This quote found me today " Letting go gives us freedom, and freedom is the only condition for happiness. If in our heart, we still cling to anything - anger, anxiety, or possessions - we cannot be free" Thich Nhat Hanh
9 October 2012:
My day started early, 2.30am with some honey sweet tea!..to begin our special sadhana at 4am .......Today marks the birthday of Guru Ram Das, Yogi Bhajans Guru and the 4th Sikh Guru who embodies the qualities and energy of healing, blessings and miracles. When he was alive, he used to disguise himself and go out and help the destitute and heal those in need of healing. For the last 5 years one of my soul sisters Jai and I have chanted this mantra together or apart, but energetically always supporting each other through it, waking each other up at the crack of dawn, starting at the same time and speaking to each other straight afterwards....and then the great letting go and allowing the miracles to unfold.
Today we gathered in a tribe of 17 at the most magnifecent Phakalane in Hout Bay to chant from our hearts. We were blessed to also have 4 beautiful children join us, wrapped in duvets and blankets sleeping like little angles throughout the 2.5 hour chant soaking up the ancient sacred sounds floating around and through them "Dhan Dhan Ram Das Guru....". What a blessing to chant with these beautiful souls. There were even a couple of new people who had never practised Kundalini yoga before or chanted for that long either, who journeyed with us into the mantra that became more and more familiar as they repeated it. Time seemed to stretch and shrink in unison, in a divine rhythmic dance, as the sound currents kissed the air and danced us beyond the darkness of pre-dawn, beyond our fear, pain and karma and into the stark, sparkeling spring day, into the light, beauty and clarity of consciousness. In deep silence we took time to send our prayers and intentions out into the ether.
The spirit winds of our souls sang.... guiding us one step deeper into trust.
TRUST THE DIVINE RHYTHM AND UNFOLDMENT OF YOUR PURPOSE IT IS ALL AS IT SHOULD BE.PERFECT.
My Ward 20 Valkenberg class(criminally insane men) was also extra powerful today. We chanted the healing Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Say So Hung mantra. The mantra for self healing, healing of others and healing of environments. All the men chanted with gusto once they felt familiar with the mantra. *Sean (all names have been changed to protect the identity of the patients) who normally has a smile on his face and participates so enthusiastically in the class, came to me at the beginning of the class to tell me he had boils on his body and they were sore. He seemed very distressed. He coped so well with the class, doing as much as he was able to. After the chanting meditation had finished *Bob who was lying on his back in corpse pose continued the chant throughout his relaxation.
....and the duality: driving out of Valkenberg, all my classes finished for the day, ready for a big nap, food and tea, I saw a crowd of people gathered just behind some yellow tape that cordined off an area. There were police cars and a lifeless body lying on the grassy pavement. As I drove past a policeman lifted up this thickly dreadlocked mans limp arm and dropped it back down onto his body. In that split second that is all I saw. Life , death , miracles, sanity , insanity. The duality of life. All we can do is allow the experience, fully experience the experience, observe and allow the emotion of the experience. Taking the practice of yoga into each breath. Full presence. Full allowance. Full observance. Full acceptance
Sat Nam
9 October 2012:
My day started early, 2.30am with some honey sweet tea!..to begin our special sadhana at 4am .......Today marks the birthday of Guru Ram Das, Yogi Bhajans Guru and the 4th Sikh Guru who embodies the qualities and energy of healing, blessings and miracles. When he was alive, he used to disguise himself and go out and help the destitute and heal those in need of healing. For the last 5 years one of my soul sisters Jai and I have chanted this mantra together or apart, but energetically always supporting each other through it, waking each other up at the crack of dawn, starting at the same time and speaking to each other straight afterwards....and then the great letting go and allowing the miracles to unfold.
Today we gathered in a tribe of 17 at the most magnifecent Phakalane in Hout Bay to chant from our hearts. We were blessed to also have 4 beautiful children join us, wrapped in duvets and blankets sleeping like little angles throughout the 2.5 hour chant soaking up the ancient sacred sounds floating around and through them "Dhan Dhan Ram Das Guru....". What a blessing to chant with these beautiful souls. There were even a couple of new people who had never practised Kundalini yoga before or chanted for that long either, who journeyed with us into the mantra that became more and more familiar as they repeated it. Time seemed to stretch and shrink in unison, in a divine rhythmic dance, as the sound currents kissed the air and danced us beyond the darkness of pre-dawn, beyond our fear, pain and karma and into the stark, sparkeling spring day, into the light, beauty and clarity of consciousness. In deep silence we took time to send our prayers and intentions out into the ether.
The spirit winds of our souls sang.... guiding us one step deeper into trust.
TRUST THE DIVINE RHYTHM AND UNFOLDMENT OF YOUR PURPOSE IT IS ALL AS IT SHOULD BE.PERFECT.
My Ward 20 Valkenberg class(criminally insane men) was also extra powerful today. We chanted the healing Ra Ma Da Sa Sa Say So Hung mantra. The mantra for self healing, healing of others and healing of environments. All the men chanted with gusto once they felt familiar with the mantra. *Sean (all names have been changed to protect the identity of the patients) who normally has a smile on his face and participates so enthusiastically in the class, came to me at the beginning of the class to tell me he had boils on his body and they were sore. He seemed very distressed. He coped so well with the class, doing as much as he was able to. After the chanting meditation had finished *Bob who was lying on his back in corpse pose continued the chant throughout his relaxation.
....and the duality: driving out of Valkenberg, all my classes finished for the day, ready for a big nap, food and tea, I saw a crowd of people gathered just behind some yellow tape that cordined off an area. There were police cars and a lifeless body lying on the grassy pavement. As I drove past a policeman lifted up this thickly dreadlocked mans limp arm and dropped it back down onto his body. In that split second that is all I saw. Life , death , miracles, sanity , insanity. The duality of life. All we can do is allow the experience, fully experience the experience, observe and allow the emotion of the experience. Taking the practice of yoga into each breath. Full presence. Full allowance. Full observance. Full acceptance
Sat Nam
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