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Red Flashes on a green background signifies anger mingled with jealousy.
Slimy Green signifies deceit and cunning.
Green when bright indicates tolerance, tact, adaptability, politeness and intelligence.
Orange when bright denotes pride and ambition.
Yellow denotes intellectuality. It is a good colour. When the intellect runs into low channels,
the yellow is deep and dull. When it is directed towards higher things, it becomes brilliantly golden
or prim-rose yellow.
Blue when dark and clear denotes religious feeling. When the blue amounts to a rich violet,
it represents highest religious thought and feeling.
Blue when light and luminous represents spirituality.
White when pure and effulgent represents the Spirit or Brahman or GOD.
Dear friend! Surround yourself with harmonious vibrations within and without. Regular
meditation will help you in attaining this end. Carry with you wherever you may go, vibrations of
power, strength, joy, bliss, peace, kindness, love, mercy and sympathy. Absorb all good vibrations.
Dispel all discordant vibrations. Learn to absorb the vibrations of great sages of yore which are
floating in the ethereal space. Be in tune with the vibrations of the living liberated sages. They will
all back you up. May the vibrations of peace and joy flow through your eyes, face, tongue, hands,
feet and skin! May whoever comes in contact with you feel this! May the Eternal, Immortal Spirit
guide you in your attainment of Self-realisation by developing harmonious vibrations! Om Peace!
Peace! Peace!
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PRACTICAL LESSONS IN YOGA
APPENDIX I
DAILY ROUTINE FOR ASPIRANTS
1. ELEMENTARY COURSE37
Meditation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 hr.
Morning. . . . . . . . . . . ½ hr.
Evening . . . . . . . . . . . ½ hr.
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 hr.
Asanas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 min.
Sirshasana . . . . . . . . . 3 min.
Sarvangasana. . . . . . . 3 min.
Matsyasana . . . . . . . . 2 min.
Bhujangasana . . . . . . 2 min.
Salabhasana. . . . . . . . 1 min
Dhanurasana . . . . . . . 1 min
Uddiyana. . . . . . . . . . 1 min
Relaxation . . . . . . . . . 2 min
Pranayama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 min.
Puraka-Kumbhaka-Rechaka. 10 min.
Bhastrika . . . . . . . . . 2 min.
Sitali . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 min.
Relaxation . . . . . . . . . 1 min.
Selfless Service38 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 hr.
Total time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3½ hrs.
37 Aspirants of the Elementary Course should devote at least 3 1/2 hours daily for Yogic practices. They should get
up at 4 a.m. in the morning and sit for meditation for 15 minutes, and should also have another sitting for 15
minutes in the evening. The following books are recommended for study:
1. Spiritual Lessons (Part I and II). By Swami Sivananda.
2. Practice of Karma-Yoga. By Swami Sivananda.
3. Practice of Bhakti-Yoga. By Swami Sivananda.
4. Sure Ways for Success in Life and God-realisation. By Swami Sivananda.
5. Yoga in Daily Life. By Swami Sivananda.
6. Bhagavad-Gita. By A. Mahadeva Sastri (Theosophical Publishing House, Madras)
38 Selfless Service consists in serving Society, country and humanity with Atma-Bhava, without the idea of agency,
and without expectation of fruits of action. All works are selfless, when done in the right spirit, with a view to help
others.
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DAILY ROUTINE FOR ASPIRANTS
2. INTERMEDIATE COURSE39
Meditation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 hrs.
Morning. . . . . . . . . . . 1 hr.
Evening . . . . . . . . . . . 1 hr.
Study . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 hrs.
Asanas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½ hr.
Sirshasana . . . . . . . . . 5 min.
Sarvangasana. . . . . . . 5 min.
Matsyasana . . . . . . . . 3 min.
Bhujangasana . . . . . . 3 min.
Salabhasana. . . . . . . . 2 min.
Dhanurasana . . . . . . . 2 min.
Mayurasana. . . . . . . . 2 min.
Paschimottanasana . . 3 min.
Uddiyana. . . . . . . . . . 2 min.
Nauli . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 min.
Relaxation . . . . . . . . . 2 min.
Pranayama. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ½ hr.
Puraka-Kumbhaka-Rechaka . 20 min.
Kapalabhati . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 min.
Sitali . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 min.
Bhastrika . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 min.
Relaxation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 min.
Selfless Service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 hr.
Total time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 hrs.
39 Intermediate Course aspirants should devote at least 6 hours daily for Yogic Sadhana. The following are the
books specially recommended for their study:
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