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Who says that and why?
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In the west the dairy industry is very cruel and dairy products contain antibiotic residues and hormones so it makes sense to me why people want to avoid it.
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Correct me if I'm wrong but Sikhi doesn't have a physical 'naam daan' . Naam is achieved by destruction of ego via prema bhagti.
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Read this and the meditation experiences thread
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read the meditation techniques and meditation experiences threads pinned here.
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There's no link to the actual study but it's interesting that science is corroborating so many things we already knew
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On 3/27/2017 at 0:31 PM, Sat1176 said:
I don't agree with what he is saying. I have heard a number of mahapursh teach this technique and the first time was years ago, in the audio simran instruction recording of Sant Baba Isher Singh (Rare Wale). He clearly stated in that, when one applies pressure on the navel you will eventually begin to feel the pulse behind it. When simran is synchronized with that pulse and dhyaan is placed there it would lead to manifestation of Rom Rom simran. He said Bakhari was done at the mouth, Madhma in Khant, Pasanti in the heart and Para at the navel. Maskeen ji also wrote about this in the book Prabhu Simran.
You disagree with this? Why?
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QuoteBaikhri- is doing jap loudly
Madhma- is quietly, like whisper.
Pasant- is silent jap, where there is no sound out from mouth.
Para- is more further, when YOU are not making the effort to say, but waheguru himself is speaking-This borders/overlaps on further to anhad and rom rom (auto mode)
Before we even attempt rom rom, we have to SET the saas graas and saas saas as primary foundations.
I know there can be a lot of confusion between the two, and I never quite understood the difference for a long time.
But from what I gather and the approach I made, I believe it to be as described below (in brief)
Saas Graas
This is done using gurmantar with BOTH breaths.
1) Breath in is ''Wahe'' along with slight pull of navel in.
2) Breath out is ''Guru'' along with relaxing of navel(comes back outwards)
In between (1) and (2), is an important space of silence or void, that one should try and maintain each breath in and out.
This should be a space of no thoughts in between, but you still have your dhyan there !
So, in effect it will sound like-...
1- inhale ''wahe''
2- HOLD, and then
3- exhale ''Guru''
It should appear as.......Wahe...silence...Guru, ...Wahe...silence...Guru, ...Wahe...silence...Guru, ...etc....
Practice, practice, practice ...until you are doing this until you can bring ALL thoughts just down to One single thought,and then none !
then next you move onto-
Saas Saas-
1st STAGE
Again, the same gurmantar and breathing technique used, BUT only step 1) from above, while inhaling WITHOUT saying 'wahe' with tongue !
so,......
1) Inhale in with SILENT internal 'wahe' with breath and navel inwards
2) Exhale with 'Guru' out and relaxing navel outwards.
Therefore, you are doing the same as saas graas, but the only sound from tongue should be ''Guru' coming out on exhale, but the gaps, pace and lengths would be the same as if you were saying the 'wahe' as well.
In effect, it will sound like...-
1- Breathe in, (no sound except of breath)
2- Hold for a second
3- Breathe out with 'Guru' sound.
repeat.
It should appear as ..Inhale.. silence... 'Guru', .. Inhale..silence...Guru', ..Inhale..silence..'Guru'...etc.
Practice, practice and practice.. Again make the goal of killing the thoughts and using that void of silence to help steady mind.
2nd STAGE
Eventually you want to get to just doing the breathing without any slight tongue movements.
ie. ... breathe in..slight hold...breath out..... and while doing this you are silently japping Wahe-(in) and Guru-(out) by mentally incorporating the gurmanter in every saas.........this is Saas Saas simran.
The 1st stage was a build up the 2nd stage where there should only be the sound of Breath in and Breath out now (only hear the saas) and the gurmantar is actually in your breath and you can hear it yourself but there is no tongue/sound making movement. Therfore, you will hear it, but others will only hear your rhythmic breathing.
Personally, I think it is easier to always start with saas graas and then progress to saas saas, in every simran session.
Whist also going from baikri to pasant/silent jap.
With time, you will find you start going deeper and deeper whilst listening to the gurmantar.
The other key is to listen,listen and listen.
What I have given above is just the way that I was doing it after researching and reading from all other sources. Everyone can vary it slightly to suit their needs in order to help them get rid of the thoughts and HOLD that mind there.
Once you really start listening to the jap and it starts embedding itself within you, then with Waheguru's kirpa, you shall start hearing the anhad/naad/primordial/celestial sounds or Waheguru's voice itself !
QuoteROM ROM SIMRAN
This is pasanti bhani jap- which is mental,silent and completely from the sukham Mind.
and it is antar ghat (completely internal)
We are using sukham ears and sukham mouth to jap. (ie,,,sukham gyan and karam indries)
It is ALL sukham compared to the Physical breathing manoeuvres/inhalations/tongue use....etc.. in Saas graas & Saas saas
However, there is just the beginning aspect of trying to feel the pulse or heartbeat that is classed as physical, but once you master it, then it all becomes sukham.
A little point I would like to make is about some confusion about matching breathing with heartbeat - which can no doubt lead to hyperventilation !
I really don't think that you should match your breath to heartbeat- since this is ALL sukham from what I gather. If we start matching physical breath then we are going towards sargun/physical actions again.
The way I see it is-
With simran we progress through the jugtees and techniques by gradually making our surti, dhyian and actions to go from Sargun to Nirgun. Because if our surti can come out and away from the sargun body, then we move away from the grasps of kaal and his maya dominance. Therefore, we need to make surti/dhyian move from Sargun to Nirgun.
(remember- before creation there was just the nirgun shabad and all sargun manifested after. It makes sense to go back home in that reverse order!)
As to the the rapid breathing technique that can lead to hyperventilation and hypoxia, I am aware that some akj practice this, but this is not to be confused with heartbeat & rom rom jugtee, or any other jugtee for that matter.
Hypoxia or oxygen deprivation from rapid hyperventilation gives a person a good feeling of being lightheaded. I have heard how some of them claim to have the feeling of divine anand from their fast paced kirtan samagams, but this is nothing much different than the 2 minute high that party students get with nitric 'poppers'
Technique/method
1) 1st quieten and get that steady state where breath is balanced.
2) Try and feel your heart beat by putting the focus in that area
3) If this is difficult, then it may help if-
-a) you hold your breath for a few seconds and then try to locate/listen.
- Or you can instead try and feel your pulse on the wrist.
4) Once you find the beat and can follow it's beating rhythm, then putting some more dhyian there should make it more louder and prominent.
5 )the anhad naad/dhun should also get louder if it's there.
-I usually find that they both get more enhanced at the same time
6) Now that the heart beating is clear and can be followed, you incorporate and match the gurmantar along with it to begin rom rom.
-this itself can be done in 2 ways
a) you should be able to identify an ''up'' beat and a ''down'' beat.
...then coincide the Wahe-with-Up, and the Guru-with-Down.
OR..
b)when the beat is too fast to differentiate the up/down, then you can match the whole gurmantar with this faster beat. For eg..you are saying waheguru,waheguru,waheguru, without any pause or breaks in wahe-and-guru.
With practice, you should eventually be able to locate the heartbeat without touching or feeling any pulse.
If you HOLD the breath for a few seconds, then this will help make it easier as well.
NEXT, the goal is to put the focus on navel, because when focusing at navel one can be steady in the sukhmanna channel and try to rise up.
The sukhmanna channel runs directly from navel area towards the nijh ghar.
Before we are born and in the womb, this connection is fully active and tuned with waheguru. When the umbilical cord is cut and the birth breath are taken, is when the veil of maya physical world starts it's course.
ਮਨ ਰੇ ਪਵਨ ਦ੍ਰਿੜ ਸੁਖਮਨ ਨਾਰੀ ॥੧॥ ਰਹਾਉ ॥
Man re pavan ḏariṛ sukẖman nārī. ||1|| rahā▫o.
O mind, hold your breath steady within the central channel of the Sushmanaa. ||1||Pause||So, it is important to get that steady breath balance before you start rom rom.
This steadiness and control happens when there are no thoughts.
If any thoughts arise, then the breath balance goes into either side of Ida or pingala.
That’s why it is called the turbulent ocean (bhavsagar) because we rock from side to side (left to right), or from ida to pingala whilst trying to travel up the nadis to try and maintain that steadiness in sukhmana throughout.
This 2nd stage of rom rom is to focus around navel area and feel the pulse there which is much more sukham.
The focus I believe is not directly at the belly button, but you feel the pulse and rom rom vibration just below it and deeper inside.
It is the area called the DHARAN.- which is about 1 inch below and 1 inch inwards.
I often find it a little easier to locate this subtle area compared to the heartbeat sometimes.
The vibrations that I feel there can be In and Out and so I use the mental Wahe-in and Guru-out,
OR sometimes they may be going slightly up/down at an angle rather than in/out, but I still use the same method and have noticed that the rate of rom rom vibration is mostly the same.
All the jap is done in complete sukham from the mind and it can help if you do the internal, mental chant with the inner voice being raised with some power behind it.
The last step I usually make is to make sure that I am breathing slowly and normally and not accidentally incorporating the breath into the jap rhythm-which can be very easily done (and then you can end up with the hyperventilating issue explained above),
This practice takes you on a whole new quest with both mystical and spiritual experiences being individual and very personal to each of us and you know that they can't be discussed openly.
I can seriously understand why it is of great importance to have the right sangat and experienced gurmukh/mahapursh/sant guidance/advisor to assist you along the encounters at this stage. This is probably the reason of why it has that ''hush hush'' factor and doesn't get explained too often.
Those are quotes from Lucky.
You can also read this:
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On 1/16/2014 at 1:50 PM, Sat1176 said:
I just re-read the discourse given by Sant Baba Isher Singh (Rare Wale) where his instructions were as follows with regards to the Anhad Shabad:
Where is this from?
edit: nvm saw your answer to the same question.
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Not exactly crawling because it's localised to a small area. Although I did initially think there was a bug or a breeze but I still felt it under the blanket.
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Strange thing. I've been feeling vibrations between navel, heart, throat and agya chakra. Last night I got a vibrating pulse in my left knee, at the top of the calf. It continues even if I hold my breath or stop simran. This is unexpected - anyone experience similar?
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Just a point of focus, like a slight pressure. Which moves around as I mentioned.
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Bit of advice please.
What is the difference between agya chakr and ajna chakr? Can't find much online.
I was told to do abhyas focusing on forehead but the point of focus seems to move around. Sometimes on the bridge of the nose, sometimes between eyebrows, sometimes it goes higher than this. When it goes higher it goes off to the right a little, i.e. it's no longer centred in the forehead.
I have heard that you should not focus on dasam duar as a beginner - why would this be? Sometimes when I can't quiet my mind I take my focus there and my mind goes blank. I then carry on in the forehead.
Quote( between the eye brows) focus so hard and meditate so hard that you are exhausted consequently you will start meditating automatically on throat chakra with Madhma Bani (thought provoked automatic recitation) then focus so hard on madhma bani that it gets exhausted. Again consequently meditation will start in the heart and continue to the Nabhi (Navel). In the navel, guru’s jap awakens the kundalani in the navel. By doing this.,tenth door(dasva dwara) opens. By doing this technique your meditation process never stops and you are experience doesn’t break.
Does this imply that when madhma bani starts focus should move to the throat rather than trikuti? Or should focus remain on trikuti but simran moves to throat?
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Lol Dally Sensai, he didn't even read my p....
I shall do as you say. I won't hold back.
*touches right fist to left palm*
*takes a bow*
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K Ragnarok you are dead. (metaphorically speaking)
Every post is an exercise in duality. Duality is everything that is. It is fundamental lens through which we perceive the world. It is the world!
And the world is not truth.
Yes the goal of Sikhi is to transcend duality. Yes one who sees the truth cannot suffer from duality. I should f***ing know because I experienced that shiet and then I said it!
You also said
Which is all lies. I do not believe that someone who has seen truth even for an instant can speak such lies. Once you have a certain avastha you can see Oneness constantly. It is not even the highest avastha.
Hence the f***ing metaphor of Lotus! The mud is the duality and the lotus is consciousness. Our consciousness is to rise from this duality the way the lotus rises out of mud.
BUT
It still lives in the f***ing mud! The mud is the world!
And what is the world? Is it real? Is it separate from the one? No.
How do you rise above the mud while living in it?
You go into the state of Pure Consciousness through strict meditation (naam simran) or rarely by a lucky stroke of His Kirpa. Often both.
Shut the f*** up.
No. You speak like this and you claim to have seen the truth? You are nothing but an apologist for living in delusion.
You are not enlightened. If you are then you should have answered my question right at the start instead of giving me crap. So stop making shiet up that you have not experienced.
Please tell me what I have experienced.
Yes it is! You are right. But what the f*** is Oneness? have you even tasted it?
Constantly.
How can you blab about something you don't know of?
See above.
Oneness is everything. It INCLUDES duality!
Indeed.
It's all inclusive. There is nothing outside of oneness, not even duality or ignorance. It's all part of the game (leela).
I should f***ing know cuz I f***ing saw that shiet with my own eyes and then I described it to you!
See what I said about delusion. You have seen nothing and it is evident from your tone.
Are you keeping up?
Why should I show you? Why don't you look it up?
Learn to f***ing Google shiet. This is the 21st century. If you can go on a forum, you can damn well read Sri Granth.
srigranth.org
Copy- paste ਬਖਸਨਹਾਰ and ਦਾਤਾਰ. It won't break your fingers. I promise.
Oneness includes the Ambrahamic God. It includes everything! It even includes you!
The Abrahamic concept of god is delusion. it is not real. It is part of the play of maya. The definition of the Christian god since Constantine has been a lie; it has nothing to do with Jesus.
But you wouldn't even know what is an Abrahamic God. You are too busy criticizing and pre-judge ... prejudice ... pre-judging other people who are trying to help you.
And the language you are using is an Abrahamic one! English is not an Indian language. It has words derived from Sanskrit and other Indian languages but it's an Abrahamic language with concepts and words that use Abrahamic Mythology as their basis.
1. English is not Abrahamic. It predates Christianity and is not from the middle east. Educate yourself, boy. 2. Point is that translations cannot be made properly into English as the right words do not exist. 3. Just because I speak a language does not mean I must subscribe to the mythology of the culture that spawned the language. The original culture behind English is pagan, not christian.
Why the f*** are you speaking in English if you want to run away from Abrahamic beliefs so much?
Speaking a language is not a belief.
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਬੋਲ! ਮੈਂ ਤੈਨੂੰ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ 'ਚ ਸਮਝਾ ਦੇਨਾ
ਬਕਸ਼ਨ ਵਾਲਾ ਬਕਸ਼ਨਹਾਰ
ਦਾਤਾਂ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਦਾਤਾਰ
Why is it that you could not even recognize Gurmukhi words and yet recognize English words so easily?
Where are you getting this? And you speak of prejudice? The ego present in your demeanour is astounding, as for your so called experience of the truth it is evident that this is nothing but a lie you told yourself and your peers in order to feed your out of control ego.
eyk qUhI eyk quhI
iDRgu jIvxu dohwgxI muTI dUjY Bwie
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Your post is an exercise in duality. Duality may be the law of the world but the point of Sikhi is to transcend duality. One who sees the truth cannot suffer from duality.
You will always see God as separate from the Atma except in certain cases of spiritual experiences and during moments of hyper awareness."Disagree. An enlightened one is always in this state, the unenlightened should make a conscious effort to remember Oneness as truth. It is the whole point of simran.
This is all in SGGS. He punishes, judges, forgives (ਬਖਸਨਹਾਰ comes to mind), gives (ਦਾਤਾਰ another common word) protects etc.
Show me. Your mindset is emblematic of what my post is about. You're an Abrahamic and don't even know it. You believe in the idea of a separate 'god' floating about and meddling in day to day affairs of people with only a loose appreciation of the possibility of one-ness.
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There is no gender for the Guru. Guru is neither man or woman, people who see only the body of the Guru do not see the Guru.
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Which is difficult enough by itself without idiots adding their own words to push an agenda.
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This translation of Ahtavakra Gita is excellent.
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noted, thanks
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Considering the koran sanctions murder and rape, probably not a good religion.
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What is a foreigner? What is religion? What is a gori and a nigger? What is Hind or Punjab?
There is only one. How can the above distinctions exist if there is only one? Manmat.
Dark Night of the Soul
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Funny that, considering that Bono is a tw*t.