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Greetings,
as I prepare
to fly to
India, the
home of
Kundalini
Yoga. Each
year I
travel to
Amritsar to
get very
still, and
meditate and
rejuvenate.
For me,
Amritsar is
one of my
many homes
on planet
Earth. The
fun part is
that I
always run
into
Kundalini
Yoga
Trainers and
Teachers
from around
the world
and we
relish the
opportunity
to sit and
meditate
together. I
wonder who I
will meet
this year?
These
connections
and the
experience
of
serendipity
they bring
to all our
lives are
the beauty
of the We
Are KRI
community of
trainers,
teachers and
students in
the Aquarian
Teacher
Program. We
are all over
the globe
and we love
to come
together and
say “Sat
Nam.” We
have come a
long way
from the
early days
of “Ong Namo
and away we
go,” when
Yogi Bhajan
might send
you out to
teach after
your first
or second
Kundalini
Yoga Class,
yet in many
ways we have
not changed
at all. We
still count
on our
practice of
Kundalini
Yoga to
rejuvenate
our spirits,
strengthen
our nervous
systems and
focus our
minds.
One of the
places that
I will visit
on my trip
is Miri Piri
Academy
where our
11th grade
students
take the
Level One
Teacher
Training
program and
the 12th
graders
participate
in two of
the Level
Two Modules:
Conscious
Communication
and
Authentic
Relationships.
I love to
sit with
them in
their
classes and
become a
student
again. Many
of these
young adults
have years
of practice
under their
belts, and
their
understanding
of these
teachings is
so
inspiring. I
am sure that
I will come
back with
many stories
to share.
Until then,
I would like
to share an
amazing
story from
our Aquarian
Teacher
Training
Program in
Cedar City,
Utah. One of
the
participants,
Tim Withee,
is a Vietnam
Vet who is
now teaching
Kundalini
Yoga to
other vets.
“As a
Vietnam
veteran and
a yogi, Tim
Withee
believes he
has
something to
offer
veterans
returning
from
modern-day
conflicts in
Iraq and
Afghanistan.”
Read the
entire story
here:
http://www.gjfreepress.com/article/20100208/COMMUNITY_NEWS/100209902/1001&parentprofile=1059
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Numerology
for 2010
Shiv Charan
Singh
Khalsa,
Portugal
TRAIN THE
POSITIVE
MIND
The change
of the year
is noted by
the
introduction
of the
number 10
and in
combination
with the
century we
find the
total number
2+0+1+0 =
3.
Key
themes of 3:
action,
manifestation,
positive
mind,
affirmation,
heat, fire
of joy or
anger,
resourceful,
playful,
hope when
there is no
hope, smile
when there
is no
reason,
unjustified
enthusiasm,
equality or
victim,
success or
failure,
respect and
right value.
The
background
presence of
number 10
means that
all these
themes can
be
experienced
in their
extremes.
The 10 will
illuminate
the best and
the worst of
these themes
over the
year. It is
a year of
‘all for one
and one for
all’,
however the
excellence
begins as a
mere
potential to
be realised
only in the
actions of
each and
every one.
The
presence of
the 2
[from 2000]
will
continue to
bring out
the duality
and
challenge us
to find the
creative
polarity.
It is a
great year
to
distinguish
and clarify
the No
and the Yes
in our life
on a daily
basis. By
doing this
we will be
well placed
to train the
instrument
of the
Positive
Mind to
serve the
awareness of
the Neutral
Mind rather
than the
subconscious
tendencies
of the
Negative
Mind.
For example
3 is the
planet
Jupiter
which is the
planet of
joy and
expansion.
Of course it
is also the
encounter
with the
blocks we
meet when we
try to
expand. Or
it can be
the tendency
to over
expand,
which leads
us to fall
over
ourselves.
Either way
there is a
sense in
which the
most hidden
truths will
be brought
to the
surface
and made
visible.
Spontaneous
combustion
is a
phenomena
that can
refer to mad
outbursts of
riots and
war, as well
as sudden
releases of
joy or
hysteria. It
can also
refer to
unpredictable
moments of
freedom from
of old
patterns of
behavior
based on
inequality.
Leading to
sudden
moments of
recognition
of everyone
as being
just like
ourselves.
Such moments
could be
invited by
establishing
the will
to listen
to each
other in a
big way.
It is not so
easy as
saying that
the total
number of
2010 = 3
therefore
the year
will be
lucky,
positive,
year of
action and
joy. There is a
journey to
make to
reach to the
best of
number 3 and
it is not an
easy one.
Yogi Bhajan
referred to
that journey
as Obey,
Serve, Love,
Excel.
To obey
is like
following
the call of
the river to
reach the
ocean. Even
when the
power of the
flow gets
deeper and
wider and is
not so easy
to stay
with.
To
serve
is to hold
to our
commitment
no matter
what
circumstances
we cross. No
matter how
strong the
storm of
fear or how
great the
doubt.
To
love
is to
deliver your
whole and
true self,
letting the
heart go
through the
pain of
stretching
wider to
reach the
discovery
that there
is nothing
the Light of
God within
cannot hold
and deal
with.
To
Excel
is to let
that Light
shine
through into
every single
act you do.
This process
trains us on
a cellular
level to
disinvest in
self-deception,
or in the
let down of
self. It
will also
serve the
cellular
training for
success. it
means that
emotions are
neither
repressed or
naively
expressed.
Rather they
are held and
directed
into
effective
action.
The journey
to the 3 is
also
described in
the Karam
Kriya saying
"Chaos
Spontaneously
Initiates
Order".
To find the
true and
natural
order
requires
that we hold
the power of
the chaos in
a state of
prayer.
Alternatively
we may enjoy
or suffer
from the
reverse
effect; "Excess
Order
Initiating
Spontaneous
Chaos".
So it may
not be a
year for
being in
control but
it is a year
to take
intuitively
guided and
intelligent
action. A
result of Training the
Positive
Mind.
This means
to ask for
help. To
remember,
and lean on,
the Greater
Unit of
Self, as
represented
by the
number 10.
[The whole
that is more
than the sum
of the
parts]. The
10 is what
always keeps
us company,
even when
alone.
Listening to
the Greater
Unit of
Self, and
thereby
keeping a
sense of the
divine at
your side.
This shall
provide the
impulse for
all your
accomplishments
of 2010.
It is a year
that the big
picture
reveals
itself. It
is not a
year for
hesitation
but for
excellence
in action.
Key
Sutra: “When
the time is
on you, act
and the
pressure
shall be
off.” —
Yogi Bhajan
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Cambodia
Outreach
On my way
home from
teacher
training in
China last
week I
visited
Cambodia and
left
inspired and
hopeful. I
was invited
there to
learn more
about
Cambodia and
be part of
their
Kundalini
Yoga Teacher
Training
Program. The
Kundalini
Yoga
Teacher’s
Association
of Australia
and New
Zealand (KYTANZ)
and
KYCambodia
have applied
for a
fellowship
from AusAID
Australia to
support
three young
Cambodian
Kundalini
Yoga
Teachers to
come to
Australia
for further
yoga study
including
Level 2 and
Conscious
Pregnancy
teacher
training. I
wanted to
share my
experience.
Cambodia is
a country
that
experienced
mass
genocide
less than 30
years ago.
Out of
Cambodia's
seven and a
half million
citizens
almost two
million died
from mass
murder,
starvation,
or disease
during the
Pol Pot
regime. The
Khymer Rouge
dismantled
Cambodian
society.
Schools were
closed,
books
destroyed,
and 75% of
the teachers
were
murdered.
Many mothers
saw their
babies die
from
shooting or
starvation.
In 1979 only
40 doctors
remained
alive within
Cambodia and
there was
only one
qualified
anesthesiologist
in the
country.
Now just 30
years later,
the
Cambodian
people are
slowly
recovering
and aid has
come in many
forms and
from many
countries. I
visited a
school in
Phnom Penh
that was
conceived,
financed and
managed by a
French
couple to
support and
educate the
children who
had been
living on
the rubbish
dumps. It
now educates
6,000
children
each year,
providing
three meals
a day, and
training
students for
international
baccalaureate
university
degrees, and
for those
not able to
go to
university,
there are
trainings in
many
different
careers. I
went there
with Vannac,
one of the
young
Cambodian
Kundalini
Yoga
teachers. He
spends three
hours there
each week
teaching the
teachers and
residential
psychologists
from the
school so
that they
can then
teach
Kundalini
Yoga to the
children.
While there,
I also
watched a
group of
about 800
children
sitting in
the quad
doing a
guided
meditation.
Many of
these
children and
adolescents
carry deep
wounds.
 On
Sunday
morning I
was picked
up at 6:30am
and rode on
the back of
a motorbike
(often three
of us on one
bike) to go
to the House
of Smiles,
an orphanage
housing
abandoned
children who
have HIV.
Three young
Cambodian
teachers
taught
Kundalini
Yoga to
different
groups of
children
outside on a
tarp on the
concrete. As
soon as I
sat down I
felt myself
being
enveloped by
many tiny
clinging
beautiful
children. My
first
thought was
How could I
take one
home?,
followed by
how can we
in Australia
help make a
difference
here.
Tonie and
his wife
Hanneke
started
teaching
Kundalini
Yoga in
Cambodia
almost three
years ago.
They have
created a
centre which
is now
financially
sustainable
and is
managed by
five local
Cambodian
Kundalini
Yoga
teachers
working
together in
community.
They have a
full program
aimed at the
local
community
and the
overseas
community,
many are aid
workers. The
work of the
team is
reaching out
into all
levels of
Cambodian
society.
Kundalini
Yoga is
really
supporting
people to
cope with
post-war
stress and
past abuse
and
starvation.
If you would
like to help
expand the
impact of
Kundalini
Yoga in
Cambodia,
please
contact me.
May the
light shine
on you and
your
families and
all those
you meet
over the
holiday time
and into the
New Year.
Love and
Blessings
Suraj
Suraj K
Khalsa
President
KYTANZ
(Kundalini
Yoga
Teachers
Association
Australia &
NZ)
+61411194256
www.kundaliniyoga.com.au
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