Perform spiritual practice for surviving the difficult times ahead

H. H. Atul Dighe

According to the principles of Spirituality, one of the mini-cycles of four eras within the Kaliyug era will be ending soon and another mini-cycle of four eras will commence. Kaliyug is considered an era of strife. We all are experiencing it in our daily life in the form of personal problems, family problems, job problems, financial crises, psychological problems, etc. In a day we are happy hardly for 2-3 hrs. This will decrease further as the difficult times approach. In these difficult times, mankind will see many natural calamities like earthquakes, tsunamis, famine, floods, etc. The possibility of Third World War is also looming large. However, if we commence spiritual practice now, then we will be able to survive these difficult times. Let us take this opportunity given by God to start spiritual practice because it is only He, who can protect us in any situation.

- H. H. Atul Dighe

Offer the mind, intellect and ego to God

H. H. Lola Vezilić

With the beginning of spring, the Sun rays are bright and pleasant and all of nature is awakening full of joy and dressing in glorious, fresh colors. All this Divine beauty that we are surrounded with is a gift from God to us, out of His immense love. Now pause for a moment go deep in your heart and express gratitude for everything that you have been given, for all the love and care He is pampering you with, for life, and above all for your spiritual practice. He has given all without expecting that we even acknowledge what He has given. What have we given back to Him? Do we remember Him even for even tiny bit of how much He remembers us, how much He loves us? Let us all make a firm resolve this very moment to surrender all to Him and to plead fervently that He keeps us close to Him, to forgive us all our wrong deeds, let us offer at His feet our mind, intellect and ego in the form of the most beautiful flowers and plead that He accept this humble offering.

Let us continually be in rememberance of God’s Glory.

- H. H. Lola Vezilić

Required – Seekers who can translate and proofread from Marathi or Hindi into English

A precious treasure of Holy texts is available in Marathi and Hindi languages. Presently, we require seekers who can translate and proofread from Marathi or Hindi into English. This seva can be performed from home too. Following are the pre-requisites for seekers intending to participate in this seva :

1. Good knowledge of Marathi / Hindi and English languages

2. Minimum seven hours of availability per week for the seva

3. Preferably, having a computer at home, basic knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel and an Internet connection at home.

4. It is essential to maintain continuity and time limits during the seva.

Seekers interested in the above seva may contact us at the following E-mail: translation@spiritualresearchfoundation.org

Required – Seekers for seva of translating SSRF articles into French, Spanish, Hungarian, German, Russian and Portuguese

Seekers are required for translating SSRF articles from English into other languages. This seva can be performed from the home. The seeker would need to have a good understanding of English, and be fully fluent in any of the languages (French, Spanish, Hungarian, German, Russian, Portuguese). Some other basic prerequisites are: having a computer at home, basic knowledge of E-mail, software such as MS Word, and an Internet connection

Seekers interested in this seva may contact us at the following E-mail: ap@spiritualresearchfoundation.org

We will be holding 2 satsangs via Skype every week for our readers worldwide. These satsangs will be as per the European and Australasian time zones but can be attended from any other region. Everyone can choose to attend the satsang that has the most convenient time for them. Both satsangs will have the same topic. So if you miss one you can always attend one from another region.

Due to a high demand for this satsang from India we will be holding a third special satsang only for readers residing in India. We request readers residing in India only to attend this satsang.

Since it is all via the Internet you will be able to attend the satsang wherever you may be at your convenience. All you will need is a computer connected to a broadband Internet service, earphones and a microphone along with the Skype Internet Telephony free software.

Registrations for the first satsang are now open. The theory topic will be Satsang 1: ‘Basic concepts in spiritual practice’.

The following are the time zones

European time zone:      26 Nov 2008 (every Wednesday)
Australian time zone:    30 Nov 2008 (every Sunday)
Special satsang for India:    30 Nov 2008 (every Sunday)

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• What is satsang?
• SSRF calendar of events around the world

It is highly recommended that all chant ‘Sree Gurudev Datta’ for 6 hours daily during this fortnight. During this period priority should be given to completing the prescribed amount of this chant compared to the chanting the Name of God as per one’s religion . If it is not possible to do 6 hours of chanting every day, we can strive to chant as much as possible.

Listen to:

Sree Gurudev Datta chant

Please pass this on to your family and friends. If you have any experiences from chanting the Name please do let us know via the ‘Post a comment’ functionality.

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SSRF is making efforts to educate society about Spirituality through various media like internet, books, booklets, etc. In order to spread the knowledge to a wider audience, a number of spiritual publications (books) have been translated into 12 other languages.

Now, seva (service to the God principle) is available for the translation of spiritual publications into Indian languages – Malayalam, Kannad, Tamil and Telugu. Those readers/seekers who wish to do translation seva would be required to have sound knowledge of English, Marathi or Hindi language. Please contact the below SSRF seekers for registering names and further information.

1. Ms. M.P Rashmi for translation into Malayalam : + 91-9388466399, Email address : sskochi@gmail.com

2. Mrs. Vinutha Shetti for translation into Kannad, Tamil and Telugu : + 91-(0824)-3259191, Email address : ssmulki@gmail.com

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