RAMAKRISHNA ANANDA

Love Life Itself

Can soul awareness lead to a longer life?

From a yogic viewpoint, life is a gift. We are immortal souls living in mortal bodies. A yogi seeks to sense and attune with the eternal soul. Leo Tolstoy wrote that we can choose to love life itself, no matter if it is happy or miserable. You can enjoy the gift of life and celebrate the eternal consciousness moving within you.

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Reflections on my Birthday

I am grateful for life — for yours and mine. Leo Tolstoy (War and Peace) recommended that no matter what kind of life we have, happy or miserable, that we love life itself. It is a choice to be happy.

I, too, love the gift of life. It has given me consciousness and the ability to move about. As I contemplate my life, I reflect and share with you to open the gift of life. Discover what it is and live it fully. Receive, accept and rejoice in it. Allow life to move through you sweetly — body, mind and spirit.

Yoga teaches that we are immortal souls rather than just bodies
Daily recognizing, or even simply believing, yourself to be an eternal soul leads to a longer life
Nathaniel Hawthorne: Our Creator would have never made such lovely days and have given us the deep hearts to enjoy them unless we were meant to be immortal.

Spinoza: We feel and know that we are eternal.
Leo Tolstoy advised that we love life itself, no matter the circumstances
Life and consciousness go together. Through the gift of life we are able to think, feel and be conscious

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