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 Saturday 14 February 2026

THE WITNESSING SELF

Swami Sivananda

"Be-ness" always is. Being always is, whether asleep or awake. Beyond the waking, dreaming and deep sleep states, in the fourth state of turiya, the Atman exists as bereft of all contents and qualities. There is nothing dearer than the Atman. In this relative world, this Atman is wrongly identified with body and mind. Hence one loves one's body and mind above everything else. How can anyone talk of Atman which is beyond the reach of mind and space, which is devoid of the qualities of colour and sound? Yet, it is through the means of this mind one has, to begin with, to comprehend the mindless Atman. Hence all these attempts to indicate the nature of the Atman.


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This is to caution all the devotees of Gurudev that some fraudsters have launched a website impersonating the official website of The Divine Life Society, in order to mislead the public and collect money in the name of booking rooms, joining Yoga Courses, etc. Devotees are advised to beware of the fake website with the address https://sivanandaashram.co.in/, email Id info@sivanandaashram.co.in & phone number 9668461538 and take necessary precautions from falling prey to such scammers. It has never been a practice of the Ashram to let the devotees book rooms or register for Yoga Courses through phone or Whatsapp.

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The concept of the Ishta Devata is very important. Perhaps it is indispensable. Just as a Guru is indispensable, an Ishta Devata is also indispensable.

- Swami Krishnananda
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