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A Yoga Dictionary from Asanas to Zerosis

Note that all words in grey (like the following examples; Yoga, Kundalini, Enlightenment) in the dictionary are links to archives with articles related to that word or expression.

From "Easy Steps to Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.

A yogic dictionary including desriptions of Matsyasana, Paschimottanasana, Halasana, Sarvangasana, Oordhva-Padmasana, Sirshasana, Siddhasana and Padmasana.

From "Easy Steps to Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.

Read more here: » Yogic Exercises: Asanas and Yogic Exercises

Machine : Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Dream: A phone or machine malfunctions

Dream: A phone or machine malfunctions

Description: You are trying to operate mechanical equipment when it malfunctions. Many of these dreams involve difficulty with a telephone: trouble dialing, getting disconnected or making a faulty connection. Computers lose their connection with the Internet, data gets deleted, a virus destroys your files and so forth. Other machines jam, break or sometimes become actively malevolent.

Frequency: Machine malfunction dreams are only moderately common. Some people have them often, others seldom. They usually arise when you feel anxious about making an emotional connection; sometimes they refer to mechanical difficulties with your body.

Usual meanings: You feel as though you can't seem to connect, can't reach him or her, that you keep losing touch. You can't reach someone on an emotional level, or feel that something in your body is not working properly.

Questions to ask yourself:

Unable to communicate variation:

• Who are you trying to reach in your dream?
• Who does this person or agency represent?
• In what areas of your life are your efforts to connect with someone not working?
• How can you improve your efforts to communicate with this person?
• What aspect of your health concerns you at the moment?
• Are you having difficulty communicating with someone?

Machine malfunctioning variation:

• What kind of a machine are you trying to operate?
• What is this type of machine used for? (define it, even if it doesn't exist in the waking world)
• Precisely what goes wrong?
• What situation in your waking life does this dream problem resemble?

Source: http://health.discovery.com

(See also: Dream Interpretation, Dream Dictionary, Meaning of Dreams, Dream Interpretation Machine , Dream Dictionary Machine )

Ayurveda and Herbal Medicine

Today, you may think in this technologically advanced society, (as I sit by my computer writing this, and you sit by yours reading it) there are a whole range of patented chemical drugs tailored for all ailments, so why use herbal medicines?

Herbs are as effective for healing today as they were in our grandmothers' day, and for thousands of years before that. We may live in a very different world today but the human body hasn't changed, in fact it's often struggling to cope with ifs new modern environment.

Read more here: » Herbal Medicine: Ayurveda and Herbal Medicine

Ethics as a Means to Yoga.

From "Easy Steps to Yoga" by Sri Swami Sivananda.

Read more here: » Yoga: Yoga of Right Conduct

Through discrimination, the seeker has to isolate the pure innermost Self from the mental coverings.

The Self is only reflected in the clear mind.

The Self, as pure Awareness, has to be seen as being distinct from body and mind.

(See also: Metaphysics, Metaphysical Principles, Definition of Metaphysics, Metaphysical Techniques, Miracles, Creating Miracles Faith and Belief, Spiritual Guidance, Peace of Mind, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

Read more here: » Metaphysical Principles: Principles Of 'Self'

Meditation Experiences by Sarasvati Buhrman PhD - Part II

Sometime after 350 B.C. a great yogi sage wrote the "Yoga Sutra". This brief translation should wet your appetite. This describes the transformation of mind that will unfold over a course of sadhana (spiritual practice), focusing on the relationship between the mind and the object of meditation.

Read more here: » Meditation Experiences: Meditation Experiences According to the Ashtanga Yoga Tradition with Commentary on Patanjali's Yoga Sutra - Part II

A dictionary Of Siddha Yoga Terminology. From Abhanga to Yogini.

Please note that all words in grey, like "enlightenment" or "kundalini" are hyperlinked to archives further explaining the term. At the corresponding archive you will also find articles related to the term.

Simply put, happiness is satisfaction of mind. However, different individuals have different perceptions of how to achieve happiness. For some, happiness lies in wealth; for others, it is in rank and position; yet others find happiness in fame and name. Commonly, happiness is measured by achievement in terms of money, property, other material possessions, power, name, fame, education, lifestyle, position and social status.

(See also: Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

Read more here: » Love and Happiness: Mantra for Happiness - Loving Detachment

Prasada is that which gives peace. Prasada is the sacred food offering of the Lord. During Kirtana, worship, Puja, Havan and Arati, the devotee offers sweet rice, fruits, jaggery, milk, coconut, plantain and such other articles to the Lord, according to his ability. After offering them to the Lord, they are shared between the members of the house or the Bhaktas in a temple.

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda

Read more here: » Prasada: Hindu Symbols - Sacred food offering of the Lord - Prasada

Jaws film - Mysterious death. The film opens with a young girl swimming a little far from Amity Island, a New England island that is a summer resort akin to Martha's Vineyard, loosely based in name on the Long Island town of Amityville. Suddenly, she begins to get jerked around and is pulled under. The next morning, Martin Brody (Scheider), the Amity Island Chief of Police, finds some of her remains and concludes ...

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Jaws film, Jaws film - Synopsis, Jaws film - Mysterious death, Jaws film - Shark hunt, Jaws film - Hunt on the high seas, Jaws film - The hunters become the hunted, Jaws film - Production history, Jaws film - Impact and significance, Jaws film - Mythbusters show, Jaws film - 30th anniversary, Jaws film - Awards, Jaws film - Differences from the novel, Jaws film - Differences from screenplay to screen

Read more here: » Jaws film: Encyclopedia II - Jaws film - Synopsis

The Vaiseshika system takes its name from Visesha or particularity which is the characteristic differentia of things. The aphorisms of Kanada contain the essence of the Vaiseshika philosophy. The principal subject treated therein is Visesha, one of the six Padarthas or categories enumerated by the founder.

Excerpt from All About Hinduism by Sri Swami Sivananda

Read more here: » Vaiseshika: Hindu Philosophy - The Vaiseshika

Faith Makes God Visible

We cannot speak of God as we do of other things. This is because the Absolute has neither nama (name) nor rupa (form) . God is beyond name and form.

Western culture is largely centred on the limit-experience of Being and Plenitude, whereas the eastern is centred on the consciousness-limit of Nothing and Emptiness. Raimon Panikkar, a Catholic theologian says the former is attracted by the world of things as they reveal to us the transcendence of Reality. The latter is attracted by the world of the subject, which reveals to us the impermanence of that very Reality. Both are preoccupied with the problem of "ultimacy", which many traditions call God.

Panikkar speaks about nine ways not to talk about God.

Read more here: » Formless God: Faith Makes God Visible

Herbalism: Herbs, Plants, Oils - A list of herbs and their purposes, including old folklore usages

This is a list of some of the thousands of herbs that I have found, there are many more. They are in alphabetical order so just scroll down the list.

From The Busy Witch.

Read more here: » Herbs, Plants, Oils: A list of herbs and their purposes

Bastard!! - Synopsis. In the anime, the six episodes tell of the awakening of Dark Schneider (also called Darshu) and his subsequent attempts to destroy his old allies (The Four Lords of Havoc) and take over the world, whilst winning over multiple love interests. Dark Schneider had been imprisoned a few years earlier, trapped inside the body of Yoko's friend Rushe following a failed attempt to take over the world. In the meantime, his four generals attempted to resurrect the god Ansalasax, who would bring about a ...

See also:

Bastard!!, Bastard!! - Manga, Bastard!! - OVA, Bastard!! - Synopsis, Bastard!! - Anime, Bastard!! - Translation, Bastard!! - Magic, Bastard!! - Characters, Bastard!! - Games, Bastard!! - Publication

Read more here: » Bastard!!: Encyclopedia II - Bastard!! - OVA

Havan is a procedure of eradicating inner imperfections prevalent in our being. This procedure has all the healing techniques incorporated in it beautifully. It is a rare combination of accupressure, touch healing, meditation, psychiatry, knowledge and wisdom. It is a perfect amalgamation of thought and procedure.

ÔTruth always conquers.' Truth is being one on three planes of thought, word and deed. To understand truth, to be truthful, and to become a reflection of truth, havan is a vedic procedure. It is a step towards a completely healthy body, mind and soul. In reality it is the only way to cleanse the body, mind and soul to ignite soul power.

(See also: Metaphysics, Metaphysical Principles, Definition of Metaphysics, Metaphysical Techniques, Miracles, Creating Miracles Faith and Belief, Spiritual Guidance, Peace of Mind, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

Read more here: » Metaphysical Techniques: Havan and Yagya: Procedure for purification

April 25 is the 115th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (116th in leap years). There are 250 days remaining. April 25 - Events. 1607 - Eighty Years' War: Dutch fleet destroys the anchored Spanish fleet at Gibraltar. 1707 - An Allied Austrian army is defeated by Bourbon army at Almansa (Spain) in the War of the Spanish Succession. 1719 - Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe is published. 1792 - Highwayman Nicolas J. Pelletier becomes t ...

Including:

• April 25 - Events
• April 25 - Births
• April 25 - Deaths
• April 25 - Holidays and observances

Read more here: » April 25: Encyclopedia - April 25

Note: The effects stated in this section are based on the Japanese anime and/or manga of Yu-Gi-Oh!. The real Obelisk card does not have any effect printed on it, and cannot be used in duels. (See God Cards for more details.) According to the Japanese anime and manga of Yu-Gi-Oh!, the Obelisk card has the following unique statistics (unlike most other cards which text are written in Japanese, in the Japanese anime and manga, the text on the God Cards are written in English): ATK (ATtacK points) ...

See also:

Obelisk the Tormentor, Obelisk the Tormentor - Effects, Obelisk the Tormentor - A note on Obelisk's effect, Obelisk the Tormentor - Yu-Gi-Oh! Nightmare Troubadour, Obelisk the Tormentor - Card Description

Read more here: » Obelisk the Tormentor: Encyclopedia II - Obelisk the Tormentor - Effects

Ever since historian Ananda Coomaraswamy extolled the Nataraja bronze (dancing Shiva) from Tamil Nadu as ''poetry but nonetheless science’’, interpreting the Nataraja as the ''cosmic dance’’ of Shiva has been widely accepted.

Fritjof Capra catapulted Nataraja into a modern-day scientific icon when he euphorically stated in his cult book of 1974 The Tao of Physics that ''the dancing Shiva is the dancing universe, the ceaseless flow of energy going through an infinite variety of patterns that melt into one another’’.

(See also: Nataraja , God and Religion, Peace on Earth, Peace of Mind, Love and Happiness, Life and Beyond, Body Mind and Soul)

Read more here: » Nataraja: Nataraja Reveals Cosmic Secrets  

Chaya (Cnidoscolus chayamansa and Cnidoscolus aconitifolius) also known as Tree Spinach, is a large, fast growing leafy perennial shrub, native to the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. It somewhat resembles a vigorous hibiscus plant or the cassava plant. It is popular in Mexico and Central America for its leaves which are cooked and eaten like spinach. It can grow to be 6 meters tall, but is usually ...

Read more here: » Chaya: Encyclopedia - Chaya

1966 - January. January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. January 2 - Strike of public transportation workers in New York City - ends January 13 January 3 - First Acid Test at the Fillmore, San Francisco January 4 - Military coup in Upper Volta (later Burkina Faso). January 4 - Prime ministers of India and Pakistan meet in Moscow January 5 - Fire due to a gas leak in Feyzin oil refi ...

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1966, 1966 - Events, 1966 - January, 1966 - February, 1966 - March, 1966 - April, 1966 - May, 1966 - June, 1966 - July, 1966 - August, 1966 - September, 1966 - October, 1966 - November, 1966 - December, 1966 - Unknown dates, 1966 - Births, 1966 - January, 1966 - February, 1966 - March, 1966 - April, 1966 - May, 1966 - June, 1966 - July, 1966 - August, 1966 - September, 1966 - October, 1966 - November, 1966 - December, 1966 - Deaths, 1966 - January, 1966 - February, 1966 - March, 1966 - April, 1966 - May, 1966 - June, 1966 - July, 1966 - August, 1966 - September, 1966 - October, 1966 - November, 1966 - December, 1966 - Month/day unknown, 1966 - Nobel Prizes, 1966 - Fields Medalists

Read more here: » 1966: Encyclopedia II - 1966 - Events

1984 - January. January 1 - Brunei becomes a fully independent state. January 1 - AT&T is broken up into 24 independent units. January 5 - Richard Stallman starts developing GNU. January 7 - Brunei becomes the sixth member of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). January 9 - Clara Peller is featured in the "Where's the Beef?" commercial campaign for Wendy's for the first time. January 10 - The United States and the Va ...

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1984, 1984 - Events, 1984 - January, 1984 - February, 1984 - March, 1984 - April, 1984 - May, 1984 - June, 1984 - July, 1984 - August, 1984 - September, 1984 - October, 1984 - November, 1984 - December, 1984 - Unknown dates, 1984 - Births, 1984 - January-April, 1984 - May-August, 1984 - September-December, 1984 - Deaths, 1984 - January-April, 1984 - May-August, 1984 - September-December, 1984 - Nobel Prizes, 1984 - Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 1984 - Fictional references

Read more here: » 1984: Encyclopedia II - 1984 - Events