{"id":24327,"date":"2022-03-23T14:47:10","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T03:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/?p=24327"},"modified":"2022-03-23T14:47:10","modified_gmt":"2022-03-23T03:47:10","slug":"talk-spiritual-warfare-pt-2-sunday-27-march","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/talk-spiritual-warfare-pt-2-sunday-27-march\/","title":{"rendered":"Talk: Spiritual Warfare Pt.2 &#8211; Sunday 27 March"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Spiritual Warfare &#8211; Pt.2<\/h1>\n<h4><em>Talk by Pravrajika Gayatriprana &amp; Guided Meditation<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>Sunday 27 March &#8211; 11 am to 12.15 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>At Vedanta Hall, 15 Liverpool Road, Croydon, NSW (open from 10.30 am for Meditation) or via Zoom from 11 am:&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/88634914266?pwd=c2l3OHcrbnUwS1FjQUVtRi9FOUNwdz09\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/j\/88634914266?pwd=c2l3OHcrbnUwS1FjQUVtRi9FOUNwdz09<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>In this talk:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>ONCE WE KNOW<\/strong>&nbsp;who our enemies are, we need to chalk out a defence strategy. Firstly, stop the enemy from entering the mind. Next: locate the enemy hideouts and flush out any festering negative forces with a blast of elevating positive thoughts.<\/p>\n<p>Overly identifying with our psychophysical system is a great obstacle on the spiritual path. Reflecting on our true nature as the ever-free, ever-pure Atman, or as God&#8217;s child\/ devotee\/ servant, will free us from that.<\/p>\n<p>The primary weapons needed for this battle are discernment, meditation, and prayer, fortified by the mighty weapon of Japa &#8211; repetition of God&#8217;s name &#8211; a veritable shield of armour protecting us from the onslaughts of the world.<\/p>\n<p>The name of God is not just a word; it is one with God. Swami Abhedananda says: &#8220;Raise a wall around your mind by your discrimination. Do not allow the distraction of external circumstances to enter your mind.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>One more weapon&#8217;s needed in your arsenal &#8211; Faith. Faith will help you overcome all obstacles and reach the goal with the guidance of your guru. And remember: the only surrender should be self-surrender to God.<\/p>\n<h3>Related Images:<\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spiritual Warfare &#8211; Pt.2 Talk by Pravrajika Gayatriprana &amp; Guided Meditation Sunday 27 March &#8211; 11 am to 12.15 pm At Vedanta Hall, 15 Liverpool Road, Croydon, NSW (open from [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":24329,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"0","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[1163],"class_list":["post-24327","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-member-organisations","tag-lectures-on-hinduism","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24327"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24327"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24327\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24330,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24327\/revisions\/24330"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24327"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24327"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwip.com.au\/hcaold\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24327"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}