Spirit Voyage

“Har Har Har Amritsar” is a meditation given by Yogi Bhajan in 1983 that was produced with sound samples from the walkway around the Golden Temple in Amritsar.

THE STORY BEHIND HAR HAR AMRITSAR from Sat Kartar

The Master Goes Home

When Thomas Barquee (producer of this recording) and I were working on the vocals for this piece, it was a day, October 6th, 2004, when they had announced, in our early morning group meditation, that Yogi Bhajan was very sick and to please chant/pray for him continuously.

I watched a thought crossing my mind, " Guru Ram Das's birthday--(4th Sikh Guru, who lived in the 1500s and special spirit guide for the 3HO community). Perhaps he will choose to leave the earth on the birthday of the spirit guide he loved and served."

Later, in the studio, as we worked to get the right vocal, I began to chant, but as I did, I felt as though I were unravelling, coming apart and began crying uncontrollably. Grief gushed out. I saw, felt and experienced, in that little sound booth, my teacher's soul waiting at the Golden Temple, holiest shrine of the Sikhs, in India, to go to the other side. Thomas, hearing my crying, responded, came in and said, "are you all right?" I told him what I had seen upon vibrating these sounds, and after going for tissues, he very kindly said, "let the tears come, and we'll put them in the music."

At a break, we shared a lot of stories about each of our experiences with Yogi Bhajan, having no idea, that when we went home later, that he would pass away that evening at 8PM. Many people in my community have stories like this, about him visiting them before his soul's transition, on that day. This is my story.

Har Har Amritsar

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