Guest guest Report post Posted January 5, 2003 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 >Kundaliniyoga ><Kundaliniyoga> >CC: <ranjitk > www.kundalini-matashakti.com >Sat, 7 Dec 2002 11:43:26 +0700 > >Dear Ranjit Kaur, > >www.kundalini-matashakti.com > >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 > > > > >"OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY" > - Yogi Bhajan > >You can UNSUBSCRIBE from this list at the Groups Member Center (My >Groups), or send mail to >Kundaliniyoga >NO UNSUBSCRIBE REQUESTS TO THE LIST PLEASE! >WEB SITE: kundalini yoga > >KUNDALINI YOGA ON-LINE TRAINING. Details from >kundalini yogaclasses.html > >Sponsored by YOGA TECHNOLOGY - Practical Books & Videos on Kundalini Yoga & >Meditation. Also Meditation & Mantra CDs. > >Your use of is subject to _______________ Help STOP SPAM: Try the new MSN 8 and get 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted January 5, 2003 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 > Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
