Guest guest Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Sat Dev Suroop Kaur (which one?), When I hear what Yogiji had written to you in response to your question, I hear "do it until you drop". Do it so completely and with such trust that all your fears and sorrows and angers are poked, experienced and then dropped from this very high place within your self. At this point your ego expands and merges with the infinite, and YOU become Infinite. It takes a lot of inspiration to bring this much heart to a practice. Sangat can be a great support. Without that inspiration, though, I think *it might* be far better to miss a day to "process" and listen to your humanity than to push forward robotically, and ignore the emotional work completely. Sometimes we simply lose heart and it would be good to "check in" with your heart. It is true that as old traumas are reopened as we open our breath and heart focus to them that we now have this actual responsibility to fully let it go. Cry it out, freak out, whatever. It's now there in front of you to finally acknowledge completely and drop. It will gone forever. I see the image of a small running around a playground who falls, skins his knee and cries really loud, sobbing. Five minutes you look around and he/she is back at the same activity as before. Totally open and beautiful again. The pain, like the rain, came and went.....and now the sun is shining again. Innocence has returned. Gotta run. All Blessings. Dharam Singh Millis, MA dobromatic wrote: Sat Nam Sarbjot Kaur, I had this happen in a 90 day meditation many years ago. I missed the 89th day. My husband and I had gone out for a hike, I was totally wiped out and fell asleep. I woke up the next morning and experienced something like what you describe below (although not 500 days in!!). I actually wrote the Siri Singh Sahib/Yogi Bhajan about it and asked him what I should do. He said "Start over and do it honestly. Report back to me when you have completed it.". Yogi Bhajan often said different things to different people at various times. So, Dharam gave the input below from what he had heard (start back up within 72 hours). What he conveyed below is definitely a great attitude. All I ever heard directly about missing a day is what was personally communicated to me by Yogi Bhajan when I missed a day. So...in your best consciousness, take it all in and go with it! Blessings, Dev Suroop Kaur Kundalini-Yoga , D h a r a m <pran.108 wrote: Sat Nam Sarbjot Kaur, Kinda late in my input to your question but someone will benefit from this info. I have heard from a very, very reliable Yogiji source that as long as you pick it back up again within 72 hours the energy is still with you and you're fine. Now don't everyone go out and start blowing off their routines for 71 hours. It's your sincerity to the effort, willingness to process whatever comes up and the discipline to then integrate the new found openings into your day to day consciousness that matter much more than that 1,000 day figure. Keep you heart open! Sat Nam, Dharam Millis, MA claire hallereau wrote: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 27, 2007 Report Share Posted March 27, 2007 Sat Nam Dharam Singh, It's Dev Suroop Kaur from Espanola...musician, Fbks, Akal. Is it you from Fbks as well? Read your post...and it really comes down to intention. There are specific effects of doing a 40, 90, 120, 1000 day meditation. If your intention is to experience those particular effects, then do the practice unbroken...and start over if you miss a day (daunting proposition, yes, for our dear sister who missed day 500 of a 1000 day meditation). The approach you mention below -- giving yourself the space to process, etc. -- is a different approach. Certainly, I'm doing various practices all the time and not all are of the 40, 90, 120, 1000 day variety. And just as you describe below, that's a very valid and important part of my practice and path through life. So, in terms of 'missing a day', it depends upon intention. If you're going for the benefit of that particular time frame, my understanding from the training of the Master is that you do the practice unbroken. Blessings...Dev Suroop Kaur Kundalini-Yoga , D h a r a m <pran.108 wrote: > > Sat Dev Suroop Kaur (which one?), > When I hear what Yogiji had written to you in response to your > question, I hear " do it until you drop " . Do it so completely and with > such trust that all your fears and sorrows and angers are poked, > experienced and then dropped from this very high place within your self. > At this point your ego expands and merges with the infinite, and YOU > become Infinite. It takes a lot of inspiration to bring this much heart > to a practice. Sangat can be a great support. > Without that inspiration, though, I think *it might* be far better to > miss a day to " process " and listen to your humanity than to push forward > robotically, and ignore the emotional work completely. Sometimes we > simply lose heart and it would be good to " check in " with your heart. It > is true that as old traumas are reopened as we open our breath and heart > focus to them that we now have this actual responsibility to fully let > it go. Cry it out, freak out, whatever. It's now there in front of you > to finally acknowledge completely and drop. It will gone forever. I see > the image of a small running around a playground who falls, skins his > knee and cries really loud, sobbing. Five minutes you look around and > he/she is back at the same activity as before. Totally open and > beautiful again. The pain, like the rain, came and went.....and now the > sun is shining again. Innocence has returned. > > Gotta run. > All Blessings. > Dharam Singh > Millis, MA > > > > dobromatic wrote: > > >Sat Nam Sarbjot Kaur, > > > >I had this happen in a 90 day meditation many years ago. I missed > >the 89th day. My husband and I had gone out for a hike, I was > >totally wiped out and fell asleep. I woke up the next morning and > >experienced something like what you describe below (although not 500 > >days in!!). I actually wrote the Siri Singh Sahib/Yogi Bhajan about > >it and asked him what I should do. He said " Start over and do it > >honestly. Report back to me when you have completed it. " . Yogi > >Bhajan often said different things to different people at various > >times. So, Dharam gave the input below from what he had heard (start > >back up within 72 hours). What he conveyed below is definitely a > >great attitude. All I ever heard directly about missing a day is > >what was personally communicated to me by Yogi Bhajan when I missed a > >day. So...in your best consciousness, take it all in and go with it! > > > >Blessings, > > > >Dev Suroop Kaur > > > >Kundalini-Yoga , D h a r a m <pran.108@> > >wrote: > > > > > >>Sat Nam Sarbjot Kaur, > >> Kinda late in my input to your question but someone will benefit > >> > >> > >from > > > > > >>this info. I have heard from a very, very reliable Yogiji source > >> > >> > >that as > > > > > >>long as you pick it back up again within 72 hours the energy is > >> > >> > >still > > > > > >>with you and you're fine. Now don't everyone go out and start > >> > >> > >blowing > > > > > >>off their routines for 71 hours. > >>It's your sincerity to the effort, willingness to process whatever > >> > >> > >comes > > > > > >>up and the discipline to then integrate the new found openings into > >> > >> > >your > > > > > >>day to day consciousness that matter much more than that 1,000 day > >> > >> > >figure. > > > > > >>Keep you heart open! > >>Sat Nam, > >>Dharam > >>Millis, MA > >> > >>claire hallereau wrote: > >> > >> > > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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