibly could The two years since then have been ones of growth and maturation and discovering on a gut level what thi s life will be like In the first week of January 197 8 Ill be flying to India whe re Ill intensively study the yogic spiritual phil osoph y and the progress ive social change Ideol ogy of Ananda Marga After hopefully passing the exams in six months or so Ill go to another foreign country to live with the people striving to serve in whatever ways are needed there to fight for soc ial justice to share the processes of meditation and universal and common spirituality to all who want to learn

The only ism that I feel I can support now is universalism To work in another land will force me to break out of my cul tural bindings and keep me working for one world family instead of just America

Anandamurti has said Remember that everyo ne has immense opportunities to render services in wha tever situation he may have been placed Ill be no better certainly no holier than all of you Unless I grow more humble while gaining wisd om lll get nowh ere For only by

actions and my love will I ever be worthy of this role

Bu t I do ~o urgently feel the need for mo ral leaders troubl e-shooter able to leave at a mo ments notice for any poin t n the planet and do whatever wor k is needed

caryas can devote 24 hours a day to their work only because they don t have that important and most beautiful commitment to their family and children

My efforts may show fe w results- that I dont mind I must try though with everything I have We all are seeing more and more ex pl oitation and ignorance and alienated despair allover the world I can do nothing else but strive to build the just world society that more than ever I feel is possible Wh at will keep me going The incredible power of my meditation that dail y reminds me of the unity and beauty of all things of the divinity in everyone of the warm secure home wi th in my heart of wanting nothing for myself and everything for that presence whome we all have fdt ond named in ten th ousand languages

God has given to each of us a spirit with wings wings on which to soar into the spacious firmamen t of Love and Freedom

Kahil Gibran

You know- my friends my family - the best parts of me I have left with you and your best things Ive taken inside Our times toge th er are the ex periences that have made me Bo b and Brahmaviira (m y spiritual name which means infinitely noble and courageous man) The wisdom of my mind comes from the truths that you shared the ideas that I teach are yours The happiness and fulfillment of my life has come fro m you smiles and laughter and love And if I didnt know tha t hearts keep refillin g as you pour from the m I would fear I was leavin g empty-handed - for all of my love is with you always

Love to all shyBrahmaviira

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- Recentlr1 translated from one o_f Baba s books in Bengal i (unpublished in English)shy

TATTVIKA PRAV ESH IKA-PART 111- OCiA L PSYCHOLOGY

Unifying Society

Iampshy

For existence of mankind in society the foliowing fundamental factors are necessary a) Unity b) SOIial Security c) Peace

A UNITY Unity among the members of any society or social structure is absolutely necessary The structure will otherwise start disintegrating Lack of ul~ity amorg the members of society because of too much seif-interest in the individual members formation of sects for economic or social advantages lack of understJnding or others not only bring the downfall of society but also wipe it off completely from the face of the earth I nstJnccs of so many sects and empires disappearing altogether ale not [Jre in the little known history of this world

The problem theretore is the preservation of unity in society The following if it is possible to enlhuse the members with these will ensure unity in society

a) Common Ideal b) Casteless society c) Collective social functions d) No capital -punish1en t

a) COMMON- ID EAL It is so often n eJ~d tlldt a particular country was neve r so uni ted as during he war Thi~ is due to love 01 motllerl and hut rTl drC due to 11 the individuals having a common idcal- J goal to face the peril due to war This common ideal is h wever d very temporary ph a~c lIld ul Jope rs with the dange r 01 war becoming less In our Ananda Mar~a the seed fo r J common ideal is sown from the very beginning of a ch il d s life At the Jge o f five when the child has acquired only J preliminary understanding of his su rroudngins h~ IS given the id la of Brahma The enti re society a t Ananda Marga is then founded on a com moll ideal-the goal being Ij rah mJ This toundalion will never be lost like the da ngers 0 1 war Sucn In ioeal will not disap pear like the a mmon iucal for Facini [he dangers of war nd the uni ty i1 J oc iety founued on m ideal of Brahma will be eVe rl JSling In our AnJnda Mdrsa even in econo mic fi middotId [here is a o mmon idcdl as the wh ol prop rty of the earth is common property and is to be sha red by all members of the society_ Thi s is instilled in cvery mem ber by the lthloka recided at the commencement ot every funct ion held by the members of Ananda Ma rga

am gacchadhvam sam vadadhvam Love for aI ideal of whole humanity being one family Samvomana msi janatam utilization of all the property of the world as that of one Deva bha gam yatha purve unit coupled with the idea given to ail participating in tite Sam iana na upa sate Namakarana of a child that his social psychic and spiri tual Samanii vo akutii upbrin ging is a common responsibiiity of all (this will ) Samana hrdoya nivaha provide an undying common ideal Samanam astu vomano Yatha vaha susahasati

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b) CASTELESS SOC IETY This (cas te) is another important factor whi ch brin gs about disruption in soci ety The ev ils of caste system are nowhere better kn own than in In dia For unity in soci ety there sh ould be no smaller groupings with in the soci ety claiming better economic and social privileges

In our Ananda Marga where love for all the whole humanity being one family are the guiding princ ipl es and where an individual iden tifies himself as onl y a Jii va-matra caste less society is the onl y soci ety which can ex ist In all the soci al functions in our Ananda Marga the prominent guides and workers are Guru Bhai and not Jata Bhai as is the prevelant custom From the beginning of a childs life that is when hi s worldly identity is established at the time of Namakarana up to the Shraddha Kriya when his wurdly identity is lost the persons participating in all the functions as guides and workers are only Gurubhai who may be

belonging to as many castes as the nu mber This along with the common goal-Brahma-visualize a

society where indiv iduals identi fy themselves as J iivamatra oniy and do not belong to an y part icular caste creed or sect In our social functions also no famil y is debarred from taking part in them because of the faul t of a member of that family Wi th this the chances of fo rmation of a suciety of out-caste fa mil ies are eliminated In such a society wh ere belonging to a particular group or section is not necessary fo r marriage for learning Vedas or for making efforts for achievin g anything the form ation of caste is not possible In our Ananda Marga where the bringing up of every child is a combined responsibility where the whoie property of the universe is to be commonly spent and where there is no caste-bar for spi ritual practices the formation of castes whether for social econoI ic or spiritual reasons is not possible

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c) middotCOLL ECTIVE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS Many Il ls ofmiddot society develop because people do not care to know other members of society This may not only m an ign orance of the conditio n and diffic ulties of others but leads to intolerance and lack 0 interest in th e a ffa irs of the other me mbers of ociety Common soci al functions bring difmiddot fe rent members of society together and are th refore a great uni f ing force Bv performi ng certain func tions col lectively where ail the members rO I some time are engaged in doi ng the same thing a feeling of commonness and interest in others is brought bout In Ananda Marga such common socia l functions are especially encouraged Mil ita and Dharma Cakra provide grounds for common social func tions in physical psy hie and sp iritual fields Common participation in such functions is a very great unifyi ng force and participants of such fu nctions will have no intol erance for each other and wi ll instead get mort united Such fun ctions are therefore a great ~nifying force

d) NO CAPI TA L PUNISHMENT Capital punfshment brings abou t deterioration in so iety and stops furt her progress of the individuals on whom capital punishment is inflicted Such individuals form sects or grou p which become the lower or discarded grou ps of society and give rise to discord and disruption in society In ou r Ananda Marga capital punishment whether sorial or physical is not permitted anywhere The only punishment permi ssable in our marga is disallowing a defaulter from taking part in social functions for a fixed period After the period is over

the individual starts taking part in all the funct ions as usual None of his dependents are to suffer this punishment

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-infiicted middoton the indi vrdual This punishment leaves no ma~k on the individual after the period of punishment like those of outcasting d family r even imprisonment The Nher punishment provi ded is to bring to Marga ie to show th e right path to 10 p rsons before she can be al lowed to attend SOCial fu nctions The punish ment of this ty pe is corrective and instead of retarding th e progress giv mme chance to the ind ividual to correct himself and to employ himself in correct pu rsu its during the period of pun ishment As these puni hments do not have a permane nt mdr k on the individual or the fami ly they do not bring about discord and iisl1n1ty among the members of the society On the contrary lerson undrgolllg pun ishment is emplov ing himself 10 betler pur uits than 10 normal life by maki ng cf t)rts to sh w c Ir ect pulh I 10 (ten) in J iv iduals He imiddot thus not only improving himse lf but is also maki ng efforts to improve the society and is bringing about m re uni ty in society

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YOU ARE NEVER ALONE OR HELPLESS THE FORCE THAT GUIDES THE STARS GUIDES YOU TOO

Anandamurti

The Little Peoples Seminar (LPS) was the most successshyful we can remem ber No t only did the little peopl e en joy themselves (and learn) bu t the big people involved also grew significantly We re at the point of real izing that Ananda Marga retreats (as well as all of Ananda Marga) are not just fo r adults wi th child care provided but are indeed for everyone

Cause amp Cllre of Disease A( 5hivananda Avt

Disruption in the norma l a(tiv it ies of physical and mental bodies is called disease Normal life is peaceful pleasureful and happy When physical or mental obst ruc shylion dis turbs this peace please and hap piness it is disease Wh en the whole or part of if body is affected it is ca ll ed physical disease and when the mind is atfected by physical cause or psychic cause it is called mental di~ease Disease obstructs the proper functioning of physical and mental bodies and causes pain and suffer ing Hence it is necessary to remove disease

The disease of physical body arc called acu te or chronic The disease that comes fo r a short period of ti me such as ~unny nose cough or fever due tomiddot cold are acute When disease persists for months or yea rs it is call ed chronic disease ie high blood pressure piles asth ma etc

A ch ronic disease that remains for years or li femiddotl ong gives trouble and suffering and trouble day and night Th e fi rs t and foremost treatment of such a chronic di sease is to divert the mind from thinking about it Wh en the mind is diverted from thinking about the di~ease the mental and physical energies that were wasted in thi nk ing about and giving scope to the development of the disease will be saved and utilised in curing the disease When the mind is withdrawn from thinki ng abou t th e disease the self-healing process starts

In either physical or mental disease both physical and mental bodies are to be treated Physicians of differen t systems of medicine treat disease in differen t ways some use medicinesmiddot-if one fails then they try lnother some prescribe diets and exercises etc And psychia trists have their own techniques too The di fferent systems of medi shycine treat only partially in their own way A complete treatment is not given and the patient suffers

The disease is sutfer ing caused by bad actions done in previous and present lives Pai n caused to others and not fo ll owing the rul es of nature are the causes of disease These accumu lated reac tions o f bad ac tions are ca lled sam skora The trea tment of disease will have to give and take in this u nders tanding But all the phYSicians of allo pathy homeopathy ayurveda un anani naturo pathy p~y ch i atry etc Me handicapped in their trea tment of chronic d isease

A person who understood the helpl essness of worldy ph ysicia n and was lucky enough to know the perfec t phyltician ~a id Yam Gurum sharon am bha vavaidyam Meani ng This universe is the col~ec tio n of diseases

hysical and me ntal hence I surrender to the lotus feet of Guru who is th e perfect physic ian for all worldly diseases The Sadgu ru is all -knowing so He knows the trea tment of each individ ual Jccording to the samskara with HIS almighty power and all pervading capacity

So by the grace of Gurudeva I was saying that diversion of mi nd From the disease is one 0 the most important poi nts If a psychiatrist trea ts a disease he may say please tr to keep your mi nd away fro m thinking about the disease Th is is the most harmful method because when you sa tha t the pat ient starts thinking about the disease more and more Bu t the Sadguru does not speak of the disease His method is more positive he doesnt even say that He has begun treatment His treatmen t has two sides 1) physico-psych omiddot piri tual and 2) His direct grace in healing the disease- rnost important when He Himself takes

the disease of the disciple and suffers to make the disciple free

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The psycho-spiritual me thod is a sc ien ti fic manner in the prescription of medication where the unit mind expands to Cosmic mi nd The mind rises above and leaves the low level of physi co-psychic disease it gets no chance to think about the disease and preven t heal ing Also through meditati on in a short span of time physical men tal and spiritual energies are created th e supply of these usuall y unavai lable physico-psycho-sp iritual energies to the hu m n body cures the disease The mind becomes stronger and stronger to sustain th bl ows of the diseases When the mind rema ins J tt ached to consciousness or merges int conscious ness it does no t feel the su ffer in g fr m disease Finally the samskara exhausts fro m med itation and the pe rils of di sease is decreased

The prescrip tion f senti ent food asanas and pranashyvarna are other physico-psychic cura tive healing methods Other Jos and donts are nothing but curative and prevcn live measures prescribed by the Guru lo heal the disease By asana practise nerves are toned up and repaired nd the homornes are secreted which serve the purpose f

med ici nes- they are natural medicines for the body and mind Asanas help in cu ring almost all the diseases Where fo d and med icine f ii to supply energy for healing the body pranayama supplies extra psycho-physical energy from the atmosphere and cosmic sources By other medItashytion methods the Guru supplies physico-psycho-spiritual energy and hormones which work as natural medicines espeCially the nccteria l horm ne secreted by the pineal gl nd in deep meditation So medicines can compare with these hormones The prescription of herbs by those with intu iti ve eye~ are a grace for the poor and rich alike

Al ong with the meditational aspects Gu ru gives many meth ods in psycho-physical level s to engage the mind and divert it from the disease He doesnt say D ivert you r mind but he will say to do monthly so much spiritual service to so many nu mbers of people etc Let us stud y thi s method When one tal ks aboLl t spi ri tuali ty mi nd is autoshymati cally diverted from thin ki ng about the disease SecondshyIy the mi nd re mai ns in a higher level-thinking mi nd is connected with cosmic mind When tal king of spiritual sub jects one gets cosmic grace and cosmic energy and the opportunity to be healed and cured The samskara is also exhausted While tal king food is easily diges ted and without medicine the digesti ve system is corrected You give rich f od to a pati en t who cant usuall y digest it and then engage in a spi ritual tal k for a prolonged time and he will fi nd the food is eas ily diges ted How can one understand His kind gra e When one takes in itiation mind gets more and more concentration and with more and more concentration more and more psycho-spi ri tual enershygies and capab ility to wi thstand the suffering of disease The samskara is exhausted Psycho-spiritual energies heal physico-piychic diseases

He (Guru) will s Publish magazi ne and distri bute them do rel ief work and submit report (Not only hat but he will be ser ious about submission of report) Why Thergt are such mi nds that even lfrer ge tti ng heavy loads o f work are not ful ly diverted by creati ng fear complex in them he tr ies to divert the min d But there are such minds which are still not fully diverted the n he creales odd si tuations and the mind gets diverted and disease healed in that gap when the mind isnt thinking abou t the disease Hence we will see that th ose who shou ld have died due to certain serious isease either are cured of the disease or re main alive for years longer than expected en joying psycho-spi ri tual life for long years

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Jagat PnaRMh M Red Baba 76 iheJte anything et6e tlw-t the Amvu

y~5 this IOU should ttll thtm This is my

Why we do thi ngs is because we are My thoughts in metamorphosis

Thing change dnd reappear i am now

I sit in half lotus preparing I ts time to go home

Stiff legs and sore knees Bring me closer to Him

Struggle on

Bathing in the light Warm omn iscient sooth ing My love for thee i~ as endless as you Speeding back to your allness I want only thee

The sound current rushes through me Like a wave gliding on the shore

Leaves rustle and God manifests Himse lf

Tapeshvar

Baba ct-U O -6 cud

T~ll e~trlJn4t that 1 T~llt~tr~cncent in A~i~a t

MaJtgLiA fgthouid know upecJai1y

hmiddot world eXllaquots mlUh of th~m ~nun~f

Almost from the beginning of joining Ananda Marga I had the desire to realise God In the course of ti me fi rs t of all I was posted in Mysore After that I came to Patna Then I was posted in Ananda Nagar There I was going on Th ings were o kay but still I was feeling th at I must realise God So I decided that wi thin myself that I must atta in liberati on and fo r this reason I was ready to mee t my resu lt With th is resolution I started doin g meditation 12 13 14 hours daily Just as I was going out for a few minutes com ing to my ~oom in An nda Nagar I felt a vibrat ion fu ll of bl iss

All of a sudden one day after I passed like this for a week or so while I was doing Dh yana I fou nd that every th ing was futi le My spiri tual power and all my psychic and physical energy was completel y gone I lost very thi ng I was remembering everything I was rememmiddot

bering every rel ation I was remember each and everything but nothing was happening Whenever I was standing my le gs were tremb ling I was not able to move This I know as a certa inty that Baba has done this I knew that Baba does not wan t this So there is a code word which Kapalikas kno w With the code I mentally called Baba And I told hi m and surrendered t him and every thi ng whi ch I had previously was restored From that t ime on wards I began to feel and say to the Margiis that it is not the Sadhana it is not the practises i person does it is-theGuru who does the things If the Guru does not do this th ings will not happert Whatever sadhana a person does whateve r practises she does whatever thin gs are there wi thout the grace of the ~ru no th ing wi ll happen It is the Grace of the Guru then Sadhana Sadhana is futi le if Guru s Grace is no t there There I was convi nced practically that it is not the Sadhan~ shywhich does the th ing It is the Guru an d Gu ru alone who does th e thing

themmiddot very much Alt Chidghnnd Art

love i6 alway$ with tIum1

BUDDHlfM G BUff continued rom last issuemiddot

After enlightenment Buddha gave a philosophy which is known as Buddhism The whole of Buddhism is based on four noble tru ths 1 There is suffering 2 There is a cause of suffer ing 3 Th ere can be cessat io n of sufferi ng 4 There is a way for the cessation of sufferillg

Let usmiddotanalyse the first noble tr uth and compare it with the conception of Ananda MMga abou t it Accordill (J to Buddha there is suffe ring and suffering in thi s wor ld ri ht fom birth to death Even the happi ness is no t free from suffering There is su ffering and happ in 55 really there is 110

happiness in this worl d According to Ananda Marga u nh ap piness or suffering is

no thi ng but the recep tion of unfavourable viblmiddota tions The favourable vibration is happiness A sickly person lying on a bed with p in and weakn ss of body does not feel pleased to hear a sweet song or to see the beau tifu l scene because he is not in a congenia l condit io n to enjoy bu t when the same man become heal thy he can enjoy the favo urabl e vibrat ion So the favourab le vibration for p l ~asing a person can be so when fi rst the receiver IS in a healthy condition Accordi ng to Ananda Marga everythi ng in this universe is the ex pression of ideology Everythi ng pain or pleasure is nothin g but the expression of c()nsc iousn e~s under the b ndage of force or Prakrti 5uf ering i abo the expression of consciousness but the consciousn ss is unde r the bondage of Prakr ti Ananda Marga has analy ed deeply what is suffe ri ng why suffe ring has gone why one suffers and who has C)u ed the suffering ann to whom It ha~ heen sa id that as per Ananda Marga con~iou n S~ ha~ expre sed itself right fro m th e existence of mind to the ol id structu re Ther is nowh ere wiler t rcc or Prakni doe~ nN exist Ananda Marmiddotga sayS mi nd is the cnioyer mind is the su J erer Hence the cause of uf ering is fi rst of II the bondage of mind unde r Prak rt i secon dly the ignorance uf

the middotmi nd about the ul tima te doer a t th ings herefo re Al1anda Marga says that to ge t rid of the socalled uffering three things are needed deni I of doe r- sh ip givi ng up the desire for the fruits of the act io ns and offerrng everything at the wish o f the almighty Lord If a perso n is abl [ 0

foLlow the above three things totall y he wil l neve r h ve suffering

Next Ananda Marga ht made a clear distincti on between body mind and soul Buddha does not acce pt the soul because he says it is unseen and secondly it cannot be experimented_ Hence he does not accept this Therefore buddh ism is known as Anatmavada that is that wh ieh does not believe in atman

Ananda Marga says that there is atman there is paramatm an and there are di fferent parts of mind wh ich experience pa in and pleasu re but onl y one parl of the mi nd wh ich is known as doer-mind or ego has the experience of pain Theref re it is said in Ananda Su tram Aham karta pratyaksaphalabhokta - that is the ego is rea lly the mas ter or doer of acts el rd it is the di rect en ioyer of the wme uence of th act ions The next part of mind is Citra which is the object ive mind that par t of the mind which becomes the o bjecL Th is CiLt d is al so known as done I About th is it i ~ said in Anan da Sutram Karmaphalam cittam - tha t is Cit ta or done I is no thi ng bu t the result () f the ac ti on It beco mes the object and the doer I eurocciv s it and the pure I Wh ich is known as Mahatattva

remains passive ly associated wi th the doer- So mind is the comb ination of pure I doer I and done I dnd the doe r-I alone is the en joyer of the conseque nce because it is the doe r i t does the refore it is the en joyer The soul si mply r ~main - as a witness of til t he activit iei of min d It is a witnessing entity wh ich neither ha~ the experie nce nf pain nd pleasure nor is it the doe r The doersh q) is no t there

Why 7 Because the force has not been able to uudify it an d make it into done-I QgtF doer-lor the pure I So we see th at ~lI1tcrmiddotmg is mainly due tothe unit doershi p Ananda Marga sa~s that there is also a cosmic mind wh ich has all the three parts pure I doer-I and done-I but the difference between unit mind and cosm ic minu I) that th un it mi nd because of its lim itJtions cannot create any actuali ty like ether ailmiddot luminous liquid dnd sol id It bri ngs about onl y sam chemical nd mechanical changes by hlending the ob jects mJde original ly b the cosmic mi nd So th e cosmic mind has unl imited power wher-e the un it mnd h s very meag-e power -1 he co~ mic min d because it is unl imited has neither nerves nor brain li k~ the unit milld beca u ~e the cosmic mi nd does not have a physical bod Everything is [he psychic projection of the cos mic mind and ~ince it is the pych ic imagina tion of the macrocosm for it is not real as it is for the uni t Suffe rrng is lhere bCCduse the mind is under the li mitat ion of the bondage of Prakni He nce all is uffering is no t so ccord ing 0 An J nda Ma rg he vi sion

of suffering m the yorld of buddhism is mainly due to the fact that -lne- (Itpervading eternal entity is denied and body and mmd are taken ma in ly into consideration

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The second noble truth of buddh ism is that there is a cause of suffering Ananda Marga al so agrees with the fact that there is a cause for any dfe t and the cause of suffering is the existence of mind mainly because wherever there is mind it wiil think something and the senses wil l be directed to do something and if favourab le vibr ti ons are received it wi ll create happiness dnd if it is an unfavourable vibration it will create unhappiness The twelve chains of suffering given in buddhism have been mixed up in a most confusing way as for eXJmple according to buddh ism the Cduse for old age and death is birth dnd the cause of birth is the desire to be born and the cause ot the desire to be born is because of the lust and the cause of lust is the assoc iation with the senses and the cause of rhe senses re mme and form

Mind or the understanding of the mind or better to say the understanding of t1 mind that the temporary tranishyto ry IS considered to be permanent and pleasant is most confuing It has never been said why the mind thinks like tlut dnd after thi nking in a positive way wh y and how it frees itself The source of mind or the propeller vI mind dnd its ifferent positive and negative tre nd s have no t been rightly traced out Mind has posit ive and negdt i e tendenshycies Thus why it goes away why the po~i t iv e is done into negative and the nega tive into posi tive has certainly a cause and Ana nda Marga has tried to fin d out that cause It say that it is becau se of the bondage ot stat ic tor e that the mind behaves in a negative way and il is because of the dom inan ce of the sentient force that the same mind tart beh av ing in a positive way Hence the ultimate CJu~e is the force hut torce can Is nl) he aid to be the ult imate cau se b cause lorce is blind It operates only by the cosmic consc iousness Hence the ul timate do r i~ the c0~m ic

consciousness or Al mighty God I has been ai arlie r that the whole o~mos is the psych ie pro jection 0 1 God Hence the real d er is Gud and It i He lone in the whole worlJ who halt projected Himse lf Th pro jector and the projec tio n ~r~ no~ two The sufferer and the giver of sufter ing are only one rherefore in tune with the Upanisads Ananda Marga says that in t his universe there is nothing but God

The Gita also says the same thing stating thin in this world there is only truth and no scope for untr tJ th Ther( is only Krishna who is the all pervadng entity Since God is a beginningless middleless and endless indivisible entity therefore thel-e cannot be anything else in thi~ universe except God If it is not so then the infinity of God does not ~et justified Hence there i only one entity Th e third noble truth says that there is a way to be free from suffering It is true th ere is a way and the modern mind of today requires a most scientific method tackli ng mind physical body and soul Lord Buddha realized the truth and gave a path which is known as the eightfold pa th Thi eight fo ld path fr om a deep analy is loo ks to be some method give n for the sake of mental th ught but the good nvble high thoughts alld to m ve on the path of righteo usshyness humanity Iequires a meth od which dcal~ with the P )lsic11 body wi th the glands and nerves in it The physical body has its bearing on the mind hence some method of the purity of the physical body is un voidable

oth erVl ~ tlie generai people fee l difficulty by the defects of the physical body to establish themselves in righ teo usshyness Hence some asanas (yogic exercise) pra nayama etc are al so needed Modern minds requi re a sc ientific process which should be for all the hum an bei ngs and which everybody can prac tise eas ily and co nven iently an d experishyence th result gotten by th e practical prac tices

Ananda Marga is not a religion it i not a sect bu t a most

practical physio-psycho-spir itual practice given to the ent ire unierse tor It bene tmiddotit He re a comparative stu dy has been short ly given not wi th the vi ew to cri trcise but with a view t p re~ent to the people a logical thing to understand and to com to a conclus ion Anand 1 Marga un like buddh ism Il as give n express ion al mmt to everythi ng About God bout world abou t mind bout man about human beingL

everything has been given Not only thi s but some opinion about other field s of society have also been given It has not only touched the spi ri tual aspect of life but has also given ib opinion on social econo mic and political spheres The human personality can never be separated from social nd economic life hence eve ry individual being a part and parcel of the human soci ety has to contribut) its most for it proper development People have been blaming spiritushyality so far because spirituali ts neglected this material world call ing it to be an illusion and full of miser ies Ananda Marga says that even if a man goes to a cave he req uires some society to provide him with the bare nece~ itie of life which can only be had from the material world by the socalled matertali sts in the language of the socalled spiritualists

The methods of Buddhism are more a part of kno wshyledge They do not Include devotion because th ere is no conception of God But in the absence of devotion the pa th becomes I nger because the devotee who surrenders to the Lord completely is able to get established quickly in the Supreme Beautitude

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ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

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fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

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the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

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Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

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The Supreme

Command

Those who perform Sadhana twice a da reg lariy the thought of ParGmaru~usa WIll certainly a rise in their mmdS at the time oi death their liberation is a sure gu rantee - ere ore e very ~nanda Margii Amiddotil hdve to perform Sa dha 13 tv1C1 a day InshyJariabl - veriiy is this the command of the Lord WithOut Varna dnd Niyama Sadhana is an Impossibility hence the Lcrd s comshy1anci is also to follow Varna and Niyama DISObedience to thiS comma nd is nothing but to throw oneselt Into the tortures a t amshymal hfe for crores oi years That no one should undergo torments such as these that everyone might be enaolea to nJoy the erershyna l otessea ness under the lOVIng shelter oi the Lord it is [he bOLltIlshy

den middotd uty 01 every Ananda Margii to Indeavor to bring a ll to the path of bliss VerIly is this a part and parcel of Sadhana to lead others aiong the path of righteousness

-- Sh~1 Shnl Amiddotnardamurt i

The Crimson DawnNovember 1971 Newsletter ot New r or- ~eLlllr

Ananda Marga Pracaraka Samgha Published monthly by AnJ ndd Marga Inc 854 PeMI Street Denver CO 80203 Copyrigh t ~ 1977 by An anda Marga Inc

INSPIRATION Shrii Shrii Anandamu rti EDITORS Jeff Reiter Purus ottam a CONSULTING EDITORS Dada Danaviira Brc Shivanathaii PRINTING Satya Devi amp Humanity Press CONTR IBUTING EDITOR Ivoendra CONTRIBUTORSWRITE RS Ac Chidghanananda Avt Ac Shivanand a Avt Brahmavii rajr Samuel G Raje~hvar ARTWORKLA YOUT ITYPING Jeff Purusottama Mahajyotiji First Line

Yearly Subscription rates North America Elsewhere _ $ I 0]0 First Class postage No rth America $1400 (elsewhere to be determined by individual country)

Q) Supnme Command Inside Front Were On Our Way 1 Something New - Imiddot rom 1t)d 2J I Il tc f ini sh J t -Vl C IUSC J r d Cure t f) i (a~e I l

1I1 Baba Sl e _ Buddhism and Bliss (pt 2) 10

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Fight for your Ideology

Be one with your Ideology I Live for your Ideology I

Die for your Ideology

I ShrH ShrH I

Anandamurti I

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Do all the good you can in all the ways you can in all the places you can to all the people you can as long as every you can Sh rii Shrii Ananda murti (founder of Anan da Marga)

y dearest friends and family Three and a half years ago I accidently joined Ananda

Marga the path to fulfillment These years have been just incredible Ive felt more peace more energy more strength and more love than Ive ever known On January 1st 1976 I suddenly decided that I wanted to become an aca rya a spiritual teacher and monk and devote my life to se rvin g the brotherhood and sisterhood of the world as much as I possibly could The two years since then have been ones of growth and maturation and discovering on a gut level what thi s life will be like In the first week of January 197 8 Ill be flying to India whe re Ill intensively study the yogic spiritual phil osoph y and the progress ive social change Ideol ogy of Ananda Marga After hopefully passing the exams in six months or so Ill go to another foreign country to live with the people striving to serve in whatever ways are needed there to fight for soc ial justice to share the processes of meditation and universal and common spirituality to all who want to learn

The only ism that I feel I can support now is universalism To work in another land will force me to break out of my cul tural bindings and keep me working for one world family instead of just America

Anandamurti has said Remember that everyo ne has immense opportunities to render services in wha tever situation he may have been placed Ill be no better certainly no holier than all of you Unless I grow more humble while gaining wisd om lll get nowh ere For only by

actions and my love will I ever be worthy of this role

Bu t I do ~o urgently feel the need for mo ral leaders troubl e-shooter able to leave at a mo ments notice for any poin t n the planet and do whatever wor k is needed

caryas can devote 24 hours a day to their work only because they don t have that important and most beautiful commitment to their family and children

My efforts may show fe w results- that I dont mind I must try though with everything I have We all are seeing more and more ex pl oitation and ignorance and alienated despair allover the world I can do nothing else but strive to build the just world society that more than ever I feel is possible Wh at will keep me going The incredible power of my meditation that dail y reminds me of the unity and beauty of all things of the divinity in everyone of the warm secure home wi th in my heart of wanting nothing for myself and everything for that presence whome we all have fdt ond named in ten th ousand languages

God has given to each of us a spirit with wings wings on which to soar into the spacious firmamen t of Love and Freedom

Kahil Gibran

You know- my friends my family - the best parts of me I have left with you and your best things Ive taken inside Our times toge th er are the ex periences that have made me Bo b and Brahmaviira (m y spiritual name which means infinitely noble and courageous man) The wisdom of my mind comes from the truths that you shared the ideas that I teach are yours The happiness and fulfillment of my life has come fro m you smiles and laughter and love And if I didnt know tha t hearts keep refillin g as you pour from the m I would fear I was leavin g empty-handed - for all of my love is with you always

Love to all shyBrahmaviira

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- Recentlr1 translated from one o_f Baba s books in Bengal i (unpublished in English)shy

TATTVIKA PRAV ESH IKA-PART 111- OCiA L PSYCHOLOGY

Unifying Society

Iampshy

For existence of mankind in society the foliowing fundamental factors are necessary a) Unity b) SOIial Security c) Peace

A UNITY Unity among the members of any society or social structure is absolutely necessary The structure will otherwise start disintegrating Lack of ul~ity amorg the members of society because of too much seif-interest in the individual members formation of sects for economic or social advantages lack of understJnding or others not only bring the downfall of society but also wipe it off completely from the face of the earth I nstJnccs of so many sects and empires disappearing altogether ale not [Jre in the little known history of this world

The problem theretore is the preservation of unity in society The following if it is possible to enlhuse the members with these will ensure unity in society

a) Common Ideal b) Casteless society c) Collective social functions d) No capital -punish1en t

a) COMMON- ID EAL It is so often n eJ~d tlldt a particular country was neve r so uni ted as during he war Thi~ is due to love 01 motllerl and hut rTl drC due to 11 the individuals having a common idcal- J goal to face the peril due to war This common ideal is h wever d very temporary ph a~c lIld ul Jope rs with the dange r 01 war becoming less In our Ananda Mar~a the seed fo r J common ideal is sown from the very beginning of a ch il d s life At the Jge o f five when the child has acquired only J preliminary understanding of his su rroudngins h~ IS given the id la of Brahma The enti re society a t Ananda Marga is then founded on a com moll ideal-the goal being Ij rah mJ This toundalion will never be lost like the da ngers 0 1 war Sucn In ioeal will not disap pear like the a mmon iucal for Facini [he dangers of war nd the uni ty i1 J oc iety founued on m ideal of Brahma will be eVe rl JSling In our AnJnda Mdrsa even in econo mic fi middotId [here is a o mmon idcdl as the wh ol prop rty of the earth is common property and is to be sha red by all members of the society_ Thi s is instilled in cvery mem ber by the lthloka recided at the commencement ot every funct ion held by the members of Ananda Ma rga

am gacchadhvam sam vadadhvam Love for aI ideal of whole humanity being one family Samvomana msi janatam utilization of all the property of the world as that of one Deva bha gam yatha purve unit coupled with the idea given to ail participating in tite Sam iana na upa sate Namakarana of a child that his social psychic and spiri tual Samanii vo akutii upbrin ging is a common responsibiiity of all (this will ) Samana hrdoya nivaha provide an undying common ideal Samanam astu vomano Yatha vaha susahasati

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b) CASTELESS SOC IETY This (cas te) is another important factor whi ch brin gs about disruption in soci ety The ev ils of caste system are nowhere better kn own than in In dia For unity in soci ety there sh ould be no smaller groupings with in the soci ety claiming better economic and social privileges

In our Ananda Marga where love for all the whole humanity being one family are the guiding princ ipl es and where an individual iden tifies himself as onl y a Jii va-matra caste less society is the onl y soci ety which can ex ist In all the soci al functions in our Ananda Marga the prominent guides and workers are Guru Bhai and not Jata Bhai as is the prevelant custom From the beginning of a childs life that is when hi s worldly identity is established at the time of Namakarana up to the Shraddha Kriya when his wurdly identity is lost the persons participating in all the functions as guides and workers are only Gurubhai who may be

belonging to as many castes as the nu mber This along with the common goal-Brahma-visualize a

society where indiv iduals identi fy themselves as J iivamatra oniy and do not belong to an y part icular caste creed or sect In our social functions also no famil y is debarred from taking part in them because of the faul t of a member of that family Wi th this the chances of fo rmation of a suciety of out-caste fa mil ies are eliminated In such a society wh ere belonging to a particular group or section is not necessary fo r marriage for learning Vedas or for making efforts for achievin g anything the form ation of caste is not possible In our Ananda Marga where the bringing up of every child is a combined responsibility where the whoie property of the universe is to be commonly spent and where there is no caste-bar for spi ritual practices the formation of castes whether for social econoI ic or spiritual reasons is not possible

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c) middotCOLL ECTIVE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS Many Il ls ofmiddot society develop because people do not care to know other members of society This may not only m an ign orance of the conditio n and diffic ulties of others but leads to intolerance and lack 0 interest in th e a ffa irs of the other me mbers of ociety Common soci al functions bring difmiddot fe rent members of society together and are th refore a great uni f ing force Bv performi ng certain func tions col lectively where ail the members rO I some time are engaged in doi ng the same thing a feeling of commonness and interest in others is brought bout In Ananda Marga such common socia l functions are especially encouraged Mil ita and Dharma Cakra provide grounds for common social func tions in physical psy hie and sp iritual fields Common participation in such functions is a very great unifyi ng force and participants of such fu nctions will have no intol erance for each other and wi ll instead get mort united Such fun ctions are therefore a great ~nifying force

d) NO CAPI TA L PUNISHMENT Capital punfshment brings abou t deterioration in so iety and stops furt her progress of the individuals on whom capital punishment is inflicted Such individuals form sects or grou p which become the lower or discarded grou ps of society and give rise to discord and disruption in society In ou r Ananda Marga capital punishment whether sorial or physical is not permitted anywhere The only punishment permi ssable in our marga is disallowing a defaulter from taking part in social functions for a fixed period After the period is over

the individual starts taking part in all the funct ions as usual None of his dependents are to suffer this punishment

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-infiicted middoton the indi vrdual This punishment leaves no ma~k on the individual after the period of punishment like those of outcasting d family r even imprisonment The Nher punishment provi ded is to bring to Marga ie to show th e right path to 10 p rsons before she can be al lowed to attend SOCial fu nctions The punish ment of this ty pe is corrective and instead of retarding th e progress giv mme chance to the ind ividual to correct himself and to employ himself in correct pu rsu its during the period of pun ishment As these puni hments do not have a permane nt mdr k on the individual or the fami ly they do not bring about discord and iisl1n1ty among the members of the society On the contrary lerson undrgolllg pun ishment is emplov ing himself 10 betler pur uits than 10 normal life by maki ng cf t)rts to sh w c Ir ect pulh I 10 (ten) in J iv iduals He imiddot thus not only improving himse lf but is also maki ng efforts to improve the society and is bringing about m re uni ty in society

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YOU ARE NEVER ALONE OR HELPLESS THE FORCE THAT GUIDES THE STARS GUIDES YOU TOO

Anandamurti

The Little Peoples Seminar (LPS) was the most successshyful we can remem ber No t only did the little peopl e en joy themselves (and learn) bu t the big people involved also grew significantly We re at the point of real izing that Ananda Marga retreats (as well as all of Ananda Marga) are not just fo r adults wi th child care provided but are indeed for everyone

Cause amp Cllre of Disease A( 5hivananda Avt

Disruption in the norma l a(tiv it ies of physical and mental bodies is called disease Normal life is peaceful pleasureful and happy When physical or mental obst ruc shylion dis turbs this peace please and hap piness it is disease Wh en the whole or part of if body is affected it is ca ll ed physical disease and when the mind is atfected by physical cause or psychic cause it is called mental di~ease Disease obstructs the proper functioning of physical and mental bodies and causes pain and suffer ing Hence it is necessary to remove disease

The disease of physical body arc called acu te or chronic The disease that comes fo r a short period of ti me such as ~unny nose cough or fever due tomiddot cold are acute When disease persists for months or yea rs it is call ed chronic disease ie high blood pressure piles asth ma etc

A ch ronic disease that remains for years or li femiddotl ong gives trouble and suffering and trouble day and night Th e fi rs t and foremost treatment of such a chronic di sease is to divert the mind from thinking about it Wh en the mind is diverted from thinking about the di~ease the mental and physical energies that were wasted in thi nk ing about and giving scope to the development of the disease will be saved and utilised in curing the disease When the mind is withdrawn from thinki ng abou t th e disease the self-healing process starts

In either physical or mental disease both physical and mental bodies are to be treated Physicians of differen t systems of medicine treat disease in differen t ways some use medicinesmiddot-if one fails then they try lnother some prescribe diets and exercises etc And psychia trists have their own techniques too The di fferent systems of medi shycine treat only partially in their own way A complete treatment is not given and the patient suffers

The disease is sutfer ing caused by bad actions done in previous and present lives Pai n caused to others and not fo ll owing the rul es of nature are the causes of disease These accumu lated reac tions o f bad ac tions are ca lled sam skora The trea tment of disease will have to give and take in this u nders tanding But all the phYSicians of allo pathy homeopathy ayurveda un anani naturo pathy p~y ch i atry etc Me handicapped in their trea tment of chronic d isease

A person who understood the helpl essness of worldy ph ysicia n and was lucky enough to know the perfec t phyltician ~a id Yam Gurum sharon am bha vavaidyam Meani ng This universe is the col~ec tio n of diseases

hysical and me ntal hence I surrender to the lotus feet of Guru who is th e perfect physic ian for all worldly diseases The Sadgu ru is all -knowing so He knows the trea tment of each individ ual Jccording to the samskara with HIS almighty power and all pervading capacity

So by the grace of Gurudeva I was saying that diversion of mi nd From the disease is one 0 the most important poi nts If a psychiatrist trea ts a disease he may say please tr to keep your mi nd away fro m thinking about the disease Th is is the most harmful method because when you sa tha t the pat ient starts thinking about the disease more and more Bu t the Sadguru does not speak of the disease His method is more positive he doesnt even say that He has begun treatment His treatmen t has two sides 1) physico-psych omiddot piri tual and 2) His direct grace in healing the disease- rnost important when He Himself takes

the disease of the disciple and suffers to make the disciple free

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The psycho-spiritual me thod is a sc ien ti fic manner in the prescription of medication where the unit mind expands to Cosmic mi nd The mind rises above and leaves the low level of physi co-psychic disease it gets no chance to think about the disease and preven t heal ing Also through meditati on in a short span of time physical men tal and spiritual energies are created th e supply of these usuall y unavai lable physico-psycho-sp iritual energies to the hu m n body cures the disease The mind becomes stronger and stronger to sustain th bl ows of the diseases When the mind rema ins J tt ached to consciousness or merges int conscious ness it does no t feel the su ffer in g fr m disease Finally the samskara exhausts fro m med itation and the pe rils of di sease is decreased

The prescrip tion f senti ent food asanas and pranashyvarna are other physico-psychic cura tive healing methods Other Jos and donts are nothing but curative and prevcn live measures prescribed by the Guru lo heal the disease By asana practise nerves are toned up and repaired nd the homornes are secreted which serve the purpose f

med ici nes- they are natural medicines for the body and mind Asanas help in cu ring almost all the diseases Where fo d and med icine f ii to supply energy for healing the body pranayama supplies extra psycho-physical energy from the atmosphere and cosmic sources By other medItashytion methods the Guru supplies physico-psycho-spiritual energy and hormones which work as natural medicines espeCially the nccteria l horm ne secreted by the pineal gl nd in deep meditation So medicines can compare with these hormones The prescription of herbs by those with intu iti ve eye~ are a grace for the poor and rich alike

Al ong with the meditational aspects Gu ru gives many meth ods in psycho-physical level s to engage the mind and divert it from the disease He doesnt say D ivert you r mind but he will say to do monthly so much spiritual service to so many nu mbers of people etc Let us stud y thi s method When one tal ks aboLl t spi ri tuali ty mi nd is autoshymati cally diverted from thin ki ng about the disease SecondshyIy the mi nd re mai ns in a higher level-thinking mi nd is connected with cosmic mind When tal king of spiritual sub jects one gets cosmic grace and cosmic energy and the opportunity to be healed and cured The samskara is also exhausted While tal king food is easily diges ted and without medicine the digesti ve system is corrected You give rich f od to a pati en t who cant usuall y digest it and then engage in a spi ritual tal k for a prolonged time and he will fi nd the food is eas ily diges ted How can one understand His kind gra e When one takes in itiation mind gets more and more concentration and with more and more concentration more and more psycho-spi ri tual enershygies and capab ility to wi thstand the suffering of disease The samskara is exhausted Psycho-spiritual energies heal physico-piychic diseases

He (Guru) will s Publish magazi ne and distri bute them do rel ief work and submit report (Not only hat but he will be ser ious about submission of report) Why Thergt are such mi nds that even lfrer ge tti ng heavy loads o f work are not ful ly diverted by creati ng fear complex in them he tr ies to divert the min d But there are such minds which are still not fully diverted the n he creales odd si tuations and the mind gets diverted and disease healed in that gap when the mind isnt thinking abou t the disease Hence we will see that th ose who shou ld have died due to certain serious isease either are cured of the disease or re main alive for years longer than expected en joying psycho-spi ri tual life for long years

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Jagat PnaRMh M Red Baba 76 iheJte anything et6e tlw-t the Amvu

y~5 this IOU should ttll thtm This is my

Why we do thi ngs is because we are My thoughts in metamorphosis

Thing change dnd reappear i am now

I sit in half lotus preparing I ts time to go home

Stiff legs and sore knees Bring me closer to Him

Struggle on

Bathing in the light Warm omn iscient sooth ing My love for thee i~ as endless as you Speeding back to your allness I want only thee

The sound current rushes through me Like a wave gliding on the shore

Leaves rustle and God manifests Himse lf

Tapeshvar

Baba ct-U O -6 cud

T~ll e~trlJn4t that 1 T~llt~tr~cncent in A~i~a t

MaJtgLiA fgthouid know upecJai1y

hmiddot world eXllaquots mlUh of th~m ~nun~f

Almost from the beginning of joining Ananda Marga I had the desire to realise God In the course of ti me fi rs t of all I was posted in Mysore After that I came to Patna Then I was posted in Ananda Nagar There I was going on Th ings were o kay but still I was feeling th at I must realise God So I decided that wi thin myself that I must atta in liberati on and fo r this reason I was ready to mee t my resu lt With th is resolution I started doin g meditation 12 13 14 hours daily Just as I was going out for a few minutes com ing to my ~oom in An nda Nagar I felt a vibrat ion fu ll of bl iss

All of a sudden one day after I passed like this for a week or so while I was doing Dh yana I fou nd that every th ing was futi le My spiri tual power and all my psychic and physical energy was completel y gone I lost very thi ng I was remembering everything I was rememmiddot

bering every rel ation I was remember each and everything but nothing was happening Whenever I was standing my le gs were tremb ling I was not able to move This I know as a certa inty that Baba has done this I knew that Baba does not wan t this So there is a code word which Kapalikas kno w With the code I mentally called Baba And I told hi m and surrendered t him and every thi ng whi ch I had previously was restored From that t ime on wards I began to feel and say to the Margiis that it is not the Sadhana it is not the practises i person does it is-theGuru who does the things If the Guru does not do this th ings will not happert Whatever sadhana a person does whateve r practises she does whatever thin gs are there wi thout the grace of the ~ru no th ing wi ll happen It is the Grace of the Guru then Sadhana Sadhana is futi le if Guru s Grace is no t there There I was convi nced practically that it is not the Sadhan~ shywhich does the th ing It is the Guru an d Gu ru alone who does th e thing

themmiddot very much Alt Chidghnnd Art

love i6 alway$ with tIum1

BUDDHlfM G BUff continued rom last issuemiddot

After enlightenment Buddha gave a philosophy which is known as Buddhism The whole of Buddhism is based on four noble tru ths 1 There is suffering 2 There is a cause of suffer ing 3 Th ere can be cessat io n of sufferi ng 4 There is a way for the cessation of sufferillg

Let usmiddotanalyse the first noble tr uth and compare it with the conception of Ananda MMga abou t it Accordill (J to Buddha there is suffe ring and suffering in thi s wor ld ri ht fom birth to death Even the happi ness is no t free from suffering There is su ffering and happ in 55 really there is 110

happiness in this worl d According to Ananda Marga u nh ap piness or suffering is

no thi ng but the recep tion of unfavourable viblmiddota tions The favourable vibration is happiness A sickly person lying on a bed with p in and weakn ss of body does not feel pleased to hear a sweet song or to see the beau tifu l scene because he is not in a congenia l condit io n to enjoy bu t when the same man become heal thy he can enjoy the favo urabl e vibrat ion So the favourab le vibration for p l ~asing a person can be so when fi rst the receiver IS in a healthy condition Accordi ng to Ananda Marga everythi ng in this universe is the ex pression of ideology Everythi ng pain or pleasure is nothin g but the expression of c()nsc iousn e~s under the b ndage of force or Prakrti 5uf ering i abo the expression of consciousness but the consciousn ss is unde r the bondage of Prakr ti Ananda Marga has analy ed deeply what is suffe ri ng why suffe ring has gone why one suffers and who has C)u ed the suffering ann to whom It ha~ heen sa id that as per Ananda Marga con~iou n S~ ha~ expre sed itself right fro m th e existence of mind to the ol id structu re Ther is nowh ere wiler t rcc or Prakni doe~ nN exist Ananda Marmiddotga sayS mi nd is the cnioyer mind is the su J erer Hence the cause of uf ering is fi rst of II the bondage of mind unde r Prak rt i secon dly the ignorance uf

the middotmi nd about the ul tima te doer a t th ings herefo re Al1anda Marga says that to ge t rid of the socalled uffering three things are needed deni I of doe r- sh ip givi ng up the desire for the fruits of the act io ns and offerrng everything at the wish o f the almighty Lord If a perso n is abl [ 0

foLlow the above three things totall y he wil l neve r h ve suffering

Next Ananda Marga ht made a clear distincti on between body mind and soul Buddha does not acce pt the soul because he says it is unseen and secondly it cannot be experimented_ Hence he does not accept this Therefore buddh ism is known as Anatmavada that is that wh ieh does not believe in atman

Ananda Marga says that there is atman there is paramatm an and there are di fferent parts of mind wh ich experience pa in and pleasu re but onl y one parl of the mi nd wh ich is known as doer-mind or ego has the experience of pain Theref re it is said in Ananda Su tram Aham karta pratyaksaphalabhokta - that is the ego is rea lly the mas ter or doer of acts el rd it is the di rect en ioyer of the wme uence of th act ions The next part of mind is Citra which is the object ive mind that par t of the mind which becomes the o bjecL Th is CiLt d is al so known as done I About th is it i ~ said in Anan da Sutram Karmaphalam cittam - tha t is Cit ta or done I is no thi ng bu t the result () f the ac ti on It beco mes the object and the doer I eurocciv s it and the pure I Wh ich is known as Mahatattva

remains passive ly associated wi th the doer- So mind is the comb ination of pure I doer I and done I dnd the doe r-I alone is the en joyer of the conseque nce because it is the doe r i t does the refore it is the en joyer The soul si mply r ~main - as a witness of til t he activit iei of min d It is a witnessing entity wh ich neither ha~ the experie nce nf pain nd pleasure nor is it the doe r The doersh q) is no t there

Why 7 Because the force has not been able to uudify it an d make it into done-I QgtF doer-lor the pure I So we see th at ~lI1tcrmiddotmg is mainly due tothe unit doershi p Ananda Marga sa~s that there is also a cosmic mind wh ich has all the three parts pure I doer-I and done-I but the difference between unit mind and cosm ic minu I) that th un it mi nd because of its lim itJtions cannot create any actuali ty like ether ailmiddot luminous liquid dnd sol id It bri ngs about onl y sam chemical nd mechanical changes by hlending the ob jects mJde original ly b the cosmic mi nd So th e cosmic mind has unl imited power wher-e the un it mnd h s very meag-e power -1 he co~ mic min d because it is unl imited has neither nerves nor brain li k~ the unit milld beca u ~e the cosmic mi nd does not have a physical bod Everything is [he psychic projection of the cos mic mind and ~ince it is the pych ic imagina tion of the macrocosm for it is not real as it is for the uni t Suffe rrng is lhere bCCduse the mind is under the li mitat ion of the bondage of Prakni He nce all is uffering is no t so ccord ing 0 An J nda Ma rg he vi sion

of suffering m the yorld of buddhism is mainly due to the fact that -lne- (Itpervading eternal entity is denied and body and mmd are taken ma in ly into consideration

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The second noble truth of buddh ism is that there is a cause of suffering Ananda Marga al so agrees with the fact that there is a cause for any dfe t and the cause of suffering is the existence of mind mainly because wherever there is mind it wiil think something and the senses wil l be directed to do something and if favourab le vibr ti ons are received it wi ll create happiness dnd if it is an unfavourable vibration it will create unhappiness The twelve chains of suffering given in buddhism have been mixed up in a most confusing way as for eXJmple according to buddh ism the Cduse for old age and death is birth dnd the cause of birth is the desire to be born and the cause ot the desire to be born is because of the lust and the cause of lust is the assoc iation with the senses and the cause of rhe senses re mme and form

Mind or the understanding of the mind or better to say the understanding of t1 mind that the temporary tranishyto ry IS considered to be permanent and pleasant is most confuing It has never been said why the mind thinks like tlut dnd after thi nking in a positive way wh y and how it frees itself The source of mind or the propeller vI mind dnd its ifferent positive and negative tre nd s have no t been rightly traced out Mind has posit ive and negdt i e tendenshycies Thus why it goes away why the po~i t iv e is done into negative and the nega tive into posi tive has certainly a cause and Ana nda Marga has tried to fin d out that cause It say that it is becau se of the bondage ot stat ic tor e that the mind behaves in a negative way and il is because of the dom inan ce of the sentient force that the same mind tart beh av ing in a positive way Hence the ultimate CJu~e is the force hut torce can Is nl) he aid to be the ult imate cau se b cause lorce is blind It operates only by the cosmic consc iousness Hence the ul timate do r i~ the c0~m ic

consciousness or Al mighty God I has been ai arlie r that the whole o~mos is the psych ie pro jection 0 1 God Hence the real d er is Gud and It i He lone in the whole worlJ who halt projected Himse lf Th pro jector and the projec tio n ~r~ no~ two The sufferer and the giver of sufter ing are only one rherefore in tune with the Upanisads Ananda Marga says that in t his universe there is nothing but God

The Gita also says the same thing stating thin in this world there is only truth and no scope for untr tJ th Ther( is only Krishna who is the all pervadng entity Since God is a beginningless middleless and endless indivisible entity therefore thel-e cannot be anything else in thi~ universe except God If it is not so then the infinity of God does not ~et justified Hence there i only one entity Th e third noble truth says that there is a way to be free from suffering It is true th ere is a way and the modern mind of today requires a most scientific method tackli ng mind physical body and soul Lord Buddha realized the truth and gave a path which is known as the eightfold pa th Thi eight fo ld path fr om a deep analy is loo ks to be some method give n for the sake of mental th ught but the good nvble high thoughts alld to m ve on the path of righteo usshyness humanity Iequires a meth od which dcal~ with the P )lsic11 body wi th the glands and nerves in it The physical body has its bearing on the mind hence some method of the purity of the physical body is un voidable

oth erVl ~ tlie generai people fee l difficulty by the defects of the physical body to establish themselves in righ teo usshyness Hence some asanas (yogic exercise) pra nayama etc are al so needed Modern minds requi re a sc ientific process which should be for all the hum an bei ngs and which everybody can prac tise eas ily and co nven iently an d experishyence th result gotten by th e practical prac tices

Ananda Marga is not a religion it i not a sect bu t a most

practical physio-psycho-spir itual practice given to the ent ire unierse tor It bene tmiddotit He re a comparative stu dy has been short ly given not wi th the vi ew to cri trcise but with a view t p re~ent to the people a logical thing to understand and to com to a conclus ion Anand 1 Marga un like buddh ism Il as give n express ion al mmt to everythi ng About God bout world abou t mind bout man about human beingL

everything has been given Not only thi s but some opinion about other field s of society have also been given It has not only touched the spi ri tual aspect of life but has also given ib opinion on social econo mic and political spheres The human personality can never be separated from social nd economic life hence eve ry individual being a part and parcel of the human soci ety has to contribut) its most for it proper development People have been blaming spiritushyality so far because spirituali ts neglected this material world call ing it to be an illusion and full of miser ies Ananda Marga says that even if a man goes to a cave he req uires some society to provide him with the bare nece~ itie of life which can only be had from the material world by the socalled matertali sts in the language of the socalled spiritualists

The methods of Buddhism are more a part of kno wshyledge They do not Include devotion because th ere is no conception of God But in the absence of devotion the pa th becomes I nger because the devotee who surrenders to the Lord completely is able to get established quickly in the Supreme Beautitude

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ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

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fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

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the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

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Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

Do all the good you can in all the ways you can in all the places you can to all the people you can as long as every you can Sh rii Shrii Ananda murti (founder of Anan da Marga)

y dearest friends and family Three and a half years ago I accidently joined Ananda

Marga the path to fulfillment These years have been just incredible Ive felt more peace more energy more strength and more love than Ive ever known On January 1st 1976 I suddenly decided that I wanted to become an aca rya a spiritual teacher and monk and devote my life to se rvin g the brotherhood and sisterhood of the world as much as I possibly could The two years since then have been ones of growth and maturation and discovering on a gut level what thi s life will be like In the first week of January 197 8 Ill be flying to India whe re Ill intensively study the yogic spiritual phil osoph y and the progress ive social change Ideol ogy of Ananda Marga After hopefully passing the exams in six months or so Ill go to another foreign country to live with the people striving to serve in whatever ways are needed there to fight for soc ial justice to share the processes of meditation and universal and common spirituality to all who want to learn

The only ism that I feel I can support now is universalism To work in another land will force me to break out of my cul tural bindings and keep me working for one world family instead of just America

Anandamurti has said Remember that everyo ne has immense opportunities to render services in wha tever situation he may have been placed Ill be no better certainly no holier than all of you Unless I grow more humble while gaining wisd om lll get nowh ere For only by

actions and my love will I ever be worthy of this role

Bu t I do ~o urgently feel the need for mo ral leaders troubl e-shooter able to leave at a mo ments notice for any poin t n the planet and do whatever wor k is needed

caryas can devote 24 hours a day to their work only because they don t have that important and most beautiful commitment to their family and children

My efforts may show fe w results- that I dont mind I must try though with everything I have We all are seeing more and more ex pl oitation and ignorance and alienated despair allover the world I can do nothing else but strive to build the just world society that more than ever I feel is possible Wh at will keep me going The incredible power of my meditation that dail y reminds me of the unity and beauty of all things of the divinity in everyone of the warm secure home wi th in my heart of wanting nothing for myself and everything for that presence whome we all have fdt ond named in ten th ousand languages

God has given to each of us a spirit with wings wings on which to soar into the spacious firmamen t of Love and Freedom

Kahil Gibran

You know- my friends my family - the best parts of me I have left with you and your best things Ive taken inside Our times toge th er are the ex periences that have made me Bo b and Brahmaviira (m y spiritual name which means infinitely noble and courageous man) The wisdom of my mind comes from the truths that you shared the ideas that I teach are yours The happiness and fulfillment of my life has come fro m you smiles and laughter and love And if I didnt know tha t hearts keep refillin g as you pour from the m I would fear I was leavin g empty-handed - for all of my love is with you always

Love to all shyBrahmaviira

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- Recentlr1 translated from one o_f Baba s books in Bengal i (unpublished in English)shy

TATTVIKA PRAV ESH IKA-PART 111- OCiA L PSYCHOLOGY

Unifying Society

Iampshy

For existence of mankind in society the foliowing fundamental factors are necessary a) Unity b) SOIial Security c) Peace

A UNITY Unity among the members of any society or social structure is absolutely necessary The structure will otherwise start disintegrating Lack of ul~ity amorg the members of society because of too much seif-interest in the individual members formation of sects for economic or social advantages lack of understJnding or others not only bring the downfall of society but also wipe it off completely from the face of the earth I nstJnccs of so many sects and empires disappearing altogether ale not [Jre in the little known history of this world

The problem theretore is the preservation of unity in society The following if it is possible to enlhuse the members with these will ensure unity in society

a) Common Ideal b) Casteless society c) Collective social functions d) No capital -punish1en t

a) COMMON- ID EAL It is so often n eJ~d tlldt a particular country was neve r so uni ted as during he war Thi~ is due to love 01 motllerl and hut rTl drC due to 11 the individuals having a common idcal- J goal to face the peril due to war This common ideal is h wever d very temporary ph a~c lIld ul Jope rs with the dange r 01 war becoming less In our Ananda Mar~a the seed fo r J common ideal is sown from the very beginning of a ch il d s life At the Jge o f five when the child has acquired only J preliminary understanding of his su rroudngins h~ IS given the id la of Brahma The enti re society a t Ananda Marga is then founded on a com moll ideal-the goal being Ij rah mJ This toundalion will never be lost like the da ngers 0 1 war Sucn In ioeal will not disap pear like the a mmon iucal for Facini [he dangers of war nd the uni ty i1 J oc iety founued on m ideal of Brahma will be eVe rl JSling In our AnJnda Mdrsa even in econo mic fi middotId [here is a o mmon idcdl as the wh ol prop rty of the earth is common property and is to be sha red by all members of the society_ Thi s is instilled in cvery mem ber by the lthloka recided at the commencement ot every funct ion held by the members of Ananda Ma rga

am gacchadhvam sam vadadhvam Love for aI ideal of whole humanity being one family Samvomana msi janatam utilization of all the property of the world as that of one Deva bha gam yatha purve unit coupled with the idea given to ail participating in tite Sam iana na upa sate Namakarana of a child that his social psychic and spiri tual Samanii vo akutii upbrin ging is a common responsibiiity of all (this will ) Samana hrdoya nivaha provide an undying common ideal Samanam astu vomano Yatha vaha susahasati

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b) CASTELESS SOC IETY This (cas te) is another important factor whi ch brin gs about disruption in soci ety The ev ils of caste system are nowhere better kn own than in In dia For unity in soci ety there sh ould be no smaller groupings with in the soci ety claiming better economic and social privileges

In our Ananda Marga where love for all the whole humanity being one family are the guiding princ ipl es and where an individual iden tifies himself as onl y a Jii va-matra caste less society is the onl y soci ety which can ex ist In all the soci al functions in our Ananda Marga the prominent guides and workers are Guru Bhai and not Jata Bhai as is the prevelant custom From the beginning of a childs life that is when hi s worldly identity is established at the time of Namakarana up to the Shraddha Kriya when his wurdly identity is lost the persons participating in all the functions as guides and workers are only Gurubhai who may be

belonging to as many castes as the nu mber This along with the common goal-Brahma-visualize a

society where indiv iduals identi fy themselves as J iivamatra oniy and do not belong to an y part icular caste creed or sect In our social functions also no famil y is debarred from taking part in them because of the faul t of a member of that family Wi th this the chances of fo rmation of a suciety of out-caste fa mil ies are eliminated In such a society wh ere belonging to a particular group or section is not necessary fo r marriage for learning Vedas or for making efforts for achievin g anything the form ation of caste is not possible In our Ananda Marga where the bringing up of every child is a combined responsibility where the whoie property of the universe is to be commonly spent and where there is no caste-bar for spi ritual practices the formation of castes whether for social econoI ic or spiritual reasons is not possible

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c) middotCOLL ECTIVE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS Many Il ls ofmiddot society develop because people do not care to know other members of society This may not only m an ign orance of the conditio n and diffic ulties of others but leads to intolerance and lack 0 interest in th e a ffa irs of the other me mbers of ociety Common soci al functions bring difmiddot fe rent members of society together and are th refore a great uni f ing force Bv performi ng certain func tions col lectively where ail the members rO I some time are engaged in doi ng the same thing a feeling of commonness and interest in others is brought bout In Ananda Marga such common socia l functions are especially encouraged Mil ita and Dharma Cakra provide grounds for common social func tions in physical psy hie and sp iritual fields Common participation in such functions is a very great unifyi ng force and participants of such fu nctions will have no intol erance for each other and wi ll instead get mort united Such fun ctions are therefore a great ~nifying force

d) NO CAPI TA L PUNISHMENT Capital punfshment brings abou t deterioration in so iety and stops furt her progress of the individuals on whom capital punishment is inflicted Such individuals form sects or grou p which become the lower or discarded grou ps of society and give rise to discord and disruption in society In ou r Ananda Marga capital punishment whether sorial or physical is not permitted anywhere The only punishment permi ssable in our marga is disallowing a defaulter from taking part in social functions for a fixed period After the period is over

the individual starts taking part in all the funct ions as usual None of his dependents are to suffer this punishment

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-infiicted middoton the indi vrdual This punishment leaves no ma~k on the individual after the period of punishment like those of outcasting d family r even imprisonment The Nher punishment provi ded is to bring to Marga ie to show th e right path to 10 p rsons before she can be al lowed to attend SOCial fu nctions The punish ment of this ty pe is corrective and instead of retarding th e progress giv mme chance to the ind ividual to correct himself and to employ himself in correct pu rsu its during the period of pun ishment As these puni hments do not have a permane nt mdr k on the individual or the fami ly they do not bring about discord and iisl1n1ty among the members of the society On the contrary lerson undrgolllg pun ishment is emplov ing himself 10 betler pur uits than 10 normal life by maki ng cf t)rts to sh w c Ir ect pulh I 10 (ten) in J iv iduals He imiddot thus not only improving himse lf but is also maki ng efforts to improve the society and is bringing about m re uni ty in society

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YOU ARE NEVER ALONE OR HELPLESS THE FORCE THAT GUIDES THE STARS GUIDES YOU TOO

Anandamurti

The Little Peoples Seminar (LPS) was the most successshyful we can remem ber No t only did the little peopl e en joy themselves (and learn) bu t the big people involved also grew significantly We re at the point of real izing that Ananda Marga retreats (as well as all of Ananda Marga) are not just fo r adults wi th child care provided but are indeed for everyone

Cause amp Cllre of Disease A( 5hivananda Avt

Disruption in the norma l a(tiv it ies of physical and mental bodies is called disease Normal life is peaceful pleasureful and happy When physical or mental obst ruc shylion dis turbs this peace please and hap piness it is disease Wh en the whole or part of if body is affected it is ca ll ed physical disease and when the mind is atfected by physical cause or psychic cause it is called mental di~ease Disease obstructs the proper functioning of physical and mental bodies and causes pain and suffer ing Hence it is necessary to remove disease

The disease of physical body arc called acu te or chronic The disease that comes fo r a short period of ti me such as ~unny nose cough or fever due tomiddot cold are acute When disease persists for months or yea rs it is call ed chronic disease ie high blood pressure piles asth ma etc

A ch ronic disease that remains for years or li femiddotl ong gives trouble and suffering and trouble day and night Th e fi rs t and foremost treatment of such a chronic di sease is to divert the mind from thinking about it Wh en the mind is diverted from thinking about the di~ease the mental and physical energies that were wasted in thi nk ing about and giving scope to the development of the disease will be saved and utilised in curing the disease When the mind is withdrawn from thinki ng abou t th e disease the self-healing process starts

In either physical or mental disease both physical and mental bodies are to be treated Physicians of differen t systems of medicine treat disease in differen t ways some use medicinesmiddot-if one fails then they try lnother some prescribe diets and exercises etc And psychia trists have their own techniques too The di fferent systems of medi shycine treat only partially in their own way A complete treatment is not given and the patient suffers

The disease is sutfer ing caused by bad actions done in previous and present lives Pai n caused to others and not fo ll owing the rul es of nature are the causes of disease These accumu lated reac tions o f bad ac tions are ca lled sam skora The trea tment of disease will have to give and take in this u nders tanding But all the phYSicians of allo pathy homeopathy ayurveda un anani naturo pathy p~y ch i atry etc Me handicapped in their trea tment of chronic d isease

A person who understood the helpl essness of worldy ph ysicia n and was lucky enough to know the perfec t phyltician ~a id Yam Gurum sharon am bha vavaidyam Meani ng This universe is the col~ec tio n of diseases

hysical and me ntal hence I surrender to the lotus feet of Guru who is th e perfect physic ian for all worldly diseases The Sadgu ru is all -knowing so He knows the trea tment of each individ ual Jccording to the samskara with HIS almighty power and all pervading capacity

So by the grace of Gurudeva I was saying that diversion of mi nd From the disease is one 0 the most important poi nts If a psychiatrist trea ts a disease he may say please tr to keep your mi nd away fro m thinking about the disease Th is is the most harmful method because when you sa tha t the pat ient starts thinking about the disease more and more Bu t the Sadguru does not speak of the disease His method is more positive he doesnt even say that He has begun treatment His treatmen t has two sides 1) physico-psych omiddot piri tual and 2) His direct grace in healing the disease- rnost important when He Himself takes

the disease of the disciple and suffers to make the disciple free

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The psycho-spiritual me thod is a sc ien ti fic manner in the prescription of medication where the unit mind expands to Cosmic mi nd The mind rises above and leaves the low level of physi co-psychic disease it gets no chance to think about the disease and preven t heal ing Also through meditati on in a short span of time physical men tal and spiritual energies are created th e supply of these usuall y unavai lable physico-psycho-sp iritual energies to the hu m n body cures the disease The mind becomes stronger and stronger to sustain th bl ows of the diseases When the mind rema ins J tt ached to consciousness or merges int conscious ness it does no t feel the su ffer in g fr m disease Finally the samskara exhausts fro m med itation and the pe rils of di sease is decreased

The prescrip tion f senti ent food asanas and pranashyvarna are other physico-psychic cura tive healing methods Other Jos and donts are nothing but curative and prevcn live measures prescribed by the Guru lo heal the disease By asana practise nerves are toned up and repaired nd the homornes are secreted which serve the purpose f

med ici nes- they are natural medicines for the body and mind Asanas help in cu ring almost all the diseases Where fo d and med icine f ii to supply energy for healing the body pranayama supplies extra psycho-physical energy from the atmosphere and cosmic sources By other medItashytion methods the Guru supplies physico-psycho-spiritual energy and hormones which work as natural medicines espeCially the nccteria l horm ne secreted by the pineal gl nd in deep meditation So medicines can compare with these hormones The prescription of herbs by those with intu iti ve eye~ are a grace for the poor and rich alike

Al ong with the meditational aspects Gu ru gives many meth ods in psycho-physical level s to engage the mind and divert it from the disease He doesnt say D ivert you r mind but he will say to do monthly so much spiritual service to so many nu mbers of people etc Let us stud y thi s method When one tal ks aboLl t spi ri tuali ty mi nd is autoshymati cally diverted from thin ki ng about the disease SecondshyIy the mi nd re mai ns in a higher level-thinking mi nd is connected with cosmic mind When tal king of spiritual sub jects one gets cosmic grace and cosmic energy and the opportunity to be healed and cured The samskara is also exhausted While tal king food is easily diges ted and without medicine the digesti ve system is corrected You give rich f od to a pati en t who cant usuall y digest it and then engage in a spi ritual tal k for a prolonged time and he will fi nd the food is eas ily diges ted How can one understand His kind gra e When one takes in itiation mind gets more and more concentration and with more and more concentration more and more psycho-spi ri tual enershygies and capab ility to wi thstand the suffering of disease The samskara is exhausted Psycho-spiritual energies heal physico-piychic diseases

He (Guru) will s Publish magazi ne and distri bute them do rel ief work and submit report (Not only hat but he will be ser ious about submission of report) Why Thergt are such mi nds that even lfrer ge tti ng heavy loads o f work are not ful ly diverted by creati ng fear complex in them he tr ies to divert the min d But there are such minds which are still not fully diverted the n he creales odd si tuations and the mind gets diverted and disease healed in that gap when the mind isnt thinking abou t the disease Hence we will see that th ose who shou ld have died due to certain serious isease either are cured of the disease or re main alive for years longer than expected en joying psycho-spi ri tual life for long years

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Jagat PnaRMh M Red Baba 76 iheJte anything et6e tlw-t the Amvu

y~5 this IOU should ttll thtm This is my

Why we do thi ngs is because we are My thoughts in metamorphosis

Thing change dnd reappear i am now

I sit in half lotus preparing I ts time to go home

Stiff legs and sore knees Bring me closer to Him

Struggle on

Bathing in the light Warm omn iscient sooth ing My love for thee i~ as endless as you Speeding back to your allness I want only thee

The sound current rushes through me Like a wave gliding on the shore

Leaves rustle and God manifests Himse lf

Tapeshvar

Baba ct-U O -6 cud

T~ll e~trlJn4t that 1 T~llt~tr~cncent in A~i~a t

MaJtgLiA fgthouid know upecJai1y

hmiddot world eXllaquots mlUh of th~m ~nun~f

Almost from the beginning of joining Ananda Marga I had the desire to realise God In the course of ti me fi rs t of all I was posted in Mysore After that I came to Patna Then I was posted in Ananda Nagar There I was going on Th ings were o kay but still I was feeling th at I must realise God So I decided that wi thin myself that I must atta in liberati on and fo r this reason I was ready to mee t my resu lt With th is resolution I started doin g meditation 12 13 14 hours daily Just as I was going out for a few minutes com ing to my ~oom in An nda Nagar I felt a vibrat ion fu ll of bl iss

All of a sudden one day after I passed like this for a week or so while I was doing Dh yana I fou nd that every th ing was futi le My spiri tual power and all my psychic and physical energy was completel y gone I lost very thi ng I was remembering everything I was rememmiddot

bering every rel ation I was remember each and everything but nothing was happening Whenever I was standing my le gs were tremb ling I was not able to move This I know as a certa inty that Baba has done this I knew that Baba does not wan t this So there is a code word which Kapalikas kno w With the code I mentally called Baba And I told hi m and surrendered t him and every thi ng whi ch I had previously was restored From that t ime on wards I began to feel and say to the Margiis that it is not the Sadhana it is not the practises i person does it is-theGuru who does the things If the Guru does not do this th ings will not happert Whatever sadhana a person does whateve r practises she does whatever thin gs are there wi thout the grace of the ~ru no th ing wi ll happen It is the Grace of the Guru then Sadhana Sadhana is futi le if Guru s Grace is no t there There I was convi nced practically that it is not the Sadhan~ shywhich does the th ing It is the Guru an d Gu ru alone who does th e thing

themmiddot very much Alt Chidghnnd Art

love i6 alway$ with tIum1

BUDDHlfM G BUff continued rom last issuemiddot

After enlightenment Buddha gave a philosophy which is known as Buddhism The whole of Buddhism is based on four noble tru ths 1 There is suffering 2 There is a cause of suffer ing 3 Th ere can be cessat io n of sufferi ng 4 There is a way for the cessation of sufferillg

Let usmiddotanalyse the first noble tr uth and compare it with the conception of Ananda MMga abou t it Accordill (J to Buddha there is suffe ring and suffering in thi s wor ld ri ht fom birth to death Even the happi ness is no t free from suffering There is su ffering and happ in 55 really there is 110

happiness in this worl d According to Ananda Marga u nh ap piness or suffering is

no thi ng but the recep tion of unfavourable viblmiddota tions The favourable vibration is happiness A sickly person lying on a bed with p in and weakn ss of body does not feel pleased to hear a sweet song or to see the beau tifu l scene because he is not in a congenia l condit io n to enjoy bu t when the same man become heal thy he can enjoy the favo urabl e vibrat ion So the favourab le vibration for p l ~asing a person can be so when fi rst the receiver IS in a healthy condition Accordi ng to Ananda Marga everythi ng in this universe is the ex pression of ideology Everythi ng pain or pleasure is nothin g but the expression of c()nsc iousn e~s under the b ndage of force or Prakrti 5uf ering i abo the expression of consciousness but the consciousn ss is unde r the bondage of Prakr ti Ananda Marga has analy ed deeply what is suffe ri ng why suffe ring has gone why one suffers and who has C)u ed the suffering ann to whom It ha~ heen sa id that as per Ananda Marga con~iou n S~ ha~ expre sed itself right fro m th e existence of mind to the ol id structu re Ther is nowh ere wiler t rcc or Prakni doe~ nN exist Ananda Marmiddotga sayS mi nd is the cnioyer mind is the su J erer Hence the cause of uf ering is fi rst of II the bondage of mind unde r Prak rt i secon dly the ignorance uf

the middotmi nd about the ul tima te doer a t th ings herefo re Al1anda Marga says that to ge t rid of the socalled uffering three things are needed deni I of doe r- sh ip givi ng up the desire for the fruits of the act io ns and offerrng everything at the wish o f the almighty Lord If a perso n is abl [ 0

foLlow the above three things totall y he wil l neve r h ve suffering

Next Ananda Marga ht made a clear distincti on between body mind and soul Buddha does not acce pt the soul because he says it is unseen and secondly it cannot be experimented_ Hence he does not accept this Therefore buddh ism is known as Anatmavada that is that wh ieh does not believe in atman

Ananda Marga says that there is atman there is paramatm an and there are di fferent parts of mind wh ich experience pa in and pleasu re but onl y one parl of the mi nd wh ich is known as doer-mind or ego has the experience of pain Theref re it is said in Ananda Su tram Aham karta pratyaksaphalabhokta - that is the ego is rea lly the mas ter or doer of acts el rd it is the di rect en ioyer of the wme uence of th act ions The next part of mind is Citra which is the object ive mind that par t of the mind which becomes the o bjecL Th is CiLt d is al so known as done I About th is it i ~ said in Anan da Sutram Karmaphalam cittam - tha t is Cit ta or done I is no thi ng bu t the result () f the ac ti on It beco mes the object and the doer I eurocciv s it and the pure I Wh ich is known as Mahatattva

remains passive ly associated wi th the doer- So mind is the comb ination of pure I doer I and done I dnd the doe r-I alone is the en joyer of the conseque nce because it is the doe r i t does the refore it is the en joyer The soul si mply r ~main - as a witness of til t he activit iei of min d It is a witnessing entity wh ich neither ha~ the experie nce nf pain nd pleasure nor is it the doe r The doersh q) is no t there

Why 7 Because the force has not been able to uudify it an d make it into done-I QgtF doer-lor the pure I So we see th at ~lI1tcrmiddotmg is mainly due tothe unit doershi p Ananda Marga sa~s that there is also a cosmic mind wh ich has all the three parts pure I doer-I and done-I but the difference between unit mind and cosm ic minu I) that th un it mi nd because of its lim itJtions cannot create any actuali ty like ether ailmiddot luminous liquid dnd sol id It bri ngs about onl y sam chemical nd mechanical changes by hlending the ob jects mJde original ly b the cosmic mi nd So th e cosmic mind has unl imited power wher-e the un it mnd h s very meag-e power -1 he co~ mic min d because it is unl imited has neither nerves nor brain li k~ the unit milld beca u ~e the cosmic mi nd does not have a physical bod Everything is [he psychic projection of the cos mic mind and ~ince it is the pych ic imagina tion of the macrocosm for it is not real as it is for the uni t Suffe rrng is lhere bCCduse the mind is under the li mitat ion of the bondage of Prakni He nce all is uffering is no t so ccord ing 0 An J nda Ma rg he vi sion

of suffering m the yorld of buddhism is mainly due to the fact that -lne- (Itpervading eternal entity is denied and body and mmd are taken ma in ly into consideration

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The second noble truth of buddh ism is that there is a cause of suffering Ananda Marga al so agrees with the fact that there is a cause for any dfe t and the cause of suffering is the existence of mind mainly because wherever there is mind it wiil think something and the senses wil l be directed to do something and if favourab le vibr ti ons are received it wi ll create happiness dnd if it is an unfavourable vibration it will create unhappiness The twelve chains of suffering given in buddhism have been mixed up in a most confusing way as for eXJmple according to buddh ism the Cduse for old age and death is birth dnd the cause of birth is the desire to be born and the cause ot the desire to be born is because of the lust and the cause of lust is the assoc iation with the senses and the cause of rhe senses re mme and form

Mind or the understanding of the mind or better to say the understanding of t1 mind that the temporary tranishyto ry IS considered to be permanent and pleasant is most confuing It has never been said why the mind thinks like tlut dnd after thi nking in a positive way wh y and how it frees itself The source of mind or the propeller vI mind dnd its ifferent positive and negative tre nd s have no t been rightly traced out Mind has posit ive and negdt i e tendenshycies Thus why it goes away why the po~i t iv e is done into negative and the nega tive into posi tive has certainly a cause and Ana nda Marga has tried to fin d out that cause It say that it is becau se of the bondage ot stat ic tor e that the mind behaves in a negative way and il is because of the dom inan ce of the sentient force that the same mind tart beh av ing in a positive way Hence the ultimate CJu~e is the force hut torce can Is nl) he aid to be the ult imate cau se b cause lorce is blind It operates only by the cosmic consc iousness Hence the ul timate do r i~ the c0~m ic

consciousness or Al mighty God I has been ai arlie r that the whole o~mos is the psych ie pro jection 0 1 God Hence the real d er is Gud and It i He lone in the whole worlJ who halt projected Himse lf Th pro jector and the projec tio n ~r~ no~ two The sufferer and the giver of sufter ing are only one rherefore in tune with the Upanisads Ananda Marga says that in t his universe there is nothing but God

The Gita also says the same thing stating thin in this world there is only truth and no scope for untr tJ th Ther( is only Krishna who is the all pervadng entity Since God is a beginningless middleless and endless indivisible entity therefore thel-e cannot be anything else in thi~ universe except God If it is not so then the infinity of God does not ~et justified Hence there i only one entity Th e third noble truth says that there is a way to be free from suffering It is true th ere is a way and the modern mind of today requires a most scientific method tackli ng mind physical body and soul Lord Buddha realized the truth and gave a path which is known as the eightfold pa th Thi eight fo ld path fr om a deep analy is loo ks to be some method give n for the sake of mental th ught but the good nvble high thoughts alld to m ve on the path of righteo usshyness humanity Iequires a meth od which dcal~ with the P )lsic11 body wi th the glands and nerves in it The physical body has its bearing on the mind hence some method of the purity of the physical body is un voidable

oth erVl ~ tlie generai people fee l difficulty by the defects of the physical body to establish themselves in righ teo usshyness Hence some asanas (yogic exercise) pra nayama etc are al so needed Modern minds requi re a sc ientific process which should be for all the hum an bei ngs and which everybody can prac tise eas ily and co nven iently an d experishyence th result gotten by th e practical prac tices

Ananda Marga is not a religion it i not a sect bu t a most

practical physio-psycho-spir itual practice given to the ent ire unierse tor It bene tmiddotit He re a comparative stu dy has been short ly given not wi th the vi ew to cri trcise but with a view t p re~ent to the people a logical thing to understand and to com to a conclus ion Anand 1 Marga un like buddh ism Il as give n express ion al mmt to everythi ng About God bout world abou t mind bout man about human beingL

everything has been given Not only thi s but some opinion about other field s of society have also been given It has not only touched the spi ri tual aspect of life but has also given ib opinion on social econo mic and political spheres The human personality can never be separated from social nd economic life hence eve ry individual being a part and parcel of the human soci ety has to contribut) its most for it proper development People have been blaming spiritushyality so far because spirituali ts neglected this material world call ing it to be an illusion and full of miser ies Ananda Marga says that even if a man goes to a cave he req uires some society to provide him with the bare nece~ itie of life which can only be had from the material world by the socalled matertali sts in the language of the socalled spiritualists

The methods of Buddhism are more a part of kno wshyledge They do not Include devotion because th ere is no conception of God But in the absence of devotion the pa th becomes I nger because the devotee who surrenders to the Lord completely is able to get established quickly in the Supreme Beautitude

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ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

in

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fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

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the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

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Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

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- Recentlr1 translated from one o_f Baba s books in Bengal i (unpublished in English)shy

TATTVIKA PRAV ESH IKA-PART 111- OCiA L PSYCHOLOGY

Unifying Society

Iampshy

For existence of mankind in society the foliowing fundamental factors are necessary a) Unity b) SOIial Security c) Peace

A UNITY Unity among the members of any society or social structure is absolutely necessary The structure will otherwise start disintegrating Lack of ul~ity amorg the members of society because of too much seif-interest in the individual members formation of sects for economic or social advantages lack of understJnding or others not only bring the downfall of society but also wipe it off completely from the face of the earth I nstJnccs of so many sects and empires disappearing altogether ale not [Jre in the little known history of this world

The problem theretore is the preservation of unity in society The following if it is possible to enlhuse the members with these will ensure unity in society

a) Common Ideal b) Casteless society c) Collective social functions d) No capital -punish1en t

a) COMMON- ID EAL It is so often n eJ~d tlldt a particular country was neve r so uni ted as during he war Thi~ is due to love 01 motllerl and hut rTl drC due to 11 the individuals having a common idcal- J goal to face the peril due to war This common ideal is h wever d very temporary ph a~c lIld ul Jope rs with the dange r 01 war becoming less In our Ananda Mar~a the seed fo r J common ideal is sown from the very beginning of a ch il d s life At the Jge o f five when the child has acquired only J preliminary understanding of his su rroudngins h~ IS given the id la of Brahma The enti re society a t Ananda Marga is then founded on a com moll ideal-the goal being Ij rah mJ This toundalion will never be lost like the da ngers 0 1 war Sucn In ioeal will not disap pear like the a mmon iucal for Facini [he dangers of war nd the uni ty i1 J oc iety founued on m ideal of Brahma will be eVe rl JSling In our AnJnda Mdrsa even in econo mic fi middotId [here is a o mmon idcdl as the wh ol prop rty of the earth is common property and is to be sha red by all members of the society_ Thi s is instilled in cvery mem ber by the lthloka recided at the commencement ot every funct ion held by the members of Ananda Ma rga

am gacchadhvam sam vadadhvam Love for aI ideal of whole humanity being one family Samvomana msi janatam utilization of all the property of the world as that of one Deva bha gam yatha purve unit coupled with the idea given to ail participating in tite Sam iana na upa sate Namakarana of a child that his social psychic and spiri tual Samanii vo akutii upbrin ging is a common responsibiiity of all (this will ) Samana hrdoya nivaha provide an undying common ideal Samanam astu vomano Yatha vaha susahasati

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b) CASTELESS SOC IETY This (cas te) is another important factor whi ch brin gs about disruption in soci ety The ev ils of caste system are nowhere better kn own than in In dia For unity in soci ety there sh ould be no smaller groupings with in the soci ety claiming better economic and social privileges

In our Ananda Marga where love for all the whole humanity being one family are the guiding princ ipl es and where an individual iden tifies himself as onl y a Jii va-matra caste less society is the onl y soci ety which can ex ist In all the soci al functions in our Ananda Marga the prominent guides and workers are Guru Bhai and not Jata Bhai as is the prevelant custom From the beginning of a childs life that is when hi s worldly identity is established at the time of Namakarana up to the Shraddha Kriya when his wurdly identity is lost the persons participating in all the functions as guides and workers are only Gurubhai who may be

belonging to as many castes as the nu mber This along with the common goal-Brahma-visualize a

society where indiv iduals identi fy themselves as J iivamatra oniy and do not belong to an y part icular caste creed or sect In our social functions also no famil y is debarred from taking part in them because of the faul t of a member of that family Wi th this the chances of fo rmation of a suciety of out-caste fa mil ies are eliminated In such a society wh ere belonging to a particular group or section is not necessary fo r marriage for learning Vedas or for making efforts for achievin g anything the form ation of caste is not possible In our Ananda Marga where the bringing up of every child is a combined responsibility where the whoie property of the universe is to be commonly spent and where there is no caste-bar for spi ritual practices the formation of castes whether for social econoI ic or spiritual reasons is not possible

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c) middotCOLL ECTIVE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS Many Il ls ofmiddot society develop because people do not care to know other members of society This may not only m an ign orance of the conditio n and diffic ulties of others but leads to intolerance and lack 0 interest in th e a ffa irs of the other me mbers of ociety Common soci al functions bring difmiddot fe rent members of society together and are th refore a great uni f ing force Bv performi ng certain func tions col lectively where ail the members rO I some time are engaged in doi ng the same thing a feeling of commonness and interest in others is brought bout In Ananda Marga such common socia l functions are especially encouraged Mil ita and Dharma Cakra provide grounds for common social func tions in physical psy hie and sp iritual fields Common participation in such functions is a very great unifyi ng force and participants of such fu nctions will have no intol erance for each other and wi ll instead get mort united Such fun ctions are therefore a great ~nifying force

d) NO CAPI TA L PUNISHMENT Capital punfshment brings abou t deterioration in so iety and stops furt her progress of the individuals on whom capital punishment is inflicted Such individuals form sects or grou p which become the lower or discarded grou ps of society and give rise to discord and disruption in society In ou r Ananda Marga capital punishment whether sorial or physical is not permitted anywhere The only punishment permi ssable in our marga is disallowing a defaulter from taking part in social functions for a fixed period After the period is over

the individual starts taking part in all the funct ions as usual None of his dependents are to suffer this punishment

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-infiicted middoton the indi vrdual This punishment leaves no ma~k on the individual after the period of punishment like those of outcasting d family r even imprisonment The Nher punishment provi ded is to bring to Marga ie to show th e right path to 10 p rsons before she can be al lowed to attend SOCial fu nctions The punish ment of this ty pe is corrective and instead of retarding th e progress giv mme chance to the ind ividual to correct himself and to employ himself in correct pu rsu its during the period of pun ishment As these puni hments do not have a permane nt mdr k on the individual or the fami ly they do not bring about discord and iisl1n1ty among the members of the society On the contrary lerson undrgolllg pun ishment is emplov ing himself 10 betler pur uits than 10 normal life by maki ng cf t)rts to sh w c Ir ect pulh I 10 (ten) in J iv iduals He imiddot thus not only improving himse lf but is also maki ng efforts to improve the society and is bringing about m re uni ty in society

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YOU ARE NEVER ALONE OR HELPLESS THE FORCE THAT GUIDES THE STARS GUIDES YOU TOO

Anandamurti

The Little Peoples Seminar (LPS) was the most successshyful we can remem ber No t only did the little peopl e en joy themselves (and learn) bu t the big people involved also grew significantly We re at the point of real izing that Ananda Marga retreats (as well as all of Ananda Marga) are not just fo r adults wi th child care provided but are indeed for everyone

Cause amp Cllre of Disease A( 5hivananda Avt

Disruption in the norma l a(tiv it ies of physical and mental bodies is called disease Normal life is peaceful pleasureful and happy When physical or mental obst ruc shylion dis turbs this peace please and hap piness it is disease Wh en the whole or part of if body is affected it is ca ll ed physical disease and when the mind is atfected by physical cause or psychic cause it is called mental di~ease Disease obstructs the proper functioning of physical and mental bodies and causes pain and suffer ing Hence it is necessary to remove disease

The disease of physical body arc called acu te or chronic The disease that comes fo r a short period of ti me such as ~unny nose cough or fever due tomiddot cold are acute When disease persists for months or yea rs it is call ed chronic disease ie high blood pressure piles asth ma etc

A ch ronic disease that remains for years or li femiddotl ong gives trouble and suffering and trouble day and night Th e fi rs t and foremost treatment of such a chronic di sease is to divert the mind from thinking about it Wh en the mind is diverted from thinking about the di~ease the mental and physical energies that were wasted in thi nk ing about and giving scope to the development of the disease will be saved and utilised in curing the disease When the mind is withdrawn from thinki ng abou t th e disease the self-healing process starts

In either physical or mental disease both physical and mental bodies are to be treated Physicians of differen t systems of medicine treat disease in differen t ways some use medicinesmiddot-if one fails then they try lnother some prescribe diets and exercises etc And psychia trists have their own techniques too The di fferent systems of medi shycine treat only partially in their own way A complete treatment is not given and the patient suffers

The disease is sutfer ing caused by bad actions done in previous and present lives Pai n caused to others and not fo ll owing the rul es of nature are the causes of disease These accumu lated reac tions o f bad ac tions are ca lled sam skora The trea tment of disease will have to give and take in this u nders tanding But all the phYSicians of allo pathy homeopathy ayurveda un anani naturo pathy p~y ch i atry etc Me handicapped in their trea tment of chronic d isease

A person who understood the helpl essness of worldy ph ysicia n and was lucky enough to know the perfec t phyltician ~a id Yam Gurum sharon am bha vavaidyam Meani ng This universe is the col~ec tio n of diseases

hysical and me ntal hence I surrender to the lotus feet of Guru who is th e perfect physic ian for all worldly diseases The Sadgu ru is all -knowing so He knows the trea tment of each individ ual Jccording to the samskara with HIS almighty power and all pervading capacity

So by the grace of Gurudeva I was saying that diversion of mi nd From the disease is one 0 the most important poi nts If a psychiatrist trea ts a disease he may say please tr to keep your mi nd away fro m thinking about the disease Th is is the most harmful method because when you sa tha t the pat ient starts thinking about the disease more and more Bu t the Sadguru does not speak of the disease His method is more positive he doesnt even say that He has begun treatment His treatmen t has two sides 1) physico-psych omiddot piri tual and 2) His direct grace in healing the disease- rnost important when He Himself takes

the disease of the disciple and suffers to make the disciple free

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The psycho-spiritual me thod is a sc ien ti fic manner in the prescription of medication where the unit mind expands to Cosmic mi nd The mind rises above and leaves the low level of physi co-psychic disease it gets no chance to think about the disease and preven t heal ing Also through meditati on in a short span of time physical men tal and spiritual energies are created th e supply of these usuall y unavai lable physico-psycho-sp iritual energies to the hu m n body cures the disease The mind becomes stronger and stronger to sustain th bl ows of the diseases When the mind rema ins J tt ached to consciousness or merges int conscious ness it does no t feel the su ffer in g fr m disease Finally the samskara exhausts fro m med itation and the pe rils of di sease is decreased

The prescrip tion f senti ent food asanas and pranashyvarna are other physico-psychic cura tive healing methods Other Jos and donts are nothing but curative and prevcn live measures prescribed by the Guru lo heal the disease By asana practise nerves are toned up and repaired nd the homornes are secreted which serve the purpose f

med ici nes- they are natural medicines for the body and mind Asanas help in cu ring almost all the diseases Where fo d and med icine f ii to supply energy for healing the body pranayama supplies extra psycho-physical energy from the atmosphere and cosmic sources By other medItashytion methods the Guru supplies physico-psycho-spiritual energy and hormones which work as natural medicines espeCially the nccteria l horm ne secreted by the pineal gl nd in deep meditation So medicines can compare with these hormones The prescription of herbs by those with intu iti ve eye~ are a grace for the poor and rich alike

Al ong with the meditational aspects Gu ru gives many meth ods in psycho-physical level s to engage the mind and divert it from the disease He doesnt say D ivert you r mind but he will say to do monthly so much spiritual service to so many nu mbers of people etc Let us stud y thi s method When one tal ks aboLl t spi ri tuali ty mi nd is autoshymati cally diverted from thin ki ng about the disease SecondshyIy the mi nd re mai ns in a higher level-thinking mi nd is connected with cosmic mind When tal king of spiritual sub jects one gets cosmic grace and cosmic energy and the opportunity to be healed and cured The samskara is also exhausted While tal king food is easily diges ted and without medicine the digesti ve system is corrected You give rich f od to a pati en t who cant usuall y digest it and then engage in a spi ritual tal k for a prolonged time and he will fi nd the food is eas ily diges ted How can one understand His kind gra e When one takes in itiation mind gets more and more concentration and with more and more concentration more and more psycho-spi ri tual enershygies and capab ility to wi thstand the suffering of disease The samskara is exhausted Psycho-spiritual energies heal physico-piychic diseases

He (Guru) will s Publish magazi ne and distri bute them do rel ief work and submit report (Not only hat but he will be ser ious about submission of report) Why Thergt are such mi nds that even lfrer ge tti ng heavy loads o f work are not ful ly diverted by creati ng fear complex in them he tr ies to divert the min d But there are such minds which are still not fully diverted the n he creales odd si tuations and the mind gets diverted and disease healed in that gap when the mind isnt thinking abou t the disease Hence we will see that th ose who shou ld have died due to certain serious isease either are cured of the disease or re main alive for years longer than expected en joying psycho-spi ri tual life for long years

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Jagat PnaRMh M Red Baba 76 iheJte anything et6e tlw-t the Amvu

y~5 this IOU should ttll thtm This is my

Why we do thi ngs is because we are My thoughts in metamorphosis

Thing change dnd reappear i am now

I sit in half lotus preparing I ts time to go home

Stiff legs and sore knees Bring me closer to Him

Struggle on

Bathing in the light Warm omn iscient sooth ing My love for thee i~ as endless as you Speeding back to your allness I want only thee

The sound current rushes through me Like a wave gliding on the shore

Leaves rustle and God manifests Himse lf

Tapeshvar

Baba ct-U O -6 cud

T~ll e~trlJn4t that 1 T~llt~tr~cncent in A~i~a t

MaJtgLiA fgthouid know upecJai1y

hmiddot world eXllaquots mlUh of th~m ~nun~f

Almost from the beginning of joining Ananda Marga I had the desire to realise God In the course of ti me fi rs t of all I was posted in Mysore After that I came to Patna Then I was posted in Ananda Nagar There I was going on Th ings were o kay but still I was feeling th at I must realise God So I decided that wi thin myself that I must atta in liberati on and fo r this reason I was ready to mee t my resu lt With th is resolution I started doin g meditation 12 13 14 hours daily Just as I was going out for a few minutes com ing to my ~oom in An nda Nagar I felt a vibrat ion fu ll of bl iss

All of a sudden one day after I passed like this for a week or so while I was doing Dh yana I fou nd that every th ing was futi le My spiri tual power and all my psychic and physical energy was completel y gone I lost very thi ng I was remembering everything I was rememmiddot

bering every rel ation I was remember each and everything but nothing was happening Whenever I was standing my le gs were tremb ling I was not able to move This I know as a certa inty that Baba has done this I knew that Baba does not wan t this So there is a code word which Kapalikas kno w With the code I mentally called Baba And I told hi m and surrendered t him and every thi ng whi ch I had previously was restored From that t ime on wards I began to feel and say to the Margiis that it is not the Sadhana it is not the practises i person does it is-theGuru who does the things If the Guru does not do this th ings will not happert Whatever sadhana a person does whateve r practises she does whatever thin gs are there wi thout the grace of the ~ru no th ing wi ll happen It is the Grace of the Guru then Sadhana Sadhana is futi le if Guru s Grace is no t there There I was convi nced practically that it is not the Sadhan~ shywhich does the th ing It is the Guru an d Gu ru alone who does th e thing

themmiddot very much Alt Chidghnnd Art

love i6 alway$ with tIum1

BUDDHlfM G BUff continued rom last issuemiddot

After enlightenment Buddha gave a philosophy which is known as Buddhism The whole of Buddhism is based on four noble tru ths 1 There is suffering 2 There is a cause of suffer ing 3 Th ere can be cessat io n of sufferi ng 4 There is a way for the cessation of sufferillg

Let usmiddotanalyse the first noble tr uth and compare it with the conception of Ananda MMga abou t it Accordill (J to Buddha there is suffe ring and suffering in thi s wor ld ri ht fom birth to death Even the happi ness is no t free from suffering There is su ffering and happ in 55 really there is 110

happiness in this worl d According to Ananda Marga u nh ap piness or suffering is

no thi ng but the recep tion of unfavourable viblmiddota tions The favourable vibration is happiness A sickly person lying on a bed with p in and weakn ss of body does not feel pleased to hear a sweet song or to see the beau tifu l scene because he is not in a congenia l condit io n to enjoy bu t when the same man become heal thy he can enjoy the favo urabl e vibrat ion So the favourab le vibration for p l ~asing a person can be so when fi rst the receiver IS in a healthy condition Accordi ng to Ananda Marga everythi ng in this universe is the ex pression of ideology Everythi ng pain or pleasure is nothin g but the expression of c()nsc iousn e~s under the b ndage of force or Prakrti 5uf ering i abo the expression of consciousness but the consciousn ss is unde r the bondage of Prakr ti Ananda Marga has analy ed deeply what is suffe ri ng why suffe ring has gone why one suffers and who has C)u ed the suffering ann to whom It ha~ heen sa id that as per Ananda Marga con~iou n S~ ha~ expre sed itself right fro m th e existence of mind to the ol id structu re Ther is nowh ere wiler t rcc or Prakni doe~ nN exist Ananda Marmiddotga sayS mi nd is the cnioyer mind is the su J erer Hence the cause of uf ering is fi rst of II the bondage of mind unde r Prak rt i secon dly the ignorance uf

the middotmi nd about the ul tima te doer a t th ings herefo re Al1anda Marga says that to ge t rid of the socalled uffering three things are needed deni I of doe r- sh ip givi ng up the desire for the fruits of the act io ns and offerrng everything at the wish o f the almighty Lord If a perso n is abl [ 0

foLlow the above three things totall y he wil l neve r h ve suffering

Next Ananda Marga ht made a clear distincti on between body mind and soul Buddha does not acce pt the soul because he says it is unseen and secondly it cannot be experimented_ Hence he does not accept this Therefore buddh ism is known as Anatmavada that is that wh ieh does not believe in atman

Ananda Marga says that there is atman there is paramatm an and there are di fferent parts of mind wh ich experience pa in and pleasu re but onl y one parl of the mi nd wh ich is known as doer-mind or ego has the experience of pain Theref re it is said in Ananda Su tram Aham karta pratyaksaphalabhokta - that is the ego is rea lly the mas ter or doer of acts el rd it is the di rect en ioyer of the wme uence of th act ions The next part of mind is Citra which is the object ive mind that par t of the mind which becomes the o bjecL Th is CiLt d is al so known as done I About th is it i ~ said in Anan da Sutram Karmaphalam cittam - tha t is Cit ta or done I is no thi ng bu t the result () f the ac ti on It beco mes the object and the doer I eurocciv s it and the pure I Wh ich is known as Mahatattva

remains passive ly associated wi th the doer- So mind is the comb ination of pure I doer I and done I dnd the doe r-I alone is the en joyer of the conseque nce because it is the doe r i t does the refore it is the en joyer The soul si mply r ~main - as a witness of til t he activit iei of min d It is a witnessing entity wh ich neither ha~ the experie nce nf pain nd pleasure nor is it the doe r The doersh q) is no t there

Why 7 Because the force has not been able to uudify it an d make it into done-I QgtF doer-lor the pure I So we see th at ~lI1tcrmiddotmg is mainly due tothe unit doershi p Ananda Marga sa~s that there is also a cosmic mind wh ich has all the three parts pure I doer-I and done-I but the difference between unit mind and cosm ic minu I) that th un it mi nd because of its lim itJtions cannot create any actuali ty like ether ailmiddot luminous liquid dnd sol id It bri ngs about onl y sam chemical nd mechanical changes by hlending the ob jects mJde original ly b the cosmic mi nd So th e cosmic mind has unl imited power wher-e the un it mnd h s very meag-e power -1 he co~ mic min d because it is unl imited has neither nerves nor brain li k~ the unit milld beca u ~e the cosmic mi nd does not have a physical bod Everything is [he psychic projection of the cos mic mind and ~ince it is the pych ic imagina tion of the macrocosm for it is not real as it is for the uni t Suffe rrng is lhere bCCduse the mind is under the li mitat ion of the bondage of Prakni He nce all is uffering is no t so ccord ing 0 An J nda Ma rg he vi sion

of suffering m the yorld of buddhism is mainly due to the fact that -lne- (Itpervading eternal entity is denied and body and mmd are taken ma in ly into consideration

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The second noble truth of buddh ism is that there is a cause of suffering Ananda Marga al so agrees with the fact that there is a cause for any dfe t and the cause of suffering is the existence of mind mainly because wherever there is mind it wiil think something and the senses wil l be directed to do something and if favourab le vibr ti ons are received it wi ll create happiness dnd if it is an unfavourable vibration it will create unhappiness The twelve chains of suffering given in buddhism have been mixed up in a most confusing way as for eXJmple according to buddh ism the Cduse for old age and death is birth dnd the cause of birth is the desire to be born and the cause ot the desire to be born is because of the lust and the cause of lust is the assoc iation with the senses and the cause of rhe senses re mme and form

Mind or the understanding of the mind or better to say the understanding of t1 mind that the temporary tranishyto ry IS considered to be permanent and pleasant is most confuing It has never been said why the mind thinks like tlut dnd after thi nking in a positive way wh y and how it frees itself The source of mind or the propeller vI mind dnd its ifferent positive and negative tre nd s have no t been rightly traced out Mind has posit ive and negdt i e tendenshycies Thus why it goes away why the po~i t iv e is done into negative and the nega tive into posi tive has certainly a cause and Ana nda Marga has tried to fin d out that cause It say that it is becau se of the bondage ot stat ic tor e that the mind behaves in a negative way and il is because of the dom inan ce of the sentient force that the same mind tart beh av ing in a positive way Hence the ultimate CJu~e is the force hut torce can Is nl) he aid to be the ult imate cau se b cause lorce is blind It operates only by the cosmic consc iousness Hence the ul timate do r i~ the c0~m ic

consciousness or Al mighty God I has been ai arlie r that the whole o~mos is the psych ie pro jection 0 1 God Hence the real d er is Gud and It i He lone in the whole worlJ who halt projected Himse lf Th pro jector and the projec tio n ~r~ no~ two The sufferer and the giver of sufter ing are only one rherefore in tune with the Upanisads Ananda Marga says that in t his universe there is nothing but God

The Gita also says the same thing stating thin in this world there is only truth and no scope for untr tJ th Ther( is only Krishna who is the all pervadng entity Since God is a beginningless middleless and endless indivisible entity therefore thel-e cannot be anything else in thi~ universe except God If it is not so then the infinity of God does not ~et justified Hence there i only one entity Th e third noble truth says that there is a way to be free from suffering It is true th ere is a way and the modern mind of today requires a most scientific method tackli ng mind physical body and soul Lord Buddha realized the truth and gave a path which is known as the eightfold pa th Thi eight fo ld path fr om a deep analy is loo ks to be some method give n for the sake of mental th ught but the good nvble high thoughts alld to m ve on the path of righteo usshyness humanity Iequires a meth od which dcal~ with the P )lsic11 body wi th the glands and nerves in it The physical body has its bearing on the mind hence some method of the purity of the physical body is un voidable

oth erVl ~ tlie generai people fee l difficulty by the defects of the physical body to establish themselves in righ teo usshyness Hence some asanas (yogic exercise) pra nayama etc are al so needed Modern minds requi re a sc ientific process which should be for all the hum an bei ngs and which everybody can prac tise eas ily and co nven iently an d experishyence th result gotten by th e practical prac tices

Ananda Marga is not a religion it i not a sect bu t a most

practical physio-psycho-spir itual practice given to the ent ire unierse tor It bene tmiddotit He re a comparative stu dy has been short ly given not wi th the vi ew to cri trcise but with a view t p re~ent to the people a logical thing to understand and to com to a conclus ion Anand 1 Marga un like buddh ism Il as give n express ion al mmt to everythi ng About God bout world abou t mind bout man about human beingL

everything has been given Not only thi s but some opinion about other field s of society have also been given It has not only touched the spi ri tual aspect of life but has also given ib opinion on social econo mic and political spheres The human personality can never be separated from social nd economic life hence eve ry individual being a part and parcel of the human soci ety has to contribut) its most for it proper development People have been blaming spiritushyality so far because spirituali ts neglected this material world call ing it to be an illusion and full of miser ies Ananda Marga says that even if a man goes to a cave he req uires some society to provide him with the bare nece~ itie of life which can only be had from the material world by the socalled matertali sts in the language of the socalled spiritualists

The methods of Buddhism are more a part of kno wshyledge They do not Include devotion because th ere is no conception of God But in the absence of devotion the pa th becomes I nger because the devotee who surrenders to the Lord completely is able to get established quickly in the Supreme Beautitude

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ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

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fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

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the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

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Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

am gacchadhvam sam vadadhvam Love for aI ideal of whole humanity being one family Samvomana msi janatam utilization of all the property of the world as that of one Deva bha gam yatha purve unit coupled with the idea given to ail participating in tite Sam iana na upa sate Namakarana of a child that his social psychic and spiri tual Samanii vo akutii upbrin ging is a common responsibiiity of all (this will ) Samana hrdoya nivaha provide an undying common ideal Samanam astu vomano Yatha vaha susahasati

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b) CASTELESS SOC IETY This (cas te) is another important factor whi ch brin gs about disruption in soci ety The ev ils of caste system are nowhere better kn own than in In dia For unity in soci ety there sh ould be no smaller groupings with in the soci ety claiming better economic and social privileges

In our Ananda Marga where love for all the whole humanity being one family are the guiding princ ipl es and where an individual iden tifies himself as onl y a Jii va-matra caste less society is the onl y soci ety which can ex ist In all the soci al functions in our Ananda Marga the prominent guides and workers are Guru Bhai and not Jata Bhai as is the prevelant custom From the beginning of a childs life that is when hi s worldly identity is established at the time of Namakarana up to the Shraddha Kriya when his wurdly identity is lost the persons participating in all the functions as guides and workers are only Gurubhai who may be

belonging to as many castes as the nu mber This along with the common goal-Brahma-visualize a

society where indiv iduals identi fy themselves as J iivamatra oniy and do not belong to an y part icular caste creed or sect In our social functions also no famil y is debarred from taking part in them because of the faul t of a member of that family Wi th this the chances of fo rmation of a suciety of out-caste fa mil ies are eliminated In such a society wh ere belonging to a particular group or section is not necessary fo r marriage for learning Vedas or for making efforts for achievin g anything the form ation of caste is not possible In our Ananda Marga where the bringing up of every child is a combined responsibility where the whoie property of the universe is to be commonly spent and where there is no caste-bar for spi ritual practices the formation of castes whether for social econoI ic or spiritual reasons is not possible

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c) middotCOLL ECTIVE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS Many Il ls ofmiddot society develop because people do not care to know other members of society This may not only m an ign orance of the conditio n and diffic ulties of others but leads to intolerance and lack 0 interest in th e a ffa irs of the other me mbers of ociety Common soci al functions bring difmiddot fe rent members of society together and are th refore a great uni f ing force Bv performi ng certain func tions col lectively where ail the members rO I some time are engaged in doi ng the same thing a feeling of commonness and interest in others is brought bout In Ananda Marga such common socia l functions are especially encouraged Mil ita and Dharma Cakra provide grounds for common social func tions in physical psy hie and sp iritual fields Common participation in such functions is a very great unifyi ng force and participants of such fu nctions will have no intol erance for each other and wi ll instead get mort united Such fun ctions are therefore a great ~nifying force

d) NO CAPI TA L PUNISHMENT Capital punfshment brings abou t deterioration in so iety and stops furt her progress of the individuals on whom capital punishment is inflicted Such individuals form sects or grou p which become the lower or discarded grou ps of society and give rise to discord and disruption in society In ou r Ananda Marga capital punishment whether sorial or physical is not permitted anywhere The only punishment permi ssable in our marga is disallowing a defaulter from taking part in social functions for a fixed period After the period is over

the individual starts taking part in all the funct ions as usual None of his dependents are to suffer this punishment

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-infiicted middoton the indi vrdual This punishment leaves no ma~k on the individual after the period of punishment like those of outcasting d family r even imprisonment The Nher punishment provi ded is to bring to Marga ie to show th e right path to 10 p rsons before she can be al lowed to attend SOCial fu nctions The punish ment of this ty pe is corrective and instead of retarding th e progress giv mme chance to the ind ividual to correct himself and to employ himself in correct pu rsu its during the period of pun ishment As these puni hments do not have a permane nt mdr k on the individual or the fami ly they do not bring about discord and iisl1n1ty among the members of the society On the contrary lerson undrgolllg pun ishment is emplov ing himself 10 betler pur uits than 10 normal life by maki ng cf t)rts to sh w c Ir ect pulh I 10 (ten) in J iv iduals He imiddot thus not only improving himse lf but is also maki ng efforts to improve the society and is bringing about m re uni ty in society

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YOU ARE NEVER ALONE OR HELPLESS THE FORCE THAT GUIDES THE STARS GUIDES YOU TOO

Anandamurti

The Little Peoples Seminar (LPS) was the most successshyful we can remem ber No t only did the little peopl e en joy themselves (and learn) bu t the big people involved also grew significantly We re at the point of real izing that Ananda Marga retreats (as well as all of Ananda Marga) are not just fo r adults wi th child care provided but are indeed for everyone

Cause amp Cllre of Disease A( 5hivananda Avt

Disruption in the norma l a(tiv it ies of physical and mental bodies is called disease Normal life is peaceful pleasureful and happy When physical or mental obst ruc shylion dis turbs this peace please and hap piness it is disease Wh en the whole or part of if body is affected it is ca ll ed physical disease and when the mind is atfected by physical cause or psychic cause it is called mental di~ease Disease obstructs the proper functioning of physical and mental bodies and causes pain and suffer ing Hence it is necessary to remove disease

The disease of physical body arc called acu te or chronic The disease that comes fo r a short period of ti me such as ~unny nose cough or fever due tomiddot cold are acute When disease persists for months or yea rs it is call ed chronic disease ie high blood pressure piles asth ma etc

A ch ronic disease that remains for years or li femiddotl ong gives trouble and suffering and trouble day and night Th e fi rs t and foremost treatment of such a chronic di sease is to divert the mind from thinking about it Wh en the mind is diverted from thinking about the di~ease the mental and physical energies that were wasted in thi nk ing about and giving scope to the development of the disease will be saved and utilised in curing the disease When the mind is withdrawn from thinki ng abou t th e disease the self-healing process starts

In either physical or mental disease both physical and mental bodies are to be treated Physicians of differen t systems of medicine treat disease in differen t ways some use medicinesmiddot-if one fails then they try lnother some prescribe diets and exercises etc And psychia trists have their own techniques too The di fferent systems of medi shycine treat only partially in their own way A complete treatment is not given and the patient suffers

The disease is sutfer ing caused by bad actions done in previous and present lives Pai n caused to others and not fo ll owing the rul es of nature are the causes of disease These accumu lated reac tions o f bad ac tions are ca lled sam skora The trea tment of disease will have to give and take in this u nders tanding But all the phYSicians of allo pathy homeopathy ayurveda un anani naturo pathy p~y ch i atry etc Me handicapped in their trea tment of chronic d isease

A person who understood the helpl essness of worldy ph ysicia n and was lucky enough to know the perfec t phyltician ~a id Yam Gurum sharon am bha vavaidyam Meani ng This universe is the col~ec tio n of diseases

hysical and me ntal hence I surrender to the lotus feet of Guru who is th e perfect physic ian for all worldly diseases The Sadgu ru is all -knowing so He knows the trea tment of each individ ual Jccording to the samskara with HIS almighty power and all pervading capacity

So by the grace of Gurudeva I was saying that diversion of mi nd From the disease is one 0 the most important poi nts If a psychiatrist trea ts a disease he may say please tr to keep your mi nd away fro m thinking about the disease Th is is the most harmful method because when you sa tha t the pat ient starts thinking about the disease more and more Bu t the Sadguru does not speak of the disease His method is more positive he doesnt even say that He has begun treatment His treatmen t has two sides 1) physico-psych omiddot piri tual and 2) His direct grace in healing the disease- rnost important when He Himself takes

the disease of the disciple and suffers to make the disciple free

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The psycho-spiritual me thod is a sc ien ti fic manner in the prescription of medication where the unit mind expands to Cosmic mi nd The mind rises above and leaves the low level of physi co-psychic disease it gets no chance to think about the disease and preven t heal ing Also through meditati on in a short span of time physical men tal and spiritual energies are created th e supply of these usuall y unavai lable physico-psycho-sp iritual energies to the hu m n body cures the disease The mind becomes stronger and stronger to sustain th bl ows of the diseases When the mind rema ins J tt ached to consciousness or merges int conscious ness it does no t feel the su ffer in g fr m disease Finally the samskara exhausts fro m med itation and the pe rils of di sease is decreased

The prescrip tion f senti ent food asanas and pranashyvarna are other physico-psychic cura tive healing methods Other Jos and donts are nothing but curative and prevcn live measures prescribed by the Guru lo heal the disease By asana practise nerves are toned up and repaired nd the homornes are secreted which serve the purpose f

med ici nes- they are natural medicines for the body and mind Asanas help in cu ring almost all the diseases Where fo d and med icine f ii to supply energy for healing the body pranayama supplies extra psycho-physical energy from the atmosphere and cosmic sources By other medItashytion methods the Guru supplies physico-psycho-spiritual energy and hormones which work as natural medicines espeCially the nccteria l horm ne secreted by the pineal gl nd in deep meditation So medicines can compare with these hormones The prescription of herbs by those with intu iti ve eye~ are a grace for the poor and rich alike

Al ong with the meditational aspects Gu ru gives many meth ods in psycho-physical level s to engage the mind and divert it from the disease He doesnt say D ivert you r mind but he will say to do monthly so much spiritual service to so many nu mbers of people etc Let us stud y thi s method When one tal ks aboLl t spi ri tuali ty mi nd is autoshymati cally diverted from thin ki ng about the disease SecondshyIy the mi nd re mai ns in a higher level-thinking mi nd is connected with cosmic mind When tal king of spiritual sub jects one gets cosmic grace and cosmic energy and the opportunity to be healed and cured The samskara is also exhausted While tal king food is easily diges ted and without medicine the digesti ve system is corrected You give rich f od to a pati en t who cant usuall y digest it and then engage in a spi ritual tal k for a prolonged time and he will fi nd the food is eas ily diges ted How can one understand His kind gra e When one takes in itiation mind gets more and more concentration and with more and more concentration more and more psycho-spi ri tual enershygies and capab ility to wi thstand the suffering of disease The samskara is exhausted Psycho-spiritual energies heal physico-piychic diseases

He (Guru) will s Publish magazi ne and distri bute them do rel ief work and submit report (Not only hat but he will be ser ious about submission of report) Why Thergt are such mi nds that even lfrer ge tti ng heavy loads o f work are not ful ly diverted by creati ng fear complex in them he tr ies to divert the min d But there are such minds which are still not fully diverted the n he creales odd si tuations and the mind gets diverted and disease healed in that gap when the mind isnt thinking abou t the disease Hence we will see that th ose who shou ld have died due to certain serious isease either are cured of the disease or re main alive for years longer than expected en joying psycho-spi ri tual life for long years

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Jagat PnaRMh M Red Baba 76 iheJte anything et6e tlw-t the Amvu

y~5 this IOU should ttll thtm This is my

Why we do thi ngs is because we are My thoughts in metamorphosis

Thing change dnd reappear i am now

I sit in half lotus preparing I ts time to go home

Stiff legs and sore knees Bring me closer to Him

Struggle on

Bathing in the light Warm omn iscient sooth ing My love for thee i~ as endless as you Speeding back to your allness I want only thee

The sound current rushes through me Like a wave gliding on the shore

Leaves rustle and God manifests Himse lf

Tapeshvar

Baba ct-U O -6 cud

T~ll e~trlJn4t that 1 T~llt~tr~cncent in A~i~a t

MaJtgLiA fgthouid know upecJai1y

hmiddot world eXllaquots mlUh of th~m ~nun~f

Almost from the beginning of joining Ananda Marga I had the desire to realise God In the course of ti me fi rs t of all I was posted in Mysore After that I came to Patna Then I was posted in Ananda Nagar There I was going on Th ings were o kay but still I was feeling th at I must realise God So I decided that wi thin myself that I must atta in liberati on and fo r this reason I was ready to mee t my resu lt With th is resolution I started doin g meditation 12 13 14 hours daily Just as I was going out for a few minutes com ing to my ~oom in An nda Nagar I felt a vibrat ion fu ll of bl iss

All of a sudden one day after I passed like this for a week or so while I was doing Dh yana I fou nd that every th ing was futi le My spiri tual power and all my psychic and physical energy was completel y gone I lost very thi ng I was remembering everything I was rememmiddot

bering every rel ation I was remember each and everything but nothing was happening Whenever I was standing my le gs were tremb ling I was not able to move This I know as a certa inty that Baba has done this I knew that Baba does not wan t this So there is a code word which Kapalikas kno w With the code I mentally called Baba And I told hi m and surrendered t him and every thi ng whi ch I had previously was restored From that t ime on wards I began to feel and say to the Margiis that it is not the Sadhana it is not the practises i person does it is-theGuru who does the things If the Guru does not do this th ings will not happert Whatever sadhana a person does whateve r practises she does whatever thin gs are there wi thout the grace of the ~ru no th ing wi ll happen It is the Grace of the Guru then Sadhana Sadhana is futi le if Guru s Grace is no t there There I was convi nced practically that it is not the Sadhan~ shywhich does the th ing It is the Guru an d Gu ru alone who does th e thing

themmiddot very much Alt Chidghnnd Art

love i6 alway$ with tIum1

BUDDHlfM G BUff continued rom last issuemiddot

After enlightenment Buddha gave a philosophy which is known as Buddhism The whole of Buddhism is based on four noble tru ths 1 There is suffering 2 There is a cause of suffer ing 3 Th ere can be cessat io n of sufferi ng 4 There is a way for the cessation of sufferillg

Let usmiddotanalyse the first noble tr uth and compare it with the conception of Ananda MMga abou t it Accordill (J to Buddha there is suffe ring and suffering in thi s wor ld ri ht fom birth to death Even the happi ness is no t free from suffering There is su ffering and happ in 55 really there is 110

happiness in this worl d According to Ananda Marga u nh ap piness or suffering is

no thi ng but the recep tion of unfavourable viblmiddota tions The favourable vibration is happiness A sickly person lying on a bed with p in and weakn ss of body does not feel pleased to hear a sweet song or to see the beau tifu l scene because he is not in a congenia l condit io n to enjoy bu t when the same man become heal thy he can enjoy the favo urabl e vibrat ion So the favourab le vibration for p l ~asing a person can be so when fi rst the receiver IS in a healthy condition Accordi ng to Ananda Marga everythi ng in this universe is the ex pression of ideology Everythi ng pain or pleasure is nothin g but the expression of c()nsc iousn e~s under the b ndage of force or Prakrti 5uf ering i abo the expression of consciousness but the consciousn ss is unde r the bondage of Prakr ti Ananda Marga has analy ed deeply what is suffe ri ng why suffe ring has gone why one suffers and who has C)u ed the suffering ann to whom It ha~ heen sa id that as per Ananda Marga con~iou n S~ ha~ expre sed itself right fro m th e existence of mind to the ol id structu re Ther is nowh ere wiler t rcc or Prakni doe~ nN exist Ananda Marmiddotga sayS mi nd is the cnioyer mind is the su J erer Hence the cause of uf ering is fi rst of II the bondage of mind unde r Prak rt i secon dly the ignorance uf

the middotmi nd about the ul tima te doer a t th ings herefo re Al1anda Marga says that to ge t rid of the socalled uffering three things are needed deni I of doe r- sh ip givi ng up the desire for the fruits of the act io ns and offerrng everything at the wish o f the almighty Lord If a perso n is abl [ 0

foLlow the above three things totall y he wil l neve r h ve suffering

Next Ananda Marga ht made a clear distincti on between body mind and soul Buddha does not acce pt the soul because he says it is unseen and secondly it cannot be experimented_ Hence he does not accept this Therefore buddh ism is known as Anatmavada that is that wh ieh does not believe in atman

Ananda Marga says that there is atman there is paramatm an and there are di fferent parts of mind wh ich experience pa in and pleasu re but onl y one parl of the mi nd wh ich is known as doer-mind or ego has the experience of pain Theref re it is said in Ananda Su tram Aham karta pratyaksaphalabhokta - that is the ego is rea lly the mas ter or doer of acts el rd it is the di rect en ioyer of the wme uence of th act ions The next part of mind is Citra which is the object ive mind that par t of the mind which becomes the o bjecL Th is CiLt d is al so known as done I About th is it i ~ said in Anan da Sutram Karmaphalam cittam - tha t is Cit ta or done I is no thi ng bu t the result () f the ac ti on It beco mes the object and the doer I eurocciv s it and the pure I Wh ich is known as Mahatattva

remains passive ly associated wi th the doer- So mind is the comb ination of pure I doer I and done I dnd the doe r-I alone is the en joyer of the conseque nce because it is the doe r i t does the refore it is the en joyer The soul si mply r ~main - as a witness of til t he activit iei of min d It is a witnessing entity wh ich neither ha~ the experie nce nf pain nd pleasure nor is it the doe r The doersh q) is no t there

Why 7 Because the force has not been able to uudify it an d make it into done-I QgtF doer-lor the pure I So we see th at ~lI1tcrmiddotmg is mainly due tothe unit doershi p Ananda Marga sa~s that there is also a cosmic mind wh ich has all the three parts pure I doer-I and done-I but the difference between unit mind and cosm ic minu I) that th un it mi nd because of its lim itJtions cannot create any actuali ty like ether ailmiddot luminous liquid dnd sol id It bri ngs about onl y sam chemical nd mechanical changes by hlending the ob jects mJde original ly b the cosmic mi nd So th e cosmic mind has unl imited power wher-e the un it mnd h s very meag-e power -1 he co~ mic min d because it is unl imited has neither nerves nor brain li k~ the unit milld beca u ~e the cosmic mi nd does not have a physical bod Everything is [he psychic projection of the cos mic mind and ~ince it is the pych ic imagina tion of the macrocosm for it is not real as it is for the uni t Suffe rrng is lhere bCCduse the mind is under the li mitat ion of the bondage of Prakni He nce all is uffering is no t so ccord ing 0 An J nda Ma rg he vi sion

of suffering m the yorld of buddhism is mainly due to the fact that -lne- (Itpervading eternal entity is denied and body and mmd are taken ma in ly into consideration

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The second noble truth of buddh ism is that there is a cause of suffering Ananda Marga al so agrees with the fact that there is a cause for any dfe t and the cause of suffering is the existence of mind mainly because wherever there is mind it wiil think something and the senses wil l be directed to do something and if favourab le vibr ti ons are received it wi ll create happiness dnd if it is an unfavourable vibration it will create unhappiness The twelve chains of suffering given in buddhism have been mixed up in a most confusing way as for eXJmple according to buddh ism the Cduse for old age and death is birth dnd the cause of birth is the desire to be born and the cause ot the desire to be born is because of the lust and the cause of lust is the assoc iation with the senses and the cause of rhe senses re mme and form

Mind or the understanding of the mind or better to say the understanding of t1 mind that the temporary tranishyto ry IS considered to be permanent and pleasant is most confuing It has never been said why the mind thinks like tlut dnd after thi nking in a positive way wh y and how it frees itself The source of mind or the propeller vI mind dnd its ifferent positive and negative tre nd s have no t been rightly traced out Mind has posit ive and negdt i e tendenshycies Thus why it goes away why the po~i t iv e is done into negative and the nega tive into posi tive has certainly a cause and Ana nda Marga has tried to fin d out that cause It say that it is becau se of the bondage ot stat ic tor e that the mind behaves in a negative way and il is because of the dom inan ce of the sentient force that the same mind tart beh av ing in a positive way Hence the ultimate CJu~e is the force hut torce can Is nl) he aid to be the ult imate cau se b cause lorce is blind It operates only by the cosmic consc iousness Hence the ul timate do r i~ the c0~m ic

consciousness or Al mighty God I has been ai arlie r that the whole o~mos is the psych ie pro jection 0 1 God Hence the real d er is Gud and It i He lone in the whole worlJ who halt projected Himse lf Th pro jector and the projec tio n ~r~ no~ two The sufferer and the giver of sufter ing are only one rherefore in tune with the Upanisads Ananda Marga says that in t his universe there is nothing but God

The Gita also says the same thing stating thin in this world there is only truth and no scope for untr tJ th Ther( is only Krishna who is the all pervadng entity Since God is a beginningless middleless and endless indivisible entity therefore thel-e cannot be anything else in thi~ universe except God If it is not so then the infinity of God does not ~et justified Hence there i only one entity Th e third noble truth says that there is a way to be free from suffering It is true th ere is a way and the modern mind of today requires a most scientific method tackli ng mind physical body and soul Lord Buddha realized the truth and gave a path which is known as the eightfold pa th Thi eight fo ld path fr om a deep analy is loo ks to be some method give n for the sake of mental th ught but the good nvble high thoughts alld to m ve on the path of righteo usshyness humanity Iequires a meth od which dcal~ with the P )lsic11 body wi th the glands and nerves in it The physical body has its bearing on the mind hence some method of the purity of the physical body is un voidable

oth erVl ~ tlie generai people fee l difficulty by the defects of the physical body to establish themselves in righ teo usshyness Hence some asanas (yogic exercise) pra nayama etc are al so needed Modern minds requi re a sc ientific process which should be for all the hum an bei ngs and which everybody can prac tise eas ily and co nven iently an d experishyence th result gotten by th e practical prac tices

Ananda Marga is not a religion it i not a sect bu t a most

practical physio-psycho-spir itual practice given to the ent ire unierse tor It bene tmiddotit He re a comparative stu dy has been short ly given not wi th the vi ew to cri trcise but with a view t p re~ent to the people a logical thing to understand and to com to a conclus ion Anand 1 Marga un like buddh ism Il as give n express ion al mmt to everythi ng About God bout world abou t mind bout man about human beingL

everything has been given Not only thi s but some opinion about other field s of society have also been given It has not only touched the spi ri tual aspect of life but has also given ib opinion on social econo mic and political spheres The human personality can never be separated from social nd economic life hence eve ry individual being a part and parcel of the human soci ety has to contribut) its most for it proper development People have been blaming spiritushyality so far because spirituali ts neglected this material world call ing it to be an illusion and full of miser ies Ananda Marga says that even if a man goes to a cave he req uires some society to provide him with the bare nece~ itie of life which can only be had from the material world by the socalled matertali sts in the language of the socalled spiritualists

The methods of Buddhism are more a part of kno wshyledge They do not Include devotion because th ere is no conception of God But in the absence of devotion the pa th becomes I nger because the devotee who surrenders to the Lord completely is able to get established quickly in the Supreme Beautitude

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ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

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fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

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the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

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Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

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The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

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c) middotCOLL ECTIVE SOCIAL FUNCTIONS Many Il ls ofmiddot society develop because people do not care to know other members of society This may not only m an ign orance of the conditio n and diffic ulties of others but leads to intolerance and lack 0 interest in th e a ffa irs of the other me mbers of ociety Common soci al functions bring difmiddot fe rent members of society together and are th refore a great uni f ing force Bv performi ng certain func tions col lectively where ail the members rO I some time are engaged in doi ng the same thing a feeling of commonness and interest in others is brought bout In Ananda Marga such common socia l functions are especially encouraged Mil ita and Dharma Cakra provide grounds for common social func tions in physical psy hie and sp iritual fields Common participation in such functions is a very great unifyi ng force and participants of such fu nctions will have no intol erance for each other and wi ll instead get mort united Such fun ctions are therefore a great ~nifying force

d) NO CAPI TA L PUNISHMENT Capital punfshment brings abou t deterioration in so iety and stops furt her progress of the individuals on whom capital punishment is inflicted Such individuals form sects or grou p which become the lower or discarded grou ps of society and give rise to discord and disruption in society In ou r Ananda Marga capital punishment whether sorial or physical is not permitted anywhere The only punishment permi ssable in our marga is disallowing a defaulter from taking part in social functions for a fixed period After the period is over

the individual starts taking part in all the funct ions as usual None of his dependents are to suffer this punishment

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-infiicted middoton the indi vrdual This punishment leaves no ma~k on the individual after the period of punishment like those of outcasting d family r even imprisonment The Nher punishment provi ded is to bring to Marga ie to show th e right path to 10 p rsons before she can be al lowed to attend SOCial fu nctions The punish ment of this ty pe is corrective and instead of retarding th e progress giv mme chance to the ind ividual to correct himself and to employ himself in correct pu rsu its during the period of pun ishment As these puni hments do not have a permane nt mdr k on the individual or the fami ly they do not bring about discord and iisl1n1ty among the members of the society On the contrary lerson undrgolllg pun ishment is emplov ing himself 10 betler pur uits than 10 normal life by maki ng cf t)rts to sh w c Ir ect pulh I 10 (ten) in J iv iduals He imiddot thus not only improving himse lf but is also maki ng efforts to improve the society and is bringing about m re uni ty in society

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YOU ARE NEVER ALONE OR HELPLESS THE FORCE THAT GUIDES THE STARS GUIDES YOU TOO

Anandamurti

The Little Peoples Seminar (LPS) was the most successshyful we can remem ber No t only did the little peopl e en joy themselves (and learn) bu t the big people involved also grew significantly We re at the point of real izing that Ananda Marga retreats (as well as all of Ananda Marga) are not just fo r adults wi th child care provided but are indeed for everyone

Cause amp Cllre of Disease A( 5hivananda Avt

Disruption in the norma l a(tiv it ies of physical and mental bodies is called disease Normal life is peaceful pleasureful and happy When physical or mental obst ruc shylion dis turbs this peace please and hap piness it is disease Wh en the whole or part of if body is affected it is ca ll ed physical disease and when the mind is atfected by physical cause or psychic cause it is called mental di~ease Disease obstructs the proper functioning of physical and mental bodies and causes pain and suffer ing Hence it is necessary to remove disease

The disease of physical body arc called acu te or chronic The disease that comes fo r a short period of ti me such as ~unny nose cough or fever due tomiddot cold are acute When disease persists for months or yea rs it is call ed chronic disease ie high blood pressure piles asth ma etc

A ch ronic disease that remains for years or li femiddotl ong gives trouble and suffering and trouble day and night Th e fi rs t and foremost treatment of such a chronic di sease is to divert the mind from thinking about it Wh en the mind is diverted from thinking about the di~ease the mental and physical energies that were wasted in thi nk ing about and giving scope to the development of the disease will be saved and utilised in curing the disease When the mind is withdrawn from thinki ng abou t th e disease the self-healing process starts

In either physical or mental disease both physical and mental bodies are to be treated Physicians of differen t systems of medicine treat disease in differen t ways some use medicinesmiddot-if one fails then they try lnother some prescribe diets and exercises etc And psychia trists have their own techniques too The di fferent systems of medi shycine treat only partially in their own way A complete treatment is not given and the patient suffers

The disease is sutfer ing caused by bad actions done in previous and present lives Pai n caused to others and not fo ll owing the rul es of nature are the causes of disease These accumu lated reac tions o f bad ac tions are ca lled sam skora The trea tment of disease will have to give and take in this u nders tanding But all the phYSicians of allo pathy homeopathy ayurveda un anani naturo pathy p~y ch i atry etc Me handicapped in their trea tment of chronic d isease

A person who understood the helpl essness of worldy ph ysicia n and was lucky enough to know the perfec t phyltician ~a id Yam Gurum sharon am bha vavaidyam Meani ng This universe is the col~ec tio n of diseases

hysical and me ntal hence I surrender to the lotus feet of Guru who is th e perfect physic ian for all worldly diseases The Sadgu ru is all -knowing so He knows the trea tment of each individ ual Jccording to the samskara with HIS almighty power and all pervading capacity

So by the grace of Gurudeva I was saying that diversion of mi nd From the disease is one 0 the most important poi nts If a psychiatrist trea ts a disease he may say please tr to keep your mi nd away fro m thinking about the disease Th is is the most harmful method because when you sa tha t the pat ient starts thinking about the disease more and more Bu t the Sadguru does not speak of the disease His method is more positive he doesnt even say that He has begun treatment His treatmen t has two sides 1) physico-psych omiddot piri tual and 2) His direct grace in healing the disease- rnost important when He Himself takes

the disease of the disciple and suffers to make the disciple free

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The psycho-spiritual me thod is a sc ien ti fic manner in the prescription of medication where the unit mind expands to Cosmic mi nd The mind rises above and leaves the low level of physi co-psychic disease it gets no chance to think about the disease and preven t heal ing Also through meditati on in a short span of time physical men tal and spiritual energies are created th e supply of these usuall y unavai lable physico-psycho-sp iritual energies to the hu m n body cures the disease The mind becomes stronger and stronger to sustain th bl ows of the diseases When the mind rema ins J tt ached to consciousness or merges int conscious ness it does no t feel the su ffer in g fr m disease Finally the samskara exhausts fro m med itation and the pe rils of di sease is decreased

The prescrip tion f senti ent food asanas and pranashyvarna are other physico-psychic cura tive healing methods Other Jos and donts are nothing but curative and prevcn live measures prescribed by the Guru lo heal the disease By asana practise nerves are toned up and repaired nd the homornes are secreted which serve the purpose f

med ici nes- they are natural medicines for the body and mind Asanas help in cu ring almost all the diseases Where fo d and med icine f ii to supply energy for healing the body pranayama supplies extra psycho-physical energy from the atmosphere and cosmic sources By other medItashytion methods the Guru supplies physico-psycho-spiritual energy and hormones which work as natural medicines espeCially the nccteria l horm ne secreted by the pineal gl nd in deep meditation So medicines can compare with these hormones The prescription of herbs by those with intu iti ve eye~ are a grace for the poor and rich alike

Al ong with the meditational aspects Gu ru gives many meth ods in psycho-physical level s to engage the mind and divert it from the disease He doesnt say D ivert you r mind but he will say to do monthly so much spiritual service to so many nu mbers of people etc Let us stud y thi s method When one tal ks aboLl t spi ri tuali ty mi nd is autoshymati cally diverted from thin ki ng about the disease SecondshyIy the mi nd re mai ns in a higher level-thinking mi nd is connected with cosmic mind When tal king of spiritual sub jects one gets cosmic grace and cosmic energy and the opportunity to be healed and cured The samskara is also exhausted While tal king food is easily diges ted and without medicine the digesti ve system is corrected You give rich f od to a pati en t who cant usuall y digest it and then engage in a spi ritual tal k for a prolonged time and he will fi nd the food is eas ily diges ted How can one understand His kind gra e When one takes in itiation mind gets more and more concentration and with more and more concentration more and more psycho-spi ri tual enershygies and capab ility to wi thstand the suffering of disease The samskara is exhausted Psycho-spiritual energies heal physico-piychic diseases

He (Guru) will s Publish magazi ne and distri bute them do rel ief work and submit report (Not only hat but he will be ser ious about submission of report) Why Thergt are such mi nds that even lfrer ge tti ng heavy loads o f work are not ful ly diverted by creati ng fear complex in them he tr ies to divert the min d But there are such minds which are still not fully diverted the n he creales odd si tuations and the mind gets diverted and disease healed in that gap when the mind isnt thinking abou t the disease Hence we will see that th ose who shou ld have died due to certain serious isease either are cured of the disease or re main alive for years longer than expected en joying psycho-spi ri tual life for long years

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Jagat PnaRMh M Red Baba 76 iheJte anything et6e tlw-t the Amvu

y~5 this IOU should ttll thtm This is my

Why we do thi ngs is because we are My thoughts in metamorphosis

Thing change dnd reappear i am now

I sit in half lotus preparing I ts time to go home

Stiff legs and sore knees Bring me closer to Him

Struggle on

Bathing in the light Warm omn iscient sooth ing My love for thee i~ as endless as you Speeding back to your allness I want only thee

The sound current rushes through me Like a wave gliding on the shore

Leaves rustle and God manifests Himse lf

Tapeshvar

Baba ct-U O -6 cud

T~ll e~trlJn4t that 1 T~llt~tr~cncent in A~i~a t

MaJtgLiA fgthouid know upecJai1y

hmiddot world eXllaquots mlUh of th~m ~nun~f

Almost from the beginning of joining Ananda Marga I had the desire to realise God In the course of ti me fi rs t of all I was posted in Mysore After that I came to Patna Then I was posted in Ananda Nagar There I was going on Th ings were o kay but still I was feeling th at I must realise God So I decided that wi thin myself that I must atta in liberati on and fo r this reason I was ready to mee t my resu lt With th is resolution I started doin g meditation 12 13 14 hours daily Just as I was going out for a few minutes com ing to my ~oom in An nda Nagar I felt a vibrat ion fu ll of bl iss

All of a sudden one day after I passed like this for a week or so while I was doing Dh yana I fou nd that every th ing was futi le My spiri tual power and all my psychic and physical energy was completel y gone I lost very thi ng I was remembering everything I was rememmiddot

bering every rel ation I was remember each and everything but nothing was happening Whenever I was standing my le gs were tremb ling I was not able to move This I know as a certa inty that Baba has done this I knew that Baba does not wan t this So there is a code word which Kapalikas kno w With the code I mentally called Baba And I told hi m and surrendered t him and every thi ng whi ch I had previously was restored From that t ime on wards I began to feel and say to the Margiis that it is not the Sadhana it is not the practises i person does it is-theGuru who does the things If the Guru does not do this th ings will not happert Whatever sadhana a person does whateve r practises she does whatever thin gs are there wi thout the grace of the ~ru no th ing wi ll happen It is the Grace of the Guru then Sadhana Sadhana is futi le if Guru s Grace is no t there There I was convi nced practically that it is not the Sadhan~ shywhich does the th ing It is the Guru an d Gu ru alone who does th e thing

themmiddot very much Alt Chidghnnd Art

love i6 alway$ with tIum1

BUDDHlfM G BUff continued rom last issuemiddot

After enlightenment Buddha gave a philosophy which is known as Buddhism The whole of Buddhism is based on four noble tru ths 1 There is suffering 2 There is a cause of suffer ing 3 Th ere can be cessat io n of sufferi ng 4 There is a way for the cessation of sufferillg

Let usmiddotanalyse the first noble tr uth and compare it with the conception of Ananda MMga abou t it Accordill (J to Buddha there is suffe ring and suffering in thi s wor ld ri ht fom birth to death Even the happi ness is no t free from suffering There is su ffering and happ in 55 really there is 110

happiness in this worl d According to Ananda Marga u nh ap piness or suffering is

no thi ng but the recep tion of unfavourable viblmiddota tions The favourable vibration is happiness A sickly person lying on a bed with p in and weakn ss of body does not feel pleased to hear a sweet song or to see the beau tifu l scene because he is not in a congenia l condit io n to enjoy bu t when the same man become heal thy he can enjoy the favo urabl e vibrat ion So the favourab le vibration for p l ~asing a person can be so when fi rst the receiver IS in a healthy condition Accordi ng to Ananda Marga everythi ng in this universe is the ex pression of ideology Everythi ng pain or pleasure is nothin g but the expression of c()nsc iousn e~s under the b ndage of force or Prakrti 5uf ering i abo the expression of consciousness but the consciousn ss is unde r the bondage of Prakr ti Ananda Marga has analy ed deeply what is suffe ri ng why suffe ring has gone why one suffers and who has C)u ed the suffering ann to whom It ha~ heen sa id that as per Ananda Marga con~iou n S~ ha~ expre sed itself right fro m th e existence of mind to the ol id structu re Ther is nowh ere wiler t rcc or Prakni doe~ nN exist Ananda Marmiddotga sayS mi nd is the cnioyer mind is the su J erer Hence the cause of uf ering is fi rst of II the bondage of mind unde r Prak rt i secon dly the ignorance uf

the middotmi nd about the ul tima te doer a t th ings herefo re Al1anda Marga says that to ge t rid of the socalled uffering three things are needed deni I of doe r- sh ip givi ng up the desire for the fruits of the act io ns and offerrng everything at the wish o f the almighty Lord If a perso n is abl [ 0

foLlow the above three things totall y he wil l neve r h ve suffering

Next Ananda Marga ht made a clear distincti on between body mind and soul Buddha does not acce pt the soul because he says it is unseen and secondly it cannot be experimented_ Hence he does not accept this Therefore buddh ism is known as Anatmavada that is that wh ieh does not believe in atman

Ananda Marga says that there is atman there is paramatm an and there are di fferent parts of mind wh ich experience pa in and pleasu re but onl y one parl of the mi nd wh ich is known as doer-mind or ego has the experience of pain Theref re it is said in Ananda Su tram Aham karta pratyaksaphalabhokta - that is the ego is rea lly the mas ter or doer of acts el rd it is the di rect en ioyer of the wme uence of th act ions The next part of mind is Citra which is the object ive mind that par t of the mind which becomes the o bjecL Th is CiLt d is al so known as done I About th is it i ~ said in Anan da Sutram Karmaphalam cittam - tha t is Cit ta or done I is no thi ng bu t the result () f the ac ti on It beco mes the object and the doer I eurocciv s it and the pure I Wh ich is known as Mahatattva

remains passive ly associated wi th the doer- So mind is the comb ination of pure I doer I and done I dnd the doe r-I alone is the en joyer of the conseque nce because it is the doe r i t does the refore it is the en joyer The soul si mply r ~main - as a witness of til t he activit iei of min d It is a witnessing entity wh ich neither ha~ the experie nce nf pain nd pleasure nor is it the doe r The doersh q) is no t there

Why 7 Because the force has not been able to uudify it an d make it into done-I QgtF doer-lor the pure I So we see th at ~lI1tcrmiddotmg is mainly due tothe unit doershi p Ananda Marga sa~s that there is also a cosmic mind wh ich has all the three parts pure I doer-I and done-I but the difference between unit mind and cosm ic minu I) that th un it mi nd because of its lim itJtions cannot create any actuali ty like ether ailmiddot luminous liquid dnd sol id It bri ngs about onl y sam chemical nd mechanical changes by hlending the ob jects mJde original ly b the cosmic mi nd So th e cosmic mind has unl imited power wher-e the un it mnd h s very meag-e power -1 he co~ mic min d because it is unl imited has neither nerves nor brain li k~ the unit milld beca u ~e the cosmic mi nd does not have a physical bod Everything is [he psychic projection of the cos mic mind and ~ince it is the pych ic imagina tion of the macrocosm for it is not real as it is for the uni t Suffe rrng is lhere bCCduse the mind is under the li mitat ion of the bondage of Prakni He nce all is uffering is no t so ccord ing 0 An J nda Ma rg he vi sion

of suffering m the yorld of buddhism is mainly due to the fact that -lne- (Itpervading eternal entity is denied and body and mmd are taken ma in ly into consideration

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The second noble truth of buddh ism is that there is a cause of suffering Ananda Marga al so agrees with the fact that there is a cause for any dfe t and the cause of suffering is the existence of mind mainly because wherever there is mind it wiil think something and the senses wil l be directed to do something and if favourab le vibr ti ons are received it wi ll create happiness dnd if it is an unfavourable vibration it will create unhappiness The twelve chains of suffering given in buddhism have been mixed up in a most confusing way as for eXJmple according to buddh ism the Cduse for old age and death is birth dnd the cause of birth is the desire to be born and the cause ot the desire to be born is because of the lust and the cause of lust is the assoc iation with the senses and the cause of rhe senses re mme and form

Mind or the understanding of the mind or better to say the understanding of t1 mind that the temporary tranishyto ry IS considered to be permanent and pleasant is most confuing It has never been said why the mind thinks like tlut dnd after thi nking in a positive way wh y and how it frees itself The source of mind or the propeller vI mind dnd its ifferent positive and negative tre nd s have no t been rightly traced out Mind has posit ive and negdt i e tendenshycies Thus why it goes away why the po~i t iv e is done into negative and the nega tive into posi tive has certainly a cause and Ana nda Marga has tried to fin d out that cause It say that it is becau se of the bondage ot stat ic tor e that the mind behaves in a negative way and il is because of the dom inan ce of the sentient force that the same mind tart beh av ing in a positive way Hence the ultimate CJu~e is the force hut torce can Is nl) he aid to be the ult imate cau se b cause lorce is blind It operates only by the cosmic consc iousness Hence the ul timate do r i~ the c0~m ic

consciousness or Al mighty God I has been ai arlie r that the whole o~mos is the psych ie pro jection 0 1 God Hence the real d er is Gud and It i He lone in the whole worlJ who halt projected Himse lf Th pro jector and the projec tio n ~r~ no~ two The sufferer and the giver of sufter ing are only one rherefore in tune with the Upanisads Ananda Marga says that in t his universe there is nothing but God

The Gita also says the same thing stating thin in this world there is only truth and no scope for untr tJ th Ther( is only Krishna who is the all pervadng entity Since God is a beginningless middleless and endless indivisible entity therefore thel-e cannot be anything else in thi~ universe except God If it is not so then the infinity of God does not ~et justified Hence there i only one entity Th e third noble truth says that there is a way to be free from suffering It is true th ere is a way and the modern mind of today requires a most scientific method tackli ng mind physical body and soul Lord Buddha realized the truth and gave a path which is known as the eightfold pa th Thi eight fo ld path fr om a deep analy is loo ks to be some method give n for the sake of mental th ught but the good nvble high thoughts alld to m ve on the path of righteo usshyness humanity Iequires a meth od which dcal~ with the P )lsic11 body wi th the glands and nerves in it The physical body has its bearing on the mind hence some method of the purity of the physical body is un voidable

oth erVl ~ tlie generai people fee l difficulty by the defects of the physical body to establish themselves in righ teo usshyness Hence some asanas (yogic exercise) pra nayama etc are al so needed Modern minds requi re a sc ientific process which should be for all the hum an bei ngs and which everybody can prac tise eas ily and co nven iently an d experishyence th result gotten by th e practical prac tices

Ananda Marga is not a religion it i not a sect bu t a most

practical physio-psycho-spir itual practice given to the ent ire unierse tor It bene tmiddotit He re a comparative stu dy has been short ly given not wi th the vi ew to cri trcise but with a view t p re~ent to the people a logical thing to understand and to com to a conclus ion Anand 1 Marga un like buddh ism Il as give n express ion al mmt to everythi ng About God bout world abou t mind bout man about human beingL

everything has been given Not only thi s but some opinion about other field s of society have also been given It has not only touched the spi ri tual aspect of life but has also given ib opinion on social econo mic and political spheres The human personality can never be separated from social nd economic life hence eve ry individual being a part and parcel of the human soci ety has to contribut) its most for it proper development People have been blaming spiritushyality so far because spirituali ts neglected this material world call ing it to be an illusion and full of miser ies Ananda Marga says that even if a man goes to a cave he req uires some society to provide him with the bare nece~ itie of life which can only be had from the material world by the socalled matertali sts in the language of the socalled spiritualists

The methods of Buddhism are more a part of kno wshyledge They do not Include devotion because th ere is no conception of God But in the absence of devotion the pa th becomes I nger because the devotee who surrenders to the Lord completely is able to get established quickly in the Supreme Beautitude

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ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

in

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fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

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the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

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Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

The Little Peoples Seminar (LPS) was the most successshyful we can remem ber No t only did the little peopl e en joy themselves (and learn) bu t the big people involved also grew significantly We re at the point of real izing that Ananda Marga retreats (as well as all of Ananda Marga) are not just fo r adults wi th child care provided but are indeed for everyone

Cause amp Cllre of Disease A( 5hivananda Avt

Disruption in the norma l a(tiv it ies of physical and mental bodies is called disease Normal life is peaceful pleasureful and happy When physical or mental obst ruc shylion dis turbs this peace please and hap piness it is disease Wh en the whole or part of if body is affected it is ca ll ed physical disease and when the mind is atfected by physical cause or psychic cause it is called mental di~ease Disease obstructs the proper functioning of physical and mental bodies and causes pain and suffer ing Hence it is necessary to remove disease

The disease of physical body arc called acu te or chronic The disease that comes fo r a short period of ti me such as ~unny nose cough or fever due tomiddot cold are acute When disease persists for months or yea rs it is call ed chronic disease ie high blood pressure piles asth ma etc

A ch ronic disease that remains for years or li femiddotl ong gives trouble and suffering and trouble day and night Th e fi rs t and foremost treatment of such a chronic di sease is to divert the mind from thinking about it Wh en the mind is diverted from thinking about the di~ease the mental and physical energies that were wasted in thi nk ing about and giving scope to the development of the disease will be saved and utilised in curing the disease When the mind is withdrawn from thinki ng abou t th e disease the self-healing process starts

In either physical or mental disease both physical and mental bodies are to be treated Physicians of differen t systems of medicine treat disease in differen t ways some use medicinesmiddot-if one fails then they try lnother some prescribe diets and exercises etc And psychia trists have their own techniques too The di fferent systems of medi shycine treat only partially in their own way A complete treatment is not given and the patient suffers

The disease is sutfer ing caused by bad actions done in previous and present lives Pai n caused to others and not fo ll owing the rul es of nature are the causes of disease These accumu lated reac tions o f bad ac tions are ca lled sam skora The trea tment of disease will have to give and take in this u nders tanding But all the phYSicians of allo pathy homeopathy ayurveda un anani naturo pathy p~y ch i atry etc Me handicapped in their trea tment of chronic d isease

A person who understood the helpl essness of worldy ph ysicia n and was lucky enough to know the perfec t phyltician ~a id Yam Gurum sharon am bha vavaidyam Meani ng This universe is the col~ec tio n of diseases

hysical and me ntal hence I surrender to the lotus feet of Guru who is th e perfect physic ian for all worldly diseases The Sadgu ru is all -knowing so He knows the trea tment of each individ ual Jccording to the samskara with HIS almighty power and all pervading capacity

So by the grace of Gurudeva I was saying that diversion of mi nd From the disease is one 0 the most important poi nts If a psychiatrist trea ts a disease he may say please tr to keep your mi nd away fro m thinking about the disease Th is is the most harmful method because when you sa tha t the pat ient starts thinking about the disease more and more Bu t the Sadguru does not speak of the disease His method is more positive he doesnt even say that He has begun treatment His treatmen t has two sides 1) physico-psych omiddot piri tual and 2) His direct grace in healing the disease- rnost important when He Himself takes

the disease of the disciple and suffers to make the disciple free

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The psycho-spiritual me thod is a sc ien ti fic manner in the prescription of medication where the unit mind expands to Cosmic mi nd The mind rises above and leaves the low level of physi co-psychic disease it gets no chance to think about the disease and preven t heal ing Also through meditati on in a short span of time physical men tal and spiritual energies are created th e supply of these usuall y unavai lable physico-psycho-sp iritual energies to the hu m n body cures the disease The mind becomes stronger and stronger to sustain th bl ows of the diseases When the mind rema ins J tt ached to consciousness or merges int conscious ness it does no t feel the su ffer in g fr m disease Finally the samskara exhausts fro m med itation and the pe rils of di sease is decreased

The prescrip tion f senti ent food asanas and pranashyvarna are other physico-psychic cura tive healing methods Other Jos and donts are nothing but curative and prevcn live measures prescribed by the Guru lo heal the disease By asana practise nerves are toned up and repaired nd the homornes are secreted which serve the purpose f

med ici nes- they are natural medicines for the body and mind Asanas help in cu ring almost all the diseases Where fo d and med icine f ii to supply energy for healing the body pranayama supplies extra psycho-physical energy from the atmosphere and cosmic sources By other medItashytion methods the Guru supplies physico-psycho-spiritual energy and hormones which work as natural medicines espeCially the nccteria l horm ne secreted by the pineal gl nd in deep meditation So medicines can compare with these hormones The prescription of herbs by those with intu iti ve eye~ are a grace for the poor and rich alike

Al ong with the meditational aspects Gu ru gives many meth ods in psycho-physical level s to engage the mind and divert it from the disease He doesnt say D ivert you r mind but he will say to do monthly so much spiritual service to so many nu mbers of people etc Let us stud y thi s method When one tal ks aboLl t spi ri tuali ty mi nd is autoshymati cally diverted from thin ki ng about the disease SecondshyIy the mi nd re mai ns in a higher level-thinking mi nd is connected with cosmic mind When tal king of spiritual sub jects one gets cosmic grace and cosmic energy and the opportunity to be healed and cured The samskara is also exhausted While tal king food is easily diges ted and without medicine the digesti ve system is corrected You give rich f od to a pati en t who cant usuall y digest it and then engage in a spi ritual tal k for a prolonged time and he will fi nd the food is eas ily diges ted How can one understand His kind gra e When one takes in itiation mind gets more and more concentration and with more and more concentration more and more psycho-spi ri tual enershygies and capab ility to wi thstand the suffering of disease The samskara is exhausted Psycho-spiritual energies heal physico-piychic diseases

He (Guru) will s Publish magazi ne and distri bute them do rel ief work and submit report (Not only hat but he will be ser ious about submission of report) Why Thergt are such mi nds that even lfrer ge tti ng heavy loads o f work are not ful ly diverted by creati ng fear complex in them he tr ies to divert the min d But there are such minds which are still not fully diverted the n he creales odd si tuations and the mind gets diverted and disease healed in that gap when the mind isnt thinking abou t the disease Hence we will see that th ose who shou ld have died due to certain serious isease either are cured of the disease or re main alive for years longer than expected en joying psycho-spi ri tual life for long years

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Jagat PnaRMh M Red Baba 76 iheJte anything et6e tlw-t the Amvu

y~5 this IOU should ttll thtm This is my

Why we do thi ngs is because we are My thoughts in metamorphosis

Thing change dnd reappear i am now

I sit in half lotus preparing I ts time to go home

Stiff legs and sore knees Bring me closer to Him

Struggle on

Bathing in the light Warm omn iscient sooth ing My love for thee i~ as endless as you Speeding back to your allness I want only thee

The sound current rushes through me Like a wave gliding on the shore

Leaves rustle and God manifests Himse lf

Tapeshvar

Baba ct-U O -6 cud

T~ll e~trlJn4t that 1 T~llt~tr~cncent in A~i~a t

MaJtgLiA fgthouid know upecJai1y

hmiddot world eXllaquots mlUh of th~m ~nun~f

Almost from the beginning of joining Ananda Marga I had the desire to realise God In the course of ti me fi rs t of all I was posted in Mysore After that I came to Patna Then I was posted in Ananda Nagar There I was going on Th ings were o kay but still I was feeling th at I must realise God So I decided that wi thin myself that I must atta in liberati on and fo r this reason I was ready to mee t my resu lt With th is resolution I started doin g meditation 12 13 14 hours daily Just as I was going out for a few minutes com ing to my ~oom in An nda Nagar I felt a vibrat ion fu ll of bl iss

All of a sudden one day after I passed like this for a week or so while I was doing Dh yana I fou nd that every th ing was futi le My spiri tual power and all my psychic and physical energy was completel y gone I lost very thi ng I was remembering everything I was rememmiddot

bering every rel ation I was remember each and everything but nothing was happening Whenever I was standing my le gs were tremb ling I was not able to move This I know as a certa inty that Baba has done this I knew that Baba does not wan t this So there is a code word which Kapalikas kno w With the code I mentally called Baba And I told hi m and surrendered t him and every thi ng whi ch I had previously was restored From that t ime on wards I began to feel and say to the Margiis that it is not the Sadhana it is not the practises i person does it is-theGuru who does the things If the Guru does not do this th ings will not happert Whatever sadhana a person does whateve r practises she does whatever thin gs are there wi thout the grace of the ~ru no th ing wi ll happen It is the Grace of the Guru then Sadhana Sadhana is futi le if Guru s Grace is no t there There I was convi nced practically that it is not the Sadhan~ shywhich does the th ing It is the Guru an d Gu ru alone who does th e thing

themmiddot very much Alt Chidghnnd Art

love i6 alway$ with tIum1

BUDDHlfM G BUff continued rom last issuemiddot

After enlightenment Buddha gave a philosophy which is known as Buddhism The whole of Buddhism is based on four noble tru ths 1 There is suffering 2 There is a cause of suffer ing 3 Th ere can be cessat io n of sufferi ng 4 There is a way for the cessation of sufferillg

Let usmiddotanalyse the first noble tr uth and compare it with the conception of Ananda MMga abou t it Accordill (J to Buddha there is suffe ring and suffering in thi s wor ld ri ht fom birth to death Even the happi ness is no t free from suffering There is su ffering and happ in 55 really there is 110

happiness in this worl d According to Ananda Marga u nh ap piness or suffering is

no thi ng but the recep tion of unfavourable viblmiddota tions The favourable vibration is happiness A sickly person lying on a bed with p in and weakn ss of body does not feel pleased to hear a sweet song or to see the beau tifu l scene because he is not in a congenia l condit io n to enjoy bu t when the same man become heal thy he can enjoy the favo urabl e vibrat ion So the favourab le vibration for p l ~asing a person can be so when fi rst the receiver IS in a healthy condition Accordi ng to Ananda Marga everythi ng in this universe is the ex pression of ideology Everythi ng pain or pleasure is nothin g but the expression of c()nsc iousn e~s under the b ndage of force or Prakrti 5uf ering i abo the expression of consciousness but the consciousn ss is unde r the bondage of Prakr ti Ananda Marga has analy ed deeply what is suffe ri ng why suffe ring has gone why one suffers and who has C)u ed the suffering ann to whom It ha~ heen sa id that as per Ananda Marga con~iou n S~ ha~ expre sed itself right fro m th e existence of mind to the ol id structu re Ther is nowh ere wiler t rcc or Prakni doe~ nN exist Ananda Marmiddotga sayS mi nd is the cnioyer mind is the su J erer Hence the cause of uf ering is fi rst of II the bondage of mind unde r Prak rt i secon dly the ignorance uf

the middotmi nd about the ul tima te doer a t th ings herefo re Al1anda Marga says that to ge t rid of the socalled uffering three things are needed deni I of doe r- sh ip givi ng up the desire for the fruits of the act io ns and offerrng everything at the wish o f the almighty Lord If a perso n is abl [ 0

foLlow the above three things totall y he wil l neve r h ve suffering

Next Ananda Marga ht made a clear distincti on between body mind and soul Buddha does not acce pt the soul because he says it is unseen and secondly it cannot be experimented_ Hence he does not accept this Therefore buddh ism is known as Anatmavada that is that wh ieh does not believe in atman

Ananda Marga says that there is atman there is paramatm an and there are di fferent parts of mind wh ich experience pa in and pleasu re but onl y one parl of the mi nd wh ich is known as doer-mind or ego has the experience of pain Theref re it is said in Ananda Su tram Aham karta pratyaksaphalabhokta - that is the ego is rea lly the mas ter or doer of acts el rd it is the di rect en ioyer of the wme uence of th act ions The next part of mind is Citra which is the object ive mind that par t of the mind which becomes the o bjecL Th is CiLt d is al so known as done I About th is it i ~ said in Anan da Sutram Karmaphalam cittam - tha t is Cit ta or done I is no thi ng bu t the result () f the ac ti on It beco mes the object and the doer I eurocciv s it and the pure I Wh ich is known as Mahatattva

remains passive ly associated wi th the doer- So mind is the comb ination of pure I doer I and done I dnd the doe r-I alone is the en joyer of the conseque nce because it is the doe r i t does the refore it is the en joyer The soul si mply r ~main - as a witness of til t he activit iei of min d It is a witnessing entity wh ich neither ha~ the experie nce nf pain nd pleasure nor is it the doe r The doersh q) is no t there

Why 7 Because the force has not been able to uudify it an d make it into done-I QgtF doer-lor the pure I So we see th at ~lI1tcrmiddotmg is mainly due tothe unit doershi p Ananda Marga sa~s that there is also a cosmic mind wh ich has all the three parts pure I doer-I and done-I but the difference between unit mind and cosm ic minu I) that th un it mi nd because of its lim itJtions cannot create any actuali ty like ether ailmiddot luminous liquid dnd sol id It bri ngs about onl y sam chemical nd mechanical changes by hlending the ob jects mJde original ly b the cosmic mi nd So th e cosmic mind has unl imited power wher-e the un it mnd h s very meag-e power -1 he co~ mic min d because it is unl imited has neither nerves nor brain li k~ the unit milld beca u ~e the cosmic mi nd does not have a physical bod Everything is [he psychic projection of the cos mic mind and ~ince it is the pych ic imagina tion of the macrocosm for it is not real as it is for the uni t Suffe rrng is lhere bCCduse the mind is under the li mitat ion of the bondage of Prakni He nce all is uffering is no t so ccord ing 0 An J nda Ma rg he vi sion

of suffering m the yorld of buddhism is mainly due to the fact that -lne- (Itpervading eternal entity is denied and body and mmd are taken ma in ly into consideration

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The second noble truth of buddh ism is that there is a cause of suffering Ananda Marga al so agrees with the fact that there is a cause for any dfe t and the cause of suffering is the existence of mind mainly because wherever there is mind it wiil think something and the senses wil l be directed to do something and if favourab le vibr ti ons are received it wi ll create happiness dnd if it is an unfavourable vibration it will create unhappiness The twelve chains of suffering given in buddhism have been mixed up in a most confusing way as for eXJmple according to buddh ism the Cduse for old age and death is birth dnd the cause of birth is the desire to be born and the cause ot the desire to be born is because of the lust and the cause of lust is the assoc iation with the senses and the cause of rhe senses re mme and form

Mind or the understanding of the mind or better to say the understanding of t1 mind that the temporary tranishyto ry IS considered to be permanent and pleasant is most confuing It has never been said why the mind thinks like tlut dnd after thi nking in a positive way wh y and how it frees itself The source of mind or the propeller vI mind dnd its ifferent positive and negative tre nd s have no t been rightly traced out Mind has posit ive and negdt i e tendenshycies Thus why it goes away why the po~i t iv e is done into negative and the nega tive into posi tive has certainly a cause and Ana nda Marga has tried to fin d out that cause It say that it is becau se of the bondage ot stat ic tor e that the mind behaves in a negative way and il is because of the dom inan ce of the sentient force that the same mind tart beh av ing in a positive way Hence the ultimate CJu~e is the force hut torce can Is nl) he aid to be the ult imate cau se b cause lorce is blind It operates only by the cosmic consc iousness Hence the ul timate do r i~ the c0~m ic

consciousness or Al mighty God I has been ai arlie r that the whole o~mos is the psych ie pro jection 0 1 God Hence the real d er is Gud and It i He lone in the whole worlJ who halt projected Himse lf Th pro jector and the projec tio n ~r~ no~ two The sufferer and the giver of sufter ing are only one rherefore in tune with the Upanisads Ananda Marga says that in t his universe there is nothing but God

The Gita also says the same thing stating thin in this world there is only truth and no scope for untr tJ th Ther( is only Krishna who is the all pervadng entity Since God is a beginningless middleless and endless indivisible entity therefore thel-e cannot be anything else in thi~ universe except God If it is not so then the infinity of God does not ~et justified Hence there i only one entity Th e third noble truth says that there is a way to be free from suffering It is true th ere is a way and the modern mind of today requires a most scientific method tackli ng mind physical body and soul Lord Buddha realized the truth and gave a path which is known as the eightfold pa th Thi eight fo ld path fr om a deep analy is loo ks to be some method give n for the sake of mental th ught but the good nvble high thoughts alld to m ve on the path of righteo usshyness humanity Iequires a meth od which dcal~ with the P )lsic11 body wi th the glands and nerves in it The physical body has its bearing on the mind hence some method of the purity of the physical body is un voidable

oth erVl ~ tlie generai people fee l difficulty by the defects of the physical body to establish themselves in righ teo usshyness Hence some asanas (yogic exercise) pra nayama etc are al so needed Modern minds requi re a sc ientific process which should be for all the hum an bei ngs and which everybody can prac tise eas ily and co nven iently an d experishyence th result gotten by th e practical prac tices

Ananda Marga is not a religion it i not a sect bu t a most

practical physio-psycho-spir itual practice given to the ent ire unierse tor It bene tmiddotit He re a comparative stu dy has been short ly given not wi th the vi ew to cri trcise but with a view t p re~ent to the people a logical thing to understand and to com to a conclus ion Anand 1 Marga un like buddh ism Il as give n express ion al mmt to everythi ng About God bout world abou t mind bout man about human beingL

everything has been given Not only thi s but some opinion about other field s of society have also been given It has not only touched the spi ri tual aspect of life but has also given ib opinion on social econo mic and political spheres The human personality can never be separated from social nd economic life hence eve ry individual being a part and parcel of the human soci ety has to contribut) its most for it proper development People have been blaming spiritushyality so far because spirituali ts neglected this material world call ing it to be an illusion and full of miser ies Ananda Marga says that even if a man goes to a cave he req uires some society to provide him with the bare nece~ itie of life which can only be had from the material world by the socalled matertali sts in the language of the socalled spiritualists

The methods of Buddhism are more a part of kno wshyledge They do not Include devotion because th ere is no conception of God But in the absence of devotion the pa th becomes I nger because the devotee who surrenders to the Lord completely is able to get established quickly in the Supreme Beautitude

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ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

in

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fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

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the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

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Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

Cause amp Cllre of Disease A( 5hivananda Avt

Disruption in the norma l a(tiv it ies of physical and mental bodies is called disease Normal life is peaceful pleasureful and happy When physical or mental obst ruc shylion dis turbs this peace please and hap piness it is disease Wh en the whole or part of if body is affected it is ca ll ed physical disease and when the mind is atfected by physical cause or psychic cause it is called mental di~ease Disease obstructs the proper functioning of physical and mental bodies and causes pain and suffer ing Hence it is necessary to remove disease

The disease of physical body arc called acu te or chronic The disease that comes fo r a short period of ti me such as ~unny nose cough or fever due tomiddot cold are acute When disease persists for months or yea rs it is call ed chronic disease ie high blood pressure piles asth ma etc

A ch ronic disease that remains for years or li femiddotl ong gives trouble and suffering and trouble day and night Th e fi rs t and foremost treatment of such a chronic di sease is to divert the mind from thinking about it Wh en the mind is diverted from thinking about the di~ease the mental and physical energies that were wasted in thi nk ing about and giving scope to the development of the disease will be saved and utilised in curing the disease When the mind is withdrawn from thinki ng abou t th e disease the self-healing process starts

In either physical or mental disease both physical and mental bodies are to be treated Physicians of differen t systems of medicine treat disease in differen t ways some use medicinesmiddot-if one fails then they try lnother some prescribe diets and exercises etc And psychia trists have their own techniques too The di fferent systems of medi shycine treat only partially in their own way A complete treatment is not given and the patient suffers

The disease is sutfer ing caused by bad actions done in previous and present lives Pai n caused to others and not fo ll owing the rul es of nature are the causes of disease These accumu lated reac tions o f bad ac tions are ca lled sam skora The trea tment of disease will have to give and take in this u nders tanding But all the phYSicians of allo pathy homeopathy ayurveda un anani naturo pathy p~y ch i atry etc Me handicapped in their trea tment of chronic d isease

A person who understood the helpl essness of worldy ph ysicia n and was lucky enough to know the perfec t phyltician ~a id Yam Gurum sharon am bha vavaidyam Meani ng This universe is the col~ec tio n of diseases

hysical and me ntal hence I surrender to the lotus feet of Guru who is th e perfect physic ian for all worldly diseases The Sadgu ru is all -knowing so He knows the trea tment of each individ ual Jccording to the samskara with HIS almighty power and all pervading capacity

So by the grace of Gurudeva I was saying that diversion of mi nd From the disease is one 0 the most important poi nts If a psychiatrist trea ts a disease he may say please tr to keep your mi nd away fro m thinking about the disease Th is is the most harmful method because when you sa tha t the pat ient starts thinking about the disease more and more Bu t the Sadguru does not speak of the disease His method is more positive he doesnt even say that He has begun treatment His treatmen t has two sides 1) physico-psych omiddot piri tual and 2) His direct grace in healing the disease- rnost important when He Himself takes

the disease of the disciple and suffers to make the disciple free

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The psycho-spiritual me thod is a sc ien ti fic manner in the prescription of medication where the unit mind expands to Cosmic mi nd The mind rises above and leaves the low level of physi co-psychic disease it gets no chance to think about the disease and preven t heal ing Also through meditati on in a short span of time physical men tal and spiritual energies are created th e supply of these usuall y unavai lable physico-psycho-sp iritual energies to the hu m n body cures the disease The mind becomes stronger and stronger to sustain th bl ows of the diseases When the mind rema ins J tt ached to consciousness or merges int conscious ness it does no t feel the su ffer in g fr m disease Finally the samskara exhausts fro m med itation and the pe rils of di sease is decreased

The prescrip tion f senti ent food asanas and pranashyvarna are other physico-psychic cura tive healing methods Other Jos and donts are nothing but curative and prevcn live measures prescribed by the Guru lo heal the disease By asana practise nerves are toned up and repaired nd the homornes are secreted which serve the purpose f

med ici nes- they are natural medicines for the body and mind Asanas help in cu ring almost all the diseases Where fo d and med icine f ii to supply energy for healing the body pranayama supplies extra psycho-physical energy from the atmosphere and cosmic sources By other medItashytion methods the Guru supplies physico-psycho-spiritual energy and hormones which work as natural medicines espeCially the nccteria l horm ne secreted by the pineal gl nd in deep meditation So medicines can compare with these hormones The prescription of herbs by those with intu iti ve eye~ are a grace for the poor and rich alike

Al ong with the meditational aspects Gu ru gives many meth ods in psycho-physical level s to engage the mind and divert it from the disease He doesnt say D ivert you r mind but he will say to do monthly so much spiritual service to so many nu mbers of people etc Let us stud y thi s method When one tal ks aboLl t spi ri tuali ty mi nd is autoshymati cally diverted from thin ki ng about the disease SecondshyIy the mi nd re mai ns in a higher level-thinking mi nd is connected with cosmic mind When tal king of spiritual sub jects one gets cosmic grace and cosmic energy and the opportunity to be healed and cured The samskara is also exhausted While tal king food is easily diges ted and without medicine the digesti ve system is corrected You give rich f od to a pati en t who cant usuall y digest it and then engage in a spi ritual tal k for a prolonged time and he will fi nd the food is eas ily diges ted How can one understand His kind gra e When one takes in itiation mind gets more and more concentration and with more and more concentration more and more psycho-spi ri tual enershygies and capab ility to wi thstand the suffering of disease The samskara is exhausted Psycho-spiritual energies heal physico-piychic diseases

He (Guru) will s Publish magazi ne and distri bute them do rel ief work and submit report (Not only hat but he will be ser ious about submission of report) Why Thergt are such mi nds that even lfrer ge tti ng heavy loads o f work are not ful ly diverted by creati ng fear complex in them he tr ies to divert the min d But there are such minds which are still not fully diverted the n he creales odd si tuations and the mind gets diverted and disease healed in that gap when the mind isnt thinking abou t the disease Hence we will see that th ose who shou ld have died due to certain serious isease either are cured of the disease or re main alive for years longer than expected en joying psycho-spi ri tual life for long years

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Jagat PnaRMh M Red Baba 76 iheJte anything et6e tlw-t the Amvu

y~5 this IOU should ttll thtm This is my

Why we do thi ngs is because we are My thoughts in metamorphosis

Thing change dnd reappear i am now

I sit in half lotus preparing I ts time to go home

Stiff legs and sore knees Bring me closer to Him

Struggle on

Bathing in the light Warm omn iscient sooth ing My love for thee i~ as endless as you Speeding back to your allness I want only thee

The sound current rushes through me Like a wave gliding on the shore

Leaves rustle and God manifests Himse lf

Tapeshvar

Baba ct-U O -6 cud

T~ll e~trlJn4t that 1 T~llt~tr~cncent in A~i~a t

MaJtgLiA fgthouid know upecJai1y

hmiddot world eXllaquots mlUh of th~m ~nun~f

Almost from the beginning of joining Ananda Marga I had the desire to realise God In the course of ti me fi rs t of all I was posted in Mysore After that I came to Patna Then I was posted in Ananda Nagar There I was going on Th ings were o kay but still I was feeling th at I must realise God So I decided that wi thin myself that I must atta in liberati on and fo r this reason I was ready to mee t my resu lt With th is resolution I started doin g meditation 12 13 14 hours daily Just as I was going out for a few minutes com ing to my ~oom in An nda Nagar I felt a vibrat ion fu ll of bl iss

All of a sudden one day after I passed like this for a week or so while I was doing Dh yana I fou nd that every th ing was futi le My spiri tual power and all my psychic and physical energy was completel y gone I lost very thi ng I was remembering everything I was rememmiddot

bering every rel ation I was remember each and everything but nothing was happening Whenever I was standing my le gs were tremb ling I was not able to move This I know as a certa inty that Baba has done this I knew that Baba does not wan t this So there is a code word which Kapalikas kno w With the code I mentally called Baba And I told hi m and surrendered t him and every thi ng whi ch I had previously was restored From that t ime on wards I began to feel and say to the Margiis that it is not the Sadhana it is not the practises i person does it is-theGuru who does the things If the Guru does not do this th ings will not happert Whatever sadhana a person does whateve r practises she does whatever thin gs are there wi thout the grace of the ~ru no th ing wi ll happen It is the Grace of the Guru then Sadhana Sadhana is futi le if Guru s Grace is no t there There I was convi nced practically that it is not the Sadhan~ shywhich does the th ing It is the Guru an d Gu ru alone who does th e thing

themmiddot very much Alt Chidghnnd Art

love i6 alway$ with tIum1

BUDDHlfM G BUff continued rom last issuemiddot

After enlightenment Buddha gave a philosophy which is known as Buddhism The whole of Buddhism is based on four noble tru ths 1 There is suffering 2 There is a cause of suffer ing 3 Th ere can be cessat io n of sufferi ng 4 There is a way for the cessation of sufferillg

Let usmiddotanalyse the first noble tr uth and compare it with the conception of Ananda MMga abou t it Accordill (J to Buddha there is suffe ring and suffering in thi s wor ld ri ht fom birth to death Even the happi ness is no t free from suffering There is su ffering and happ in 55 really there is 110

happiness in this worl d According to Ananda Marga u nh ap piness or suffering is

no thi ng but the recep tion of unfavourable viblmiddota tions The favourable vibration is happiness A sickly person lying on a bed with p in and weakn ss of body does not feel pleased to hear a sweet song or to see the beau tifu l scene because he is not in a congenia l condit io n to enjoy bu t when the same man become heal thy he can enjoy the favo urabl e vibrat ion So the favourab le vibration for p l ~asing a person can be so when fi rst the receiver IS in a healthy condition Accordi ng to Ananda Marga everythi ng in this universe is the ex pression of ideology Everythi ng pain or pleasure is nothin g but the expression of c()nsc iousn e~s under the b ndage of force or Prakrti 5uf ering i abo the expression of consciousness but the consciousn ss is unde r the bondage of Prakr ti Ananda Marga has analy ed deeply what is suffe ri ng why suffe ring has gone why one suffers and who has C)u ed the suffering ann to whom It ha~ heen sa id that as per Ananda Marga con~iou n S~ ha~ expre sed itself right fro m th e existence of mind to the ol id structu re Ther is nowh ere wiler t rcc or Prakni doe~ nN exist Ananda Marmiddotga sayS mi nd is the cnioyer mind is the su J erer Hence the cause of uf ering is fi rst of II the bondage of mind unde r Prak rt i secon dly the ignorance uf

the middotmi nd about the ul tima te doer a t th ings herefo re Al1anda Marga says that to ge t rid of the socalled uffering three things are needed deni I of doe r- sh ip givi ng up the desire for the fruits of the act io ns and offerrng everything at the wish o f the almighty Lord If a perso n is abl [ 0

foLlow the above three things totall y he wil l neve r h ve suffering

Next Ananda Marga ht made a clear distincti on between body mind and soul Buddha does not acce pt the soul because he says it is unseen and secondly it cannot be experimented_ Hence he does not accept this Therefore buddh ism is known as Anatmavada that is that wh ieh does not believe in atman

Ananda Marga says that there is atman there is paramatm an and there are di fferent parts of mind wh ich experience pa in and pleasu re but onl y one parl of the mi nd wh ich is known as doer-mind or ego has the experience of pain Theref re it is said in Ananda Su tram Aham karta pratyaksaphalabhokta - that is the ego is rea lly the mas ter or doer of acts el rd it is the di rect en ioyer of the wme uence of th act ions The next part of mind is Citra which is the object ive mind that par t of the mind which becomes the o bjecL Th is CiLt d is al so known as done I About th is it i ~ said in Anan da Sutram Karmaphalam cittam - tha t is Cit ta or done I is no thi ng bu t the result () f the ac ti on It beco mes the object and the doer I eurocciv s it and the pure I Wh ich is known as Mahatattva

remains passive ly associated wi th the doer- So mind is the comb ination of pure I doer I and done I dnd the doe r-I alone is the en joyer of the conseque nce because it is the doe r i t does the refore it is the en joyer The soul si mply r ~main - as a witness of til t he activit iei of min d It is a witnessing entity wh ich neither ha~ the experie nce nf pain nd pleasure nor is it the doe r The doersh q) is no t there

Why 7 Because the force has not been able to uudify it an d make it into done-I QgtF doer-lor the pure I So we see th at ~lI1tcrmiddotmg is mainly due tothe unit doershi p Ananda Marga sa~s that there is also a cosmic mind wh ich has all the three parts pure I doer-I and done-I but the difference between unit mind and cosm ic minu I) that th un it mi nd because of its lim itJtions cannot create any actuali ty like ether ailmiddot luminous liquid dnd sol id It bri ngs about onl y sam chemical nd mechanical changes by hlending the ob jects mJde original ly b the cosmic mi nd So th e cosmic mind has unl imited power wher-e the un it mnd h s very meag-e power -1 he co~ mic min d because it is unl imited has neither nerves nor brain li k~ the unit milld beca u ~e the cosmic mi nd does not have a physical bod Everything is [he psychic projection of the cos mic mind and ~ince it is the pych ic imagina tion of the macrocosm for it is not real as it is for the uni t Suffe rrng is lhere bCCduse the mind is under the li mitat ion of the bondage of Prakni He nce all is uffering is no t so ccord ing 0 An J nda Ma rg he vi sion

of suffering m the yorld of buddhism is mainly due to the fact that -lne- (Itpervading eternal entity is denied and body and mmd are taken ma in ly into consideration

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The second noble truth of buddh ism is that there is a cause of suffering Ananda Marga al so agrees with the fact that there is a cause for any dfe t and the cause of suffering is the existence of mind mainly because wherever there is mind it wiil think something and the senses wil l be directed to do something and if favourab le vibr ti ons are received it wi ll create happiness dnd if it is an unfavourable vibration it will create unhappiness The twelve chains of suffering given in buddhism have been mixed up in a most confusing way as for eXJmple according to buddh ism the Cduse for old age and death is birth dnd the cause of birth is the desire to be born and the cause ot the desire to be born is because of the lust and the cause of lust is the assoc iation with the senses and the cause of rhe senses re mme and form

Mind or the understanding of the mind or better to say the understanding of t1 mind that the temporary tranishyto ry IS considered to be permanent and pleasant is most confuing It has never been said why the mind thinks like tlut dnd after thi nking in a positive way wh y and how it frees itself The source of mind or the propeller vI mind dnd its ifferent positive and negative tre nd s have no t been rightly traced out Mind has posit ive and negdt i e tendenshycies Thus why it goes away why the po~i t iv e is done into negative and the nega tive into posi tive has certainly a cause and Ana nda Marga has tried to fin d out that cause It say that it is becau se of the bondage ot stat ic tor e that the mind behaves in a negative way and il is because of the dom inan ce of the sentient force that the same mind tart beh av ing in a positive way Hence the ultimate CJu~e is the force hut torce can Is nl) he aid to be the ult imate cau se b cause lorce is blind It operates only by the cosmic consc iousness Hence the ul timate do r i~ the c0~m ic

consciousness or Al mighty God I has been ai arlie r that the whole o~mos is the psych ie pro jection 0 1 God Hence the real d er is Gud and It i He lone in the whole worlJ who halt projected Himse lf Th pro jector and the projec tio n ~r~ no~ two The sufferer and the giver of sufter ing are only one rherefore in tune with the Upanisads Ananda Marga says that in t his universe there is nothing but God

The Gita also says the same thing stating thin in this world there is only truth and no scope for untr tJ th Ther( is only Krishna who is the all pervadng entity Since God is a beginningless middleless and endless indivisible entity therefore thel-e cannot be anything else in thi~ universe except God If it is not so then the infinity of God does not ~et justified Hence there i only one entity Th e third noble truth says that there is a way to be free from suffering It is true th ere is a way and the modern mind of today requires a most scientific method tackli ng mind physical body and soul Lord Buddha realized the truth and gave a path which is known as the eightfold pa th Thi eight fo ld path fr om a deep analy is loo ks to be some method give n for the sake of mental th ught but the good nvble high thoughts alld to m ve on the path of righteo usshyness humanity Iequires a meth od which dcal~ with the P )lsic11 body wi th the glands and nerves in it The physical body has its bearing on the mind hence some method of the purity of the physical body is un voidable

oth erVl ~ tlie generai people fee l difficulty by the defects of the physical body to establish themselves in righ teo usshyness Hence some asanas (yogic exercise) pra nayama etc are al so needed Modern minds requi re a sc ientific process which should be for all the hum an bei ngs and which everybody can prac tise eas ily and co nven iently an d experishyence th result gotten by th e practical prac tices

Ananda Marga is not a religion it i not a sect bu t a most

practical physio-psycho-spir itual practice given to the ent ire unierse tor It bene tmiddotit He re a comparative stu dy has been short ly given not wi th the vi ew to cri trcise but with a view t p re~ent to the people a logical thing to understand and to com to a conclus ion Anand 1 Marga un like buddh ism Il as give n express ion al mmt to everythi ng About God bout world abou t mind bout man about human beingL

everything has been given Not only thi s but some opinion about other field s of society have also been given It has not only touched the spi ri tual aspect of life but has also given ib opinion on social econo mic and political spheres The human personality can never be separated from social nd economic life hence eve ry individual being a part and parcel of the human soci ety has to contribut) its most for it proper development People have been blaming spiritushyality so far because spirituali ts neglected this material world call ing it to be an illusion and full of miser ies Ananda Marga says that even if a man goes to a cave he req uires some society to provide him with the bare nece~ itie of life which can only be had from the material world by the socalled matertali sts in the language of the socalled spiritualists

The methods of Buddhism are more a part of kno wshyledge They do not Include devotion because th ere is no conception of God But in the absence of devotion the pa th becomes I nger because the devotee who surrenders to the Lord completely is able to get established quickly in the Supreme Beautitude

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ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

in

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fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

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the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

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Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

The psycho-spiritual me thod is a sc ien ti fic manner in the prescription of medication where the unit mind expands to Cosmic mi nd The mind rises above and leaves the low level of physi co-psychic disease it gets no chance to think about the disease and preven t heal ing Also through meditati on in a short span of time physical men tal and spiritual energies are created th e supply of these usuall y unavai lable physico-psycho-sp iritual energies to the hu m n body cures the disease The mind becomes stronger and stronger to sustain th bl ows of the diseases When the mind rema ins J tt ached to consciousness or merges int conscious ness it does no t feel the su ffer in g fr m disease Finally the samskara exhausts fro m med itation and the pe rils of di sease is decreased

The prescrip tion f senti ent food asanas and pranashyvarna are other physico-psychic cura tive healing methods Other Jos and donts are nothing but curative and prevcn live measures prescribed by the Guru lo heal the disease By asana practise nerves are toned up and repaired nd the homornes are secreted which serve the purpose f

med ici nes- they are natural medicines for the body and mind Asanas help in cu ring almost all the diseases Where fo d and med icine f ii to supply energy for healing the body pranayama supplies extra psycho-physical energy from the atmosphere and cosmic sources By other medItashytion methods the Guru supplies physico-psycho-spiritual energy and hormones which work as natural medicines espeCially the nccteria l horm ne secreted by the pineal gl nd in deep meditation So medicines can compare with these hormones The prescription of herbs by those with intu iti ve eye~ are a grace for the poor and rich alike

Al ong with the meditational aspects Gu ru gives many meth ods in psycho-physical level s to engage the mind and divert it from the disease He doesnt say D ivert you r mind but he will say to do monthly so much spiritual service to so many nu mbers of people etc Let us stud y thi s method When one tal ks aboLl t spi ri tuali ty mi nd is autoshymati cally diverted from thin ki ng about the disease SecondshyIy the mi nd re mai ns in a higher level-thinking mi nd is connected with cosmic mind When tal king of spiritual sub jects one gets cosmic grace and cosmic energy and the opportunity to be healed and cured The samskara is also exhausted While tal king food is easily diges ted and without medicine the digesti ve system is corrected You give rich f od to a pati en t who cant usuall y digest it and then engage in a spi ritual tal k for a prolonged time and he will fi nd the food is eas ily diges ted How can one understand His kind gra e When one takes in itiation mind gets more and more concentration and with more and more concentration more and more psycho-spi ri tual enershygies and capab ility to wi thstand the suffering of disease The samskara is exhausted Psycho-spiritual energies heal physico-piychic diseases

He (Guru) will s Publish magazi ne and distri bute them do rel ief work and submit report (Not only hat but he will be ser ious about submission of report) Why Thergt are such mi nds that even lfrer ge tti ng heavy loads o f work are not ful ly diverted by creati ng fear complex in them he tr ies to divert the min d But there are such minds which are still not fully diverted the n he creales odd si tuations and the mind gets diverted and disease healed in that gap when the mind isnt thinking abou t the disease Hence we will see that th ose who shou ld have died due to certain serious isease either are cured of the disease or re main alive for years longer than expected en joying psycho-spi ri tual life for long years

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Jagat PnaRMh M Red Baba 76 iheJte anything et6e tlw-t the Amvu

y~5 this IOU should ttll thtm This is my

Why we do thi ngs is because we are My thoughts in metamorphosis

Thing change dnd reappear i am now

I sit in half lotus preparing I ts time to go home

Stiff legs and sore knees Bring me closer to Him

Struggle on

Bathing in the light Warm omn iscient sooth ing My love for thee i~ as endless as you Speeding back to your allness I want only thee

The sound current rushes through me Like a wave gliding on the shore

Leaves rustle and God manifests Himse lf

Tapeshvar

Baba ct-U O -6 cud

T~ll e~trlJn4t that 1 T~llt~tr~cncent in A~i~a t

MaJtgLiA fgthouid know upecJai1y

hmiddot world eXllaquots mlUh of th~m ~nun~f

Almost from the beginning of joining Ananda Marga I had the desire to realise God In the course of ti me fi rs t of all I was posted in Mysore After that I came to Patna Then I was posted in Ananda Nagar There I was going on Th ings were o kay but still I was feeling th at I must realise God So I decided that wi thin myself that I must atta in liberati on and fo r this reason I was ready to mee t my resu lt With th is resolution I started doin g meditation 12 13 14 hours daily Just as I was going out for a few minutes com ing to my ~oom in An nda Nagar I felt a vibrat ion fu ll of bl iss

All of a sudden one day after I passed like this for a week or so while I was doing Dh yana I fou nd that every th ing was futi le My spiri tual power and all my psychic and physical energy was completel y gone I lost very thi ng I was remembering everything I was rememmiddot

bering every rel ation I was remember each and everything but nothing was happening Whenever I was standing my le gs were tremb ling I was not able to move This I know as a certa inty that Baba has done this I knew that Baba does not wan t this So there is a code word which Kapalikas kno w With the code I mentally called Baba And I told hi m and surrendered t him and every thi ng whi ch I had previously was restored From that t ime on wards I began to feel and say to the Margiis that it is not the Sadhana it is not the practises i person does it is-theGuru who does the things If the Guru does not do this th ings will not happert Whatever sadhana a person does whateve r practises she does whatever thin gs are there wi thout the grace of the ~ru no th ing wi ll happen It is the Grace of the Guru then Sadhana Sadhana is futi le if Guru s Grace is no t there There I was convi nced practically that it is not the Sadhan~ shywhich does the th ing It is the Guru an d Gu ru alone who does th e thing

themmiddot very much Alt Chidghnnd Art

love i6 alway$ with tIum1

BUDDHlfM G BUff continued rom last issuemiddot

After enlightenment Buddha gave a philosophy which is known as Buddhism The whole of Buddhism is based on four noble tru ths 1 There is suffering 2 There is a cause of suffer ing 3 Th ere can be cessat io n of sufferi ng 4 There is a way for the cessation of sufferillg

Let usmiddotanalyse the first noble tr uth and compare it with the conception of Ananda MMga abou t it Accordill (J to Buddha there is suffe ring and suffering in thi s wor ld ri ht fom birth to death Even the happi ness is no t free from suffering There is su ffering and happ in 55 really there is 110

happiness in this worl d According to Ananda Marga u nh ap piness or suffering is

no thi ng but the recep tion of unfavourable viblmiddota tions The favourable vibration is happiness A sickly person lying on a bed with p in and weakn ss of body does not feel pleased to hear a sweet song or to see the beau tifu l scene because he is not in a congenia l condit io n to enjoy bu t when the same man become heal thy he can enjoy the favo urabl e vibrat ion So the favourab le vibration for p l ~asing a person can be so when fi rst the receiver IS in a healthy condition Accordi ng to Ananda Marga everythi ng in this universe is the ex pression of ideology Everythi ng pain or pleasure is nothin g but the expression of c()nsc iousn e~s under the b ndage of force or Prakrti 5uf ering i abo the expression of consciousness but the consciousn ss is unde r the bondage of Prakr ti Ananda Marga has analy ed deeply what is suffe ri ng why suffe ring has gone why one suffers and who has C)u ed the suffering ann to whom It ha~ heen sa id that as per Ananda Marga con~iou n S~ ha~ expre sed itself right fro m th e existence of mind to the ol id structu re Ther is nowh ere wiler t rcc or Prakni doe~ nN exist Ananda Marmiddotga sayS mi nd is the cnioyer mind is the su J erer Hence the cause of uf ering is fi rst of II the bondage of mind unde r Prak rt i secon dly the ignorance uf

the middotmi nd about the ul tima te doer a t th ings herefo re Al1anda Marga says that to ge t rid of the socalled uffering three things are needed deni I of doe r- sh ip givi ng up the desire for the fruits of the act io ns and offerrng everything at the wish o f the almighty Lord If a perso n is abl [ 0

foLlow the above three things totall y he wil l neve r h ve suffering

Next Ananda Marga ht made a clear distincti on between body mind and soul Buddha does not acce pt the soul because he says it is unseen and secondly it cannot be experimented_ Hence he does not accept this Therefore buddh ism is known as Anatmavada that is that wh ieh does not believe in atman

Ananda Marga says that there is atman there is paramatm an and there are di fferent parts of mind wh ich experience pa in and pleasu re but onl y one parl of the mi nd wh ich is known as doer-mind or ego has the experience of pain Theref re it is said in Ananda Su tram Aham karta pratyaksaphalabhokta - that is the ego is rea lly the mas ter or doer of acts el rd it is the di rect en ioyer of the wme uence of th act ions The next part of mind is Citra which is the object ive mind that par t of the mind which becomes the o bjecL Th is CiLt d is al so known as done I About th is it i ~ said in Anan da Sutram Karmaphalam cittam - tha t is Cit ta or done I is no thi ng bu t the result () f the ac ti on It beco mes the object and the doer I eurocciv s it and the pure I Wh ich is known as Mahatattva

remains passive ly associated wi th the doer- So mind is the comb ination of pure I doer I and done I dnd the doe r-I alone is the en joyer of the conseque nce because it is the doe r i t does the refore it is the en joyer The soul si mply r ~main - as a witness of til t he activit iei of min d It is a witnessing entity wh ich neither ha~ the experie nce nf pain nd pleasure nor is it the doe r The doersh q) is no t there

Why 7 Because the force has not been able to uudify it an d make it into done-I QgtF doer-lor the pure I So we see th at ~lI1tcrmiddotmg is mainly due tothe unit doershi p Ananda Marga sa~s that there is also a cosmic mind wh ich has all the three parts pure I doer-I and done-I but the difference between unit mind and cosm ic minu I) that th un it mi nd because of its lim itJtions cannot create any actuali ty like ether ailmiddot luminous liquid dnd sol id It bri ngs about onl y sam chemical nd mechanical changes by hlending the ob jects mJde original ly b the cosmic mi nd So th e cosmic mind has unl imited power wher-e the un it mnd h s very meag-e power -1 he co~ mic min d because it is unl imited has neither nerves nor brain li k~ the unit milld beca u ~e the cosmic mi nd does not have a physical bod Everything is [he psychic projection of the cos mic mind and ~ince it is the pych ic imagina tion of the macrocosm for it is not real as it is for the uni t Suffe rrng is lhere bCCduse the mind is under the li mitat ion of the bondage of Prakni He nce all is uffering is no t so ccord ing 0 An J nda Ma rg he vi sion

of suffering m the yorld of buddhism is mainly due to the fact that -lne- (Itpervading eternal entity is denied and body and mmd are taken ma in ly into consideration

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The second noble truth of buddh ism is that there is a cause of suffering Ananda Marga al so agrees with the fact that there is a cause for any dfe t and the cause of suffering is the existence of mind mainly because wherever there is mind it wiil think something and the senses wil l be directed to do something and if favourab le vibr ti ons are received it wi ll create happiness dnd if it is an unfavourable vibration it will create unhappiness The twelve chains of suffering given in buddhism have been mixed up in a most confusing way as for eXJmple according to buddh ism the Cduse for old age and death is birth dnd the cause of birth is the desire to be born and the cause ot the desire to be born is because of the lust and the cause of lust is the assoc iation with the senses and the cause of rhe senses re mme and form

Mind or the understanding of the mind or better to say the understanding of t1 mind that the temporary tranishyto ry IS considered to be permanent and pleasant is most confuing It has never been said why the mind thinks like tlut dnd after thi nking in a positive way wh y and how it frees itself The source of mind or the propeller vI mind dnd its ifferent positive and negative tre nd s have no t been rightly traced out Mind has posit ive and negdt i e tendenshycies Thus why it goes away why the po~i t iv e is done into negative and the nega tive into posi tive has certainly a cause and Ana nda Marga has tried to fin d out that cause It say that it is becau se of the bondage ot stat ic tor e that the mind behaves in a negative way and il is because of the dom inan ce of the sentient force that the same mind tart beh av ing in a positive way Hence the ultimate CJu~e is the force hut torce can Is nl) he aid to be the ult imate cau se b cause lorce is blind It operates only by the cosmic consc iousness Hence the ul timate do r i~ the c0~m ic

consciousness or Al mighty God I has been ai arlie r that the whole o~mos is the psych ie pro jection 0 1 God Hence the real d er is Gud and It i He lone in the whole worlJ who halt projected Himse lf Th pro jector and the projec tio n ~r~ no~ two The sufferer and the giver of sufter ing are only one rherefore in tune with the Upanisads Ananda Marga says that in t his universe there is nothing but God

The Gita also says the same thing stating thin in this world there is only truth and no scope for untr tJ th Ther( is only Krishna who is the all pervadng entity Since God is a beginningless middleless and endless indivisible entity therefore thel-e cannot be anything else in thi~ universe except God If it is not so then the infinity of God does not ~et justified Hence there i only one entity Th e third noble truth says that there is a way to be free from suffering It is true th ere is a way and the modern mind of today requires a most scientific method tackli ng mind physical body and soul Lord Buddha realized the truth and gave a path which is known as the eightfold pa th Thi eight fo ld path fr om a deep analy is loo ks to be some method give n for the sake of mental th ught but the good nvble high thoughts alld to m ve on the path of righteo usshyness humanity Iequires a meth od which dcal~ with the P )lsic11 body wi th the glands and nerves in it The physical body has its bearing on the mind hence some method of the purity of the physical body is un voidable

oth erVl ~ tlie generai people fee l difficulty by the defects of the physical body to establish themselves in righ teo usshyness Hence some asanas (yogic exercise) pra nayama etc are al so needed Modern minds requi re a sc ientific process which should be for all the hum an bei ngs and which everybody can prac tise eas ily and co nven iently an d experishyence th result gotten by th e practical prac tices

Ananda Marga is not a religion it i not a sect bu t a most

practical physio-psycho-spir itual practice given to the ent ire unierse tor It bene tmiddotit He re a comparative stu dy has been short ly given not wi th the vi ew to cri trcise but with a view t p re~ent to the people a logical thing to understand and to com to a conclus ion Anand 1 Marga un like buddh ism Il as give n express ion al mmt to everythi ng About God bout world abou t mind bout man about human beingL

everything has been given Not only thi s but some opinion about other field s of society have also been given It has not only touched the spi ri tual aspect of life but has also given ib opinion on social econo mic and political spheres The human personality can never be separated from social nd economic life hence eve ry individual being a part and parcel of the human soci ety has to contribut) its most for it proper development People have been blaming spiritushyality so far because spirituali ts neglected this material world call ing it to be an illusion and full of miser ies Ananda Marga says that even if a man goes to a cave he req uires some society to provide him with the bare nece~ itie of life which can only be had from the material world by the socalled matertali sts in the language of the socalled spiritualists

The methods of Buddhism are more a part of kno wshyledge They do not Include devotion because th ere is no conception of God But in the absence of devotion the pa th becomes I nger because the devotee who surrenders to the Lord completely is able to get established quickly in the Supreme Beautitude

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ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

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fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

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the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

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Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

bull ~

Jagat PnaRMh M Red Baba 76 iheJte anything et6e tlw-t the Amvu

y~5 this IOU should ttll thtm This is my

Why we do thi ngs is because we are My thoughts in metamorphosis

Thing change dnd reappear i am now

I sit in half lotus preparing I ts time to go home

Stiff legs and sore knees Bring me closer to Him

Struggle on

Bathing in the light Warm omn iscient sooth ing My love for thee i~ as endless as you Speeding back to your allness I want only thee

The sound current rushes through me Like a wave gliding on the shore

Leaves rustle and God manifests Himse lf

Tapeshvar

Baba ct-U O -6 cud

T~ll e~trlJn4t that 1 T~llt~tr~cncent in A~i~a t

MaJtgLiA fgthouid know upecJai1y

hmiddot world eXllaquots mlUh of th~m ~nun~f

Almost from the beginning of joining Ananda Marga I had the desire to realise God In the course of ti me fi rs t of all I was posted in Mysore After that I came to Patna Then I was posted in Ananda Nagar There I was going on Th ings were o kay but still I was feeling th at I must realise God So I decided that wi thin myself that I must atta in liberati on and fo r this reason I was ready to mee t my resu lt With th is resolution I started doin g meditation 12 13 14 hours daily Just as I was going out for a few minutes com ing to my ~oom in An nda Nagar I felt a vibrat ion fu ll of bl iss

All of a sudden one day after I passed like this for a week or so while I was doing Dh yana I fou nd that every th ing was futi le My spiri tual power and all my psychic and physical energy was completel y gone I lost very thi ng I was remembering everything I was rememmiddot

bering every rel ation I was remember each and everything but nothing was happening Whenever I was standing my le gs were tremb ling I was not able to move This I know as a certa inty that Baba has done this I knew that Baba does not wan t this So there is a code word which Kapalikas kno w With the code I mentally called Baba And I told hi m and surrendered t him and every thi ng whi ch I had previously was restored From that t ime on wards I began to feel and say to the Margiis that it is not the Sadhana it is not the practises i person does it is-theGuru who does the things If the Guru does not do this th ings will not happert Whatever sadhana a person does whateve r practises she does whatever thin gs are there wi thout the grace of the ~ru no th ing wi ll happen It is the Grace of the Guru then Sadhana Sadhana is futi le if Guru s Grace is no t there There I was convi nced practically that it is not the Sadhan~ shywhich does the th ing It is the Guru an d Gu ru alone who does th e thing

themmiddot very much Alt Chidghnnd Art

love i6 alway$ with tIum1

BUDDHlfM G BUff continued rom last issuemiddot

After enlightenment Buddha gave a philosophy which is known as Buddhism The whole of Buddhism is based on four noble tru ths 1 There is suffering 2 There is a cause of suffer ing 3 Th ere can be cessat io n of sufferi ng 4 There is a way for the cessation of sufferillg

Let usmiddotanalyse the first noble tr uth and compare it with the conception of Ananda MMga abou t it Accordill (J to Buddha there is suffe ring and suffering in thi s wor ld ri ht fom birth to death Even the happi ness is no t free from suffering There is su ffering and happ in 55 really there is 110

happiness in this worl d According to Ananda Marga u nh ap piness or suffering is

no thi ng but the recep tion of unfavourable viblmiddota tions The favourable vibration is happiness A sickly person lying on a bed with p in and weakn ss of body does not feel pleased to hear a sweet song or to see the beau tifu l scene because he is not in a congenia l condit io n to enjoy bu t when the same man become heal thy he can enjoy the favo urabl e vibrat ion So the favourab le vibration for p l ~asing a person can be so when fi rst the receiver IS in a healthy condition Accordi ng to Ananda Marga everythi ng in this universe is the ex pression of ideology Everythi ng pain or pleasure is nothin g but the expression of c()nsc iousn e~s under the b ndage of force or Prakrti 5uf ering i abo the expression of consciousness but the consciousn ss is unde r the bondage of Prakr ti Ananda Marga has analy ed deeply what is suffe ri ng why suffe ring has gone why one suffers and who has C)u ed the suffering ann to whom It ha~ heen sa id that as per Ananda Marga con~iou n S~ ha~ expre sed itself right fro m th e existence of mind to the ol id structu re Ther is nowh ere wiler t rcc or Prakni doe~ nN exist Ananda Marmiddotga sayS mi nd is the cnioyer mind is the su J erer Hence the cause of uf ering is fi rst of II the bondage of mind unde r Prak rt i secon dly the ignorance uf

the middotmi nd about the ul tima te doer a t th ings herefo re Al1anda Marga says that to ge t rid of the socalled uffering three things are needed deni I of doe r- sh ip givi ng up the desire for the fruits of the act io ns and offerrng everything at the wish o f the almighty Lord If a perso n is abl [ 0

foLlow the above three things totall y he wil l neve r h ve suffering

Next Ananda Marga ht made a clear distincti on between body mind and soul Buddha does not acce pt the soul because he says it is unseen and secondly it cannot be experimented_ Hence he does not accept this Therefore buddh ism is known as Anatmavada that is that wh ieh does not believe in atman

Ananda Marga says that there is atman there is paramatm an and there are di fferent parts of mind wh ich experience pa in and pleasu re but onl y one parl of the mi nd wh ich is known as doer-mind or ego has the experience of pain Theref re it is said in Ananda Su tram Aham karta pratyaksaphalabhokta - that is the ego is rea lly the mas ter or doer of acts el rd it is the di rect en ioyer of the wme uence of th act ions The next part of mind is Citra which is the object ive mind that par t of the mind which becomes the o bjecL Th is CiLt d is al so known as done I About th is it i ~ said in Anan da Sutram Karmaphalam cittam - tha t is Cit ta or done I is no thi ng bu t the result () f the ac ti on It beco mes the object and the doer I eurocciv s it and the pure I Wh ich is known as Mahatattva

remains passive ly associated wi th the doer- So mind is the comb ination of pure I doer I and done I dnd the doe r-I alone is the en joyer of the conseque nce because it is the doe r i t does the refore it is the en joyer The soul si mply r ~main - as a witness of til t he activit iei of min d It is a witnessing entity wh ich neither ha~ the experie nce nf pain nd pleasure nor is it the doe r The doersh q) is no t there

Why 7 Because the force has not been able to uudify it an d make it into done-I QgtF doer-lor the pure I So we see th at ~lI1tcrmiddotmg is mainly due tothe unit doershi p Ananda Marga sa~s that there is also a cosmic mind wh ich has all the three parts pure I doer-I and done-I but the difference between unit mind and cosm ic minu I) that th un it mi nd because of its lim itJtions cannot create any actuali ty like ether ailmiddot luminous liquid dnd sol id It bri ngs about onl y sam chemical nd mechanical changes by hlending the ob jects mJde original ly b the cosmic mi nd So th e cosmic mind has unl imited power wher-e the un it mnd h s very meag-e power -1 he co~ mic min d because it is unl imited has neither nerves nor brain li k~ the unit milld beca u ~e the cosmic mi nd does not have a physical bod Everything is [he psychic projection of the cos mic mind and ~ince it is the pych ic imagina tion of the macrocosm for it is not real as it is for the uni t Suffe rrng is lhere bCCduse the mind is under the li mitat ion of the bondage of Prakni He nce all is uffering is no t so ccord ing 0 An J nda Ma rg he vi sion

of suffering m the yorld of buddhism is mainly due to the fact that -lne- (Itpervading eternal entity is denied and body and mmd are taken ma in ly into consideration

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The second noble truth of buddh ism is that there is a cause of suffering Ananda Marga al so agrees with the fact that there is a cause for any dfe t and the cause of suffering is the existence of mind mainly because wherever there is mind it wiil think something and the senses wil l be directed to do something and if favourab le vibr ti ons are received it wi ll create happiness dnd if it is an unfavourable vibration it will create unhappiness The twelve chains of suffering given in buddhism have been mixed up in a most confusing way as for eXJmple according to buddh ism the Cduse for old age and death is birth dnd the cause of birth is the desire to be born and the cause ot the desire to be born is because of the lust and the cause of lust is the assoc iation with the senses and the cause of rhe senses re mme and form

Mind or the understanding of the mind or better to say the understanding of t1 mind that the temporary tranishyto ry IS considered to be permanent and pleasant is most confuing It has never been said why the mind thinks like tlut dnd after thi nking in a positive way wh y and how it frees itself The source of mind or the propeller vI mind dnd its ifferent positive and negative tre nd s have no t been rightly traced out Mind has posit ive and negdt i e tendenshycies Thus why it goes away why the po~i t iv e is done into negative and the nega tive into posi tive has certainly a cause and Ana nda Marga has tried to fin d out that cause It say that it is becau se of the bondage ot stat ic tor e that the mind behaves in a negative way and il is because of the dom inan ce of the sentient force that the same mind tart beh av ing in a positive way Hence the ultimate CJu~e is the force hut torce can Is nl) he aid to be the ult imate cau se b cause lorce is blind It operates only by the cosmic consc iousness Hence the ul timate do r i~ the c0~m ic

consciousness or Al mighty God I has been ai arlie r that the whole o~mos is the psych ie pro jection 0 1 God Hence the real d er is Gud and It i He lone in the whole worlJ who halt projected Himse lf Th pro jector and the projec tio n ~r~ no~ two The sufferer and the giver of sufter ing are only one rherefore in tune with the Upanisads Ananda Marga says that in t his universe there is nothing but God

The Gita also says the same thing stating thin in this world there is only truth and no scope for untr tJ th Ther( is only Krishna who is the all pervadng entity Since God is a beginningless middleless and endless indivisible entity therefore thel-e cannot be anything else in thi~ universe except God If it is not so then the infinity of God does not ~et justified Hence there i only one entity Th e third noble truth says that there is a way to be free from suffering It is true th ere is a way and the modern mind of today requires a most scientific method tackli ng mind physical body and soul Lord Buddha realized the truth and gave a path which is known as the eightfold pa th Thi eight fo ld path fr om a deep analy is loo ks to be some method give n for the sake of mental th ught but the good nvble high thoughts alld to m ve on the path of righteo usshyness humanity Iequires a meth od which dcal~ with the P )lsic11 body wi th the glands and nerves in it The physical body has its bearing on the mind hence some method of the purity of the physical body is un voidable

oth erVl ~ tlie generai people fee l difficulty by the defects of the physical body to establish themselves in righ teo usshyness Hence some asanas (yogic exercise) pra nayama etc are al so needed Modern minds requi re a sc ientific process which should be for all the hum an bei ngs and which everybody can prac tise eas ily and co nven iently an d experishyence th result gotten by th e practical prac tices

Ananda Marga is not a religion it i not a sect bu t a most

practical physio-psycho-spir itual practice given to the ent ire unierse tor It bene tmiddotit He re a comparative stu dy has been short ly given not wi th the vi ew to cri trcise but with a view t p re~ent to the people a logical thing to understand and to com to a conclus ion Anand 1 Marga un like buddh ism Il as give n express ion al mmt to everythi ng About God bout world abou t mind bout man about human beingL

everything has been given Not only thi s but some opinion about other field s of society have also been given It has not only touched the spi ri tual aspect of life but has also given ib opinion on social econo mic and political spheres The human personality can never be separated from social nd economic life hence eve ry individual being a part and parcel of the human soci ety has to contribut) its most for it proper development People have been blaming spiritushyality so far because spirituali ts neglected this material world call ing it to be an illusion and full of miser ies Ananda Marga says that even if a man goes to a cave he req uires some society to provide him with the bare nece~ itie of life which can only be had from the material world by the socalled matertali sts in the language of the socalled spiritualists

The methods of Buddhism are more a part of kno wshyledge They do not Include devotion because th ere is no conception of God But in the absence of devotion the pa th becomes I nger because the devotee who surrenders to the Lord completely is able to get established quickly in the Supreme Beautitude

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ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

in

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fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

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the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

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Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

MaJtgLiA fgthouid know upecJai1y

hmiddot world eXllaquots mlUh of th~m ~nun~f

Almost from the beginning of joining Ananda Marga I had the desire to realise God In the course of ti me fi rs t of all I was posted in Mysore After that I came to Patna Then I was posted in Ananda Nagar There I was going on Th ings were o kay but still I was feeling th at I must realise God So I decided that wi thin myself that I must atta in liberati on and fo r this reason I was ready to mee t my resu lt With th is resolution I started doin g meditation 12 13 14 hours daily Just as I was going out for a few minutes com ing to my ~oom in An nda Nagar I felt a vibrat ion fu ll of bl iss

All of a sudden one day after I passed like this for a week or so while I was doing Dh yana I fou nd that every th ing was futi le My spiri tual power and all my psychic and physical energy was completel y gone I lost very thi ng I was remembering everything I was rememmiddot

bering every rel ation I was remember each and everything but nothing was happening Whenever I was standing my le gs were tremb ling I was not able to move This I know as a certa inty that Baba has done this I knew that Baba does not wan t this So there is a code word which Kapalikas kno w With the code I mentally called Baba And I told hi m and surrendered t him and every thi ng whi ch I had previously was restored From that t ime on wards I began to feel and say to the Margiis that it is not the Sadhana it is not the practises i person does it is-theGuru who does the things If the Guru does not do this th ings will not happert Whatever sadhana a person does whateve r practises she does whatever thin gs are there wi thout the grace of the ~ru no th ing wi ll happen It is the Grace of the Guru then Sadhana Sadhana is futi le if Guru s Grace is no t there There I was convi nced practically that it is not the Sadhan~ shywhich does the th ing It is the Guru an d Gu ru alone who does th e thing

themmiddot very much Alt Chidghnnd Art

love i6 alway$ with tIum1

BUDDHlfM G BUff continued rom last issuemiddot

After enlightenment Buddha gave a philosophy which is known as Buddhism The whole of Buddhism is based on four noble tru ths 1 There is suffering 2 There is a cause of suffer ing 3 Th ere can be cessat io n of sufferi ng 4 There is a way for the cessation of sufferillg

Let usmiddotanalyse the first noble tr uth and compare it with the conception of Ananda MMga abou t it Accordill (J to Buddha there is suffe ring and suffering in thi s wor ld ri ht fom birth to death Even the happi ness is no t free from suffering There is su ffering and happ in 55 really there is 110

happiness in this worl d According to Ananda Marga u nh ap piness or suffering is

no thi ng but the recep tion of unfavourable viblmiddota tions The favourable vibration is happiness A sickly person lying on a bed with p in and weakn ss of body does not feel pleased to hear a sweet song or to see the beau tifu l scene because he is not in a congenia l condit io n to enjoy bu t when the same man become heal thy he can enjoy the favo urabl e vibrat ion So the favourab le vibration for p l ~asing a person can be so when fi rst the receiver IS in a healthy condition Accordi ng to Ananda Marga everythi ng in this universe is the ex pression of ideology Everythi ng pain or pleasure is nothin g but the expression of c()nsc iousn e~s under the b ndage of force or Prakrti 5uf ering i abo the expression of consciousness but the consciousn ss is unde r the bondage of Prakr ti Ananda Marga has analy ed deeply what is suffe ri ng why suffe ring has gone why one suffers and who has C)u ed the suffering ann to whom It ha~ heen sa id that as per Ananda Marga con~iou n S~ ha~ expre sed itself right fro m th e existence of mind to the ol id structu re Ther is nowh ere wiler t rcc or Prakni doe~ nN exist Ananda Marmiddotga sayS mi nd is the cnioyer mind is the su J erer Hence the cause of uf ering is fi rst of II the bondage of mind unde r Prak rt i secon dly the ignorance uf

the middotmi nd about the ul tima te doer a t th ings herefo re Al1anda Marga says that to ge t rid of the socalled uffering three things are needed deni I of doe r- sh ip givi ng up the desire for the fruits of the act io ns and offerrng everything at the wish o f the almighty Lord If a perso n is abl [ 0

foLlow the above three things totall y he wil l neve r h ve suffering

Next Ananda Marga ht made a clear distincti on between body mind and soul Buddha does not acce pt the soul because he says it is unseen and secondly it cannot be experimented_ Hence he does not accept this Therefore buddh ism is known as Anatmavada that is that wh ieh does not believe in atman

Ananda Marga says that there is atman there is paramatm an and there are di fferent parts of mind wh ich experience pa in and pleasu re but onl y one parl of the mi nd wh ich is known as doer-mind or ego has the experience of pain Theref re it is said in Ananda Su tram Aham karta pratyaksaphalabhokta - that is the ego is rea lly the mas ter or doer of acts el rd it is the di rect en ioyer of the wme uence of th act ions The next part of mind is Citra which is the object ive mind that par t of the mind which becomes the o bjecL Th is CiLt d is al so known as done I About th is it i ~ said in Anan da Sutram Karmaphalam cittam - tha t is Cit ta or done I is no thi ng bu t the result () f the ac ti on It beco mes the object and the doer I eurocciv s it and the pure I Wh ich is known as Mahatattva

remains passive ly associated wi th the doer- So mind is the comb ination of pure I doer I and done I dnd the doe r-I alone is the en joyer of the conseque nce because it is the doe r i t does the refore it is the en joyer The soul si mply r ~main - as a witness of til t he activit iei of min d It is a witnessing entity wh ich neither ha~ the experie nce nf pain nd pleasure nor is it the doe r The doersh q) is no t there

Why 7 Because the force has not been able to uudify it an d make it into done-I QgtF doer-lor the pure I So we see th at ~lI1tcrmiddotmg is mainly due tothe unit doershi p Ananda Marga sa~s that there is also a cosmic mind wh ich has all the three parts pure I doer-I and done-I but the difference between unit mind and cosm ic minu I) that th un it mi nd because of its lim itJtions cannot create any actuali ty like ether ailmiddot luminous liquid dnd sol id It bri ngs about onl y sam chemical nd mechanical changes by hlending the ob jects mJde original ly b the cosmic mi nd So th e cosmic mind has unl imited power wher-e the un it mnd h s very meag-e power -1 he co~ mic min d because it is unl imited has neither nerves nor brain li k~ the unit milld beca u ~e the cosmic mi nd does not have a physical bod Everything is [he psychic projection of the cos mic mind and ~ince it is the pych ic imagina tion of the macrocosm for it is not real as it is for the uni t Suffe rrng is lhere bCCduse the mind is under the li mitat ion of the bondage of Prakni He nce all is uffering is no t so ccord ing 0 An J nda Ma rg he vi sion

of suffering m the yorld of buddhism is mainly due to the fact that -lne- (Itpervading eternal entity is denied and body and mmd are taken ma in ly into consideration

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The second noble truth of buddh ism is that there is a cause of suffering Ananda Marga al so agrees with the fact that there is a cause for any dfe t and the cause of suffering is the existence of mind mainly because wherever there is mind it wiil think something and the senses wil l be directed to do something and if favourab le vibr ti ons are received it wi ll create happiness dnd if it is an unfavourable vibration it will create unhappiness The twelve chains of suffering given in buddhism have been mixed up in a most confusing way as for eXJmple according to buddh ism the Cduse for old age and death is birth dnd the cause of birth is the desire to be born and the cause ot the desire to be born is because of the lust and the cause of lust is the assoc iation with the senses and the cause of rhe senses re mme and form

Mind or the understanding of the mind or better to say the understanding of t1 mind that the temporary tranishyto ry IS considered to be permanent and pleasant is most confuing It has never been said why the mind thinks like tlut dnd after thi nking in a positive way wh y and how it frees itself The source of mind or the propeller vI mind dnd its ifferent positive and negative tre nd s have no t been rightly traced out Mind has posit ive and negdt i e tendenshycies Thus why it goes away why the po~i t iv e is done into negative and the nega tive into posi tive has certainly a cause and Ana nda Marga has tried to fin d out that cause It say that it is becau se of the bondage ot stat ic tor e that the mind behaves in a negative way and il is because of the dom inan ce of the sentient force that the same mind tart beh av ing in a positive way Hence the ultimate CJu~e is the force hut torce can Is nl) he aid to be the ult imate cau se b cause lorce is blind It operates only by the cosmic consc iousness Hence the ul timate do r i~ the c0~m ic

consciousness or Al mighty God I has been ai arlie r that the whole o~mos is the psych ie pro jection 0 1 God Hence the real d er is Gud and It i He lone in the whole worlJ who halt projected Himse lf Th pro jector and the projec tio n ~r~ no~ two The sufferer and the giver of sufter ing are only one rherefore in tune with the Upanisads Ananda Marga says that in t his universe there is nothing but God

The Gita also says the same thing stating thin in this world there is only truth and no scope for untr tJ th Ther( is only Krishna who is the all pervadng entity Since God is a beginningless middleless and endless indivisible entity therefore thel-e cannot be anything else in thi~ universe except God If it is not so then the infinity of God does not ~et justified Hence there i only one entity Th e third noble truth says that there is a way to be free from suffering It is true th ere is a way and the modern mind of today requires a most scientific method tackli ng mind physical body and soul Lord Buddha realized the truth and gave a path which is known as the eightfold pa th Thi eight fo ld path fr om a deep analy is loo ks to be some method give n for the sake of mental th ught but the good nvble high thoughts alld to m ve on the path of righteo usshyness humanity Iequires a meth od which dcal~ with the P )lsic11 body wi th the glands and nerves in it The physical body has its bearing on the mind hence some method of the purity of the physical body is un voidable

oth erVl ~ tlie generai people fee l difficulty by the defects of the physical body to establish themselves in righ teo usshyness Hence some asanas (yogic exercise) pra nayama etc are al so needed Modern minds requi re a sc ientific process which should be for all the hum an bei ngs and which everybody can prac tise eas ily and co nven iently an d experishyence th result gotten by th e practical prac tices

Ananda Marga is not a religion it i not a sect bu t a most

practical physio-psycho-spir itual practice given to the ent ire unierse tor It bene tmiddotit He re a comparative stu dy has been short ly given not wi th the vi ew to cri trcise but with a view t p re~ent to the people a logical thing to understand and to com to a conclus ion Anand 1 Marga un like buddh ism Il as give n express ion al mmt to everythi ng About God bout world abou t mind bout man about human beingL

everything has been given Not only thi s but some opinion about other field s of society have also been given It has not only touched the spi ri tual aspect of life but has also given ib opinion on social econo mic and political spheres The human personality can never be separated from social nd economic life hence eve ry individual being a part and parcel of the human soci ety has to contribut) its most for it proper development People have been blaming spiritushyality so far because spirituali ts neglected this material world call ing it to be an illusion and full of miser ies Ananda Marga says that even if a man goes to a cave he req uires some society to provide him with the bare nece~ itie of life which can only be had from the material world by the socalled matertali sts in the language of the socalled spiritualists

The methods of Buddhism are more a part of kno wshyledge They do not Include devotion because th ere is no conception of God But in the absence of devotion the pa th becomes I nger because the devotee who surrenders to the Lord completely is able to get established quickly in the Supreme Beautitude

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ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

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fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

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the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

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Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

BUDDHlfM G BUff continued rom last issuemiddot

After enlightenment Buddha gave a philosophy which is known as Buddhism The whole of Buddhism is based on four noble tru ths 1 There is suffering 2 There is a cause of suffer ing 3 Th ere can be cessat io n of sufferi ng 4 There is a way for the cessation of sufferillg

Let usmiddotanalyse the first noble tr uth and compare it with the conception of Ananda MMga abou t it Accordill (J to Buddha there is suffe ring and suffering in thi s wor ld ri ht fom birth to death Even the happi ness is no t free from suffering There is su ffering and happ in 55 really there is 110

happiness in this worl d According to Ananda Marga u nh ap piness or suffering is

no thi ng but the recep tion of unfavourable viblmiddota tions The favourable vibration is happiness A sickly person lying on a bed with p in and weakn ss of body does not feel pleased to hear a sweet song or to see the beau tifu l scene because he is not in a congenia l condit io n to enjoy bu t when the same man become heal thy he can enjoy the favo urabl e vibrat ion So the favourab le vibration for p l ~asing a person can be so when fi rst the receiver IS in a healthy condition Accordi ng to Ananda Marga everythi ng in this universe is the ex pression of ideology Everythi ng pain or pleasure is nothin g but the expression of c()nsc iousn e~s under the b ndage of force or Prakrti 5uf ering i abo the expression of consciousness but the consciousn ss is unde r the bondage of Prakr ti Ananda Marga has analy ed deeply what is suffe ri ng why suffe ring has gone why one suffers and who has C)u ed the suffering ann to whom It ha~ heen sa id that as per Ananda Marga con~iou n S~ ha~ expre sed itself right fro m th e existence of mind to the ol id structu re Ther is nowh ere wiler t rcc or Prakni doe~ nN exist Ananda Marmiddotga sayS mi nd is the cnioyer mind is the su J erer Hence the cause of uf ering is fi rst of II the bondage of mind unde r Prak rt i secon dly the ignorance uf

the middotmi nd about the ul tima te doer a t th ings herefo re Al1anda Marga says that to ge t rid of the socalled uffering three things are needed deni I of doe r- sh ip givi ng up the desire for the fruits of the act io ns and offerrng everything at the wish o f the almighty Lord If a perso n is abl [ 0

foLlow the above three things totall y he wil l neve r h ve suffering

Next Ananda Marga ht made a clear distincti on between body mind and soul Buddha does not acce pt the soul because he says it is unseen and secondly it cannot be experimented_ Hence he does not accept this Therefore buddh ism is known as Anatmavada that is that wh ieh does not believe in atman

Ananda Marga says that there is atman there is paramatm an and there are di fferent parts of mind wh ich experience pa in and pleasu re but onl y one parl of the mi nd wh ich is known as doer-mind or ego has the experience of pain Theref re it is said in Ananda Su tram Aham karta pratyaksaphalabhokta - that is the ego is rea lly the mas ter or doer of acts el rd it is the di rect en ioyer of the wme uence of th act ions The next part of mind is Citra which is the object ive mind that par t of the mind which becomes the o bjecL Th is CiLt d is al so known as done I About th is it i ~ said in Anan da Sutram Karmaphalam cittam - tha t is Cit ta or done I is no thi ng bu t the result () f the ac ti on It beco mes the object and the doer I eurocciv s it and the pure I Wh ich is known as Mahatattva

remains passive ly associated wi th the doer- So mind is the comb ination of pure I doer I and done I dnd the doe r-I alone is the en joyer of the conseque nce because it is the doe r i t does the refore it is the en joyer The soul si mply r ~main - as a witness of til t he activit iei of min d It is a witnessing entity wh ich neither ha~ the experie nce nf pain nd pleasure nor is it the doe r The doersh q) is no t there

Why 7 Because the force has not been able to uudify it an d make it into done-I QgtF doer-lor the pure I So we see th at ~lI1tcrmiddotmg is mainly due tothe unit doershi p Ananda Marga sa~s that there is also a cosmic mind wh ich has all the three parts pure I doer-I and done-I but the difference between unit mind and cosm ic minu I) that th un it mi nd because of its lim itJtions cannot create any actuali ty like ether ailmiddot luminous liquid dnd sol id It bri ngs about onl y sam chemical nd mechanical changes by hlending the ob jects mJde original ly b the cosmic mi nd So th e cosmic mind has unl imited power wher-e the un it mnd h s very meag-e power -1 he co~ mic min d because it is unl imited has neither nerves nor brain li k~ the unit milld beca u ~e the cosmic mi nd does not have a physical bod Everything is [he psychic projection of the cos mic mind and ~ince it is the pych ic imagina tion of the macrocosm for it is not real as it is for the uni t Suffe rrng is lhere bCCduse the mind is under the li mitat ion of the bondage of Prakni He nce all is uffering is no t so ccord ing 0 An J nda Ma rg he vi sion

of suffering m the yorld of buddhism is mainly due to the fact that -lne- (Itpervading eternal entity is denied and body and mmd are taken ma in ly into consideration

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The second noble truth of buddh ism is that there is a cause of suffering Ananda Marga al so agrees with the fact that there is a cause for any dfe t and the cause of suffering is the existence of mind mainly because wherever there is mind it wiil think something and the senses wil l be directed to do something and if favourab le vibr ti ons are received it wi ll create happiness dnd if it is an unfavourable vibration it will create unhappiness The twelve chains of suffering given in buddhism have been mixed up in a most confusing way as for eXJmple according to buddh ism the Cduse for old age and death is birth dnd the cause of birth is the desire to be born and the cause ot the desire to be born is because of the lust and the cause of lust is the assoc iation with the senses and the cause of rhe senses re mme and form

Mind or the understanding of the mind or better to say the understanding of t1 mind that the temporary tranishyto ry IS considered to be permanent and pleasant is most confuing It has never been said why the mind thinks like tlut dnd after thi nking in a positive way wh y and how it frees itself The source of mind or the propeller vI mind dnd its ifferent positive and negative tre nd s have no t been rightly traced out Mind has posit ive and negdt i e tendenshycies Thus why it goes away why the po~i t iv e is done into negative and the nega tive into posi tive has certainly a cause and Ana nda Marga has tried to fin d out that cause It say that it is becau se of the bondage ot stat ic tor e that the mind behaves in a negative way and il is because of the dom inan ce of the sentient force that the same mind tart beh av ing in a positive way Hence the ultimate CJu~e is the force hut torce can Is nl) he aid to be the ult imate cau se b cause lorce is blind It operates only by the cosmic consc iousness Hence the ul timate do r i~ the c0~m ic

consciousness or Al mighty God I has been ai arlie r that the whole o~mos is the psych ie pro jection 0 1 God Hence the real d er is Gud and It i He lone in the whole worlJ who halt projected Himse lf Th pro jector and the projec tio n ~r~ no~ two The sufferer and the giver of sufter ing are only one rherefore in tune with the Upanisads Ananda Marga says that in t his universe there is nothing but God

The Gita also says the same thing stating thin in this world there is only truth and no scope for untr tJ th Ther( is only Krishna who is the all pervadng entity Since God is a beginningless middleless and endless indivisible entity therefore thel-e cannot be anything else in thi~ universe except God If it is not so then the infinity of God does not ~et justified Hence there i only one entity Th e third noble truth says that there is a way to be free from suffering It is true th ere is a way and the modern mind of today requires a most scientific method tackli ng mind physical body and soul Lord Buddha realized the truth and gave a path which is known as the eightfold pa th Thi eight fo ld path fr om a deep analy is loo ks to be some method give n for the sake of mental th ught but the good nvble high thoughts alld to m ve on the path of righteo usshyness humanity Iequires a meth od which dcal~ with the P )lsic11 body wi th the glands and nerves in it The physical body has its bearing on the mind hence some method of the purity of the physical body is un voidable

oth erVl ~ tlie generai people fee l difficulty by the defects of the physical body to establish themselves in righ teo usshyness Hence some asanas (yogic exercise) pra nayama etc are al so needed Modern minds requi re a sc ientific process which should be for all the hum an bei ngs and which everybody can prac tise eas ily and co nven iently an d experishyence th result gotten by th e practical prac tices

Ananda Marga is not a religion it i not a sect bu t a most

practical physio-psycho-spir itual practice given to the ent ire unierse tor It bene tmiddotit He re a comparative stu dy has been short ly given not wi th the vi ew to cri trcise but with a view t p re~ent to the people a logical thing to understand and to com to a conclus ion Anand 1 Marga un like buddh ism Il as give n express ion al mmt to everythi ng About God bout world abou t mind bout man about human beingL

everything has been given Not only thi s but some opinion about other field s of society have also been given It has not only touched the spi ri tual aspect of life but has also given ib opinion on social econo mic and political spheres The human personality can never be separated from social nd economic life hence eve ry individual being a part and parcel of the human soci ety has to contribut) its most for it proper development People have been blaming spiritushyality so far because spirituali ts neglected this material world call ing it to be an illusion and full of miser ies Ananda Marga says that even if a man goes to a cave he req uires some society to provide him with the bare nece~ itie of life which can only be had from the material world by the socalled matertali sts in the language of the socalled spiritualists

The methods of Buddhism are more a part of kno wshyledge They do not Include devotion because th ere is no conception of God But in the absence of devotion the pa th becomes I nger because the devotee who surrenders to the Lord completely is able to get established quickly in the Supreme Beautitude

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ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

in

s 0

fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

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the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

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Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

The second noble truth of buddh ism is that there is a cause of suffering Ananda Marga al so agrees with the fact that there is a cause for any dfe t and the cause of suffering is the existence of mind mainly because wherever there is mind it wiil think something and the senses wil l be directed to do something and if favourab le vibr ti ons are received it wi ll create happiness dnd if it is an unfavourable vibration it will create unhappiness The twelve chains of suffering given in buddhism have been mixed up in a most confusing way as for eXJmple according to buddh ism the Cduse for old age and death is birth dnd the cause of birth is the desire to be born and the cause ot the desire to be born is because of the lust and the cause of lust is the assoc iation with the senses and the cause of rhe senses re mme and form

Mind or the understanding of the mind or better to say the understanding of t1 mind that the temporary tranishyto ry IS considered to be permanent and pleasant is most confuing It has never been said why the mind thinks like tlut dnd after thi nking in a positive way wh y and how it frees itself The source of mind or the propeller vI mind dnd its ifferent positive and negative tre nd s have no t been rightly traced out Mind has posit ive and negdt i e tendenshycies Thus why it goes away why the po~i t iv e is done into negative and the nega tive into posi tive has certainly a cause and Ana nda Marga has tried to fin d out that cause It say that it is becau se of the bondage ot stat ic tor e that the mind behaves in a negative way and il is because of the dom inan ce of the sentient force that the same mind tart beh av ing in a positive way Hence the ultimate CJu~e is the force hut torce can Is nl) he aid to be the ult imate cau se b cause lorce is blind It operates only by the cosmic consc iousness Hence the ul timate do r i~ the c0~m ic

consciousness or Al mighty God I has been ai arlie r that the whole o~mos is the psych ie pro jection 0 1 God Hence the real d er is Gud and It i He lone in the whole worlJ who halt projected Himse lf Th pro jector and the projec tio n ~r~ no~ two The sufferer and the giver of sufter ing are only one rherefore in tune with the Upanisads Ananda Marga says that in t his universe there is nothing but God

The Gita also says the same thing stating thin in this world there is only truth and no scope for untr tJ th Ther( is only Krishna who is the all pervadng entity Since God is a beginningless middleless and endless indivisible entity therefore thel-e cannot be anything else in thi~ universe except God If it is not so then the infinity of God does not ~et justified Hence there i only one entity Th e third noble truth says that there is a way to be free from suffering It is true th ere is a way and the modern mind of today requires a most scientific method tackli ng mind physical body and soul Lord Buddha realized the truth and gave a path which is known as the eightfold pa th Thi eight fo ld path fr om a deep analy is loo ks to be some method give n for the sake of mental th ught but the good nvble high thoughts alld to m ve on the path of righteo usshyness humanity Iequires a meth od which dcal~ with the P )lsic11 body wi th the glands and nerves in it The physical body has its bearing on the mind hence some method of the purity of the physical body is un voidable

oth erVl ~ tlie generai people fee l difficulty by the defects of the physical body to establish themselves in righ teo usshyness Hence some asanas (yogic exercise) pra nayama etc are al so needed Modern minds requi re a sc ientific process which should be for all the hum an bei ngs and which everybody can prac tise eas ily and co nven iently an d experishyence th result gotten by th e practical prac tices

Ananda Marga is not a religion it i not a sect bu t a most

practical physio-psycho-spir itual practice given to the ent ire unierse tor It bene tmiddotit He re a comparative stu dy has been short ly given not wi th the vi ew to cri trcise but with a view t p re~ent to the people a logical thing to understand and to com to a conclus ion Anand 1 Marga un like buddh ism Il as give n express ion al mmt to everythi ng About God bout world abou t mind bout man about human beingL

everything has been given Not only thi s but some opinion about other field s of society have also been given It has not only touched the spi ri tual aspect of life but has also given ib opinion on social econo mic and political spheres The human personality can never be separated from social nd economic life hence eve ry individual being a part and parcel of the human soci ety has to contribut) its most for it proper development People have been blaming spiritushyality so far because spirituali ts neglected this material world call ing it to be an illusion and full of miser ies Ananda Marga says that even if a man goes to a cave he req uires some society to provide him with the bare nece~ itie of life which can only be had from the material world by the socalled matertali sts in the language of the socalled spiritualists

The methods of Buddhism are more a part of kno wshyledge They do not Include devotion because th ere is no conception of God But in the absence of devotion the pa th becomes I nger because the devotee who surrenders to the Lord completely is able to get established quickly in the Supreme Beautitude

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ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

in

s 0

fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

13

----------~o~----------shy

the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

14

Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

--------~-------------------------

FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

ou d be engaged Iways in Those who have fully Guru need not bother

c carc Bu t do no t un ders tand Th ey will a euse 0 I am

0 I dm put in a very that the Co mic

trca tmen t fo r ph ysica l an d mental disease is goi ng on Ma ny di sease and just like med itati on serious menlal di seases and th ey

ph ys ica l heal th

the human mind no t known to the

of such diseass an d out too Passion anger ava licC vanity

jeal ousy arc the six encm ies and hatre d cl oub t shame fear bon dage of lin eage vani ty of CUIWIC pres tige

which cause physical the way to control them and

under the feet of the those wh o have not found shoul d aspire to

and the most lovin g Sacl guru th e all kno win g all-pervadin g

The mind of one suffering from some chronic disease should be diverted fr om the disease and completely engaged in some action First and foremost action is Guru Puja second is medita tion in sitting or lying positions meditashyti on should be done at regular ti megt Regular exercises such as swim mi ng ru nning walki ng accordi ng to stre ngth may be done Asana and pranaya ma must be done to increase strength and improve nerves and di gestion puri Fy and circul ate bl ood and enyme secretion and increase energy Fresh air sunrays u e of watN in bath ilnd drink ing are also importan t A ha bit of leading a natur I life is to be adopted Many people talk of naluropathy but I say natural life becltJU e these naturopaths omi t the Ise of medicines Harml ess medi ci ne may be safe ly and h ppil y used a prescribed in Yogilw Cikitsa 0 Dravyaguna So met imes Homeopa thic medi cines arc ery good Many Limes one will have to take some ay urvedic allopathi c or una ni med icin s too Bu t one m 1St take care tha t the e medicine don t ca Li e complex reac tions CUI ing one disease Lhey migh t cau se ano ther But these medica l pra tition crs dont care fo r diets and natural way ()f life as m nlioned above NaLU ropaths lt1 re irrat ional rOl prohibiting m dic ines and at the sa me time th other medic1I pract iLionels do no t care for th e nallllJ I Iu les Therefore I say mai ntain b lance in b th do nt Illakt yo ur body a medici ne store nor neglec t the 1l ltural way or life as fa r as p ss ib lc in cn joying good diet SllIlrd YS water air eart h and ope n space

So I was sayi ng that msr work after meditation and ( sur rende red to the lotus feet

in

s 0

fo r engagemen ts for he kn ows a I and how much wh ere and engaged in He ta kes care either by ph~ ic by cosmic fo rce of Prak rt i

Once one has surrendered the guru must ll

th e disci ples busy in such a heavy load of WOlk

a cid situat i n They don t undcrst nd

wi ll say th at they have no But passion ang r etc ar arc just lihc slow po iso ns eating away th tOo in the long run

The psy hie d iseases their effect on and reactions in phys ical health ar psyc hi atris ts Guru knows the depth how to root th em attachment

backbiting arc ali pSycilic di seases diseas too The Guru gives graces to cu re them also

So tho are bl essed who re 5adguru and

is there in some form to love and to take care JAI GURUDEVA

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

13

----------~o~----------shy

the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

14

Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

--------~-------------------------

FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

MANY PEOPLE ARE WAITING FOR YOU

A NEW MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS TRA INING PROGRAM

In an effort to conti n uall y u pgrade the quality of our medi tation cl as5e~ a new

teachers t rain ing program for our meditamiddot tio n instructo rs 11as bee n de veloped The proshygram includes tra in ing wo rksh ops and m an y new materi als Wit h these tools and S aba s Grace you m ay acqu ire the necessary skills to lead oth ers alo ng the p ath of Dha rm a

MATERIALS

MEDITATION INSTRUCTORS MANUAL This mdn ual wil l co rili n il il the neceSSdrY

inform at ion lor you to te dc tgt quality med ishy I

tari on ci Jss It will include step-by middotstep inshys rruct ion n ho w to leach Ihe c lass with an I J-I pendi l( that gIves a detailed explanation of m any o f the to pics covered

WORKBOOK A workbook fo r class participants will

review th bJS lc information co~ered In the ~Ids dnd will incluue gtercises to be done a t ht)me

CHARTS The re a re lar~e charts Ihill clearly present

th su bie c ts of mantra tl c science 01 medl shytalion diaphragmatic brcathingctc These media aid add an extra d imcm iun to the clas

TAPES Recordings of b ajan~ rciaxuion exermiddot

cises and irtspiri ll ~ tories Will all be availshyable on cassette lapes

PUBLIC RELATIONS PACKET Sam ple news releases and public service

~llnOLlnce menl5 instruct ion on selttng up lectures an d medi d con tac ti ng Plct u e ~ tal lhe newspapers public rel ati ons broc ilUre tor medi tatio n cld5ses and posters Will all be In clud ed in this pac ket

SLIDE SHOW I short slide show will give cl ass part ici middot

pants perspec tive on the Anand a Marga organiza tion

INTROD UCTORY BOOK ON MEDI TATION

Cia s partici pants may also wish to purshychase a new med itation book writte n by Lars Mazzo la (Sh iva) s ~ heduled for publi ca ti on by April 78

WHAT THE WORKSHOP WILL INCLUDE

How to set up ltI cl ass Ho w to t each a class How LO tallow up a class H w to ac ilitate groups

You WI ll also pract i e middot teach an d be evalmiddot uated by others and the facili tato r F inal cer shyti fication will be give n at the works hop if yo u and the ot he r Pdrtic ipan ts a re confident with vOUr ab llJlV [ 0 teadbull An d ilS nOI JII work The workshoo will be ba lanced with p lenty oi devotion I nd recreational acti vities

WHO WILL BE FACILITATING THE WORKSHOPS

There are only nine faci li tat o rs for the traming program These are indiv iduals that have experience teaching classes fac ilitat ing groups and workIng with the publ ic

WHO CAN ATTEND YOU CAN Are you init iated and intershy

ested in teaching classes Are you a sevenshyyear Margii with Oasl xperiences in te Jci1ing classes but still open to con trib ut ing and leaming new iae35f Then YO U should come

to the workshop

IF YOU CANT MAKE IT TO THE WORKSHOP

Pleas end us your name and add ress if ) ou Cdn make it to [he orkshop but are Iti tl in terested In the program We strongly encourage everyone to attend the work middot

shops however we do understand that

circumstances can make it difficult someshy timelt If ltou lind yoursel f facing obstacles tha t prevent you from anenoing then let us know ana we ll m ake what adjustments we can

ABOUT THE FORMAT FOR THE CLASSES

There are as many di fferent ways 10 teach meditalton classes as Ihere are peo ple o n this earth Many o f you th at have been teachi ng classes have probably developed a for mat tha t you lee l comfortab le with T he class fo rma p r sented in the teachers m an ual should help yo ur classes to becom e even more successful as you bl e nd the experiences you h ave alread gai ned with new and fresh ideas that w ill be prese n led in the workshops

The teach e rs manual contains instruction on such [Opics as diaphragmatIc breathing

relaxation mantra disidentifica tion kiirtan the science of meditation bh agavad dharm a Yama ana Nipma songs and section on where do we grow from here

For those of yo u that have neve r taught a c lass be fo re this workshop alo ng w ith the m atena ls will give yo u all th e necessa ry ski lls

and con fidence ro begin o n your journey o f help ing o thers to experie nc e meditation

Workshops Will Be In These Locations

During March and April

Pit t sb u rgh PA Wichita KS Ne w Hav n CT Denver CO Charleston SC Los Altos Hills CA Madiso n WI Seanle W4 Auslin X Toront CAN ADA

To Reserve a Space In a Workshop Send a Short Note or Card Specifying Your

- Nam e - Address - Phone

- And Locatio n You Wish To Attend

Please Send This Information To

Meditatio n In fr ucLars Train ing (MIT) Pro gram

co Ananda Marga 854 Pear l Street Denver CO 8020 3

The fact that rhe fortune o f every indivishydual nor onl y of th is earth but of the entire

cosmos has been wreathed together will have

to be admitted one day by humani ty Aspirshyitual aspiran t has to fetch that auspicious moment sooner by his orherpauseless effort service andpropagati on of the great Ideology

This alone is the suprem e task fo r the present human i ty

Shrii Shrii Anandamurti

13

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the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

14

Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

----------~o~----------shy

the late brea

The Late Break is a new feature which is just that late news and other items (n o more th at 4 items of course) which we wish to include and which has come in well which has come in la~ Someti mes these pages may be very

CONSTRUCTION BOARD IN~O

One of the new Ananda Marga Boards would like to sha r e with us a directive that it received at RD S And now folks l et s hear i t f or(or from) the Construction Board shy

A agrti sh ould be owned in every r e shygion within the nex t 3 months so we ne ed to know who Ol-ms wha t and whe re EVERY unit should pleas e f ill t h s ou t whether or not you ow a jagrti

Amarend ra Sec toria l Construction Board

1 Do you hava a jagrti or a build ing set apart for N1 functi ons If not ~n ere do you hold Dharmacakra and othe r unit functshyions 2Do you have any schools ha l f - way ho us es kitchens farms or othe r proper ties etc that are used for Ananda Marga func tions 3 If you answered ye s to 1 andor 2 we need to know these financ ial details

a Are you buying or leas ing b Ilho are you buying or l eas ing f rom c Do you have a mortgage pr ivate

contract o r o ther contract A copy would be appreciated

d Under whose name is the property listed

e Please inform us of your down payshyment installment s interest rate and payment period

f lfuat i nsurance do you have on the nropertv(ies) be ing discussed

g Other details that you feel a re pershytinent are apprec i at ed

h What does the building look like A photograph would be appreciated 4 If you answered no t o 1 and 2 are you attempting t o get a jag~ti or other pr~shyperty for Ananda targa Do you have some sort of committee for this If so who is on i t 5 How many ~arglls rent their homes How many Margiis own them 6 Would you like to know more about real

full and other times maybe not that full But it will be fun and we hope informative So keep Lis informed of anymiddot thing you want to share with the res t of the sector and we will keep you all informed ai

e s t ate perhaps a good book a series of articl es or a specia l seminar 7 Do yo u have any s uggestions ab out wha t you d l i ke the sec tori a l Construct shyi on Board t o do

Please send r eply t o Sector ia l Const ruction Board 854 Pea r l St Denver CO 80203

KARMA RASA

Renaissance Univers al has a unique opportun i t y fo r s ome in terested and dedshyi ca t ed pe r son t o wor k with our new avadhshyuta ( - yes h i s coming i s more a nd more definite thanks especially t o all the co ntribu tions for his plane fa re )

In th i s RU Office 5ecre t ary position you wi ll be fun c tioning closely wit h Dada ~rsnadevananda Duties wmiddot ll include offi ce mai nt enance such as bookkeepi ng and corshyr esponde nce newsletter produc tion (typshyi ng l ayo ut and shipping) and t ouring wi rh Dada You will receive trai ni ng for t he above but t yping skills woul d be mos t help f ul t o br i ng wi t h you

The posit i on would ideal l y be filled hy s omeone who can cOrll i r t heMselves to 6-1 2 mon t hs minimUlll full t ime vo rk a nd ho can move to Denver

The exper i ence of wor ki ng with this adai i our second pos t ed avadhuta is

a wonder f ul chance to I e rn i deology th r ough osmosis and a c tion I nte r est ed app licant s should con t act Jyo t ii s hvarii or Da da Yat i i shvarananda a t Sector ial Office The f inal aelec t ion wi ll be bv Dadas Ya tiishvar ananda and Krs nadevan~nda

An i nterna tional calendar for 1979 (a lready) of Ananda a r ga act ivities is be ing planned It is s i ncerely and strongly urged t ha t all units send their f avor ite photos by Apr il 1s t This will a l l ow time to put i t toge the r f or the Summe r Sector i al Semina r Please send photos to Kit Dooley 1917 NE 15th Portshyl and OR 97212

14

Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

--------~-------------------------

FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

Best cbf- to Fat eb 3 Ekadashi larc 5 Ekadashi larch 1 1978

7 AGavasya 3 Amavasva Rabas 1790 th iay of fast 18 Ekada s hi 19 El~adashi

22 Purnima 24 Purnima 1arch 5 1973(Ekadashi)

Baba s 1800th day of fas t

t N E(JS FLASH I Date Jan ~4 l~7tl

To AJil-l contacts From Devmdr a AJM PH Coordinator

He F BI Contacting

lll1as kar sisters and brother s We have very r centlv received lelal advice fr om 5111 31 tawvprs adisi ng us not t o C( - rlOe r a te with the F BI lnv turthcr in UII I - n~gtthltit j( n ul the rn i I fsal Prounst Revo lut lOnarv Federation All t he Inllrmat llJr we have n thl main suspetmiddotts t hat have been Im plicated in the case has ueen pronJed to them It is our concern t hat their inves tlgatlon 01 the UPRF m iJtlt alsll be a lronl tor them to investigate A IUlnaa Ma rga

J am sure any 01 ~ou that haw read t he papers in the last month or arc at all flmlliar with t he r ecord o t the FBI unlierstand whv such a position is being taken The FBI iIas l major 0 tac ( In the dforts in such rogressive movements ab l tc lli rights anti-war efforts etc An furt her (o-operatlOn bv us has no ~l(n l2 ltt hatsoever for nanda MarJa but can un gl le the FBI an in to our J1~amzation Phase emember we ife dea ling wit h a n orgam zatlUn (FIlII that

i s inVOlved in over lUOO la sults lor its illega l activities is spendmg tWIce as much mone v o n mlorma nts lunde r cover FBI a lent s who i)ose as members of organi zations a nd leak in t rmat lOn to the t HI newspapers Cll ) s on combatmg orgaOlzeri Crime T he l RI is be ingt maOlpuated bv lhe upper class capital ist ellte 0 1 our soc etv They ser ed ou r r~ellb 10 Investigating t he L PRF but trom he r e on out comnder it orgamzational Dolley not to co-operate any furt he r Ylth the F B

If they do approach vou slmplv let them know of our policy and r efer them to our Demer office tor m ore inlorma tion FBI agents are professlOnal investigators T hev a r e r v tncky and will try to con you into saYIng things of which you have no know l ed~e or have no Inolvement with A ron is a prof sSional person able to defraud dupe and swindle leaVlng t he victim In an initial state of ease and conl idence not knowing they have been manipulated U they pres sure you for informallon Just tell them vou cannot answer any questions

All the Marglis in your unit should immediately be informed on our position

U you Or anyone else have any Questions please feel free to call or write me any t ime

May Ba ba continue to work throuh you in fighting the immoral forces

The Crimson Dawn Anand Marga I (W Yllrk Sectnri1 New~letter

Vovember 19 77 v(J I 6 170 17 854 PeMI l Lgtenvti LO 8U2 3

--------~-------------------------

FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203

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FIRST SESSION A TREM ENDO US SUCCESS

The most impressive Ananda Marga program in this sector to date Dynamically combining spiritual approach with practicle service skills while giving concrete experience with group process and problem solving It looks like real Sadvipra training to me Daya Prem PROUT sec

A great opportunity for personal and spiritual growth A very devotional atmosphere and at the same time very profeSSional Babas vision a happy blend between extroshyversial occidental and introversial oriental sciences

Dada Devadatta Brc Regional Acarya

For those of you that missed the oPPorLuni ty this past summer you ve got another chance th is spri ng We will be offering the next holistic Clinical Counselor trai ning beginning in March This is a rare chance to strengthen your spi ritual disci pline while obtaining professional counseling 51- ills

TE NTATIVE TRAININ G SCHE DULE

Morning Peer Group- In tegration of spiritual ideology counseling philosophy and placement experience

Afternoon Field Placcmcnts- Various community agenc ies middot-supervised

Evening Seminars and Workshops 1 st month Basic communication skills- P ET Intershy

viewing skills- Kagan wvideo feedback Introducshytion to group process

2nd month Accent on personal growth Assertiveness training Affect management Time management Sexual awareness and counseling COMMU NITY ORGANIZAT ION SK ILLS-ic how to approach an agency partici pant-obscrver role dy namics of group problem solving

3rd mon th Introd ucti on to Models of Counsel ing Gestalt TA Eidetics Crisis Psychosynth is

FACU LTY Directors Rajeshvar-Marty Brill M5W Vishva Mitrashy

Sid Jordan PhD Resident carya Dada Devadatta Medical U of South Caroli na fac ulty and other comshy

munity men ta l health workers last training this inclu ded 6 psychiatrists 6 psychologis ts a nurse and a theologian Margiis from around the country ie Gir i Ohara Daya Prem etc

DATES Mar H une 1978 (3 mon ths) If you are interested but cant att end in March specify your arl iest availability

COST $525-a great bargain considering the thousands of dollars worth of workshops and professional guidance $100 deposit by Feb 1 1978

TRAINEES - 8middot12 POST TRAIN ING COMMI TIMENT

Involvemen t in a service project for the mission FOR ADDITIONAL INFO WR ITE TO

Rajeshvar Counselor Train ing Program 15 Riverside Drive Charleston Sc 29403 (803) 723-7948

The CnnmJO Dl 1 854 PeJti 5 l

Dem ~ I CO 80203