Give us the grace not to have any regrets
about the past or to be obsessed with the future, but to live fully in the
present moment.
Pope Francis
Showing posts with label Best Indian Catholic Posts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Best Indian Catholic Posts. Show all posts
Sunday, 1 November 2015
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Thursday, 3 September 2015
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Friday, 28 August 2015
Sunday, 16 August 2015
The Best Indian Catholic Posts - The life and death of Maximilian Kolbe is a reminder to each of us that a life lived in the service of others is indeed a life worth living
"The life and death of Maximilian Kolbe is a
reminder to each of us that a life lived in the service of others is indeed a
life worth living. For such a person, death holds no threat or fear, because in
losing his/her life such a person gains eternal life as Maximilian Kolbe did.
Saturday, 18 July 2015
The Best Indian Catholic Posts - giving is more beneficial than receiving
The readings of today and
especially the attitude of Jesus is a call and challenge to anyone who is
willing to listen and learn what it means to live a selfless life. It is a call
to place the needs of others above my own. It is a call to realize that giving
is more beneficial than receiving, that giving others their rightful due is the
only way to live and that a life which places the concerns and needs of others
above one’s own, is a life truly well lived.
(http://errolsj.blogspot.in/)
(http://errolsj.blogspot.in/)
Thursday, 16 July 2015
Friday, 10 July 2015
The Best Indian Catholic Posts - Perseverance
We often begin things with a bang and then end them with a whimper. This is because sometimes our enthusiasm runs away with us. What is required is perseverance and this is more likely if we start slowly and steadily (as Jesus himself did) and then let things build up gradually than if we start with much fanfare, which soon fizzles out.
Thursday, 9 July 2015
Sunday, 28 June 2015
Sunday, 21 June 2015
The Best Indian Catholic Posts - World Day of Yoga
The 21st
of June has been declared the World Day of Yoga while the 26th June
is also World Anti Drug Abuse Day declared by the United Nations Office of Drug
and Crime.
Since Kripa Foundation has been using Iyengar yoga as an essential component for recovery from Addiction, the 23rd June will be celebrated as “Iyengar Yoga - a Gift to Addiction Recovery”.
Since Kripa Foundation has been using Iyengar yoga as an essential component for recovery from Addiction, the 23rd June will be celebrated as “Iyengar Yoga - a Gift to Addiction Recovery”.
The Kripa Model of
Recovery is based on the self-help programme of the AA.
This programme has two dimensions of healing the addict. The first is psycho-spiritual and the second psycho-social.
These dimensions make the person find the common golden thread of faith and love in all the twelve steps.
However as St. Paul Said, “I know what is good and know what is bad; yet I end up by doing the bad that I hate”. Merely the study or understanding of recovery makes many get into a relapse-syndrome.
This is mostly because the the body often does not respond to the sublime teachings of the Programme.
As Jesus said. “ the Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak”.
Hence in Kripa we introduced this element called the “Wisdom of the Body” as acknowledged by the Physician Dr. Walter Canon. This latent wisdom in the body can be explored in a manner that gives the person in recovery an experience of what in Yoga is called “cellular consciousness”.
We all know that the body never tells lies.
So often we claim to have faith and profess our faith with our lips and voice however our bodies are expressing fear, anxiety depression and lack of Trust in God.
For an addict this path to recovery through the Body becomes an experience of authentic sense of well-being. While it is well known that a runner gets what is called a “runner’s high”, in Yoga the creation of Nitric Oxide in the brain helps activate positive neurotransmitters such as endorphins, dopamine and seretonin.
The Harvard Medical School along with Dr. Herbert Benson has said in the Medical jounal Lancet, “Yoga and Meditation can change a type A personality into a type B personality.”
This is the goal of recovery from Addiction; not just staying away from the chemical of one’s choice but to have a change of life-style.
The Eleventh step of the AA states, “ sought through prayer and meditation to improve my conscious contact with God, praying only for the knowledge of His will and the power to carry that out.”
This method of mediation is the very contemplative prayer that WCCM (world community for Christian meditation) practices as per the teaching of Dom John Main.
All the centres of Kripa have this method of prayer along with the practice of Iyengar Yoga which helps to prepare the body for an authentic experience of healing.
Addiction is a frustrated thirst for God. Satan tricks the addict by a false sense of Love and Joy.
Hence Dr. Jung said that addiction can only be healed by the formula, “Spiritus contra spiritum”.
This programme has two dimensions of healing the addict. The first is psycho-spiritual and the second psycho-social.
These dimensions make the person find the common golden thread of faith and love in all the twelve steps.
However as St. Paul Said, “I know what is good and know what is bad; yet I end up by doing the bad that I hate”. Merely the study or understanding of recovery makes many get into a relapse-syndrome.
This is mostly because the the body often does not respond to the sublime teachings of the Programme.
As Jesus said. “ the Spirit is willing but the flesh is weak”.
Hence in Kripa we introduced this element called the “Wisdom of the Body” as acknowledged by the Physician Dr. Walter Canon. This latent wisdom in the body can be explored in a manner that gives the person in recovery an experience of what in Yoga is called “cellular consciousness”.
We all know that the body never tells lies.
So often we claim to have faith and profess our faith with our lips and voice however our bodies are expressing fear, anxiety depression and lack of Trust in God.
For an addict this path to recovery through the Body becomes an experience of authentic sense of well-being. While it is well known that a runner gets what is called a “runner’s high”, in Yoga the creation of Nitric Oxide in the brain helps activate positive neurotransmitters such as endorphins, dopamine and seretonin.
The Harvard Medical School along with Dr. Herbert Benson has said in the Medical jounal Lancet, “Yoga and Meditation can change a type A personality into a type B personality.”
This is the goal of recovery from Addiction; not just staying away from the chemical of one’s choice but to have a change of life-style.
The Eleventh step of the AA states, “ sought through prayer and meditation to improve my conscious contact with God, praying only for the knowledge of His will and the power to carry that out.”
This method of mediation is the very contemplative prayer that WCCM (world community for Christian meditation) practices as per the teaching of Dom John Main.
All the centres of Kripa have this method of prayer along with the practice of Iyengar Yoga which helps to prepare the body for an authentic experience of healing.
Addiction is a frustrated thirst for God. Satan tricks the addict by a false sense of Love and Joy.
Hence Dr. Jung said that addiction can only be healed by the formula, “Spiritus contra spiritum”.
In Iyengar Yoga we reverse
the urge of self-gratification with the practice of self-denial.
In and through the body the addict is made to live the teaching of Jesus that true discipleship is a matter of “denying one’s self”, taking up the cross of Reality and being faithful in following the programme one day at a time.
In and through the body the addict is made to live the teaching of Jesus that true discipleship is a matter of “denying one’s self”, taking up the cross of Reality and being faithful in following the programme one day at a time.
However the reactions of many fundamentalist Christians call for a clarification.They speak only of the unorthodox types of Yoga that have used this ancient science to promote Hinduism. There are various kinds of Yoga that do dabble with the occult and hence the caution to use this method is necessary.
However in the field of health and especially in the context of Healing Addiction the specific kind of scientific study and research on Iyengar Yoga has brought the Kripa Model of Recovery to be the most effective in the world. This method is being practiced in over 40 countries and through the practice of Christian Meditation, the special book and DVD of Yoga for the practice of Christian Meditation is now in over 120 countries. The Catholic Church in India has always used this ancient science for prayer and Meditation. Just as while adopting the Pentecostal renewal the Catholic Church maintains certain cautions, in a similar way we must use our discretion in not identifying the therapeutic use of yoga with a whole lot of misguided use of this ancient practice.
Fr. Joe
Pereira,
Managing
Trustee , Kripa Foundation(http://kripafoundation.blogspot.be/2015/06/our-work-in-field-of-addiction-says-it.html)
Thursday, 18 June 2015
The Best Indian Catholic Posts - examination of our priorities
Sometimes we lose focus in our lives and waste so much time on trifles. We are so concentrated on gathering up for tomorrow and the next day, that the present day passes us by and we find that we have live it unaware. An occasional examination of our priorities is required to bring back our focus on what is really necessary.
(http://errolsj.blogspot.in/2015/06/friday-june-19-2015-if-you-were-given.html)
(http://errolsj.blogspot.in/2015/06/friday-june-19-2015-if-you-were-given.html)
Tuesday, 16 June 2015
The Best Indian Catholic Posts - The only commandment of Jesus: love
Jesus taught
us, “My commandment is this: love one another, just as I love you. The
greatest love a person can have for his friends is to give his life for them”.
Sunday, 14 June 2015
Saturday, 13 June 2015
The Best Indian Catholic Posts - Where will tomorrow's justice and peace get their start? From the seeds we sow with our hearts today.
"Where will tomorrow's trees come from ?
From the shoots we plant today.
Where will tomorrow's justice and peace get their start?
From the seeds we sow with our hearts today".
(http://lordsday-joymaveli.blogspot.be/2015/06/eleventh-sunday-of-yearb.html)
From the shoots we plant today.
Where will tomorrow's justice and peace get their start?
From the seeds we sow with our hearts today".
(http://lordsday-joymaveli.blogspot.be/2015/06/eleventh-sunday-of-yearb.html)
Thursday, 11 June 2015
Tuesday, 9 June 2015
The Best Indian Catholic Posts - choosing to bless the disadvantaged
"By choosing to bless the disadvantaged, the Matthean Jesus indicates the
thrust of his mission, which is primarily a mission to the disadvantaged."
(http://errolsj.blogspot.in/2015/06/monday-june-8-2015-do-any-of-beatitudes.html)
(http://errolsj.blogspot.in/2015/06/monday-june-8-2015-do-any-of-beatitudes.html)
Friday, 29 May 2015
Monday, 25 May 2015
The Best Indian Catholic Posts - Do I possess riches or do riches possess me? Do I use things or do things use me?
"We are living in a world, which keeps calling us to possess more and more. We are bombarded from every side with advertisements inviting us to be owners of land, property, houses, and electronic and other goods. While we must use things and plan properly for own future and the future of our children, we need to be careful that we do not become so obsessed with the future that we forget to live in the present."
(http://errolsj.blogspot.in/2015/05/monday-may-25-2015-do-i-possess-riches.html)
(http://errolsj.blogspot.in/2015/05/monday-may-25-2015-do-i-possess-riches.html)
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