Success! Getting Your Timing Right.

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Dear All,

In today's New York Times newspaper, there is this article about the Nobel Prize in Medicine being awarded for research into how the biological clock works. Here's how it's related to your success in meditation and other things you may be trying to achieve.

It could be all about the timing[1]

The biological clock /circadian rhythm is most noticeable to us when we haven't had enough sleep and feel lousy the next day. What you may also have noticed is that you're more likely to come up with inspirational ideas first thing in the morning than you are after lunch, say.

The reason why this is, according to an ancient Indian understanding of time, is that a day or 24 hours can be split into chunks of 48 minutes called 'Muhurtas'. Whether or not it's a good time to do something is determined by the nature of the particular muhurta , which can be 'inauspicious' , 'auspicious' or 'very auspicious'.

Over the course of a 24 hour day, there are only two 'very auspicious' muhurtas and both of them are related to yoga. The first occurs between 02:00 - 02:48 at night and is called 'Jiva/Amrta' (life/immortal) . The second one occurs in the early hours of the morning between 04:24 - 05:12* and is called Brahma muhurta.

It's this second one that has been highly recommended for meditation because a new day is being freshly born and you have the power to shape what happens by catching the day at it's root. The meditation is effortless.

If you're undergoing any challenging period personally or in any other way, make a point of getting up early in the morning before anybody else is awake and meditating. The problems will solve themselves.

Regular meditation develops in you what the Chinese call, 'Wu wei' - 'going with the flow' or 'effortless action' on which some of Chinese martial arts is based and which also underpins the philosophy of the ' I Ching' ( 'The Book of Changes').

Then the success you want to achieve in anything comes, not by planning, but by unconsciously being in the right place or doing the right thing at the right time.

In this 8 minute clip, Shri Mataji describes how this happens in you as a result of your kundalini's connection to the all-pervading energy of existence, the 'Paramchaitanya'. (Click Here).

See you at group meditation tomorrow.

Regards

* The brahma muhurta actually begins at 96 mins or roughly one and a half hours before sun-rise. UK current sunrise is about 7am so brahma muhurta timing in UK at the moment is 05:30 - 06:18. It may be easier for you to get up at this time to meditate than getting up at 04:30.

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"There is a tide in the affairs of (wo)men, Which taken at the flood, leads on to fortune. Omitted, all the voyage of their life is bound in shallows and in miseries. On such a full sea are we now afloat. And we must take the current when it serves, or lose our ventures."

Shakespeare - Julius Caesar act 4, scene 3.

The iPhone8 & How to Make Something of Yourself.

​Dear All,

Below is an image that can help you understand a lot about yourself and also help you fulfill the aspirations in you that money can't buy.

First though, here's how you're similar to the new iphone 8 above. In case you haven't already coughed up the $1000 needed to purchase one, fyi it has wireless charging. And so do you. How?

Everytime , you sit for your 5-10 minutes daily meditation, 2 things happen: 1. your kundalini goes up and continues with her work of establishing peace and contentment in you as a permanent feature and 2. the vibes that flow down from the top of your head into the body, begin to nourish your chakras - this is why people report feeling and looking better even after a few weeks of regular meditation. The vibes pour vitality into you and you get 'charged'.

The second way you're similar to any smartphone is this: On the phone above there are icons representing the different apps on the phone, for example twitter and instagram. When you tap the icons they open up the app and you can make use of their functionality.

According to a sahaja yoga understanding, the essence or energy of a chakra is represented by archetypes/deities - similar to Jungian archetypes in Depth Psychology. The archetypes can be likened to icons. When you 'tap' the archetype, by using a mantra, then the energy ('functionality') of the archetype is strengthened within you.

So depending on which aspect of yourself you choose to 'work on', you can tap in yourself your creativity, your courage and fearless nature, your compassion and love, your material satisfaction and so on. It's all shown in the image below. Click here to first read about Jungian archetypes.

All that's left then is  to tell you about the mantras for each chakra. Given below is the name of each archetype against each image. When you wish to say the mantra for a particular chakra just insert the name of the corresponding archetype/deity into the following 'formula':

Om twam eva sakshat, Shri <insert the name here> sakshat, Shri Adi shakti mataji, Shri Nirmala Devi namoh, namah!

The best way to start experimenting with mantras is to download/listen to this mp3 of me saying them - click here. You can then print out the image below (attached as pdf file) and follow along with the sheet in front of you. See whether you begin to notice the effect of the mantras on the vibes you're feeling.

If any of this is not quite clear then feel free to email me back with any questions you have or come and speak to me on Tuesday.

See you at group meditation tomorrow.

Regards

Problem-solving with 'Breath Meditation'

​Dear All,

In case you haven't yet experienced it, touching the state of 'thoughtless awareness' with your meditation can actually produce solutions to any difficulties or challenges(big or small) that we all face from time to time.

 

Below is a guide to that 5 minute 'Breathing Meditation' we tried in class last Tuesday, to help you do exactly that. Watch the demo video(click here) to better understand the breathing part of the exercise.

 

 

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See you at group meditation tomorrow.

Regards

The Power of Group Meditation + How Candle Light can Cure.

​Dear All,

 

If you had been thinking about it, it's not too late to get a tremendous boost by joining the many others on the free* one-day SY meditation retreat this Saturday 9th Sept. Click here to register.

 

As you know when you come to the Tuesday group meditation session, the nourishment from the vibes can transform the rest of your week in a positive way and shift something you may have been struggling with.

 

And that's only at most 30 -40 of us  in a room for about an hour. Imagine if there are 100+ in group meditation on and off for the best part of a day, as at this Saturday's one-day retreat. The effect might be like the one captured in the photos above from a Russian SY seminar 2009.

 

As it becomes cooler outside and the weather turns autumnal, there's a tendency to become left-sided, especially if the fun of your summer holiday is fast fading into a nostalgic memory. Left-sided-ness can sometimes give feelings of lethargy, emotional disatisfaction and a general pessimism about things[1]. The cure for that is by use of candle light with your meditation in a slightly different way demonstrated in this short video clip : click here.

See you at group meditation tomorrow.

 

Regards

Previous related post: Top 10 things people want in life ..and how to get them.

[1]See Seasonal affective disorder.

Chasing the Clouds Away.

​Dear All,

A clouded heart or nabhi chakra could be the underlying reason why certain things may not be panning out at the moment in life, in the way we'd wish. What can you do about it?

Somebody suggested that their experience at a previous sahaja yoga meditation retreat was like taking your clothes to the laundry for drycleaning - everything comes out fresh, crisp and clean at the end.

This could be because of the cleansing effect on the aura of the kundalini in the group meditations.

There's more to you than meets the eye and you can learn all about it.

If you reported a problem last week with submitting your online registration form for the free* 1-day sahaja yoga meditation retreat on Saturday 9th Sept., it should be OK. Click here to try again.

See you at group meditation tomorrow.

Regards

What this simple self-head massage can do for you.

​Dear All,

Achieving the full opening out of sahasrara chakra at the top of your head should be one of the goals of your regular meditation.

Why?

 

Because not only has the sahasrara been described in ancient yogic text as 'sudha sagara' - 'nectar ocean of bliss' or the place of your 'heaven on earth',  but because medically, it represents the root of the nervous system and anything wrong in the body can be more effectively corrected there. The 'pittas' or roots of the chakras lie on the mid-section of the brain in a region called the Corpus Callosum. See picture shown below:

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In traditional Indian medicine, Ayurveda, there's a treatment called Shirodhara, which is a soothing head massage with a stream of warm medicated oil, as in the photo at top.

According to an Ayurveda website*:

"Shirodhara is a great treatment for a compromised nervous system. Shirodharacan help relieve symptoms of anxiety, stress, fatigue and hypertension. It relieves tension, worry, fear and headache as well as depression. It regulates mood and gives feelings of pleasure and relaxation".

But you'd probably have to travel all the way to Kerala in South India for an authentic experience of this. However, you can gain the same benefit by spending 5 minutes doing a simple self-head massage with the fingers on the chakra locations on the head. Here's how to do it - click here.

When the massage is done with some coconut oil, deep into the scalp, you'll notice the effect straightaway as an increased ability to feel vibes in the sahasrara, which may last for sometime after you've finished your meditation.

The better the state of the sahasrara, the easier it is to get into 'thoughtless awareness' in your meditation and the better your connection. That's when you really start experiencing the transformative magic of sahaja yoga.

See you at group meditation tomorrow.

Regards

Peter

*Everything you need to know about Shirodhara

Run a lunchtime meditation session in your workplace + 3-day meditation 'bootcamp' -sort of.

​Dear All,

If you are meditating regularly at home and can feel the 'cool breeze' of your kundalini on top of your head and your hands, then why not help your stressed-out workmates experience a little of the peace of mental silence by leading them through a short lunchtime session of SY meditation?

As the example above of TV production staff shows, it can be fun and a pleasant surprise when it works. To help boost your confidence and if there's enough interest, we could meet for 2-hour meditation sessions over 3  consecutive days (wed- fri 7-9pm), during which we would do  footspas for chakra clearance and explore the effect of mantras. A kind of mini-bootcamp which could be a transformative experience for you, even if you don't immediately go on to run  lunchtime meditation in your office.

You can reply with a 'Yes' if you think you might be interested in this. There would be a cost to booking a venue for the 3 days, unless someone knows somewhere in Chelsea we could have for free, in which case , let me know.

See you at group meditation tomorrow.

Regards