Here I shared how God lived with me in day-to-day life as one of my relatives.

The Sri Yantra Bhavana Upanishad is attributed to the Atharvaveda. It is a later Upanishad that illuminates the Bhavana or Deeper Emotions connected to the Sri Yantra, the body of the Mother Divine, and also the body of Divine Yogic Union of Purusha and Prakriti. It expounds the innermost intense feelings of the Soul, its basic desire, and ways and means to connect and unite with the ultimate consciousness. What is a Sri Yantra? A healing mandala diagram made by 4 Upward Apex Triangles and 5 Downward Apex Triangles, properly intertwined to represent • the cosmic forces in creation, and • the principles of duality, harmony, and divinity. The 9 Basic Triangles create a total of 43 Triangles due to the overlapping, which are grouped (shaded) as 14 + 10 + 10 + 8 + 1 = 43. Apart from these Triangles, • there is a central Dot (Bindu) • there are three Circles with 8 and 16 petals encircling the Triangles • there are four Gates encircling the entire Mandala, composed of three lines. Sanskrit Seed Sounds (bija mantra) like ॐ Om, are potent healing and nourishing energies. Sound is an energy. Pleasing sounds (meditative music, blessings) have excellent effects on one's behavior, attitude, and long-term all round success in life. An aesthetically made Mandala can become vastly superior when infused with Seed Sounds. Bhavana Upanishad Verse 8 क्रियाशक्तिᳲ पीठम् । कुण्डलिनी ज्ञानशक्तिᳲ गृहम् । इच्छाशक्तिर्महात्रिपुरसुन्दरी । ज्ञाता होता ज्ञानमग्निः ज्ञेयꣳ हविः । ज्ञातृज्ञानज्ञेयानामभेदभावनꣳ श्रीचक्रपूजनम् ॥ ८ ॥ kriyā-śaktiᳲ pīṭham । kuṇḍalinī jñāna-śaktiᳲ gṛham । icchā-śaktirmahātripurasundarī । jñātā hotā jñānamagniḥ jñeyaꣳ haviḥ । jñātṛ-jñāna-jñeyānāmabhedabhāvanaꣳ śrī-cakra-pūjanam ॥ क्रियाशक्तिः पीठम् । कुण्डलिनी ज्ञानशक्तिः गृहम् । इच्छाशक्तिः महात्रिपुरसुन्दरी । ज्ञाता होता ज्ञानम् अग्निः ज्ञेयम् हविः । ज्ञातृज्ञानज्ञेयानाम् अभेदभावनम् श्रीचक्रपूजनम् ॥ क्रिया-शक्तिः m1/1 action-propelling energy पीठम् n2/1 foundation (is) । कुण्डलिनी f1/1 Kundalini energy ज्ञान-शक्तिः m1/1 wisdom-infused energy गृहम् n2/1 home (brings one) । इच्छा-शक्तिः m1/1 intent (positive) महात्रिपुरसुन्दरी f1/1 the beautiful majestic goddess ruling over the 3 worlds (leads to) । ज्ञाता m1/1 knower होता m1/1 worshipper ज्ञानम् n1/1 knowledge अग्निः m1/1 fire-ritual ज्ञेयम् n1/1 known हविः n1/1 oblation । ज्ञातृ-ज्ञान-ज्ञेयानाम् n6/3 of the knower knowledge and object known अभेद-भावनम् n1/1 undifferentiated emotion श्री-चक्र-पूजनम् n1/1 Sri Chakra Worship (is) ॥ ________________________________________ हविः from हविस् । This verse is the defining verse of Bhavana Upanishad. It is the crux of the Sri Yantra. Beautifully it states that a sense of devotion, gratefulness, and offering one’s love is true worship. ---------- Contains Full Color Plates

When a dozen young boys found themselves trapped in Tham Luang cave in June 2018 in Northern Thailand with their 25-year-old coach, their chances of survival seemed very slim. They had only a handful of snacks they'd bought for one of the boys' birthday that day, and no drinking water. Not only that, while they sat there, waiting, the level of the water in the cave was rising all the time. Also, unbeknownst to them, the oxygen level was dropping. Trapped in darkness and unaware of the desperate search efforts going on in the outside world, the Wild Boys coach, Ekkapol Chanthawong, felt it was his responsibility to do everything he could to keep them alive. One of the survival tactics he implemented was getting them all to meditate. Ekkapol had trained for ten years to be a Buddhist monk in a temple in Northern Thailand. He could meditate for an hour at a time, and knew of the countless benefits that came with such a practice. This book explains how meditation within the framework of Bhavana works, why it's something we should all be doing, and how to do it. Bhavana - which refers to mental and spiritual development - is the cultivation of wisdom and tranquility through meditation. It is the means to developing resilience and strength that will serve when it is most needed. This book makes Bhavana accessible and practical by distilling the insights of thousands of years of tradition. It integrates the teachings and practices with the most recent neuroscience of how our brains and behavior can change to give us the tools to withstand suffering and fear.

When a dozen young boys found themselves trapped in Tham Luang cave in June 2018 in Northern Thailand with their 25-year-old coach, their chances of survival seemed very slim. They had only a handful of snacks they'd bought for one of the boys' birthday that day, and no drinking water. Not only that, while they sat there, waiting, the level of the water in the cave was rising all the time. Also, unbeknownst to them, the oxygen level was dropping. Trapped in darkness and unaware of the desperate search efforts going on in the outside world, the Wild Boys coach, Ekkapol Chanthawong, felt it was his responsibility to do everything he could to keep them alive. One of the survival tactics he implemented was getting them all to meditate. Ekkapol had trained for ten years to be a Buddhist monk in a temple in Northern Thailand. He could meditate for an hour at a time, and knew of the countless benefits that came with such a practice. This book explains how meditation within the framework of Bhavana works, why it's something we should all be doing, and how to do it. Bhavana - which refers to mental and spiritual development - is the cultivation of wisdom and tranquility through meditation. It is the means to developing resilience and strength that will serve when it is most needed. This book makes Bhavana accessible and practical by distilling the insights of thousands of years of tradition. It integrates the teachings and practices with the most recent neuroscience of how our brains and behavior can change to give us the tools to withstand suffering and fear.

Souvenir to commemorate the inauguration of a building for the Ganabharathi, cultural organization in Mysore; comprises articles on the life and the music of Veene Seshanna, 1852-1926, vina exponent from Karnataka.