Shakti Pad...

[Guest guest]

He..he.. You wanna make Yogi Bhajan smile? ask him for a Soft and "Gentle" Kriya

:-)

 

humbly

dev

 

 

[Guest guest]

Ditto. You're doing well.

Ardas Bhaee is your rowboat across the "World Ocean" of Maya. What is Maya?

"Maya is the Dream, Stuff is made of" (yeah, you can put that on a

tee-shirt. Royalties go to Guruka Singh in N.M.)

Shakti Pad can also be addressed with the below meditation.

The full and permanent effect of your practice can be realized through

your intention and eye position. (see posts from 2 days ago). Put your

heart into it. Understand your Karmic challenges through Tantric

Numerology ( http://www.sahej.com/Tantric_Numerology.html )

All the Zest!

Dharam Singh

Millis, MA

 

Dev Saroop wrote:

 

> Wake up that Dormant Energy with "Sat Kriya ".. your on the right

> path, Guru Inder Kaur...

> http://tinyurl.com/cq2w9

>

> humbly

> dev saroop

 

 

 

THE COMPLETE ADI MANTRA

FOR INDIVIDUAL MEDITATION

 

To center yourself before a set of Kundalini Yoga we chant the Adi

Mantra 3 -

5 times. Adi means the first or primal; Mantra is the creative projection of

the mind through sound. This mantra is the first creative action. It centers

you into the higher self and reminds your

lower minds that it is not your ego that will practice or teach Kundalini

Yoga. Technically it is the linking mantra for the Golden Chain. The golden

chain

is the inner spark of Kundalini that is passed person to person; teacher to

student; guru to teacher; cosmos and God to

guru. By chanting this and linking, the exercises and meditations that you

practice are guided by your higher consciousness and all the teachers

that have

brought this opportunity to you. It makes you very receptive and

sensitive to

the messages of your body, mind, and

intuition. HOWEVER, it is only to be used as a link when you are to

teach. It

is not like an individual mantra which is complete in itself. It is a hook

that creates a flow which you serve. If your need is spiritual linkage and

guidance then there is another form that is used:

the complete Adi Mantra.

 

The complete individual form of the mantra immerses you in awareness and

guidance for your personal situation. It establishes a guiding beam

between you

in

your immediate state and your higher consciousness thet is true through all

states. It is very useful if you are entering Shakti Pad in Kundalini

Yoga. It

is also excellent as a means to gain

perspective and direction. Yogi Bhajan explained this when he said, "Use

this

mantra in its

complete form anytime you have a lack of faith or any similar thing: Many of

you will enter Shakti Pad, or you are in it, this mantra will help: With the

grace of Guru Ram Das, when this mantra is chanted five times on one breath,

the total spiritual knowledge of all teachers who have ever existed or

who will

ever exist on this earth is beseated in that person."

 

HOW TO RECITE:

Sit in an easy pose with your spine erect. Bring both palms in front of the

heart center of the chest facing upward. Touch the sides of the palms

along the

little fingers and sides of the hands, as if you will receive something in

them. Form Gian mudra in each hand by gently

touching the tip of the first finger to the tip of the thumb.Focus your eyes

on the tip of the nose. Inhale deeply and chant the words as you exhale.

Chant

the entire mantra three to five times on one breath. Keep the number of

repetitions per breath constant. The sound Dev is chanted a minor third

higher

than

the other sounds. The sound of devaa carries slightly on the 'aa' sound.

 

THE MANTRA:

ONG NAMO GURU DEV NAMO

GURU DEV NAMO GURU DEVAA

 

* to listen to an audio clip of it,

http://www.sahej.com/Adi-mantra_long-form.ram

 

Continue 11 to 31 minutes for a powerful meditation and guidance. Yogi

Bhajan

did not restrict longer periods of practice if you desire it.

 

The sound of Ong is created in the inner chambers of the sinuses and upper

palate. It is the "ng" sound that is emphasized. The first part of Namo

is short

 

and rhymes with "hum". The first' syllable of the word Guru is pronounced as

in the word, "good." The second syllable, "ru", has a sound that rhymes with

the word "true." The word Dev rhymes with "save." The aa in Devaa is chanted

with the mouth open and the sound vibrating as ah from an open throat.

 

THE MEANING:

Ong is the creative energy of the total cosmos and consciousness of the

creator as experienced in this creation. It has the connotation of

energy and

activity. It creates involvement without attachment. It generates

shakti, the

generative force of life. Note that the sound is not Om. That sound is for

withdrawal and relaxation.

 

Namo means to bow to or to call on. The connotation is one of respect and

receptivity. It is the type of bowing that grants dignity through

acknowledging

a

higher consciousness and discipline.

Ong Namo calls on your consciousness to become subtle and receptive to its

own higher resources. It instructs the conscious and the subconscious to

let go

of the normal restrictions to functioning that is imposed by our limited

ego.

Guru means wisdom or teacher. It does not mean a personality. It refers to a

source of the knowledge. Not just any knowledge. It is the kind of knowledge

which transforms you, that alleviates pain and that increases your

awareness.

Guru in the spiritual context is the embodiment of the

infinite. The word can be broken into parts: Gu means darkness or ignorance;

ru means light or knowledge; Gur means a formula to systematically attain a

goal; so a guru is something which can give you a gur to transform your

gu to

ru!

Dev means subtle, etheric, divine or belonging to the realms of God. It

implies sophistication and wisdom.

 

Guru Dev Namo calls on the subtle wisdom that guides you in an impersonally

personal manner It is a wisdom that is stored and transmitted through the

subtle and radiant bodies of the aura. It is the realm and guidance of

Guru Ram

Das.

 

If the limited individual ego in which we normally live is a small pond,

then

Ong Namo release us into a vast and endless ocean. Guru Dev Namo gives

us the

experience of the wisest seer and all of his charts to guide us to the many

ports we are to serve and experience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

First acknowledge where you are.

 

 

 

Whenever you practice a yogic exercise you go through difficulties and joy

and pain and boredom and whatever else until

 

Sometimes you might find a deep freeing, a deep release.

 

But otherwise you keep on going and try to be as mindful as you can on how

your body-mind is responding to the exercise.

 

Now treat your whole practice as an exercise. How is your body-mind

responding to it right now? Be mindful, boredom is just a state of

 

not being mindful. What is the color and feel and quality of this resistance

you encounter. Be curious!

 

 

 

Blessings,

 

Awtar Singh

 

Rochester, NY