During  the last months I had constant trouble with my husband. I have two little children and we were quarreling nearly every day. I asked myself how I could change that - for the sake of the children.
So I decided to try a method which I learned in my meditation course: Several times a day I created loving and positive thoughts in my mind about my husband. After a few days only I realised that it showed some results: We quarreled less. The atmosphere became more peaceful. I recognized a lot more:  that I am responsible for the tensions I have always felt and for which I insulted my husband and made him responsible. As soon as I relaxed and came into a more harmonious feeling, the atmosphere changed. I was more open and I realized that there was a connection between what I thought and what happened around me and how I felt. It’s like a wonder to see that. I am very grateful for that!.

Manuela, Freiburg Germany

Religious pension

Religious right and revolution
A rebel is revolting against religions of today
The divine Editorial office remains still, without movement - maybe.
Moral remnants make us give up
The Almighty Director reacts with a sensible reform of values
A protection of rights is something wanted on a regular basis
A heavenly resonance represents the saving of well wishes.
A revolution of human respect,
The highest director talks about reproduction of beneficial actions.
Either moral leftovers nor reserve, the divine agent remembers with recipe:
Resistant and accurate in a sweet heavenly revue, reserving a residence in paradise.

Anonymous  Germany

God is my friend .
Only peace and joy,
God is my friend.
Greatness and limitlessness.
Freedom is what he gives to me.
A life full of love, the One without limits loves me endless.
Independance and being invincible comes from having that godly guidance
Being with others there is no boredom, he makes me laugh.
Always stay smiling and relaxed, my love is God.
Anonymous Germany

Years ago I went with some children for a tour into the woods on ski. There was a lot of snow, it was  cold and after a storm, trees had fallen down everywhere and blocked several paths. We could not go the normal way and I was looking for different ways - until I realized we were completely lost! I did not know the way out any more. It was getting dark. Meanwhile I knew that all the parents of the children were worrying. So we tried to find a way out- but nothing worked out.   Inside I knew that this was a dangerous situation, it was cold and staying in the forest would mean to die because of the cold. But I also knew deep within that there was a solution and that there would be a way, even if a miracle had to happen. I was convinced that we would find a way. And the miracle happened: A man with a lantern came walking our way. He was a forester and knew the way back to our home village. We followed him and very soon we were back home again. All parents had gathered,waiting and they already wanted to inform the police. Everybody was happy that we came back without any damage. We were glad it was like in a fairytale, being saved by a foreign man with a lantern….

Anonymous Germany

For two years, I had been back and forth to doctors showing classic symptoms of colon cancer. Unfortunately, since I didn’t feel constantly tired, didn’t appear to be loosing weight the diagnosis was always irritable bowel. Since the cancer was in the segmented area this was being missed in the usual tests. Eventually my body was telling me all was not well. After 15 minutes in a specialist’s office on 22 may 1996 I realised my body was correct, a tumour could be felt. The next day a colonoscopy confirmed the diagnosis and in the afternoon the surgeon removed 20cm of colon. Since there was perineural invasion and metastatic carcinoma in two regional lymph nodes, adjuvant chemotherapy was required for the following six months. Just before any symptoms were noticed, my life was turned upside down with the sudden death of my father. My mother was not capable of coping by herself due to Alzheimer’s. I was coping with a death, placing my mother in a home and a gradual, bitter breakdown of relationships with a brother due to those circumstances. On top of this, my daughter was leaving home for her first year in boarding school. My body had been strained to its limits. Whilst in hospital recovering from the operation I had been given a book Love, medicine and miracles by Bernie Siegal. I knew then that to change the odds on my survival, I had to have some control over my mind. I was not aware of the speaker when I attended my first Cansurvive meeting. After completing six months of chemotherapy my body was definitely stronger but now it was time to strengthen my mind. A lady in white floated through the door. Her face was a picture of health, totally calm and peaceful. How could someone enter a room portraying such qualities from the hot, busy streets of Kowloon? This lady was coming to speak from the Raja Yoga Centre. Even the topic seemed chosen just for me. The chosen topic was on forgiveness. I was being told to have maturity and wisdom to understand. It was only then that I could forgive and forget. I was told to ask myself “should I forgive first or forget?” If I didn’t have the nature of forgetting then I could not forgive. I would keep remembering the same things over and over again. Keep asking, “why this thing happened” even thinking of revenge.

I was being told I needed to have control over my thoughts; I needed to love others and myself and draw this love from God. In between forgiving and forgetting I needed to have true love from the heart. The next day I rang to find out about Raja Yoga. The following Monday night, I took my first steps along a completely new path. Although at first I wasn’t able to accept all the information I was being given, gradually important points fell into place. I was being given knowledge which I could use any time, any place. Through a positive thinking course I could change negative thoughts into those that would benefit me. Instead of arriving stressed, I would arrive relaxed. This practice I found particularly useful whilst visiting the doctors and having follow-up tests. Through meditation I found I could achieve clarity of mind so I could more easily work out solutions to the problems. A confidence can be felt in knowing you have made the correct decision. This is not always an easy path. I am sure though that …you feel in control of your mind rather than your mind being in control of you. Your path is smoother, life is happier and so your body is healthier.”

By Janice

The soul-conscious practice of Raja Yoga meditation automatically pulls the soul into recognising God and thus into a relationship with God.

It is this link, which opens the soul to receive God’s love from which internal healing begins.

Faith in God, the Supreme Power can also rekindle the soul’s stability. Where there is faith, there is total trust in “whatever is to happen is meant to happen.” It just takes time and an inner belief.

I have had the fortune to witness such a healing process working for an expatriate in Hong Kong.

In May 1998, I arranged to meet Barbara to give her an introductory course in Raja Yoga meditation. She “arrived” supported by her two friends; totally unable to stand by herself.

I later discovered that Barbara was married with two college-aged girls. She had suffered for more than 15 years from recurrent bouts of epilepsy which were sudden and offered no prior warning.

One episode had resulted in a broken jaw and on another occasion she almost drowned whilst taking a bath. Added to this debilitating condition, there were further complications. Barbara had morning vertigo (giddiness) causing a loss of balance that made any morning activity impossible. Her eating, drinking and sleeping were also constantly disturbed by the burning sensations of a peptic ulcer.

It was no wonder that the long-term strain of these multiple disorders had exacted their toll on her family relationships. This is how my life was enriched and how she began her “introduction to meditation”.

As her course in Yoga progressed, she began to realize a progressive improvement in her physical well-being and with Barbara’s consent, her physician had decided to alter her drug dosage to improve her quality of life. Fortunately, this adjustment period ran relatively smoothly and she stabilised quickly. Above all the incapacitating “dizzy” spells reduced dramatically together with a decrease in the frequency of seizures.

However, her course programme was disturbed by the onset of family problems at home and this meant that she had to return to the UK.  She returned to Hong Kong several months later and to ease her back in to the Yoga course I held a few refresher sessions with her.

It was immediately clear that there were noticeable improvements in her health and Barbara was now much more relaxed, happy and active. Then there followed that day after class when all could see her beaming intensely as if she wanted to share some experience.

She told us that previously she had not believed in God but recently a “magic thread” seemed to have flowed into her that now helped her to connect with life.

Indeed, despite her body based weaknesses it was obvious to us all that she had become more peaceful, more at ease and in her own words “She was going to be OK. Perhaps there is someone out there after all!”

Barbara is a good example of how soul-conscious thinking brings positive changes in attitudes and outlook. Meditation gave her the insight to realise that excuses and blaming situations and others were fruitless. With great courage and honesty she took the responsibility to change herself. Her new thought patterns have enriched her life with the harmony of spiritual values. Today she is bright and becoming more beautiful with her “magic thread”.

BARBARA’S STORY

“When I first came to meditation I felt in the depths of despair physically and particularly emotionally. I felt as if life wasn’t worth living, I had no self-confidence and no self-esteem and I carried a heavy burden of guilt of family problems. Meditation taught me a new way to look at life – think only of today and don’t waste thoughts on the past or what might not happen in the future. I came to realise that I was an important being and I, with God’s help, was in charge of my own life but not anyone else’s. “I can change myself, others I can only love” is a saying, which I constantly repeat to myself.

The weekly classes covered a variety of topics such as attachment, self-respect and self-worth, being constant. They seemed to speak directly to my heart. They made me stop and think in a new way and gave me an insight into a calmer, peaceful and happier life. The more classes I attended the more peaceful and relaxed I felt within and friends and family noticed this improvement. Being less stressed has played a considerable part in my physical improvement, and my children no longer need to tell me to “chill out”.

Problems still come but by maintaining my meditation and practising its teaching, I know I can find my inner peace … from a bleak and sombre future, I am now facing the light! ”