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Not a long time ago we had a discussion with other teachers about the

length of this kriya in its reduced time of 11/12 (?) minutes.

It is said that you must chant the mantra Sa Ta Na Ma loud for a certain

time, whisper it for the same amount of time, think it for a double

amount of time and then again whisper and loud chanting.

In its reduced form of 11 minutes, this appears to be impossible:

if you chant loud for 2 minutes, you have to whisper for 2 minutes and

think it for 4. Then again 2 minutes whisper and 2 minutes loud. This

makes 12 minutes.

Nobody seemed to know exactly if this is acceptable or if we are

supposed to reduce the 2 minute time to some 1,45 or so.

I'm aware that for many it could sound as a silly detail. However, Yogi

B. said that we should meditate for 11, 31 or 62 minutes... and not for

approximately 10, half an hour or one hour... So, it is probably more

important that what it appears at first sight.

Thank you to those who have something to add to this point!

sat sarbat kaur

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Hi Sat Sarbat!

 

(Been saving up questions for a while? :)

 

I simply assumed, as YB has said, that we should try to hit 11

exactly, so I've been using 4 minutes silent and 1:45 for the other

parts. My teacher taught me a great sadhana (which I wrote you

about "off-line") which includes 11 minutes of Kirtan. I will see

him tonight, and I'll ask if he has asked Gurucharan, from whom he

got this idea for sadhana, about this point.

 

If anyone is interested, the idea is to alternate doing the sadhana

chants one day and the other day doing 31 minutes of Sat Kriya, 11

minutes of Kirtan Kriya, and 31 Sodarshan Chakra Kriya (1 day peace,

one day power!). I've been doing this sadhana for almost 40 days

now, and it is wonderful!!!

 

Much joy!

Sadhant

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>>> Yogi B. said that we should meditate for 11, 31 or 62 minutes...

and not for approximately 10, half an hour or one hour.>>>

 

Why is the exact time of 11, 31, or 62 minutes so crucial? Wouldn't I

benefit from a meditation no matter what the time was?

 

Sat nam,

Angie

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Sat Nam Angie:

 

Of course you will have benefits from meditating for any length of

time. However, the experience of many practitioners over thousands

of years tells us that specific durations work on us at different

levels - you will get effects from an 11-minute meditation that you

simply won't get from repeating the same meditation for 3 minutes 4

(or even 40) times.

 

On a related subject, just because a meditation specifies 31 minutes

doesn't mean you should necessarily start there. KY specifies a

particular set of optimal meditation durations: 3, 5, 7, 11, 15, 22,

31, 62, or 1 1/2 or 2 1/2 hours. We recommend that you use these

intervals as you work your way up, doing only what is comfortable for

you at the time.

 

Every meditation is different, and works on you in different ways.

There are meditations that are specified to be done for no more than

11 minutes, and others that have no time limits at all.

 

Love & blessings,

Sadhant

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