Sat Nam Dear Infinite Being,
Your ego is an attention-seeking junkie, who will do anything to get the attention but will never be satisfied no matter how much it gets, which causes frustration that in turn triggers anger, which creates a neurotic pattern that traps you, over and over again.
In Western Civilization we value ourselves by the possessions we have, not necessarily the contributions that we have made. Owning a house, the prestige of the home, the car, the clothes we wear have become the standards by which we have measured each other's success.
This in itself is a great cause of suffering in life. Luckily there is some good news: You are not your ego. The essence of your being is a little piece of God we call the soul. If you identify your Self with your soul, then the fire tattva (element), often expressed as anger, transforms into will power which you can use to break the karmic cycle of cause and effect. By consciously acting instead of unconsciously reacting to the challenges of life, your ego is given the chance to perform its most important functions: individuation, protection and survival.
The ego is your fundamental survival mechanism whose job is to create an individual identity for you, providing boundaries, information and motivation to get you what you need. This is the recipe for consciousness: soul plus will power equals consciousness.
The tools that I will be offering in the workshop coming up this Saturday, November 6: Clearing The Subconscious, work to balance the Negative mind, strengthen the navel point, release pent up frustration, clear out old phobias and align your Self with your soul.
Join me in this journey of claiming our very birthright of being Healthy, Happy and Holy. Sincerely and warmly,
Akalsukh Singh~
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WHAT HAPPENS IN HEAVEN
(a story a friend just shared with me, and it is so true..)
I dreamt that I went to Heaven and an angel was showing me around. We walked side-by-side inside a large workroom filled with angels. My angel guide stopped in front of the first section and said, ' This is the Receiving Section. Here, all petitions to God said in prayer are received. '
I looked around in this area, and it was terribly busy with so many angels sorting out petitions written on voluminous paper sheets and scraps from people all over the world.
Then we moved on down a long corridor until we reached the second section.
The angel then said to me, "This is the Packaging and Delivery Section. Here, the graces and blessings the people asked for are processed and delivered to the living persons who asked for them." I noticed again how busy it was there. There were many angels working hard at that station, since so many blessings had been requested and were being packaged for delivery to Earth.
Finally at the farthest end of the long corridor we stopped at the door of a very small station. To my great surprise, only one angel was seated there, idly doing nothing. "This is the Acknowledgment Section, my angel friend quietly admitted to me. He seemed embarrassed." How is it that there is no work going on here? ' I asked.
"So sad," the angel sighed. "After people receive the blessings that they asked for, very few send back acknowledgments"
"How does one acknowledge God's blessings? " I asked..
"Simple," the angel answered. Just say, "Thank you, Lord. "
"What blessings should they acknowledge?" I asked.
"If you have food in the refrigerator, clothes on your back, a roof overhead and a place to sleep you are richer than 75% of this world. If you have money in the bank, in your wallet, and spare change in a dish, you are among the top 8% of the world ' s wealthy. "
"And if you get this on your own computer, you are part of the 1% in the world who has that opportunity."
"If you woke up this morning with more health than illness .. You are more blessed than the many who will not even survive this day. "
"If you have never experienced the fear in battle, the loneliness of imprisonment, the agony of torture, or the pangs of starvation ... You are ahead of 700 million people in the world."
"If you can attend a church without the fear of harassment, arrest, torture or death you are envied by, and more blessed than, three billion people in the world."
"If your parents are still alive and still married ..you are very rare."
"If you can hold your head up and smile, you are not the norm, you're unique to all those in doubt and despair......."
Ok, what now? How can I start?
If you can read this message, you just received a double blessing in that someone was thinking of you as very special and you are more blessed than over two billion people in the world who cannot read at all.
Have a good day, count your blessings, and if you care to, pass this along to remind everyone else how blessed we all are.
ATTN: Acknowledge Dept.
"Thank you Lord, for giving me the ability to share this message and for giving me so many wonderful people with whom to share it. "
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Join Akalsukh Singh to learn powerful tools to release frustration, clear out old phobias and align yourself with your soul.
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The most recent presentation of 'Clearing The Subconscious' workshop was last Saturday at YogaSpace in Connecticut. A lovely community of yogis and yoginis.
What participants have to say about Akalsukh's KY workshops?
"Akalsukh brings a lot of heart to his teaching. Though the workshop was at times physically or mentally challenging, Akalsukh's compassionate guidance and reassurance allowed me to work through my limitations to find the joy waiting for me on the other side."
Heather Philip, Partner
YogaSpace LLC
Brookfield, CT
"The workshop was highly experiential! Akalsukh Singh engendered the warmth and security that is necessary in this context. Overall, the time we shared was simply put, sacred. On a personal level, I am deeply grateful to have learned life-changing techniques as I can feel a shift has taken place within me! I am excited to continue this practice at home and in community! Sat Nam."
Lorin,
Yoga teacher, massage therapist and oriental dancer.
Mahwah, NJ
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MEDITATION: KIRTAN KRIYA (Sa Ta Na Ma)
(Sadhana Guidelines, pp. 95-96 and Meditation as Medicine, pp. 122 & 194)
Posture: Sit in easy pose (or, in a chair with your spine straight; feet flat on the floor.) Relax your hands on your knees; palms facing outwards.
Focus: The eyelids are closed, the eyes rolled gently upwards and focused at the mid-point between the brows.
Breath: Your breath will come automatically as you chant ...
Mantra:
Sa = Infinity, Cosmos, Beginning.
Ta = Life, Existence.
Na = Death.
Ma = Rebirth.
This is, literally, the cycle of creation. From the Infinite comes life and individual existence. From life comes death or change. From death comes the rebirth of consciousness to the joy of the Infinite through which compassion leads back to life.
Mudra: On "Sa," press the index finger pad to your thumb pad; on "Ta," press your middle finger pad to the thumb pad; on "Na," press the ring finger pad to the thumb pad; on "Ma," press the little finger pad to the thumb pad. Continue moving your fingers through this meditation, even through the silent part.
Time: 12 minutes total. Chant in a normal voice for 2 minutes; chant in a whisper for 2 minutes; go deep within yourself and chant in your head for 4 minutes. Come back to a whisper for 2 minutes, then your normal voice for 2 minutes.
End: Inhale completely, and then exhale all the air. Stretch the arms up as far as possible, stretching your spine. Spread the hands wide. Take two more deep inhales and exhales. Bring your arms down to your sides in a graceful arc to end the meditation. Think of pushing down all negativity, all negative people in your life out of your aura, out of your consciousness, as you lower your arms.
Benefits: The physical benefits of the mantra are that "Sa" evokes a sense of emotion and expansiveness, "Ta" creates a feeling of transformation and strength, "Na" stimulates a sense of universal love, "Ma" evokes the quality of communicativeness. The Sa Ta Na Ma meditation actually balances both hemispheres of the brain. As you vibrate on each fingertip, you alternate your electrical polarities. The index and ring fingers are electrically negative, relative to the other fingers. This causes a balance in the electro-magnetic projection of the aura. Chanting Sa Ta Na Ma is the primal or nuclear form of "Sat Nam." It has the energy of the atom in it since we are breaking up the atom (or "bij") of the sound, "Sat Nam."
Each time you close a mudra (hand position) by joining the thumb with a finger, your ego "seals" the effect of the mudra in your consciousness. The effects are as follows:
First Finger - Gyan Mudra - Knowledge.
Second Finger - Shuni Mudra - Wisdom, Intelligence, Patience.
Third Finger - Surya Mudra - Vitality-the energy of Life.
Fourth Finger - Buddhi Mudra - Ability to communicate.
Yogi Bhajan--who brought Kundalini Yoga to the west in 1968--said at Winter Solstice in 1972 that a person who wears pure white and meditates on this sound current for 2 ½ hours per day for one year will know the unknowable and see the unseeable. Through this constant practice, the mind awakens to the infinite capacity of the soul for sacrifice, service and creation.
Comments from The Mind, by Yogi Bhajan, Ph.D., p. 183:
This Projection sees below the surface and knows with intuition the connections and consequences associated with a situation.
When balanced, it guides you to actions that are conscious and graceful. It knows which way to step, who to associate with and how to maintain your identity in any environment.
If it is too strong, you will be attached to the insights you find everywhere. You may have a tendency to act like a psychic or master the environments through advice instead of action.
If it is too weak, you will react to the environments and find yourself drawn away from your main path. You will think strategy is the same as opportunism and confuse flexibility with lack of direction from your own inner compass. |
Winter Solstice
Sadhana Celebration 2010
Dear Akalsukh
I'm honored to be invited to teach a workshop this year for the very first time at one of my favorite events of the year, so I look forward to see you at the "Water Tent" on Monday, December 20th from 3:00 to 5:00 pm. The theme of the worshop that I'm presenting is: Clearing Negative Imprints from Past Relationships -Opening the Heart for the Current or New.
Lake Wales, Florida
December 18 - 25, 2010
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Sometimes I laugh because I feel like my mind is as old as I am but my body feels 20 years younger. My 8 pound weight loss in 40 days is an extra bonus. I am now committed to continue daily practice..."
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Quote of the Month
"If we consider that physical health is the sustainer of life, then mental health may be considered as the real essence of life. A man might be beautiful to look at and may have a very divine spirit and may be very healthy. God might have created him on Sunday when He was in a very restful mood, but if his mind has very different facets, if his mind cannot commit, cannot accept the challenge of the variations of life, cannot quickly adjust in the face of temptations but can be brought down to the mud, then his life becomes really miserable. Life becomes totally worthless, because a slip of the mind is a slip of the destiny. You know, there are certain areas in life which are very powerful. Once you just make a slip of the tongue, God knows where it is going to take you. Once you make a slip of the mind, there is no chance, because the driver, the controller, the essence of your life, is nothing but the mind." ~Yogi Bhajan
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Lion Breath
with Gyan Mudra
As we approach 2012, we will see stronger strains of the Flu, as well as longer Flu seasons. At times such as these, it is necessary that we share simple, yet effective yogic tools for
restoring and maintaining health.
Below a powerful and effective pranayam (breathing technique) to prevent and fight cold, flu, infection. It always works for me, do it 3 to 5 minutes in the morning and evening.
Sit in Easy Pose, chin in,
chest out.
Stretch your tongue as far out of your mouth as possible and breathe
fast in and out, through your open mouth, as fast as you can. Your tongue must remain extended all the way out. The air will strike the back of your throat. Continue this panting or dog breath for 3 minutes, fast and steady. The sound of the breath is 'Har'. Use your diaphragm.
To finish; inhale deeply, pull your tongue in and press it against the
upper palate as hard as you can, holding your breath for 15 seconds. Exhale through your nose and relax. Repeat this sequence two more
times.
This exercise allows you to control everything. It is a very healing exercise which brings energy to your immune system so as to fight infection. You will know that you are doing this exercise right when you feel tingling in your toes, thighs and lower back.
It will open your diaphragm and change your medulla. It removes anger, burns karma, and corrects the five tattvas
Stretch your tongue as far out of your mouth as possible and breathe fast in and out, through your open mouth, as fast as you can. Your tongue must remain extended all the way out. The air will strike the back of your throat. Continue this panting or dog breath for 3 minutes, fast and steady. The sound of the breath is 'Har'. Use your diaphragm. | |
