The Gifts of the Apostles.

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The Gifts of the Apostles are available in two ways.

The first, and easiest, way is to follow the links below to where the books are available on Amazon or i-Tunes. I am aware that one has to have an i-Pad or Kindle to access the e-books. Please go and see in any case - maybe you just know better how to operate the downloads from there. 

The Gift of Peter

The Gift of James ben Zebedee, itunes

The Gift of Andrew, itunes

The Gift Of Judas

The Gift of James Ben Alphaeus

The Gift of James Ben Zebedee, amazon

The Gift of Simon of Cana

The Gift of Andrew, amazon

~ For more information click on this for the blogs I wrote on The Gifts of The Apostles and the author who transcribed them from the Akashic Records, G.E. Hansen.


The second way on how to get The Gifts of the Apostles is to email me, Dehon, at - click Tau Creations with the names of the books you are interested in.

I shall send you a OneDrive link from where the files can be downloaded.

Paypal or EFT USD5/SAR65.39 per book. 

Payment REFERENCE: Gift + your name

I shall then forward it to the author.

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The Incredible Benefits of Tibetan Pranayama and How To Do It by Chad Foreman

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Now that we are apt in Breathing I was guided to share the benefits of Pranayama and how to do it with you too. The best teacher I know when it comes to making meditation and breathing exercises understood and easy is Chad Foreman. We have met him already with the Inner Fire Breathing exercise on Day 7 of the 21 Days Transformation.

Over to Chad

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by Chad Foreman / Saturday, 14 November 2015 / Published in Benefits of Meditation, Healing, Pranayama

I’ve been wanting to share this technique for a while now, it’s something I have once again incorporated into my own daily meditation practice and the results are awesome. This technique is called 9 round breathing it is great to do before you practise any other meditation technique, it really does calm the nerves, helps with mindfulness , clears the mind and awakens a vibrant awareness.

Benefits of Tibetan Pranayama

Tibetan Pranayama is a powerful technique to help calm the mind because it controls the breath. The ancient meditation traditions knew that the breath and the mind are very closely linked. You can help self moderate your moods and mental states by controlling your breath,  improve your concentration and overcome mental illness; as Tibetan Meditation Master Lama Yeshe says:

“If you are aware, you will notice that people who are emotionally or mentally disturbed—for example, those who are depressed—breathe differently from normal people. This shows that the way the breath energy moves through the nervous system is very closely connected with the mind. You know from your own experience that when you are angry you don’t breathe normally. Sometimes anger can even make you physically sick. ”

The Tibetan Yogis say that when one nostril is blocked it relates to the impaired functioning of that side of the brain, after doing 9 round of Tibetan Pranayama you can unblock the nostrils and re-balance the two hemispheres of the brain restoring full functioning. It also can  improve your over-all physical health, help recover from nervous disorders and prolong your life; Lama Yeshe goes on to say:

“You can measure scientifically how many times a day you breathe in and out. Buddhism has also calculated this. If you train yourself in the breathing meditation and practice breathing in and out slowly every day, you can prolong your life. If air enters your nervous system in a disturbed way it can disturb your mind. You should breathe slowly, steadily, naturally and completely, like a reliable old clock ticking away.”

While physical and mental health are important effects from this training they are not the main focus of Buddhist Yogis. In the context of Mahayana Buddhism once your mind is calm and focussed you can penetrate deeply into the nature of yourself and uncover and fully connect with your enlightened nature to free yourself from all mental and emotional dysfunction and fully realise great love and intuitive wisdom to be of supreme benefit to yourself and all other beings.
Pranayama is more commonly associated with the Hindu Yogic traditions and because of its remarkable ability to heal and focus the mind it is widely used by Yoga teachers around the world. I can testify that this little known Tibetan technique has worked for me. I first learned it about ten years ago while studying full time the Tibetan Buddhist system and I have usually only used it when my mind was heavily disturbed as a forceful way to relax and focus, but because of its health benefits and ability to focus the mind I am now using it regularly before ever session which I have noticed has improved my calm mind and sense of well being. I also noticed that when I introduced it to my meditation group, everyone had great experiences and could follow and go deeply into what meditation techniques I lead them into next.
Another reason for the incredible benefits of this practice is it draws in prana or chi or life force energy. This is a universal energy that is available to all of us and it has healing qualities and also brings vitality and strength literally the force that animates all things. This energy is a subtle energy that flows through all things and is or very life force that can become depleted when we are sick or suffering mentally or emotionally. Many times you can feel drained of this energy or low in vitality, this is a perfect time to practise 9 round breathing to re-invigorate yourself.
I have not written about Tibetan Pranayama yet because I was not sure how easy it would be to describe and teach in writing but I assure you it is an easy technique once you remember it so please be patient, read below carefully several times and above all put it into practise, attempting it as you read it. This practice uses similar visualisations of the subtle energy channels and very nicely leads into another breathing exercise called Tummo or Inner Fire meditation which if you enjoy this exercise I would highly recommend Tummo: you can read more about here.  As my Tibetan Buddhist teacher Geshe Tashi Tsering would always say, Buddhist teachings are like medicine and just like medicine they don’t do you any good if they are just left on the shelf and not used, you must give them a go.

How to Practice Tibetan Pranayama (9 Round Breathing)

1)Firstly adopt a good meditation posture  its important to sit up very straight with this meditation as the subtle energy channels running either side of the spine are an essential feature of this practice. Briefly a good posture is aligned and straight but also comfortable and relaxed, which actually reflects the state of mind you are trying to achieve: relaxed and focussed. 
2) Take a few long slow breaths: when you breath in straighten up, like you were being pulled up by the crown and on the out breath subtly relax the shoulders, face and hands but keeping good alignment.
3)  Visualise yourself as hollow, like a balloon. Your skin is glowing and brilliant and on the inside there is only empty space. Take a few moments to strongly establish this visualisation.
4) Visualise a ‘central channel’ about a 1cm thick from your perineum at the base to the crown of your head and two ‘side channels’ going in through the nostrils up to the third eye or eyebrow level and then going down either side of the central channel merging at just below the navel. All the ‘channels’ are hollow like plumbing pipes. Take a moment to establish this visualisation, it does get easier and even instantaneous with practice. See image.
5) Now gently raise your hand to your face and press on the outside of your LEFT NOSTRIL blocking it.  Breathe in a long deep, smooth breath IN through the RIGHT NOSTRIL imagining drawing in universal white healing light down the RIGHT channel right down to the belly. See image
6) Hold the breath momentarily in the central channel just below the navel (see image) and then BLOCK THE RIGHT NOSTRIL and release the air up through the left channel and OUT the LEFT NOSTRIL. Imagine black smoke representing all negativity, illness and blockages releasing out through the left nostril.
7) Repeat this 2 more times
8) Now do the opposite by breathing IN THROUGH THE LEFT and OUT THROUGH THE RIGHT nostril with the same visualisations. Do this 3 times.
9) For the last round of breathing you do not block any nostrils instead just take a a long slow breath through both the nostrils imagining white light filling the channels right down to the navel  and then release the breath through both nostrils expelling dark smoke representing negativity.
PLEASE NOTE: That’s a complete 9 round cycle and is actually an advanced version very rarely taught to beginners. I wanted to include it here to give everyone the chance to experiment with it.
An easier beginners practice is to simply do the breathing without the visualisation.
*In brief the beginners practice is: Breathing IN through the RIGHT NOSTRIL and OUT through the LEFT NOSTRIL – doing that 3 times. And then IN through the LEFT NOSTRIL and out through the RIGHT NOSTRIL – doing that 3 times. And then in through BOTH NOSTRILS and out through BOTH NOSTRILS – doing that 3 times. In total that is 9 rounds of breathing and that is the practice of Tibetan Pranayama 9 round breathing.
Tip1: When you focus all your concentration on the breath try and get the sense your attention or mind is literally riding on top of the breath. Like you are floating on the breath staying with it the entire way, so your breath and your attention become one.
Tip2: Your breath should be visualised as white light, this is to realise the prana aspect of the practice, your breath is not just air or oxygen it is the vital life force of yourself and of all things.
As always please experiment, modify it and follow your own intuitive wisdom. After doing this meditation I recommend to sit quietly and to feel and sense your body completely for at least a few minutes and try and feel the difference and vitality in your body. I usually do two full rounds of this before I meditate with my usual daily routine of watching my breath and just being, see here for full instructions on how I meditate.
Best of Luck, please feel free to ask questions, share experiences or comment below.

Written by Chad Foreman

For a FREE Guided Relaxation Meditation with Chad  CLICK HERE

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Revealing the Secrets of Tibetan Inner Fire Meditation
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Meditation Master Reveals Short-Cut to Stillness, Silence and Space.

Beloved Transformers

Chad is telling us here how easy Meditation really is. The Developing Breath we are doing now is great as an intro to our daily meditation.

 

Love in All Ways

Dehon Tau

 

thepeopleontheway@gmail.com

 

 

Originally posted by Chad HERE

by Chad Foreman / Sunday, 06 December 2015 / Published in Awareness, Benefits of Meditation, Awakening

I have been meditating for fifteen years and about a year ago I bought a book by Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche called Awakening the Luminous Mind.  I have read several other of his books and I’m attracted to his simple way he explains meditation methods along with his academic genius in understanding all facets of Tibetan Buddhism which can be very complex. But the instructions in this book blew me away, improved my meditation immediately and gave me direct access to stillness, silence and spaciousness and I would like to share his method with you now.
Meditation can be said to access a timeless state, in that sense it takes no time at all to discover the hidden treasure within. Some methods need time to develop and are causal. Which means the meditation methods are causes for virtues, concentration and wisdom which are all extremely valuable things to cultivate and nurture in your life. However there are methods within Tibetan Buddhism in particular which are called ‘pointing out instructions’ which point directly to something within you that is already present, complete and waiting to be discovered. As Tenzin Wangyal has said:

“No matter how long the room has been dark, an hour or a million years, the moment the lamp of awareness is lit the entire room becomes luminous. You are that luminosity. You are that clear light.”

Here I am going to introduce you to three lights to turn on which can immediately dispel the darkness of agitation, confusion and distraction. Don’t be fooled by the straightforwardness of this technique, herein dwells its power, as Bruce Lee once remarked:

“simplicity is the key to brilliance.”

Firstly a brief background to why this technique is so powerful from the Buddhist perspective which will also shed some light on why meditation is so powerful in general as a spiritual practice. As I mentioned early there are causal techniques and direct techniques this method encompasses both. There are three ways or three actions that can cause negative karma, they are through what are known as doors: actions of body, speech and mind. This is fairly self explanatory and reveals why the Buddhist Noble Eightfold Path revolves around actions of body, speech and mind for example for body it’s  right livelihood and wise actions, and for speech it’s no lying or gossiping and mind it’s right or wise intentions, concentration and view.

“So this method purifies the three doors of body, speech and mind whilst simultaneously connecting you with your immanent true self.”

***Ok, I could on and on about why this method is so good but I’ll just introduce it to you and hopefully you can try it out straight away. Firstly sit still, this purifies the karma door of body, then to don’t make a sound, this purifies the karma door of speech and lastly do not react or be moved from mindfulness by thoughts or sensations this purifies the karma door of mind.
The incredible skill of this technique is that it slowly and causally purifies negative karma and it also directly introduces you to three aspects of your luminous nature of being which is another name for Buddha Nature or your enlightened essence. This is not speculation or academic you have to experience it yourself, so give this method a try as soon as you can and see what happens.
Your aware essence is still, silent and also spacious like the sky which can allow all things without being affected by them. Since the body and mind are so closely connected; to sit still gives you an experience of the stillness of awareness. Like I said this is a simple technique your mind will reject it, but try it right now, just sit up a bit straighter, don’t move  and notice that you can instantly sit still and experience how that feels as a whole and what effect it has. Even though this method is rooted in profound philosophical knowledge it is not a philosophy, and I apologise if I’ve confused you with talk of karma and doors and purification.

“Just sit still and notice that you are sitting still.”

Next be silent, don’t make a sound. Right now you are probably not talking because you are reading so just notice that you are being quiet. This is the key and the extra bit that needs to happen is – the noticing. Even if there ares lots of noises around you, you can still notice that you are not making a sound yourself, this is a method to connect you with silence even in the midst of sound. Again try it now:

“Notice you are not making a sound.”

And finally not reacting; this is actually a combination of your mind sitting still and being silent –  not getting caught in thoughts. Just like you can be silent in amongst noise your mind can be quiet in amongst constant thoughts. Don’t try and stop the thoughts just do not let your mind ‘get up’ and follow then. Let your mind sit still on throne of mindfulness without being moved or distracted. The noticing  or realising also helps enormously with a key factor of mindfulness training which is introspection.
People often ask me how do I know if I’m doing meditation correctly. Noticing whether you are involved with thoughts or just the detached witness is the key. This is the skill of introspection and you must develop it to know whether you are distracted or resting calmly on your object of meditation. Noticing that you can let thoughts come and go without engaging with them or getting lost in them is the last part of this technique.

“Notice that your mind is stable and not reacting.”

The last noticing is very subtle, I have explained it as noticing a non-reactionary aspect of awareness but deeper still is the realisation of the very space of awareness. By not reacting you can notice the deeper nature of awareness being exactly like space that allows every experience to occur. This is the most profound and deepest realisation and noticing this is the greatest refuge and most profound insight. It is actually your real nature. Your true self.
Ultimately these three doorways when cleansed lead to the incomparable direct experience of your true undefiled being, which is open and warm, clear and radiant. Recognising stillness, silence and non-reaction or space are what Tenzin Wangyal calls the three inner refuges. Not a philosophy or religion but something everyone has or more correctly what everyone is. A refuge from confusion and emotional pain, a refuge from the mistaken identity of ego.
Once practised within a formal sitting meditation these three inner refuges can be recognised during normal daily life. You learn to shift your attention away from chaos and confusion and turn it toward stillness, silence and spaciousness. This can bring lots of small moments of clarity allowing glimpses of sanity to permeate the realms of the ordinary –  awakening the luminous wisdom and compassion of your enlightened core and shinning it into the world.
Another great meditation master Dilgo Khyentse Rinpoche expressed this short-cut to stillness, silence and spaciousness in these three concise instructions for meditation:

“Simply Sitting,
Simply Breathing
& Simply Being”

Written by Chad Foreman

For a FREE Guided Relaxation Meditation with Chad  CLICK HERE

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Inspired by Re-Founding The People On The Way.

The Vertical Relationship ~ CONSCIOUSNESS, INTELLIGENCE and SUBSTANCE manifest as "I".

The Horizontal Relationship ~ "I" manifest as Individuit "BE-ing" ~ "Am".

Therefore ~ "I Am" from the One Heart Within.

Beloved People

The People On The Way is indeed re-founded. In the time of Jesus we were known as The People Of The Way until the Roman ruler who burnt Rome, almost completely, down decreed for all The People Of The Way to be killed together with the false proclamation that we burnt Rome down.

Now we can be ourselves again, indeed ón The Way ~

The Way of Love
The Way back to Source
The Way of Perfection
The Way of BEing aligned with the Will of our Creator
The Way of having Love as the intent of every thought, word and deed
The Way of BEing Daughters and Sons of GOD
The Way Jesus taught us
The Way of BEing Christ Conscious.

○ Surrender to Love ○

Truth in a book
Becomes  thought
Becomes done
And dissolves into Divine Being.

Truth from Divine Being
Becomes thought
Becomes done
And dissolves into Truth in a book.

SURRENDER

I choose to become what I was born to be.
I Am initiated to be in service of the Divine.
I choose to let Love be the spark of everything that I think, say or do.
I choose to live in the PRESENT moment where guidance is available through Spirit.

I open my Heart to hear GOD's Voice.
I Am freed Will.
I Am Abundant.
I Am NOW.

Love is the state in which I Am in contact with Being.
Be Bliss.
I Am Blissful.

The physical body is lent to us so that Spirit may come in contact with matter.

Be I Am ~ I Am BE
BE Love ~ Love BE

You were never born. You can never die. Know that you ARE.

LIFE is an endless chain of experiences as we grow spiritually back to our SOURCE.

Take charge of your Consciousness.
Sowing and reaping is all you need to practice.
Plant well your good seeds and pluck up the bad.
The PRESENCE within us is the true Creator of Humanity
And all that the CREATOR has is already ours
For we and the CREATOR are One.

Forgive in Aramic is 'shaw' ~ to untie ropes.
By not judging we untie the ropes to the past and the ropes of fear of the future.

~ Dehon 2004.

 

♢ Forgiveness - "Shaw" ♢

I envelop myself and you,
[Fill in name of person or situation which is being forgiven],
now in Love, Divine Love.

GOD is LOVE.

I ask GOD who is in us and us who are in GOD,
I ask LOVE in us and us in LOVE,
to transmute all pain and grief from all time into Truth-Light;
to remove all pain and grief, illusions and lies from our hypothalami, our Hearts which are One with Divine HEART, our spleens, our DNA, transform all that to LOVE
for LOVE is all that is and we embrace NOW - Wholeheartedly BE-ing Love.
Gods love for us is everpresent, Unconditional and everlasting.
We are within GOD and GOD is within us so why would GOD not love GOD.
There is nothing we could ever say, think, do or be that would ever separate us from GOD's Love or nót say, think, do or be that would ever separate us from GOD's Love.
We are Light.
We are Life.
We are Love.
I Am We Are.
And So It Is.

Love in All Ways

Dehon Táu ~ 2015

 

♢ How can I? ♢

How can I cry for Palestine
If I also cry for the Jews being controlled and lied to by the Zionists?
How can I cry for Syria
When I also cry for the Nato footsoldiers being brainwashed by puppetmasters?
How can I cry for my beloved Kashmir
When I also cry for the Hindus being diverted from the truth by their leaders and priests?
How can I cry for Tibet
When I also cry for a magnitude of people being taught lies by ones who want their feet kissed!
How can I cry for Muslims
When I also cry for Christians fed lies by those who want to take their power for their evil works?
So shall I just cry and cry?
Yes
and then I shall do my best to be
Non-judgmental
Peace-keeping
Truth-spreading
Non-partial
Non-nationalistic
Non-cultural
And
The best me I can be.

○ Dehon Táu 2016 ○

 

♢ Gratitude Prayer ♢

GOD, Today I Am Grateful as one of your sons that I Am still Love
And that YOU are still Love.
GOD, I do not know what I would have done without Love.
Fortunately "without Love" is in Reality an impossibility because you made us, and everything, in and with Love.
GOD help me and all of your Children, which is everybody, let the intent of every thought we think, every word we say and every deed we do be Love.
Thank you GOD that we can call on your CONSCIOUSNESS, INTELLIGENCE and SUBSTANCE to be as us, through us and into this world.
GOD we Know we are in the world and not from it.
Help us to be the Light of the world, the Truth, the Peace and the Life.
Help us make the Way straight towards YOU.
Thank you for sending us the Light to show us how to return to YOU in full Consciousness.
Guide us to stay on the Way of Righteousness, to develop our characters to be more and more like YOU every day and in every way.
Thank you GOD, that we can speak to you directly as your daughters and your sons.

And So It Is.

From the One True GOD we come
To the One True GOD we return.
The Life in me and all of you and in all Life
And the Love in me and all of you and in all living and apparently non-living
The Life and Love building blocks of éverything
Is the same Life and Love of GOD from GOD in GOD.
The drop and the ocean is the same stuff
The flame and the fire is the same stuff
The molecule and the universe is the same stuff
I Am you, you are me, I Am We Are.

And for this I Am truly Grateful
And So It Is

Dehon Táu ~ 2016

 

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I Am Grateful to connect. Let's Love Life!

Here is where I spread Thát nowadays:

www.facebook.com/groups/IAmWeAre/ & www.facebook.com/thepeopleontheway/

These Facebook expressions have different posts so like and join both.

Please read the explanation of who and what The People On The Way is. 

 ~ Explanation of the Expression of

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♢ Thát GOD ♢

When I say the word GOD, I know thát word is not GOD;
the GOD Í mean has no daddy, no mommy, no penis, no vagina;
no wrath;
no task, no temper, no hands, no feet;
no beginning, no end;
no agenda.

The GOD Í mean is the CREATOR of Áll
seen and unseen, known and unknown
The SOURCE of áll Life in áll Universes
seen and unseen, known and unknown
The CONSCIOUSNESS, INTELLIGENCE and SUBSTANCE in Áll
that makes up áll
and is
MÓST PERFECT.

The GOD Í mean has no mouth
yet this GOD Calls.

The GOD Í mean has no tongue
yet this GOD states BÉ.

The GOD Í mean has no name
yet this GOD Hears.

So, check who duped you into thinking they are your gods
for I Am not duped anymore by gods with genitals and gender.

If YOU do not adhere to áll the criteria above,
and then some,
then you are not mý GOD.

The GOD, crudely explained in this verse has been my GOD
since the start of my Life,
before Abraham was I,
before Tiamat.
I was there when the foundations were laid for this Verse
and I serve Wholeheartedly still
for Love is áll
and I Am Thát.

Dehon Táu, DEC 2015, Earth.

 

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Love in All Ways
Dehon Táu

Flowing with Divine Energy: a guide to your 7 energy centres.

Beloveds

Here is a little bit more info on our energy centres.

Write to me at thepeopleontheway@gmail.com with any questions on the process and if you are experiencing any upgrade symptoms let me know. One may expect a few headaches, energy rushes or stomachs being a bit upset. Drink plenty of water and remember to rest in assimilation of the high frequencies the physical body is now embracing. Also remember to move that body! Go for a walk, dance to your favourite tune, just move it, move it :-)

Love in All Ways

Dehon Tau 

Originally Posted HERE

Flowing with Divine Energy: a guide to your 7 chakras. (eBooklet)

Via Michelle Margaret Fajkus on Jun 2, 2011

photo credit: flickr/omnos

Chakra translates to wheel in Sanskrit. There are seven main chakras at points along the spine and hundreds of others throughout the body. When the chakras are balanced and in alignment, energy is flowing, and you are healthy. If your chakras are blocked due to mental, emotional or spiritual disease, you may feel the effects as a physical ailment. The lower chakras have to do with grounding, physicality and stability. The upper chakras deal with expansion, compassion and insight. The heart center, at the center of the seven, is the connection between the upper and lower chakras.

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We hope you will benefit from these resources on the chakras, brought to you by Yoga Freedom! Namaste. ♥

1st – Muladhara Chakra * STABILITY *

The first chakra is related to survival instincts and sense of grounding and connection to our bodies and the physical plane. When balanced, we feel secure and safe. When blocked, we may feel unstable and anxious. Blockage can also lead to weight problems, hemorrhoids, arthritis, knee problems and sciatica.
Element: EARTH
Chant: LAM
Color: RED
Quote: “The body never lies.”  ~Martha Graham
{Learn more about root chakra — Get to the root of the solution: heal your muladhara chakra.}

2nd – Svadhishthana Chakra* SEXUALITY *

The second chakra is related to emotions and sexuality. When balanced, this chakra brings us fluidity and grace, depth of feeling, sexual fulfillment and the ability to accept change. When out of balance, problems with sex drive and performance may occur, such as impotence, frigidity and bladder infections.
Element: WATER
Chant: VAM
Color: ORANGE
Quote: “Sex is emotion in motion.”  ~Mae West
{Learn more about the 2nd chakra — The sacred sacral chakra: sexuality, sensuality, intimacy, desire, control, emotional expression.}

3rd – Manipura Chakra* SELF-ESTEEM *

The third chakra rules our personal power, will and autonomy, as well as our metabolism. When balanced, digestion and self-discipline are strong. When out of balance, stomach problems and weakness of will are possible, in addition to ulcers, diabetes, hypoglycemia and digestive disorders.

Element: FIRE

Chant: RAM
Color: YELLOW
Quote: “Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.”  ~Anaïs Nin
{Learn more about the 3rd chakra — Solar power: firing up core strength and self-discipline with manipura chakra.}

4th – Anahata Chakra*COMPASSION/SELF-LOVE *

The fourth chakra allows us to love deeply. When balanced, we feel compassion and have a deep sense of peace and centeredness. When out of balance, this chakra leads to bitterness, greed and thoughtlessness, as well as potential asthma, high blood pressure, heart disease and lung disease.

Element: AIR

Chant: YAM
Color: GREEN
Quote: “When you begin to touch your heart or let your heart be touched, you begin to discover that it’s bottomless.”  ~Pema Chodron
{Learn more about the heart chakra — A broken open heart: healing and connecting with anahata chakra.}

5th – Vishuddha Chakra*COMMUNICATION *

The fifth chakra is related to communication and creativity. When balanced, the throat chakra enables clear, easy communication, both verbal and non-verbal. When out of balance, blockages in this area can lead to problems with the throat and sinuses, including sore throat, colds, stiff neck, hearing problems and thyroid problems.

Element: SOUND

Chant: HAM

Color: SKY BLUE / TURQUOISE

Quote: “If you tell the truth you don’t have to remember anything.”  ~Mark Twain
{Learn more about the throat chakra — Vishuddha chakra: find your voice with open communication and flowing creativity.}

6th – Ajna Chakra* INTUITION *

The sixth chakra governs the act of seeing, both physically and intuitively. When balanced, thinking is clear and intuition is strong. When out of balance, one feels disconnected from their intuition or “gut” feelings. Blindness, eye strain, blurred vision, headaches and nightmares can also occur.
Element: LIGHT
Chant: AUM
Color: INDIGO
Quote: “Trust yourself.  You know more than you think you do.”  ~Benjamin Spock
{Learn more about the third eye — Get intuit: inspiration and intelligence at ajna (third eye) chakra.}

7th – Sahasrara Chakra* CONNECTION/UNION *

When developed, the seventh chakra brings us knowledge, wisdom, understanding, spiritual connection and bliss. When out of balance, there may be an inability to learn, confusion, apathy, alienation, depression and/or boredom.
Element: THOUGHT
Chant: AH
Color: VIOLET or WHITE
Quote: Before enlightenment – chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment – chop wood, carry water.  ~Zen Proverb
{Learn more about the crown chakra — Crowning achievements: awakening via sahasrara chakra.}

About Michelle Margaret Fajkus

Michelle Margaret Fajkus is an open book with an open heart. A writer, poet, artist, dreamer, partner, mother, daughter, mentor, and above all a human and a friend. She has been an elephant journal columnist since 2010. Hailing from Austin, Texas, she now lives in Guatemala.

Michelle is the author of a memoir, Yoga Schmoga, as well as a chakra guide, Flow and Flower and, most recently, Be Free, a collection of heart opening daily life practices. She is the founder of Yoga Freedom and co-creator of EnlightenEd, as well as retreat manager for Villa Sumaya at Lake Atitlán.

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5 Tips on How to Improve Your Meditation Practice.

Beloved Transformers

We are well on our Way!

Below are 5 tips on how to improve our Meditations, enjoy!

Love in All Ways
Dehon Tau

thepeopleontheway@gmail.com

Originally Posted HERE

by Chad Foreman / Monday, 13 April 2015 / Published in Meditation

Daily meditation is an essential part of a mentally healthy life. The enormous scientifically proven benefits of meditation make it as vital to good health as exercise or nutritious food and yet so many people struggle to make it a daily routine in their lives. These five tips are a great way to establish a daily routine and make meditation an enjoyable part of every day.

1) Meditate at the same time every day.

We all have an internal ‘body clock’ which can be programmed. By choosing to meditate at the same time every day it becomes a set routine and is much easier to keep the commitment. The best times are either 20 minutes after you have woken up or an hour before you usually go to sleep. It’s also best not to meditate straight after eating because your body naturally gets tired after eating and that can detract from the clarity of meditation and make you prone to drifting into a dull sleepy state.

2) Have a special place in your home for meditation.

Meditation is the greatest gift you can give yourself, it helps to de-stress, release physical and emotional tension, gian clarity and perspective and keep you in touch with that quiet stillness within. Therefore your meditation practice deserves a at least a small corner somewhere in your home dedicated and set up specifically for meditation training with your favourite meditation cushion stool or chair. This helps to honour your practice and show that you respect it enough to afford it some room in your life.

3) Use a timer.

Make your commitment to meditate for at least 20 minutes a day. Setting the timer for 20 minutes when you sit helps to forget about the time and so you can relax and enter into a deep and peaceful meditation. It’s also important not to go over time, get up quietly bringing your meditative awareness with you when you get up. Don’t cut the meditation short if your struggling and don’t go overtime when you are enjoying it. This helps to make it a regular and a normal routine.

4) Switch off.

Don’t forget to switch off phones and other devices, also let anyone else in the house know that you are not to be disturbed for the time of your meditation. This creates a sacred and quiet space to practice meditation, some genuine personal alone time which is so important. Remember that you don’t just meditate for yourself, instead you are taking the ‘time out’ of your day to becoming clearer, calmer and wiser – this will not just benefit you but will help your entire family and everyone else in your life.

5) Trust the process.

It’s important not to judge every meditation or think that it’s not working. Trust the process. Some meditation sits will be difficult others will be pleasant it depends what state of mind you come to your cushion with. Don’t expect miracles with meditation. My teachers have said that meditation is very ordinary its simply being aware of what’s going on without reacting to it. As stated above meditation has enormous benefits but sometimes the benefits from meditation come during the day and not on the cushion or sometimes there won’t be any difference at all, because there will simply be an absence of stress or anxiety or distraction which will just feel normal rather than extraordinary.

*For How to Practice Meditation see full instructions here.

Written by Chad Foreman

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About Chad Foreman

Chad Foreman is the creator of The Way of Meditation he is a Meditation Teacher and leader in the global meditation movement. Chad is a former Buddhist monk and spent 5 years in an isolated retreat hut studying and practising Buddhist meditation. He has been teaching and inspiring people to practice meditation since 2002 and offers classes, workshops, writes regular articles and also offers on-line lessons. Chad's mission is to bring the ancient way of meditation into the lives of millions of people in a modern and relevant form - to help individuals find contentment, love and wisdom within themselves to help contribute to creating a peaceful, wise and enlightened society.

Understanding Energy Centres.

Beloved Transformers

I think Joseph is so clear in his explaining, let's hear more from him on our energy centres.

Love in All Ways
Dehon Tau

thepeopleontheway@gmail.com

Originally Posted HERE

Understanding Chakras The term "Chakra" is very trendy these days.  But most people have only a pop-culture understanding of them - which is a euphemistic way of saying no understanding at all.  The chakras are not really the "thing" - the key to health, happiness, growth, self-improvement and realizing your full potential comes from understanding energy flows; not chakras.  What you really want to understand is how to open up the sushumna nadi so that kundalini energy will flow from your perineum to the top of your head.   The Sushumna Nadi Okay, so what's the sushumna nadi?  Funny you should ask. The sushumna nadi is an energy channel that runs through your body from the bottom of your crotch up through the top of your head.  In the picture above, it is represented by the skinny white vertical pole running through the middle of all of those circles.  "Nadi" just means energy channel.  It is the same in concept to a vein or an artery, but is easier to visualize as equivalent to a "meridian"; one of the channels that the acupuncturist utilizes.  A surgeon can cut you open and look all day long; he will not find a nadi or a chakra.  Neither will he find love, goodness, peace, anger, fear frustration, kindness . . . Are they in there?    Kundalini Energy falls up.  All energy is the same; mass = energy, and energy = energy, but the energy that can run upwards through this nadi is called kundalini.  We are designed so as to freely promote the flow of this kundalini up the sushumna nadi.  Some of the chakras are represented by the circles in the picture above.  You can't really draw a picture of a nadi or a chakra, because they are not physical things - just like you cannot draw a picture of peace.  But you can draw of picture of how nice things are as a result of their proper functioning. If you go to yoga class, the teacher may speak of moving kundalini energy up your spine.  That is technically incorrect, but it's a good way to think of it. On the following picture you can see the medical symbol (called "caduceus") is made in the image and likeness of the sushumna nadi - and the snakes' seven crossing points are chakras.  Both of these things are analogous to the spine, and they run along the spine, but they are not the spine.  In fact, most technically, kundalini does not rise up through the sushumna, because there are other nadis sleeved inside of it.  In the interest of time, space and simplicity, we are leaving out some of that stuff here.  If you want to know more, read my book! There are a few other things to mention.  We have hundreds of chakras - chakrettes and chakritas and so on - but only six of them are along the sushumna, with a seventh just above.  There are two other nadis - called the ida and the pingala that wrap around the sushumna.  You can see them on the right, but they are easier to see on the caduceus - they are the snakes.  We have upwards of 72,000 nadis in us. Have you ever been in a chemistry lab and seen the distillation process?   This is a good way to think of kundalini (or kundalini sakti).  Kundalini is made to steam up the sushumna and and condense its way back down again, over and over is a process of continuous refinement, purification and evolution.  But kundalini does not flow up most peoples' sushumna nadis at all, because its flow is crimped off by these things called chakras.    It is noteworthy that most peoples' so-called "kundalini risings" are actually various forms of nervous breakdowns, quirks, needs-for-attention, fabrications, hysteria episodes and so on. Tantra Kundalini yoga is tantra yoga.  So if you are in to chakras, you are practicing tantra.  Tantra is not what you think it is at all - it is not about sexual positions and things like that.  In fact, the Tantra Swamis are celibate - virgins!  But they do understand their sexual energy.  In fact, they understand it as something completely devoid of libido.  We'll discuss all of this in a couple of pages. Yoga, by the way, is not an exercise class.  Only the uninformed see it that way.  If you want buns of steel and six pack abs, find a nice Pilates class or practice aerobics.  Most yoga taught in the West is not yoga at all - it's more like "yogacise" or "yogaerobics".  If your yoga class is giving you six pack abs and buns of steel, it isn't yoga. Tantra is mystical, magical and powerful - it is the basis of Vedantic mysticism.  The word "tantra" means "to weave". The word yoga means "union".  Tantra is all about weaving together diverse energies.  As is the case with any high-voltage wiring, if you are not properly grounded, you can electrocute yourself. Chakras   To get energy to flow up the sushumna, we must unclog the crimps.  Now we are to the point where we can briefly describe chakras.  First some advice - get your mind off of your third eye chakra.  The only chakra you need to know anything about is your root chakra.  We will devote the entire next page to the root chakra.  See this fellow on the right?  The seven main chakras are represented by the full-color circles.  Think of the springy things that come from them as "energy in / energy out" portals.  The sushumna is the vertical line through the chakras.  Kundalini energy flows upwards.  Each of those chakras constitutes a crimp in the energy hose.  We must unclog the hose from the bottom up.    Think of the sushumna as a water hose.  The spigot is at the root chakra (the red circle) in the perineum.  The object is to get water spraying out the top of the head.  So even if chakras 2 through 7 are wide open, if the first one is closed, you get zero flow.  Don't focus on anything else until your root chakra is open.  How can you tell?  If you can't tell, it's not open.     What follows is a very brief and extremely oversimplified description of the seven main chakras. Root Chakra (Muladhara) - The root chakra is unlimited power.  When the root chakra is open, you can do anything!  Why are you so disempowered then?  Because the root chakra is also the chakra of anger, fear, frustration, hatred, jealousy, envy, and all of the "gritted teeth" emotions.  The root chakra is not about the tribe, identification, your sweetheart, world peace, or anything else.  It is about you and life. The root chakra maps to the physical body, and is the only chakra you really need to know about.  See the next page. Sacral Chakra (Svadhistana) - The second chakra is all about healthy relationships with healthy, available people; friends, soul-mates and life partners.  If you cannot maintain close friendships, you need to look at your second chakra. The second chakra is not the so-called sex chakra, as many will tell you, but if you have good relationships, then one of those wonderful relationships will be with a romantic partner. The second chakra maps to the emotional body, and has to do with tactile feelings. Solar Plexus Chakra (Manuipura) - The third chakra is the refinery.  The first two chakras are the power, and it is the third chakra that forges that power into usable energy. The third chakra is the "live and let live" chakra.  When your third chakra is healthy, you are neither controlling nor manipulable.    Predators and victims are both people with dysfunctional solar plexus chakras. The solar plexus chakra maps to the mental body. Heart Chakra (Anahata) - The fourth chakra is the "root chakra to the spirit".  In all of the power and control of the first three chakras, there is no real compassion, sweetness, kindness.  The heart is where the softer side of us manifests.  Whereas the second chakra is the ability to connect to a few close friends, the heart chakra is the chakra of compassion towards humanity. The dysfunctional heart chakra is the land of depression, sadness, low-self-esteem and other deflating emotions. The heart chakra maps the the astral body. Throat Chakra (Vishuddha) - The fifth chakra is the chakra of expression and discretion.  The fifth chakra is the ability to speak the truth always, but always lovingly and with care for the feelings of others.  When the throat chakra doesn't function, you find yourself gullible, and unable to express yourself clearly. The fifth chakra is the chakra of the ethereal body.  You don't need to know what this means.  Go back and focus on your root chakra. Third Eye Chakra (Ajna) -  The sixth chakra is the chakra of clarity, focus, concentration and intelligence.  If you go through the proper channels, by the time the third eye is open, you may begin to be able to see the unseen, hear the unheard and know the unknown. Most people who talk about opening their third eye define themselves as being full of malarkey.  The people who are opening it are not talking about it. The sixth chakra is the chakra of the celestial body.  You don't need to know what this means.  Go back and focus on your root chakra.    Crown Chakra (Sahasrara) - The crown chakra is the chakra of universal consciousness.  People who have opened their crown chakra don't say anything about it, so for the rest of the population, everything is speculative.  It is the chakra of the ketheric body.  You don't need to know what that means.     Chakras - Health and Healing There is a common misconception that chakras map to our bodies in some geographical way; that all chest pains are heart chakra problems, headaches are third eye problems, and so on.  This is not the case.  In fact, the root chakra is the chakra of the physical body, and therefore ALL physical ailments -  from sprained toes to migraine headaches - are root chakra problems by definition. Emotional problems have a second chakra component (and a root chakra component).  Mental problems have a solar plexus chakra component (and a root chakra component).  By the time we reach the heart chakra, our issues become more of compassion, spirituality and transcendence, and beyond the scope of "not being sick anymore". The whole world of kundalini and nadis and chakras defies the analytical western-mindset cause-and-affect approach to things.  That level of analysis leads us to isolate, classify and categorize, while understanding the chakras is all about unifying and smooshing things together.  Again (and again and again) if you are working on being free of some sort of sickness or physical/emotional/spiritual impediment or limitation, think in terms of energy flow, and not of isolating.  Leave the world of, "Is this an emotional problem or a physical one?" and unify. The root chakra is the chakra you need to understand.  To learn just a little about it, click the button below.

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