Removing the Fear of the Future

 

There are many things we could (and should) be fearful of: global climate catastrophe, the escalation of the regional war in the Middle East, multiple genocides in Sudan and Palestine and now Trumpocalypse 2.0. Add these concerns onto our day to day survival needs. Like how am I going to pay rent? How am I going to pay my bills? I hate my job. Capitalism is crushing. You wouldn't be alive, or a human being for the matter, if you weren't overwhelmed and concerned about the future at this crucial moment in the planet's history. They key is to not fall, and stay, in the pit of despair. Fear is actually a healthy and necessary emotion. It alerts us to potential danger. It forces us to look at how we react to adversity: are we freezing or springing into action when we situations that provoke fear? 

Fear is our literal baseline.  A lower chakra emotion that lives at the base of our spine along with our Kundalini energy (creative and sexual energy). Those energies will either be stuck causing imbalances and issues in our physical, emotion and spiritual bodies. Or those energies will be fluid moving freely up and down the spine maintaining our ten bodies. And expanding our psychic and astral bodies. Now seems like a good time to revisit the meditation to "Remove the Fear of the Future." Let's recommit to our spiritual practice so that our energies are flowing so that we are clear and informed in our decision making and quick on our feet for whatever is around the bend. 

TO BEGIN: Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh, or neck lock. Keep the spine straight. Rub your hands together. Press your thumbs against your sternum holding your hands in prayer pose. Roll your eyes in and up towards your third-eye by crossing your eyes at the bridge of your nose and then lifting your eyes about an inch and a half. If you are unable to sit in "easy pose," you may sit on a hard chair and cross your feet underneath you. 

On two breaths, chant the opening mantra ONG NA MA GURU DEV NAMO which means I bow to the infinite wisdom within. Do this 3 times. For the proper cadence and pronunciation, listen here. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on Bandcamp.

MUDRA: Left hand sits inside the right hand with left thumb crossed on top of the right thumb. Bring both hands to your heart center.  

FOCUS: Eyes are closed. No specified focus. 

PRANAYAMA: Long deep breathing. 

TIME: 11 minutes

TO FINISH: Say aloud the Warrior Healer's Affirmations.

TO CLOSE: Rub your hands together and bring them to prayer pose, palms touching thumbs pressed against your sternum. Chant Long SAT NAM on one breath. Repeat this for a total of three times. Bring your hands to your forehead and bow. This seals the work in your frontal lobe. Your center for decision making. 
To participate in the group, send a heart donation of $15 (or more) dollars thru PayPal. Use friends and family, email: jogobonitoink@yahoo.com. For those not in the circle, use the button at the top of this blog. Or you can send your donation through CashApp: $hangriLuz. Follow my yoga IG @ rhythmandbreathyoga to ask questions, share your insights and receive encouragement in our group discussion. 

Let's move beyond our fear and collectively create a more equitable, safe and just future for all of us. See you in the ethers!

- mama luz

Lotus Prayer for Prosperity & Projection Unto Victory

 

Welcome new, returning and crash n burning R & B Yogis! So much to be said of the lotus flower. From the Buddhist perspective, it is the flower that blooms from the adversity and muck of mud. It also represents the cycle of life, closing it's petals each evening only to reopen them every morning. In Hinduism, and yogic philosophy, the lotus is the symbol for the crown chakra, the Shahasrara, a 1000 petal lotus which represents enlightenment. It is the gateway that connects our body to universal consciousness and the location, from which our soul enters and leaves our body when we are born and eventually die. All of these images of the delicate yet powerful lotus are potent images for us to work with as we meditate and pray on emerging victorious in our lives and our pockets over the next 40 days. Inshallah. 

TO BEGIN: Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh, or neck lock. Keep the spine straight. Rub your hands together. Press your thumbs against your sternum holding your hands in prayer pose. Roll your eyes in and up towards your third-eye by crossing your eyes at the bridge of your nose and then lifting your eyes about an inch and a half. If you are unable to sit in "easy pose," you may sit on a hard chair and cross your feet underneath you. 

On two breaths, chant the opening mantra ONG NA MA GURU DEV NAMO which means I bow to the infinite wisdom within. Do this 3 times. For the proper cadence and pronunciation, listen here. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on Bandcamp.

MUDRA: Bend the elbows, close to the sides of your body with your hands in front of your heart center in LOTUS MUDRA. Fingers are spread apart with the tips of the pinkies touching. along with the pads of the thumbs and the base of the palms. The other fingers are kept wide apart and are slightly curved to form a lotus. 

FOCUS: Eyes are closed. No specified focus. 

MANTRA: Listen to the recording of "Reality, Prosperity and Ecstacy" by Nirinjan Kaur. Or you can memorize the words to the prosperity prayer and say them aloud: 

I know thou thee, Wahe Guru Ji give my day Prosperity

Prosperity, Prosperity, Prosperity, Wahe Guru ji give my day Prosperity

Reality, Prosperity and Ecstacy

Ang Sang Wahe Guru, Ang Sang Wahe Guru

Every cell of mine is filled with love and light, trinity dancing

Every cell of mine is filled with love and light, trinity dancing

Translation of mantra Ang Sang Wahe Guru: 

The dynamic, loving energy of the universe (God) vibrates in every cell of my body. 

TIME: 15 minutes

TO FINISH: Say aloud the Warrior Healer's Affirmations.

TO CLOSE: Rub your hands together and bring them to prayer pose, palms touching thumbs pressed against your sternum. Chant Long SAT NAM on one breath. Repeat this for a total of three times. Bring your hands to your forehead and bow. This seals the work in your frontal lobe. Your center for decision making. 
NOTES: Prosperity never hurts. Contact it through the prosperity song; it shall happen. Prosperity means everything - richness in happiness, in our holiness and in our grace. This meditation is to experience richness in all.
To participate, send a heart donation of $15 or more dollars thru PayPal. Use friends and family, email: jogobonitoink@yahoo.com. For those not in the circle, use the button at the top of this blog. Or you can send your donation through CashApp: $hangriLuz. Follow my yoga IG @ rhythmandbreathyoga to ask questions, share your insights and receive encouragement in our group discussion. 

I am very much looking forward to emerging from the muck victorious and prosperous. Meet you in the ethers!

- mama luz

Meditation for Clarity (with a Prosperity Bonus) aka Getting Rid of Your Couldn't

 

Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh

The etymology of the word clairvoyance, is from the mid-19th century French, meaning to see clearly. Be-ing clairvoyant doesn't necessarily mean one has the ability to predict or alter the future. Clairvoyance means that your energy channels are fluid: unobstructed on the inside and the outside. You are transmitting and receiving Divinely channeled guidance, very much like an antenna and a radio signal. This meditation strengthens our clarity so that we are not swayed inwardly by our minds nor outwardly by our circumstances. It removes doubt and clears the way for the realization of our desires and positive intentions. 

TO BEGIN: Sit in an Easy Pose, with a light jalandhar bandh, or neck lock. Keep the spine straight. Rub your hands together. Press your thumbs against your sternum holding your hands in prayer pose. Roll your eyes in and up towards your third-eye by crossing your eyes at the bridge of your nose and then lifting your eyes about an inch and a half. If you are unable to sit in "easy pose," you may sit on a hard chair and cross your feet underneath you. 

On two breaths, chant the opening mantra ONG NA MA GURU DEV NAMO which means I bow to the infinite wisdom within. Do this 3 times. For the proper cadence and pronunciation, listen here. If you like what you hear, you can purchase my mantra music on Bandcamp.

MUDRA: Cross the middle fingers over the backs of the index fingers, locking the other two fingers down with the thumbs. Bend the elbows and bring the mudra up to ear level. 

FOCUS: Eyes are closed. No specified focus. 

MANTRA: Tantric Har. The translation is "God as the Creative Infinity." It affirms our ability to co-create. In combination with the pump of the belly, releases the navel energy to be circulated at the heart.

TIME: 11 minutes

TO FINISH: Say aloud the Warrior Healer's Affirmations.

TO CLOSE: Rub your hands together and bring them to prayer pose, palms touching thumbs pressed against your sternum. Chant Long SAT NAM on one breath. Repeat this for a total of three times. Bring your hands to your forehead and bow. This seals the work in your frontal lobe. Your center for decision making. 
NOTES: Sometimes when we intend to do something, our ego gets the best of us and we are unable to see it through. This meditation is a tool to strengthen the clarity and positivity of our will so that the highest good of our intentions is not waylaid by circumstance. It takes away the ‘couldn’t’ and gives us our excellence.
To participate, send a heart donation of $15 or more dollars thru PayPal. Use friends and family, email: jogobonitoink@yahoo.com. For those not in the circle, use the button at the top of this blog. Or you can send your donation through CashApp: $hangriLuz. Follow my yoga IG @ rhythmandbreathyoga to ask questions, share your insights and receive encouragement in our group discussion. 

I am looking forward to getting clear on some life matters and making informed decisions to co-create a better future. Meet you in the ethers! 

- mama luz