For Stilling, Emptying and Silencing the Mind (A-Manas-ka) Leading to a Rebirth and Rejuvenation of one’s Consciousness
A ten-day International Retreat, held at the Sacred Foothills of the Himalayas, a Spiritual Power Centre for Spiritual Transformation in India.
The Brahma Yajna will Culminate in a Spiritual Pilgrimage to the Ancient Cities of Varanasi and Ayodhya.
In today’s fast-paced world, the relentless pursuit of material wealth, fame, and status has overshadowed a fundamental connection with our deeper self, leaving us feeling distraught, lost, and bereft of any real joy.
A healthy sense of self allows us to enjoy life with balance, optimism, and zest, while the very same self can also wreak havoc, destroy relationships, and cause damage to loved ones – a sorrow so miserable that we then take extra effort
to ‘show the world’ how much we are in control of our life, when, in reality, we desperately clutch onto almost anything that gives us momentary gratification, momentary security, momentary happiness.
This process is habitual until we reach utter frustration and fatigue from being stuck in the very rut that we have systematically and unconsciously created.
Can we go on like this? Is this all there is to life? When does our nagging pain come to an end?
It is for everyone, but we will start with you, dear seeker!
Today, more than ever before, the paradoxical nature of success takes us to heights, but only to show us a mirror where our reflection betrays the emptiness in our life and the sorrow in our heart. This experience can be terrifying as it is the naked truth of what lies within us, covered and layered under falsities. This condition applies to all of mankind… This is the human condition that is not spoken about.
For those who are seasoned spiritual seekers, there may be occasional joy in the depth of conversation contextualized through the frameworks of religion, esoteric teachers, and sacred texts. However, it is only when you have already detached yourself from mainstream materialism that you can easily grasp the reality of the self, Awareness, and the mystery of the
Unmanifest Divine. Incidentally, these are the central pillars of Amanaska Yoga.
The retreat welcomes all interested individuals or spiritual novices to gently yet bravely embrace a new path of sadhana (spiritual discipline of enquiry and understanding) that would open wholly new lines of thinking, feeling, and thus, decisively enable them to take the required action to improve the quality of their inner life and their world. A beginner’s steps towards building your inner life need not disturb the social structures around you, as everything unfolds according to a Divine plan.
So, worry not! Whoever you are, in whichever part of the world you are, and whatever be your age or profession, it simply does not matter.
Following the retreat, one might experience a sense of feeling displaced, as it may take a few days to settle back into a daily routine.
After returning home, it is suggested that every attendee start a minimal daily practice or sadhana (spiritual discipline or reading and contemplation) and also yoga and pranayama. Spiritual discipline goes a long way towards silencing the self. This is a life long commitment and requires consistency to experience change.
Maintaining a simple lifestyle with a regulated diet, ample exercise for the body and effortless watching of the self in all relationships will help create a strong rootedness, balance, stability of emotions and will sustain the powerful inner inspiration gathered during the retreat.
Those seeking to delve deeper may engage in further reading (patana), contemplation (Atma vichara, manana), discussions with peers and mentors (samalochana) and meditation (nidhi-dhyasana).
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You may consider the Amanaska Brahma Yajna as an initiation into a new life. However, to be able to abide in the state of equanimity, each seeker must diligently continue as they steadily sink into deeper states of self-Knowing and Inward-flowering
As we awaken to ‘reality’, as we awaken to sorrow, our new life will unfold, even without our knowing it:
