Japji...The Master's Touch

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam Everyone....

 

I've returned from Summer Solstice and the Japji course...I've been

wanting to say something about the experience...yet, nothing

monumental has come to me, in the last few days that I have been

back home.

 

I would describe the experience as a tapestry cloth, with all

threads weaving together to create one coherent piece in the end,

yet each thread has it's individual hue and unique qualities unto

itself. I journeyed with my dear friend, Ananda Kaur. We both

experienced dramatic shifts over the 18 days we were gone.

 

A few nights before leaving on this journey, my teacher, related

some of his experience with being a student of Yogi Bhajan's. He

described how when in his presence, he would be saturated with the

blessings that flowed from him and would experience a deep inner

calm in the presence of the master. He later described this

as "being a good student"...meaning...when in the presence of a

teacher (whom you want a blessing from), simply open to the

experience and perceive the blessing...as it is always there and

present and only your individual ability to perceive it, that varies.

 

The words..."be a good student" made an impression on me that

evening and stayed with me in the back of my mind.

 

The first day of Japji was very intense, in that myself and Ananda

were experiencing quite a bit of resistance. We had become really

negative/critical of the experience to say the least...as the

tension built, our sense of inner ease disentigrated with every

moment passing. That evening Yogi Bhajan came and lectured us...I

have since developed amnesia regarding what it is he discussed with

us, but obviously, it shifted the energy greatly, because we went

back to our hotel room, and we both had a hysterical

laughing/crying fit and then the next morning arriving at the

course, it felt as if the entire tone of the course had changed.

 

The first presenter of the day had us sing the Mul Mantra...on the

first Eck Ong Kar, I heard the words within me..."why do you resist,

that which you long for so much to experience?" Then I heard my

teacher's words being spoken..."be a good student"....perceive the

blessing in this moment...stop resisting this experience...take your

head covering out of your bag, cover your head and immerse yourself

in this experience...be here now.

 

After this moment, the tide had turned for me, tears began to flow

and the contraction began to open...guidance and understanding began

to fill me, as I surrendered to the experience. I had not been

being "a good student" up until this point.

 

Yogi Bhajan came and spoke to us again that evening, being quite

humorous and gentle with us...as he was preparing to leave I

experienced a moment where time seemed to stand still and looking

into the eyes of the Master I was touched to my essence for a

fleeting moment.

 

I was overcome by a feeling of intense love and compassion for Yogi

Bhajan...and in the next moment, I realized this was "his" state of

consciousness. I realized this state of unconditional, limitless

love and compassion, is what is left over, after we clear all the

crap and "agree" with the God inside. 100% "mainlining" the God

force!

 

I've never felt love so intense before and so "big" (for lack of a

better word). I understood that I had been shown, what

the "possibilities" were in that moment and I also made the leap to

understand, one day, that, all encompassing love that I felt...would

be how I would experience the love of my Soul....Prem.

 

I made the connections, that if I was capable of loving one human

(Yogi Bhajan) in this unconditional manner (even if it was only for

a few seconds!)...then that begins to open the door to loving

another and another and another....until finally, what's the

difference between him, her, you, me ,us, them etc etc. We are all

God and we are all love...let there be no separation between us.

 

Seeing God in all...continued as a major underlying theme in all my

encounters and experiences at solstice...along with a million other

things! Ha ha!

 

I'm sure little tidbits will come to me as time passes and I'll

share anything I believe may be of interest to the group.

 

many blessings of Light to all,

Sat Sangeet Kaur

[Guest guest]

--- satsangeetkaur <satsangeetkaur wrote:

 

Sat Nam Sat Sangeet Kaur,

 

I so enjoyed reading your post on your summer solstice

trip. It lightened my heart and once again gave me

hope.

 

Connie