Mastery of consciousness and Life force

April 19, 2003

Dear Sat Sangreet,

Life force and consciousness are 2 aspects of the same coin. Another is being.

It's like saying water is wet, clear and fluid. It's still water. Distinctions

are made to give varied perspectives some meaning, but, as you see, we get

caught into the varied views, as though they relate to something distinct, when

it is just the same thing. You may have heard the story about the blind men and

the elephant, each describing from their position around the element what an

elephant is. Same thing.

Consciousness is the field or screen in which the gross, subtle and spiritual

appear. Again these 3 aspects of what appears in consciousness are not

distinct. It's like the foundation, the internal structure and facade of a

building, which are all, nevertheless, one building in which the apparent

aspects or parts cannot be by themselves. The foundation itself is grounded in

the vastness of the earth / planet. this vastness which we can liken to

consciousness.

That which fills the body is consciousness, which we feel and call by the name

of life force. This is all bound together by what we call Being, which is the

sense of identity to the appearing images within consciousness.

The seat of this being / consciousness from which emanates the intelligent life

force, is in the heart, 2 digits to the right of the sternum, where we point

when we say "I." The three states, waking dreaming and deep sleep, appear in

the forth, yogis call Turya, which is the field or screen of self-effulgent

consciousness. When the mind becomes still, the reflected consciousness in the

brain inverts and reflects the all-pervasive Self in the Heart.

As the mind begins to become single and pervasive, pulsing with the impalpable

sensation of "I as I," the whole body begins to fill with light. The chakras

open upwards, and energy flows downward from the crown. As there is a demand

within the body for a chemical electric balance to be maintained in relation to

the expanding awareness of the ever present consciousness that lights us all,

bindu transforms to ojas, the glands secrete and the base of the spine opens

allowing the passage of this chemical electric substance to flow up to the brain

to sustain the increasing energy levels.

In the practice of kundalini yoga, as taught by Yogi Bhajan, we simply apply

this awareness towards the single watching of the positions and movements of the

body in conjunction with the breathing, with the result that over a relatively

short period of time, all the nerves, glands, organs and related plexuses

(chakras), fill with and store prana. You begin to feel a sense of solidness

like a steel, as the body becomes like a tuning fork that will resonate with the

slightest impact of sound. Another way to look at this is that with the filling

of the body with prana from the kriyas, sets and meditations, it is like the

tuning of guitar strings, only in the body, there are 72,000 main vibratory

strings, with the main ones being the ida and pingala and sushumna between along

the spine (the silver cord), the gold cord between the brow point and crown, and

the atma nadi between the crown and the Heart Center (the One Star) - not to be

confused with the anahata chakra.

When mantra is added to the process, the 72,000 strings begin to resonate and

the vibration increases in the sushumna. Suddenly, the awareness of the inner

vibration of the life force resounds. When attention to any sound and sensation

disengages altogether and you abide in the Heart as the seer only, your computer

is perfectly linked to the universal Computer. Inside and outside vanish, "and

life in true faith is possible..."

This Hearty Center is called the One Star (Ik Tar) because it has a

gravitational aspect of sucking in everything, which is the feeling of being

around which we build the idea of an identity. When the mind becomes still,

this feeling of identity pulses as "I" without any attention to and "I this." or

"I that." Its other aspect is that of pervasive light through which all the

lenses of the mind (the chakras) are able to provide aspects of perception.

But when at some time the mind inverts and reflects the Heart purely, the moon

of the mind and all its lenses have little use, because the sun in the Heart has

risen. In Christianity, it is called the "Resurrection unto Eternal Life,"

which Christ told the Apostles, is a Commandment that he should pass onto them.

What does this mean It means that as long as we use the mind to see, we have a

waxing and waning perception of who we are, of life and reality. But when the

sun in the Heart awakens, recollected as our true identity, then the moon of the

mind is no longer necessary to seen, similar to the analogy of seeing a full

moon in the clear blue sky, after the sun rises. In fact yogis say that we only

seem to use the mind to see, and we only seem to experience duality of a subject

and object, a person with a body and thoughts and impressions about a separate

world and apparently others in such a world. In Reality, there is no duality.

As soon as the pulsing of the Self in the Heart is felt, this non-dual nature of

your True Identity, becomes apparent. The whole body (gross, subtle, spiritual)

resonates with this single pulsation and experience of pervasiveness.

In Kundalini Yoga, all this happens of its own accord. All that is required is

to keep up. The Japji refers to these aspects of hearing, remembrance and

abiding, as do all religions. This Hearing - all hearing, originates in the

Heart. or this reason, all religions say that the highest Temple is the Heart.

practice and always remember who and what you really are, and the recollection

of That will begin to dawn on you and overtake all other images, as though you

are coming out of an amnesia. "well in God and befriend your soul." Yogi

Bhajan.

Pieter

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Saturday, April 19, 2003 7:11 PM

Kundalini Yoga Digest Number 1514

Message: 7

Fri, 18 Apr 2003 18:20:07 -0000

"satsangeetkaur" <satsangeetkaur

Mastery of consciousness and Life force

My question is about mastery...in particular, mastery of the Life

force and mastery of consciousness.

Sat Sangeet

April 19, 2003

Sat Nam Ya'll,

I think we master the Life force when we master ourselves.

satsangeetkaur [satsangeetkaur]

Friday, April 18, 2003 1:20 PM

Kundaliniyoga

Kundalini Yoga Mastery of consciousness and Life force

Greetings All...part 2!

My question is about mastery...in particular, mastery of the Life

force and mastery of consciousness.

I woke up this morning remembering something from 13 years ago. I

had mentioned before that I had "accidentally" gone to see a Shaman

once. By accident, all I mean is, I didn't know he was a Shaman at

the time, somebody told me to go see him and I just kinda went...I

didn't really understand what went on while I was there, but I felt

better after I had left.

Now having had some KY experience, I can put into perspective, what

it is that went on...and what I remembered this morning, as I was

waking up, was that, he did this procedure as I sat in a chair, and

the end result, was that my kundalini energy had been raised.

Now I'm not trying to begin a discussion on how to raise the

kundalini energy out side of practices taught by Yogi Bhajan...what

it got me to wondering about was...How is it that one individual can

raise the kundalini of another? Is this mastery of the Life Force?

What are the ingredients in this situation? I asked earlier this

month... how can one master the life force without having mastered

consciousness first? The answers I received, did not describe

mastery, in my view...they described what the outcome is when the

energy begins to raise and one is still quite neurotic and not

consciously working with what is arising for them.

So it leaves me wondering...is mastery of the life force a result of

mastering consciousness? When I think about the Life Force or

prana...I think of it as being the "God Force"...so how does one

master that without, mastering (God) consciousness?

(not to be presumptuous, that we could master God consciousness, in

the human form...but you see where I am going with this).

Or maybe my question is...how does one master the Life force? (if it

is something outside of mastering consciousness?)

So within Kundalini yoga, am I right to assume that one can master

just parts of it? To me that doesn't seem like mastery...because

there are still parts that are not mastered then...?

...But I realize with all of this I have a way of thinking "too big"

at times....I can see in order to master all...it's a process of

mastering all the parts first...and one has to be in the process

they are currently in...and there is not much point in looking too

far down the road, I guess!! Ha ha!

So I think what I want to understand is...when someone has mastered

the life force...what does that look like in their day to day

experience... so that I can contrast that with how mastering

consciousness looks like, in order to have a deeper understanding.

Thanks,

Sat Sangeet

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April 20, 2003

Hi Sat Sangeet,

I think I understand your question. And this question can be

answered by looking at it from the Ten Bodies perspective (Akar

Numerology), there is a flow and progression. Simply put, when we master

the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th bodies, the Negative, Positive and Neutral Minds,

we are automatically given mastery of the Eighth Body, the Pranic Body.

To break it down a bit (but not completely) first we have to trust that

if there is a tension in our mind (Negative or Positive), there will be

a tension in our body and breath and that's true for the inverse. This

mind/body tension is needs at-tention and resolution before we can flow.

When we able to simply listen to the Negative and Positive Minds, and

what these bodies are saying, rather than BEING it, we are beginning to

operate from the Neutral Mind, the Heart. Having established that

relationship and if we are able to fully be there, we will be given the

key to the Eighth Body, The Pranic body. Prana is the Life Force.

Fearlessness, Healing, Music, Power, Purity, Innocense, Playfulness

(watch some comedians) are all qualities of the Eighth Body. If we can

have mastery of the Pranic Body, we can contain. It is something that

just happens as a result of mastering the mind. For more elaboration on

this go to www.3HO.org and plug in different birthdays to see what the

script gives back or....... buy the Book (there are several).

Sat Nam,

Dharam

satsangeetkaur wrote:

> Greetings All...part 2!

>

> Or maybe my question is...how does one master the Life force? (if it

> is something outside of mastering consciousness?)

>

> So within Kundalini yoga, am I right to assume that one can master

> just parts of it? To me that doesn't seem like mastery...because

> there are still parts that are not mastered then...?

>

> ...But I realize with all of this I have a way of thinking "too big"

> at times....I can see in order to master all...it's a process of

> mastering all the parts first...and one has to be in the process

> they are currently in...and there is not much point in looking too

> far down the road, I guess!! Ha ha!

>

> So I think what I want to understand is...when someone has mastered

> the life force...what does that look like in their day to day

> experience... so that I can contrast that with how mastering

> consciousness looks like, in order to have a deeper understanding.

>

> Thanks,

> Sat Sangeet

April 22, 2003

Sat Nam Dharam,

I'm still chewing on this info you gave me....so you are saying mastery of the

negative, positive and neutral mind = mastery of the pranic body which = mastery

of the life force? The question that arises for me is...if you have the

neutral mind mastered...why would you ever act out of accordance with it? The

neutral mind will give you the most promoting option for everyone involved, in

every situation and if you have it mastered...why would one ever choose, not to

follow it's advice?

I'm trying to understand how one could have mastery of the life force and then

abuse it, misuse or distort it? If the heart is open and intact...how could

that happen?

I feel like I'm missing a piece of the puzzle? Something isn't clicking for me?

Sat Sangeet

Dharam Singh <dharam wrote:Hi Sat Sangeet,