gong and gag (Thank you Dharam Singh)

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam,

Thank you for sharing where you are, at this time. I can relate to the shock

of losing someone as close to you as a brother, and one so close

to you in age.

Regarding your fear of the same thing happening to you, approach it rationally.

I used to rock climb and as long as I knew my protection was in

place and in good condition, I was willing to go forward and make a move.

Understanding that your brother was "stressed and angry" is very, very

important. These stressors create plaque in the arteries. To eat when we are

stressed creates more cholesterol. It is better to not eat all than

to eat when we are stressed or angry (or because we are stressed or angry). Do

you have some of the same history? Ask that hard question. Go get

yourself checked out by western doctor to eliminate from your mind any doubts

from the modern perspective.

Do the yoga, get to the seed thoughts that give rise to the tension and then

do the emotional work that comes up. Chanting is so powerful

afterward. Get to a feeling of "rightness" with it. Allow a celebration to

happen. Resonate! (If you need outside help, Bioenergetic Gestalt

therapy is a life-saver for those with angina or tendencies toward it, and is

real good for fully fleshing out the Kundalini experience).

Sa Ta Na Ma is real good, keep doing that.

In closing, Yogiji has said (and you had better believe it), when we rise in the

Amrit Vela (3 - 6am) we are challenging the fear of death. You

ever wonder why it is so hard to get up at that time? That's why. Sleep debt is

only a small part of the reluctance to arise. Doing your practice

consistently at that time, over time, will eliminate the majority of your fear.

Sat Nam,

Dharam

 

"The reason that you do not uproot fear is that you have made one very important

mistake. You think that fear has more than one root and that if

you pull all of them out, you will come to a state in which you have no fear.

But if you are being realistic, you will see that you have

programmed yourself against such success, because in all honesty you know that

some day you will have to face the ultimate fear, which is the fear

of death. Do what you will about the problems between this moment and the moment

of your death, but that point must come. Those of you who have

worked deeply with the awareness of an oncoming death situation realize that the

fear can be overcome. But those of you who have not, I can assure

you that death will come to you in its own time. So I suggest that instead of

taking small measures of expediency to remove fear in small

increments, we make a broad and sweeping statement about fear, and so see it in

its own raw awareness, and dispense with it once and for all."

 

 

Graham Robert Crabb (anne Marie) wrote:

 

> Dear Dharam,

> Thank you for your insight, it made a lot of sense to me.

 

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> "OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY"

> - Yogi Bhajan