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CMW #111 Body 01__06.Indd CHINMAYA MISSION® WEST BIMONTHLY NEWSLETTER March 2006, No. 111 In This Issue SPIRITUAL TRAILS Things My Mother Never Told Me Centering THE SCIENCE OF ASTROLOGY IN HIS PRESENCE Journey to the Source In the Land of the Lords NEWS Chinmaya Vibhu¯ti Inaugurated Going OM Medical Camp at Bhadrachalam G¯it¯a the Beautiful B¯ala Sev¯a FEATURE S¯adhana-S¯adhya Viveka SPIRITUAL CAMPS CM Columbus Family Camp Dharma Sevak Course 2006 Bh¯arat Darshan 2006 CM Flint Mah¯asam¯adhi Camp CM Houston Family Camp MISSION STATEMENT To provide to individuals, from any background, the wisdom of Vedanta and the practical means for spiritual growth and happiness, enabling them to become positive contributors to society. www.chinmayamission.org CONTACTS in NORTH AMERICA United States Gurudev’s Message Arizona Phoenix 480-283-8447; [email protected] California Bakersfield 661-872-7784; [email protected] Los Angeles 714-991-5274; [email protected] San Diego 858-549-2908; [email protected] San Jose 408-998-2793; [email protected] Tustin 714-832-7669 [email protected] District of Columbia/Maryland/Virginia Washington 301-384-5009; [email protected] Florida Miami 305-279-8456; [email protected] Orlando 407-699-7331; [email protected] St. Augustine 904-692-4121; [email protected] Tampa 813-909-4142; [email protected] he Infinite is one. It can only be one. Its Georgia Tmanifestation is the world of plurality with its Atlanta 478-922-9710; [email protected] endless varieties of names and forms. Illinois Chicago 630-654-3370; [email protected] The finite alone can be comprehended—by Libertyville 847-680-4735; [email protected] man’s sense organs, mind, and intellect— Indiana in his present ‘state’ of Consciousness. The Merrillville 219-322-7268; [email protected] spiritual student’s attempt is to transcend Massachusetts his present instruments of perception and Boston 978-470-2661; [email protected] awaken to the Higher in Him, from where he Michigan Ann Arbor 734-663-8912; [email protected] can experience the One, objectless Awareness. 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Focusing Florida ‘spiritual heart.’ Is this what we use when dealing on the tip of the nose actually refers to focusing on Miami 305-279-8456; [email protected] with the world? What is this spiritual heart and your breath. [See CMW News, March 2005.] Orlando 407-699-7331; [email protected] where is it? St. Augustine 904-692-4121; [email protected] The third eye is also known as the ¯ajn˜a chakra, Tampa 813-909-4142; [email protected] The spiritual heart is called ‘hrdaya-guh¯a’ and and it is a powerful energy point. Our body has a Georgia ‘hrday¯ak¯asha,’ and it is located just to the right total of seven chakras, all of them energy points: Atlanta 478-922-9710; [email protected] of the physical heart, where the rib cage parts. mu¯l¯adh¯ara, at the base of the spine; sv¯adhisht.h¯ana, Illinois In Yoga Shastra, it is also known as the an¯ahata in the navel; man. ipura, in the solar plexus; an¯ahata, Chicago 630-654-3370; [email protected] chakra. 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