CHRISTMAS MESSAGES: Joyous songs and Christmas cheer... may laughter and friendship be yours all year!

May the miracle of Christmas fill your heart with warmth and love. Merry Christmas! Happy Holidays! Christmas Day with mirth and pleasure, comes again with wondrous pleasure! All The Brightest And The Best Of The Season May your days be bright, and your heart be light! Merry Christmas! Felice Navidad! Joyous Noel Tis the season! Wishing you peace, joy, and love! Joy resounds in the hearts of those who believe in the miracle of Christmas! Sending wishes to you and yours for a beautiful Holiday Season and a peaceful Ne w Year. Christmas is a special time of year to remember those who are close to our heart s! Season's Greetings! Wishing You A Very Merry Christmas Best Wishes for a Happy Holiday Season and a Joyous New Year. Merry Christmas & Happy New Year From Our Family To Yours May the season bring you the music of laughter, the warmth of friendship, and, a lways, love. May this season hold for you the hope, wonder, and amazement that you felt as a child. Wishing all of you the very best of the Christmas season. Wishing you love and happiness this season and into the New Year. With much love at Christmastime, and always. May all that is beautiful, meaningful, and brings you joy be yours this Holiday

Season. Wish we could be together this Christmas. Thinking of you with love! May love be in your life, May hope be in your heart, May peace be in our world. Wishing your family all the jingly, jolly joys of Christmas. Sending warm wishes of peace and happiness this Holiday Season. Wishing you/your family peace, love, and joy at Christmas and always. Wishing you joy, peace and good health this Holiday Season. Wishing you old-fashioned pleasures, happy memories, and all the joys of Christm as. Happy Holidays, From Our House To Yours. Wishing you all the timeless treasures of Christmas of family and the company of good friends. The warmth of home, the love

Wishing you and yours a happy Holiday Season & a successful, prosperous New Year . Hope your Christmas is as wonderful as you are! Ho! Ho! Ho! Good times, good cheer, Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year! Hope Santa brings you everything you want! May beautiful moments and happy memories surround you with joy this Christmas. Happy Holidays! and may success and happiness knock on your door throughout the New Year! Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas! Thinking of you fills our hearts with joy at Christmas time. Wishing you a joyo us Holiday Season and a happy and peaceful New Year. Wishing you and your family all the warmth this Holiday Season has to offer. Hav e a wonderful Christmas and a New Year filled with peace and joy. May the true spirit of the season find you & fill your heart with joy. Wishing you and your loved ones a warm and wondrous Christmas! May you and yours have the spirit of Christmas which is peace, the gladness of Christmas which is hope, and the heart of Christmas which is love. In this loveliest of seasons, may you know much love and joy. The gift of love. The gift of peace. The gift of happiness. May all these and mo re be yours at Christmas. Sending warmest thoughts and best holiday wishes across the miles.

May your heart be warm with happiness and your home be filled with joy for throu gh the holiday season and always. May your home and heart glow with the magic of Christmas! In this joyous season, merry days and happy smiles are my wishes for you! Merry, merry! May your heart be light, your season bright! Merry Christmas! Greetings of the Season! May your Christmas sparkle with love, laughter, and goodwill. Have a fun and festive holiday season! May you be surrounded by the love, joy & peace that is Christmas. Wishing you a bright and delightful holiday! May the magic of Christmas twinkle in your life throughout the holidays and the upcoming new year. Wishing you the happiest of holidays and the best new year. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and the happiest of New Years! Season's Greetings and Good Wishes. May your holidays sparkle! May beautiful moments and happy memories surround you with joy this Christmas an d always. Hope the holidays bring you lots of reasons to smile! Wishing you Love, Peace, and Joy- the true meaning of Christmas. May your holidays be filled with happiness and good cheer! May the magic of Christmas peace and love be with you in every season. May the warmth and peace of the holiday season be yours. Merry Christmas and Many Good Wishes! Wishing you and your loved ones all the wonder and joy of the Christmas season! May the peace and beauty of the season remain with you throughout the coming yea r. Wishing you time to enjoy the simple pleasures of Christmas! Wishing you every holiday happiness! Warmest thoughts and best wishes for a wonderful Christmas! Cheers!

Delivering warmest wishes for a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year! Joy, Joy, Joy! Wishing you all the joys and happiness of Christmas now and throughout the New Year. Wishing you the best and the brightest of holidays! May you have the spirit of Christmas- peace, the gladness of Christmas- hope, a nd the heart of Christmas- love. Wishing you a holiday season filled with peace and joy. May the timeless message of Christmas fill your heart and home with joy. May all the joys of the season be yours. May your home be filled with the love of Christmas, this season and always. May your holidays and new year be filled with happiness, hope, and joy! With love and appreciation at Christmastime and always. May your days be happy, your heart be light, And may your Christmas be joyful and bright! Here s wishing you a Christmas Filled with a ho-ho-whole lotta fun! ?*?*? JOY! ?*?*? Merry Xmas 2 u Religious Christmas Messages: Wishing you God's wonderful gifts of faith, hope, peace, and love at Christmas-time and always. As we take a moment from our busy lives to celebrate the birth of our Lord, we pray your holidays are filled with love, and your New Year filled with peace . May this glorious day of our Savior's birth resound with hope and peace on earth! Merry Christmas! A silent night, a star above, a blessed gift of hope and love... A blessed Christmas to you! May your Christmas be filled with God's love and blessings. Good tidings to you! May your holiday season be blessed with the true meaning of Christmas.

May the splendor and beauty of this season remind you of the One who is worthy o f all our praise! Merry Christmas, and may God bless you richly! Sharing with you the Glory, the Wonder, and the Miracle of this Holy Season. Bl essings to you and yours! God gave us His greatest gift! Celebrate- and be blessed! May His love and peace surround you, at Christmas-time and always. May You feel God's presence in the candles that softly glow at Christmas, and ma y you experience the wonder of His abiding love in the coming new year. May God' s blessings be with you. May your Christmas and your new year be blessed. Wishing you the peace and grace of the Christmas season. Be filled with wonder - Be touched by love - Believe in the miracle. Wishing you the many blessings of Christmas! Rejoice in the blessings of His love! Silent night, Silver snowing, Evergreen trees Bright and glowing. World filled with love and peace and joy, Thanks to a Savior Baby boy!

Business Messages: Your Business Is Appreciated! Happy Holidays! Season's Greetings! Wishing you a Happy Holiday Season. Christmas Card Quotes &Message Ideas: Sometimes holiday songs, stories, quotes or poems make great greetings for card s. Here are a few: "Have a holly, jolly Christmas" "Joy to the World!" "I'm dreaming of a white Christmas, with every Christmas card I write!" "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas..." Let it snow! "We wish you a merry Christmas, and a happy new year" "O Come, Let Us Adore Him" "May your days be merry and bright!"

"Maybe Christmas," he thought, "doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas... pe rhaps... means a little bit more." Dr. Seuss "Blessed is the season which engages the whole world in a conspiracy of love!" H amilton Wright Mabie "Through a looking glass of a thousand stars, heavenly angels watch over us and bless us unaware." Leland Thomas "Christmas, my child, is love in action. Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas." Dale Evans Rogers "Christmas is not a date. It is a state of mind." Mary Ellen Chase "Merry Christmas to all! And to all a good night!" What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace." Agnes M. Pahro

New Year Messages: May health, happiness, and good times greet you each day of the new year. Many good wishes for a new year of happiness and prosperity. Wishing you peace and prosperity in the New Year. May your New Year be filled with peace and happiness! Good times, good cheer, and a happy new year! "Write it on your heart: That every day is the best day of the year." ~Ralph Wal do Emerson Happy New Year from Ralph and me! SHOP CHRISTMAS SALES:

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Some babies fall asleep almost before you're out of the driveway, but others won 't spend five happy minutes in their car seats. Usually, this is because your ba by is used to more freedom of movement and more physical attention than you can provide when she's belted into her seat. Even if it's difficult to deal with, remember that you and your baby's safety ar

e most important. Parents sometimes take a crying baby out of the car seat, whic h is extremely dangerous and makes it even more difficult for the baby to get us ed to riding in the car seat. Some parents make poor driving decisions when thei r babies are crying, which puts everyone in the car at risk. Either pull over an d calm your baby down, or focus on your driving. Don't try to do both. The good news is that a few new ideas and a little time and maturity will help y our baby become a happy traveler. (I know, because three of my babies were car-s eat-haters!) The trip to car seat happiness Any one (or more) of the following strategies may help solve your car seat dilem ma. If the first one you try fails, choose another one, then another; eventually , you'll hit upon the right solution for your baby. Make sure that your baby is healthy. If car seat crying is something new, and your baby has been particularly fussy a t home, too, your baby may have an ear infection or other illness. A visit to th e doctor is in order. Bring the car seat in the house and let your baby sit and play in it. Once it becomes more familiar in the house, she may be happier to sit there in t he car. Keep a special box of car toys that you'll use only in the car. If these are interesting enough, they may hold her attention. Tape or hang toys for viewing. You can do this on the back of the seat that your baby is facing or string an ar ray of lightweight toys from the ceiling using heavy tape and yarn. Place them j ust at arm's reach so that your baby can bat at them from her seat. Make a car mobile. Link a long row of plastic baby chains from one side of the backseat to the othe r. Clip new toys onto the chain for each trip. Hang a made-for-baby poster on the back of the seat that faces your baby. These are usually black, white, red and bold primary colors; some even have pock ets so you can change the pictures. (Remember to do this, since changing the sce nery is very helpful.) Experiment with different types of music in the car. Some babies enjoy lullabies or music tapes made especially for young children; o thers surprise you by calming down as soon as you play one of your favorites. So me babies enjoy hearing Mom or Dad sing, more than anything else! (For some reas on, a rousing chorus of Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer has always been a good cho ice for us, even out of season!) Try "white noise" in the car. You can purchase CDs of soothing nature sounds or you can make a recording of yo ur vacuum cleaner! Practice with short, pleasant trips when your baby is in a good mood. It helps if someone can sit near her and keep her entertained. A few good experi ences may help set a new pattern. Try a pacifier or teething toy. When your baby has something to suck or chew on he may be happier. Hang a mirror.

That way your baby can see you (and you can see your baby) while you are driving . Baby stores offer specialty mirrors made especially for this purpose. When in her seat, she may think that you're not there, and just seeing your face will he lp her feel better. Put up a sunshade in the window. This can be helpful if you suspect that sunshine in your baby's face may be a pr oblem. Try to consolidate trips. Trip-chaining is effective, especially if you avoid being in the car for long pe riods of time, and you don't have many ins-and-outs. Make sure your baby hasn't outgrown her car seat. If her legs are confined, or her belts are too tight, she my find her seat to be uncomfortable. Try opening a window. Fresh air and a nice breeze can be soothing. If all else fails ... take the bus!

has the subconsciousness hypnotised you.. I saw that I had never learned how to enjoy life, only how to achieve. All my li fe I had been busy seeking happiness, but never finding or sustaining it. H2782386Every Infant lives in a bright garden where everything is sensed directl y without the interference of thought the fall from grace happens to each of use when we start thinking and become namer s and knower s, it s not just Adam and Eve yo u know it s all of us. The birth of the mind is the death of the senses, http://www.hairfinder.com/books/updos.htm Hare Krishna Garima, As Bhagavad GitaAs It Is will be the basis of our discussions on the KrishnaConn ect newsletter I would like to give you a general overview ofthe book. This over view will continue in the next few newsletters. Even if you have already read theGita I think you willfind this information inte resting. Bhagavad Gita is an amazingbook. Even if you were to read the entire bo ok every day of yourlife, every day you will still find new inspiration in it. S o please readthis carefully. I may be asking you questions about itlater! FirstlyI would like to offer my respectful obeisances to my spiritualmaster, His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhuapda, becausewithout the knowledge he has most mercifully given us I would stillbe completely in darkness as far as spiritual knowledge is concerned.It is only because of his mercy that I can say anything ofvalue. If you have any questions orcomments on anything at all in this newsletter, rath er than replyingdirectly to this email if you can post your questions, comments, etc atthis web page I will see them personally and answer for you there: http://krishna.org/the-spirit-of-bhagavad-gita/

BhagavadGita contains the essence of all spiritualknowledge spoken by the Suprem e Personality of Godhead Krishna.Because Bhagavad Gita is spokenby the Supreme P ersonality ofGodhead, one need not read any other spiritual literature. One need only regularly and attentively hear and read Bhagavad Gita. Atthe present time mankind is so absorbed with day-to-dayactivities related to s imply surviving in this world that he does not havethe time to read all the Vedi cliteratures. But that is not necessary, this one book Bhagavad Gitais sufficien t. BhagavadGita appears within the Mahabharata.Mahabharata means the "thehistory of Greater India." Sothe conversation we hear between Krishna and Arjuna actuallyh appened. It is history. And if you would like to understandeverything that happe ned before and after this conversation, that isavailable also, in the Mahabharat a. However Bhagavad Gita is the veryessence, the very nectar of the Mahabharata. So simply studying theGita is sufficient. There are thousands of translations ofBhagavad-gita available and weare not just studying any translaton ofBhagavad-gita, and there is avery good reason for thi s. We arestudying Bhagavad-Gita As It Isby His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta S wami Prabhupada and he describesthat the reason he has given us this translation is as as far as he cansee inAmerica, and even in India, practically all the oth er translations ofthe Gita that are available inthe market do not convey the rea lspirit of the Bhagavad-Gita. Inpractically all the other editionsthe commentato r expresses his own opinions without touching on thespririt of BhagavadGita. And what is the spirit of BhagavadGita? Arjuna was the first student of the Gita , so we can understandthe spirit of the Gita by seeinghow Arjuna relates to Kris hna, howhe accepts Krishna and the instructions given by Krishna. Arjunaaccepts Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And he givesevidenc e that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead also, bysaying that all the great authorities in the past also acceptedKrishna as the Supreme Personality o f Godhead. And Krishna alsoestablishes Himself as the Supreme Personality of God head in theGita. Therfore we should takeBhagavad-gita in this spirit.Understand it as Arjuna understood it from Krishna. Krishna tellsArjunathat the Bhagavad-gita is notnew. He tells Arjuna that He ori ginallyspoke the Gita to the Sun god,Vivasvan, at the beginning of thecreation, and that the knowledge was handed down through the saintlykings from generation to generation, but now that knowledge had becomelost, so therefore Krishna again spoke that same original knowledge toArjuna. A veryimportant question is why did Krishna decide to speak this topmostspiritua l knowldege to Arjuna? Arjuna was a warrior. A fighter. Therewere many other, se emingly more qualified people who Krishna couldhave spoken the Gita to. Why did he pick Arjuna? Krishna tellsArjuna that He is relating this supreme secret to him because he is His devotee and His friend. Therefore the Bhagavad-gita is bestunderstood by a p erson who has qualities similar to Arjuna's. That isto say he must be a devotee in a direct relationship withKrishna. We all have a relationship with Krishna eternally.However in the material state of life that eternal relationship iscovered and we are unaware of our relationsh ip with Krishna. But theprocess of Krishna consciousness can revive that origina lrelationship. The way Arjuna accepted the teachings of theBhagavad Gita from Krishna shouldbe noted. His manner of acceptanceis given in the Tenth Chapter.

"Arjuna said: You are theSupreme Brahman, the ultimate, the supreme abode and pu rifier, theAbsolute Truth and the eternal Divine Person. You are the primal God, transcendental and original, and You are the unborn and all-pervadingbeauty. All the great sages like Narada, Asita, Devala and Vyasaproclaim this of You, and n ow You Yourself are declaring it to me. OKrishna I totally accept as truth all t hat You have told me. Neitherthe gods, nor demons, O Lord, know thy personality. (Bg.10.12-14) So this is the spirit of Bhagavad Gita. Arjuna tellsKrishna the he accepts whate ver He says to be completely perfect, "Iaccept everything You say to be true." A rjuna says that thepersonality of Krishna is very difficult to understand, that Krishnacan not be known even by the great demigods. Therefore if even thebeings greater than humans can not understand Krishna how can anyhuman understand Him w ithout becoming His devotee? ThereforeBhagavad Gita should be taken upin a spirit of devotion. One shouldnot think that he is equal to Krishna, nor should he think thatKrishna is an ordinar y personality or even a very great personality.Lord Sri Krishna is the Supreme P ersonality of Godhead, at leasttheoretically, according to the statements of Bha gavad-gita, or thestatements of Arjuna, the person who is trying to understand t heBhagavad-gita. We should therefore at leasttheoreticallyaccept Sri Krishna as the Supreme Perso nality of Godhead and withthat submissive spirit we can understand the Bhagavadgita. Unlessone reads the Bhagavad-gita in asubmissive spirit, it is verydifficu lt to understand because it is a great mystery. Thankyou for reading this newsletter. In a couple of days I will send youthe nex t instalment, "Just What is the Bhagavad-gita?" Pleasepost your questions and comments on this newsletter at: http://krishna.org/the-spirit-of-bhagavad-gita/ Chant HareKrishna and be happy! Your servant Madhudvisa dasa

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ForwardBhagavadGita contains the essence of all spiritualknowledge spoken by th e Supreme Personality of Godhead Krishna.Because Bhagavad Gita is spokenby the S upreme Personality ofGodhead, one need not read any other spiritual literature. One needonly regularly and attentively hear and read Bhagavad Gita. Atthe present time mankind is so absorbed with day-to-dayactivities related to s imply surviving in this world that he does not havethe time to read all the Vedi cliteratures. But that is not necessary, this one book Bhagavad Gitais sufficien t. BhagavadGita appears within the Mahabharata.Mahabharata means the "thehistory of Greater India." Sothe conversation we hear between Krishna and Arjuna actuallyh appened. It is history. And if you would like to understandeverything that happe ned before and after this conversation, that isavailable also, in the Mahabharat a. However Bhagavad Gita is the veryessence, the very nectar of the Mahabharata. So simply studying theGita is sufficient. There are thousands of translations ofBhagavad-gita available and weare not just studying any translaton ofBhagavad-gita, and there is avery good reason for thi s. We arestudying Bhagavad-Gita As It Isby His Divine Grace A.C. Bhaktivedanta S wami Prabhupada and he describesthat the reason he has given us this translation is as as far as he cansee inAmerica, and even in India, practically all the oth er translations ofthe Gita that are available inthe market do not convey the rea lspirit of the Bhagavad-Gita. Inpractically all the other editionsthe commentato r expresses his own opinions without touching on thespririt of BhagavadGita. And what is the spirit of BhagavadGita? Arjuna was the first student of the Gita , so we can understandthe spirit of the Gita by seeinghow Arjuna relates to Kris hna, howhe accepts Krishna and the instructions given by Krishna. Arjunaaccepts Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. And he givesevidenc e that Krishna is the Supreme Personality of Godhead also, bysaying that all the great authorities in the past also acceptedKrishna as the Supreme Personality o f Godhead. And Krishna alsoestablishes Himself as the Supreme Personality of God head in theGita. Therfore we should takeBhagavad-gita in this spirit.Understand it as Arjuna understood it from Krishna. Krishna tellsArjunathat the Bhagavad-gita is notnew. He tells Arjuna that He ori ginallyspoke the Gita to the Sun god,Vivasvan, at the beginning of thecreation, and that the knowledge was handed down through the saintlykings from generation to generation, but now that knowledge had becomelost, so therefore Krishna again spoke that same original knowledge toArjuna. A veryimportant question is why did Krishna decide to speak this topmostspiritua l knowldege to Arjuna? Arjuna was a warrior. A fighter. Therewere many other, se emingly more qualified people who Krishna couldhave spoken the Gita to. Why did he pick Arjuna? Krishna tellsArjuna that He is relating this supreme secret to him because he is

His devotee and His friend. Therefore the Bhagavad-gita is bestunderstood by a p erson who has qualities similar to Arjuna's. That isto say he must be a devotee in a direct relationship withKrishna. We all have a relationship with Krishna eternally.However in the material state of life that eternal relationship iscovered and we are unaware of our relationsh ip with Krishna. But theprocess of Krishna consciousness can revive that origina lrelationship. The way Arjuna accepted the teachings of theBhagavad Gita from Krishna shouldbe noted. His manner of acceptanceis given in the Tenth Chapter. "Arjuna said: You are theSupreme Brahman, the ultimate, the supreme abode and pu rifier, theAbsolute Truth and the eternal Divine Person. You are the primal God, transcendental and original, and You are the unborn and all-pervadingbeauty. All the great sages like Narada, Asita, Devala and Vyasaproclaim this of You, and n ow You Yourself are declaring it to me. OKrishna I totally accept as truth all t hat You have told me. Neitherthe gods, nor demons, O Lord, know thy personality. (Bg.10.12-14) So this is the spirit of Bhagavad Gita. Arjuna tellsKrishna the he accepts whate ver He says to be completely perfect, "Iaccept everything You say to be true." A rjuna says that thepersonality of Krishna is very difficult to understand, that Krishnacan not be known even by the great demigods. Therefore if even thebeings greater than humans can not understand Krishna how can anyhuman understand Him w ithout becoming His devotee? ThereforeBhagavad Gita should be taken upin a spirit of devotion. One shouldnot think that he is equal to Krishna, nor should he think thatKrishna is an ordinar y personality or even a very great personality.Lord Sri Krishna is the Supreme P ersonality of Godhead, at leasttheoretically, according to the statements of Bha gavad-gita, or thestatements of Arjuna, the person who is trying to understand t heBhagavad-gita. We should therefore at leasttheoreticallyaccept Sri Krishna as the Supreme Perso nality of Godhead and withthat submissive spirit we can understand the Bhagavadgita. Unlessone reads the Bhagavad-gita in asubmissive spirit, it is verydifficu lt to understand because it is a great mystery. Thankyou for reading this newsletter. In a couple of days I will send youthe nex t instalment, "Just What is the Bhagavad-gita?" Pleasepost your questions and comments on this newsletter at: http://krishna.org/the-spirit-of-bhagavad-gita/ Chant HareKrishna and be happy! Your servant