Strong side-effects of Kundalini

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When we start with KY, we expect much in our lives to accelerate. The joy

and buoyancy we feel is supposed to put wind into our wings and strengthen

us for work and the exciting journey ahead. After having given birth, a

woman often experiences a rush of energy. Is this to remodel her home and

do the shopping? No, it surely is a prana reserve to heal her body.

Similarly, when you practice KY the expansion you feel (right from the

start) is the gracious kiss of God to get your vision on track, set your

sights high and mark your goal. I notice this lightness of being can

present as a decoy and simulates one feeling advanced, or may seduce us to

overly esoteric rationale and speak. In my humble experience here is what

happens in the first year or so: Your nose gets rubbed more into your stuff

AND you get a lot of blessings. Yogi Bhajan says: Clear your karmas

gracefully. In the working phases of Saram Pad (welcomings) and Karam Pad

(work to be done) work with a mentor (your yoga teacher): Make sure you

have a strong practice, be(come) a vegetarian, do some cleanses and detoxes

and get your nutrition on track. Be honest with the ¡®wound¡¯, allow it to

present and work with it super-constructively. Teacher Training level I and

White Tantric Yoga courses are wonderful for this time as these programs

deliver so much targeted healing. If not, we may deflect from the wound for

interminable time, wrapping it in esoteric speak. Yogi Bhajan¡¯s charming

expression goes more or less like this: If you put gold leaf or silver leaf

on your doodoo it¡¯s still doodoo, just with gold and silver leaf on it.

Wounds are standard, classic material: rejection, fear, anger, sadness.. We

all have them and hopefully received just the right dose to motivate and

enable us towards the quest. The sacredness of the wound is to identify it

and work deeply to let it go.. At Shakti Pad we reach the impasse between

ego and carrying on being a student of life and spirit. Beyond Shakti Pad,

we get reminders of the past wound as in an old friend calling, it usually

just needs a nod of acknowledgement and a friendly smile.. By the way

(quick commercial break), if you¡¯re around, come for the White Tantric

Yoga and Gurmukh classes in Cape Town, South Africa 31st May/ 1st June and

in Johannesburg 2nd and 3rd June..

¢¾ Pritam Hari K

" Life is a source of happiness; all troubles can be worked out. " Yogi

Bhajan