maintaining one's equilibrium when confronted by disagreeable people

[Guest guest]

Yes, YB said something like, " Remember the other person is you " , but

does anyone have a practical suggestion for dealing with someone with

an extraordinarily negative attitude, projections, and delusions? You

can't choose your relatives- is there a protective mantra that anyone

in the group has had success with?

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam, All,I have been reading the posts about the re subject and I just have to add a second "waheguru' to the suggestion of Kirtan Kriya.A more advanced member of this group emailed me a while back and suggested i do Kirtan Kriya for 31 minutes a day to change up the energy between my sibling and I who are roommates after so many years after having been raised together when kids. He would come in from carousing the bars and doing the woman thing and have all this sticky energy and I feft as if I were swimming in it. I would cringe when I would feel his energy five minutes before coming home. In the mornings, I couldn't do my meditations because it bothered HIM while he slept late, snored, and then had to get up and drink coffee for an hour before any kind of a good mood would settle in. I was through praying for him ; I was

through with him.Then I took our friend's suggestion of Kirtan Kriya and I simply did it because It was suggested by a wise person that I do so. I did it without thinking of trying to change my sibling, but just of doing it to connect with the Divine.Happy to say that it is now more than a year later and we are happy, compatible roommates. All of my above complaints simply worked themselves out and I have been see ing my sibling for the sensitive, caring person that he is.I do Kirtan Kriya daily now -- and while some may say the name of God is Jehovah or allah or Krishna, those work for me but so too does Sa ta Na Ma.Yay! in love, sunder kaur - mpls.

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam, All

Thanks for the great suggestions you generously shared with me, some

of which were emailed directly rather than appearing here. They have

definitely helped me with my composure. I have yet to put more effort

into kirtan kriya; it's one I haven't done regularly, but I will. One

that is particularly helpful is ra ma da sa sa say so hung on both the

inhale and exhale with sitali breath. It's been great for cooling

longstanding anger, even better than the anger kriyas I've tried.

Families! It's so much easier to get along with people you don't know!