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Awake! Realise Your Divinity!

by Swami Chidananda

Table of Contents

Publisher's Note Introduction 1. Keep open the door of your heart 2. Nothing is impossible for faith & sincerity 3. One-pointed aspiration for God alone 4. Completing One’s Spirituality 5. Proximity to God: The essence of Spiritual life 6. Worship that is dear to the Lord 7. Have divinity in your mind and heart 8. Subjective dimension of Prayer 9. Wisdom makes devotion fruitful 10. The folly of Ego 11. Your real problem 12. A time for intense introspection 13. Adding our effort to God’s Grace 14. Let Idealism be born in the Human Heart 15. Strength & Humility 16. The key to your transformation 17. Affirm truth Reject Untruth 18. True Sannyasa 19. The offering that will delight the Guru 20. See God in all 21. Reverence to the Guru means following his instructions 22. Heaven & Hell are within us 23. What Gurudev is for us 24. Understand your life 25. Does the Guru ever die? 26. Obedience is better than reverence 27. His Golden Teachings 28. The Vision of Divine Life 29. Serve to Purify, Kill the little "I" 30. The country is independent, but are we free? 31. The Divine Insurance Company 32. The Divine Advent 33. A Good Beginning 34. Meaning of Idealism 35. Claim your birthright 36. Feeling the suffering of others 37. The Quintessence of the Spiritual Quest 38. The Art & Science of being rooted in the One 39. Awakening! Illumining! Liberating! 40. How will we manifest the Divine power? 41. The All-conquering Power 42. Sadhana means active effort 43. What is the background of your thought? 44. What is the Greatest Victory? 45. Constantly be victorious over all Undivine forces 46. What self should be given expression? 47. The right moment to begin anew 48. Ask: What am I living for? 49. Live in the Light 50. You are the Light 51. Can we rejoice always? 52. Obedience to the highest law 53. The Divine Commander 54. Essential ingredients of a Victorious Spiritual life 55. The Assurance of Victory 56. Never Despair 57. The Great Assurance 58. The Gita Yoga 59. Being & Doing 60. The Divine Trinity 61. Their Fiery Call to us 62. The Call of the Great Ones 63. Thy Kingdom Come 64. Hunger & Thirst after Righteousness 65. Thy Will be done 66. Heaven is where God is 67. Vratas : Their Spiritual significance 68. True Worship of Lord Visvanatha 69. Take a stand 70. True Spirituality transforms 71. Making your Spiritual Life whole 72. Let Your Life be a witness to the Divine reality Index of Special Occasions Glossary

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PUBLISHERS’ NOTE

The whole year for the Indians is built around sacred days of worship of the various expressions of the One, Non-dual Divine Reality. This volume is a selection of early morning meditation talks given on these sacred days, and other special occasions, by the president of The Divine Life Society, H. H. Sri Swami Chidananda Maharaj. They were given in the sacred Samadhi Hall of the illustrious founder of the Society, His Holiness Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, at Sivananda Ashram, Rishikesh, India. These early morning meditation talks of Swami Chidanandaji Maharaj are completely Sadhana based and are guidelines for all devotees, explained in a simple way, and are a real inspiration for aspirants who are pining for the life eternal.

Two other widely acclaimed volumes of Swami Chidananda’s meditation talks—Ponder These Truths and A Call to Liberation—were published earlier. The talks contained in this book were given during the period 1988 to 1999 and were reserved for this unique publication. Like the talks in the two preceding volumes, these powerful messages will be found to be highly beneficial and inspiring to seekers from all faiths. Swamiji uses these special occasions as an opportunity to urge his listeners to renew their aspiration and striving for the goal of life, God-realization. In addition, many of the talks give new and penetrating insights into the occasions that inspired them.

Sanskrit language words have been put in italics. Normally their meaning can be understood by the context or their English equivalent which follows within commas or parenthesis. Otherwise, the meaning can be understood by referring to the Glossary.

THE DIVINE LIFE SOCIETY

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INTRODUCTION

Oh Man! With every Sun-rise and every Sun-set, one day of your life is lost. By so much, your span of life has been shortened. In so much less time you have to do what ever you have to do. Therefore Arise! Awake! Do not postpone. Be up and doing. Be active upon the spiritual path.

Wake up, open your eyes and behold God before you in this manifest creation. He lives and moves in the form of all creatures from superior man to tiny insect. Live to serve and adore the living God. Let life become your dynamic worship of the divinity that indwells all beings.

Gurudev Swami Sivananda reminds you of your divinity, you are a radiant ray of the Eternal Light of lights, a child of God. Therefore make your life Divine with purity, truth and compassion, with selfless service, love for God, daily meditation and realisation. May all success attend upon you in the sublime task of divine life!

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INDEX OF SPECIAL OCCASIONS

The Millennium Period The New Year Sri Mahasivaratri Sri Gauranga Mahaprabhu Jayanti Lunar New Year Sri Rama Navami Sri Hanuman Jayanti Sri Buddha Jayanti Sri Adi Sankaracharya Jayanti Anniversary of Sannyasa Diksha of H.H. Sri Swami Sivananda Guru Purnima Sadhana Week Punyatithi Aradhana of H.H. Sri Swami Sivananda   Thursday—Weekly Guru Puja Day India’s Independence Day Rakshabandhan Sri Krishna Jayanti Sri Ganesha Chaturthi   The visit of the President of India to Sivananda Ashram Sri Mahatma Gandhi Jayanti Sri Navaratri Puja   Friday—Weekly Divine Mother Puja Day Vijaya Dasami   Dipavali Sri Bali Puja Sri Skanda Shashthi Sri Bhagavad Gita Jayanti Sri Dattatreya Jayanti December worships Christmas Ekadasi Pratishtha Mahotsava of Sri Visvanatha Mandir The Year End

Talk 1 Talk 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 (The all night worship of Lord Siva in February or early March) Talk 8 (The birth of Sri Krishna Chaitanya, full moon day in March) Talk 9, 10, 11 (mid March to mid April) Talk 12, 13 (The birth of Lord Rama, late March or April) Talk 14 (The birth of Hanuman, late March or April) Talk 15 (The birth of Lord Buddha, full moon day in May) Talk 16 (The birth of Sankara, the founder of the philosophy of Advaita Vedanta or absolute monism) Talk 17 (June 1) Talk 18   (Worship of the guru, full moon day in July) Talk 19, 20, 21 (Following Guru Purnima) Talk 22 (Worship on the anniversary of the passing of H.H. Sri Swami Sivanandaji Maharaj, the illustrious founder of The Divine Life Society, usually eight days after Guru Purnima) Talk 23, 24, 25 Talk 26, 27, 28, 29 (August 15) Talk 30 (Full moon day in August) Talk 31 (The birth of Lord Krishna, the eighth day after the August full moon) Talk 32 (The worship of Lord Ganesha, the fourth day after the new moon late August or September) Talk 33 Talk 34, 35 (The birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, October 2nd) Talk 36 (The nine-day worship of the Divine mother, late September or October) Talk 37, 38, 39, 42 Talk 40, 41 (The day of victory following Navaratri) Talk 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48 (The festival of lights, new moon day October-November) Talk 49, 50, 51 (The day following Dipavali) Talk 52 (The six-day worship of Lord Skanda or Karthikeya) Talk 53, 54, 55, 56, 57 (The anniversary of the Bhagavad Gita Discourse late November or December) Talk 58, 59 (The birth of Lord Dattatreya, full moon day, December) Talk 60 (The message of the Bhagavad Gita, Dattatreya and Jesus) Talk 61, 62 (The birth of Lord Jesus) Talk 63, 64, 65, 66 (The eleventh day of the lunar fortnight, normally a day of fasting) Talk 67 (The anniversary of the installation of the deities in the Visvanatha Temple, December 31, 1943) Talk 68 Talk 69, 70, 71, 72

 

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