Yogi Bhajan

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I am just wondering, why does Yogi Bhajan need kidney transplant if

he is a yogi? After all, shouldn't he be healthy with all the cold

showers he has been taking? Not that I have anything against cold

showers, I have found them refreshing and really good for my body.

But it's just a thing that's been puzzling me.

 

Sat Nam,

Jun

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam Jun,

 

I'm sure someone out there can give you more details about Yogi

Bhajan in particular than I. But the short answer not knowing Yogi

Bhajan personnally is that gurus often take on some of their

student's Karma to help them on their path. The taking on of this

Karma often works itself out physically in the guru's body. Yogi

Bhajan has worked with a lot of recovering drug users and sex junkies

this kind of abuse does harm the lower chakras and the kidneys in

particular. I have heard allegations that Yogi Bhajan himself has

had many women, but I do not know how much if any truth there is to

this.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Sat Nam,

RaMa Kaur

[Guest guest]

There was a story in the Boston newspapers years ago of a mother who

through her children from the roof of the building she lived in. She was

operating under the understanding that the building was on fire and that

the only way to save her children was to throw them from the roof.

The subconscious mind can be incredibly powerful. She thoroughly

believed that fire was real . She could feel the heat, the choking from

the smoke, everything! Her fear of danger coming to her children was so

great that she did what she believed to be right.

I believe she won her insanity case and is now in a hospital, somewhere.

(a real must is to see/rent Peter Weir's "Picnic at Hanging Rock" from

1978. What an insight into what the Kundalini can do, without a discipline)

 

 

I don't know of any more than one allegation and that person, after

leaving 'the Dharma" for a few years, returned and ended up hanging

around again for a short period. She is out there somewhere not too far

away. That said, who can know if anything really happened? Sex and

sexual energy is like that. Sex, for many, is a form of love expression

and it can come from the heart, whether it is deemed appropriate or not.

Part of taking on the Karma of another is the real chance that one

will be in that person's head. (anybody married out there?) It is real

hard to be completely in the clear when a person's psyche begins to

crack wide open. It's a very painful process. You ever wonder why

dentists have some of the highest rates of suicide? That is for two

reasons, in my mind. The first is that a lot of people lock the true

expression of their pain in their jaw muscles and mouth. By the way,

this is a real good area for you body workers if you have the courage

and skill to deal with what comes up. Many of us deal from our head and

avoid confronting the deeper, organic issues proposed by having a body.

Make sure when you chant that you enunciate well the syllables of the

mantra.

The second reason, and this dovetails very well with the first, is that

the dentist is actually causing new pain, which only serves to resonate

with the already existing emotional, psychological pain of being a human.

Being a dentist means being hated. You better have a discipline for

clearing yourself if you're a dentist or a spiritual master.

We as teachers of Kundalini especially need to do our Sadhana.

Gotta run,

Dharam Singh

 

(his from the Teacher Training Notebook)

Question: He doesn't consider himself an expert yogi. He just mentioned

that he heard Kundalini Yoga is a very dangerous type of yoga. Could you

explain a little more?

Answer. Ask him why he is practicing all the Hatha Yoga Postures. What

is the purpose of Hatha yoga? The purpose of Hatha Yoga is to raise the

awareness. It is a technology to bring the apana and prana, the moon and

sun powers, together to raise the consciousness through the central

equilibrium line. In other words, its stated aim is to raise the

Kundalini. That is the purpose of Hatha Yoga. The problem is that it

takes about 22 years to raise it that way, even with perfect practice.

That is the long method. The difference from Kundalini yoga is only a

matter of time and rate of progress. The purpose of the two approaches

is the same.

 

Teaching Hatha Yoga and Kundalini Yoga is very different. First of all,

it is difficult to teach Kundalini Yoga. A teacher who does not have a

beam of energy within himself cannot teach it. That is the first

fundamental. You have to be aware within your consciousness. Kundalini

yoga raises awareness, as does Hatha Yoga, but it is direct, quick, and

a perfect practice for the pace, of a modern household. As a teacher of

Kundalini yoga, you should be established at a certain steady level of

consciousness to pull all the people up to that level. If you do not

have that link of consciousness, the golden link, and the spark of

awareness, then you can only instruct in darkness. That is the real problem.

 

You could come and I could give you a bunch of powerful and elegant

exercises. You would feel good. However, when I then talk about life and

humanity and the total sum of existence and consciousness, you have to

feel that magnetism come out of me. My reality and confirmed

consciousness must be present to act as a guide and compass. If I can't

give you that, there is nothing to pull you to that new level. Kundalini

yoga is the master science of experience and awareness. It is a

transmission of consciousness from person to person. It is a Raj Yoga

that awakens you inside. That is the basic difference between Hatha and

Kundalini yoga.

 

This talk of danger sometimes becomes the biggest danger and a big

problem. The only danger is when you use something external and

artificial, like a drug and force it into you. Think of Kundalini in a

different way. In Reality there is a God. He uncoils himself, opens

himself up. This uncoiling process or manifestation process is known as

Kundalini. What can be dangerous about it? The Kundalini that is going

to be uncoiled in you is already in you and part of you. It is an

unlimited power that is the essence of your consciousness. It is going

to uncoil in you. Your system is already built to contain the energy of

Kundalini. It is a normal capacity that you simply are not utilizing. If

you start utilizing that energy, where is the danger?

 

 

Question: You seem to be unique among the yogis and swamis I have heard

talk Very few say anything openly, without initiation, about Kundalini

and most are very cautious about it. Why do you seem so different?

 

 

 

 

MandyPan97 wrote:

 

> Sat Nam Jun,

>

> I'm sure someone out there can give you more details about Yogi

> Bhajan in particular than I. But the short answer not knowing Yogi

> Bhajan personally is that gurus often take on some of their

> student's Karma to help them on their path. The taking on of this

> Karma often works itself out physically in the guru's body. Yogi

> Bhajan has worked with a lot of recovering drug users and sex junkies

> this kind of abuse does harm the lower chakras and the kidneys in

> particular. I have heard allegations that Yogi Bhajan himself has

> had many women, but I do not know how much if any truth there is to

> this.

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> Sat Nam,

> RaMa Kaur

>

>

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam,

 

Nabil, thank you for your letter.

 

FYI, While playing soccer when he was a young man, a ball hit Yogi Bhajan in

the kidney. He has been living with one working kidney for all these years.

 

No spiritual path is about the teacher. It is about ourselves. We are most

fortunate when we have a teacher who can give us some hints on how to navigate

our hurman journey. The wise ones listen carefully and use the technology.

 

My observation is that issues around a spiritual teacher are often really our

own personal parent -- mother, father issues. Again it is about us, not the

teacher. The more we choose to focus on ourselves, the more we will get in

touch with our personal issues and be able to deal with them. The more we deal

with them, the more free we are to be happy and live a fulfilled life.

 

Years ago Yogi Bhajan told us, "If you miss me when I am gone, you have not

understood anything I have said."

 

 

Sat Nam,

 

Gururattan Kaur

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Jun,

 

firstly,

you give the impression that you are miles away from us.

& that you have never read anything from this great man.

 

secondly,

Yogi Bhajan is not "many" rather, He is "unique",

you owe him respects,

not for what he did to all those blessed to have been on his way,

but because He respects you.

 

thirdly,

this group has got standard,

kindly stick to this standard,

 

Nabil

[Guest guest]

I do not post to this list very often, however, I have been reading this

particular thread. What I comes to mind is something I read about our respective

journeys in this life. The (paraphrased) quote is, "We are spiritual beings

having a human experience".

 

What I remember in reading this most recent thread about Yogi Bhajan is that he

is incarnate as we all are. He is simply passing through another phase in the

physical.

 

Unfortunately, I haven't been able to read much of the Yogi's writings, but I

hope to read more of his writings.

 

Sat Nam,

 

Shawna

 

 

FYI, While playing soccer when he was a young man, a ball hit Yogi Bhajan in

the kidney. He has been living with one working kidney for all these years.

 

Years ago Yogi Bhajan told us, "If you miss me when I am gone, you have not

understood anything I have said."