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01 Apr Yogic Teachings

4 Recipes for Immune Strength

By Sukhpran Khalsa

“When we unblock on a physical level—cleaning out the digestive tract while jump-starting the lymph, circulatory, and glandular systems with life-giving foods, juices, supplements, and yoga—our immune system becomes stronger, our blood chemistry is restored, and we literally build a new body at the cellular level.”-Kartar Singh Khalsa, DOM Polarity Drink By Dr. Linda Lancaster The liver is the main organ responsible for detoxification in the body. Toxic compounds are altered by the liver so they can be safely eliminated. The Polarity Drink is designed to cleanse, purify, and restore the normal functioning of the liver, gallbladder, and kidneys. 1 whole…

11 Mar Meditations & Kriyas

Mandhavani Kriya: Mantra to Clear Blocks

By Sukhpran Khalsa

Mandhavani Kriya: Mantra to Clear Blocks The practice of this meditation, even briefly, locates you in your heart, opens your perception, and lets you immediately recognize the way forward. Mandhavani means being in the presence of intelligence, beauty, and profound caring. It is a state of joy. It’s when you’re so happy that you feel the hand and grace of God accompany each breath and effort. In that state all victory is yours and there is no victory to win but to conquer your own heart. Posture: Sit in a comfortable cross-legged position with a straight spine. Mudra: Bring the hands in…

05 Jan Meditations & Kriyas

Shabad Guru and the Mool Mantra

By Sukhpran Khalsa

By Dev Suroop Kaur It is safe to say that each one of us is experiencing the pressures and stresses of the times. We are faced not only with today’s turbulent political and social environment, but we are also coping with our own private, internal landscape. We may be processing feelings of insecurity, concern, or anger from ever changing and intensifying world events. At times each of us may find ourselves dealing with the constant roiling of our mind, memories, and reactions from life-patterning, or simply coping with life. Sometimes events in our environment or feelings within us seem uncontrollable; we…

03 Dec Community Articles

Yogi Bhajan Lecture: Intuition vs Thinking

By Sukhpran Khalsa

Excerpts from a lecture given on May 23, 1989 in Rome, Italy All knowledge is not to think, but to create a think tank, that’s called intuition. The purpose of study and every sadhana and everything is to be become intuitive. You have your perfect think tank in your computer to supplement and compliment you on the walk of life, so you can accomplish without time and space. Understood? Good. Without intuition you have no defense; you have no horns, no hoofs, and no skin hard enough to protect you. You have nothing on your body to protect you. You have intellect to develop intuition through intelligence, so that you…

01 Nov Meditations & Kriyas

Meditation to Experience the Essence of a Teacher

By Sukhpran Khalsa

Meditation to Experience the Essence of a TeacherTaught by Yogi Bhajan on 4/22/97 “I have given you the words of Nanak, which define the essence of a Spiritual Teacher. It’s not a commercial thing, it is real. And the key to that, joining into that, is the mantra, Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo. That is the mantra, that’s a key to the essence of that shabad, Gurdev Mata.” Mudra: Place the palms flat together at the heart center in Prayer Pose. Eyes: Closed. Music/Time: Chant for 3-1/2 minutes Ong Namo Guru Dev Namo sung by Nirinjan Kaur. Rhythm is slow. Meditate on one full…

08 Oct Teacher Education

The 16 Facets of Perfection of a Kundalini Yoga Teacher

By Sukhpran Khalsa

By Yogi Bhajan 1. A Teacher will never alter the teachings because of personal opinion. You will teach by example. 2. The higher you grow as a Teacher, the more humble you have to be. 3. The Teacher always serves the students, so they can become ten times stronger than you, because every student is a Teacher for tomorrow. 4. A Teacher has to be extremely kind, caring, compassionate, and forgiving. 5. As a Teacher you should always poke, provoke, confront, and elevate your students to excellence. 6. As a Teacher you have to continuously imagine, visualize, believe, and expand…

15 Sep Community Articles

Yogi Bhajan Lecture: The Test of Compassion

By Sukhpran Khalsa

Excerpts from a lecture given on 7/11/86 What is that one thing that qualifies a human to be human? The only beautiful thing which makes you human is compassion. Without it you are worth nothing. Just think about it. Think of vengeance. Think of lies. Think of truth. Think of God. Think of greatness. Think of anything. Take compassion out of it, and you’ll find everything is bitter. There is absolutely no grace without compassion. Let us discuss. Let us have a good debate. Student: Well, everybody should have compassion. Yogi Bhajan: What do you mean, “Everybody should have compassion?” They all…

02 Sep Meditations & Kriyas

The Secret of Prosperity

By Sukhpran Khalsa

By Guruka Singh We live in a difficult age. There is constant distraction. In our 21st century culture of acquisition and consumerism, television, movies, newspapers, magazines, and books constantly fill our mind with stimulating images. Our minds constantly fantasize, and we spend much of our time living in our fantasies. The most basic teaching of Raj Yoga is that the mind makes a powerful servant, but it makes a lousy master. When we let our mind roam free, it takes us wherever it wishes to go—and there’s always someplace interesting to go! Through the self-discipline of daily meditation we can train…

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