The universe is rushing in to support you. You have the right stuff. Use it.
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#14 The time is favorable – a time of strength within, clarity and culture without. Power is expressing itself in a graceful and controlled way. This brings supreme success and wealth.
You have become an instrument of Heaven’s will, offering a balance in the world around you. It is not swashbuckling prowess or uncanny talent that qualifies you for this office, but your simplest gifts — your modesty, your compassion, your economy. Because you can see clearly who most needs a miracle, Heaven’s bounty is being put at your disposal.
“If you are not aware for you and aware of you, then your existence will be damaged. If you want to be great, then you will have to feel great and act great. Many people think they have to seek approval. All you have to do is approve of yourself.” Yogi Bhajan
We held a workshop at Yoga West on December 10, 2018. We performed a meditation to identify with only the self, allowing all features of the perceptive field to unify into a coherent internal context that is free of bias and personal prejudice. It is an exercise in merging perception with the reality.
We performed exercises in recognizing the role of contemplation in healing and teaching. As a teaching protocol, we call it consulting the ‘hukam”. Rather than teaching a preplanned topic or meditation with a preconceived goal, the hukam can tell us what wants to be taught. For healing, what wants to be healed and how.
We engaged an exercise where healing partners spoke a statement or question to their partner. Then the other responded to the statement. We repeated the exercise, this time only responding after contemplating the reaction to the original statement and choosing a response modified by the contemplation. Finally, the person hearing the original statement contemplated the reaction until no more reaction was perceived. Then spoke the response.
We then performed healing exercises that employed the use of contemplation in this way.
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We pointed out that this class started out much the same way as last week’s class, but evolved in a very different direction. That’s a result of using the hukam.
You must wait to realize your success. Don’t give up. Follow your chosen path. Don’t skip any steps.
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#46, line 5, #5 Beneath the Soil, the Seedling pushes upward toward the light: To preserve his integrity, the Superior Person contents himself with small gains that eventually lead to great accomplishment. Supreme Success. Have no doubts. Seek guidance from someone you respect. A constant move toward greater clarity will bring reward. You are progressing, rising inch-by-inch toward certain success. What makes this assured is your refusal to tilt headlong toward your goal, slamming into obstacles and going mad with frustration. You have a clear map before you of the steps necessary to reach your objective. With faithful patience and a careful conservation of personal energy and resources, you will run this long, slow distance. When a man is advancing farther and farther, it is important for him not to become intoxicated by success. Precisely when he experiences great success it is necessary to remain sober and not to try to skip any stages; he must go on slowly, step by step, as though hesitant. Only such calm, steady progress, overleaping nothing, leads to the goal.
WAITING is not mere empty hoping. It has the inner certainty of reaching the goal. Such certainty alone gives that light which leads to success. This leads to the perseverance that brings good fortune and bestows power to cross the great water. One is faced with a danger that has to be overcome. Weakness and impatience can do nothing. Only a strong man can stand up to his fate, for his inner security enables him to endure to the end. This strength shows itself in uncompromising truthfulness [with himself]. It is only when we have the courage to face things exactly as they are, without any sort of self- deception or illusion, that a light will develop out of events, by which the path to success may be recognized. This recognition must be followed by resolute and persevering action. For only the man who goes to meet his fate resolutely is equipped to deal with it adequately. Then he will be able to cross the great water – that is to say, he will be capable of making the necessary decision and of surmounting the danger.
“Man suffers for one reason: Man loses his innocence. When you lose your innocence, you end up with dispute. To regain innocence so that universal consciousness will serve and maintain you is the idea of this yoga.” Yogi Bhajan
Find new direction in ventures that have not worked out. Don’t try to go it alone. Find allies and helpers who will provide union and community while changing course.
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#33, line 1, #13 The Superior Person avoids the petty and superficial by keeping shallow men at a distance, not in anger but with dignity. Such a retreat sweeps the path clear to Success. Occupy yourself with minute detail. Retreat in this instance is not a desperate flight in disarray, but a conscious choice to distance yourself from forces that would rob you of your peace. It is not a surrender, but a regrouping. Retreat from this conflict is actually an advance toward your own center. You move toward balance, and thus a much stronger position. In a retreat it is advantageous to be at the front. Here one is at the back, in immediate contact with the pursuing enemy. This is dangerous, and under such circumstances it is not advisable to undertake anything. Keeping still is the easiest way of escaping from the threatening danger. This is a matter of Positioning — not only yourself, but others as well. There are niches to be filled, potentials to be realized, right livelihoods to be found. You are not building a new organization, but shoring up an existing infrastructure. It’s worth the effort, because it will provide union, community, and an ironclad alliance.
“By construction, the fulfillment of a woman is motherhood; and motherhood does not mean that she gets pregnant and delivers a baby. If you understand her total behavior, you will understand her motherhood. Her motherhood is service, her motherhood is sacrifice, her motherhood is relationship. When she knows motherhood, she is fulfilled. But when she becomes a partner with man she shares equally.” Yogi Bhajan
So the best way to open capillaries, is get under cold shower LA and water is not cold enough. New York, New Mexico, (?) and what is that? There is a story and I will cut short that, somebody was very sick, he came to Guru Ji, he said, “You know, I am very sick, I don’t know what to do, I am dying.”
He said, “Go to Ganges and do six months there prayer.”
He said, “Thank you.”
So somehow (?) he reached the Hardwar, water comes, you know, ice cold, so the ceremony is, you go into the Ganga, Har Har Ganga, you sit, you come out, 108 time, you have to do that, so each time you go in, you massage his body, you come up, six months later, he was just a (?), everything was fine. Because hydrotherapy still (?) exercise. So all capillaries get opened, blood rushes from inside, outside, skin became bright and beautiful, all organs went right, Har Har Ganga was the way of life and he was very healthy.
He came to Guru Ji, he said, “I am very good.”
I said, “That’s normal.”
Now at home, take the same way the bath and the ladies who have breast cancer are going to get the breast cancer and get mammogram and this gram (?). Stand before the shower, cold shower and massage your breast so the circulatory blood may change and capillaries may remain open, you shall not be touched disease cannot even touch you. If all body’s capillary (?). Just remember, those few minutes of cold shower and body massage, there is a system to it, in hydrotherapy we say, you go under the shower and it’s very cold and then you take all the body out, come back. Massage your body, massage it with your, it’s a hydro massage we call it and go under again, it will be less cold this time. Finally, you know the fifth time, you can stand under the same cold shower and you will not feel cold. I can guarantee you. That means, touchwood, you will never get sick.
If nothing comes to fruition, just wait. Seeing how others are stymied can help you to see a way through. Try to see things from a new perspective.
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#9, line 2, #39 No matter what you do, the fruit of your labors never seems to ripen. Your reward remains just out of reach. Men have gone mad from such anticipation. Don’t lose your balance lunging for the brass ring. While the Fates continue to restrain you, go them one better and display a self-generated restraint and grace. Look for the humor in the situation.
One would like to press forward, but before going farther one sees from the example of others like oneself that this way is blocked. In such a case, if the effort to push forward is not in harmony with the time, a reasonable and resolute man will not expose himself to a personal rebuff, but will retreat with others of like mind. This brings good fortune, because he does not needlessly jeopardise himself.
The Obstacle lies in obstinance. An insistence on only one way of proceeding has brought things to an impasse. You may either continue banging your head with irresistible force against this immovable object, or you might step back and survey this situation from a fresh perspective.
“The moment you can love the being of an individual, then you love the God of an individual; the moment that experience happens, then you become a universal soul yourself.” Yogi Bhajan
Hear what you are saying from deep within your heart. Be very careful not to mislead those who are hearing you in word and action.
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#57, line 5, #4 Wind follows upon wind, wandering the earth, penetrating gently but persistently: The Superior Person expands his influence by reaffirming his decisions and carrying out his promises.
Small, persistent, focused effort brings success.
Gentle persuasion is the key in this instance.
Though the words are soft, their speaker must be firm, calm and confident.
Gentle words are worthless if spoken with trepidation. Wordless influence by example is also effective in this situation. All persuasion should be almost unfelt, yet consistent and persistent. Ask for feedback from someone you know to be an effective persuader.
This is a time of interchange between a mentor and pupil.
Whether you are the teacher or the student, it is a time of companionship along a mutual path. This hexagram also emphasizes the eternal, cyclical nature of the mentor/student relationship — a mentor is merely a more seasoned pupil, further along on the journey. A pupil holds within himself the seed of a future Master.
“The highest, most effective energy on this planet is the word. There is nothing beyond it, there shall be nothing beyond it, and there was nothing beyond it; therefore, we must consciously understand the power of the word. When we understand the power of the word and we apply the whole mind behind the word, then we create the word which can create the whole world for us.” Yogi Bhajan
We held a workshop at Yoga West on December 5, 2018. We performed a meditation to identify with only the self, allowing all features of the perceptive field to unify into a coherent internal context.
We opened a space where the student may choose to place her attention on any or all features of the perceptive field. We researched various points of attention, simultaneously seeing them and feeling what we are seeing, clarifying each to reveal a more complex structure. Simply giving attention in this way produces immediate change, and with intention, healing. The experience is completely contained within the internal context of the [merged] self, so its reality is completely manifest, and flows, in that context.
Applying this vantage to the merged healing space, the healer is able to experience the impact of simply choosing a point of attention and stabilizing its space. Clarifying the space further reveals its structure and allows the application of any intentions that emerge in the process.
We practiced healing the space of such points of attention directly, particularly the neck, spine and cranium, and then related them with other points where there is resonance. In particular, we researched resonance with brain function, which, when included, tends to initiate new patterns of existence that reinforce and stabilize the transformed state.
Recognize your power and inner strength. Focus on what is important. Wise application and management of resources will ensure success.
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#60, line 4, #34 #60: Limitations are troublesome, but they are effective. If we live economically in normal times, we are prepared for times of want. To be sparing saves us from humiliation. Limitations are also indispensable in the regulation of world conditions.
Line 4: Every limitation has its value, but a limitation that requires persistent effort entails a cost of too much energy. When, however, the limitation is a natural one (as for example, the limitation by which water flows only downhill), it necessarily leads to success, for then it means a saving of energy. The energy that otherwise would be consumed in a vain struggle with the object, is applied wholly to the benefit of the matter in hand, and success is assured.
Because of his Great Power, the Superior Person takes pains not to overstep his position, so that he will not seem intimidating or threatening to the Established Order. Opportunity will arise along this course.
#34: The Awesome Power available in this hexagram stems from what the Taoists call your Te, a term not perfectly translated into English.
Roughly, it is your Integrity — not in the Western sense of honor — but more in the psychological definition of a full integration of Who You Are.
This Awesome Power is achieved only by fully embracing both the good and the bad, the strong and the weak, the masculine and the feminine — all polarities within you.
Such self-knowledge spawns a Mastery tempered with the humility necessary to rein in and harness this Awesome Power.
All right, close your eyes and just imagine, now it’s a imagery because you are imagery. There is no reality other than that your imagery and just imagine, imagine you are the creation of one Creator. Just imagine in this posture, imagine, oh you imagine all the time. But now you just imagine that you are the creation of one Creator. That’s exactly you are imagining ek ong kar, how good it is, how bad it is, religious is, not religious it is, fake it is, real it is, that’s none of your problem, just imagine that you are the creation of one Creator. You are one creation, the creation of one Creator. Have no duality. 8 1/2 min.
One thing will happen your that finger will bend side wards when you start imagining it because what you are imagining you really don’t believe it. It will only remain straight while imagining this, if you really believe it or you are at least concentrating to believe it or you are trying to believe it, otherwise it will bend. Body language is different than what you wish or desire or want to have. You are the creation of one Creator. Second, your identity is true. Your identity is true. Your identity is true. Number three, you are a doer. You are a doer. You do good and bad both but that doesn’t matter. You are a doer because you are the creation of one Creator, because your identity is true, because you are a doer, therefore you have no fear. You have therefore no fear, there are three reasons for you to imagine you have no fear. If you imagine those three things first, the fourth you will imagine that you have no fear because you imagine you have no fear therefore you have no vengeance. Therefore you have no vengeance. Imagine it because you have no vengeance therefore you are in the image of God, you are a pictorial God, undying God, which does not have vengeance. Those who have vengeance have nothing to do with God; because you are in the image of God therefore you are by yourself. Your existence is complete, it’s not neither you can come nor you can go, you are you and then imagine you are complete. How the reality can be found? By the blessed of the learned one. By what method? By repeating. In the beginning you are true, through the time you are true, now you are true and true ever you shall be. That’s the practical side like ek ong kar Sat Nam karpurkh nirbhao nirvair akal moorath ajooni saibhung gurprasad, jap, and the practical side is aad sach jugaad sach hai bhee sach Nanak hosee bhee sach. This is a imagery of the mool mantra. What it gives you? It puts your root in the soil of the soul, it’ll put your roots in the soil of your soul and it gives you fruit called ecstasy. The imagery of the moolmantra puts your roots in the soil of the soul and it bears you the fruit of ecstasy and it makes your self as a bliss.Now please open your eyes and relax and stretch your body for a minute.
2 minutes: In that area please put your hands and close your eyes and stick your body like straight. Now follow my directions. Very perfect and hypnotically imagine it, hypnotize yourself. Hypnotize that very small single ray of light it started circling you, one tiny hair-like, small ray of platinum light, white shining, platinum light, platinum light, one tiny small platinum light of the strength of the hair is going around you. Two, make them two, make them three, make them four, make them to cover your entire being, they are all, they are many, they have to be for each cell and they have to be ten trillion of them. Tiny hair-like, tiny hair-like thread going around your body with a platinum light shine and they are ten trillion of them. Now they are moving faster, faster, faster, faster, with infinite fastness, fastness, fastness. They are moving round and round and you want to know what it is. This is exact imagery of Ang sang Wahe Guru. Panch shabad. Five sounds. Keep this imagery and if you put that tape on you got it. Now stick with this imagery ten trillion hair-like thin platinum lights going around you fast, covering you, totally, completely. (Tape Ang Sang Wahe Guru…is played)
Ang Sang Waheguru
YB: (over tape) and it is Wahe Guru. With every molecule and part of the molecule atom of you. Keep imagining, deeper and deeper and deeper. (Tape stops) YB: Thank you, open your eyes. We don’t want to do it too much. No charge. But I am not very interested to become divine and I don’t suggest you should become very holy either. I tell you what problem is. When you reach a consciousness like mine and if you cannot handle it, it is falling from the seventh sky; higher you are dangerous it is.
“Regardless of your history of abuses or kindness, opportunity, or challenge, it is within you to direct your mind. You can be a saint; you can be a human; or you can be a demon. You can act as an animal at the altitude of impulse and ground, as an earthling human at the altitude of feelings and horizon, or as an angel at the altitude of essence, Infinity, and the cosmos. It is your choice.” Yogi Bhajan
