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i am so pleased YOU made it all the way to my blog page!  no doubt, we are crossing paths for some reason in the 2 of us that probably has a theme of chronic-critical illness, autoimmune disease, MISDIAGNOSIS, lower back pain, chemotherapy, prednisone, side-effects of drugs, the PAIN SYNDROME, peripheral neuropathy, severe depression, hypoglycemia, iritis, hearing loss, deafness, chronic fatigue, candida or any number of issues permeating these life-threateneing arenas.  you probably saw the list of topics on my home page and, herein i will begin to address these.  

as a child, i was plagued by serious environmental allergies and herpes simplex (terrible canker sores).  by the time i got to college, the first manifestation of the very rare disease i am challenged by, Relapsing Polychondritis, ATE THE NOSE OFF MY FACE - my body attacks its own cartilage! 

i have been deathly ill more times in my life than i can remember, and in 1995 i was given a 5 year prognosis - i was told to get my affairs in order and prepare for death  

through this blog, i am sharing my almost-60 years of experience, and the tools for self-management which lifted me out of this seemingly-hopeless 'jungle of my own'.  

it is my projection that you will find SOMETHING VERY USEFUL and UPLIFTING to apply to your SELF and your circumstance.  it is my intention to support you along your path to self-healing, help you find balance, download your invincible spirit and feel peace

i teach what i know.  i am a victor. I AM A LIFE, I AM, I AM

in the sound current of Dr Seuss...

i love being me and i like who i am

all things considered, i am a life - i am i am

golly-ji, how long did THAT take!

if there was another way, i sure missed the boat

(WHAT boat?)

ok, then, let me start over by not judging it and putting a 'condition' on the L-O-N-G and the short of it

(short of WHAT?)

short of breath, no doubt

by now, 

(there you go, again)

i know better than to do THAT, anymore

(do WHAT anymore?)

any more judgements on my soul's innocent evolution through the karmic throws of time and space, in my life on planet earth

for GOODNESS sake, guruatma, it's about TIME!

(not really)

fine, so how's this?

simply, to be in the noticing of it

(noticing WHAT?)

noticing where that leaves me

(where are you?)

celebrating it and sharing it with YOU!

how long did it take YOU to fall in love with YOUR self?

"Today you are YOU, that is truer than true.  There is no one alive who is Youer than YOU."   Dr Seuss


AQUARIAN TEACHER - original article before newsletter editing

yes, my parents sent me and my 2 best friends to the stage production of ‘HAIR’, for my 1970 high school graduation present; yes, the glorious melody and those hope-full words of the Age of Aquarius song are forever-etched in my musical databank (good thing, because i am now one of those profoundly deaf people on the planet whose hearing devices go ‘bonkers’ and know not what to do with musical input)

yes, i have a big, fat AQUARIAN AGE file in my archival yoga collection, which i dutifully filled for over 3 decades with any juicy yogi bhajan quotes or info i found on that topic

and yes, i heard of it, over and over again (and A LOT, in recent years) since i very-reluctantly agreed to skip a few cigarettes and step across the threshold into my first 3HO yoga class, back in 1978

BUT

i just didn’t “get it” that this phenomena was a real-live HAPPENING

you could call that DUH; in KY terms, it would be would noticed as the subtle body not working and, by aquarian , non-judgmental principals , SATNAAM would find me to be innocent (pshew..)

 long-story short and truth be told, in the process of teaching a 7-month Project Prosperity course it’s essence literally seeped into my life, eventually ‘dawning on me’ when i was preparing for our last class, that all along, i had been teaching from a Piscean perspective

we were studying The Law of Projection – One must ask, and have clarity and vision of goal to receive.  my plan was to repeat the exercise we had done in our first class, last October, and re-create our Living Vision Boards

out of the clear blue sky (well actually, it came to me by way of a dream), it hit me BIG TIME that none of us could produce an accurate vision board for our SELF, all by ourself – our true integrity and crystal-clear vision relied upon a developed and functional group consciousness

because i had witnessed 9 people’s process throughout the course (including my own), i could SO SEE and FEEL how we needed the mirror of each other to be in the truth of who we truly are – those aquarian principles i had heard about had to apply NOW, or we were “lost in a jungle of our own” (yb)

“Piscean values work from the ego, concepts, control and penetration – spheres that create boundaries.  Aquarian values have no boundaries - except Infinity.” yb. 

yes, NOW it all makes perfect sense, that we are energy bodies, linked to each other, and to the universe – we are co-creators with god!

what matters is community, and the goal is that everybody gets elevated!

yes, i “got it”, by EXPERIENCING IT, that we need each other to identify and support our unique gifts, as mine were shown to me by fellow yoga teachers and students putting it in my face.  many gracious souls ‘stepped up’ and helped me initiate and launch my yogic-tools business which now serves students in 16 countries!!  in retrospect, it feels like it all happened in a ‘blink of the eye’ – with the support of my impromptu and gifted team, we developed a process that created a force and a momentum which now has a GLOBAL effect.  that aquarian, co-operative energy grabbed me right up and swept me to the stars! 

i learned that the Generating, Organizational and Delivery forces within the constellation of us, takes care of us.  all i had to do was relax, ‘keep up’ and JUST BE ME – how cool is THAT!

for goodness sake, i’m almost 60 years old and still love watching The Waltons.  everybody on that mountain is related – they belong to each other!  each person’s uniqueness is allowed, and everybody is acknowledged for their special gift.  the children reign supreme, protection and nurturing is a ‘given’ and, community service is in the natural flow of things – LOVE is in the air, nobody is left behind

…and so, you see how the attraction-factor of the aquarian family feeling sucked me right up into its flow –  I, my mind; we, thou, thee 

yes, this experience is exactly what i signed up for when my soul came into this body, onto this planet, at this time

 its highly-charged, positive and productive energy HEALED and permeated me at the level of my essential SELF, melting the protective bubble my ego had built around my reality, dissolving the HEAVY psychic bootstraps that were seared into the skin on my shoulders  -  LET THE SUN SHINE, THE SUN SHINE IN

i feel so blessed to BE HERE NOW, going, flowing in-sync with this shift, pivoting and adjusting my psyche to wrap around my highest destiny.  to me, it feels like a huge privilege, being in the light and awareness of it - i’m having the time of my life!

you ask - what tools am i using that support me in maintaining my consciousness and neutrality to serve through my ministry?

well first, you need to know about guruatma and tools – TOOLS ARE COOL! 

my work and business, my service to the masses is based on passing along all the yogic tools which I acquired along the way

yes, i used to repair my own car engines, and, i carry a double-bitted axe in my trunk since I had my first VW back in the early 70s (in case I need to build a fire – whenever, wherever, whatever) – you want me on-board, and on your team, for survival during any kind of times!

 

here are my in-particular, extra-ordinary, Aquarian Age tools :

-  life mantra - Naanak too, Lehnaa too hai, Guru Amar too veecharia.  Dhan dhan Raam Daas Guru, jin siriaa tinai savaaria - for consistency in remembrance of my death, always asking my SELF what decision i will make in the 3-second review of my life-video, after my pranic body collapses - did i fulfill the purpose for which for which i came to earth?  am i leaving-out in a state of purposeful satisfaction?

- the guru is the default setting on the computer of my life.  daily, i bring my love and loyalty, and offer my head, placing my 3rd eye and arc line at guru’s feet, downloading and activating the master’s subtle-body embrace upon me – calling home to THE ONE not bound by time and space, doing my part in keeping our connection ALIVE and vibrant

-  i learned to talk to god in a language I can understand – MINE!  as if i am working something out with YOU, that’s how i talk to god – i ‘get down’, speak up and ‘hash it out’ on my end.  then i listen, deeply listen for the answer.  It goes back and forth, just like that – it’s REAL, and it makes my world go round

-  almost every day I go to the gurdwara and move my breath, tongue/rasanaa and teeth in my mouth, working with the meridians and upper palate to recite the MAGIC CODE offered in the sacred science of Gurmukhi , connecting through the NAAD with my living guru, our Siri Guru Granth Sahib.  can’t beat it! 

- i‘m ‘buds’ with Guru Amar Das.  Ek Ong Kaar’s translation of Anand Sahib, Song of Bliss is a good tool for connecting to the life-blood of his mission – home of the homeless, strength of the weak, shelter of the poor.  my husand and i feed and clothe people.  i welcome everybody and keep my antenna open for reception from those in need of a boost – “Go into the dirt and forklift people.”  yb 

-  i am really “getting it”, now, that i am an energy body,  in relation with other energy bodies held in the electromagnetic field of the earth – i work with my 3 eyes, my hands, and with my intentions, to touch and heal

-  Recognize the other person is you. (1st Sutra of the Aquarain Age) is my constant study; judgments drop like flies when I “go there” – LIFE IS MUTUAL, doancha know!

- i  work with my projections by tweaking a Living intention Board which occupies a whole wall in my home (you can see it on my Project-Prosperity Facebook page).  I am not the doer, I am the see-er.  If I can see it, the god in me will do it.

- i keep a Living Intention Altar alive in my home  - a sacred space to offer my intentions and that which i can not release – and, for all the prayers people ask for   

-  i hold sharp attention, and deep respect for Newton’s Law of Force/Movement – for every sequence i initiate, there is an equal and opposite reaction (this tool has a life of its’ own; i can never forget it!)  yes, we always tithe 10% of our income

-  i study nature to know INFINITY

-  i carry a mental picture of the flight attendants demonstrating and reminding us to put the oxygen mask on our face FIRST – SELF-CARE is my work bench

- every day MUST DO - Sat Kriya keeps me sane! and free of shame/blame/guilt/victim/insecurity agendas.  the equal-time layout gives me balance and integration - it is where i most practice sunia (deeply listening), developing my intuitive voice

-  i hold to a very-challenging, intense pranayam sadhana

-  for every complaint i have (lots), i trained myself to identify 2 gratitudes

- my luv-to-drive car mantra (perfect opportunity to chant):  care-full pronunciation (there are 6 retroflex ‘n’s just in the first 3 lines) of the 24th pauri of jaapji.  STOP RELATING TO ANYTHING THAT LIMITS YOU.  ONLY RELATE TO YOUR INFINITY

- favorite little  yb screwdriver quote – Neurosis is pain that has not found meaning.”

- biggest gift i feel i can give to my students – help them acknowledge their choice of birth, circumstance and destiny 

- favorite book – Ek Ong Kaar Kaur’s translation of Japji Sahib – The Song of The Soul.  the profound effect of the naad in her translation of the first 2 lines of the mool mantra, was the biggest AH-HA moment of my life (…and this spirit within me is my true identity – WAH!).  I give away as many copies of this book as I can afford to buy; it’s a GREAT TOOL for the masses (appeals to non-Sikh and 3HO people) - everybody i give it to falls in love with and raves about it!

- i find out right away what someone’s soul number is, so i know how to best communicate and work with them.  i make it my business to notice their shine-factor and i actively support, promote and refer others to that light of them

-  JDRC is my ‘personal check-up’ acronym -  judgment/diagram/rule/condition.  am i responsible for bringing any of these energies into the space of an event?

-  when i find myself in troubled waters, stuck in not-knowing, i refer to one in my trinity of advisors, for the truth

- i recognize and honor my supposed-handicaps to be my best friends  - Dr Siri Atma Singh taught me to keep track of  my strengths and weaknesses - between them, i know myself

-  i scan and ask my 10 bodies for feedback  on a regular basis, and especially before i make a big decision

-  i aim to take into consideration the global effect (direct or indirect) of each action i choose

-  with all due respect for the patterns we are all, by nature, attached to, and with the necessary tools under my belt to break those patterns, i have developed psychic binoculars for recognizing a fear-based approach from within myself, or entering the space, coming in from others

- new ‘holding the conditions of  the past’ guidelines that i learned at our TX Khalsa Women’s Weekend - Don’t hold the image of whatever is shared here, frozen in time – let it go and let it grow.  Hold your image of each other as if we have all reached our highest potential and realized our essential being (S S Guru Gian K)

-  i rinse the contractions, the mistakes and omissions, and that which i can’t control with ANG SUNG WAHE GURU

- JUST BLESS IT is my initial self-action and advice for all reports of discord, dis-satisfaction and discomfort.  i bless the babies and the guns, the pills and the trees, the animals and the dis-ease, the tendencies and the you-shoulda’s, …

- remembering that every spoken word weighs 108 lbs, i mind my manners and go for the smiles and laughter

- after walking it for so many miles and for so many years, my feet naturally move to the beat of the ‘Cher di kalaa, I have arisen’ mantra

- i have established a professional guideline for myself, with direction to not take things personally.  i invite challenge and other people’s opinions onto the table, in the name of LIFE, and for the purpose of bringing opportunity for growth and profit

 - i utter mentally VICTORY when i need the strength of 100 angels behind me – VICTORY labels are pasted on my mirrors and doors to remind me

-  i study successful people like Mark Zuckerberg (WHAT is he about him, his energy and his goals; how does he take care of his employees?) and Mother Teresa (HOW did she create and fulfill her mission and win a Nobel Peace Prize?) – what you focus on grows!

- i touch the parkarma of the Golden Temple and put myself to sleep under photos of Siri Singh Sahib’s feet – any questions that remain from the day, i drop-off, right there

- Guru Gobind Singh is the mentor for my yogic-tools research and business

- i always wear a white chuni dropping gracefully from my shoulder, in honor of my subtle body which absolutely knew all this Aquarain Age stuff was happening.  intention therein:  Remove me not from thee afar.   Guru Arjun Dev

- last, but not least, i teach, teach, teach - celebrating and holding the reins of yogi bhajan’s mission, spreading these powerful technologies.  i am fuel-injected by a passionate and joyous impulse in my teachershiphood!

i’m sure you can feel the joy of my soul coming into alignment with WAHE GURU, having chosen the honor and absolute grace of being a minister of Sikh Dharma in this time and age – THE AQUARIAN AGE ROCKS and i’m in my glory!

in closing:

god only knows what lies ahead of us - whatever it looks like and however it feels, i will be there, standing right beside you, following in Nanak’s footsteps, giving the  heavens, helping others move gracefully through the evolutionary process of this age of awareness, love and peace

yes, i did noticed it is done dawning and, now rising in the space of our united front as ministers of our dharma

i only ask that you please, remind me to keep that head of mine bowed at the True Master’s feet, and also, should i lose compassion for myself or others, remind me that it’s all GOD

 

be the answer - BE THE LIGHTHOUSE!

 

may the spirit be exalted, and may all prosper by Thy Grace

wahe gur ji ka khalsa

wahe guru ji ki fateh

 

 

humbly yours,

s s guruatma k khalsa

houston TX

 

8-26-11 Abilities Expo Wheelchair Yoga Class at Reliant Center

the PA-system soundman installed a transmitter on me, placing it at my back, on my waist-pouch belt

it was close to class time, so i made a bee-line for the RESTROOM, forgetting it (the transmitter with a 4" antenna) was even back there

run run - hurry up, sarah's gonna be lookin for me

lo and behold...

A LADY ON ONE OF THOSE MOTOR SCOOTERS WAS TOTALLY STUCK IN THE BATHROOM DOORWAY!!!  

HELP - i gotta GO!!!

no matter which way she shifted her very-large, red, shiny vehicle, the wheels hit the walls or the garbage can stuck in the corner 

finally, i stepped in and DIRECTED her (like landing an airplane on an aircraft-carrier out in the ocean) back and forth and back and forth, till she was able to cut her wheels at just the right angle, and manage to escape

then, guruatma went POTTY, the automatic toilet did its 'thing' and i washed my hands

now, here comes a flustered paramjiwan to collect guruatma from the bathroom, informing her that THE ENTIRE RELIANT CENTER, ABILITIES EXPO CONVENTION HALL HAD JUST LISTENED IN ON EVERY DETAIL OF THE LAST 8 MINUTES OF MY LIFE

...and exhale deeply


ps - fortunately, in that sea of people at the convention, the culprit remained anonymous

Aquarian Teacher

Back in 1970, my parents sent me to the stage production of "Hair" for my high school graduation present. That glorious melody and those hopeful words of the Age of Aquarius song are forever etched in my musical databank. At the time, I sure did not realize that this phenomenon was a real-life happening. 

Last year, while teaching a seven-month Project-Prosperity course, it "dawned" on me that I had been teaching the class from a Piscean perspective. We were studying The Law of Projection ("One must ask, and have clarity and vision of goal, to receive.") My plan was to repeat the exercise we had done in our first class and re-create our Living Vision Boards. Then, through a dream, it dawned on me that none of us could produce an accurate vision board for ourselves, all by ourselves - crystal clear vision and our true integrity depended upon a developed and functional group consciousness. 

Having guided and witnessed nine different student's processing throughout the course, I could see and feel how we needed the mirror of each other to be in the truth of who we truly are. Those Aquarian principles I had heard about had to apply now, or we were "lost in a jungle of our own" as Yogiji said. He taught us that "Piscean values work from the ego, concepts, control and penetration – spheres that create boundaries. Aquarian values have no boundaries - except Infinity." So now, it all made perfect sense, that we are energy bodies, linked to each other, and to the universe – we are co-creators with God! What matters is community, and the goal is that everybody gets elevated! We need each other to identify and support our unique gifts, as mine were shown to me by fellow yoga teachers and students who stepped up and helped me initiate and launch my yogic-tools business, which now serves students in 18 countries! 

In retrospect, it feels like it all happened in a blink of the eye. With the support of my impromptu and gifted team, we developed a process that created a force and a momentum which now has a global effect. That Aquarian, co-operative energy grabbed me right up and swept me to the stars! I learned that the Generating, Organizational and Delivery forces within the constellation of us, takes care of us. All I had to do was relax, "keep up" and just be me. How cool is that?

I feel so blessed to be here now, going, flowing in synchronicity with this shift, pivoting and adjusting my psyche to wrap around my highest destiny. It feels like a huge privilege, being in the light and awareness of it, and I'm having the time of my life! 

By God's grace, my service to the global community is based on sharing all the yogic tools which I acquired along the way. Here are a few of the extraordinary tools I use to maintain my consciousness and neutrality in serving through my ministry:

Shabd/Mantra: Naanak too, Lehnaa too hai, Guru Amar too veecharia. Gur dithaa taa man saadharia. Dhan dhan Raam Daas Guru, jin siriaa tinai savaaria.This shabd is helping me to maintain consistency in remembrance of my death, always asking myself what decision I will make in the three-second review of my life-video, after my pranic body collapses - did I fulfill the purpose for which I came to earth? 

Guru is the "default setting" on the computer of my life. Every day, I bring my love and loyalty, and offer my head, placing my 3rd eye and arc line at
Guru's feet, downloading and activating the Master's subtle-body embrace upon me – calling home to the One, not bound by time and space, doing my part in keeping our connection alive and vibrant.

Ek Ong Kaar Kaur's translation of Anand Sahib, Song of Bliss is a perfect tool for connecting to the life-force of Guru Amar Das' mission - to be the home of the homeless, strength of the weak, shelter of the poor. I welcome everybody and keep my antenna open for reception from those in need of a boost – "Go into the dirt and forklift people," as Yogiji taught us. 

Recognize the other person is you is my constant focus; judgment drops when I "go there" - life is mutual.

I hold deep respect for Newton's Law of Force/Movement - for every sequence initiated, there is an equal and opposite reaction - this tool has a life of its own. 

Exercising an Attitude of Gratitude is crucial!

I tweak a Living Intention Board, keeping it alive - I AM NOT THE DOER, I AM THE SEE-ER. IF I CAN SEE IT, THE GOD IN ME WILL DO IT.

teach, teach, teach - celebrating and holding the reins of Yogi Bhajan's mission, spreading these marvelous and powerful technologies. 
I am fuel-injected by a passionate and joyous impulse as an Aquarian teacher.

Surely, you can feel the joy of my soul coming into alignment with WAHE GURU, having chosen the honor and absolute grace of being a minister of Sikh Dharma in this time and age. THE AQUARIAN AGE ROCKS and I am in my glory!

self awareness & self knowledge - july 24, 2010

July 24, 2010

speaking of which, trust me, there is no insurance company with a plan ample enough to match all the external, internal and fringe benefits of SELF AWARENESS & SELF KNOWLEDGE applied to the challenge of having a chronic or critical illness come tapping at your door and begin consuming your life's energy

it's not like one day i woke up 'sick to death'

it was a PROCESS that unfolded over time and choked-up my life, spiraling through phases of realization that ranged from little taps on the shoulder that i hardly noticed and easily ignored, to the latest version of DISCOMFORT that i managed to brush off because, "hey, man, i'm BUSY!"

later down the line, it would come up again as a dull roar

and soon, that episode merged into a great deal of DIScomfort  - "this isn't good!"

eventually blowing up into a bonified "pain in the butt" with symptoms that started tripping-me-up and making me have to pay attention

all the way to becoming SICK enough to be forced to HALT, having to address the situation and say goodbye to "normal life"

...and on

and on from there

ALWAYSPAIN being the focus!

long, long story short, the syndrome eventually brought me to a state of being deathy ill

and this happened over and over again in my life UNTIL I LEARNED to pull on- board for myself YOGIC TOOLS and EVERYTHING ELSE I DID to lift myself out of the pain syndrome that the relapsing and rare, auto-immune disease i am challenged by (Relapsying Polychondritis) threw at me

in retrospect, there was always a MESSAGE, the message BEHIND the illness, in the space of my discomfort and pain 

paying attention to those messages proved to be the undoing of the cycle, and i sit here recovered and ready to serve a mission that arose out of the drama of it all

i will continue to blog, and soon i will be making MP3 recordings that you can listen to free of cost

it is my intention to create a vast and far-reaching LIBRARY OF TEACHINGS featuring YOGIC TOOLS for RECOVERY from CHRONIC and CRITICAL ILLNESS

i believe i can help you because i have been blessed to actually pass through the fires and into, not only quite a remarkable and GOOD STABLE state of HEALTH (considering all the damage on my plate), but also, I have claimed my birthright to HAPPINESS and fulfillment in this life 

BOOKMARK MY WEBPAGE!!!!! - i am a work in progress worth following 

right now, i am working with a producer who is making a DOCUMENTARY OF MY LIFE

after the filming is complete, i will create regular entries in my blog and give you the opportunity to hear me speak about all those topics i mention on myHOME PAGE

and LOTS, LOTS MORE

my story is TRUE and i am here for the good of all concerned

i welcome you with open arms; use my experience and tools for your better life

humbly

guruatma

ps  take care of your SELF

happy birthday to me - may 12, 2010

may 12th   

so, my dad calls me this morning to wish me a happy birthday: 

HI DAD!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY - you're almost 60!

DAAAAAAAAAD!!!!!!!! i'm 365 x 2 days away from that milestone event, and that's A LOT in my book! 

now, here i am these last few days, as my birthday approached, thinking how i finally feel stable in my life, and all grow-ed up

...noticing how strong and happy i have been blessed to BECOME

but, to be honest, i also noticed that number 60 was now looming on my horizon, so, i forgive you, my dear father

i like that number 60 just fine - IT SUITS ME

i am proud of being in relation with it and i certainly earned that status, one step at a time, and by the sweat of my brow

what's interesting to me, though, is the whole 'rap' about getting older does NOT suit me  

all things considered, and having as many challenges on my plate as the next person, i feel quite YOUNG and happy

and i feel RELIEVED of so much heaviness and turbulence that brought me forth to this present state of freedom and inner-peace

kundalini yoga and meditation, water aerobics and swimming have SO HEALED my body

my breathing exercises (pranayams) are working miracles for me

i am doing the work i LOVE to do, what my soul came here for, and i have beautiful students ALL OVER THE WORLD!

thank you, my dear teacher, for these perfect words:

"I'm just the Breath of God, the Breath of Life, Breath of Life, Breath of God"

humbly

guruatma

i can't stop hearing it - april 17, 2010

i can't stop hearing it...


we did a kundalini yoga set about a month ago with this mantra in it and, since then, it has been popping in and out of my consciousness, here and there, tugging me to the side for consideration, contemplation...


i woke up this morning with it calling out to me as i gained consciousness


i DO love you i DO love you


i remember when we first did it, deeply listening to my own voice repeating it as i experimented with emphasizing different words or groups of words in that sentence we were chanting


each combination created a different song and moved me in different ways


i DO love you i do LOVE you I do love you i do love YOU 

I DO love you i DO LOVE you i do LOVE YOU

I DO LOVE you i DO LOVE YOU 

I DO LOVE YOU


to me, the NAAD (sound current) of it felt kinda pretty and satisfying, but also i was aware of the sensations of periodic resistance and little 'shocks' along the way


so here i am, sitting with it out on the table, in full view. hello, dear reader of my blog


as i am a yogi, i understand that the i am not my mind - i am a trinity of body, mind and soul.  my mind is my TOOL!


and the purpose of reciting mantras is for the oh, so/way-cool! and priceless benefit of clearing out the subconscious mind's reservoir


so, here comes the downloading of echos, shadows and ghosts from my past and the opportunity for some deep cleaning, all because of this one mantra's deep penetrating, foaming action (i got those words straight off the label of my ARM & HAMMER SCRUB-FREE Bathroom Cleaner)


are you laughing with me?


all humor aside, let me show you how my mind works and talks to me; it's no joke because it is REAL


...just old, stink-o, moldy patterns, so very automatic and holding this INSTANT POWER to take over my freedom to choose and claim my birthright to happiness, stopping the show, running me into the ground, eating me up and ever running their course - that SIMPLY BEING that they are STUCK in a cycle and LOCKED in a pattern in the bog


it sounds like this:


i DO love you - oh, yah sure - comes up the CYNIC


i do LOVE you - right...... - comes up MISS DOUBT


i do love YOU - say it REAL QUIET so no one hears you - the CO-DEPENDENT


I DO love you - do NOT get caught saying THAT - ah, the GUILTY ONE


i do LOVE you - NOT!!! - the BIG, little DEVIL jumps onto the stage


and on and on - YOU know these tapes as well as i


all the different personifications of a hundred different layers of defense mechanisms erected to protect our innocence, bucking up and showing their faces


and here we are, all such BIG FANs of the best soaps and detergents, scrubbies, air fresheners, deodorants and YEAH for GARBAGE DAY! -  we are SO DEEPLY TRAINED and thrive on covering up our dirt and smells, our mess


i wanted to HUG each one of the city of Houston and FEMA garbage truck drivers on the days they finally showed up and took away our next layer of IKE-disaster, molten piles of refuse and broken trees


well, all i got to say is, THANK GOD FOR MEDITATION - like, take this garbage OUT of me!


this is NOT who i am and the truth is i DO LOVE YOU


i am ready NOW! - do your magic, work on me when i am awake and in my sleep,  reprint my subconscious mind and give me access to my unlimited soul


and thus, i am having yet another EXPERIENCE of how the power of the YOGIC TOOL of meditation can train my mind and release me from attachment to a non-reality perceived in the matrix of life on planet earth


wahe guru! (means: the dance of ecstasy, the sanctuary and the HUGE blessing of being conscious)


enjoy this day-oh


humbly

guruatma 



"This is the key to training your mind.  Use the mind to project to and stay at a point beyond the mind's own nature.  When your mind stays with the self-illuminated soul within you, then all the pains and suffering disappear and your presence radiates and works.  If you train your mind by confronting your ego and desires, it only causes pain.  Train the mind by directing it to confront your unlimited soul.  The mind will be elevated and you will be elevated.  That consistent projection and training is called permanent state of bliss."  Yogi Bhajan

taking away the ghost of your life - april 5, 2010

...speaking of "taking away the ghosts of your life" (see my teacher, Yogi Bhajan's quote in the sidebar),

two weeks ago one of mine definitely surfaced

i was working with my 30-yr-old files and came upon an old note written on a ripped-out, calendar page from Friday, December 22, 1990; it was buried in my file labeled: Guru Dev Singh Apts

Guru Dev Singh is a world-renowned, Sat Nam Rasayan healer who worked with me on and off over the years as i struggled through many courses of Relapsing Polychondritis, an auto-immune disease that eats the body's cartilage - MY CARTILAGE (like, my nose!)

so, i'm flipping through all these papers in that file and didn't really even register what it said - "decide whether to stop suffering or not".  on the same page, there was also a recommendation to take a specific homeopathic remedy and do a certain self-massage exercise. He also gave me a diet for when i was stronger

i just kinda scanned it (maybe i read it twice) and went on with my filing and studying that day, and then on with my life...

but, SOMETHING about it got me goin' in a spin and i started actin' out here and there in different fashions as the week progressed

here's how i know somethin's UP - i start counting on my food for more than the nutritional factor of it, looking for and partaking of my "comfort foods" in an unbalanced manner 

that means:  

#1, over-eating, beyond FULL, 

#2, craving and indulging in the oils, carbs and sweets departments, and 

#3, NOT FINDING SATISFACTION in terms of filling the HOLE that that behavior is covering up

AND, my sleep gets wierd in that i am more attached to hanging out with my pillow, beyond my body's need for true sleep.  much to my great surprise and now that i am happy in my life, i have found that i do fine with @ 5 hrs sleep at nite and an occasional 20 min nap in the day

anyway, this goes on for a while, and, of course, i notice it and, of course, it's buggin' me BIG TIME -  but, the best my psyche can do with it is hold it suspended there at the brink of realizing just what it is all about, teasing and torturing me with it, so to speak

pretty soon, doancha know, i get to be SUFFERING about it, obsessing over it mentally, thrashing it about in my head that i am OFF my healthy and balanced eating and sleeping routines which serve me so well to "keep up" and be happy in my daily life

i can't mess around in either of these areas (food and sleep) without hearing about it in the INNER-PEACE dept

so now, we're talking about a downright spiral-turned-syndrome, and i find mySELF UNHAPPY and BOTHERED - my freedom is GONE and this GHOST just moved in with me

aha - the perfect positioning!

now i get to FEEL IT cuz it's big enough that it really GETS MY ATTENTION and causes me to be suffering - BIG RED FLAG in my face! 

thus, the door opens up and i receive the blessing to "wake up and smell the coffee", as my Dad would say

it happened innocently enough, it happened when i was ready - i was pulling my car into the driveway one afternoon and just like that, that sentence POPPED across the screen of my awareness:

"DECIDE WHETHER TO STOP SUFFERING OR NOT"

THAT is what is bothering me!

WHY? WHY? WHY? did i not "get it" about that i had a CHOICE whether to suffer or not all the way back in 1990, WAY BEFORE i threw myself into further self-defeating/self-destructive/self-neglecting/self-sabotaging behaviors that evoked yet a few more killer-relapses, including the most recent, most serious and long-lasting one that took my hearing and left me with several other possibly-permanent, life-altering physical conditions to cope with?

????????????????????????

long story short, SUFFERING IS NO LONGER AN OPTION IN MY LIFE and once i become CONSCIOUS and AWARE of what my process and Highest Consciousness opens up for me, and THANKS TO ALL THE KUNDALINI YOGA, MEDITATION & PRANAYAMS (breath control exercise) that i practice daily, i have learned that i have many CHOICES in that 'sacred space', directions to turn for help and resolution - FRESH AIR to BREATHE into the contraction

"THERE IS A WAY THROUGH EVERY BLOCK!"       Yogi Bhajan

so

i decided to reach out to my dear friend and sometimes counselor, who i know to call when i need help busting through a block.  i hardly refer to her anymore because, after working with her for several DECADES (like since 1979 when i arrived in the jungle-swamp of Houston, TX), i ALREADY KNOW what she is going to say.  thus, she is the best teacher for me in certain realms, because she instilled in me a repertoire, gave me the ingredients, for independently and successfully 'opening the space' around and moving through the contractions that present in my life

but, this time i needed her help, her PERSPECTIVE, cuz my face was stuck right into the muck of it - the ghost HAD me all in a knot

this is what i got out of our conversation, and this is what i meditated and worked on with the intention to absorb it fully and allow it to become me

i know it is the truth when, not only does it RING true in my mind, it also FEELS GOOD

so, i buy it

...and here are my notes from that phone conversation. ...yes, i take notes in order to study and contemplate the parts that don't automatically sink in, the parts that i feel resistance to, so i can hash-over it until what i needed out of it sinks in and becomes second nature to me :

1 - all what happened to me is NOT ABSURD - it is my story and what i came here for; it was all perfect for what my soul came here for

2 - all that happened to me is NOTHING OUTSTANDING

3 - about me being SAD that it all happened - there's something about GUILT in that reaction

4 - NO JUDGEMENT

5 - NO JUDGEMENT 

6 - how does it serve my SOUL to be sad about it?

7 - NO JUDGEMENT

there you have it...

by the Grace of the Infinite, i processed through all of the above and learned the lessons of it.  i will write more about what all of that means to me and how YOU could pull some life-coping tools out of what i went through to come out into the LIGHT and release 'the ghost of it' 

truth is, by writing this, i came full circle with it, and thus i am handing it over in case there is a reason in YOU and your particular circumstance to be in the KNOWING of it

and i repeat:

the purpose, the goal, the commitment behind my blog will always be to share with you, on a LIGHT and high-frequency 'note', my process - IN CASE THERE IS A REASON IN YOU that can find a YOGIC TOOL therein for HEALING, ELEVATING and CELEBRATING yourSELF 

humbly                                                                                                    guruatma


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