My first Sahana

[Guest guest]

SAT NAM ya'll,

Leo down in Houston here. Well I started my first 40 day Sadhana on Sunday.

I'm doing really basic forms of excerceise and meditation, being a beginner at

all this, and I'm already seeing some effects.

First of all, my house is IN ORDER! It was funny to watch me zooming around

here getting things done after my morning meditations. It's not a feeling of

compulsion per se, yet it is about getting things done, not wasting time and

facing some fears. The office in my apt. was the hardest to straighten up, I

think because I have a lot physical reminders of a very painful hospital stay.

As some people have said, it seems very often that I have to DRAG myself to

the mat in the mornings and I do everything I can to weasel out of it. At the

same time, I'm experiencing an expansion and attunement within my self that

makes me want more.

In fact, one of my issues has been wanting to do more. I grew up with that

classic American "More is more" philosophy but I also stopped and remembered two

things:

1) That's why they call it a DISCIPLINE, so just buck up little soldier, and get

on the mat!

2) I also have had to remind myself to NOT add a bunch of stuff, regardless of

how tempting it is, so that I can focus on getting everything I can out of the

current experience. I have that tendancy to move a bit too quickly.

Since this is my first Sadhana, I'm being very gracious with myself in terms

of making adjustments and making this a comfortable happy experience for myself.

After all, the Universe is set up for me to win, right? I have decided to have

one day a week during which I can explore all these there cool meditations I've

seen come up lately, just cause I can't resist.

One cool thing I'm doing with it tho is some adjunctive art work. I got

some poster board and crayons and every night I finish my evening meditations, I

draw one line. It needn't be a straight line. It's already pretty clearly

growing to be someone's face, so I may have to send a picture of it out there

when I'm done so we can all play "Name that Yogi". So far, I've eliminated Yogi

Bear, but since I don't know what any of the spiritual leaders among the

Kundalini practitioners actually look like.......at least it prevents me having

any predispositions in the artwork. Just an idea I had to add some more

dimension to the Sadhana.

I know some of ya'll are in the middle of similar processes and I wish you

delightful success. And misquote an aphorism, "Progress IS Perfection."

 

SAT NAM

LEO

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Leo,

 

Cleaning the house is a great way to prepare your space for Sadhana. You

are doing great.

First of all, my house is IN ORDER!

 

Fabulous.

 

After all, the Universe is set up for me to win, right?

 

Right!

 

Looks like you are winning. Just doing Sadhana is winning. The rest

unfolds. Life if much more interesting.

 

Sat Nam,

 

Gururattan Kaur