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Raja Yoga Foundation Course- Lesson One- Who Am I?

Om Shanti. Om Shanti is a greeting of peace. Om means: I am a soul- shanti means:peace. Therefore, om shanti means; I am a peaceful soul. Om Shanti, and welcome to the

first lesson of the raja yoga meditation foundation course.

What does Raja Yoga mean? Raja means: king, sovereign, or supreme. Yoga means: link

or union. The word yoke comes from it- to join together. Another definition is, that link

which makes me sovereign- not over others, because that would be artificial; but over myown self. Over my own mind and my own body- because it is in the mind that happiness

and sorrow are experienced. A last definition is the king of all yogas. Because Raja

Yoga takes the essence of each of the yogas: it is the synthesis of all the yogas put

together to make one complete yoga. This is your one stop shopping yoga place.

So, let me ask you a question. Would you say that you are a body that has a soul, or a soul

that has a body? Think about it for a minute.

If you answered that you are a soul that has a body; you are correct. Why did you say

that?

The body is a tool; it is a vehicle. It carries me around, and through it I experience life.

Much like your automobile is your vehicle. It takes me where I want to go. When you get

in your car in Miami to go to Disney World; you in essence say to the car, O.K. car, weare going to go north to see the mouse. It would be pretty funny if the car said Oh no,

were going south to Coconut Grove! Youre pulling the steering wheel north. The car is

pulling south- back and forth, a tug of war. It would be counter productive, and ratherridiculous. But what would be even more ridiculous, would be if the car won, and you

ended up in Coconut Grove!

This however, is precisely what has been happening with us and our bodies. I have been

pulled in many different directions- sometimes all at once. My eyes want to go one place.

My ears say lets go another, and my sex organs, forget about it all together! Ive reallyhad very little control over myself.

What happens when I lose control? Accidents happen. When I am driving my car, what

happens if I lose control of the car for even a second? I go off the road, and smash intosomething or someone, right? I cause damage to my own vehicle, the other vehicle, and

even onlookers might get upset at the damage that was caused.

The same thing happens if I lose self control- usually in an outburst of anger or

something like that. I cause damage to my self. I cause damage to the person Im

screaming at. And even the kids might get upset at the damage that was caused.

So we get knowledge about how to drive that vehicle, but not usually about ourselves. So,

multi-million fold congratulations for coming here today. It is really a big deal. You can

pat yourself on the back for this one!

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When you look in a mirror, what do you see? You see the color of your hair, the color of

your eyes, your approximate height and weight etc. But, does this tell you all there isabout you, or is there much more? Theres much more, right? There are your special

talents, deep thoughts, emotions, spiritual tendencies etc. What is it I see in the mirror

just the body right? The body can be seen in the mirror. Character is revealed throughactions.

Is the soul eternal do you think? Most of you have answered yes. Is the body eternal? Ofcourse not, it degrades, it is perishable. So, it stands to reason that we would be the long

lasting thing and not the temporary thing, right?

Let me, at this point; tell you the difference between the living and the non-living- not ina purely biological sense, but in a deeper spiritual context.

The living is that which has awareness of its own existence. It has memory and

recognition, emotions and feelings, and it can make its own decisions. The non-living is

everything else.

With that in mind, is there any part of your body thats, lets say, making decisions? Acriteria for a living being- any part of your body making decisions?

I heard someone say, their heart is making decisions. Very loving and emotional souls

often give this response. However, it is not so. The heart is simply an organ which pumpsblood- thats it. We dont feel from this organ. I will explain further from where emotions

come, a bit later on.

How do we know that we dont feel from the heart? Well, they give heart transplants,

dont they? If emotions originate from this organ that pumps blood, that would mean that,

if after death, you donate your heart to me, I would then start loving your family andfriends. Well, thank you very much, but if that were the case I doubt anyone would take

anothers heart. Im sure your loved ones are wonderful, but I still want to love myhusband and my children! This has never proven to be the case however; people whohave received heart transplants do not suddenly love the donors family and friends.

Is there any other part of your body making decisions?

Someone just suggested the brain. That is a logical and common answer as well.

However, this is incorrect as well. The brain is like a big computer. It stores a lot of data

and configures things very quickly but it does not make decisions. For example, I have acomputer in my den but right now no one is using it. No one is in there pointing and

clicking so its not doing anything at all. It needs the living being to go in there and tell it

what to do. I may turn open my computer to word, to write something; it cannot at thatpoint say, Hey, check your e-mail first. But, I can. I can say, I think Ill check my e-

mail first. It cant then say, Hey wheres your attention span- write something

woman! No, I tell it what to do; it doesnt tell me what to do.

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This one takes a bit more thought. This finger feels pain- thats the senses- but its not

emotionally upset is it?

In fact, it doesnt even feel the pain; I do. I feel the pain through the senses of the finger.

How do we know that this is true? Well, they perform autopsies, without the benefit ofanesthesia. You have never heard a body crying out in pain saying, Hey, be careful with

that knife! No, once the soul has left the body the body feels nothing. In the same way, if

you are here at the computer reading this article and therefore not in your car; if someoneblew up your car right now; you wouldnt feel any physical pain from that. However, if

you were in your car at the time of the explosion, you would probably suffer.

Once the soul leaves the body, the body has no value whatsoever. Unless the living being-that we have identified as soul- is present in the body, the body has no function. The body

is so valueless we bury deep in the ground or burn it up altogether.

Have you heard of people having near death experiences? Most of you have. Whathappens? If someone dies on the operating table, for example, he often floats up on the

ceiling and watches everything that is going on in the room. For some reason he comesback and tells about it. He describes how he floated up on the ceiling and saw everything.

He tells how he saw the doctor pumping his heart, and Aunt Mary was crying her eyes

out, and the nurse dropped something on the floor.

Still, there might be a Doubting Thomas in the room who says No no, he must have

had some kind of consciousness. Yeah right, he was dead, but he had some kind of

consciousness. So he describes further how he floated down the hall into anotheroperating room. He then describes how he watched another ladies operation, who he had

never even met before. He describes the scene in that operating room perfectly as well.

There is no way he could know any of the things that went on in there, unless he hadactually been there. These things have been documented many times, right?

This is the best example that I can think of which illustrates the complete distinction andseparation of the soul and the body. I am not my body. I am the living being who is

operating this body.

Hopefully we have come to a place where you get that the body and the soul are in factseparate. This is in much the same way that I am separate and distinct from my car. Of

course, when I am driving my car, it looks like I am my car. My hands appear as though

they are attached to the steering wheel; my butt appears attached to the seat. But we knowthat, I am free to come and go from the car as I desire.

So, knowing I am a separate entity from my body, the question arises, where do you sit inthe body? Where do you sit to operate or drive the body? For example, when you sit to

drive your car, you sit in the upper left hand corner behind the steering wheel. Where do

you the soul sit in the body to drive the body? ....................................................................

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I am hearing a slew of answers this time. I am hearing everything from: all overtosolarplexus. Lets start with the all over theory. Can you drive a car from all over the car? -

Of course not. You have to be in one location. You sit in the upper left hand cornerbehind the steering wheel. To further refute the notion of sitting everywhere in the body,

let me remind you that you told me, I didnt even need to tell you, that the soul is eternal.

If the soul permeates the entire body, then if you were to lose a limb, then the part of thesoul which dwelt within that limb would be lost too. Therefore that part wouldnt be

eternal. The soul is eternal- all of it. No part can ever be lost.

Many still think that they reside in their heart, even after learning that this is simply an

organ that pumps blood. If I were to sit in the heart to try to drive the body, this would be

like trying to drive the car from the back seat.

Let me give you a little hint. You are thinking about this question, and the answer, right?

Point to where your thoughts are emanating from.

Did you point to your head?

We never tap our hearts and say; let me think, do we? Or do we point to our solar plexus

or anywhere else when we say; let me think? No we point to our heads, right?

If my thoughts are emanating from somewhere in my head, and if I am the one doing thethinking, then I must be somewhere in the head. Specifically, we sit in the center of the

forehead.

Why do we sit there? It is because; from here I am near the organs for control. From here,

I can see through the eyes, hear through the ears, speak through the mouth and operate

the big computer. If I tried to drive the body from anywhere else, it would be like tryingto drive the car from the back seat. I need to be up front behind the steering wheel, by the

tools for control: like the gas peddle, and the radio buttons, air conditioning, mirrors and

brakes.

Many of you may have heard of the third eye. The third eye is the seat of the soul. There

isnt actually an eye buried beneath the forehead- its a symbol. The whole phrase in the

east is: third eye of knowledge. It has been shortened in the west for some reason tojust the third eye. We have two eyes to see the physical, and one eye to see the meta-

physical. Meta means beyond- beyond the physical- the spiritual.

When I explain something to you and you say; Oh, I see. What are you really say?

I understand.

Yes, this is the eye of understanding- of understanding what? It is the eye of

understanding knowledge- the third of knowledge.

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So, what have you heard about the third eye? The mystery is that we want it to open up,

right? Isnt this what you have heard? And why- why do you want it to open up? What is

it we are supposed to gain in so doing?We have been made to understand that when the third eye opens we will attain

enlightenment, right? Isnt this what you have heard?

What is enlightenment? The word enlightenment simply means to en lighten. It means to

turn on the light- to shed light on that which was previously in darkness. Thats it. It is

not any groovier than that.

Who do we hurt most in our life, besides ourselves?

The ones we love the most, right?

Isnt this a ridiculous concept? Arent these the ones we would like to hurt the least?

The cashier at the store could be a nasty, little witch, and yet we say thank you and have anice day. Then we go out and take it out on our husband who is waiting in the car.

Why do we do this?

It is because we cant see clearly what we are doing. Not see with the physical eyes- but

see with the third eye.

If you knew that this red crayon always gave sorrow, and that this blue crayon alwaysgave happiness; would you ever give red to your spouse or children or to your mommy?

No, but, if it is black as pitch in here, if you are in darkness- ignorance-

you are unenlightened; the crayons feel the same. At least fifty percent of the time, byaccident, I will be giving the red crayon of sorrow to my loved ones.

If on the other hand you turn on the light- you get enlightenment- you can easily choosewhich you want to be giving to other souls- happiness, or sorrow.

If you come to The Transformation Station, we may have twenty people sitting on thefloor meditating. If its pitch black in there, and I ask you to make your way back to the

far corner to sit on the sofa; chances are you will kick some people, step on someone and

you might even fall down and hurt yourself as well. You will be giving and receiving

pain, sorrow and suffering. But, if I turn on the light, if you have enlightenment, unlessyou are a total klutz, you will be able to tippy-toe your way back there with no trouble at

all.

So, the third eye is the seat of the soul.

What do you look like? What is the form of the soul? And yes, everything has a form!

Here is your first hint- you are sitting in the center of your forehead, you cant be too big.

Are you ready for your next hint? I thought so. O.K., leave spiritual class for a minute

and go to science class, o.k.? You have said that the soul is eternal. What is the only thing

in the universe that can be eternal? It cant be anything physical because physical things

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degrade and are thereby lost. Think deeply. What is it that is eternal? Ah, who said it?

Yes, energy. Energy is eternal. Energy is neither created nor can it be destroyed. It just

always was, always is, and always will be.

Water falls from the sky and forms a puddle; it looks different but the molecules are still

the exact same energy. The puddle then may freeze. Warm winds blow, and the puddlemelts into the atmosphere. At this point I may even deny the existence of this water

energy because it is difficult to discern water vapor in the air. And yet, when it rains

again, I see that although it had changed form it is still ever present. It can not bedestroyed. Energy can never be destroyed; it just changes form.

O.K., from this we can deduce that since the soul is eternal; the soul must be made up of

energy. Good. What type of energy do you suppose we are talking about? Now you canthink of just about any religious or metaphysical teaching you have ever studied, any

where, to come up with this answer. All peoples speak of this element. What type of

energy is the soul made up of?

Light energy.

In specific, you are a tiny pin point of light.

You are so tiny that you can not even be seen with a microscope. How do we know that

definitively? Well, again, you have said that the soul is eternal. The only thing in theentire universe that can be eternal is a point. Anything larger can have pieces lopped off

of it, so that part would be lost- so that part wouldnt be eternal. No part of the soul can

ever be lost.Even an atom can be split, but a point is just that; it has no height, no depth, no width, no

nothing- it is just- a mathematical point. A point is the only thing which can be eternal.

This is a picture of you

this

not this:

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If you can identify with this

You can learn to master your mind

There are five original qualities of the soul. These things are also eternal, because

anything thats part of the soul can never be lost. These are also the things that everyonewants most in life. Well call that category soul consciousness:

Soul Consciousness

1. peace

2. love

3. purity4. bliss

5. power

You have 100% of these qualities within you at all times. The fact that it may not be your

experience now, or ever, is because through time, the soul has become rusted over, so to

speak; so Im no longer able to be pulled by the magnet (God.) So, in Raja Yoga we dontgive you any of these things: peace, love, purity, bliss or power. How can we give you

what you already have? What we do, however, is teach you how to remove the rust, so

that this can be your experience fully.

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The next category, I will call body consciousness. These are the qualities, for lack of a

better word, that I interact with when I forget I am a soul and instead think I am my body.

Simply stated, if I think I am a man, or a woman. Or if I think I am young, old, black,white, a banker, a teacher, Russian or American. These are all descriptions of the body.

They have nothing to do with who I am. The list of soul conscious qualities is the

description of who I am. Body Consciousness

1. lust2. greed

3. ego

4. anger

5. attachment

Which is your main experience? Are you soul conscious or are you body conscious?Everything on the soul conscious list will create happiness, one hundred percent of the

time. Everything on the body conscious list will create sorrow, one hundred percent of the

time. There is no gray are. It is black or white. The things on the body conscious list

come on looking like- they promise happiness- but they never deliver. They give what wecall limited and temporary happiness at best.

For example, take greed. I have one thing; I like it; let me have ten! But, have you ever

seen the children who have too many toys? They dont enjoy any of them.

The vision I get when I think of the body conscious list is this. Say, you are standing on

the other side of the room. I am the most beautiful object of your desire. There is a stringor rope attached to your chest, and I am pulling you towards myself. I keep saying to you,

as I pull your string; cmon, you are going to like this! And you walk willingly toward me

with a glassy look in your eyes thinking; yeah, Im gonna like this!The limited and temporary happiness is received during this short walk because the

moment I get you into range; I clobber you on the head, hard! Limited happiness finishes;

sorrow ensues.

The other image I get for this is the alcoholic with his drink. The alcoholic is aware that

his health is failing. He is aware that his performance at work is suffering. He knows all

too well that his drinking has strained relationships. He is very aware that the source ofhis problems is the alcohol and yet still he drinks. Today, he was fired from his job and

thus his wife has left him and taken the children with her. Although he knows the cause of

these events, he is so upset by the activities of the day, he is beside himself with sorrowand not having any other ideas about how to dull the pain he anxiously cries, Ive got to

have a drink! Thus the cycle of sorrow continues. The drink will yield him limited and

temporary happiness. It is limited in that the extent of happiness is not of a high quality.

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It is temporary in that, the happiness will only last for as long as he remains high. In fact,

in the morning the problem will have been acerbated.

Let us take a look at the anatomy of a soul, or how the soul works. There are three

faculties of the soul. Actually, it is the same energy operating on three different

frequencies, but for purposes of teaching we break it apart.

The first part is the mind. The mind is the part that thinks, has desires and dreams, as

well as feelings and emotions.

The next part is the intellect. The intellect is the part that reasons, understands, and

makes decisions. Therefore, the things you understand today are because you have a good

intellect. The things that are slipping by are because the intellect is a little weak.However, the intellect is expandable, it can grow. Just like anything else, how can I get it

to grow? I need to exercise it, to use it.

The next part is a part we dont have an English word for, so I will tell you the Hindiword, and then I will tell you what it means. That part is called, sanskars. It is sometimes

pronounced sanskaras, depending on what region you come from. The sanskars are thecomplete recording of action. Anything youve ever done, in this or any other lifetime, is

recorded eternally in the soul. You can never get rid of it. This is where you will find your

personality traits, your tendencies and your habits.

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You can see clearly that this is a cycle. Whatever I think will affect my decisions.

Whatever decisions I make will affect my personality, which in turn will affect my way of

thinking. The sequence then repeats. No matter where you begin the cycle of thinking,

understanding and actions continues.

First of all there is always, what we call, sensory input coming in front of me. Everything

you hear, touch, taste or smell is sensory input. Everything in the world is sensory input.That is always coming in front of me.

Rather than teach in theory, I like to give an example. It is easier for both of us. Lets say,that the sensory input coming in front of us is that wonderful piece of chocolate cake.

The mind is like the child. What is a childs job, besides play? I want, I want I want,

gimmee, gimme, gimmee. Right? O.K. So, the mind says; I want it. I want the cake.

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makes decisions

mindthinks, desires, feelings, emotions

child

intellect

(parent)

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The intellect, which is like the parent, may say, No, we dont eat cake.

The mind may say back, Cmon, all the other kids are having it! The intellect may fireback, No, it will rot your teeth, theres no nutritional value, youll get fat, and it will

make you sick.

Now the mind may say, Oh cmon, one time wont cause all that damage.Now at this point the intellect who reasons and understands things might concede saying,

Youre right. One time wont cause all that damage. Go ahead, eat the cake. The

intellect makes the decision to eat the cake. And so an action is performed- the action of,cake eating.

Remember, every action is recorded. Therefore, a sanskar is created.

Sanskar

Its like an etching- or a groove-

like in one of those old fashionedrecord albums we used to listen to.

The next time cake comes in front of me, I have a tendency to eat it. I had it once. It was

good, and I want it again. And so, the conversation between mind and intellect begins all

over again:Mind: I want it.

Intellect: No, we dont eat cakeMind: All the other kids are having it.Intellect: No, its not good for you....

Back and forth goes the debate. Have you ever talked to yourself? It is these two- the

mind and the intellect. It is a good thing, you are not crazy. When you stop talking to yourself, then youll be in trouble. We will explain this further, shortly.

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O.K., so we will say that the mind wins again. The intellect gives permission to eat the

cake once again. The action of cake eating is performed for a second time. Every action is

recorded, not just the first time:

Cake eating for the 2nd time

It is recorded right on top of the cake

eating sanskar- not side by side- right on top

There is one sanskar for cake eating.

The next time cake comes in front of me, I still have a tendency to eat it. I have had ittwice now, it was good both times, and I want it again. Mind and intellect chat again:

good, bad; yes, no etc. I eat it again; it is recorded again.

Eat it again Eat it again eat it againRecorded again recorded again recorded again

What is happening to this sanskar? It is getting thicker, deeper, more powerful

If I perform this action over and over, it will look like this:

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Eventually, if you repeat this action enough times, it will start to look like this:

At this point, I no longer have a tendency to eat cake; I have a habit. Then something

very interesting happens, and quite dangerous as well. I no longer consult the intellect. I

go straight from desire into action. Why is this dangerous? Look who is running thehousehold:

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Could you imagine if your parents left you home alone, forever, with your siblings when

you were one, three and five years old?

What would happen?

You wouldnt do very well because:

*You are not going to eat healthily because- why eat Brussels sprouts when you

can have cake and cookies all day?

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thinks, desires, emotions

(child

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* You are not going to bathe properly, especially the little boys. So you will

have more germs and consequently get sick more often.

* You will not go to school, because, even if you wanted to: you cant get up intime because you didnt fall asleep until 2A.M. in front of the television.

* The little boy will probably kill the little girl because: the parents arent there

to say, Leave your sister alone!

If you have read or seen the movie- Lord of The Flies- you have a very vivid image of

what transpires if the parent (intellect) is not present in the lives of children (mind.)

Another name for intellect is conscience. It tells me the consequences of my actions.

When I was growing up, there were murderers, just like there are today. They were also

interviewed on Television just as they are today. But in those days it was usually a crimeof passion and the interview typically sounded something like this:

Yes, I killed him; I dont know what came over me. If I could take it back I would, but

what can I do? Hes dead!

Now the interview goes more like this:

Yeah, I killed him, and Id do it again sucka!

No remorse whatsoever. We call it having a stone intellect. The intellect has turned tostone. The intellect should be like a sponge. What can a stone absorb? Not too much!

You and I have an intellect that can figure out quite easily that it just plain isnt good or

nice to take someones life. These souls dont use their intellect enough to even figure outthat; by taking his life, I have in fact taken my own- because 99% of these people get

caught (I think.) This means that one of two things will happen next. Either I will go jail

for life or I will be put to death. Both options equal, I no longer have a life!

So, if this is a sanskar thats causing you sorrow; how can you get rid of it?

Sorrow causing sanskar

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How can you get rid of it? Oops, Ive already told you- You cant! So, I guess the real

question is: What can I do about it? What can you do about a sanskar thats causing you

sorrow. Remember, that another name for a sanskar is habit. What can you do about ahabit that is causing you sorrow?

About half of you just said- Stop doing it. This will not work because even if that habitwas only 1% of my personality, if I stop doing it, the soul would only be 99% full. The

soul must always be 100% full. It is the minds job to look around for what to fill that

space with. What is it going to fill it with? The old habit! Its close, its known, like acomfortable old shoe, aah, Ill change tomorrow! Isnt this how it often goes?

The only way to get rid of one habit, is to replace it with a new habit- preferably a good

one.

So if I have the habit of getting up late for work- and I am a shift nurse or something like

that- this causes sorrow because the person I am supposed to replace never gets to go

home on time- so shes always upset with me. I get sorrow because my boss never givesme the promotion or raise- because lets face it, Im not responsible. My kids are always

upset with me, because since I dont get the raise, I cant afford to buy the latest gadgetsthey want. The list of sorrow goes on and on.

So, if this is the sanskar of getting up late for work, lets replace it with... getting up early

for work. What a concept!

O.K., lets try it:

new sanskar attempt

Sorrow

Causing sanskar

O.K., so we have this little tiny David, next to thisgiant Goliath!

In other words, it can seem daunting at first. Butlets remember who won that battle.

Alright so we are trying to create a new habit- the habit of getting up early for work.

What will happen more times than not is I will fall into my old ways.

Fledgling habit falling into old ways

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So what should you do when you fall in?.................................................................

Get out.So this time you didnt manage it; so, now what should you do?

TRY AGAIN!

When did you ever succeed at anything on the first try? Especially something worthwhile?

O.K., so now I am going to try again:

This time well say we managed it.You got up early!

This is a huge, gigantic, monumentous event!!!

I cant make enough out of it! WHY??

Because now- you have created a new sanskar. You now have a tendency; at least,towards behavior you just plain didnt have at all before!

Now, how did the sorrow causing, blue sanskar get so powerful?

Repetition.

So, how do you suppose the happiness sanskar will get powerful?

Repetition as well.

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Im going to get up early, get up early, get up early, get up early, and get up early, until

the happiness sanskar starts to look like this:

Now, it is a question of choice: blue or red- happiness or sorrow.

Further, if I keep repeating the happiness action, that sanskar will start to look like this:

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Now whos the David!???

I mentioned earlier, that you have 100%, peace, love, purity, bliss, and power at all times.

We also touched on that this probably is not your experience 100% of the time, if ever.One reason for this is because the qualities just mentioned, are often in the background of

my mind; while the sorrow causing, body conscious traits are in the foreground of my

life. They need to be reversed.

If you know anything about art perspective, you know that if you want something to fade

into the background you draw it smaller.

Like this:

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You can see that a similar result has begun to happen in the sanskar diagrams. The bluesanskars are starting to recede, while the red sanskars become prominent.

Now, I would like to have a short meditation on what we have learned today. This is amost important step in the development of soul-consciousness. Developing soul-

consciousness is important if you wish to re-emerge your original and eternal qualities of

peace, love, purity, happiness and spiritual power.

In Raja Yoga we do something quite unique, and that is- we meditate with our eyes open.

There is a very good reason for this. It is because you live your life with your eyes open.

So rather than have a ten minute experience of peace, or an hour, or four hours, if youcould sit there that long; we learn to have a twenty-four hour experience of peace-

through a complete shift in consciousness

A lot of people have said to me that they like to close their eyes because this way they

shut everything out. It is true that you can get a certain amount of peace from closing

your eyes, because you have indeed shut everything out. You can get limited andtemporary peace, because the moment I open my eyes back up, real life comes back in

front of me, and there goes my peace.

If I have only practiced accessing my peace with my eyes closed; I will have a difficulttime accessing my peace when I need it while functioning in life. For example, if you are

driving home in rush hour traffic and you are feeling tense or stressed, you will have a bit

of trouble, if you have to shut your eyes to access your peace and drive the car at thesame time. Maybe youll do the safe thing and stop the car, then close your eyes and

meditate? Do you think the guy behind you is going to let you get some peace? He will

probably only add to your peacelessness by shouting obscenities at you or threateningviolence. So does it sound like a good idea to practice accessing your peace with your

eyes open? This way you can do your job, cook, tend the baby, and drive and still

meditate at the same time.

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The word meditation means.... thinking. Therefore it is something we are doing all day

long. And it is commonly done with the eyes open. So, dont make a big deal out of it. Of

course you can blink etc.

It will be a little tricky, perhaps to meditate at the computer, but here are some thoughtsfor you get started anyway:

Firstly, sit comfortably:

Read these thoughts slowly. Consider or feel each thought before going on to the next.

I sit quietly

Remembering who it is I am

I am a tiny point of light

A sparkling star... radiating in the center of my forehead

I am a thinking being

peace

Love

Purity

Bliss

Spiritual power

The more I think of these, the more I become them

I am remembering, these qualities are my original and eternal qualities

I re-emerge, consciously, these which are eternally my inherent birthright

I am relaxed, and the director of my life

I decide which thoughts to let in... and which thoughts to keep out

I am full of peace... peace full

Full of love ... love full

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I am a spiritual being

Remembering who it is I am

I am free

Just sit for a few minutes feeling this peace wash over you

I hope you enjoyed taking this first lesson in cyber space. This lesson was entitled-

Who Am I- Should you have the interest to explore the second lesson which is entitled

Who is God you are most warmly invited to visit a center near you. Currently there

are more than 6000 centers, in more than 92 countries world-wide. To locate a center nearyou, please visit our international web-site at:

bkwsu.org

If you would like to experience another meditation with music, you are invited to visit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGm23BLLGRo

If you would like to listen to my just released meditation commentaries CD entitled

Garden of Angels,you can check it out at cdbaby.com

It also available at amazon.com

To contact me (Bhavna) directly: [email protected]
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