Universal Spirituality
 
       
The ten things
The ten things which have to be realised by the spiritual seeker
  1. Join a spiritual Master who has a genuine spiritual power and perfect knowledge.
  2. Find your peace in a beautiful, beneficial place, alone and away from bad influences.
  3. Choose your friends from those who have the same spiritual Aspiration as yourself. Trust them!
  4. Feed yourself only when and what is strictly necessary for a good practice.
  5. Read and study the teachings and the Spiritual Paths of the Genuine Masters of the Earth.
  6. Learn and practice attentively the esoteric sciences - medicine, astrology and the science of prediction.
  7. Discover the suitable lifestyle that maintains your mental, physical and emotional health.
  8. Understand and apply those intelligent and common-sense techniques, methods and traditional paths that can lead you to a real spiritual development.
  9. Live as long as possible among those advance yogis who firmly believe in God who have quiet and powerful minds. Seek together Divine Wisdom.
  10. Keep your consciousness awake all the time when you walk, act rest, meditate, when you eat, make love or when you sleep.

These are ten things that need to be done by the disciple seeking the Truth
 
Essential Elements Regarding MAHASHIVARATRI, the Great Festival of Shiva

MahashivaratriIn India, Mahashivaratri, the spiritual night of Shiva, is traditionally consecrated to Paramashiva (the Supreme Shiva). Shiva's devotees unanimously consider it as being the most sacred night of the year.

The night of Mahashivaratri is the night before the day of the New Moon in February - March (according to the Indian astrological system – the lunar month, PHALGUNA). The yogis welcome this grandiose celebration as an exceptional spiritual opportunity. For this reason, they fast during the entire day and they stay awake for the entire night, meditating intensely using the MANTRAS of SHIVA (LAYA YOGA). The non initiates meditate simply by repeating Shiva's name continuously, with transfiguration, or by piously chanting songs of adoration to Shiva, or by adoring the famous symbol, the Shiva Lingam, aspiring with all their hearts towards PARAMASHIVA, THE HOLY FATHER.

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