First Shaktipat - Dan / Ordinary Sparrow /

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Namaste Sparrow,

I am usually quite receptive but I think in this my cup is full and when u see

water flowing i think it might be more of what i need to empty the cup and let

the water flow out of it to be more receptive for something new.

 

" I am going to grasp " simply wont happen. I know it inside me already. Its like

sand, the more i close my fist arnd it the more it slips out of it. This is a

time of great confusion for me.

 

I just recently got an offer for a new job. I do night shifts and they keep

rotating monthly which never gives me time to setup a regular and effective

practise. As sson as my body adjusts to a new shift its almost time for a

change. This is of course killing me biologically since I work against the

Circadian cycle and could be detrimental to my growth. However on the First day

of the Shaktipat which was also coincidentally a day called " Nirjala Ekadashi "

roughly translated it means " Pure Water First Day of New Moon " and is a day when

sweet water is offered to all Thirsty people. This also being the hottest and

longest day so people setup tents along the roadside and in the burning sun

offer cold sweetened water to people travelling. This is also done by the Sikhs

on the Martyrdom day of Guru Teg Bahadur as well which is a few dasy prior to

Nirjala Ekadashi.

 

Anyway as I said with my night job and rotating shifts I hardly get anytime for

myself and on the day of the Shaktipat i get an offer to change jobs. Its a

quickfire offer and doesnt give me time to think or react. By the time the

interviews are over and i am almost selected and might possibly join in abt

10-15 days time. This is a Daytime shift, almost static timings but is 6 days a

week work rather than 5 days. I am not sure if this was destiny bringing this

change in my life so that i have time to now setup a regular practise and maybe

with it comes the growth i am looking at. It doesnt appear to be a coincidence.

The strange part is that i am not going to earn or lose anything monetarily

since its the same pay packet i am getting now but this job would alter my

lifestyle which is something I guess i do want. I am nervous and a little

skeptical with the change but i guess change does that to you and i am sure its

going to be good for me.

 

 

Being a girl for a week sound sfabulous except that in my present state of mind

wherein i have not even learnt to be fully male yet could be difficult. At the

moment I am learning to just float free of my male egoism and just 'BE', not

male or female. As my ego dies the feminine part automatically becomes more

pronounced i suppose. The hardiness of the male or Yang is always compensated by

the maleability or flowingness of the Feminine or Yin. I will certainly attempt

to look at things from a female prespective :-)

 

Love Dan

 

 

, " ordinarysparrow "

<ordinarysparrow wrote:

>

> Namaste

>

> dear Dan

>

> confusion. . . " i don't know " are three of the most Holy Words. . .this

> is great progress. . .

>

> each time i read one of your post there is a word that leaps out to me.

> . .and that word is, Receptive. . .

>

> i cannot know what that means for you, but could you consider allowing

> that word to play in your awareness?. . .i think last week with the

> image of water and the Tao Te Ching lying along side the writing of your

> teachers of the Sikh was indicating the same energetic, for the Tao Te

> Ching is the most feminine of sacred text. . .Receptive. . .the female

> part of you that opens your hand and experiences the emptiness and

> realizes that that is true nature---emptiness---- then one experiences

> the paradox that never fails: when we are truly empty the entire

> Universe of the Divine rushes in to fill the void. . . it seems to me

> that all the spiritual practice is to bring this truth. . .there is a

> huge energetic difference between i am going to grasp and get something

> and i am going to open and receive. . .one is hard and the other is

> soft. . .for one week dear friend practice being a girl might be a most

> interesting exploration?

>

> just my 2 cents worth and please disregard if it does not fit you dear

> brother. . .K Ma will show the way this is trust. .

>

> honor and peace

> sparrow

>

>

>

>

> , " Om "

> <mysticaldan@> wrote:

> >

> > So is it that I do not want the K to awaken or at a subconcious level

> it should not happen?

> >

> > Yes my preparation might not be at peak level so is that what did not

> cause anything to happen? I am confused. Is that this path is not for me

> or is it what circumstances are tryin to tell me?

> >

> > Confused

> > Dan

> >

> >

> > , " chrism "

> @ wrote:

> > >

> > > " Based upon your practice " my friend allow for a " state of

> reflection " between what you " want " to have occur and what " is "

> occurring and how you have " prepared " for these to happen. There is no

> accident here. Please recite the Goddess mantra as much as you can, in

> addition to the other Shaktipat exercises, always in groups of three. -

> blessings Dan! - chrism

> > >

> > >

> > > , " Om "

> <mysticaldan@> wrote:

> > > >

> > > > Hi Chrism,

> > > > The safeties were a bit sketchy at first

> > >

> >

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