Krishna Yantra – Janmashtami
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'Krishna Yantra', digital fine art yantra image, 12 x 12", (C)2010 Ma Nithyananda Udaysree
Janmashtami is celebrated as the birthday of Lord Krishna who is known through his advice to Arjuna, a spiritual seeker, on the battlefield of Kurukshetra given to us by Vyasa, the writer of the Mahabharata of which the Bhagavat Gita is a part, and gives the dialogue between Krishna and Arjuna before Arjuna fights.
Each time Janmashtami comes up I am reminded of a song that devotees at the SRF Temple of Paramahamsa Yogananda sing: Read More→
What is Yantra Art?
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Yantra Maha Meru 'Offering', digital fine art yantra image, 12 x 12", (C)2010 Ma Nithyananda Udaysree
Spiritual growth and evolution is one of two paths an individual can choose to go. You either go up or down but you cannot go both. Existence itself offers you a myriad of techniques to evolve to higher states of consciousness. One such technique to raise individual consciousness is intensely immersing yourself in the creation or viewing of sacred yantra art, its worship or meditation upon the center point or bindu.
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48 Days in India – and beyond…
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Pancha Tapas at Dhyanapeetam Ashram
For the next 48 days I will be attending the “48 days Living Enlightenment Process” program at my guru’s ashram south of Bengaluru in South India. After the program I am going to stay on either to volunteer at the ashram or travel to
- learn more about yantra art,
- connect with a Bengaluru yantra artist,
- experience Indian village life,
- hang out with sadhus,
- enjoy delicious Indian Masala Chai Tea,
- visit Arunachala in Tiruvannamalai,
- explore temples in Madurai, Chidambaram, the island of Omkareshwara or even the
- Himalayas,
we’ll see – or perhaps both. Read More→
‘Yantra Art’ Exhibit in Valley India Times
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'Yantra Art' Exhibit in August 2010 Issue of Valley India Times
Happy to share that our local Indian newspaper, Valley India Times, has published an article about my ongoing ‘Yantra Art’ Exhibit at Swiha. The exhibit is on display until October 8, 2010. Here is the link to Valley India Times where you can Read More→
Warli Artist Meenakshi Matai
Getting known around the Valley of the Sun, Meenakshi Matai gives an artist interview on Warli Art, a geometric tribal art form that primarily uses circles, spirals, triangles, and other symbols, and originates from the state of Maharashtra in India. Jivya Soma Mashe says, “The Warli tribe consists of some 300,000 members today and is located about 90 miles north of Mumbai. They have their own belief system, life-style and customs. The Warli speak an unwritten dialect mingling Sanskrit, Maharati and Gujarati words.” Read More→
12 Tips to Jump Start your Creativity
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I just Wonna have Fun… What about You?
Reading a tips article on creativity and inspiration I noticed something so I started reading it again but this time with greater awareness. The first thirteen tips were all of childlike fun. I was amazed and thought about it for just a moment. When we do fun things our intellect is out, our being is in. We become like children enjoying ourselves in the present moment and experience fun or even bliss forgetting our selves, our troubles and the inner critique and chatter. How simple it is to be creative and at the same time come to the present moment where our ego knows its way out the door.
The basic idea is to enjoy simple fun like when you were a young child. The interesting thing is that the more you Read More→
A Glimpse of Guru Yantra, Guru Purnima and Bhiksha
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'Guru Yantra', digital yantra art, 12 x 12", (C)2010 Ma Nithyananda Udaysree
This goes almost without saying a word: Guru Yantra is a yantra constructed with the Guru, one’s spiritual teacher or master, as the central focal point used in meditation. To focus on His spiritual eye often marked by kumkum and called a bindu or point is especially beneficial connecting your ajna chakra with His egoless and pure ajna chakra bringing about expansion and bliss.
Is a Guru necessary?
You may ask, is a guru necessary on one’s spiritual path. My only answer to this question is absolutely yes. Many seekers believe Read More→
Experience Healing and Meditative ‘Yantra Art’ Exhibit
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Udaysree at 'Yantra Art' Exhibit
Do you like a soothing, healing and peaceful atmosphere? Honestly, who doesn’t.
My healing and meditative Yantra Art is now on display at SWIHA, the Southwest Institute of Healing Arts. Swiha offers not only classes on the healing arts like yoga and reiki but also a diverse range of artists an outlet with ‘Art with Heart’, continuous exhibitions of heart centered and metaphysical pieces of art. Every three months new artists exhibit their work.Explore my Yantra Art at SWIHA who offers a relaxing and energizing Read More→
'Sri Yantra Ocean of Bliss', digital fine art yantra image, 12 x 12",(C)2010 Ma Nithyananda Udaysree
Existence in itself is complete and from time to time reveals what is needed. A rishi or seer is also called a mantra drashta, a person who sees a mantra which means that Existence shows or reveals to him or her a mantra when the time is right. Existence revealed not only mantras and meditation techniques but also yantras to the rishis of ancient India and in contemporary times when the seer is in a state of samadhi, highest state of consciousness. One such yantra is the Sri Chakra or Sri Yantra which can be utilized for worship and as a meditation device.
Connect with Divine Mother Goddess Energy Read More→
'Arunachala Shiva', digital art, (C) 2010 Ben Drewry
Spirituality and art go hand in hand for Ben Drewry, a gifted multi talented artist. He creates abstract paintings and digital art, and experiments with videos of spiritual nature beautifully overlaid with just the right kind of music. Discover Ben for yourself. Read More→
