Showing posts with label tapasya. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tapasya. Show all posts

Sunday, April 22, 2018

Day 10: Fire of Yoga


image from http://us.brahmakumaris.org/

Today I'm fascinated with tapasya, the fire of yoga.  This is akin to reaching gold's melting point (which is very high at 1,064 degrees Celsius).  Here, the yoga is so intense that the impurities (alloys) that have accumulated in the soul (gold) are removed.  So, I set out to experiment with it today.


I’ve experienced it before.  It’s the point when I stop thinking and simply experience being a soul in the company of the Being of Light.  

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When it happens, 
I feel I am beyond sound... 
beyond space...beyond time...
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It's the point of complete stillness.  I am not thinking.  I simply bask in the experience of love, power, purity, happiness or peace.


At one point, I feel I am nothing yet I am everything.


Today though is not that day.  Yes, I can steer my mind in the direction I want.  Yes, my mind is clear but it can’t reach the highest form of yoga yet.  I simply feel that it’s easy to detach from the things of this world and remember the Divine with love.  

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In keeping with my newly found 
self-love, I tell myself, 
"For today, this is enough."    

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Dadi Janki, head of Brahma Kumaris talks about silence.











Tuesday, April 25, 2017

Day 13: Oh happy day!

image from bookyogaretreats.com

                                                            April 15, 2017  

Dearest Baba,

          I’m finally happy with my chart today!  It’s also easier to connect during yoga now- less than 5 minutes! And, I can stay connected for hours without interruption.  It took a long while to get here though- 13 days to be exact.  It took me more than an hour to connect before and I had to wrestle with the mind.  Staying here in the Pandav Bhawan helped me a lot.  Letting go of the mundane gave me a big boost too. Thank you!

                                                              Love, 
                                                                Karen


meditation from Release Your Wings