Self Empowering Yoga in Challenging Times
Building Conviction with Spiritual Clarity about Faith and Fear
Vedanta – Belief – Faith – Experience – Conviction – Dharma – Yoga – Breathing – Contemplation
Join our worldwide livestream for a fellowship with our Himalayan siddha monk and living saint, His Holiness Swami Vidyadhishananda. Experience an insightful Vedantic discourse about the practical yoga of self empowerment through the power of thought, disciplined practice, positive affirmations and meaningful experiences.
Understand the difference between faith and belief as per the Vedanta philosophy. Herein the clarity adhering to faith is reverential but is neither emotive nor tainted by intellectualism. Listen to wisdom on how to build conviction through experiential learning and the reflective power of thinking.
Is fear an instinct? Develop a clear understanding about the roots of fear: how the general dread grips us from our own attachment and aversion, and how the attachment to worldliness is stoked.
Embellish your personal spiritual discipline and understanding by learning about the virtues of meaningful experiences (anubhava) – as opposed to intellectual assimilation based on newsmedia, divergent analysis and information overload. Understand why one ounce of practice is worth tons of theories.
His Holiness will guide us through the ancient Sanskrit-based framework of how to build confidence and conviction by identifying the objects of reverence and love in the context of experiences (anubhuti) that resonate in our hearts.
Convincing oneself intellectually is often fraught with wavering and tentamount to flaky, noncommittal behaviour, which is in turn a precursor to triggered responses in the face of fearsome situations. As His Holiness will conclude, contemplative reflection brings about the true intellectual repose while establishing the experience of calmness and mental clarity.
Additionally, feel the impact of sublime Sanskrit chanting and darshan blessings during the broadcast. The livestream fellowship will conclude with vespers (ārati). We will be streaming live from Santa Barbara, California.
After registering you will receive a confirmation email with the link and password necessary to view. Registration is free with options to donate. Please be mindful to type your primary email address free from any typos when registering – this will ensure that you receive the confirmation email with the login details. After the fellowship streams live, we will make a recording of the livestream available on our multimedia website subscriber-content – we appreciate your patience with the upload of the recording.
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We encourage you to connect your laptop or computer to a TV and/or home stereo system for a better fellowship experience. If you have questions about how to connect your laptop to a TV please see here for a how-to article.
