Meditation matters

An ageing master grew tired of his apprentice’s complaints. One morning, he sent him to get some salt. When the apprentice returned, the master told him to mix a handful of salt in a glass of water and then drink it.

“How does it taste?” the master asked.
“Bitter,” said the apprentice.

The master chuckled and then asked the young man to take the same handful of salt and put it in the lake. The two walked in silence to the nearby lake and once the apprentice swirled his handful of salt in the water, the old man said, “Now drink from the lake.”

As the water dripped down the young man’s chin, the master asked, “How does it taste?”
“Fresh,” remarked the apprentice.
“Do you taste the salt?” asked the master.
“No,” said the young man. At this the master sat beside this serious young man, and explained softly,

“The pain of life is pure salt; no more, no less. The amount of pain in life remains exactly the same. However, the amount of bitterness we taste depends on the container we put the pain in. So when you are in pain, the only thing you can do is to enlarge your sense of things. Stop being a glass. Become a lake.”

Meditation matters.

Practice Voluntary Attention.

As you look for the ‘extraordinary’ in the ‘ordinary’ with people or situations a transformation will occur. The 'ordinary' will suddenly appear as a many faceted diamond, a blessing, a thing of beauty, a lesson, a gift, or a profound teaching moment.

Voluntary Attention is one of the signs of maturity, it is a sign of a developed Will.

The Will is always strong however it is the mind that needs to be trained.

Practice voluntary attention.

Raja Yoga of Mental Development by Yoga Ramacheraka

What is Pranic Healing?

Fara is interviewed on the 4 EB's 'Women Get Inspired' program and speaks about Pranic Healing (12 mins)

Please enjoy: 

http://magazine.womengetinspired.com/how-to-restore-and-rebalance-your-energy/

FOCUS ON YOUR SOUL AND YOUR GOALS WILL FLOURISH

A spiritual focus on goals puts the focus firmly on your Soul.

If you focus on the Soul, all your other goals will manifest much more easily. If you want success, abundance and happiness, you must align with your Soul first.

Unlike many of the current thought leaders and success theories that encourage a total focus on your strengths, the Master Choa Kok Sui ( MCKS) approach to achieving success includes taking time to recognize and reflect on your weaknesses and then setting goals to overcome them.

Strengths and weaknesses are energy.  As you vibrate at the level of your strengths or your weaknesses, you magnetize more of this to yourself. This means it is vital to catch bad behaviour quickly and replace it with a positive outcome.

The universe is constantly giving to us. By setting goals and addressing your weaknesses, you open up the channel to these gifts. You need a target because what you pay attention to… grows.

As we are invisible to ourselves, it is essential to listen to feedback from others, particularly given the tendency to add a PR gloss to our weaknesses. Don’t take feedback personally, but focus objectively on the information being given and pay witness to where we can then see it playing out in our lives.

It’s also useful to look at your mistakes over the recent past because if you don’t, you are highly likely to repeat them. Reflect on your blocks and limitations, but don’t indulge in too much remorse – this only feeds the mistake.

A small amount of remorse is good as it tells you that your action is not coming from a spiritual level. Your soul wants you to learn your lessons, and to do this you need to be able to observe both your strengths and weaknesses.

An effective technique to assist in setting effective goals is to write down a list of your weaknesses. Against each weakness write the opposite strength and set a goal that will help you develop this strength. Against each goal consider the question: “and then what” and write down your answer. Do this a number of times, and see where this leads you. The outcome will be revealing!

Another important way to ensure you reach your goals is to build up your chakras. Chakras are the vital interplay between the Soul and the body. Our strengths and weaknesses are a function of the chakras and if these are not functioning well the negative aspects of individual chakras will increase.

Master Stephen Co (Archarya and Director of the US Pranic Healing Foundation) focuses on goals during his recent videostream  In his address, Master Stephen emphasizes the importance of cleansing thoroughly in order to disintegrate and remove old patterns so as to start again with a clean slate. Otherwise, you will be “hauling a ball and chain of old thought forms and energy.”

His approach is inspiring: “Set goals and have a target. Go and blast through the boulder of inner obstacles. Give yourself the opportunity. Try. Aim high, and keep raising the bar.

“Take responsibility. You are your own driving force. Be the driving force of your success.

 “If you put yourself in the position where you are constantly pushing, at some stage you no longer need to push. Set a pattern, so the momentum becomes part of you,” Master Stephen recommends.

“Study, meditate and practice. You may need a nudge, and it can be helpful to have a trainer. A teacher is like a spiritual trainer.”

While each individual is the key to their own success, help is at hand. The US Pranic Healing Centre will do more video streams throughout 2014 while the Brisbane Pranic Healing Centre runs a full program of individual and group activities from its Newmarket Base.

Accept Change Graciously

A precious stone cannot be polished without friction, nor humanity perfected without trials.
Anon

A visit to the GMCKS Ashram is a gift to your soul

Pranic healing teacher, Fara Curlewis, recently returned from her third visit to the GMCKS Ashram in India where she completed the Fortnight Intensive Meditation Program. One of her long term students and Arhat, Lorelei Baum, jumped at the opportunity to formally interview Fara and writes her interpretation of the session here:

A visit to the GMCKS Ashram is a gift to your soul. All of your day-to-day demands, distractions and commitments are removed, there is no need to cook, clean or address the usual demands of a busy life. Instead, the focus is on a structured program of exercise, breathing, meditation and book study in a beautiful natural environment.

Fara points out that the purpose of the practice is to quieten the emotions and thoughts. What arises is amazing – clarity, insights and understanding at a profound level.

The purpose is to harness the body, mind and emotions, so the Divine can arise. To achieve this one has to create the space, which the program at the Ashram is designed for. To embody the intensity of the experience at least two weeks are recommended. The first days are spent adjusting to a new and finer vibrational level.

“It is almost too subtle to describe in words, but I saw a vision for myself of surrender, and what it would mean to have abundance in my life” says Fara.

“Part of my nature is to hold on to things, yet I know I’m a vessel, the more I give, the more I will have to give. The more I can be a clear vessel, the more energy, healing and service can flow through me.”

Insights occur at a very profound level:  “I have gained a deeper understanding of what generosity is,” Fara continues. “It is only in giving that we receive. While there is a constant struggle between the personality and the essence, as I learn to surrender and trust generosity will just naturally occur.”

“In the same way, I’ve always had the understanding that I am a teacher. At the Ashram I understood this at a deeper level.  My experience is that when somebody speaks as a conductor or channel people receive the experience that they need.”

Another deepened insight Fara described was to remember how Grand Master Choa Kok Sui said to follow simple instructions and she now understands why this is so important.  

“It works on all levels. The more and more I follow simple instructions, the more and more I see that the instructions I’m giving have an effect. This pulls me towards trying to practice the next bit and then the next bit,” Fara says.

“It pulls me to the results I have always wanted for my life. I don’t always have to understand why the instructions work. If I follow the simple instructions of a teacher who is proven, I get proven results, which draws me into doing more.”

Yet a person has to come out of the Ashram in order to put into practice what is learnt there. 

“It’s no use having a spiritual experience without practical application,” Fara says. “I need to continue to find time to meditate, stay aware, continue with inner reflection to stay topped up until the next visit to the Ashram.

“The Fortnight Intensive Meditation Program is offered twice a year and next year I’d like to go to both programs,” says Fara. “The experience is so sensational.”

The GMCKS Arhatic Yoga Ashram is located in the cool hills an hour’s drive from Pune, five hours from Mumbai, India. The ground is consecrated by GMCKS and is covered in high energy crystals mostly of clear quartz. A diversity of people from all around the world and all age groups attend.

A full program is offered throughout the year supervised by Master Teachers (Acharyas) and attended by Arhatic Yogis from around the world. Visit www.gmcksashram.org  or contact the Pranic Healing Centre for more information.

A story from GMCKS Arhatic Ashram, India

The Suitcase

A man died, when he realized it he saw God coming closer with a suitcase in his hand.

God said: “Alright son its time to go”.

Surprised, the man replied “Now? So soon? But I had a lot of plans.”

“I’m sorry but it is time to go.” God replied.

“What do you have in the suitcase?” The man asked.

God answered “Your belongings.”

“My belongings? You mean my things, my clothes, my money?”

God answered “These things are not yours they belong to the Earth.”

“Is it my memories?” The man asked.

God answered: “those never belonged to you, they belonged to Time.”

“Then is it my talents?”

God answered: “those were never yours they belonged to the Circumstances.”

“Is it my friends and family?”

God answered: “I am sorry they were never yours either for they belonged to the Path.”

“Is it my wife & child?”

God answered: “They were never yours they belong to your Heart.”

“Is it my body?”

God answered: “even that was never yours it belongs to the Dust.”

“Is it my Soul?”

God answered: “No for that is Mine.”

Full of fear the man took the suitcase from God, opened it and found it empty…

With a tear coming down his cheek the man said “You mean I never had anything?”

God answered

“That is correct. Every moment you lived were only yours.

Life is just a moment. A moment that belongs to you.

For this reason enjoy this time while you have it.

Don’t let anything you think you own stop you from doing so.

Live now! Live your life!

Don’t forget to be happy, that is the only thing that matters.

Material things and everything else that you fought for stay here.

You cannot take anything.”