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2012
martedì, marzo 20, 2012
lunedì, marzo 19, 2012
Breath of Ten: Meditation
to Become Disease-Free
Sit in easy pose with a straight spine. Your elbows are bent and your forearms and hands are relaxed and in a clapping position. Your hands move in and out like you are clapping but they do not touch. Stop the inward motion when the hands are about six to eight inches apart. Move slowly and rhythmically. Concentrate on the energy that you can feel between the palms of your hands.
The breath is timed with the movement of the hands. Inhale in five strokes through the nose and exhale in five strokes through the mouth. Each stroke of the breath is one clapping motion. Do not break the rhythm of the movement and breath. 11 minutes.
To finish: InhaIe deeply, hold your breath for 20 seconds as you press your hands against your face as hard as you can. Exhale. Inhale deeply, hold your breath for 20 seconds as you strongly press your hands against your heart center. Exhale. Inhale deeply, hold your breath for 20 seconds as you press your hands hard against your navel point. Exhale and relax.
This is magnetic energy therapy. The energy connection between the hands must not be broken. This exercise triggers the command center to wake up the immune system. Do this meditation every day for 11 minutes and it will put all the chakras in rhythm.
mercoledì, marzo 07, 2012
Balance and the Law of Equality
The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan
Balance and the Law of Equality
Includes the Meditation: Moving Meditation for Balance and Equality
Kundalini Yoga as taught by Yogi Bhajan®
August 17, 1995
The problem is not your success or your failure. Problem is law of equality. You don’t obey that.
Humans have always refused that law, which is that any progression or progress must have equal depression and rejection. This law cannot change. It is there. Most successful people, that is, most great people on this Earth who have achieved success in the end have gone on to fail in certain other aspects of life. So, life balances itself that way. And some people are very rich and very effective and absolutely great, but on the other hand, you’ll find them totally nuts. It’s not that you are not aware of it. Even in your life, you progress on one side very effectively and lose on other side equally effectively. There is nothing, nothing on this planet, which is not in balance.
So the question is not who you are, the question is whatever your Karma is, you are gay, you are a
lesbian, you are straight, you are hetero, ‘hectro,’ ‘pectro,’ whatever; you are mentally this, you are
emotionally this, you are sexually this, I don’t know who you are. That makes no difference to me.
Only those who have gone beyond their mind will not be affected by the pair of opposites. As long as
you are within the realm of mind, action and reaction will affect you, doesn’t matter which religion you belong to or which personality you belong to. You have actually, technically speaking, lots of gimmicks, progressions and processes in which you approach yourself, to tie yourself, to standardize yourself, to save yourself, but you cannot do that. And you cannot effectively understand this information either. This is the most upsetting of all to us. How can I—I?
As long as you have the question, “How can I?” you will have the question “How can not Thou? How can not Thou?” Where is your Thou if you have an ‘I’? And between your two eyes if there is no Third Eye, how can you? This is a very progressive process of life which you cannot reach, and ultimately, there shall be emptiness, there shall be regret, there shall be an unaccomplished life. Because there is nothing more precious and pious and pure than the praana, which you have; and the use of praana is not that you become a professionally successful neurosurgeon, or you become a professionally great attorney, or you become a professionally great government official, or you do some great research— that’s not life. Or you become very successful and popular, that’s not life either.
The purpose of life is, do you understand the ‘you’ within you? Did somebody tell you that you are you and you alone? Did somebody tell you that ‘In the beginning is you, in the middle is you and in the end is you.’ Did someone tell you that your emotions, your feelings, your understanding and your desires are not you? Did you ever understand that what you need to do and what you want to do are two different things? I mean, do you understand your own enemy? You need to do something different, you desire to do something different, you have to do something different, so these are fundamental questions that come our way and everybody interprets it to their advantage. The worst, most guilty of this interpretation are the judgmental religious policies. So there are Catholics, there are Protestants, there are this and that, there are Buddhists, and even Buddhists have different factions; in every religion you find factions because man doesn’t want to be judged. You don’t want to be judged. You don’t want to be told. So when a bunch of people don’t like something, they form their own group. Since time immemorial to this present time, humanity has progressed itself that way.
I was reading an article on the gay situation. It said they have made a definite discovery about the
difference in the brain, in the neuron itself. Okay. Tomorrow you are going to find out something else. But what is a gay? What’s a lesbian? It’s all a sexual thing. Are you going to brand a human on a sexual basis? Then tomorrow you are going to brand everybody on the basis of the nose: wide nose, thin nose, skinny nose, top nose, round nose. Up to what extent can you divide humanity? And on what basis? What are your bases?
As long as your bases are karma—actions, desires, common needs—you are not discussing humanity. You are not in touch with humanity. You are too low, small, limited, empty, and judgmental a sect, section of people. You cannot understand that vastness of Infinity, purity, piety, excellence, growth, grace. You do not understand the joy of virtue. You do not understand spiritual venture. You understand only you, yourself. That may be desirable to many of you and there are many teachers for this, or preachers, whatever you want to call them, but that’s not the relationship between a student and a teacher. That’s a most unfortunate thing.
When a student and a teacher meet, it creates a spark, like when a chisel and a stone meet. That’s the
meeting. Relationship between a student and teacher is not a truthful relationship if he says, “Oh, you
are beautiful.” How many times does a chisel hit the stone and say, “mmm-mmm-mmm”—kisses it?
Have you seen that? No. It goes “tik” and cuts a chip from here, chip there, chip there, till finally it
comes into the shape of something. It is the shaping of the human. It’s not the human. Did you know that when they cut things in the industrial world, they use a diamond head because it is the hardest? That’s why industrial diamond is very important. A piece of carbon, crystallized well, is the hardest.
But the modern world today is not subjective to itself. Today we do not acknowledge that I am aware, I am known within my knowledge, my spirit, my soul, my mind and myself. I have all the virtues and I am daily losing those virtues, rather than just being those virtues. Today, if somebody meditates in the early morning ambrosial hours, gets up.... Somebody was telling me the other day, “For the last 40 days,” she said, now this is quote, unquote, “I have gotten up early every morning, I have taken a cold shower and I have meditated and I have read banis2 for the last 40 days.”
I cracked up. And she said, “Isn’t it great?”
I said, “For the last forty thousand lifetimes, you have meditated; for the last forty thousand
lives, you have [cultivated] virtues for yourself; and for the last forty thousand lifetimes, you have been an egomaniac. You are stupid. You are the most acknowledged idiot in the realm of consciousness. You are a dead rat!”
“Why are you so angry?”
I said, “I am angry because for God’s sake look at yourself. Look—these 40 days have made
you so happy because your soul has become habitual in all these thousands of years; but unfortunately, you are always, even now, after only forty days, you are going to go off, right? Am I right?”
She said, “I was just asking you. Is that not enough?”
I said, “I already know. What are you asking me for? That’s your problem. God giveth soul to
chance and experience—a human experience. The human experience cannot be foggy, it has to be clear like crystal; it has to be disciplined like death; it has to be life like Infinity. And there is nothing less than that. I know you. You can’t handle it, you can’t hold it. You have never done it. You are not going to do it.”
“You are my teacher. Tell me.”
I said, “I am not anybody’s teacher. What should I tell you? I am telling you to your face that
this is what you have been doing all along. You have never gone out of your way to be of service, so
you cannot understand that soul is Infinity, character is Infinity, commitment is Infinity, divinity is
Infinity, dignity is Infinity. Everything is Infinity. Grace is Infinity, the power to sacrifice is Infinity,
happiness is Infinity. Those are the seven steps for happiness, nobody can change that. I can’t. Nobody can. Why waste human life? Can you get it? Can you buy it? You can buy services. Human services you can buy. Human life you can’t buy. In all these 1,995 years you have not understood the difference between human service and human life. You have not understood the difference between humanity and individual existence. You have never understood your total reality, your applied consciousness and your own understanding. How can you not understand yourself and then want to understand everybody else?”
Do you know, I’ve said it many times, I saw that pamphlet in which there were a lot of workshops. And I counted, I just went through it, 275 therapies for human consciousness to grow. And I looked at that brochure and said, “All these people do not know what consciousness is and these are the teachers of consciousness.”
I go to Santa Fe, I talk to some people, they are angelic people and their language when they speak to
me, in the end I say, “Which book, which page are you talking about?” There is nothing real. They
satisfy with words. I used to deal with this group, these Descendent Masters or Ascendant Masters,
something like that; and there is Mount Shasta, I once took the trouble of going there. I didn’t see
anything but stones I don’t know from where they come in and they see it, but you know, you will see
tens and thousands people there, looking at those Descendent, whatever those masters are. It’s tragic.
‘I am Christian, I follow Christ.’ Christ followed his own consciousness. Christ didn’t follow anything else. You damn fellows don’t follow him at all. Why, who, where did he say, “Follow me?” Where did Guru Nanak say, “Follow me?” Where did Buddha say, “Follow me?” All they said is, “Your life is given by God to you and this is the way to live. This is the way to believe.” Christianity is a religion of love. How many crusades have you done? Muslim is supposed to be humble. How many have they killed?
Think about it. Think about it, when two nations fight and they are fighting now, everybody knows.
What are they fighting for? They are fighting for land. They are not fighting for any principle. And
similarly in you, you are fighting for land. You are fighting for territory. Who decides the territory in
you? Your ego. Who decides your comfort?
I was going through Beverley Hills and there was a man just like me with a big, white beard and he had a big kind of turban-like hat on. He had all his baggage on his back and he was walking. That’s it. And I was going in my limousine. I looked at myself and looked at him. Then I asked a question, “What is the difference?” Twenty-five years ago I came also, and much worse off than him. Why has he not progressed? Because he did not, has not and will not, share himself with others. When a human does not share with others, human hurts. It’s not that I didn’t hurt. I told certain things and certain principles; I got totally trashed, not hurt. But I have to stand by my grounds. Truth is truth—I don’t care what anybody is. You know, Kundalini Yoga, when I started teaching the whole Theosophical Society was very important in America and they had books and books out saying that this one science, Kundalini Yoga, cannot be taught, it is dangerous. Cannot be taught. Period. And they asked me, “Why you are teaching this?”
I said, “I don’t know anything else. What should I do? I mean, the fact is, I don’t know, I don’t
want to be ridiculously rude to anybody, but that’s the only science I know. And that’s the only thing I know works.”
“No, no, no. Start with Hatha Yoga.”
I said, “That’s the biggest bull I have ever heard. Why should I start with Hatha Yoga?
Everybody has sex in this country, everybody is a sex, everybody’s penis is not Venus, everybody is
running into each other like a fire hose.
I have seen it all, I landed in Hollywood. But I don’t think any relationship means a relationship.
Everybody is sexual.”
“Now what do you mean?”
I said, “What I mean? Nothing. First thing in Hatha Yoga is that you should be celibate.”
Where should I get the celibates here? I mean, material is not available, raw material is not
available. There is nobody who is celibate. Why should I teach Hatha Yoga where it is a requirement to be celibate? Where did I have 22 years to give you one posture? And who is there to do it?
I said, “I am not going to be commercial. I know Kundalini Yoga—3 minutes you are up, out,
done. And then you can go and sleep with girlfriend or friends and do whatever you want to do, it’s
fine. You guys don’t eat onions. We start with onions. Don’t you understand?”
Garlic is a no-no, but they can eat fish, they can eat meat, and they can’t eat garlic! Is there a more
ridiculous hypocrisy than that? Garlic—no. Fish—yes. Can you believe it? Do you know how terrible fish is? There is nothing more poisonous to the body than fish. It comes from water, it goes into the colon, and it needs water. It dries up the colon. This is the only food—fish—which dries up the colon’s water. It reverses the colon water. It’s amazing. You take the fish, you chop it, you fry it, you do anything to it, all right? Just see how thirsty you become when you eat it. It always needs water and when you cannot give it water, it reverses the colon—the only food that reverses the colon. I said, “You allow that to eat, that is tolerable and garlic is not, onion is not. Ginger, which licks up the entire poison and disease out of the body, that’s not!” I said, “I can’t go with you guys. If it’s dangerous, eating bananas is dangerous. What is the difference?”
“You have to understand that everybody has to be initiated.” they said.
I say, “What for? If they are idiots, they can’t initiate themselves. Am I [going to be the] fool to
initiate them? Why I should take the risk? Why should I even initiate anybody who is worth initiating? Let everybody initiate them Self, because I believe, ‘In the beginning is me, in the middle is me, in the end is me, for my own inner soul.’ That’s the only relationship between you and God: when you for your own soul experience within you your own Infinity. And don’t brand it for any reason.
Gringos cannot sit with Blacks; Blacks cannot sit with this and that and Brown and the other. You
know, you have divided humanity on Gray, Brown, Black, White. Just on the color of the skin, at least, thank God, the color of the blood is the same. Then you divided everything on your desires, on your emotions, on your feelings, on your needs, on your geography, on your culture, on your nature, on your philosophies. You have never understood that there is one God, there is Ek, one God, and He created the creation and every creature is the product of that one Creator. If you just understand that, you will grow.
Your human life depends upon two things: your hypothalamus, which is on the upper palate and your
upper front, called the frontal lobe. This controls your personality; this is medically known. This [the frontal lobe] controls your personality and this hypothalamus controls your habits. Automatic habits. Automatic habits surpass all intellect, all thought. Now let me tell you scientifically where the problem is. We have one hundred thousand thoughts per wink of the eye. Somewhere, thalamus has the problem. Hypothalamus and thalamus, when they act in coordination, they have the power over thought formation. And the frontal lobe has a personality direction once the . . . you know, try to understand: doesn’t matter who tells you what, you are going to do what you are going to do. That means your frontal lobe is not developed. It’s not yours. There are only two areas in the body that are not developed; they are there to be developed. This whole yoga is about it! You don’t understand. Entire spirituality is about it! Entire spirituality is the pair of the opposite should not affect you. When somebody praises you, you should not get pumped up and when somebody insults you, you do not squeeze in. You remain you. That is human.
So I promise you, today is my last class with you, and then Saturday I have to teach that seminar,
‘Uplifting the Mental Graduation,’ that’s my topic; and there will be many other professionals there. If you all come, it’ll be a good class, that’s the only possible class I can attend or share with you. Then I have to go back home Sunday and get ready to go on this yatra3 to India. In 525 years, once they have called on us and we are all obligated to go. Those who believe, those who don’t believe, those who love me, those who hate me, those who are my friends, those who are my enemies, I have nothing to do with it. It is just answering the call. And if you do not know what the Golden Temple4 is, well, it is a Golden Temple, that’s it. It has no other name. And it’s the only temple that is a Golden Temple. I don’t have any definition other than that. Some people ask me, “Why do you love this temple?”
I say, “I am very selfish, I love gold. It’s a golden temple. What should I do? Love graveyards?”
It’s good. It’s golden, it’s a miracle, it’s prosperous. Still 10,000 people are fed every day, everybody is welcome. It’s marvelous. So why not like something which is good and great? It’s my definition, not anybody’s. Not anybody’s. And that’s what I say. Five thousand years ago until today, everybody who has gone there with prayer and taken a sip and dip in that water tank, his things have been answered. Why go and do the research when it’s already established. This is what we are doing. We are taking yoga students, we are taking the Sikhs, we are taking those who have faith, atheists, everybody. Come. I have to go. And you have to go, too.
I will tell you the reason you can’t go: first, you don’t have time; second, you don’t have the money; and third, it’s a waste of time, it’s a hardship, it’s very difficult.
When I was young, I was sitting one day with my teacher, he asked me, “What’s the purpose of
life?” You know, we asked questions like this in class. We were so many, he said, “What is the purpose of life?” Somebody said, “To elevate,” somebody said, “To exalt,” somebody said, “To this, that,” it went on and on. Finally he got tired. He said, “Can anybody tell me what is the purpose of life?” And I smiled and he said, “Well, you, you mischievous smiler. Why don’t you answer?”
I said, “Well, haven’t they all answered you? Is that not enough?”
He said, “No.”
I said, “Purpose of life is very simple: when there is nothing impossible in life, because when
the soul and consciousness is understood, the impossible is eliminated out of the life—that’s the purpose of life.”
He said, “When did you learn that?”
I said, “Three days ago you were lecturing, that’s what you said. I remember. I just remembered
it.” I don’t know what he said to me. But I said, “You said life is only possible and impossible; but
once the Atma and Paramatma merge together, impossible doesn’t exist. You know, it’s your words. I am repeating it.”
He said, “That’s true.”
I said, “That’s it.”
As long as anything is impossible in your life, you do not have a consciousness of Infinity. Because
how can anything be limited? How can love be limited? How can God be limited? How can life be
limited? And impossible means limited. You don’t understand what I am saying, I know. Okay. We
will not stretch it o more because you will go home confused. For you, everything is limited. If it’s not, then you make it limited. You put everything in boxes. You brand everything. But that’s what we want to get rid of, all right?
[Meditation: Moving Meditation for Balance and Equality. See complete write-up at the end of the
lecture.]
We are doing Ravi Mudra today, Sun Mudra. Sun Mudra is the ring finger. We did the exercise
yesterday left and right, correct? With the breath, okay. Today, we’ll do it with a Snake Breath. Snake Breath means Cobra Breath. Cobra Breath means that when you go up like this, then you inhale and when you come down, you exhale; you exhale really good. That will create a vacuum, which will move the hypothalamus and the frontal lobe into the rotary system. That breath will also take the first and second ring in that stem of the brain, which controls the entire geography of your being. You will have a very different experience. You understand what I am saying? But the question is doing it right. All right? Sun Mudra is this finger and you sit like this. [See complete kriya at the end of the lecture.]
We are going to play a tape and we’ll be asking you today to close your eyes exactly and sit like you are perfect. First of all, fake it that you are perfect. You are not; I know, you know and we know. But in spite of that, faking it is all right. Fake it that you are perfect and when it says, ‘Sat Nam,’ then you go all the way up and breathe in. And when the tape says, ‘Wahe Guru,’ it will say it twice. It gives you a very rhythmic time, this mantra is rhythmic, then you come down and your breath will come out like . . . that hiss of the snake will come while breathing out. You create on every strike, a little vacuum, a little vacuum that will change your entire gray matter and neurological balance. It will bring you to the freshness that you never have experienced. Is that understood as a science? It’s not that you have to do it only with me today, you might not perfectly do it, you may try to do it at home. But you have to do it. One lady was telling me one day a year ago, “I have menopause. What should I take?”
“Take anything you want. I am not going to give you anything against medical advice. I already
told somebody “eat beet” and I ended up with a lawsuit, which went on for years and years.”
Beet, we call it the “beet case.” Finally we beat it up, but God, it was a very lengthy case.
Attorney after attorney, my insurance agent, he said, “What’s this beet case?
I say, “Well, this is it. Somebody is suing me. You have to deal with it.”
So I have gone through it. Once I told people to take some pancakes and I got a notice from this bureau of, whatever it is, that I am practicing medicine without a license. I couldn’t believe it. I had to send my attorney there to talk to them and all they wanted was the pancakes. Where they can get them? So, we got them prepared and delivered them, that was the case. That’s all it was; but somebody had the guts to ask us “How can this flu be healed and why?” I said in the class “bah, bah, bah.” And it was just pancakes. No big deal.
All right, you have been very kind to me in the past 25 years, that’s what I am trying to remember. I
have gone through it. All right? Close your eyes please and just understand the beauty is in that hiss. Nothing else. [Sat Nam, Wahe Guru is played.]
You are very good, go ahead....through the nose...Use the power...Inhale, inhale deep, inhale deep.
Deep! Squeeze the body from spine to top, exhale. Inhale deep, let every fiber be by your own nerve
control, squeeze. Pratyahar, Shuniya. Bring it to minimum, zero. Exhale. Once again, to cover all two mistakes if there are any. Breathe, breathe, breathe and now, go ahead. Squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, squeeze, relax.
One we do with the breath. With that, we hit the pituitary and frontal lobe. I am just trying to explain to you the science of it. Second, when we begin chanting, with the tip of the tongue, we stimulate the upper palate and thus stimulate the hypothalamus. Simple.
Third part and fourth part of this, when I come next time, we’ll complete it. What I am trying to do is
put two kriyas in one day and that should be sufficient. So we did it yesterday and we did it today. And when next time I come, we’ll do the third. Third is very rough; half of you will do it, half won’t. But the question is to teach, to share with you. We’ll share. And until such time, at home, it takes 11 minutes. What you did first and 11 minutes the second and the other set we did yesterday was also based on that. The tape is very rhythmic, the time is very perfect, sound is very good, word is very perfect. Tongue touches the meridians properly, all is scientifically well done.
It’s up to you. I can’t do your kriyas and you didn’t do mine; so, there is nothing to say. But somewhere along the line, as long s life is based on karma, there will be pain. There will be equal insanity with equal progress. But once you do dharma, then karma will not affect; then the hand of God will work. When the Unseen hand of God will start working for you, your hand will only be meant for prayer. Up to that time, it’s begging. It is not prayer. “Help me Lord, save me Lord.” That’s ridiculous.
You remember that story of a candle? You know it? There was a church and the priest was very poor
and the town was very big. The priest thought, “What should I tell these people? I mean, they are not doing anything. They don’t come on Sunday; they don’t come for prayer; they don’t come to anything.” He got very upset. So later there was a town gathering and they asked the priest to come and speak. And he said, “I don’t want to say anything here, I want to speak to you in the house of the Lord. If you come this Sunday I’ll tell you the greatest secret of wisdom. Don’t come thereafter, but please come once.”
So that Sunday almost everybody came to the church, the church was overloaded and full. And he said,
“You know, there is no such secret anymore, but I have to say, I was very hesitant to say that. You don’t come and light the candle. So, it’s the hand of the devil which is playing and it’s a level of the
devil which is creating all this and there is a darkness in every life and it’s very sad. It’s very sad. But if you could have come and just lit a candle, you could have lit your life, you could have done it. But I don’t want to say it, because none of you come to church and none of you believe in anything. Church is dark, like you. What to say? I am in pain and I am very worried about you, that’s why I have said it. I didn’t say it there because I didn’t want to say it there. I thought you should come to your own church, because this is what you have built. And I don’t want to tell you that. You can’t light a candle. You can’t light a candle.”
Everybody looked at each other and they said, “What are we doing?” I mean to say, “It’s not something we are born to do.”So one person got up, he picked up a candle and it was written “Donation one penny,” whatever the rate was, so he put the penny in, took the candle and lit it. The others saw that and did the same. Third did, fourth did. The whole town lit the candle and the church looked good, all lit and the wax had the essence in it, some herbs in it and that created a beautiful flavor and people were very happy. When they went home, they were just feeling very happy. “Thank God, we lit the candle.”
Every day the candles were lit, it was never stopped and church donations became fat and fatter. So one day he invited the entire town for the feast. He said, “Rich will feed the poor and poor will feed the rich.” Nobody understood. They said, “What is he talking about? ‘Poor will feed the rich and rich will feed the poor.’ This doesn’t sound right. Let’s go see what it is.” And he said, “Folks, God has provided all what God could provide and you will eat. It’s in the will of God.”
So there was a great feast he prepared and the whole town got fed. So naturally, people have some
feeling. When they left, somebody left a pound, somebody left two, somebody left five, somebody left more, so then he got more money. The more money he got, the more money he spent, more money he gave, more money he got and it continued. It becomes a common lot—same thing.
You do not consciously breathe, that’s a dead candle. When you consciously breathe, that’s a lit candle. That brings you virtue, when you consciously breathe. When you unconsciously breathe, that is an unlit candle. That’s darkness, that’s a waste of the praana. The most precious thing, which you can’t get— one praana—after this is gone; but once you consciously breathe, that is the use of praana. That is the light, that is the candle you have lit over the altar of God. That should be. I hope you understand these things.
Get out of your rut and routine and route and come to an understanding with your Creator. I don’t think you as a creature understand that you have to come to terms with your Creator. Your ego has blinded you to the point that you do not even know who you are. As you do fashion and you cater and you care for all these worldly things, if you would have cared that much or one-tenth of that much for your Creator who created you, you will not have to hassle. You would not be harassed. Just remember when the hand, the unseen hand of the God works, only then, the hand in prayer goes from the heart. Otherwise, when you pray in pain, you are caught in all that. That’s asking for something. You are born to give something. You are human, you are light, but you are not, your head is not lit, so you don’t make sense. Your head is into many variances, very much duality. You have not found a sense of unisonness.
So hopefully by the time I come and see you all next, you will practice this as a matter of routine, as a
matter of self-discipline, as a matter of self-involvement into self-enlightenment. I hope that.
Meanwhile, happy birthday to all those who are born in August. Is that what you are doing en bloc? All right, sing. [Students sing, ‘Happy birthday’]
So and so, there are so many of them. All August Virgos, and many more, right?
May the long time sun shine upon you, all love surround you, and the pure light within you, guide your way on. Let your soul find the trust, let your trust find the unisonness of faith, let your faith find the love, let your love find the Infinity, let your Infinity gift you totality, reality, prosperity, beauty, bounty and bliss. Let your life become light. Let life and light merge forever in oneness of the Lord Creator for every creature on this earth. Sat Nam.
sabato, marzo 03, 2012
giovedì, marzo 01, 2012
lunedì, febbraio 27, 2012
The Effects of the Pauris of Japji Sahib
Compiled by the Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogi Ji and Bhai Sahiba Bibiji Inderjit Kaur Khalsa
Reciting
the entire Japji daily will balance all aspects of your self, and
activate your soul. Or, you may choose one pauri to work on a
particular facet. In that case, recite it 11 times a day.
The MUL MANTRA removes the fate and changes the destiny to prosperity.
The FIRST PAURI contains the total knowledge and ecstasy of God. The second half is an antidote to depression. It will lift you from depression, insecurity, nightmares, and loss.
The SECOND PAURI imparts patience and stability.
The THIRD PAURI transforms insufficiency into sufficiency, turns depression into elevation, and transforms low self-esteem into complete self-confidence.
The FOURTH PAURI blesses those trapped in feelings of poverty and lack of means. It blasts through the trap of these feelings like a thunderbolt.
The FIFTH PAURI must be recited when you feel a sense of failure within yourself. When you feel that you are not up to the job this pauri will grant you all success.
The SIXTH PAURI dispels limitation. Recite it when you feel limited, cornered, trapped, or coerced. When you suffer from greed, madness for power, overbearing expansion and the need to control or when you become trapped in your territoriality.
The SEVENTH PAURI will heal you.
The EIGHTH PAURI gives the power to be a perfect sage.
The NINTH PAURI gives expansion.
The TENTH PAURI grants grace.
The ELEVENTH PAURI gives virtuousness.
The TWELFTH PAURI gives your solidarity of self, self-impressiveness, and self-respect, when you feel small.
The THIRTEENTH PAURI gives you the occult knowledge of infinity. It brings deep intuition.
The FOURTEENTH PAURI will show you the way, when you cannot find your path in life, when you cannot see the direction to your destiny, and when you cannot achieve fulfillment.
The FIFTEENTH PAURI brings liberation.
The SIXTEENTH PAURI gives knowledge of the structure of universe.
The SEVENTEENTH PAURI brings freedom and resurrection.
The EIGHTEENTH PAURI fights madness, deep feelings of inferiority, and self-destructive behavior.
The NINETEENTH PAURI brings universal knowledge, inspiration, and revelation.
The TWENTIETH PAURI wipes away all your misdeeds when the monsters are nipping at your heels.
The TWENTY-FIRST PAURI will maintain your status, grace and position.
The TWENTY-SECOND PAURI brings victory in legal battles. It gives you're the strategy.
The TWENTY-THIRD PAURI dispels darkness and elevates the self.
The TWENTY-FOURTH PAURI breaks through all limitations with the force of a thunderbolt, so powerfully that it affects generations; it has the power to kill misfortune.
The TWENTY-FIFTH PAURI pre-fulfills all your needs. Prosperity, virtue, estate, and wealth are yours without asking.
The TWENTY-SIXTH PAURI transforms nothing into everything. In your business it banishes losses, misfortunes, and miseries.
The TWENTY-SEVENTH PAURI shows you the way when you are stuck and you cannot see the window of opportunity before you. It removes obstacles so you can leap over hurdles.
The TWENTY-EIGHTH PAURI is the strongest permutation and combination of words in the world. It unites you with God.
The TWENTH-NINTH PAURI is a shield of protection from enemies. It vaporizes animosity towards you.
The THIRTIETH PAURI places you upon the throne of divinity. It makes you into a sage and a saint.
The THIRTY-FIRST PAURI pulls all virtues from the heavens.
The THIRTY-SECOND PAURI pays your debts and completes your karma.
The THIRTY-THIRD PAURI destroys your ego and brings forth your divinity. It removes negativity, neutralizes your destructive nature, and prevents harm to others by your hand.
The THIRTY-FOURTH PAURI brings stability.
The THIRTY-FIFTH PAURI gives you're the capacity to do your duty and fulfill your responsibility.
The THIRTY-SIXTH PAURI brings divine realization. It grants complete understanding of the Heavens and the Earth.
The THIRTY-SEVENTH PAURI cuts the karma. It eliminates the impact of all bad karmas.
The THIRTY-EIGHTH PAURI gives you the power to rewrite your own destiny.
The SHALOK brings self-satisfaction, elevation, acknowledgement, and respect.
Copyright The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan
venerdì, febbraio 24, 2012
Turmeric Golden Milk Recipe
Turmeric recipe
Take 1/4 cup turmeric powder, mix with 1/2 cup pure water and simmer over medium-high heat for at least 7 minutes, stirring constantly. You will notice a thick paste form. If it get's too dry while cooking you can add addional water. Once cooled, put into a glass jar and put in fridge. This is good for up to one month.
Golden Milk:
Add 1 tsp. to 1 cup. hot milk (cow, goat, soy, rice, almond, or any combination), maple syrup or honey to taste and 1/2 tsp. of almond or sesame oil. Gently heat and stir.
giovedì, febbraio 23, 2012
lunedì, febbraio 06, 2012
mercoledì, febbraio 01, 2012
101 Yogi Bhajan Quotes
“ When God gives good times, He wants you to forget him and sleep. When God gives you bad times, He wants you to wake up and face him.”
“When you don't go within, you go without.”
“Prayer without heart is a waste to time.”
“If your presence doesn't work, neither will your word.”
“I do not believe in miracles, I rely on them.”
“To conquer the unknown you must trust.”
“It's not life that matters, it's the courage you bring to it.”
“If you can't see God in all, you can't see God at all.”
“Life is a lie if you do not find the eternal truth.”
“Keep up and you will be kept up.”
“What is the purpose of life? To elevate all, big or small.”
“Our purity lies in our originality. Our intuition lies in our innocence.”
“Where there is love there is no question.”
“What is the power of life? With all the ungraceful dirt, nonsense, you remain graceful.”
“You owe it to yourself to be yourself.”
“Your mind is your servant, your body is your vehicle and your soul is your residence.”
“There is nothing outside of us. It's all in us.”
“The pair of opposites do not effect a yogi -- neither praise nor insult.”
“When you are far away from reality, your fantasy won't work.”
“Never curse yourself by limiting your students.”
“The art of happiness is to serve all, and all shall serve you.”
“If you cannot bless yourself, then nobody can bless you.”
“To be blessed is to live in gratitude, so that God can fulfill you forever.”
“I want to give you the depth and the strength which is yours... the original you.”
“In the Age of Aquarius, the depression and stress on mankind will tear up people who do not have the technical knowledge of self.”
“Prosperity is the opposite of greedy.”
“Meditation is nothing but taking a mental shower.”
“Creation is ready to serve you, if you just be you.”
“What is meditation? When you empty yourself and let the universe come in you.”
“A spiritual person is vast, like an ocean - but very mighty, very powerful.”
“ If you only know one kriya, then share that. Just be humble, teach it. Every student is a teacher.”
“Hope is not a prediction of the future, it's a declaration of what is possible.”
“If you give your Self a chance, your Self will give you all the chances.”
“When we love there are no barriers, no desires, no needs, no wants.”
“You know how to drive a car, but you do not know how to drive your life!”
“If you want to progress in your life and grow, act not to react.”
“The attitude of gratitude is the highest yoga.”
“If your mind can go along with you it is a blessing. If your mind obeys you, it is a super-blessing.”
“Fantasy and anger totally destroy the human body. Tolerance is the greatest human asset.”
“Every happening is a lesson, a message.”
“ The moment you value yourself, the whole world values you. ”
“ If you are happy, happiness will come to you because happiness wants to go where happiness is. ”
“ When you do not consciously relate to your body, your mind does not relate consciously to you. ”
“ Any act in the name of God returns 10 fold. ”
“ Improve with each breath. Every negative vibration returns 10 fold. ”
“ Ingrown anger is like an ingrown hair. The pain it creates in life is unbearable. ”
“ Fools live in fear, a wise man lives in strength. ”
“ In all darkness, there is a light and in all light there is a darkness. ”
“ You are very powerful, providing you know how powerful you are. ”
“ Fake it, you will make it. But you have to believe it. ”
“ Happiness is your birthright. Live it! ”
“ Life is a lie if truth is not found. Truth is just an idea if it is not lived. It is living that matters. ”
“ We must be guided by faith. If we are guided by fear we lock ourselves and our expansion. ”
“ Wisdom, character, and consciousness conquer everything. ”
“ Your greatest strength is love. Your greatest weakness is fear. ”
“ Life is a flow of love, only your participation is requested. ”
“ Bless be the ones who serve others. They are the ones who find heaven on earth. ”
“ What you say should not just be truth now, but should be a proven truth tomorrow. ”
“ Love is the ultimate state of human being where compassion prevails and kindness rules. ”
“ Be the answer not the question. ”
“ Be the alter not the alternative. ”
“ When the heart gets into prayer, every beat of the heart creates a miracle. ”
“ The greatest education man has to learn is the science of self. ”
“ Every individual has the potential to be original. ”
“ When the prayer becomes the vibration of the mind and self, then we can create a miracle. ”
“ Never say things to friends which you don't want to hear from enemies. ”
“ Without realizing who you are, happiness cannot come to you. ”
“ There are three values: Feel good, be good and do good. ”
“ Body is not all. Mind is not all. Spirit is not all. All three make the sense. ”
“ Develop your Intuition so that the changes in the years to come may be convenient for you. ”
“ Working by heart means using your feelings and emotions to lead you to your spiritual sense of existence. ”
“ There is only one thing you should know. Conquer yourself. ”
“ Consult your spirit, your soul on everything. ”
“ By honoring your words you are honored in this world. ”
“ Life is a flow of love. ”
“ Truth is everlasting. ”
“ You are remembered for your goodness. ”
“ Let your heart speak to others' hearts. ”
“ You can never hide from your truth. If you do, you will always be lost. ”
“ Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light. ”
“ To be calm is the highest achievement of the best of what you have. ”
“ Your truth should be so pure that if lifts a person's soul to the heights. ”
“ Through meditation, you can calm the mind and develop what is important to you. ”
“ If you make your body very strong, really strong, it can fight off anything. ”
“ Sometimes bringing out your inner best is the secret of success. ”
“ The greatest progress in life is when you know your limitations, and then you have the courage to drop them. ”
“ Your words should be so strong that they affect every your intuition so that you can recognize what is real and heart. ”
“ Your job is to control yourself. Your job is to discipline yourself. Your job is to deal with everything in life with affection, love and kindness. ”
“ When you are calm, quiet and sensitive then you can expand. But when you are irritated, phobic, fearful, insensitive, and neurotic, you can't achieve anything. ”
“ The Age of Aquarius is the age of excellence in which personal purity shall absolutely matter. ”
“ The idea is to just stop. Just wait. Don't react. Therein lies the whole universe. Just don't react. ”
“ From when you are young, through middle age, you must grow to the point that you glow, so that your light lets people feel the blessings, the virtues, and the happiness. ”
“ We meditate so that our minds can be sharp and alert. We chant mantras so that your souls may be ignited like candles. We walk in the light of this beauty. ”
“ Know that the most neurotic, most ugly situation is simply testing you. It is testing capacity, beyond his control, your flexibility, your adjustment and your character. ”
“ Danger is when you are split three ways: Your soul goes one way, your mind goes another way and your body goes yet another way. ”
“ Getting up for sadhana in the morning is a totally selfish act - for personal strength, for personal intuition, for personal sharpness, for personal discipline, and overall for absolute personal prosperity. ”
“ Sometimes people do go wrong. There is no judgment needed. Wrong will take a short time or a long time to make the individual aware that something is wrong, and that is the beginning of that person's awakening. ”
“ The fact is that there is nothing more beautiful, more worthy or more conscious than you. ”
“ You have to understand the purpose of life. The purpose of life is to do something which will live forever. ”
“ Every disability is imagined. Every achievement is an experience. ”
“ When you understand who and what you are, your radiance projects into the universal radiance and everything around you becomes creative and full of opportunity. ”
“ When God gives good times, He wants you to forget him and sleep. When God gives you bad times, He wants you to wake up and face him.”
“When you don't go within, you go without.”
“Prayer without heart is a waste to time.”
“If your presence doesn't work, neither will your word.”
“I do not believe in miracles, I rely on them.”
“To conquer the unknown you must trust.”
“It's not life that matters, it's the courage you bring to it.”
“If you can't see God in all, you can't see God at all.”
“Life is a lie if you do not find the eternal truth.”
“Keep up and you will be kept up.”
“What is the purpose of life? To elevate all, big or small.”
“Our purity lies in our originality. Our intuition lies in our innocence.”
“Where there is love there is no question.”
“What is the power of life? With all the ungraceful dirt, nonsense, you remain graceful.”
“You owe it to yourself to be yourself.”
“Your mind is your servant, your body is your vehicle and your soul is your residence.”
“There is nothing outside of us. It's all in us.”
“The pair of opposites do not effect a yogi -- neither praise nor insult.”
“When you are far away from reality, your fantasy won't work.”
“Never curse yourself by limiting your students.”
“The art of happiness is to serve all, and all shall serve you.”
“If you cannot bless yourself, then nobody can bless you.”
“To be blessed is to live in gratitude, so that God can fulfill you forever.”
“I want to give you the depth and the strength which is yours... the original you.”
“In the Age of Aquarius, the depression and stress on mankind will tear up people who do not have the technical knowledge of self.”
“Prosperity is the opposite of greedy.”
“Meditation is nothing but taking a mental shower.”
“Creation is ready to serve you, if you just be you.”
“What is meditation? When you empty yourself and let the universe come in you.”
“A spiritual person is vast, like an ocean - but very mighty, very powerful.”
“ If you only know one kriya, then share that. Just be humble, teach it. Every student is a teacher.”
“Hope is not a prediction of the future, it's a declaration of what is possible.”
“If you give your Self a chance, your Self will give you all the chances.”
“When we love there are no barriers, no desires, no needs, no wants.”
“You know how to drive a car, but you do not know how to drive your life!”
“If you want to progress in your life and grow, act not to react.”
“The attitude of gratitude is the highest yoga.”
“If your mind can go along with you it is a blessing. If your mind obeys you, it is a super-blessing.”
“Fantasy and anger totally destroy the human body. Tolerance is the greatest human asset.”
“Every happening is a lesson, a message.”
“ The moment you value yourself, the whole world values you. ”
“ If you are happy, happiness will come to you because happiness wants to go where happiness is. ”
“ When you do not consciously relate to your body, your mind does not relate consciously to you. ”
“ Any act in the name of God returns 10 fold. ”
“ Improve with each breath. Every negative vibration returns 10 fold. ”
“ Ingrown anger is like an ingrown hair. The pain it creates in life is unbearable. ”
“ Fools live in fear, a wise man lives in strength. ”
“ In all darkness, there is a light and in all light there is a darkness. ”
“ You are very powerful, providing you know how powerful you are. ”
“ Fake it, you will make it. But you have to believe it. ”
“ Happiness is your birthright. Live it! ”
“ Life is a lie if truth is not found. Truth is just an idea if it is not lived. It is living that matters. ”
“ We must be guided by faith. If we are guided by fear we lock ourselves and our expansion. ”
“ Wisdom, character, and consciousness conquer everything. ”
“ Your greatest strength is love. Your greatest weakness is fear. ”
“ Life is a flow of love, only your participation is requested. ”
“ Bless be the ones who serve others. They are the ones who find heaven on earth. ”
“ What you say should not just be truth now, but should be a proven truth tomorrow. ”
“ Love is the ultimate state of human being where compassion prevails and kindness rules. ”
“ Be the answer not the question. ”
“ Be the alter not the alternative. ”
“ When the heart gets into prayer, every beat of the heart creates a miracle. ”
“ The greatest education man has to learn is the science of self. ”
“ Every individual has the potential to be original. ”
“ When the prayer becomes the vibration of the mind and self, then we can create a miracle. ”
“ Never say things to friends which you don't want to hear from enemies. ”
“ Without realizing who you are, happiness cannot come to you. ”
“ There are three values: Feel good, be good and do good. ”
“ Body is not all. Mind is not all. Spirit is not all. All three make the sense. ”
“ Develop your Intuition so that the changes in the years to come may be convenient for you. ”
“ Working by heart means using your feelings and emotions to lead you to your spiritual sense of existence. ”
“ There is only one thing you should know. Conquer yourself. ”
“ Consult your spirit, your soul on everything. ”
“ By honoring your words you are honored in this world. ”
“ Life is a flow of love. ”
“ Truth is everlasting. ”
“ You are remembered for your goodness. ”
“ Let your heart speak to others' hearts. ”
“ You can never hide from your truth. If you do, you will always be lost. ”
“ Travel light, live light, spread the light, be the light. ”
“ To be calm is the highest achievement of the best of what you have. ”
“ Your truth should be so pure that if lifts a person's soul to the heights. ”
“ Through meditation, you can calm the mind and develop what is important to you. ”
“ If you make your body very strong, really strong, it can fight off anything. ”
“ Sometimes bringing out your inner best is the secret of success. ”
“ The greatest progress in life is when you know your limitations, and then you have the courage to drop them. ”
“ Your words should be so strong that they affect every your intuition so that you can recognize what is real and heart. ”
“ Your job is to control yourself. Your job is to discipline yourself. Your job is to deal with everything in life with affection, love and kindness. ”
“ When you are calm, quiet and sensitive then you can expand. But when you are irritated, phobic, fearful, insensitive, and neurotic, you can't achieve anything. ”
“ The Age of Aquarius is the age of excellence in which personal purity shall absolutely matter. ”
“ The idea is to just stop. Just wait. Don't react. Therein lies the whole universe. Just don't react. ”
“ From when you are young, through middle age, you must grow to the point that you glow, so that your light lets people feel the blessings, the virtues, and the happiness. ”
“ We meditate so that our minds can be sharp and alert. We chant mantras so that your souls may be ignited like candles. We walk in the light of this beauty. ”
“ Know that the most neurotic, most ugly situation is simply testing you. It is testing capacity, beyond his control, your flexibility, your adjustment and your character. ”
“ Danger is when you are split three ways: Your soul goes one way, your mind goes another way and your body goes yet another way. ”
“ Getting up for sadhana in the morning is a totally selfish act - for personal strength, for personal intuition, for personal sharpness, for personal discipline, and overall for absolute personal prosperity. ”
“ Sometimes people do go wrong. There is no judgment needed. Wrong will take a short time or a long time to make the individual aware that something is wrong, and that is the beginning of that person's awakening. ”
“ The fact is that there is nothing more beautiful, more worthy or more conscious than you. ”
“ You have to understand the purpose of life. The purpose of life is to do something which will live forever. ”
“ Every disability is imagined. Every achievement is an experience. ”
“ When you understand who and what you are, your radiance projects into the universal radiance and everything around you becomes creative and full of opportunity. ”
giovedì, gennaio 26, 2012
venerdì, gennaio 06, 2012
HAPPY 2012 THE NEW AGE
“What should I do?” You already know what you should do.
Don’t ask that. That is your weakest moment,
because in your psyche you are allowing penetration.
You are leaving enemies a way to get in.
You are making a crack.
© The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan, July 11, 1984
Don’t ask that. That is your weakest moment,
because in your psyche you are allowing penetration.
You are leaving enemies a way to get in.
You are making a crack.
© The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan, July 11, 1984
mercoledì, gennaio 04, 2012
sabato, luglio 30, 2011
venerdì, luglio 15, 2011
Eye-Focus
Eye-Focus
Many meditations and kriyas of Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan® specify an exact point of focus for the eyes. Directing the gaze physically impacts the optic nerve as it travels from the eyes to the center of the brain. During meditation and other activities, different eye positions cause the optic nerve to apply variable pressures to major glands and gray matter.
When no specific eye-focus is given for a meditation or kriya, the eyes should be kept closed. Shutting the eyes during Kundalini Yoga kriyas and meditations encourages an inner focus. More than just reducing external distractions, the eye-focus is a powerful meditation technique.
In addition to these physical effects, focusing the eyes acts as a mental focus, allowing the mind to more readily reach a point of aware stillness during meditation.
Meditation focus for eyes*
At the Third Eye Point: Closed eyes are gently raised to the Brow Point, at the center of the forehead a little above the eyebrows. This part of the forehead corresponds to the Sixth Chakra.
• Stimulates the pituitary gland and sushmuna.
At the Tip of the Nose: Eyes are slightly crossed, looking along the nose to the top of its tip. Balances the ida, pingala, and sushmuna.
• Stimulates the pineal gland and frontal lobe of the brain; controls the mind.
At the Tip of the Chin: Closed eyes are rolled downwards to the center of the chin. This location corresponds to the Moon Center.
• Cooling and calming.
At the Top of the Head: Closed eyes roll upwards, as if looking through the very top, center of the head. This area is the Crown Chakra, the Tenth Gate.
• Stimulates the pineal gland and the Crown Chakra.
1/10th Open (9/10th Closed): Eyelids are light and relaxed, leaving a small opening between them. Direction of eye focus may vary as indicated by Yogi Bhajan’s instructions.
• Calms and develops intuition.
Please see Disclaimer.
* Summarized from Yogi Bhajan, Ph.D. The Aquarian Teacher: KRI International Kundalini Yoga Teacher Training Textbook Level One Instructor. Third Edition. Kundalini Research Institute, 2005.
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