Phd and academic yogis

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Congrats Dev Atma on your St Johns Great Books masters with honors, facilitated with kundalini yoga. Education would be so much more fruitful for more people if more colleges copied St John's emphasis on the Great Classics, and of course college would be a better place if kundalini yoga was taught at more of these institutions.Phd and academic yogis Posted by: "John Hall"

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johnandersonhall

Wed Jul 9, 2008 1:28 pm (PDT)

sat nam

i am dev atma singh, and i am writing about your post about academic writing and the yogic lifestyle.

i just finished a master's and in the process of writing my thesis i

developed a kind of method for myself that makes the most of both

worlds. it is a pretty particular process, very attuned to myself. but

i figured it couldn't hurt to sketch a little for you.

essentially there are two components: the bindu and the kriya. the

bindu is the point of focus, and the kriya is the action of moving

through the writing process.

for my bindu, beside the subject matter, i remembered a simple fact:

the privilege i have of writing from a place that is not only

heart-centered, but is also securely based there. i found that

remembering this allowed me to see much of what i studied (Lit and

Philosophy) as a groping, via the navel center, for heart-awareness.

this led naturally to the practice, within the kriya of writing my

thesis, to the art of suniaa, or listening. i tried many times to

strategize and plan my paper. and i did stick to my outline for the

most part, but what made my thesis take off was when i found a time of

day to read it over and write. cultivating that space was a sadhana,

and it allowed me to hear through my own words to the stillness and to

allow my action in the navel-centered world to be guided by my heart.

i hope this helps. i know its pretty vague, but like i said, keeping

this in mind allowed me to finish my Master's program with success

(Honors on my thesis defense).

all the best.

wahe guru ji ka khalsa

wahe guru ji ki fateh

dev atma singh