Silence is Golden

The Natural Path Meditation GroupStanford University

www.stanford.edu/group/naturalpath

Every Wednesday:

Group meditation

Alternate thursday:

Individual meditation with a preceptor

Shri Ram Chandra Missionwww.srcm.org

Outer Growth

Inner Growth

What is ‘Yoga’?

What is ‘Meditation’?

What is ‘Raja Yoga’?

Society

Thought(Idea)

Society Culture

Ethnicity

Race

Skin color!

Gender

Education Personalities

SELF

Happiness

moneypowerfameego satisfactiondesire fulfillmentrelationshipsdrugsalcoholSensual pleasures

= fMisery

insecurity

fear

fear

impatience

anxiety

stress

imbalance

ignorance

denial

stagnation

frustration

procrastination CHAOS? ? ? ?

-Get rid of all the shackles of the past

-Live in the present

-Create your future in the present

Meditation is an adventure to discover our Self – our strengths, and

our hidden treasures

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Mamtani R, Mamtani R. Ayurveda and Yoga in cardiovascular diseases.Cardiol Rev. 2005 May-Jun;13(3):155-62. Review.

Meditation. Tuning the mind to help heal the body.Mayo Clin Health Lett. 2005 Mar;23(3):4-5.

Carlson LE, Speca M, Patel KD, Goodey E.Mindfulness-based stress reduction in relation to quality of life, mood, symptoms of stress, and immune parameters in breast and prostate cancer outpatients. Psychosom Med. 2003 Jul-Aug;65(4):571-81.

AN ELEPHANT IS LIKEA SNAKE

AN ELEPHANTIS LIKE ATREE TRUNK

AN ELEPHANTIS LIKE AROPE

AN ELEPHANTIS LIKE ABRUSH

Morning Meditation(Helps regulate the mind better)

Evening Cleaning (Helps keep the system clean)

Constant Remembrance(Helps develop Love)

Guide/MasterNight prayer(keeps the connection with the

Divine through sleep)