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This natural meditation uplifts, heals and balances the sub-conscious mind and the spiritually balancing secretions. It clears the nadis and raises spiritual energy. It is an additional tool for enhancing the sound current.
It balances each chakra and aligns all the chakras. It raises vibrational energy, facilitates self-healing and can help release stress.
This ancient and spiritual gong meditation was used over the centuries to provide clarity of sacred vision by cleansing the sub-conscious mind and strengthening the aura and the auric field. In primordial India kings and generals listened to this gong meditation to foresee Future Events.
Sukhbir Singh(Randy Allen) plays a 32" 'Paiste' symphonic gong in the ancient traditional style allowing the flow of vibration from the gong to the listener and beyond.
The gong must be in the correct tonal range to achieve it's complete balancing effects. The technique of recognizing the qualities of the correct tonal range is handed down from teacher to student.
Following a gong meditation or gong CD experience, drink additional quantities of water for three days to enhance the effects, while it works for you on the cellular level.
The Use and Science of the Gong
(from The Art of the Gong - Gurucharan Singh)
The most sublime instrument of the Yogi is the Gong. It is a musical instrument, a healing tool for the nervous system and a cauldron in which you can create alchemical blends of qualities that open and develop the Inner Self. Yogi Bhajan has asked that each ashram and yoga center have a gong and play it regularly. He said it would help repair the ravages of drugs in the nervous system.
The sound of the gong creates deep relaxation, releases you from the torrent of thoughts and stimulates the glandular system to a higher level of functioning. Each student of kundalini yoga is encouraged to become familiar with the basic idea, use and experience of the gong.
The Inner Approach to the Gong
The gong is a sacred threshold. It is a portal that links the finite and the infinite experience of the self. Whenever our intention is to cross that portal, we must consciously link to the chain of being. The Golden Link (Ong Namo, Guru Dev Namo) should be established before playing the first note of the gong.
The Golden Link is the connection with the lineage of teachers of higher consciousness. It is the connection to your own neutral mind. It is the connection that automatically arises when you consciously put your ego aside and choose to obey and be commanded by your highest self.
When asked to explain the effects of gong meditation and its uses, Yogi Bhajan responded:
"The gong is very simple. It is an inter-vibratory system. It is the sound of Creativity itself. The gong is nothing more, nothing less. One who plays the gong plays the universe. The gong is not an ordinary thing to play. Out of it come all music, all sounds, and all words. The sound of the gong is the nucleus of the Word
Today I played Har Hari on the gong. It was perfect. I enjoyed it. It was a multiple projective sound. The way I play it is my pleasure. The gong is not a musical instrument, nor a drum. The gong is God. So it is said; so it is.
The gong is a beautiful reinforced vibration. It is like a multitude of strings, as if you played with a million strings. The gong is the only tool with which you can produce this combination of space vibrations."
(Women in Training - 1984, 7/5/84)
The master player of the gong links himself and attunes his mind to the power of the original sound current.
One of the significant features of the gong is the interactive nature of the sounds it produces. The gong produces a note projected against a background spectrum of notes. Each note interacts with the background. They alter each other. This creates a complex, non-linear pattern that interweaves the sense of the whole with the sense of the part.
You can feel this in your body when you listen to the gong. The entire body vibrates and changes as specific areas of the body are pressed and stimulated by the waves of the gong. Whatever the relationship was between your body parts and the whole of the body, it is challenged and transformed by a good gong session.
The chakras usually act in concert, functioning in pairs and trios not alone and singular. The gong helps the chakras to interrelate and coordinate. They are freed from emotional patterns that lessen their fluidity and responsiveness.
Emotional Transformations during Gong Meditation
The gong impacts the body and its meridians. It releases blocks, reduces tension and stimulates circulation. The result of this is a reorganization of the emotional energy and feelings that are tied into the body structure.
We hold attitudes toward our bodies and ourselves. These attitudes are recorded by habitual body postures. If the energy changes or the posture changes, there is an often an intense useful emotional flow in the body. During a gong meditation or during the relaxation afterwards some people may cry, feel weightless or laugh uncontrollably. Relax. The release of feelings is a normal process in Gong meditation. Play a meditation tape and have some water, have a little conversation.
The gong changes the feelings that are blocked by cutting the thoughts that sustain and recreate the feelings. As a person comes back to normal, they notice a great difference between their current bodily feelings and the ones they are used to. This can be frightening, arousing, exciting or delightful. That will depend on the individual.
Kundalini Yoga
What Is the Kundalini?
by Guru Rattana Ph.D.
Kundalini is the energy of our soul.
Kundalini is the energy of consciousness.
Kundalini is the awareness of the higher self.
Kundalini is our emanation of infinity.
Kundalini is the energy of the cosmos within each individual.
Kundalini is our creative energy
Kundalini is imagined as a coiled serpent lying asleep at the base of our spine.
Kundalini is the dormant energy within us that expands our awareness.
Kundalini is the greatness of which we are each capable.
When we tap our Kundalini what do we become aware of?
We become aware of our creative capacities and our radiant caliber. We become aware of our finite relationship with infinity.
Kundalini makes it possible for us as humans with finite identities to relate to our infinite identities.
What makes it possible to experience Kundalini energy?
When the glandular system is activated and the nervous system is strong the energies of the two systems combine to create a movement or flow in the spinal fluid a sensitivity in the nerve endings. The " brain in its totality receives signals and integrates them."
What is the result?
A new clarity expands our perceptions.
We understand the effect and impact of an action before we take it. We are at choice whether to act or not to act.
Awareness brings choice. Choice brings freedom.
Is Kundalini energy necessary?
We cannot live without a constant flow of Kundalini energy.
The difference is the amount of the flow.
When there is an abundant flow of Kundalini our mind awakens from its long nap we stop living in imaginary realities we become committed to our purpose and our service we enjoy the abundant pleasures of life.
The Kundalini is always present as an innate part of who we are.
The human system was built to sustain the awakening of Kundalini energy.
The question is "Are we using the full extent of this capacity?"
What is the flow of the Kundalini?
The energy of the Kundalini is released from the navel center.
It rises to the crown chakra at the top of the head.
The energy then descends down the chakras to the base of the spine.
After reaching the root chakra it returns to the navel center.
The ascent is the path of enlightenment.
It is the experience that the reality of God exists within each of us. The raising of the Kundalini is the uncoiling of God consciousness. It is witnessing the reality of the unlimited power that is the essence of our soul.
The descent is the path of manifestation.
The chakras open in the descent.
As the chakras open our essence is consolidated into our character our gifts are integrated into our behavior and actions
our talents become a practical part of our human life.
The descent of the Kundalini is awakening to our potential.
It is bringing the awareness of God or Christ consciousness into the activities of our daily lives.
The path of enlightenment is the raising of the Kundalini.
The path of manifestation is the descent of the Kundalini.
The path of liberation is both the ascent and the descent.
The path of liberation is the completion of the full cycle.
Kundalini is about
enlightenment
manifestation
and liberation.
Poem 469, August 17, 1997. Copyright by Guru Rattana, Ph.D.
What Is Kundalini Yoga?
by Guru Rattana Ph.D.
Yoga is about relationship .
What is the nature of our relationship?
Yoga is the science of creating a relationship between the human and the infinite.
Yoga is the art of merging our individual energy with universal energy.
Yoga means to join together or to unite.
What are we trying to unite with?
Yoga is the union of the individual's consciousness with universal consciousness.
*** The Yoga of Awareness ***
Kundalini yoga is an ancient technology designed to expand our awareness.
Our capacities and choices are determined by our awareness.
As we expand our awareness we are able to go beyond our perceived conscious limits we are empowered to make more daring choices we have the energy to create bountiful and exciting lives.
Kundalini yoga is about tapping our infinite potential.
Within every human is the capacity to be outrageously creative.
Within every human mind is the reality of the infinite.
How do we expand our capacity and realize our divine caliber?
We bring all aspects of our being- our mental faculties
our emotional energy and our physical structure into equilibrium and alignment.
As we do so we open up our capacity to experience to express
to share our infinite Self.
Kundalini yoga is about understanding who we really are.
What does it mean to be a human being?
Normally we experience ourselves in very limited ways.
We have the habit of seeing ourselves through very restricted lens.
Kundalini yoga awakens us to our Soul to our original Self
to our infinite origin and identity. Kundalini yoga offers us the gift of Self.
Kundalini yoga is about the unfoldment of our true nature.
What blocks our growth?--
attachments to the familiar and to the past
fear of change and the unknown
limited and restrictive beliefs
self-destructive habits
the inability to let go of old feelings and wounds
the feeling that something is lacking or wrong with us.
The practice of Kundalini yoga
breaks our attachments
makes the unknown known
expands our perception of reality
gives us the strength to eliminate unhealthy habits and substitute healthy ones
heals our wounds with the power of love
gives us the experience that we are complete and whole.
*** The Yoga of Experience ***
Kundalini yoga is about direct, personal experience.
The thoughts and ideas of our mind cannot sustain us.
Knowledge becomes real wisdom only when we have experienced it
in our own heart
in our own body
in our full being.
It is the experience of this integrated wisdom that
ultimately sustains and consistently supports us.
Kundalini yoga is about practical, expanded experience.
No amount of words can replace or equal experience.
Our consciousness is not changed by mere words.
It is through experience that positive habits are formed.
It is through experience that the horizon of our awareness is broadened.
It is through experience that we
radiate joy
express creativity
embody spirit
in our human life.
Kundalini yoga is about truthful and joyful action.
To simply know the truth does not assure that we can act upon it.
To discover the truth at the core of our being gives us the ability to follow the path of our heart.
When we are able to act from our heart-felt truth, we experience
fulfillment within ourselves success in our lives bliss in our existence.
The joy of acting from our truth is one of the sacred gifts of being human.
*** Healthy, Happy, Harmonious Living ***
Kundalini Yoga offers us techniques to stay HEALTHY.
to build a strong immune system
to keep our glands vital
to nurture a strong nervous system
to maintain good circulation.
A healthy body gives us the energy to fully live our lives.
Our physical foundation helps us deal calmly and gracefully with the mental, emotional and spiritual facets of our lives. There is nothing more fabulous than feeling good in our bodies.
Kundalini Yoga offers us techniques to be HAPPY.
As we develop our intuition
we recognize what is real
we uncover what is important to us
we sense our innate organization and direction
our inner compass leads us toward our goals.
The journey of life is always full of challenges.
Happiness is knowing we are on our path.
Happiness is being able to confront our challenges as they arise.
Happiness is a serene contentment that accompanies us along the way.
Kundalini Yoga makes us feel HARMONIOUS and whole.
Kundalini yoga activates the dormant potential of the brain.
The pineal gland must secrete to experience the Kundalini.
The pineal gland is the master gland, the seat of the soul.
We must also tap the reserve energy that is stored near the navel point.
The pure energy at the navel connects us to the Earth.
This pure energy must uncoil and connect with our pineal gland.
When the two energies connect we have the power to attain self-realization we have the capacity to discover our relationship to total universal consciousness.
When our finite being is at peace with our infinite Source
we feel securely connected to our Mother the Earth
we live in harmony with the universe we feel whole, complete and at one with all living things.
*** An Opportunity to Excel ***
The practice of Kundalini yoga makes it possible
to transform our limitations so that the natural flow of the cosmic current can pass through us to retrain and rebuild ourselves so that we can enjoy the magnificent process of awakening to develop the discipline and the consciousness to optimally tune into and utilize divine energy.
Kundalini yoga offers us the opportunity
to go beyond our self-imposed limitations that originate from
poor habits
unconscious living
erroneous beliefs.
The practice of Kundalini yoga gives us the chance
to experience who we already are
to witness infinity in our every day lives
to return home to our own heart.
Kundalini yoga trains us in the inner science of the Self.
It helps us prioritize our inner and outer worlds.
It helps us achieve balance and integrity in all aspects of our life.
It helps us establish a synthesis between body, mind and spirit.
In the union of our whole being we achieve
power
peace
effectiveness and
excellence
in our daily lives.
*** A Renewed Life ***
Kundalini yoga helps us stop the inner war
that causes stress and distress
that wastes so much energy and life force
so that we can experience inner
neutrality
calmness
stillness
clarity and
peace.
Kundalini yoga allows us to establish a state of mind
where we are conscious of ourselves
where we can act from this consciousness
where we cease to be the puppets of external and emotional stimuli
where we intuitively know the effects of an action before we take it
where we mindfully take control of our thoughts and actions
where we make our choices from knowing who we are.
Kundalini yoga offers us the techniques to establish the physical, mental and emotional strength and integration that makes it possible
to release our fears and insecurities
to experience our inner divinity
to met our challenges creatively
to experience each stage of life with grace and gratitude (54)
to live our life resourcefully and passionately.
Kundalini yoga is a discipline that helps us
alter and cultivate consciousness
achieve mental as well as physical flexibility
heighten our spiritual awareness and presence
find higher meaning and purpose in life.
Kundalini yoga is about establishing a conscious relationship between our finite personality and our infinite soul.
It is the science of strengthening our radiance that gives us
a greater capacity
a positive projection
an expanded impact
a rich and fulfilled life.
*** The Universal Law ***
It is the law that during our lifetime we will meet the opportunities to do our destiny.
Kundalini yoga opens up our awareness and receptivity
so that we can recognize the opportunities when they appear
so that we can sustain our commitment to our soul
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