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WISDOM LIGHT

'

YOGI SRIJI

A wonder in science'

WISDOM LIGHT(Spiritual Science)

Originally published in Tamil titled

'A wonder in science'

Published by

TRIKARANA YOGA CHARITABLE TRUST

36, E B Colony, TVS Nagar,

Coimbatore - 641025, Tamilnadu, India

Published by

TRIKARANA YOGA CHARITABLE TRUST

36, E B Colony, TVS Nagar,

Coimbatore - 641025, Tamilnadu, India

Author

YOGI SRIJI

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CONTENTS

S.No. Subject Page No.

1.

2. Foreword iii

3. Comments on

‘A Wonder in Science’ ix

4. Publisher’s Note xi

5. Preface xv

6. Introduction Part - I 1

7. Introduction Part - II 21

8. Power of the Mind 47

9. Appeal 53

Dedication i

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DEDICATION

This book is dedicated to my

Parents, Family members, my beloved

Friends, Well-wishers, and the readers

like you.

- Yogi Sriji

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FOREWORD

I am extremely happy to have been

given the honour of writing a Foreword

for Sri Yogi Sriji’s book titled “Wisdom

Light”, a very apt title. A book is not worth

the paper it is printed upon unless it

sheds some light on a given subject. If a

book does shed such light and the subject

is also concerned with the upliftment of

the society, then it deserves to be

commended and read widely. I understand

Sri Yogi Sriji is a Guru for a number

of persons in the field of yoga. The word

Guru means one who sheds divine light

and dispels darkness. An ordinary guru

waits for his disciples to come to him

and obtain wisdom whereas, the elders

say, a Sathguru is one who is so full of

love and compassion for his disciples

A.K. Raghunathan, IRS.,Commissioner of Customs, Central Excise & Service Tax,Coimbatore - 18.

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The Part - I of the Introduction seeks

to tell the reader why men fail and what

kind of questions (like who am I...) should

bother mankind. There is none on this

earth who wants to fail and hence everyone

wants to know how to succeed. The failures

Sri Yogi Sriji refers to are not the ones

at the mundane level but on the higher

level, the spiritual level, where kings and

emperors miserably fail but beggers

and fakirs succeed, with ease and grace.

In these days, there is no dearth of

literature on the spiritual sciences and the

organized institutions in this filed talk

about thousands of crores of rupees in

donations, contributions and sales. An

ordinary man either blindly follows one of

these systems or stung by their

commercialization, stays away from all

such institutions, thereby losing the real

benefit of these sciences which our

ancestors left for us. It is like throwing the

cup away because you have something

against the cup, whereas the content

is pure nectar.

that He seeks them on his own and leads

them in the right path. I wish to see

Sri Yogi Sriji as a Sathguru in this part

of the world.

The book lucidly explains the

complete threefold dimensions of yoga.

There is a wrong nation that yoga is just an

art of twisting the body into various

intricate shapes and adopt certain

unnatural postures like standing on one’s

head. This book explains beautifully that

‘postures’ (Asanas) are nothing but

physical exercises and it is the

combination of all the three parts of Yoga,

namely exercise, breathing techniques and

meditation which can yield the desired

results. If asanas are difficult due to any

physical constraints, then even other

exercises like walking, jogging, cycling,

swimming etc can be done. This is a

pleasant surprise for me who can now do

my pranayamas without feeling guilty

that my body has become too rigid to do

asanas.

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Sri Yogi Sriji is not in this for

commerce. My interaction with him

say, “Try it. If it works, keep it. If it does

not, throw it away”. I have not seen any

serious practitioner, throwing his

practices away like this.

So, I request the reader to understand

that this book is a small key which can

open great doors. As the famous writer

Thiru Balakumaran wrote in his

foreword to the Tamil and more elaborate

version of this book (“ɨ"hd¤½± xU

m¦òj«”). it is not enough to just read.

One should get trained by proper

teachers. We are lucky to have a living

master in Sri Yogi Sriji. Our luck would

be fruitful only when we get initiated

under masters like him and do regular

practices. I wish all the best for you in this

path.

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'A WONDER IN SCIENCE’

(Original in Tamil)

Popular Tamil Writer Sri Balakumaran

has given the following compliment,-

“This book is an excellent guide. Just

like an affectionate mother, passionately

holding the little hands of her beloved

child, leads him to school, this book gently

leads the reader of any age to the edifice

of Meditation.”

The above comment of a veteran

writer beautifully conveys the humanism

coupled with profound wisdom one can

notice in the words and deeds of

YOGI SRIJI a living Saint…!

Trikarana Yoga Charitable Trust

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YOGI SRIJI, was born as Kuttiappan

Ganesan in the year 1950 in an

agricultural family in Coimbatore, is a

post-graduate. He joined the Tamil Nadu

Government Service and after a long

distinguished service in the department

of Commercial Taxes, he retired as

Deputy Commissioner. In the meanwhile,

having spent more than 25 years of intense

spiritual life, he achieved self-realization

at the age of 47 and realized that science

and spirituality are the same, because

science is an experiment and spirituality

is an experience on belief. With his

relentless search, he was very fortunate to

be blessed with a miraculous divine

darshan from Almighty in the year 1997.

In as much as the almighty is the Guru

of all gurus, with His blessings he

advocated his innovation in scientific

manner for the peace and well-beings of

all sections of people across the globe. Yogi

Sriji has dedicated his life in helping

people to attain perfect physical health,

PUBLISHER'S NOTE

YOGI SRIJI is an enlightened

spiritual leader. Founder of Trikarana

Yoga Charitable Trust registered under

the Charitable and Religious Trust Act

1920 in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. It

is a non-profitable social organization.

He propagates his philosophy 'Yoga of Life'

in a new dimension viz. 'Trikarana

Transcendental Meditation' (TTM) under

a popular title 'NIMMATHI UNKAIYIL'

(epk;kjp cd;ifapy); i.e. Peace in Your

Hand. He perfectly designed and

advocating how to control and balance the

threefold unity of body, mind and soul

(BMS) of the human kind through a

simple scientific technique. It transcends

racial, religious, linguistic and national

boundaries based upon time tested

scientific laws of nature, governing the

whole universe.

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profound mental peace,

joy, and success in all spheres of human

endeavors. However, he remains a

'householder', i.e. he has not broken his

family ties, nor renounced the world, but

rather lives a life of true detachment

devoid of exhibitionism, maintaining

family ties and performing his Karma with

the insight of a Gnana Yogi.

Based on his knowledge of the origin

and functions of the cosmos and all the

aspects of life as revealed to his inner

vision by the Almighty, Yogi Sriji has

written an excellent book in Tamil under

the title “A wonder in science” in the year

2010. Now He extracts the essence of the

Tamil book and presents in English to

facilitate each and everyone to attain bliss

and wisdom in this world everlastingly.

Trikarana Yoga Charitable Trust

vital soul strength,

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PREFACE

Dear brothers and sisters and all my

beloved youngsters, the beautiful souls of

this marvelous universe, please accept the

pranams of 'Yogi Sriji' with Love and Good

wishes to every one of you. This booklet

which you are now holding in the lotus

palms of your beautiful hands was

originally written by me in Tamil with the

title 'A wonder in science' and published

by Dina Publications, Coimbatore-641025,

in the year 2010 . Bes ides the

overwhelming response to that book in

Tamil, the longing of many of my beloved

brothers and sisters to carry the universal

message contained in that book to the

nook and corner of the world prompted

me to extract the essence from the Tamil

book and present it in English. The

intention is to facilitate each and everyone

residing on all parts of the wonderful

planet Earth to attain success fulfilling

all his dreams and desires, and enjoy the

real life gifted by the Almighty.

It is my wish that you begin a new life

from today onwards. Many people have a

false notion that the philosophy of life

and the associated theories are dry

subjects that are very difficult to

understand and much more difficult to

follow. Nevertheless, I assure you all that

you can easily understand and immensely

benefit from them provided you learn

them with the right attitude and in the

r i g h t m a n n e r . T h i s T r i k a r a n a

Transcendental Meditation (TTM),

invented by me after rigorous spiritual

contemplation for several years, will

certainly help you to gain the wisdom that

is needed for living a blissful and

meaningful life easily and efficiently.

TTM is neither a religious ritual nor a

regress exercise; it is a simple scientific

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(Commercial Taxes) (Retd) and Advocate,

in the High Court of Madras for his review

and final touches to make the book more

readable and intelligible to a vast majority

of people across the globe.

I hope that this publication would

help in efficient management of infinite

powerhouse in everyone's life for

enlightenment and enjoyment of the real

pleasure forever!

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technique and a blending the threefold

unity of body, mind and soul (BMS) with

no efforts; it is very easy to learn and

practice that technique and it does not

require any special ability. It is universal

in its appeal as it is open to the people of

a l l a g e s , c u l t u r e s , e d u c a t i o n a l

backgrounds.It appeals equally to people

of all sorts and shades regardless of

whether they identify themselves with

any of the organized religions or have

proclaimed themselves to be atheists or

agnostics. It is a science of 'Silent Inner

Revolution' - the threefold unification for

the well being of humankind.

I acknowledge with thanks the

valuable assistance of my beloved friend

Sri Prama Arumugam, M.A., Deputy

Commissioner (Commercial Taxes) (Retd)

in translating the contents of this book

from its Tamil Original. I am also thankful

to my beloved friend Sri S.P. Asokan,

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INTRODUCTION

Part - I

Dear brothers and sisters,

“AWAKE…. ARISE….

OR EVER BE FALLEN”

You are wise enough to know that the

words above are not mine; I am quoting

the above dynamic words of Swami

Vivekananda only to reach to your very

soul and open your heart to receive me in

full with confidence and love. I had an

inner realization, which I have been

cherishing for more than Twenty Nine

years with an intention to share it with

you. Therefore, lend your time, ears, mind

to me leaving aside for a while your

disbeliefs and skepticism and be prepared

to experience the inner revolution I am

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There are so many people who had

already written numerous volumes and

spoken elaborately and eloquently about

the philosophy of life and my endeavor

is to simplify with the blessings from

Almighty what all they wrote and talked

about and pass it on to you in a pleasant

and readily acceptable form. I have termed

my inner realization as 'TRIKARANA

TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION' (TTM)

and also given it a popular title

'NIMMATHI UNKAIYIL' (epk;kjpcd;ifapy);

i.e. 'Peace in your hand'. Before venturing

into the core topic of our study, I would

like to make you conversant with basic

general issues in brief.

We are aware that in the universe,

there are millions and millions of stars

and many sun families. We are also aware

that we are living in this earth, which

is a part of the sun family. The earth is the

fifth largest planet in the solar system

and the only planet that supports life. It

later to come out with your doubts and

misgivings, which I shall be too happy

to clarify.

You know today every human being

is desperately searching for 'Nimmathi'

(epk;kjp) i.e. 'Peace'; he thinks that he

can get it only by achieving all his dreams

and satisfying all his desires. However,

success eludes him because he does not

take the correct way to reach the

destination desired by him. I am sure that

TTM will give you the right route map

that will guide you to reach the stage in

your life where you can taste total success

and absolute enjoyment of the real

happiness in life. The way suggested is the

threefold unity of body, mind and soul

(BMS). This unity is the prime

requirement and purpose of your whole life

and all other expectations and aspirations

pale into insignificance in the glorious

light of this Holy Trinity.

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lifeless objects are all travelling such long

distances at great speed continuously

without any break. We are standing,

walking, swimming, playing etc. on the

earth as if it is static without feeling its

movements in the universal space. The

moon, which is a natural satellite to the

earth, is revolving around the earth once

in 28 days. It weighs 735,000 million

tones and its circumference covers 10,919

km. It is located 4, 07,000 km away from

the earth. This sun family said to have 140

moons viz. Earth has 01 moon, Mars

02 moons, Jupiter 63 moons, Saturn

34 moons, Uranus 27 moons and Neptune

13 moons, but the Mercury and Venus

have no moons. Besides dwarf planets

like Pluto and Eris, countless comets,

asteroids, and meteoroids are there. This

information is subject to change since to

the vision of the scientists expands

everlastingly. We can talk endlessly about

the things known about the Sun family

weighs roughly about 59,720,000 million

tons and its circumference covers 40,075

km. It is located 149,597,000 km away

from the sun. The earth rotates around its

own axis at a speed of 1,670 km/hour and

it takes 23 hours 56 minutes 04.09053

seconds for the earth to complete one such

full rotation. By the time it takes one

rotation along its axis travels which we

call as a 'DAY' it revolves around the sun

at a speed of 1,07,870 km/hour and at

this speed it covers 25,41,450 km/day

and completes one full revolution, covering

940 million km, around the sun in

365.2564 days which we term as a

'YEAR'. Besides, you would be astonished

to know that in the above process sun's

peripheral atmosphere wind flows 400

km/second, that is 14,40,000 km/hour. The

beauty is that not only the earth but

also the things that are lying on the earth

- all living creations including vegetation

and animals and the human beings, and

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advice I give you is to keep faith in yourself

instead of going behind things that

invariably bring misery and disaster.

All our blunders are self-made and

they are only all our own creations.

Broadly speaking, we can identify four

major reasons for the frequent failures in

human life. They are, -

1) Doing things without self awareness

2) Doing things without any goal or aim

3) Doing things without tolerance; and

4) Doing things without strong

willpower

Strong willpower and conviction

cannot come as such, and to acquire it one

has to train oneself, practice regularly

to balance his threefold unity of body,

mind and soul (BMS) and to ultimately

understand the purpose of whole life.

Life is, no doubt, a mystery. It is not a

simple mathematical puzzle with an easy

and the rest of the universe; however, we

have to reconcile ourselves to the fact that

the wonders of the universe yet to be

discovered by us are far more enormous,

magnificent and infinitely incomparable

to what little we have so far explored

using our limited human capabilities. I,

therefore, feel that it is a wiser option

to leave it to your imagination, which is

also as boundless as the universe.

We are blessed with our lives on earth

and we have every reason to be proud of

this blessing. But, at the same time, we

should know that without understanding

the purpose of our living and ensuring our

association with Almighty we are wasting

our life in pursuing the worldly pleasures,

which in fact but bring in only pain and

stress with occasional glimpses of

momentary gratifications. We can see that

the majority of people reach the end of

their lives without having lived them in

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shy away from answering those questions

with the result that frustration and

disappointment continue to haunt them

constantly. To understand life and to get

enlightenment with permanent peace and

happiness, all you have to do is to break

away from all the boundaries that try to

limit you and start practicing TTM. Once

you learn its methods and techniques and

cultivate the habit of practicing them

daily, you will get the enlightenment and

enjoy the real pleasure in your life forever.

Are you ready for it!

As a first step towards mastering

TTM techniques, you have to understand

that synchronization of body, mind, and

soul (BMS) alone is the sole remedy to

free one from the stresses and strains that

are confronting one today. The TTM is a

simple scientific technique of blending

Trikarana i.e. the threefold unity of body,

mind, and soul (BMS) designed to solve the

problems of humankind and to perfect

solution. For a few, life is comfortable; but

for many others it is miserable. Life is

miserable for them not because that they

lack money and power but because they

have disturbance in their body, mind and

soul (BMS). In this context many questions

remains unanswered forever.

To quote some of them, -

i) Who are you?

ii) Where did you come from?

iii) Where do you go when you leave this

body?

iv) What is the object of life?

v) What is the universal truth?

vi) What is Heaven and what is hell? and

vii) Who is the best judge of the human

behavior?

We can raise many such questions

endlessly and everlastingly. The human

mind limits its boundaries with its own

religious dogmas and frozen ideas and 8 9

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peak. We, the humans claim that we,

unlike animals, have the sixth sense; but

the fact is that we too once lived like

animals without cloths and behaved

exactly like them. Only on gradually and

as a process of evolution, we became more

and more civilized. We have now reached

the stage where we excel in science,

medicine, arts, religion, and other

disciplines. Today's man is creating,

preserving, and destroying things, which

were once considered the unique powers

of the GOD. He is now challenging the

nature in every respect by constantly

overcoming his constraints and enlarging

his limits. Such a grand outcome of

evolution is not manifest in other living

beings. The progress of the humanity is

attributable to man's sense of reasoning

which is a blessing conferred on him by the

ALMIGHTY. One cannot procure the

intuition potential from outside and one

has to extract it from the deepest layers of

the performing ability of every individual.

Above all, it is a science of 'Silent Inner

Revolution' intended for the well being

of humankind and spreading the WISDOM

LIGHT for everyone's benefit. This novel

method is based upon the time tested

scientific laws of nature, governing the

whole Universe; and this has nothing to do

with race, language, caste, creed, color and

rel igion or rel igious af f inity or

indifference.

W e s h o u l d k n o w t h a t s e l f -

enlightenment is not a commodity that one

can purchase or borrow from somebody. It

should emulate within oneself. It is a kind

of intuition or instinct. All the great

inventions by human minds at all times

had been only out of intuition though one

may call them varyingly as brain-works,

knowledge-products, pearls of wisdom etc.

Astounding discoveries become possible

during the periods when the intuition

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ether and breathed into his nostrils the

breath of life; and man became a living

being. According to the Old Testament God

put the first man into deep sleep and

created the first woman from his rib...

When the humankind began to

assimilate the information available

before him, he feared the nature's fury

and started worshiping it. The Sun was

his first object of worship and then he

started worshiping the five elements such

as earth, water, fire, air, and ether.

Afterwards he worshipped every power

that he had confronted. He depicted GOD

in the form of furious animals he feared.

With evolution, he started to find out ways

and means to control and contain the

nature. He began to communicate his

feelings to his fellow human beings with

sound; and languages evolved in that

process. The rhythmic sounds in

languages came to be employed to address

the GOD giving birth to various mantras

his conscience in a manner similar to the

way one draws water that is present at the

bottom of a very deep well. I assure you

that TTM is the right device to pump the

power of intuition potential into every

aspect of your human existence.

There are ever so many mysteries

around us, the greatest among them being

the creation of this cosmos. Going by our

present knowledge, we could assume that

human race exist only on the earth and

the scientific community has not so far

come out with any concrete evidence to

suggest the existence of human lives on

any other planet in the sun family or

elsewhere in the universe. The Almighty

had created this world; He not only created

this world but also created all life forms

including vegetations and animals with

senses varying from one to six. It is said

that the Almighty had created the body

of the man from the five elements such

as soil of the earth, water, fire, air, and 12 13

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worship began to surface - each group of

the human race living in the various parts

of the vast world adopting different forms

of worship in conformity with the

atmosphere and surroundings in which

they lived.

India, the land of Indus, is the

fountainhead of many religions as

education was accessible to the Indian

civilization. Gurus and Rishies of the

yester years passed on their knowledge to

fellow citizens orally as there were no

writing habits or materials such as paper

and pen during those times. The education

during those days was confined to

recitation of the Vedas and Mantras and

recording them in the mind. Refinement

of the methods of worship and the

evolution of logical reasoning led to the

birth of Buddhism and Jainism in India.

Pataliputra and Nalanda of the Indian

continent were the centers of the education

during those days and they were

and Vedas showering praises on the God.

The sound that vibrates and re-vibrates

in the entire cosmos all the time at all

places is 'O…M'. It is a mystic word

recognized by the Hindu mystics in India.

In this context, I wish to place on record

that this 'O…M' is nothing but a rhythmic

sound of every breathings of all the living

creations including the human beings

and the moving Nature in a strange

rhythm, which we call ATHMA RAGA, the

Raga of Soul. This life power alone

controls the entire performance of all the

creations. In the evolution process, there

were many stages and improvements and

consequently rituals varied from time to

time. When the human race began to live

in groups near the river, water happened

to be the main source of its livelihood. In

the next process of evolution, men began

to use the mother earth to meet their

basic needs of food, shelter, and security.

In the course of time, various modes of

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aunt etc. These relatives are only men

and women, but we use many relative

terms to identify them. The same person

is a son, grandson, father, grandfather,

brother, or uncle depending on the person

who identifies him. Likewise, the same

ALMIGHTY is known by different names

such as GOD, LORD, NATURE etc to

different people; whatever may be the

name by which it is called, the Almighty

remains the same as the unexplainable

and imponderable source of energy. Let

me give an example to you to elucidate the

matter further. The eyes, ears, nose,

mouth, head, hands, legs, and all other

parts of the body cannot function

independently as they are all inter-

dependent and the whole body alone could

be termed as human being. Likewise,

during the early period of evolution men

worshiped the nature which he feared but

subsequently when he overcame that fear

with the information and knowledge he

equivalent to the Cambridge and Oxford of

the present.

With the invasion of Moguls and the

subsequent arrival of Englishmen in

India, Islam and Christianity came to be

introduced in India. The degrading caste

system that was practiced among the

Hindus forced many people from the

suppressed communities to find new

identity and comfort in these new

religions. India has now come out of those

dark ages and today it is the biggest

democratic and secular nation in the

world.

The Almighty is the unexplainable

energy that governs us. We may say that

the Almighty is a core question that

remains unanswered forever. We call IT

by various names such as LORD, GOD,

SIVA, VISHNU, BRAHMA, JESUS, ALLAH

AND NATURE - like we call our relatives

as mother, father, brother, sister, uncle,

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began to see the presence of 'ALMIGHTY' in

each and every thing. The central core of

creation is the same; you can call it by

whatever name you prefer. GOD MEN

AND SPIRITUAL GURUS SPRING FROM

TIME TO TIME, PERFORM CERTAIN

MIRACLES, ATTRACT SOME GROUP OF

PEOPLE, AND SETUP THEIR OWN SECTS

BY WAY OF CREATING A DISTINCT

B R A N D T O P E R P E T U A T E T H E I R

IDENTITY. I can assure, these attractions

are only momentary and bound to vanish

with the passage of time. The time-tested

philosophy is that there is only ONE

SUPERNATURAL BEING, that is DIVINE

COSMIC ENERGY. Therefore, the human

race could flourish and find peace only if

they understand this truth and try to

disassociate with 'EGO' that makes claims

such as “My society is superior to yours”,

“My God is superior to your God” etc.

Causing injury to the other religions, non-

believers and other sects of people is not

going to bring Nimmathi (epk;kjp) i.e. peace

to oneself. Likewise success and failure

in human life is not associated with any

race, language, caste, creed, color, religion

or ego, but it is associated with his peaceful

mind and the attainment of 'Nimmathi'

(epk;kjp) will be possible only if the

threefold unity of body, mind and soul

(BMS) is clearly understood with

compassion and clarity. This is the only

way we can prosper in this world along

with our beloved human beings.

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INTRODUCTION

Part - II

Dear brothers and sisters,

So far, I have tried my best to make

you conversant with the basic issues in

brief. Let us move on to the main subject

of Trikarana Transcendental Meditation

(TTM) now. Man is a social animal. While

he lives, he has to live in harmony with

members of his family, the society, and

his country; he has to fulfill certain duties

that are expected of him as a citizen,

however unpleasant or arduous they may

be. When everyone develops this kind

of attitude and cultivate the habits of

tolerance and respect for the rights and

feelings of others, there will be no room

for any trouble in family, society and in

the world. Spreading compassion and

helping the fellow-beings are sure recipes

for WORLD PEACE. Please listen to

me attentively and visualize how the

TTM will relieve the suffering masses

from the stresses and strains of life.

The success or failure in human life

depends upon one's physical health,

strength of one's soul and the level of one's

mental peace. For any person, his own

body is more familiar and dearer to him

than anything else is, but unfortunately,

he knows very little about it. The human

body is a wonderful and mystic formation

which represents one of the most perfectly

designed and coordinated structures.

Each part of the body is unique and

unparalleled. Even the best science today

cannot make an exact replica of a human

body. The human body consists of a

number of interacting systems. The

skeleton forms a rigid framework with 206

bones attached to the muscles, facilitates

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wide-shouldered, etc. and the body

composition like percentages of bone, fat,

muscle and all other elements are

influenced by factors such as diet and

exercise. By the time the human reaches

adult-hood, the body has 100 trillion cells.

Each organ is designed to perform an

essential life function. The human body

consists of 70-90% water and its

significant portion is composed of carbon-

containing organic molecules. Oxygen

therefore contributes a majority of a

human body's mass, followed by carbon. In

order to understand the relation of food to

the nourishment and repairing of the body,

it will be necessary to learn, at first, what

the human body is composed of and what

elements contained in the food are

required to build and keep the body in a

healthy condition. Ninety nine percentage

(99%) of the mass of the human body is

made up of major six elements i.e. oxygen

61%, carbon 23%, hydrogen 10%, nitrogen

system, and is responsible for the body's

reaction to stimuli. Hormones produced

by the endocrine system, control many

funct ions inc luding growth and

developmental changes such as puberty.

The cardiovascular system circulates

blood around the body, delivering oxygen

and nutrients and collecting carbon

dioxide and waste, while the respiratory

system exchanges carbon dioxide with the

inhaled oxygen. The lymphatic system

fights infection. The digestive system

derives from food energy and nutrients

required for growth and repair. The

urinary system eliminates waste and

helps to regulate chemicals in the body.

The reproductive system is concerned with

producing offspring. Thus, the human

body is functioning as a factory endlessly

right from womb to tomb.

Further, the size of the human body is

firstly determined by diet and secondly by

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4. Play games or do exercise daily.

Through exercise, the body becomes

strong and through games, one can

gain mastery over the movements of

the body.

5. Make a firm vow to follow a fixed

routine.

6. Never miss an opportunity to perform

good deeds.

7. Do not hesitate to take on whatever

task presented it to him.

While doing so in a proper manner and

on regular basis, all the functions are

synchronized with the threefold

unification of the body, mind, and soul

(BMS) of humankind. However, because

of enormous powers acquired by a man

there are lot of stresses and strains in him.

When a machine exceeds its installed

capacity wear and tear is bound to occur.

Remedial measures therefore become

necessary; similarly, TTM provides

2%, calcium 2%, and phosphorus 1%. The

remaining elements such as sulfur,

potassium, sodium, chlorine, magnesium,

iron, zinc, and silicon constitute 1% only.

Human body is just like an engine of

a vehicle. It is dangerous to drive a

vehicle fitted with a defective engine.

We must make our bodies firm, strong

and fit for work. We find that some people

have a strong body and a soft nature.

Some, on the other hand, have strong

body and rough character because they

lack true knowledge and real experience.

One can make one's body fit for work

by adopting the following methods:

1. Firstly, know what makes the body

healthy and strong and what makes it

weak and sick.

2. Always keep a close watch on whether

he is digesting what he eats.

3. From time to time, skip a meal or two

and let the stomach rest.

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MULADHARA : This chakra is

placed at the bottom end of the spinal

centre of region below genitals. It is the

root of the very life. This chakra is the very

base for the entire human body Meta

mephitis. It controls the Adrenal glands

and kidney and their proper functioning.

If this chakra is activated under proper

supervision, you can escape from the

adverse effect of the failure of this organ.

SVADHISTHANA : This chakra

lies just below the navel point. The sexual

attraction emanates from and controlled

by this chakra. Testicles, ovaries are

under this control. It has the power of

knowing things beyond the five senses.

The birthplace of man's EGO emanates

only from here.

MANIPURA : This chakra is located

above the navel point in the central part of

the human body. This place is the spring

of all the feeling. This chakra controls

solution to the stress redden life by

instigating the human power to secrete the

required output to kindle one's knowledge

and wisdom besides providing good

health cheer and peaceful mind.

Therefore, to bring out the success and

brightness from within everyone and to

experience the glowing eternal bliss it

is our primary duty to protect the

'threefold unity' through regular practice

of some simple asana or physical exercise,

breathe exercise and meditation.

Before that, I wish to enlighten those

seven organs of the endocrine system of

the human body viz. Pineal gland;

Pituitary gland; Thyroid and Parathyroid

glands; Thymus; Adrenal; Liver and

Pancreas and the Reproductive organs

are classified as the core points of Seven

Spiritual Chakras in Hindu philosophy to

attain Salvation / Nimmathi in human life.

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chakra. The third eye is also believed to be

located here; it controls spinal card, lower

part of the brain, eyes, nose, and ears.

Pituitary gland is associated with this

chakra.

SAHASRARA : This chakra is

located in the upper part of the brain and

the gland associated with this chakra is

pineal. Man gets wisdom and knowledge

from this chakra and the intuition

potential begins from here and induces

performance of tangible actions.

KUNDALINI is the Divine Cosmic

Energy in human bodies. If all these

chakras are in proper synchronization

with one another, one can gradually raise

the mystic power of 'Kundalini' from

Muladhara through sushmnanadi (spinal

cord) by regular practice of some asana

breathe exercises, and meditation. Only

that mystic power can liberate a man from

his animal behavior and enable him to

attain eternal peace in his life.

liver, gallbladder. The muscles around

this part would go non-functional if this

chakra has not been induced.

ANAHATA : This chakra otherwise

known as Heart chakra is situated in the

region of heart. Love, goodwill, affection,

faith, religion, and good conduct all

emanates from this chakra. Heart and

lungs are controlled by this chakra. The

Thymus gland is associated with this

chakra.

VISUDDHA : This chakra is

available in throat and thyroid and Para

thyroid are associated with this chakra.

Communication expressing feelings and

the creativity are emanates from this

chakra. Throat, tongue, respiratory

channel, footpath, and hands are under

the control of this chakra.

AJNA : This chakra lies between the

eyebrows. Telepathy, knowledge,

steadfast mind are controlled by this

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YOGA SYSTEM is an ancient Indian

technique of integrating human

personality at the physical mental moral

and spiritual levels. It can be described

by a system consisting of the following

eight aspects:

1. Yama' is a moral principle like non-

violence, truthfulness, honesty,

integrity, abstinence from sexual and

secular pleasures.

2. Niyama' is a rule of discipline like

purity, contentment, austerity and

dedication to divinity

3. Asana' is a Yogic posture of

comfortable sitting that will be

helpful to achieve the target.

4. Pranayama' is the preservation of

vital energy in the body through

inhaling, exhaling and controlling the

movements of breath.

5. Pratyhara' is the control of mind and

sense organs

6. Dharana' is a concentration of one's

mind

7. Dhyana' is a deep meditation or

concentration of mind at one-point.

8. S a m a t h i ' i s t h e s t a g e o f

transcendental consciousness when

the individual unites with the

Universal power.

Nevertheless, nowadays majority of

the peoples are under a wrong notion that

YOGA means 'Asana' only and they believe

that if they practice some asana for a few

minutes daily for a specified period, all

their physical problems, soul weakness,

mental ailments, stresses, and strains

will vanish. However, the fact is that

asana is only one among the above eight

aspects of YOGA System. My endeavor is

to convergent the wandering mind into a

single focus for the benefit of humankind.

For this, everyone has to practice the three

major aspects of YOGA i.e. Asana, Breathe

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daily; as an alternative, one can do

some simple physical exercise at least for

30 minutes at one's convenience either in

the morning or evening regularly. That is

enough; in fact, physical exercise is more

effective than asana for the present

generation to overcome the stresses and

strains that are confronting them today.

To elucidate the issue further I am giving a

chart below to know how much calories are

exhausted per hour through various

regular exercises,-

Squash: 844c; Skipping, Swimming:

704c; Basket-ball, cycling, running,

walking upstair: 563c; Football, Ice-

skating, Tennis: 493c; Cricket, Skating:

352c; Dancing: 317c; Golf, Table tennis:

281c; Housework, walking: 246c;

S t a n d i n g : 1 2 0 c ; S i t t i n g 9 0 c &

Sleeping: 65c.

BREATHE EXERCISE is nothing but

Pranayama; it is a preservation of vital

Exercise, and Meditation on a regular

basis and then only one can achieve

perfection in all other aspects. These

three are the only practical aspects of the

YOGA system and the remaining are

the resultant manifestations.

However, in the modern science

physical exercise is an alternative for

asana. Many people attempt to learn

asana, but when they face difficulties,

they just lack motivation to continue and

give up their practice. Besides, they

wrongly conclude that this should be

started when one is young and then

regularly practiced without any break

in order to attain the ability to perform

the asana postures perfectly. In this

present world, all the physical problems

and allied mental ailments can be treated

with appropriate asana techniques or

physical exercises. In my view every

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energy of Oxygen or Pranasakthi in the

body through inhaling, exhaling and

controlling the movements of breath. As

per the law of science, oxygen is the prime

factor in the life of human race. The human

energy, his mental peace, and his

performance are all governed by the intake

of oxygen only. In the human body, the

oxygen is absorbed by the blood stream in

the lungs, and then transported to the cells

where an elaborated process takes place.

The living cell is the site of tremendous

biochemical activity called metabolism.

Oxygen plays a vital role in the breathing

processes and in the metabolism of the

living organisms. Oxygen supports our

life, oxidizes, or burns food to create energy

and heat for our bodies. This process of

chemical and physical change goes on

repeatedly in the human body being

responsible for the build-up of new tissue,

replacement of old tissue, conversion of

food to energy, disposal of waste materials,

reproduction and all the activities that

we characterize as "life." Even a

nonprofessional would understand that

only as long as one breathes he is

considered a living being; otherwise, he is a

corpse, a dead body. Circulation of blood

throughout the body facilitate digestion of

food, nourishment on the body and mental

thinking- all these activities performed

with the help of the power of Oxygen only.

It is essential for each and everyone to

learn the technique of controlling and

utilizing the power of Oxygen for stilling

the restless mind.

Besides, Oxygen diffuses through

membranes into red blood cells after

inhalation into the lungs. The enzyme uses

oxygen to catalyze many oxidation

reactions in the body, which is called

metabolism. Carbon dioxide, a waste

product, is released from the cell and into

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threefold unity of body, mind and soul

(BMS) and a method detaching oneself

from physical problems, mental anxieties

etc., by silent meditation and repetition of

a rhythmic mystic sound to attain bliss

and wisdom and enjoy the real happiness.

It is a method for acquainting our mind

with good feature. There is limitless power

in the human mind. Those who can

consolidate this power and make it one-

pointed become renowned for their genius

in the world. If one is not able to

concentrate this power, it is wasted. To be

successful in the battle of life, search for

the infinite storehouse of power

accumulated in you. With great seal and

determined perseverance, you can once

bring your mind under control; and. there

will be nothing that you cannot achieve.

Naturally, the mind is extremely

restless and obstinate. It is very difficult to

restrain it from going in the direction it is

accustomed to it. Again, if the mind is

to the lungs. Blood circulates back to the

lungs and the process repeats. It has been

evaluated that normally a man inhales

an average of 6 liters of air in a minute

with a speed of 160 km/hour totaling to

8 ,640 l i ters in a day. MENTAL

PERFORMANCE IN THE HUMAN BODY

CAN IMPROVE BY FEEDING THE BRAIN

WITH EXTRA OXYGEN. The oxygen

regimen improves alertness, reflexes,

memory, and apparently intelligence.

Therefore, everyone should do the breathe

exercise at least for 10 to 15 minutes before

meditation regularly for having more

oxygen. If one were able to control the

breath in tune to the set of rules properly

then the entire body would be under his

command.

Finally, I am coming to my new

m e c h a n i s m o f T R I K A R A N A

TRANSCENDENTAL MEDITATION (TTM).

It is a Spiritual Science and a simple

scientific technique of blending the

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engaged in good thoughts, it will naturally

tends towards that direction and make

one's life sublime. You must realize finally

that you possess an infinite power within

the mind. Therefore, to direct the mind to

the proper path, you should observe the

following principles:

1. Always keep the mind engaged in

noble thoughts

2. Perform all jobs, big or small whatever

it may be with great care so that no

one will find fault with your work

3. Look upon all people as your own

brothers and sisters; love all the lands

as your own motherland

4. Have respect for all religions and

religiously unaffiliated people and

the society.

5. Hold on to the knowledge that the

mind is your servant and you are the

master of your mind firmly. Do not let

the mind become easily excited.

6. Do not give expression to any

weakness or sentimentality in the

mind and

7. By thinking of the loveliness and

majesty of the Almighty and great

souls, the mind becomes pure, clear,

one-pointed and strong forever.

When your mind is peaceful, free from

all worries and mental discomforts,

certainly you will experience the true

happiness. If you train your mind to

become peaceful you will be happy all the

time, even in the most adverse conditions,

but if your mind is not peaceful then even if

you have the most pleasant external

conditions you will not be happy.

Therefore, it is very important to keep your

mind peaceful always by regular practice

of meditation. Asana or physical exercise

and Breathe exercises are the pre-steps to

clear the body and soul and to create an

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meditation is convergence in the forehead

just above the nose in between the

eyebrows and from there to the middle of

the brain at the base pituitary gland

located and behind this at back pineal

glands is situated. Therefore, one,

comfortably sitting at a quiet place, should

meditate without any interruption from

outside influences for Twenty (20) minutes

daily each in the morning and evening.

It will cause perfect functioning of

pituitary gland and pineal gland and

induce the thymus (mind) to secrete the

required output to kindle one's worldly

knowledge and wisdom besides providing

good health and peaceful mind. Above all,

it creates a 'Silent Inner Revolution', the

threefold unity for the wellbeing's of

humankind.

The benefits are boundless…!

To say few,-

1) Improving the daily performance by

increasing the mind power through

instigation of intuition

2) Develop self confidence and enable

one to perform his duties all through

the day with rejuvenation

3) Removes defective tendency, lack of

confidence and shows the path

towards success

4) Help to have free flow of blood, breath,

sustain the general health, soul

strength, and provide mind peace,

happiness

5) Remove all the stresses, strains that

confront human beings today, and

provide complete liberation from all

worries

6) Bless everyone with total peace,

ultimate success, and joy in life

forever.

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7) Spreads compassion and helps the

humankind in attainment of WORLD

PEACE

Now I hope that it is my privilege to

sharing my wonderful experience with

fellow human beings and making them feel

the perfect physical health and profound

mental peace in this troublesome world.

All who have eyes to see and ears to hear

are requested to avail this great

opportunity not only for their personal

benefit but also for the welfare of

humanity as a whole. Therefore, I need

your full involvement and co-operation in

this joint pursuit so that I could impart

permanent happiness and joy in

everyone's life forever!

Before coming to the conclusion, I

wish to make clear that the intuition

potential is an important factor in human

life and my emphasis is to bring it to light

and give it a platform to enact a full play.

The compassion within a human being is

not visible to others. The synchronization

of the parts of the human body needs no

explanation. When a man experiences a

pain in his leg, that feeling of pain gives

rise to tears in his eyes. There is no enmity

among the parts of the human body. While

the soul departs from him, it leaves the

whole body behind silently to be consumed

by the soil.

But when it comes to the society you

could see competition, vengeance, anger

etc and the society is divided between the

rich and the poor, the powerful and the

weak, the beautiful and the ugly; the

o p p r e s s o r s a n d t h e o p p r e s s e d .

Everywhere there are negative thoughts.

Why is this division and disparity? When

will this sorry state of affairs change? It is

a matter of fact that everyone is having

some kind of deficiency. I wish to ask one

question to all of you. Is there anyone who

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motives will seem paltry and fade away

and an earnest and ceaseless activity

involving sacrifice would embrace you. In

this earth, we could see death and life,

decay and growth, corruption and

purification existing together at every

point of time. In this paradox, the human

mind needs to shed its stress to find the

peace. Furthermore, in this stress-

dominated world, blending of the

'threefold unity' in a scientific manner is

necessary for the suffering masses to

attain Bliss and wisdom with total peace

and success in life forever.

I, therefore, once again invite all of

you, to join me, share the beautiful

moments that I have been experiencing for

the past thirty years and enjoy the life

gifted by the ALMIGHTY.

- YOGI SRIJI

it is the fact that no one is perfect, why

everyone is blaming others and not

accepting and adopting the deficiency and

weakness of others in the society? In this

context, I request all of you to have it in

mind that the life, once completed, cannot

be brought back at any cost. Therefore,

everyone should understand this fact and

try to live with more compassion and love.

The compassion towards the human

beings should rise in every heart and it

should instigate the intuition to adjust and

adapt to the needs of common living,

education, religion, and peaceful

presentation of issues and refine man into

a livable and lovable social being. Let the

past be buried, I welcome you one and all to

come and join me to start a new beginning

with an understanding of my innovation.

A true and sincere faith in TTM, the

simple and modern scientific technique

and its regular practice would definitely

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POWER OF THE MIND

“Take up one thought. Make that one

thought for your life – think of it, dream of

it, and live on that thought. Let the brain,

muscles, nerves, every part of your body,

be full of that thought, and just leave every

other thought alone. This is the way to

success…. If we really want to be blessing,

and make others blessed, we must go

deeper and deeper.

The more this power of concentration,

the more knowledge is acquired, because

this is the one and only method of

acquiring knowledge. Even the lowest

shoeblack, if he gives more concentration,

will black shoes better; the cook with

concentration will cook a meal all the

better. In making money, or in

worshipping Almighty, or in doing

anything, the stronger the power of

concentration, the better will that thing be

done. This is the one call, one knock, which

opens the gates of the nature, and lets out

floods of light.

How one has all the knowledge in the

w o r l d b e e n g a i n e d b u t b y t h e

concentration of the powers of the mind.

The world is ready to give up its secrets

if we only know how to knock, how to

give it the necessary blow. The strength

and force of the blow come through

concentration. There is no limit to the

power of the human mind. The more

concentrated it is, the more power is

brought to bear on one point; that is the

secret.

The main difference between men and

the animals is the difference in their

power of concentration. All success in any

line of work is the result of this…. The

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difference in their power of concentration

also constitutes the difference between

man and man. The difference is in the

degree of concentration. The ordinary

human being wastes Ninety per cent of

thought force, and therefore he is

constantly committing blunders; the

trained man or mind never makes a

mistake.

So, to attain purity living in this life

shall we all go to the forest? What good

would it do? If the mind is not under

control, it is no use of living in a cave or

forest because the same mind will bring

all disturbances there. We will find

thousands and thousands of devils there

because all the devils are in the mind. If

the mind is under control, we can have

the cave or anywhere, wherever we are.

It is our own mental attitude, which

makes the world what it is for us. Our

thoughts make things beautiful and our

thoughts make things ugly. The whole

world is in our own minds. Learn to see

things in the proper light.

All the great prophets, saints, and

seers of the world – what did they do? In

one span of life, they lived the whole life

of humanity to come to perfection. In one

life, they perfect themselves; they have

no thought for anything else, never live,

a moment for any other idea, and thus

the way shortened for them. This is

what is mean by concentration,

intensifying the power of assimilation,

thus shortening the time.

No force can be created; it can only be

directed. Therefore, we must learn to

control the grand powers that are already

in our hands and by will power make them

spiritual instead of merely animal. Thus, it

clearly seen that chastity is the correct-

stone of all morality and of all religion.

Free! We who for a moment cannot

govern our own minds, nay, cannot hold

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our minds on a subject; focus it on a point to

the exclusion of everything else for a

moment! Yet we call ourselves free. Think

of it… The mind uncontrolled and

unguided will drag us down, down, forever-

rend us, kill us; and the mind controlled

and guided will save us, free us.

What work do you expect from men of

little hearts? Nothing can in this world!

You must have an iron will if you would

cross the ocean. You must be strong

enough to pierce mountains. Good and evil

thoughts are each a potent power, and they

fill the universe. As vibration continues,

so thought remains in the form of thought

until translated into action. For example,

force is latent in the man's arm until he

strikes a blow, when he translates it into

activity. We are the heirs of good and evil

thoughts. If we make ourselves pure

through the instruments of good thoughts,

these will enter us. The good soul will not

be receptive to evil thoughts.

In the history of humankind, you will

find that there come these Messengers and

that from their very birth their mission is

found and formed. The whole plan is

there, laid down; and you see them

swerving not one inch from that. Because

they come with a mission, they come with a

message, when they speak, each word is

direct, and it bursts like a bombshell.

What is in the world, unless it has the

power behind? What matters it what

language you speak, and how you arrange

your language? What matters it whether

you speak correct grammar or with fine

rhetoric? What matters it whether your

language is ornamental or not? The

question is whether you have anything to

give or not? It is a question of giving and

taking, and not listening. Have you

anything to give? – That is the first

question. If you have, then, give.”

- Swami Vivekananda

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APPEAL

THE TRUST AIMS TO :

1. Promote physical intellectual and

spiritual growth amongst children

and the adults through his new

mechanism (TTM) scientifically and

educate them in the widest possible

platform

2. Start and establish as many TTM

Centers as possible to the people of

all ages, cultures, educational

backgrounds, and for all religion or

religiously unaffiliated

3. Publish books, e-books, magazines,

pamphlets, images, videos and CDS

etc. on issues involving development

of the society

4. Offer scholarships, books, fees,

uniforms, shelters and other

monetary assistance to the uplift of

the deserving students

5. Construct and renovate hospitals,

hostels, orphanages, educational-

institutions to the welfare of the

deprived peoples

6. Remove all the stresses and strains

that are confronting human today,

provides complete liberation from all

the worries and blesses everyone with

total peace and success in life forever

7. Build YOGI SRIJI'S dream project of a

wonderful 'WISDOM TOWER' in a

prominent place of the world to

spreads compassion and helps the

humankind in attainment of WORLD

PEACE.

Therefore, your offerings help the

Trust to extend more and more

opportunities to the people who are

donating and hopeful sustainable living.

Let us make it ensure...!

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