Kundalini Yoga / Shabad Guru

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Kundalini Yoga

Shabd Guru:

Yogi Bhajan describes Shabd as That which eradicates the ego. Guru,

That which provides the way to transform the mistaken identity to the

finite to the recollection of one's Self as the Infinite.

As one practices Kundalini Yoga, there are various phases of awareness

that emerge. One of these is the feeling of pervasive diffusive

radiance, where the sense of focused attention disengages, and you

feel (become aware of) yourself as a single field of irradiant

consciousness that culminates in a certain inward turning quality.

Initially, the intensity of this radiance deepens and expands. It

brings about an energy vibration or frequency supported by the

increased voltage brought on by Sadhana that is greater than the

frequency of thought patterns, where you feel your "body armor" being

blown apart, dissolved, diffused. Within this radiant space, you begin

to feel that you are being drawn inward to a sense of stillness, and

the intensity of the radiance begins to give way to a still flowing

sense of listening, where in the subjective "hearer" is in abatement

(surrendered). In this listening, which is listening as the

Witnessing attribute of pure consciousness, and not the objective

mind or senses, you feel as though every cell of the body is

listening and that the conscious space irradiant around the body is

listening, this is to say that impression of a subject listening to

an object is looses its hold on the idea of who and what you think

you are.

As this continues, you no longer notice the radiance, rather the mind

submerges into this stillness, in which you very softly and smoothly

just listen to the pervasive vibration and radiance emanating within,

through and around the body field, as that field. With this

eventually emerges a flow of seeing without a seer, where you see in

and around the body, but the idea or notion of a subject seer is in

abatement (surrendered). At the same time, though your awareness no

longer pays attention to the dissolving effect of the

radiance/resonance, even though, in fact, the voltage increases

dramatically. You find that you are now aware at the level of what

some would call the subconscious mind (or astral body).

This is the beginning of the spirit sound current in which astral

sights and sounds are heard within the field of consciousness. It's

a Path taught by Rama in ancient times, and also by Guru Nanak,

possibly because Guru Nanak is said to be from the direct lineage of

Rama.

In Kundalini Yoga, you have the Yoga of Light, which is the practice

of Radiance (Laya) balanced against the practice of sense withdrawal

(Pratyahar). The Yoga of Light involves the postures and movements

combined with breath in many sets and Kriyas that increase and store

voltage systematically throughout the body. The result of these is a

radiance that resonates throughout the body field. It's as though the

entire body has become an amplifier of sound. The nadis in becoming

brighter through the voltage generated and stored from persistent

practice, like the tightening of guitar strings, or harp, piano or

violin strings, become able to vibrate sound. Now you add the Yoga

of Sound - Mantra, a practice totally unique to Kundalini Yoga,

because the sound, chanted with controlled posture, locks and breath,

becomes amplified producing a total transmutation of the chemical

electric encoding of thought patters throughout the body that bind

the mind and body to the limited perception of identity. The result

is dramatic increase in diffusive voltage that disengages the

focusing mechanism of the mind and allows this subtle quality of

listening and seeing as Consciousness Itself to emerge, without the

use of the mind and senses.

When this listening begins, you will find yourself drawn more and more

into effortless meditation, into stillness, a stillness that will

follow you always. It feels a tenderness, softness, clarity and

caring, conditionless love of the Creation, subtle listening and

seeing in an etheric sense that makes everything you see with the

eyes or picture with the mind seem transparent, pervaded by

brightness and goodness.

The name for this experience is "Ek Ong Kar." The Ong Kar is the

sound current, which comes about when the mind and body become One

with the Soul and you link into (tune in to) the Cosmic Mind of the

Creator.

The mind will have a tendency to move or focus around anything that we

aim it at. Often, when the mind is pure, and someone points out a

certain quality of the Infinite, which is the basis for our being,

there arises and immediate recollection of that and the experience

engulfs them. Hopefully, in reading this you also have this

experience.

After the Ong Kar comes the experience of "Sat Nam" wherein you awaken

to the Ground of Being and experience in the profound depths of your

Heart: "I am the Truth" and you go beyond light and sound and abide

singly and Absolutely as Consciousness Itself. You recognize your

Self as That which Lights the mind and senses, That through which the

mind and body appear and related actions continue, but you remain

established, ever free. Your prayer ....

Blessed am I

In freedom and I

I am the Infinite

in my Soul

I can find no beginning

no end

All is my Self

All is my Self

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