Guest guest Posted March 7, 2002 Report Share Posted March 7, 2002 Ellie- a response regarding masters touch- part one off the top of my head i will share a few of my thoughts - i believe many of them will not be accepted as the norm. just one person s view. maybe what I say here will entice others to give you a different view point. Only take what appeals to you. I believe each person must do their own thing. It will be great if you come to the morning prayers and sleep or sleep in each morning. It is good that different people want different outcomes from Masters Touch. i took it in Europe. The yb European community is marvelous. They are so thirsty to learn yoga=less materialist than the us yb students I know that this is a judgment but I really liked them = they were so warm and friendly with each other- so dedicated. i first met yb very early on. I prepared for the experience by doing an extensive cleanse and just the right amount of fasting. I was a clean as a whistle so to speak. I spent a couple of week-ends before I left in silence doing yoga most hours each day. In my international travel, I met some other 3ho people from some strange country. Seeing me in white, they broke into my travel silence. They asked me why I was taking the course. I said I have studied hatha/raja yoga for many years along with kundalini yoga from many traditions. YB teaching me the breath of fire with breath retention in the cobra is what did it for me- is what put me into ecstasy for the first time. (Oh! read the Sri Guru Granth Sahib on the www. before you go- ecstasy is mentioned as a big and great deal) and I told them that I was there because I felt that ky according to YB was the most powerful yoga in the world today. And that YB was one of the most powerful yoga teachers of our times in the physical flesh. One can never ever get from one of his students what he is able to give on the higher level- I may be wrong but I have not experienced any of the master or big teachers as some call them-being able to touch me like yb does. he touches my inner soul in a very profound manner. 1. On the last day, all students gave yb a well deserved standing ovation. He was terrific. 2. I always placed my mat right in front of him. I worked on controlling my mind. did eye concentration on his eyes we were eye to eye heart to heart mind to mind. how does that catholic guitar song go- we are one in the spirit, we are one in the .. what is that called starring without blinking. it emotionally cleanses me. At one point I always start tearing. I go into a higher state of consciousness with my mind controlled in focused concentration. it starts with a T. Another reading for you. YB says that all MUST read How to Know God by Patanjali. One key concept is that Concentrating the mind on any divine form or any symbol that appears to one as good removes the obstacles to knowing God. For me, masters touch was all about concentrating on yb and what he was saying and what he stands for. I always did a good 20 minute silent meditation before each class in my spot without looking like I was meditating. After a couple of days, I could put my mat down early and then leave for the woods and others just knew that was my spot. I either was on my back or in some inconspicuous posture-internally focused. People respected my distance. Often yb was late so I continued my silent energy reservoiring as we were warmed up with someone leading chanting. I did not take any of my 4 sheep skins because of all the dirt and dust- even if we were inside in an elegant setting. I never carried water with me. I had a schedule set so I would consume large amounts of water at certain times of the day. I timed my 12 glasses or so I could release the waste at convenient times and so there would not be too much or too little water in my system when I was doing ky/meditation. I always had a raw nut or a piece of fruit near by incase my body needed a nutrient. All the time yb talked i concentrated on his every word. He was my target! I had my mind on him. I even had my mind on him or Nanak when I slept, when I walked. Sometimes for a break or in an ecstasy rush I would focus on Wahe. I tuned into YB on a deeper level as much as I humanly could. We had thousands of psychic connections. I knew he could read my mind. We had transcendental communication. I got so I could anticipate what he was going to say. I could think a question and he would answer it. Sometimes I would be the only person in the room to yell out the answer to his question or be the only one to salute and yell YES SIR. After I did he then would make every one repeat YES SIR a couple of times till everyone was awake and yelling at the top of their voice. 3. On the last time i held my breath with him each and every time of a class period something miraculous happened each and every time. On the last day in the last breath retention I had an aspiration of Nanak. I have a few spiritual experiences written in my diary. There were so many that I did just noticed and let them pass on. They are not the target for me. My target is God is ONE but ONE in ONE. In my diary I write practical stuff more about how I need to change my life and what projects I need to do when I got home. One of the biggest commitments I came away from Masters Touch was to BE GOOD and DO GOOD. Wonder where that diary is??? 4. I was unlike any other student that I observed. Some were into exciting discussions about their yoga practice. I applaud. I do not think others should be as I. I had been doing yoga on a daily basis 30 some years before I took MT. I have learned over the years how it is best for me to be in such situations. I essentially fasted the entire time eating only a slight amount of fresh food. Lived on my breath. I rarely ever eat cooked food anyway-dulls my senses. Never would I eat onion or garlic if I did I would have a part of my day spoiled in morning meditation because of a gas pass. I know others may strongly disagree with me on this one. I find that when I am the purist mode, I pass gas at least once in my morning yoga. I essentially kept silence. I had a spot in the near woods and I would go there on 90% of the breaks and do more yoga. Part of MT was teaching us to breath walk. During the class breaks I did Breathwalking. Breathwalking is a big part of my life these days. I even do it in my office or in my yard while I am on my portable phone. I do it walking down the grocery isle. 5. I took no notes. I wrote the important wisdom in my diary each morning while others were eating breakfast. you may have to take notes for testing purposes. Filed the data in my consciousness. I focused on obsessive slow long deep relaxed breathing 24 hrs per day or whenever I was not sleeping or I would tune into ybs breath pattern and let him take me up and away. Often when I slept I ran a Wahe tape softly. I had ear phones so the Naam would not disturb others. 6. I pushed my self to my very limit on each yoga set that yb would teach. I came in good shape and left in better shape. This is the most important advice I have go for iit. PUMP THAT NAVEL. end of part one - part two coming Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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