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Swami Nityamuktananda in Florenceby Sabina CesaroniConsiderations on the seminar held by Swami Nityamuktananda Florence (Italy) 29-30 October 2011 II Seminar - I YEAR Himalayan Yoga Tradition Teachers Training Programme Organized by Himalayan Yoga Institute – Italy Swami Nityamuktananda looks at us, smiles… then invites us to focus on the breath closing the eyes. Two minutes silence... still. Those two minutes Swami Veda always reminds us to practice through daily life, suspending all movements of the mind. ...Hari Om... The rays of light enter the room, still a beautiful sunny day! Swami Nityamuktananda welcomes us, introduces the Himalayan Tradition, then "tunes" on the notes of the subject chosen for this seminar: "The Philosophy of Yoga". The seminar is part of the 4 years Teachers Training Program (TTP) including 6 workshops per year to be followed by the students. The Course started in October 2011 (1-2 October) with the first seminar led by the Italian teachers of the Himalayan Yoga Institute-Italia. The subject was “Meditation". Also this second appointment led by Swami Nityamuktananda, as all non-residential seminars, took place in Florence.
The words of Swami Rama sound very clear through Swami Nitya's voice. What is then mind and how does it work? From where emotions arise? How to be able to act and not to re-act?! Yoga is in service to study, to analyse human nature, the so called "personality", what we are used to define as I, mine… our conditionings. Yoga is an instrument of testing and direct experience in order to understand what we call…we, the world, the others, other… the spirituality, the Yoga and even the definition of God Himself! A pause, a brief silence. Swami Nitya smiles again while Laura, our excellent translator, follows her words with careful precision. Words enter our space and try to adhere… sometimes it's easy, sometimes is not!
As a water drop, reaching the ocean, loses its small identity of tiny little drop, so the I-ness loses its confined identity embracing the vast wholeness. Everything is in service of the Divine and everyone is perfectly equipped for this very special life trip. In the circle of life, everything is in service and every Being is a "unique" and "universal" manifestation… from subtle to gross, from gross to subtle. Back again to that original source, Tattva, which from Sanskrit means exactly that matrix, origin… source. Swami Nitya introduces us to the ancient texts Tattva Samasa and the Yoga Sutras. The first 3 sutras being just the compendium of all others.
Practice, practice and experience... Time for questions, curiosity, perplexity... everyone would like to know more and satisfy the mind doubts!! Swami Nitya smiles and reminds us that "Rome was not built in a day" and that Buddha took 5000 incarnations in order to find his way back home! Being patient, observing the right practice (Raja Yoga) and through Karma Yoga, the Yoga of action, we begin our trip to Rome! Know and practice the ethic principles of Yama and Niyama to change our relationship to the world and the others... and for that we change ourselves! Keeping in one's heart the first and absolute principle of non violence- Ahimsa: don't hurt others the way you don't want to be hurt yourself. Swami Nitya closes her eyes and invite us, again, to follow her for two minutes silence; in the quiet of this moment the words, all considerations, enter an inner space and are just seeds ready to be cultivated. We bow honouring Her and through her Presence, Gurudeva and that ancient precious Divine memory reminding us of our Eternal Being ..Hari OmEditor’s Note:Swami Nityamuktananda Saraswati has written a book titled Tattva Samasa. Please see http://www.athayoga.info/cds-and-books-for-sale/tattva-samasa We invite you to
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