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To add to the discussion of the meanings of Sat Nam and Namaste. I once

came accross the following:

 

Namaste: An ancient Sanskrit understanding...

 

I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the

place in you, which is of Love, of Truth, of Light, and of Peace.

When you are in that place in you... and I am in that place in me,

We are One.

 

 

When I read that a long time ago, something shifted in my awareness as to my

understanding the sense of our oneness, our connection to eachother. I

thought it was a lovely way of explaining the way we greet eachother with

Sat Nam or Namaste... honouring the core essence of the person in front of

us and for that time, that moment... not getting caught up in the

personality.

 

Although it's easy to slip back into our less aware functioning mode after

that initial honouring... it's a great start.

 

I imagine that if we said it enough, and really felt the essence of that

Truth each time we said it... eventually we would be in that place of

remembering to recognise the deeper essence of everyone and everything all

the time.

 

 

 

Blessings,

 

Krishan-Shiva Kaur

 

 

 

 

 

 

>"Pieter Schoonheim Samara" <pietersa

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>Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo. Try the long version as well, meaning you take a

>full breath for each of the 5 sounds, all in the same tone. Start the

>class with repeating this 3 to 5 times. You may want to do (teach) some

>long deep breathing and breath of fire excersizes first before you start,

>which will alkalize the blood and tune up the nervous system. At the end

>of the mantra (Ong Namo...), inhale deeply and hold the breath, pull the

>root lock. Wait for a while, then exhale and relax the breath. Then wait

>before starting the class, as you and others may be somewhat electrified by

>the effect of the mantra done in this way.

>

>I was happy to hear you had a great first kundalini yoga class. You may

>already be feeling how before the class even starts there is a flow of

>energy, a sort of a liquid light that rises, fills and illuninates the body

>and mind drawing the mind inward to deep abiding stillness, connecting you

>to the Universal Consciousness that lights everyone, and to the Golden Link

>of which Yogi Bhajan is a part. Always abide in That non-dual

>Consciousness and you will feel your single pervasive Self - Sat Nam.

>

>Kundalini Matashakti Namo Namo

>

>Pieter

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My experience of Northern India says to me that it is the honoring of that

light in each other that IS their Yoga. The dozens and dozens of

times a day when your eyes meet that of a complete stranger and you gesture with

your hands coming together, your eyes softening and closing and

your lips saying Sat Nam, or Namaste' or Wahe Guru Ji Ka Khalsa, Wahe Guru Ji Ki

Fateh ..... This creates a chemistry that is so calming to the

nervous system and trust in your surroundings becomes the norm (still, you tie

up your camel). Automatically your breath is more relaxed. Soft

eyes, even breath and calmness in the heart and mind and a general softness in

manner.....hmmmm..... sounds like Yoga to me! I come home after a

month in India and I'm ripped!

 

This culture in the Punjab where thousands of people every single morning

gather in the Golden Temple starting at around 3am to sing and chant

and to take dips in the cold water surrounding the temple have just about

everything that they need, and this energy is contagious.

 

You be surprised how small a percentage of people in India actually do

"yoga". But if you understand that the opposite of Yoga (to yoke or have

union) is "Alienation", than one might see why there is such a need for us in

the west to practice this sacred technology and why in India (and

pretty much anywhere not in the West) there is not so much "excitement" about

"yoga".

It is us who need to connect. A great Ayurvedic doctor in India once said "that

westerners wear their God on their wrists".

 

A reporter once asked Mahatma Gandhi "What do you think about western

civilization"

Gandhi ji responded "I think it would be a very good idea"

 

Sat Nam,

Dharam

 

to see a whole bunch of beautiful photos (for sale) of the Golden Temple go to

http://www.printroom.com/ViewGallery.asp?userid=gmustuk&gallery_id=3240

 

 

 

 

Krishan-Shiva Kaur wrote:

 

> To add to the discussion of the meanings of Sat Nam and Namaste. I once

> came accross the following:

>

> Namaste: An ancient Sanskrit understanding...

>

> I honor the place in you in which the entire universe dwells. I honor the

> place in you, which is of Love, of Truth, of Light, and of Peace.

> When you are in that place in you... and I am in that place in me,

> We are One.

>

> When I read that a long time ago, something shifted in my awareness as to my

> understanding the sense of our oneness, our connection to eachother. I

> thought it was a lovely way of explaining the way we greet eachother with

> Sat Nam or Namaste... honouring the core essence of the person in front of

> us and for that time, that moment... not getting caught up in the

> personality.

>

> Although it's easy to slip back into our less aware functioning mode after

> that initial honouring... it's a great start.

>

> I imagine that if we said it enough, and really felt the essence of that

> Truth each time we said it... eventually we would be in that place of

> remembering to recognise the deeper essence of everyone and everything all

> the time.

>

> Blessings,

>

> Krishan-Shiva Kaur

>

 

 

 

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