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.
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