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Gurunam Singh plays Jai Te Gang at Sat Nam Fest 2011

2012-01-26T14:29:00.000Z

HAPPY 2012 THE NEW AGE

2012-01-06T11:12:00.001Z

“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

Heart Chakra Balancing Yoga Exercises - www.AnmolMehta.com

2012-01-04T15:58:00.000Z

So Darshan Chakra Kriya

2011-07-30T11:52:00.000+01:00

Eye-Focus

2011-07-15T11:52:00.000+01:00

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.

2011-05-25T23:14:00.007+01:00

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Nam Niranjan Neel - Niranjan Kaur at Spirit Fest 2010

2011-05-22T23:03:00.000+01:00

11-11-11 GuruDev Singh

2011-05-16T23:13:00.000+01:00

Meditation to De-Stress ("Brain Acupuncture")

2011-04-04T22:28:00.000+01:00

"This is the Information Age – everybody can be informed about anything and everything. There is no secret, therefore there is no sacredness. Life is going to become an open book. When your computer is more loyal, truthful, informed and excellent than you, you will be challenged. You do not have to compete with anybody. You have to compete with yourself. Sooner or later there will be no marriages, and no relationships, because you will not have the mind to control yourself. Computers will take over your life and all you will find is frustration. You have to prepare yourself with a meditative mind and applied consciousness. Taking shelter in faith and hope will not work. It does not matter how successful you are—money, environments and success will not give you any strength at all. Those who are a slave of these and caught up in emotions and commotions are not spiritual. They have no trust in God. They have not understood the Greatness of the Ever-Prevailing Lord, the Creator of the Universe.

We need a system to energize ourselves and get going. Our sadhana should be so perfect that we get into a solid state. To be simple, to be pure, to Be, is the answer. Touch your consciousness, intelligence, endurance. Touch you. You shall have a mental power, a projection, which must overcome you, yourself and your environments. Emotion, commotion, second chakra pursuits —a relationship based on these must die. It has to come from here (Yogi Bhajan points to third eye). You have to ultimately respect and value the other person, and reverence has to be maintained. “Come what may between life and death, between earth and heavens and that of God, we shall stay together for each other. We promise the day, the light of the sun, all stars and moons will be our friends. All humans will be our guides. We’ll live a very plush, happy life with the trust of God, our Father in Heavens.” Love other than that is prostitution, debauchery, hateful. Today you love somebody, tomorrow you walk away. Human is as vast, as pure and as full of love as Infinity is. Purity is my first right. Happiness is my original thought. Under One God, unto One God I go". – SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa

Kundalini Yoga Meditation for Atomic Radiation - FULL 11 Min Med. to inc...

2011-03-31T18:57:00.000+01:00

Meditation To Adjust the Magnetic Field, After Earthquake or Other Magnetic Disturbance.

2011-03-11T11:48:00.000Z

Meditation To Adjust the Magnetic Field, After Earthquake or Other Magnetic Disturbance.

Har Meditation for प्रोस्पेरिटी "The law of prosperity is: do not mix your pain and sorrow with your personality and your work."

2011-02-01T09:37:00.001Z

The Radiant Body Yoga Set

2010-10-03T14:32:00.000+01:00

How to Meditate | MrSikhNet

2010-09-30T10:19:00.000+01:00

How to Meditate | MrSikhNet

Annozero - Intervista Beppe Grillo INTEGRALE 23/09/2010

2010-09-23T23:40:00.000+01:00

Meditation for the Positive Mind

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Meditation for the Neutral Mind

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Meditation for the Negative Mind

2010-09-21T16:18:00.000+01:00

Kundalini yoga: Information from Answers.com

2010-07-21T00:13:00.000+01:00

Kundalini yoga: Information from Answers.com

Anche lo yoga ha il suo copyright- LASTAMPA.it

2010-07-14T22:46:00.000+01:00

Anche lo yoga ha il suo copyright- LASTAMPA.it

Yogi Bhajan: God Is the Architect

2010-06-04T09:41:00.000+01:00

What is Kundalini Yoga?

2010-05-27T00:20:00.000+01:00

Kundalini yoga is a form of physical and meditative yoga that comprises of various techniques using the mind, body and our senses.

The Kundalini energy is often represented as a snake coiled at the base of the spine. This yoga gives special consideration to the role of the spine and the endocrine system – both essential parts for yogic awakening.

The Kundalini is untapped spiritual energy at the base of the spine that can be drawn up through the body awakening each of the seven chakras of the body. Full enlightenment occurs when this energy reaches the Crown Chakra (topmost). Kundalini is one of the more spiritual types of yoga.

It goes beyond the physical performance of asanas with its emphasis on breathing, meditation, mudras and chanting. However, it can be very physically intense and appeals to those who are up for both mental and physical challenges. Here are some of the benefits one can derive from Kundalini yoga.

- Kundalini yoga helps in the better functioning of the digestive, glandular, cardiovascular, lymphatic and nervous system.

- It has a direct bearing with the glandular system and hence can enhance the ability to look and feel great.

- It heightens the senses. So, your ability to taste, smell, feel and see with sensitivity are increased.

- It helps eliminate and get rid of habits such as smoking and alcohol addiction.

- Kundalini yoga helps to enrich your sense of well-being and confidence that comes from the process of self-discovery of your inner self and reaching a relaxed state of mind and body.

- It also helps overcome negative feelings and encourages positive attitude and feelings.

- You can experience better sense of self-control and, overcome anger and resentment to find inner calm and mental peace.

- It strengthens the immune system too and helps you fight off several diseases and keep them at bay. A positive mind is a great weapon against all of them.

Awakening Kundalini Music for Yoga & Meditation - Spirit Voyage Music

2010-05-26T18:07:00.000+01:00

Awakening Kundalini Music for Yoga & Meditation - Spirit Voyage Music

Spiritual Warrior-Strength, Balance, and Peace in a Changing World

2010-01-26T23:36:00.001Z

Spiritual Warrior-Strength, Balance, and Peace in a Changing World

2010 is the year of the Fire Tattva, which corresponds to the Third Chakra (navel point and solar plexus): personal strength and power, commitment, and identity. This is a time to call on our courage with the grit, caliber, and fortitude of a Spiritual Warrior. This is also the year to get clear about your goals. It is a moment to consolidate your self-discipline so you feel clear and worthy to steward all that is given to you. The Third Chakra strength must infuse your words and projection so that your seeds take root and reach to the heights.

Fire is an important quality or element in the philosophy of yoga. From the formless manifold Being that is the Infinite, to the dense form of finite existence, there is a process of manifestation that moves from the most subtle to the gross and tangible. This transition occurs in 36 steps or tattvas. Each step or tattva is a state of Being. Fire is a major step in that process and as such is a pervasive potential, which manifests in differing degrees. Fire as an element encodes a transformative function inherent in the Universe, which is experienced in particular functions throughout the body. Fire gives light. Light enables vision. Vision gives insight, perspective, and projective potency. In terms of chakras, it is associated with the Third Chakra, the Manipura Chakra, which is often represented as an upward pointing triangle and the color red.

In the finite world of forms, fire is fed by fuel. Physiologically, it is the power of digestion and food is its fuel. Emotionally, it is passion and the fuel is the object of love or desire. Psychologically, it is known as personal will and the fuel is a goal. When fire is present it induces dynamic change, restlessness, and purification of the substance and form it presides in. Fire is increased with the practice and discipline of yoga. The Fifth Chakra supports this internal flame through the power of projection and by charging the space it can burn in with potential.

In the formless realm of experience, the fire tattva is prakasha, the brilliance of the soul, the insight and intuition of the mind, and the presence of awareness. It is the light, which gives rise to forms. This quality was described in an early lecture by Yogi Bhajan: “Saints and sages have taught mankind that whatever elements are found in the constitution of the Infinite Universe will also be found in the human body. The Universe is the entire Cosmos; and we are a microcosm of the entire Cosmos. If we were to take a thimbleful of sea water and examine it closely, we would find by chemical qualitative analysis that the constituents of the sea water in the thimble are identical to those of the vast ocean. Similarly, the constituents of our individual bodies are identical to those of the Universe. It would be a strange finding if some element were found inside the human body which differed from the elements of the Universe. For there is One Creator who has created this Creation, and all manifested things are born from the One Source of all.

Our personality is dependent on which of the five gross elements predominates in our nature. The agnigranthi, or fire center, manifests through the spleen, liver, pancreas, and adrenal glands. Just as the heat of the sun makes life possible on Earth, the heat of the agni tattva sustains life in the body. The day this internal fire goes out means death to the individual as surely as this world would die if the sun refused to shine. Persons with a supremacy of this agni tattva are very vigorous, full of perseverance, and become untiring workers. They have a wonderful capacity for leadership and a directness of manner and speech.”

© The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan, January 1, 1973

Meditation For Thoughtlessness

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2009-09-30T15:03:00.001+01:00

The 2008-2012 Theme Arc: “Carrying Us into the Aquarian Age”

A Dawn of a New Age
Yogi Bhajan was a visionary who guided us on a path of discipline and consciousness and pointed us toward the horizon of the Aquarian Age. Beyond that horizon is a new sun. It is the dawn of an Age in which we can and must reach our maturity as human beings. A time when sacredness is shown through compassion, courage is demonstrated by our character and prosperity flows from our originality and intuition.

According to Yogi Bhajan's vision, this change is gradual, radical, profound and lasting. Unlike many other changes we as humanity have gone through, this change is like the shift from adolescence to adulthood. It brings all of our capacities to fruition and gives us a chance to create a future of peace and live in creative prosperity as a united humanity. In this coming Age, we are called to embrace change – both personal and global. When we bring our Self fully present and embrace change, it becomes evolution and elevation.

The Piscean–to–Aquarian transition from 1991 to 2012 brings us fully under the pressure of change. It is a pressure on each person, each nation and each belief system. We must find our personal reality and use both our intuition and our spirit to thrive under the pressure and challenge of the times.

From 2012 to 2038 we will be sorting out a new way of living together; a new approach to sustaining our environments; a new reach into micro– and macro–worlds of technology; and a new sensitivity to knowing each other – in our depth and shallowness – in the blink of an eye.

VERY IMPORTANT

2009-08-04T14:24:00.001+01:00

The following excerpt is from the great book called: Kundalini Yoga: The Flow of Eternal Power by Shakti Parwha Kaur. She is a dear friend and like a grandmother (just turned 80!) since I was a little kid.

"Unfortunately, most parents, including yours and mine, have to depend upon their instincts and the parents they learned from their parents. Most of them are not yogis. They can only guide us within the limits of their own knowledge and experience. Even with the best of intentions, their own neuroses and biases color the way they teach us to deal with ourselves and the world.

It is not only what parents say to us, but what they do and what they are that deeply affects us and forms our basic attitudes toward ourselves and everyone else. We in turn pass along this legacy to our children, consciously or unconsciously.

Your first teacher in this school of life is your mother, second is your father, third is the environment (relatives, school teachers, friends), and finally, the forth is your spiritual teacher whose job it is to correct any misconceptions you received from the first three

MOTHER

Your first teacher is your mother. From the 120th day following conception (it is on your 120th day that the soul actually enters the womb) through the first three years of life, your mother’s influence dominates. She is the primary, powerful, most compelling shaper of the attitudes, habits, prejudices, relationships, and self-images that usually stay with you for the rest of your life. For better or for worse, your mother’s influence is almost indelible. The umbilical cord lasts well beyond the womb. The seeds of growing up with fear of failure, or fear of success, are planted during these early years.

FATHER

Your second teacher is your father. From age three to eight, his impact predominates. He is the male figure (or absence thereof) who supplies the example, the role model for a son. Dad is the archetype to imitate, to love, or to hate. Father personifies "man." For a daughter, daddy or poppa is the standard which she will compare every other man she ever meets, for better for for worse.

RELATIVES and FRIENDS

The third teacher enters our consciousness at about age eight, in the form of brothers and sisters, relatives, neighbors, teachers, friends. They take on a major role of influence in our lives. Peer pressure rears its ugly head, and continues to grow stronger until it becomes enormous during the teen-age years. Of course given ideal circumstances, peer pressure can be useful, supportive, and can encourage positive growth, but in most instances, it has the opposite effect.

SPIRITUAL TEACHER

The forth teacher is your spiritual teacher. Most people born in the West don’t really know what a "spiritual teacher" is. We suffer from a collective cultural deficiency, i.e., lack of education about the nature and function of a spiritual teacher and the necessity and important of this relationship in our lives.
Who does think he is. He has had the actual experience of confirming his identity beyond question. His mission in life is to help other people achieve that same experience. And when your soul leaves the body, he’s there to help you make the transition. He works more in the non-physical planes than on the physical.

When you go mountain climbing, you hire a guide – someone who knows the way and the technology to get you to the top without falling and breaking your neck. He tells you where to step. You have the choice of following his instructions or not. You have that same choice on your spiritual path. Your spiritual teacher is like the rope with the hook on one end that you can safely climb up on, because it’s anchored on the top. He offers himself as that rope. You have to project a link to it from your heart and then hold on! He takes on the weight of you and your karma as well as that of all the others he is helping reach the same destination. That link is never broken by the teacher, but the student has the option to let go at anytime, and many do. It is that link of the mind and heart which we create with our teacher that enables him to help us free ourselves from our past, from our pain, from our patterns of fear, jealousy, greed, and anger, which cause us so much suffering and keep us trapped in our lower consciousness. Yogi Bhajan is my spiritual teacher.

Yogi Bhajan describes the student-teacher relationship: "Like a hammer and a chisel with a stone: when they meet, the sparks fly."

The relationship of a student to a spiritual teacher has to be described in analogies, because it is fundamentally so different from any other relationship you have. The relationship is not between personalities, although to the student it can appear to be!

A spiritual teacher is like a forklift who has to come down to earth, pick you up and lift you to the height of his level of consciousness. When he meets you, how you perceive him depends on your degree of consciousness. He can play whatever role you need in order for you to evolve.

TIME IS A TEACHER TOO
Life is a school. We can choose: We can either learn our lessons in the hands of Time or from a Teacher. Our spiritual teacher acts as a catalyst to accelerate the learning process. He saves us time (perhaps even lifetimes). He doesn’t necessarily make life easier, but he makes our growth as a spiritual being the main focus. He challenges us to fulfill our highest potential. He doesn’t, and isn’t supposed to, solve our problems for us, because that is OUR job. He gives us the tools and teaches us how to use them to cope with all the things we must face. He can suggest and recommend, but he cannot make our choices for us.

In this Aquarian Age, it is no longer adequate to know about something, we have to experience it. A spiritual teacher is not a preacher. Lots of people can give fabulous lecture and quote plenty of scripture. A spiritual teacher gives you an experience.

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The mind has no power to resist a gong that is well played." Yogi Bhajan

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"The gong is the first and last instrument for the human mind. There is only one thing that can supersede and command the human mind - the sound of the Gong. It is the first sound of the universe. It is the basic creative sound. To the mind, the sound of the gong is like a mother and father that gave it birth. The mind has no power to resist a gong that is well played".
--Yogi Bhajan

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Mind

2009-04-26T09:13:00.000+01:00

"You have three minds and two hemispheres. The negative mind first picks up the thought and tells you what danger there is in it. The positive mind tells you what you can make out of it. The neutral mind weighs all the pros and cons of it, the longitude and latitude, and offers solutions."

"The power to cut the intellect’s unwanted thoughts is what the meditative mind is. Your power as an individual is your power to cut the intellect’s thoughts…You think all the time. You don’t stop thinking, but you can cut it. When in this way, negative is cut with a vertical line, it becomes positive, it becomes a ‘plus.’ Finally your mind becomes habitual to becoming positive and that makes you saintly."

- SSS Harbhajan Singh Khalsa (Yogi Bhajan)

THE TEN BODIES

2009-04-24T17:45:00.002+01:00

The body that we know is the physical body. In addition to this body there are other psycho-electromagnetic bodies of which we are not generally aware. Here are the ten human bodies:

1. The SOUL body:

This is the core essence of one's consciousness. The part of you which is unchanging, non-reactive, infinite and undying. All creativity comes from here. When it functions properly we feel at peace with ourselves, filled with grace and creativity.

2. The NEGATIVE mental body:

This is the protective function of the mind which is sensitive to dangers and warns us of them. When it malfunctions, we are either worried about things that pose no real problem, or conversely, oblivious to those things which pose a real and possible threat.

3. The POSITIVE mental body:

This is the positive, solution oriented part of the mind. It inspires us by showing the best possible results in any situation. When it functions properly we are able to remain positive and look for solutions. When it malfunctions we either feel that our problems are insurmountable, or we are wildly positive where it is not necessary to be so.

4. The NEUTRAL mental body:

The neutral mind is the listening and evaluating mind. It receives input from the negative and positive minds and reaches a sane and balanced conclusion. Our courses of action is then taken using unbiased, intuitive knowledge which is the ultimate state of mind for success. When the neutral mind is dysfunctional, we are at the mercy of our positive and negative thoughts. The neutral mind establishes the balance or reference point.

5. The PHYSICAL body:

The vehicle through which we participate fully on earth. It is perfected by balance in all the physical aspects—diet, work, play, and essentially avoiding extremes like laziness or fanaticism.

6. The ARC body:

Historically depicted as the halo, arcline arches from ear to ear and is the seat of the akash, the ether, in the body. The Arc line or arc body is the antenna of the consciousness. It is the transmitter of our intuitive awareness and contains our beaming or visualization faculty. Its color varies with a person’s health and mental or psychic condition. When the arc body is strong, we have the power to create our own reality.

Women have a second arcline reaching across the chest from nipple to nipple which Yogi Bhajan says gets imprinted with the sexual experiences she has had in her life.

7. The AURA (the auric body):

The Aura, or eighth chakra of the body, is the circumvent or protective force. It is the electromagnetic field of the physical body which surrounds every living creature. Kundalini Yoga kriyas and pranayama increase the auric field, thus increasing awareness. In yogic teachings, a woman is receptive to the penetrating quality of men. Even flirting can open holes in the aura, making a woman extremely vulnerable. A strong, radiant aura can protect from many misfortunes and strengthen our mental, physical and spiritual bodies.

8. The PRANIC body:

The pranic body is the subtle energy layer that transmutes pranic energy from the environment into life force energy. A strong Pranic body is given automatically with balance and mastery of the Negative, Positive and Neutral Minds. With a strong Pranic body we have fearlessness, youthfulness, healing power, and an innate innocence. Pranayam feeds the Pranic Body.

9. The SUBTLE body:

The subtle body is the medium of the subtle sensitivity of communication with others and with the environment. When the subtle body is working properly, one becomes immediately sensitive to nonverbal cues and to the meaning behind the words.

The Subtle Body carries the Soul to the Infinite at the time of death. It is the other Body with the Soul Body which exists after all the others have disappeared. The Mother makes all the other bodies. Often, we can project our subtle bodies beyond time and space to be at two places at once. The visions of saints and angels are their subtle bodies. It is that which although we are merged with the Infinite still exists uniquely through eternity.

10. The RADIANT body:

The radiant body is the medium of projection. It is the luminosity that embodies nobility, grace, power and leadership. When the radiant body is functioning properly it brings a natural charisma, an effortless aura of leadership and spiritual royalty. Their very presence works before a word is spoken.
(To those who are in their negative minds it can be perceived as arrogance)

2009-03-29T21:42:00.002+01:00

The Principle of Eleven Feet

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When you put the key in the car say,
Aad Guray Nameh
Jugaad Guray Nameh
Sat Guray Nameh
Siri Guru Dev-ay Nameh

“Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji Ki Fateh.”

All that is just to give you a few seconds in space and time to be late, because time you cannot change but you can be a little late—11 feet away. It’s called the principle of 11-feet distance. If a person can be delayed in such a way, so that in space and time, they have 11 feet, the accident or incident can be avoided. But it cannot be avoided more than four times. You must remember that. So there are four chances to be delayed by 11 feet.

©The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan

The Dawning of the Age of Aquarian

2009-02-11T10:27:00.002Z

By Guruka Singh Khalsa and Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa

The Aquarian Age isn’t just something that we started singing about in the sixties! It’s an actual measurable time period. It is an astrological age, i.e., a time period that parallels major changes in the development of the human race. Each astrological age roughly corresponds to the time taken for the vernal equinox to move through one of the twelve constellations of the zodiac.

So, how does the Aquarian Age fit into this? It takes a little over 2,100 years for our Solar System to travel through each of the Signs or constellations.

So far, humanity has recorded events in the astrological Age of Taurus, which was the time of Adam; followed by the Age of Aries, when Abraham came into the picture. Just about the time the Roman Empire rose to power, our Sun entered the constellation of Pisces. It was in this Piscean Age that Jesus was born.

The Age of Aquarius is foretold in Jesus’ words in the Aquarian Gospel, ¹ “And then the man who bears the pitcher will walk forth across an arc of heaven; the sign and signet of the Son of Man will stand forth in the eastern sky. The wise will then lift up their heads and know that the redemption of the Earth is near.”

When Yogi Bhajan came to the West, the Aquarian Age was already dawning. A new consciousness was being born on Earth. We are now in the 21-year Cusp period (1991-2012), which is divided into three 7-year increments and leads up to the actual arrival of the Aquarian Age in 2012.

Yogi Bhajan explained back in November of 1991 that this period of transition from the Piscean to the Aquarian Age would bring increasingly greater turmoil and upheaval to the planet. All around us we can see the Piscean walls of misunderstanding and fear starting to crumble under the sheer weight of higher consciousness that is manifesting on this planet. The old Piscean Age was dominated by machines and hierarchies. The new Aquarian Age is ruled by awareness, information, and energy. Yogi Bhajan told us, “What worked before, won’t work now.” And, “Nothing can remain hidden.” We are now seeing that manifested every day. People are waking up. For some this brings fear, and for some, joy. As the Aquarian Age comes closer, the contrast between those who live in fear and those who live In love becomes more obvious every day, for the two states are mutually exclusive. As I write this, we are now less than 1000 days away from the true beginning of the Age of Aquarius.

For over 35 years Yogi Bhajan gave his life and energy to train teachers of Kundalini Yoga to share tools for the healing, inspiration, and personal awareness urgently needed by humanity in this critical time and space.

“We do not need new choices. We are flooded with choices. We need an elevated capacity to make choices. We do not need more information. We need the wisdom to use all the information. We do not need another religion. We need the experience of a Dharma that creates the spiritual fitness to act believably on our beliefs. The Shabd Guru is a special kind of technology with a unique contribution to develop potentials and handle the problems of the new Age - the Aquarian Age. In the body it produces vitality; in the complex of the mind it awakens intelligence and develops wisdom and intuition; in the heart it establishes compassion; in each person’s consciousness it builds the clarity to act with fearless integrity. The Aquarian Age demands personal experience and the capacity to act. The Shabd Guru is available to all. You need not search. You need to practice, experience, incorporate, and express.”

This article was excerpted from the soon-to-be-published book on Sikh Dharma by Shakti Parwha Kaur and Guruka Singh. The current working title is Heroes, Saints, Yogis, and People Like You and Me - Personal Adventures in Consciousness. Look for it later this year at www.sikhdharma.org

2009-02-04T20:42:00.003Z

Infinite Health
by Dr. Siri Atma Singh Khalsa, NM, USA

Life is not about earthly outcomes, riches or a perfect body. The question I find most valuable in working with yoga students and patients is: Can you listen to and act on the voice of your soul? The simple act of not listening to that voice can lead to your fate; conversely, acting on the voice of your soul can deliver you to your destiny. You are on these parallel tracks your whole life, and at each stage in your spiritual growth the test is of greater magnitude until you are free of ego.

The job of a Spiritual Teacher is to help us overcome the trap of ego, which makes us act out of selfish personal concerns. When I was taking care of Yogi Bhajan’s physical form, I would discuss his physical health and my medical recommendations with him. He was very gracious. I can still hear his words, “Now we know the probability, let’s see what God wants.” He would figuratively sit on his hands and do nothing.

And the next day when he was fine despite my warning, he would look me in the eye, and without saying a word I could hear him say clear as a bell, “My soul is set. I’ve done everything I’m supposed to do in this life. I’m not worried about my body; I'm worried about your soul.”

He taught me that ego is an illness of the soul. It causes us to act out of survival mode instead of group consciousness. And that is what we’re to heal to be healthy, happy and holy as yogis. The remedy is sacrifice and service; actions that are truly anti-ego in nature.

Siri Atma Singh Khalsa is an Internist who served as Yogi Bhajan’s personal physician, which gave him a unique perspective on yoga, healing and medicine. He currently offers Yogic Consultations by phone and leads workshops on the role of Kundalini Yoga in healing.
http://www.drsiriatma.com/

Aquarian Times magazine

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2009-02-02T23:21:00.001Z

Aquarian Sadhana

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2009 Meditation: The Water Element Narayan Kriya: Clearing and Clarity for Prosperity

2009-01-07T00:09:00.003Z

Posture: Easy Sitting Pose. Tuck the elbows into the body with the forearms angled up so that the hands are at the level of the Heart Center, chest width or slightly wider. The hands are in Gyan Mudra, palms up.

Eyes: 1/10th open at the tip of the nose

Mantra: Take a deep breath and sing the mantra in a monotone on one breath. Take a deep breath between each recitation of the mantra.

Sat Narayan Hari Narayan Hari Narayan Hari Hari
(Pronunciation: sut naraayun haree naraayan haree naraayan haree haree)

To End: Inhale deeply and hold. Exhale. Repeat twice more.

Time: 11 Minutes

After doing this meditation for 11 minutes, chant Wahe Guru for 3 minutes. Hands are in Gyan Mudra at the knees or relaxed in the lap, right hand resting on the left, with palms up. Chant it in a monotone long form—Wha-Hay-Guroo—with equal time given to each of the three parts of the mantra. This seals the effects of the practice.

Comments: As you hold the breath, visualize your relationships and bless, forgive and understand. Use this breath to heal these relationships; use the mantra to knit back together any tears within the fabric of your relationships.

Other Tips for Success: The 'r' is a quick, percussive sound, almost like 'duh'; the sound is dental, using the tip of the tongue against the palate, for example, the name, Tara, would be pronounced 'tu-duh'. The 'a' in many mantras sounds like a short 'u', for example, sat is pronounced like hut.

Quote of the moment

2009-01-05T19:02:00.002Z

The mind of woman is very fertile; it thinks at three levels. What she is, what she can do, and what she possibly can be. Man thinks at only one level, what he can do and where is the loss and gain in it. Man's thinking is totally different from a woman's. - Yogi Bhajan

2008-12-19T21:35:00.000Z

To you, our friends, our family, our community:

We wish you beauty, bounty, and bliss this holiday season and in the New Year. Sat Nam and Wahe Guru.

In Peace and Joy,

Team 3HO Foundation

Global Winter Solstice Meditation

2008-12-16T22:34:00.001Z

Where-ever you will be in the world on December 21, the day of Winter Solstice where the sun shines its shortest upon the earth, join the 500 plus people attending the Winter Solstice Sadhana Celebration in Lake Wales, Florida in a worldwide meditation!

Investinyoga

2008-12-08T10:57:00.006Z

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=5N-8T-DUmC4

http://gurutej.com/index.htm

2008-11-23T17:05:00.003Z

Gurutej Kaur, (known simply as Gurutej), told her mother just that when she was six years old. For over 40 years, Gurutej has been teaching people how to connect to their higher consciousness through yoga, chanting, mediation and healing. Everyday she lives the meaning of her Sikh name, which translates as “the one who brings you from darkness into light at the speed of light.”

http://gurutej.com/store_dvd_soon.html

http://uk.youtube.com/profile?user=theenergygurus&view=videos

http://www.theenergygurus.com/index.html

2008-11-21T16:11:00.002Z

I'm happy I'm good sat nam ji wahe guru ji...

2008-11-18T09:25:00.003Z

We must become the change we want to see in the world

2008-10-23T17:23:00.003+01:00

you can see the second part on youtube

more information abouth this blog

2008-10-06T16:18:00.004+01:00

Aquarian Magazine for FREE click ear

2008-10-02T13:07:00.003+01:00

What Yoga Is Not. By: Paramahamsa Nithyananda, Dhyanapeetam

2008-09-30T16:26:00.003+01:00

Many translate Yoga as 'union'.

Please understand, Yoga is not 'union'. It is 'uniting'. Yoga is not a noun. Yoga is a verb. Yoga is not an end result. Yoga is a process. It is a process of intense enthusiasm.

Krishna says in the Gita clearly that Yoga is what you have to be, without expectations and without attachments. It is not doing but being.

There is nothing to achieve by practicing Yoga. You will be shocked to hear this. Many people have told you that Yoga will cure you of asthma, it will cure you of chronic pain, it will cure you of high blood pressure and so on. Perhaps it does; but not because of what you practice, but because you believe.

Especially in the West, Yoga is sold as a product; either a cheap or expensive product depending on where the teacher is located. If you practice this asana they say you will be cured of this and that. It has become a prescription medicine

I saw an advertisement for an Instant Super-luxury Kundalini Yoga offered at thousands of dollars. Patanjali, who formulated the technique of Yoga, will roll in his samadhi if he comes to know! The only person who benefits is the advertiser, not the user!

t is the process of Yoga, the practice of Yoga that unites the mind body spirit system. What unites is not the exercises that you perform. This again will shock you. It is the intention. You create a memory in your muscles and that gets embedded.

It is essential to start any Yoga practice with a clear intention of what you wish; it may be health, it may be enlightenment; whatever it is make a positive intention. Before you perform the asana, the exercise, with full awareness of that intent visualize the posture you plan to adopt. Go through in your mind every single step of that asana. Then practice that asana.

Just be sitting comfortably in any position with your spine erect to allow energy flow you can derive the result of any asana through intention and visualization. This is the truth. However, this is too simple for you to believe. You need something more tangible, more strenuous to prove to yourself that Yoga works.

Then, practice Surya Namaskar, the most integrated of all Yogasana. Start with a clear intent, visualize all steps and the do the process. You need nothing more. This is what we teach in our Nithya Yoga programs. Be in Bliss!

Visits

2008-09-29T14:36:00.004+01:00

Sat Nam, I wanted to say thanks for visiting this blog and use it do.

2008-09-28T23:51:00.001+01:00

2008-09-05T16:05:00.004+01:00

77 Surprising Health Benefits of Yoga

2008-07-14T14:34:00.003+01:00

By Alisa Miller

Over the past several years, yoga has experienced an upsurge in popularity in the western world. While many associate yoga with new age mysticism or the latest fad at the gym, yoga is actually an ancient practice that connects the mind, body, and spirit through body poses, controlled breathing, and meditation. The practice of yoga has many health benefits associated with it, so read below to discover 77 benefits to be gained.

Health Benefits Within

From lowering blood pressure to increasing pain tolerance, the following health benefits can all be discovered within the body.

Health Benefits Without

ust as many health benefits occur within the body, there are many benefits that can actually be experienced from without the body. From better sleep to more energy and strength, this list provides several benefits found on the outside of the body.

Meditations as taught by Guru Singh

2008-07-09T18:21:00.004+01:00

http://podcast.gurusingh.com/categories/Meditation.aspx

Naam Simran

2008-06-06T23:50:00.002+01:00

Summer Solstice in US

2008-06-06T19:47:00.006+01:00

Summer Solstice Sadhana Celebration
Ram Das Puri, Española, New Mexico
June 19 – June 28, 2008
White Tantric Yoga, June 24 – June 26

3HO News Letter

2008-06-06T19:02:00.003+01:00

The 3HO Foundation June Newsletter is now available online, to view the
entire Newsletter please go here
<http://www.3ho.org/enewsletter/e-news06-04-08.html> .

You can also visit the 3HO Newsletter archive
<http://www.3ho.org/enewsletter/index.html> to view all past
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your mailbox.

BBC Interview with Yogi Bhajan

2008-06-03T14:19:00.001+01:00

	Siri Singh Sahib Harbahajan Singh Khalsa - BBC Interview with Yogi Bhajan

	Found at bee mp3 search engine

My goal is to serve love." - Mahan Kalpa Singh

2008-06-03T13:40:00.001+01:00

	Mahan Kalpa Singh - Ek Ong Kaur Sat Gur Prasad

	Found at bee mp3 search engine

Spiritual Name: Your Gift from the Guru

2008-06-03T11:05:00.001+01:00

3HO News Letter

2008-05-24T09:18:00.000+01:00

The NAAD meridian points on the upper palate

2008-05-14T11:33:00.008+01:00

"The upper palate forms the roof of the mouth. It consists of two part: the hard palate and the soft palate. The hard palate is what we commonly think of as the roof of the mouth, extending from directly behind the teeth up to the fleshy soft tissue that is suspended from the rear of the hard palate.
The are 84 meridian points located on the hard palate of the foof of the mouth. 32 pairs of points (64 points) are located on the hard palate surface directly behind and along the inside of the teeth, i.e. four points with each tooth. The other 20 points are located in a curve or "U" shape on the central part of the palate, with 10 pairs of points along each side. The location of the points are not exactly the same for each person, since palate shapes vary, but the general curved pattern is universal. The movement of each part of the tongue stimulates these meridian points".

The Aquarian Teacher: KRI International Teacher Training Level 1 by Yogi Bhajan, Ph.D.

2008-05-09T15:27:00.001+01:00

Blood Family and Spiritual Family

2008-05-09T10:25:00.001+01:00

Enlighten Up !

2008-04-21T12:18:00.005+01:00

A filmmaker is determined to prove that yoga can transform anyone. Her plan: select a subject, immerse him in yoga and follow him until he finds a practice that transforms him. Her subject: Nick Rosen a skeptical, 29 year-old journalist living in New York City. Before he can say OM, Nick finds himself twisted up like a pretzel surrounded by celebrity yogis, true believers, kooks and entrepreneurs. The more he investigates yoga the more contradictions he discovers, straying further from Kate's plan. They circle the globe talking to mystics, gurus, mad men and saints searching for the true meaning of yoga, encountering things they never could have imagined. They don't find the answers to their questions, they find much more. www.enlightenupthefilm.com

Success Through Family

2008-04-02T17:15:00.003+01:00

LEARN HOW TO CREATE SUCCESS AT HOME, AND EVERYTHING ELSE WILL FALL INTO PLACE.

The root of success is the family. You may be success-ful outside, but if the family is not together you cannot enjoy yourself, you cannot be a balanced person. If we solve our domestic problems, we can enjoy every success in the outside world.
The whole thing lies on both the husband and the wife. Success is for the family, not for one person. When we say, “He is successful” or “I am successful,” we really say, “We are successful.” It becomes our concept. At that time we blend with each other. Siri Singh Sahib (Yogi Bhajan) talked about blend-ing our personalities or egos. If the long-term goal is ours and the short-term goal is yours or mine, things won’t work until we make it “ours.” Because if your attitudes or intentions are different, the energy can’t be focused in any direction.
It is a universal fact that a man needs nurturing and care from a woman and a woman needs security and love from her man. More than love, she needs a demonstration of that love.
That is the human need: If you work hard or do something for someone, you need appreciation. It’s very important to appreciate a person.
A couple must trust each other. There must be under-standing, cooperation, and the most important—budgeting, diplomacy, and a non-doubting attitude towards each other;
hospitality and faithfulness towards each other, and open communication. A couple must be able to discuss different things together. They may have arguments, but there should be no criticism. It’s important to discuss things with an open mind. They must know when, where, and how to speak; how and where to spend; and how to maintain respect for the family and for the public and social image. They must understand priorities of time and position.
In India, there is a very popular saying, “When a husband and wife bend down to help each other instead of running to put each other down, they should pray for stronger backs rather than for a lighter burden.” We should not worry about the work. Rather we should worry about how we can support each other. And we should judge each day not by the harvest we reap but by the fields we sow. If we haven’t done our sadhana in the morning, we are not going to get a better result during the day.
If you don’t get up for sadhana, you are not going to have your positive mind working for the day because you have not done anything for the Guru. And then your ego begins to think, “I did it,” and you don’t give credit to God or Guru, that it’s Guru’s grace you are successful today. When we attribute our spirituality and grace to the Guru, then the Guru works for us.
You may have success all over the world, but you will never enjoy that success until you have a peaceful home and a spiritual environment in the family. Live with the Guru’s grace, and whatever happens, don’t take credit for it. Just give the credit to the Guru. We pray that all couples should first find spirituality and then find success in the outside world.
Material things don’t last for long, but if you have a spiritual mind or a spiritual environment it will last forever and the Guru will always bless you.

Dr. Bibiji Inderjit Kaur was the wife of Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji (Yogi Bhajan), and is the Bhai Sahiba of Sikh Dharma International.

Excerpts from a lecture by Bhai Sahiba Dr. Bibiji Inderjit Kaur, Summer 1987

KARANI KRIYA

2008-03-27T08:58:00.004Z

This meditation is designed to create a connection to meaningful work, solving the problem of how to make a lucrative living and satisfy the soul at the same time.

Sit comfortably with a straight spine. Arms are in front of you with forearms parallel to the ground at shoulder height. Index and middle fingers are extended, touching right and left, in front of the throat center. Eyes are 9/10 closed.
Create the following breath pattern: inhale through the nose 2-3 seconds; hold the breath in 5 seconds; exhale completely through the nose 10-15 seconds.
This meditation can be done for up to 31 minutes.

Benefits: In this meditation, the mudra stimulates the energies of the two teachers: Saturn and Jupiter. They represent the polar approaches to learning - through mistakes and discipline and through expansion and exploration. Both are called to act through the fifth chakra for creativity and command. This meditation will help you find the source of creativity in your heart. It creates a connection to meaningful work. It satisfies the soul.

VALUE YOUR BREATH

2008-03-27T08:51:00.004Z

Value your breath . . . . This is the first rule of Kundalini Yoga.
Why? Yogi Bhajan has said, “If there is anything Divine in you, it is your breath.” Breath is the precious thread that links each of us, finite creatures, to the Infinite. Each breath is a precious gift.

When you think about it, breath is quite amazing. From the moment you were born,
something has been breathing in you. This happens whether you are awake or sleeping,
happy or unhappy, even conscious or unconscious. The breath is on duty 24-7 with
no time off for holidays or vacations. Could it really be you doing all that breathing?

In the Orient, it is said that the life span of a child has already been predetermined, not by a number of years, but by the number of breaths allotted.
With this is mind, you can easily conclude that if you breathe slower, you will live longer.
A slower rate of breathing is much easier on the nervous system, the metabolism, and the digestion. Slow breathing can also help us live healthier.

The breath is intimately connected to our emotional and mental states. When you are upset, the breath tends to be quick and shallow. When you are content and confident, the breath tends to be much slower and deeper. Just as the breath varies with our different states of mind, we can learn to use the breath to gain control of our mind and our emotions. When you are upset, try forcing yourself to breath slowly and deeply. The mind will naturally follow the breath and begin to calm.
As the mind calms, the body will naturally follow the mind and begin to relax.

Remember these basic principles:

1. Your rate of breathing and your state of
mind are inseparable.

2. The slower your rate of breathing, the
more control you have over your mind.

3. The mind follows the breath, and the
body follows the mind.

For more information on the breath, I recommend
Kundalini Yoga: The Flow of Eternal Power by
Shakti Parwha Kaur Khalsa. It’s a great book!

Control the Mind - part 1

2008-02-12T10:33:00.000Z

2007-12-11T17:04:00.000Z

We are entering the Age of Aquarius on November 11, 2012. It will be a new time. The entire psyche is changing. You must purify the mind, body and soul to be real, innocent, and sattvic (pure). Elevate yourself to be angelic. This age which you will serve is an age of awareness and experience.” Yogi Bhajan

Sitali Pranayam

2007-12-06T17:23:00.000Z

Sit in a comfortable meditative posture with a straight spine. Curl the tongue up on the sides and protrude it slightly past the lips. Inhale deeply and smoothly thought the rolled tongue and exhale thtought the nose. Continue for 5 minutes.
Inhale, hold, pull the tongue in and relax. Then repeat for 5 minutes more.

Sitali Pranayam is a well-known practice. It soothes and cools the spine near the 4th, 5th and 6th vertebrae, which, in turn, regulates the sexual and digestive energy. This breath is often use for lowering fever and it can cool you in warm weather. Daily practice of 26 breaths in the morning and 26 breaths in the evening can extend the lifespan. The tongue may taste bitter at first, a sign of toxification, but as you continue the tongue will taste sweet and you will have overcome all sickness inside.

Pranic Meditation

2007-11-29T14:55:00.000Z

February 16, 1976

In easy pose, with straight spine, make fists, with jupiter fingers straight out, thumb on tucked fingers.Jupiter fingers cross at middle sections, right on top, at diaphragm level. Fingers are straight & flat.

Inhale slowly and deeply for 15 seconds through nose and exhale slowly & completely and forcefully, through puckered mouth (not whistling) for 15 seconds. Fingers will feel cold. Never do this with a quick breath. Meditate on your own prana carried by the breath, for 11 minutes maximum. Then lock fingers and stretch.
Comments: To maintain youthfulness of mind and body, despite age. Brings health and healing ability ... fertilizes the brain so there is no depression. You may yawn or stretch but keep on with the breathing. Eliminates fatigue, gives constant flow of energy. You'll become intuitive and universally sensitive, you will not get tired.

Touch Every Heart: Be the Forklift

2007-11-13T22:49:00.001Z

Snatam K.

2007-11-13T22:24:00.000Z

What are the benefits of practicing Kundalini Yoga by Gurucharan Singh

2007-11-03T21:45:00.000Z

What is Kundalini Yoga by Gurucharan Singh

2007-11-03T21:13:00.000Z

A brief excerpt of The OHM as sung by the Dalai Lama with a restful video that can provide deep relaxation to release stress.

2007-11-02T22:48:00.000Z

New Event Dukh-Bhanjan

2007-10-31T10:31:00.001Z

Saturday 24 November 2007, a Special Night of Naad Yoga Meditation to End Suffering.
more info please visit the website http://ardaas.org/

How to chant the Ashtang Mantra

2007-10-27T22:34:00.000+01:00

Visit the Siriatma website http://web.mac.com/siriatma

Stress - A state of mind

2007-10-19T10:41:00.000+01:00

Kundalini Yoga and Meditation for Dealing with Stress

2007-10-18T13:52:00.001+01:00

Transforming Sexual Feeling by Guruka S.

2007-10-16T00:27:00.000+01:00

PNAS Proceeding National Academy Sciences

2007-10-15T11:55:00.000+01:00

Short-term meditation training improves attention and self-regulation

Recent studies suggest that months to years of intensive andsystematic meditation training can improve attention. However,the lengthy training required has made it difficult to use randomassignment of participants to conditions to confirm these findings.This article shows that a group randomly assigned to 5 daysof meditation practice with the integrative body–mindtraining method shows significantly better attention and controlof stress than a similarly chosen control group given relaxationtraining. The training method comes from traditional Chinesemedicine and incorporates aspects of other meditation and mindfulnesstraining. Compared with the control group, the experimentalgroup of 40 undergraduate Chinese students given 5 days of 20-minintegrative training showed greater improvement in conflictscores on the Attention Network Test, lower anxiety, depression,anger, and fatigue, and higher vigor on the Profile of MoodStates scale, a significant decrease in stress-related cortisol,and an increase in immunoreactivity. These results provide aconvenient method for studying the influence of meditation trainingby using experimental and control methods similar to those usedto test drugs or other interventions.

Addictions Q & A

2007-09-24T23:54:00.000+01:00

1. What is addiction?
Addiction is a thirst for the wholeness that comes from the soul. This thirst for wholeness is replaced by some substitute that can never fill the gap between you and your soul. Physically, it is something that you feel compelled to do that has long term bad effects.

2. How can I help heal someone under the influence of an addiction or addictive bahavior?
You start with lifestyle and you start by the transformation of the person's old impulses and body patterns by using the elements, earth, air, fire, water and ether, because this represent the process of manifestantion. By the time something is an addiction, it is embodied in the gross physical, so that's the best place to start. An addict who's under the pressure of those impulses has a very difficult time being subtle. You must begin where they are and then slowly elevate them to other state.

3. Why begin with the earth element in healing a person from addiction?
The point is to completely change the physical embodiment immediately, so that all experience is different and the person has to make sense out of that experience. The task is to change the level of vitality and to allign the psyche with heart and soul. When one is not experiencing the Self, one starts to compensate from outside oneself. Raising the level of vitality is a very direct way of talking with the body and creating the conversation with your own conscious and subconscious in the realm of the psysical body. That's one of the nice things about the approach.

4. How does society promote addiction, and what is the yogic message of the possible human in contrast?
The message of the possible human is that you are whole, you are complete, you need nothing, which is different from normal society message of incompleteness, wrongness, which creates motivation for addiction.

5. What is the psychology of addiction?
When the Soul/seed/bija/parusha is in the center of the psyche (body/mind) ans you're creating from that center, then we say you're experiencing the Self, you're aligned with your core reality, your central purpose. When you're off center, an unfillable gap is created, which your projected ego, your commotional ego tries to fill. You are acting from a concept of you (not out of wholeness as expressed by the Mul Mantra) rather than the real you. The actions that are created from this displaced center are like waves or commotion that come back.
If your vitality is strong and you're aligned with your true self, you're autono-mous. If you have a lot of vitality, but you're not aligned with your true self, you end up being compulsive. When your energy is low and yo're mis-aligned, then you get dependent, impulsive.

6. What are the three loves of the soul and their relationship to addiction?
The soul has three loves:
1) To manifest
2) to merge, to love, to create identity
3) to be whole, radiant and magnificent
I addictions, there are many ways of trying to fill the gap, depending on where one is off-center, in which of the three minds, negative, positive and neutral or a combination.
Whwn the negative mind isn't handled right, there's a block around the sense of wholeness and magnificence; one gets fragmented. Many times people get into addictions because of not enough attention to a part. Or, a person is in the negative mind and doesn't know how to become positive,so he/she turns to something to damped the negative feeling. In the binge and purge syndrome, the negative mind tells you that a part, namely a food, was left out and that part starts becoming like a shadow, bigger and bigger until you can't control yourself in relation to it. Then you feel bad about binging and you start splitting. You are not acting whole because you didn't handle the negative mind, the part that's separated. Drinking is a common way of trying to deal with internal conflict, especially where it's parts conflict: you feel down, you're in the negative mind, and you don't know how to return that to positive yourself, so you use something to dampen the negative feelling.
The positive mind is connected to the urge to manifest. Sometimes it doesn't happen the way you want it. When the positive mind is blocked in its attempt to satisfy the urge to manifest, you start getting a subconscious feeling of anger, which leads to low vitality and you get dependency, co-dependency. Boundaries are crossed, rules don't work. Or, once you're achieved something, by law of polarity, there comes out of anger or dependency.
The third way is the misuse of the more neutral mind, which corresponds to merger. Neutral mind is about identity, how you want to fulfill your sense of being. When your neutral mind is right, you're creating off of your basic soul. When that's off, there's a kind of emptiness, an absense of the sense o purpose, a sense of unfulfilled mission or the absense of the sacred. Then, you get a deep addiction because nothing seems to satisty that. You'll go from drug to drug, do all kinds of things, and get very depressed.
You can have a combination of all three: confusion of identity; projection-hating things in others; identification with what other people have; entanglement-boundaries intermeshed, crossed.

7. What are three styles of or approaches to addiction?
They can be classified in terms of the three minds: tamasic, rajasic and sattvic; or the three body types in Ayurveda: kapha, vata, pitta; or the neurochemical approach, where there are three styles of drugs; stimulants, depressants and fantasy/psychoactive drugs.

8. What are some of the effects on the system of addictions to common stimulants, nicotine and caffeine?
With the mild stimulants, the brain gives a quick squeeze-a little caffeine, the adrenals; nicotine, norepinephrine-which imbalances the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems. To much caffeine, whether it's in chocolate or coffee, upsets the nerves and gives you impatience. When you take in a cigarette, within eight seconds you get norepinephrine pulsing through the brain. It interrupts breathing and takes you away from the kindness and consciousness that is your basic soul. It also takes away your patience, and without patience you can't systematically go ahead and express and manifest as your soul wants. Breathing is so powerful in terms of keeping your body healed, and because nicotine creates the stimulation, after a while it hurts the nervous system and you can't manifest the properties of kindness.

9. What are some of the techniques for treating addiction to these substances?
Alternate nostril breathing is one way to help rebalance the itchiness in the itchiness in the nervous system from an imbalance of stimulation from the outside. If your're trying to get rid of an addiction, cleanse and re-balance the nervous system, then drink 4-8 cups of yogi tea per day. It will give you strength and calmness, as with yoga where you're both energized and relaxed. Yogi tea is very balanced nutritional medicine.
For the immediate urge for stimulation, there is a breathing technique which matches the quick squeezes the brain gives when one has taken caffeine or nicotine. (A little caffeine, the adrenals; nicotine, norepinephrine). The exercise stops the urge in its tracks. It helps to balance the need for outside stimulations. Whenever you feel the urge, do three breaths, done by sipping air in staccato, rapid rhythm by fluttering the tongue up against the hard palate, right in the center, then holding the breath while pressing the tongue against the roof of the mouth. Exhale. After three breaths, your energy is changed and you don't have the same need.
With smoking addiction, drink 3-6 glasses of water in the morning to get rid of all the residue in the adrenals and kidneys. Then, take about 6 prunes, put them in a little water, let them soak over night, and in the morning after exercise, drink the prune water and eat the prunes. Then, in the afternoon, eat a couple of plums, which are for blood purification and help the nervous system. You can also make a prune pie. take out the pits and bake the prunes with ground yogi tea spices (minus the black tea) with a little cayenne, if you like. Take a slice of the spicy prune pie in the afternoon when the energy shifts, starts to go down.

10. What are other two commonly used drugs and their effects?
Marijuana and alchohol. Alchohol damage liver function, decreases the circulation into the joints and hands, and upsets the ecology of the blood. Alchohol will suppress the activity of the right side of the brain and stimulate the left side. With marijuana, the right hemisphere is more stimulated. With alchohol, all the speech functions go, along with other judgment; with marijuana, speech just becomes profound.
Also, with these substances, the whole back brain gets a pressure. In alchohol, the cerebellum can actually swell. Through the use of marijuana, the sacrum, the spinal fluid, the diaphram and the occiput-that whole mechanism of sacral-occipital pumping-gets interrupted because the diaphfram gets cut and anesthetized. The breathing pattern is disrupted and that pump stops, then there's a compression and a pressure in the back of the head that starts occurring. It's as if oil stops going to the motor of the brain and you're running your car without oil.
In addition, neurological problems are created with these addictions. Certain areas of motivation go, neural separations occur in the lower limbic system, and there's a between the two hemispheres of the brain to get a full understanding and representation of the world, becomes disrupted, with marijuana.

12. In the global culture, in the Aquarian age, what sort of drugs are created?
In the future global culture, our technology will allow us to create designer drugs to meet anybody's fantasies. All drugs will be available. We may even create drugs with many fewer side effects. The key reason not to use the drugs is to create a relationship on your own to have the dignity of saibhung, of self-autonomy. Plus, there are very subtle effects in the use of drugs on the prainc body and the more subtle of the ten bodies that are not as obvious as gross physical damage.

13. What is specifically unique about the yogic approach to healing addictions?
The yogic approach to addictions focuses on empowering the person through aligning them with their inner self. It's not about any one particular drug. We do have specific herbs and techniques that help ameliorate many of the symptoms that do come in unique combinations with each drug, but the addictive process itself is undersood to be one of personality, energy and habit. We change the person by lifestyle, by environment, and by relationship.

14. What are some of the juice combinations for healing addictions?
8 oz. carrot juice + 1/2 oz. garlic juce, three times a day gets glands to function.
6 oz. apple juice + 1-2 oz. beet juice for the liver.
Tea of fennel and basic for shakinness.

15. Additional yogic techniques for treating addictions?
Banana fast
Celery juice
Celery and trinity root pancakes, made with garbanzo flour.
Meditations:
Breathwalk, chanting "HAR" as heel hits the grouhd, stimultates pituitary to higher functioning. Breathwalk, with Sitali pranayam: inhale 6-10 seconds, hold 6-10 seconds. exhale 6-10 seconds, cools the nervouse system, repairs nervous system, and gets rid of depression.
Kirtan Kriya; balances the two hemispheres of the brain and gives intuition. SA TA NA MA masters the five elements.
Maha Agni Pranajam is exellent for relieving the pressure that gathers at the occiput at the base of the skull. This often increases a lot under the use of marijuana. Pressure in that area blocks a small chakra that's there that's related to memory and to motivation. Doing Maha Agni Pranajam opens that and restores much of the memory function.
Medical Meditation for Habituation is excellent for braking the basic feeling of impulse. Impulse are regulated by inhibition that comes from the frontal cortex. There's a constant pulse between the old brain and the frontal brain. This helps reestablish that balance.
The Mul Mantra is a powerful technique because it reestablishes you at your very root, or mul. It gives you the ability to empower your word and to create an impact on your own self.

Snatam Kaur in UK September 2007

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International Day of Peace

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In 1981, the United Nations General Assembly established the International day of Peace (IDP). It was in 2001, that the GA modified the resolution (A/RES/55/282) and designated September 21st as the annual date of the International Day of Peace.

The intention of the resolution is to have the entire world observe a day of peace and nonviolence. All peoples and organizations are invited to commemorate the day in an appropriate manner.

An ever-expanding number of people worldwide, representing a wide variety of religious and spiritual traditions, have committed to the task of working with other like-minded individuals and groups for an International Day of Peace Vigil with the following objective:

"To encourage worldwide, 24-hour spiritual observations for peace and nonviolence on the International Day of Peace, 21 September 2007 in every house of worship and place of spiritual practice, by all religious and spiritually based groups and individuals, and by all men, women and children who seek peace in the world."

This global 24-hour spiritual observation for peace is meant to demonstrate the power of prayer and other spiritual practices in promoting peace and preventing violent conflict. These worldwide spiritual observances will also help raise public awareness of the International Day of Peace and directly support the establishment of a global ceasefire. Individuals and groups are invited to support this worldwide initiative by committing to hold a 24-hour vigil on 21 September 2007.

Snatam Kaur in concert

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Snatam Kaur in the UK

If you've been to a Kundalini Yoga class the chances are you've heard the voice of Snatam Kaur either accompanying Mantras or helping to create a space of meditation and relaxation.

Snatam Kaur and musicians GuruGanesha Singh, Manish Vyas and Ram Dass Singh travel throughout the world, visiting many Gurdwaras (Sikh temples) and sharing their inspirational Kirtan (devotional music) with many communities.

They will be leading Kirtan at the following Gurdwaras in London.
There is no charge for these events (although you are welcome to make an offering in the Gurdwara) and they are open to everyone

9/9/07
12:30 - 1:45pm
Siri Guru Singh Sabha Gurdwara
Havelock Road , Southall UB2 4NP

9/9/07
3:00 - 4:00pm
Sri Guru Singh Sabha
Alice Way, Hanworth Road
Hounslow, Middlesex , TW3 3UA,

9/9/07
7:00 - 8:15pm
Central Gurdwara
62 Queensdale Road
London W12 4SG

12/9/07
7:00 - 8:15pm
Central Gurdwara
62 Queensdale Road
London W12 4SG

Bhangra

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Yoga Pregnancy

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Asana

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Sat Kriya

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1. Sit on the heels and stretch the arms over the head so that the elbows hug the ears (A).

2. Interlock all the fingers except the first ones (index) which point straight up (B).

Sat Kriya is an essential key to the processes of Kundalini Yoga. It is one of the few exercises that is a complete action in itself. That is the connotation of the word, "kriya"; an action or series of actions that completes a process and has a predictable outcome. Most kriyas consist of a series of exercises that synergize. Sat Kriya can stand alone like a precious gem. The main effect is a control and balance of the lower three chakras or energy distribution centers in the body. It does this by mixing the prana and apana at the navel center. This generates a heat in the system and opens the inner channels to the upward flow and rotation of energy. Sat Kriya also rejuvenates the sexual system and helps the brain and body to recover from toxicity and memory loss due to drug abuse. It is good for removing energy imbalances in the lower three chakras and, as a result, is good for problems in the lower back and alleviating mild depression.

A beginning student should start with 3 minutes of this every day as part of a personal practice. The times can be built up from that base.

Posture: Sit on the heels (Vajrasan asana). The heels are straight up into the buttocks, stimulating two acupuncture pressure points, one in each buttock. The knees can be slightly open. Lock in the chin; stretch the arms over the head until the elbows hug the sides of the head. Interlace all the fingers except the index fingers which are together and pointed straight up. Cross one thumb over the other.

Focus: The eyes are closed and focused at the third-eye point.

Mantra: The mantra is "Sat Nam". Chant the "Sat" from the navel point. As you chant "Sat", pull the navel point in with an obvious jerking motion. Imagine you are receiving pranic energy from God / your higher source through the navel point. Chant "Nam" and send the energy back out into the cosmos through the third-eye point.

End: Inhale, hold the breath and apply root lock, squeezing the energy up from the buttocks up the spine and out the top of your head through the "crown" or 7^th chakra. Exhale, release the lock and repeat two more times. Relax in corpse pose for at least as long as you have practiced Sat Kriya. (Ideally, the relaxation is twice the length of time as you practiced this exercise.)

The rhythmic contraction and relaxation produces waves of energy that circulate, energize and heal the body. While chanting, the spine stays still and straight. This is neither a spinal flex nor a pelvic thrust. You stay firmly seated on the heels through all the motions of the kriya. The abdominal contraction is focused at the navel point. There is an automatic contraction of the rectum and the sex organ areas as in the lower body lock called "root" lock or mulabandha, but the lock is not forced and is pulled naturally from the navel.

To build Sat Kriya in time and effect, start with rotation cycles: 3 minutes of Sat Kriya with three minutes of relaxation. Repeat this cycle 3 to 5 times. Build gradually. Then switch the cycle to 5 minutes Sat Kriya and 5 minutes rest. You can then add 3 to 5 minutes to the kriya time as you are comfortable until you are able to do an entire 31 minutes.

KY exercise miracle bend

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What It Will Do for You

This exercise is called “Miracle Bend.” It adjusts the navel point and helps bring an emotional and angry person to calmness. 1f the spine were bent to 90° and the breath were four times per minute, it would also totally calm you, but it would take a very long time, whereas this exercise takes only a short while. There will be a strong and automatic tendency to shake in the posture.

How to Do It

In a standing position with knees and heels together, feet are flat on the ground and angling out to the sides for balance, arms are raised straight overhead close to the ears with the palms facing forward. The thumbs can be locked together.

Keeping the legs straight, bend back from the base of the spine 20°. The head, spine, and arms form an unbroken curve with the arms remaining in a line with the ears (1).

Hold the posture and keep the breath long, deep and gentle. Continue for 2 minutes.

From this position, very slowly bend forward to the maximum extent keeping the arms straight and close to the ears (2). Inhale and with the breath held in as long as possible, pump the navel point. Then exhale and do the same on the held exhale. Continue this process for 2 minutes.

KY meditation to prevent aging

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What It Will Do for You

To brighten your auric light, have a radiant face and prevent yourself from aging, practice this meditation.

How to Do It

Sit straight in easy pose. Chant the Mul Mantra, inhaling completely before each phrase:

EK ONG KAR; SAT NAAM; KARTA POORKH (let the whole breath go through the nose); NIR BHAO; NIR VAIR; AKAL MOORT; AJOONEE; SAIBHUNG; GUR PRASAAD; JAP (let the whole breath go through the nose); AAD SASHSHHH (releases breath with a hiss); JUGAAD SACHSHHH (releases breath with a hiss); HAI BHEE SACHSHHH (releases breath with a hiss); NAANAK HOSEE BHEE SACHSHHH (releases breath with a hiss).

Each time you inhale you must do so to your maximum capacity and each phrase must use the entire breath. On words like AKAAL MOORT, where the sopund isn't reaslly extended, release the breath through the mouth with a light "uhh..." sound. On KARTA POORKH and JAP, release the breth through the nose. This is the whole secret: the last 4 phrases are ended with the breath released through the mouth like the sound of a hissing snake.

Chant for a minimum of 11 minutes a day for 40 days. Since each person has a different lung capacity, this meditation should be done individually instaed of in a group.

Note: This is one of five meditations given specifically “to prepare for the gray period of the planet and to bring mental balance.”

Power and Effects of the Daily Banis

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Japji Sahib: This bani controls one's "ji," one's soul. When your ji, your being, is endangered, when the radiance of your soul is weak, recite Japji. Guru
Nanak said that the thirty-eight pauris of Japji would liberate the humanity from the cycles of birth and death.

Shabad Hazare: This is the highest love letter by a disciple, written by Arjan to Guru Ram Das. Its gift is that it gives the benefits of a thousand shabads,
and one's soul will merge directly with God. It makes the separated ones come home with grace. One who recites this shabad will never be separated from
their beloved.

Jaap Sahib: The naad of Jaap Sahib rouses the soul and the self of the Being. "Sahib" also means grace. Recite it when your position is endangered, or
when your authoritative personality is weak. This bani brings grace and greatness. It will also give you the ability that, whatever people say, you will
automatically be able to compute what they are actually saying. Once you are able to recite it correctly, it will give you the power, the siddhi, that whatever
you say must happen. Man can direct God, and God can direct man. Guru Gobind Singh recited Jaap Sahib so we won't become beggars at the doors of
others.

Tavprasad Swaye: This bani was spoken by Guru Gobind Singh. When you are not getting any satisfaction out of life, this is the bani to recite.

Anand Sahib: Whoever recites the forty pauris of Anand Sahib will have endless bliss, because the Guru is limitless. In this bani, mind and body are
explained in relation to cosmic divinity. Guru Amar Das gave us the song of bliss, which is Anand Sahib, to qualify the mind and to understand the depth.
For husband and wife to get together, recite it together, alternating sutras (lines).

Rehiras Sahib: This bani is recited after one has worked and is tired. It adds energy (raa-hu) to one's being, to one's total concept. Also, recite it when
your principle worldly wealth is endangered. In naad, reh means live, and raas means commodity, so Rehiraas means living commodity. Rehiras Sahib
helps you when you are physically weak, or weak in money, property and earthly goods.

Kirtan Sohila: This bani is done before sleep at night. It is the most harmonious naad ever uttered. It multiplies the aura to the sensitivity of protection that
it eliminates any negativity for miles and miles. When you are endangered by any species of direct or indirect source, and when you want to protect
yourself with the surrounding of the entire magnetic field of the earth, recite Kirtan Sohila.

Word Definitions
Rensubhai - Continual repetition of Gurbani
Naad - The essence of all sounds
Gurbani - A perfect combination of sounds related to all the 5 elements in complete balance
Bani - That which ??? on the Naad and is balanced

One who knows the naad knows the Aad, which is God.

Siri Guru Granth Sahib

Siri Guru Granth Sahib is the Guru, and it contains the Guru. What is the Guru? It is the formula for experiencing one's own divinity. Siri Guru Granth
Sahib has the power to give one the experience of God because it is a Siri Guru. Here is the progression: Guru, the one who tells you the truth of the
formula, and Siri Guru, the one who tells you the universality of the formula, the application of the entire applied formula. Siri Guru Granth Sahib always
tells you what you need to hear in order to be able to rise above the limitations of the particular time and space. Waheguru is the ecstasy of the experience
of the application of the formula. In other words, by doing what the Guru says, you experience the blessing of that.

The Science of Naad and Gurbani
Naad means "the essence of all sounds." All languages contain sounds which relate to one or more of the five elements of air, fire, water, earth and ether.
Gurbani is a perfect combination and permutation of sounds relating to all the five elements in complete balance. When Guru Arjan Dev, the fifth Guru
Nanak, compiled Siri Guru Granth Sahib in 1604, he only put in those banis which were in naad. These compositions were called Gurbani.

When we break up the words, "Siri Guru Granth Sahib," into their naad, the syllables of each word tell the essence of the meaning of Siri Guru Granth
Sahib. Every word has a naad, and every naad has a combination.

Siri means the entire light of the sun's creativity, Lakshmi. Whatever has been created, whatever is possibly created, shall be created or can be created, is
called siri.

Guru ("Gu" means darkness, and "ru" means light) means from darkness to light, from ignorance to knowledge. Guru is one who gives you the technology
to remove your ignorance about something.

Granth ("gra" means knot, "an" means ultimate, and "naath" means owner, master, God) is that which creates the ultimate knot with God. Anything which
creates the ultimate knot with God is called a granth. Granth is not a book and can never be a book. Sahib ("saa" means light, infinity, and "hib" means
now) is the totality of here and now.

How Naad Works In Recitation of Gurbani
There are eighty-four meridian points on the upper palate of a human's mouth. One can feel that upper palate with the tongue and experience its different
surfaces. There are two rows of meridian points on the upper palate and on the gum behind the upper teeth. The tongue stimulates those meridian points,
and they in turn stimulate the hypothalamus which makes the pineal gland radiate. When the pineal gland radiates, it creates an impulse in the pituitary
gland. When the pituitary gland gives impulses, the entire glandular system secretes and a human being obtains bliss. This is the science.

Gurbani is the combination of the tongue with the meridian points. When you read and recite Gurbani, it stimulates your hypothalamus. It is totally
different than any scriptures because Gurbani is made in a scientific way. One who knows the naad, knows the aad, which is the primal creativity. One
who knows the aad is Parameshwar, the supreme God.

The whole language of Gurbani has the power to make a person divine, just in its recitation, if done correctly. One need not be concerned with the
meaning to experience a change in consciousness. Bani has to be understood by the heart, not by the head. There is no power in the head; it is in the heart.
The lead is for God and the heart is for you. That is why Guru Gobind Singh asked for the head, and not for the heart. "Whosoever lives with head to God
and heart for self, that prayer is complete." (Siri Singh Sahib Yogi Bhajan)

The entire Siri Guru Granth Sahib is the calling of the Beloved. It is in naad. The following are the daily banis given by Guru Gobind Singh, and which
tattvas (element) they relate to:
à Japji, Shabad Hazare Ether
à Jaap Sahib, Tavprasad Swaye Air
à Anand Sahib Fire
à Rehiras (including Bentee Chaupaee) Water
à Kirtan Sohila Earth

These banis should be read from the gutkaa (book of banis), so that one does not get engulfed in one's thoughtfulness. They are best read, even though
one may have them memorized.

Experiencing and Understanding Gurbani
The Guru's Word (Gurbani) is what the Guru spoke. It is the imprint of the essence of God. It is the pathway to God. If the ordinary human being speaks
it, it will always elevate him to that state of consciousness of the Guru. The Guru's consciousness is united with God, so the person will automatically get
united with God, if he speaks the same words. It is a scientific and direct way to unite the finite with the Infinite Consciousness. The hypothalamus will get
the same tingling. The impulses of the pituitary will function the same way and get the other glands to secrete also in the same way as it was in the body of
Guru Nanak.

Gurbani is nothing but a total illustrated, facilitated science of naad for human knowledge. It is an individual effort. Read Gurbani in the way Guru says it,
and understand it, and you will be in such ecstasy you will not believe it! Concentration on the construction of the word, and the sound is the proper way
to recite Gurbani. As you are creating the sound, the meaning will automatically come to you, now or later. It is just a matter of time and space. You must
listen to your own construction of the Gurbani. This is the technical way in Naad Yoga.

There are two ways to go about understanding Gurbani. The first is to know the meaning through purposeful study; and the second is to recite it, and you
will automatically understand the meaning intuitively. Gurbani has to be recited with the tongue, through japa. But, when you read meditatively for the
purpose of understanding the meaning, it is okay.

The Power of the Shabad, Gurbani Kirtan, and Nam Simran
In Siri Guru Granth Sahib each shabad has its own individual domain, power, ridhi (worldly riches), sidhi (spiritual power), and nau nidhi (nine
treasures). All occult powers are there. The recitation of shabads gives you the power to redeem the environments. Shabad is a part of the power of God,
and when the shabad merges in you, you become God.

The lotus feet of God is the shabad of God. The sound itself will uplift you and take away the disease and sorrow from within you. Meditate on the lotus
feet of God in your heart. The sound of the spirit is the shabad. Decorate yourself with it. Shabad is the fountain of spirit. It will always keep you flowing
and growing.

The neutral mind records the shabad, the Truth. When your mind is freaking out, the shabad automatically comes. The shabad has the power to control
you and your mind. Otherwise there is no way you or your mind can be controlled. Shabad brings inner balance. The power of inner balance is the shabad,
and the power of the shabad is inner balance.

When controlled, our minds can create great things, because the power of the mind is also very infinite. When disciplined, it can change the vibrations and
the magnetic psyche of the earth. That is why we come before Siri Guru Granth Sahib and do kirtan (singing of God's praises). Kirtan is to change the
magnetic psyche of the universe with those vibrations of the Word of the Guru, the naad, so that we can principally enrich the self in ecstasy.

Nam simran (continuos remembrance of God's Name, of Self) is the preparation for Gurbani. You grind the ground, make the earth ready, and then you
do simran. Simran is gurmantra (mantra given by the Guru). Khalsa is to recite Waheguru, and a Sikh is to recite Sat Nam. Sat Nam can elevate the
consciousness of any person to Infinity, and Waheguru can bring you the experience of that Infinity. Wha means Infinite, he means Thou, and guru means
self. When chanted, it brings you very near God. Sat Nam is a panch shabad (mantra containing five parts). Saa means Infinity, taa means birth, naa
means death, and maa means resurrection. Sat Nam is the shabad in which you have superiority over God. God is a slave in the hand of the devotees. Sat
Nam purifies the entire time and space, when you speak it even once; it does not matter when. It is superior self-power of God. God is remembered by His
actions. Nam simran is a must to prepare for Gurbani to have its effect. It is the complete science of the word and sound. It changes a human's biological
and psychological metabolism of his body, mind, and soul.

Nitnem: Daily Recitation of Guru's Bani
The following is a story which Siri Singh Sahib ji told at Khalsa Women's Training Camp: "There is a surprising story about my grandmother. She never
spoke in a loud voice. I have never seen that woman offending anybody, and I have never seen a single human being offend her. The respect was so great
that everyone would settle disputes by Mata ji's decision, without going to court. Whatever she would say, people would accept it as the truth and nothing
but the truth. That reputation and non-offensiveness was built from her perfection of her nitnem, her sadhana and Gurbani.

I am trying to illustrate to you that after a certain age in life, if you do not have nitnem and sadhana, then you will not churn yourself. When milk is
churned, it takes a lot of milk to make a little butter. As milk has to be churned to make butter, like has to be churned. Gurbani works to churn the brain
waves through the hyp0othalmus. You need not be a Sikh. In India, for example, there are a lot of Hindus and Muslims who recite Gurbani. Gurbani is for
a person who wants to be graceful, a person who wants to be balanced, and a person who wants to do things by their radiance. A person's presence alone
should see the job done."

Nitnem in Gurbani gives you a very powerful meditative mind. It gives you the balance required. Energy comes to a person from the head, and the head is
the distributing center through the spine. It is a must that when one reads Gurbani, it be done in the correct harmony and rhythm.

It is compulsory for Khalsa to read all the five banis daily. They were given so that a person's incarnated personality may elevate itself to defend through
any negativity or misfortune.

Waheguru Mantra and Sodarshan Chakra Kriya Meditation

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Daily Yoga Meditation Shown to Improve Memory, May Prevent Alzheimer’s

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Kirtan Kriya Meditation

Instructions

Based on an original research pilot project of the

Alzheimer’s Prevention Foundation International

Kirtan Kriya meditation, for increased mental energy, increased creativity and heightened intuition, utilizes the primal sounds that mark the stages of life. They are: Saa, which means birth, infinity, or cosmos; Taa, which means life, or existence; Naa, which means death or completion; and Maa, which means rebirth. Chant these sounds repeatedly, in order: Saa Taa Naa Maa.

L Form of Concentration

Repeat this mantra while sitting with your spine straight. The focus of concentration is the L form (see illustration above). With each syllable, imagine the sound flowing in through the top of your head and out your third eye point, in the middle of your forehead. For two minutes, chant in your normal voice. For the next two minutes, chant in a whisper. For the next four minutes, chant silently. Then reverse the order, whispering for two minutes, and out loud for two minutes, for a total of twelve minutes. The mudras, or finger positions, are very important in this kriya. On Saa, touch the index fingers of each hand to your thumbs. On Taa, touch your middle fingers to your thumbs. On Naa, touch your ring fingers to your thumbs, and on Maa, touch your little fingers to your thumbs (see illustration below). To come out of the kriya, inhale very deeply, stretch your hands above your head, and then bring them down in a sweeping motion as you exhale.

Ray Man Shabad

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Listen whole song now!
Snatam Kaur "Grace"— Ray Man Shabad

Ray man eh bidh jog kamaa-o
Oh my mind, practice Yoga in this way:

Singee saach akapat kanthalaa
Let Truth be your horn, sincerity your necklace,

Dhi-aan Bibhoot charaa-o
and meditation the ashes you apply on your body.

Taatee geho aatam bas kar kee
Catch your burning soul (self) and stop the flames.

Bhicchhaa naam adhaarang
Let the soul (self) be the alms bowl in which you collect the sweet Naam and this will be the only support you will ever need.

Baajay param taar tat har ko
The Universe plays its divine music. The sound of reality is shrill, but this is where God is.

Upajai raag rasaarang
When you listen to the reality from this place of awareness the sweet essence of Raag arises.

Ughatai taan tarang rang
Waves of melodies, emotions, and passions arise and flow through you.

Gi-aan geet bandhaanang
Bind yourself with the song of God.

Chak chak rehay dayv daanav mun
The Universe spins like a potter’s wheel and from it fly demons and angels.

Chhak chhak bayom bivaanang
The sage listens to this and instead of getting caught in either one, the sage drinks the nectar of the heavens and is carried to the heavens in a divine chariot.

Aatam upadays bhays sanjam ko
Instruct and clothe yourself with self control. Meditate unto infinity

Jaap so ajapaa jaapai
until you are meditating without meditating.

Sadaa rehai kanchan see kaayaa
In this way, your body shall remain forever golden,

Kaal na kabahoo bayaapai
and death shall never approach you.

What is Shabad?
Shabad means without the ego (Sha- ego, bad- without). Shabads are sacred combinations of sounds that when recited bring a state of ecstasy, healing, and grace. Shabad is a sound current that permeates the entire being on every level from subtle to physical. Shabad permeates the mind and replaces unhealthy thought patterns with healing vibrations.

One Shabad in particular resonates especially well with the practice of Bound Lotus. We refer to it as the “Ray Man” Shabad, from the first line – “Ray Man eh bideh jog kamao…” – Oh my mind, practice yoga in this way…

In the Ray Man Shabad we journey into the way of yoga, or union. It is an instruction to the soul to practice yoga in every thought, word, or action. It is about living in reality and being human and still achieving inner transformation and discovery of the Self.

When you listen to and/or recite this Shabad, there is a sound current that has a subtle but profound effect on all levels of your being. This sound current travels through every cell of the body and adjusts your inner vibratory frequency to a happier, healthier, holier state. This has been described as a state of grace, the state of the Golden Buddha, and by many other terms in many spiritual traditions.
The Ray Man Shabad is uniquely beautiful and perfect for Bound Lotus. This Shabad permeates the mind with the sacred sound current which allows you to experience your own infinity. This Shabad has eight verses. Eight turned on its side is infinity. (The number eight relates to and represents infinity) In Bound Lotus the physical body creates the symbol of infinity with the position of the body, arms and legs.

The Ray Man Shabad was written by Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru of the Sikhs, who was a master of yoga, a master of poetry, a master warrior, and a master of the Shabad Guru. By practicing the Ray Man Shabad with the Bound Lotus we embrace the essence of Guru Gobind Singh, the essence of fearlessness, and the ability to rise above any challenge, any chaos, or any dream to find the state of pure presence and awareness in the pure golden throne of our own discipline and daily practice.

“Let every cell of your body vibrate and extend that vibration to every extent. Feel it as a big whirlwind of energy, circling with each cell of your body.” - Yogi Bhajan

What Yogi Bhajan says about this Shabad:
“Guru Gobind Singh’s entire Shabad is meant to penetrate through the mental body, right into your own spirit. The secret of this Shabad is that it is a pure Naad Yoga. The combination and permutation of sound is totally practical in his Shabad. The tongue creates a certain pressure on the upper palate. This Shabad has the capacity, if man is bewitched by incurable disease, if sung properly through the tongue and mouth, can bring total health. Each sound must be said exactly correctly. It can lead to perfect state of mental health and surrounding spirit.”

“Perfection of this Shabad can make you like a Golden Buddha. You will have wisdom, you will have the purity of a Yogi, and you will have an essence. I request everyone who believes in higher values to remember this Shabad in perfect sound. It is very perfect combination. As a Shabad you can sing 11 times a day, you will feel the miraculous effect of it on your body, mind, and soul.”

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