(Editor's Note: For Spirit Voyage's 40 Day Global Sadhana: Kirtan Kriya, we'll be doing 31 minutes of Kirtan Kriya each day for 40 Days using Mirabai Ceiba's Cycle of Life. Here, Catalyst Yogi has given us a beautiful video of Kirtan Kriya for 11 minutes. The timing and pacing of this meditation are important! Don't just play this 3 times...that is 3 11 minute Kirtan Kriyas, but not one full 31 minutes. Follow a version such as Mirabai's 31 minute version to get the pacing right for our global sadhana.)
There is no better word to describe the Aquarian Age than CHANGE. Everything is moving at a breakneck speed. You may be experiencing changes in your location, career, relationships, death, births, health or finances. To navigate through these changes we must be flexible in mind and travel light. That means you can’t drag your matching set of heavy Samonsite luggage from the past along for the ride.
Why is it so challenging to drop the past? You really try to forgive, change and move one, and yet, old thoughts, emotions, habits and desires still haunt you. Letting go of the past can sometimes feel like putting sticky paper in the garbage. Just when you think its gone ~ there it is on your shoe again.
From a yogi’s perspective, the past is nothing more than old experiences that now live as memories in the subconscious mind. The past no longer exists. It is unreality. The Subconscious Mind is a recorder and warehouse of all our actions, thoughts, feelings. It’s like being under video surveillance 24/7. Most people are not aware of their subconscious mind, because it is below the surface of the conscious mind and can drive more than 80% of our choices and reactions.
When we are unconscious – not living in the present – all of our choices are made by the subconscious mind. For example, in the past eating, sugary foods, over-working or drinking alcohol may have given you comfort. This way of coping no longer serves you, yet you are driven to repeat the habit over and over. The subconscious mind creates patterns in the neurons in the brain that we repeat again and again.
So how do we free ourselves from these tired, old habits that come from the sub-conscious mind? Intention is not enough. You need tools and technology. The most powerful way to clear and re-pattern the subconscious mind is through the technology of Kundalini Yoga and Meditation.
We are at the edge of a new frontier and can no longer look to our past for the answers. To thrive in these times, we need to connect to our soul for new creative solutions. When you connect to your soul you connect to the supreme intelligence - the big cosmic brain.
The most potent mantra to use is the Panj Shabd – SA, TA, NA, MA - the 5 primal sounds of the Universe. Sa – Infinity Ta – Life Na – Death Ma – Rebirth. This is the seed mantra, SAT NAM, broken down into its five primal sounds.
Yogi Bhajan said that if all the teachings were lost – this meditation would get us through the Aquarian Age. It’s called Kirtan Kriya.
Try this meditation for 40 days to drop your baggage so that you can truly live in the present and thrive in the Aquarian Age.
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[...] Kirtan Kriya can be practiced anywhere. In fact, my daughter and her friends practice it with their little fingers under their desks at school! If we are practicing in a crossed leg seated pose, we usually bring our hands into Gyan Mudra with the elbows straight. When we are walking or sitting in a public space, we allow the hands to stay relaxed. We chant the mantra Sa Ta Na Ma as we press the thumb with firm pressure into the index, middle, ring and pinky finger. The mantra changes in turn with the mudra. As we chant Sa, we touch the thumb to the index finger which represents Jupiter and infinite possibilities. As we chant Ta, we touch the thumb to the second finger which represents Saturn and creative power. As we chant Na we touch the thumb to the ring finger which represents the Sun and transformation with vitality. Finally before we repeat the sequence again, we press the thumb into the pinky which represents Mercury and rebirth with truthful communication. [...]