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Join Sevaji this Sunday for online yoga broadcasted LIVE from Divine Earth! All are welcome. PASSWORD: destiny

IMPORTANT: Please visit this link for a list of class requirements:http://divineearth.org/divineearth/node/1900

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Click here to watch Yoga w/ Seva

Donations: Pay what you can, recommended amount is $10.

A word about offerings/donations: It is of the utmost importance that you come to class with an offering (read Yogi Bhajan’s statement below). The offering should be made in the spirit of gratitude and can be in a monetary form, which is usually easiest, or a gift.

Recommended online class donation is $10.

“Itarashtam tithar Kashtam – empty handed you come, empty handed you go. It’s a law which should never be broken. And you should (as a teacher) share freely, but never receive a student who comes empty handed – that’s the law. If a person shall come empty handed, that person may sit here for six hours and do all kinds of yoga, but the moment he goes out of that door, he’ll go empty handed. That’s the only condition, and it’s not up to you or me.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

Philosophy is Dead

After philosophizing for many years I have concluded that it is better to reject all philosophy. Each moment is so fresh and new and to live with a philosophy is to live by a script. You become an actor fulfilling his or her part in a play, or leela to use a Sanskrit term, without even realizing it.

In such a case philosophy becomes more of a law, and thus another form of bondage. Life is meant to be lived freely and consciously. Laws, rules, and even philosophy offer ready-made answers that dull the intellectual for one no longer needs to think for oneself, one needs only to refer to some book for an appropriate reaction to a given situation. So instead of relying on one’s own experience, one’s own wisdom, one’s own intuition, we start relinquishing our inner power to a foreign body or governing agency.

Understand that any pre-established morality foisted upon you prevents you from truly experiencing the magic of each moment, for you will always be cross-checking with the voices of the past – your mother, your father, your teachers, your priest, your spiritual books, and so on – to see if you are behaving to their liking. Because that conditioning entered as such a young age and penetrated very deeply into your subconscious, the obvious outcome of this conditioning is a feeling of insecurity within yourself, ranging from mild to phobic; it is putting faith in the external and lack of trust for the internal. And this tells you that you do not have faith in your Self and your own inner guidance.

From your very childhood you have been told what is right and what is wrong, to do this and don’t do that. Very rarely as a child did anyone put much faith in your ability to decide for yourself. In fact, I am sure many of you still hear the voices of some authority figure, like your mother or father, echoing in your mind when you have to make a decision or the proverbial “I told you so!” when you have messed up. Don’t allow this to create any resentment inside you; that will just deepen the rift.

The people in your past usually meant well and may have believed that that were protecting you. Sadly, they were just repeating the patterns of their parents or following the norm of child rearing in society. It is much better to be aware of the influences that have shaped your life, and if you that some have not served you correct it, forgive those who may not have done so well by you, and live henceforth in accordance to your own nature with awareness.

If you live intelligently with awareness you may come to the same conclusions that philosophy, dogma, or scriptures presented, but the experience will be different. You will live each moment in its totality and you will live authentically.

Blessings,

Johannes ~ Sevaji

 
Home was surrounded by nature thanks to my dad ~ Here are some pics that show dad’s love of nature and his green tumb ~ Our family front yard ~ 

Password: destiny

Join Sevaji this Sunday for online yoga broadcasted LIVE from Divine Earth! All are welcome. PASSWORD: destiny

IMPORTANT: Please visit this link for a list of class requirements:http://divineearth.org/divineearth/node/1900

‘

Click here to watch Yoga w/ Seva

Donations: Pay what you can, recommended amount is $10.

A word about offerings/donations: It is of the utmost importance that you come to class with an offering (read Yogi Bhajan’s statement below). The offering should be made in the spirit of gratitude and can be in a monetary form, which is usually easiest, or a gift.

Recommended online class donation is $10.

“Itarashtam tithar Kashtam – empty handed you come, empty handed you go. It’s a law which should never be broken. And you should (as a teacher) share freely, but never receive a student who comes empty handed – that’s the law. If a person shall come empty handed, that person may sit here for six hours and do all kinds of yoga, but the moment he goes out of that door, he’ll go empty handed. That’s the only condition, and it’s not up to you or me.” ~ Yogi Bhajan

Amazing how Johannes has a way of expressing the essence of our most precious life-experiences ..as if he is speaking to each one of us individually and awakening a deep cord within ~ Here is Johannes/Sevaji’s discourse on “The Creative Self” ~ so beautiful ~

“The Creative Self

It seems to me that to be a truly happy and fulfilled person there is a need for self-expression, and that as human beings we have this innate urge to create and to participate in shaping the world around us. We all have the ability to be creative, but how often do we give ourselves the opportunity to do so?

When we were children most of us loved building things whether it be snow forts (if you lived in the north) or sand castles; or to design our own toys out of boxes, wood, or other leftover scrap material; or make dolls and dress them up; or dream up imaginary worlds with wizards, dragons, princesses, unicorns, or just imaginary friends to keep us company. This out pouring of creative expression is what made childhood so magical!

As we got older, our creativity was suppressed in order to learn the ways of the “real world”. We had to learn what adults and society told us was important to learn and they began to mold us to be good citizens, to fit in, to be a cog in a wheel. As we got older still, any remnants of time to be creative was eaten up with the obligations of survival. And with that came a lot of stress! The real world kept us so busy that we didn’t even realize that something so precious was incrementally being hidden away.

An essential part of the spiritual path is to break free of all conditionings, to get back to the essential self before you associated yourself with your name, your job, your skin color, your sex. When you come to the realization that you are not a personality a divine freedom awakens within. It is this liberation that opens your consciousness to receive the gifts of creative source.

There is egoic creativity and source creativity; it is the latter that adorns the world with beauty and upliftment, that inspires awe and wonder, that heals the heart and touches the soul. Recapture the joy of childhood and regain that feeling of bliss by expressing the beauty in your heart, the beauty of the inner-child.

Let us bring beauty to this world. Dance! Sing! Create masterpieces of music, art, and poetry! Your entire being will rejoice and so much healing will begin as you realign with the primal essence of your very existence. The Universe is creativity and we are but individual expressions of this indefinable creative source.

Johannes ~ Sevaji ~ Hippie Guru Maharaj”

The issue here is more than just corporate takeover of the seed supply. The basic function of evolution’s survival of the fittest is to have biodiversity to allow life forms to adapt to changing conditions; once we destroy the biodiversity we become 100% responsible for all future adaptations and natural evolution is rendered virtually non-existent.

Please note: This image is based on the seeds available in 1983, what do you think has happened since then? SAVE YOUR SEEDS!

Occupy Monsanto World Headquarters

Tuesday, January 24, 2012 at 8:00am until Wednesday, January 25, 2012 at 12:00am

Monsanto World Headquarters, 800 North Lindbergh Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO (314) 694-1000, 800 North Lindbergh Boulevard, Saint Louis, MO (314) 694-1000, Saint Louis, MO

Following up on two actions at Monsanto’s headquarters in 2011, we return to St. Louis for the 2012 Monsanto shareholders meeting on January 24!

Please RSVP if you plan to attend the OCA picket line at Monsanto’s headquarters! [please email mikedvegan@gmail.com]
Monsanto is consistently ranked among the most evil of all corporations on Earth, wreaking havoc on public health and the environment with its deadly chemicals, but under U.S. law, people and living things don’t matter to a corporation, only profits for its shareholders. So, we’ve teamed up with a group of ethical shareholders led by Harrington Investments, a socially responsible investment advisory firm, that wants to change how Monsanto operates.
What if Monsanto had to pay for its corporate crimes? If it were to be held liable for costs associated with its products, shareholders would see their accounts dramatically reduced. We intend to inform them of this.
Please join us in St. Louis to support a shareholder resolution to study the financial risks associated with genetically engineered crops. While an OCA representative is speaking inside the shareholders meeting, another group of us will be outside, peacefully picketing.
Come to St. Louis to Make Monsanto Pay!

Contact OCA Organizer Mike Durschmid [mikedvegan@gmail.com] to join in.

Please RSVP here – https://www.facebook.com/events/219569998128817/

Whole Foods Market, while proclaiming their support for organics and “seed purity,” gave the green light to USDA bureaucrats to approve the “conditional deregulation” of Monsanto’s genetically engineered, herbicide-resistant alfalfa.

Approximately 2/3 of the products sold by Whole Foods Market and their main distributor, United Natural Foods (UNFI) are not certified organic, but rather are conventional (chemical-intensive and GMO-tainted) foods and products disguised as “natural.”

Whole Foods and UNFI are maximizing their profits by selling quasi-natural products at premium organic prices. Organic consumers are increasingly left without certified organic choices while genuine organic farmers and ranchers continue to lose market share to “natural” imposters. It’s no wonder that less than 1% of American farmland is certified organic, while well-intentioned but misled consumers have boosted organic and “natural” purchases to $80 billion annually-approximately 12% of all grocery store sales.

http://rickthehealthsleuth.blogspot.com/2011/01/whole-foods-sells-out-to-monsanto.html

This is a very serious attempt to usurp control and erode away at yet another element of our freedom.

I believe there are a couple strategies at work by the beloved government.

1. First, is to distract and detract away from the Occupy movement and the NDAA bill that targets Americans as possible terrorist..

2. Second, to put in place the means by which the government can censor its critics.

In the coming months, mark my words, they will be scrambling to hold the country together. We have seen that in foreign countries and even in the US that “we the people” WILL protest and demonstrate when pushed too far. More is too come.

When the economy really nose-dives, imagine what “we the people” will do. I believe he gov’ is afraid of what is to come because they know what is to come. These new laws can be used to protect their empire – the empire of the corporatocracy. We need to fight every step of the way to ensure that the government returns to represent the people, and fighting sopa/pipa is absolutely necessary step.

But put this all in perspective. It was just a couple months ago when they introduce the NDAA bill that would allow officials to arrest and imprison basically anyone without a fair trial. But it was for your own safety.

Do you see how this jigsaw puzzle is coming together?

These scheming parasites constantly conceal their true intention by masquerading these new laws under the guise of something noble. Please do not buy into! this! What they really want is for you to shut up (SOPA) and behave (NDAA) while they take the last remains of the country out from under you ‘cuz they know “we the people” have the true power if you walk bravely and united.

Password: destiny

Join Sevaji this Sunday for online yoga broadcasted LIVE from Divine Earth! All are welcome. PASSWORD: destiny

IMPORTANT: Please visit this link for a list of class requirements:http://divineearth.org/divineearth/node/1900

‘

Click here to watch Yoga w/ Seva

Donations: Pay what you can, recommended amount is $10.

A word about offerings/donations: It is of the utmost importance that you come to class with an offering (read Yogi Bhajan’s statement below). The offering should be made in the spirit of gratitude and can be in a monetary form, which is usually easiest, or a gift.

Recommended online class donation is $10.

“Itarashtam tithar Kashtam – empty handed you come, empty handed you go. It’s a law which should never be broken. And you should (as a teacher) share freely, but never receive a student who comes empty handed – that’s the law. If a person shall come empty handed, that person may sit here for six hours and do all kinds of yoga, but the moment he goes out of that door, he’ll go empty handed. That’s the only condition, and it’s not up to you or me.” ~ Yogi Bhajan