From the Archive of Gitananda Yoga Gesellschaft Deutschland
e. V.
25. Januar 2010
HOW
POOJYA SWAMIJI THAUGHT US TO LIVE
1. Be cheerful
2. Do it now. Don't put things off. Do them immediately.
3. Do it well.
4. Be honest.
5. Be on time.
6. Say what you think and do what
you say.
7. Stand up for your principles.
8. Don't engage in popularity
contests.
9. Be active.
10. Be intense.
11. Live naturally and
simply.
12. Create beauty around you.
13. Share your life with others.
14. Be open.
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16. Have a sense of humour.
17. Don't
take yourself seriously.
18. Know yourself.
19. Be responsible.
20. Don't make excuses.
21. Keep your word under all circumstances.
22. Realise that you forget only those things which are not important to you.
Make everything important and you won't forget anything.
23. Live a unified
life. Make your work, your Yoga, your life, your home, your family, all one continuous
unbroken process and unit.
24. Be scientific and rational.
25. Be aware
and informed of the world around you.
26. Be independent.
27. Be hardened
and well trained.
28. Make yourself capable of doing very difficult things.
29. Enjoy yourself. Enjoy your life. Enjoy your daily routine. Enjoy your
food. Enjoy breathing. Enjoy the sun. Enjoy water. Enjoy plants.
30. Make
your Yoga Sadhana "Sukham", or natural and easy. It should be as natural and as
easy to you as breathing.
31. Practice your own Sadhana. Love your techniques
for their own sake. Practice them faithfully and assiduously. Not for what you
expect from them, but rather for the sheer joy of doing them. Do not be distracted
from the path by worthless glitter and baubles.
32. Be yourself.
33.
Grow a garden.
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