...in a relaxed state we become compassionate, and when we're compassionate as a simple state of being, then our presence works. Our presence simply uplifts the others we come into contact with, simply by being there. Yet another example of how being excellent and living up to your best and brightest self helps the world around you.
We just got back from Summer Solstice in New Mexico and as always it was spectacular. It was a quick trip this year as my girlfriend Jamila and I both…
There’s a book that was compiled from Yogi Bhajan’s lectures called The Ancient Art of Self-Healing, Edited by Siri Amir Singh Khalsa, D.C. I got a copy of it up at the Summer Solstice in New Mexico. Other than that it’s pretty rare to find. It’s a fantastic book with all kinds of rare Ayurvedic treaments and recipes. The great thing is it’s indexed for easy searching by what’s ailing you. It’s a very interesting book and this is one of the appendices– a guide to vitamins and minerals by the foods in which you can find them. Coconut seems to be the winner– nearly a perfect food. I actually heard tell of some yogi in India who lived on one coconut a day for his whole life. Not one French Fry?
vitamins & minerals food-list follows below (more…)
Meditation on the Breath For Healing & To Break Depression (As taught by Yogi Bhajan ) <<download/print>> Basic Position: Sit in any relaxed position with a straight spine. Relax the…
Praying for the healing of others heals you by default. By sending out light and loving thoughts to people in your life, you actually heal yourself. It came to me in a meditation recently that since all things are of this one universal energy (some people calls it God, some people calls it a kaiser blade…) and we are this energy in human form, then you heal yourself by healing with prayer, those that have appeared in your life. It’s the director metaphor again. Each of our individual realities is the projection of our own souls. (more…)
I was going through a file drawer the other day and came across all these scraps of paper I'd written spiritual thoughts on... Here they are. At a cafe called…
This was prepared for a vegetarian cooking workshop taught in spring of 2006. Information on the spices and ingredients in "Mung beans & Rice" also known as "Kitcheree." <printable version>…