SYnergize

2006-01-31T23:50:00.000+05:30

I was looking at the message artwork (i am assuming everyone on the list belong to the SY community and knows about the new year messages) and I was looking at it in a very visual manner, not trying to find any meaning behind it. I realised that the gallery with the six pillars leading to the Neel Bindu chamber. I realised

Rising upwards
The whole thing can be looked as if we are watching a pyramid from the top. (imagine the pyramids of Giza and you in a helicopter right above it looking down. what would you see?).
I saw it as rising upwards, moving towards the top AND also refining one's understanding (as we move upwards the space becomes smaller) and when we reach the Neel Bindu we have refined our understanding to a point where one doesnt have to go anywhere else.

Going deeper within.
The artwork can also be seen as stepping down a staircase which narrows down to a point.

Both of these scenarios made me think of the "Intentions and Blessings" talk of Gurumayi. To extract the essence of your thoughts

2006-01-16T00:05:00.000+05:30

For me, the past couple of months have been a sudden shift to listening to the Guru's words and understanding the meaning behind them. Lots of reruns of previous years' talks and book reading.. Seems like I am on the "Explore" stage of the LEE principle (Listen, Explore, Experiment).
Since the focus this year for the message study has been concentrated on the Kundalini Stavah, it gives me a great opportunity to explore the musical aspect of a hymn too, other than understanding the meaning.
Another way is to visualize everything. The kundalini as the coiled serpent, the chakras as petalled lotuses..
Its going to be exciting and powerful :)

2005-12-22T17:01:00.000+05:30

Yesterday's study group was a revelation of sorts for me..

There are many things that keep coming back in Gurumayi's different talks. You can almost connect one talk to the other. This makes our job much easier. For example "Continuous Right Effort" and "Uninterrupted Loving Service" are phrases of Gurumayi's talks of 2004 and 2000 respectively. What I found was both were matching so proportional

Continuous :: Uninterrupted
Right :: Loving
Effort :: Service

The corresponding verbs (aka virtues) I thought of were
continuous > patience, resolute
right > open, generous
effort > hard working
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Pakad nahin, prakat hoga
(if you dont try to grab the Power, it will reveal itself to you)

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Guru hai to Neel Bind, nahin hai to motiya bind ;)
(Even if we are not with the Guru, we might have experiences but we wont know their value. It is the guru which gives us the right understanding of what we are experiencing)

=======omguruom=========

2005-12-15T16:38:00.000+05:30

Meaning and etymology of "experience"
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=experience
http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/experience
http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=experience

Main Entry: ex·pe·ri·ence
Pronunciation: ik-'spir-E-&n(t)s
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, from Latin experientia act of trying, from experient-, experiens, present participle of experiri to try, from ex- + -periri (akin to periculum attempt)

2005-12-14T12:52:00.000+05:30

SOME QUOTES ON EXPERIENCE:
Most of the quotes found on the net take its meaning of becoming an expert at something or learning something. Gurumayi expresses it in a different sense of "trying thoroughly". Here are some of them which I thought related to what she has said.

"One aspect of an experience that can make it surprising and amazing is that of confronting one's beliefs"
Nathan Shedroff

"Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you."
Aldous Huxley

"Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again."
Franklin P. Jones

"The immense merit of language was that it made possible the transmission of experience"
Bertand Russell

2005-12-10T08:22:00.000+05:30

Q: Whats common between SiddhaYogis and Harry Potter ?
A: Both are Seekers !

Q: What would you call a holy fruit ?
A: A Sant-raa !

Gurumayi is Mayi(My) Guru !

2005-11-28T22:33:00.000+05:30

ThinkChain

>Experience is when every second of your action is perfected by years of improvisation. When you become sensitive to the subject. The subtleties are known on your tips.
>Simple things are often difficult to achieve because they come from an intuitive source.
>Chance favours the prepared mind.
>Constant effort is Sadhana.
>Sadhana starts when Kundalini is awakened.

2005-11-26T07:57:00.000+05:30

When you are great, then you feel good because of reason which is different than someone who is not so great. You get pleasure out of something that is "higher" to the ordinary person. People crib that some guys get everything and they dont. I think they should change the way they think.
Contentment is perfection. Perfection is contentment.

2005-11-13T00:22:00.000+05:30

Dec 3 2005
Just heard that the weekly contemplation is going to end this year. And a lot of new ways to study and contemplate the Siddha Yoga teachings will be available to us. Gives me the feeling that a revolution is coming..
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Nov 13 2005

Its official now. The Siddha Yoga message for 2006 remains "Experience the power within - Kundalini Shakti".

I heard the letter from Swami Ishwarananda. Part of the letter reads "..you are invited to a global audio satsang led by Siddha Yoga meditation and music teachers. In this satsang, we will learn about and practice the new focus of study.."

The takeaways for me were:
* The new focus of study is going to be revolutionary
* Music is going to get special and important focus
* Soon..

2005-11-09T12:02:00.000+05:30

My family's first visit to Ganeshpuri

This one was taken on May 20 1970. Find out details by clicking on the pic

2005-11-09T11:50:00.000+05:30

My family's first visit to Ganeshpuri in 1970

2005-10-22T16:07:00.000+05:30

The beauty of the raga will not be marred by the time of the day it is sung. It is the psychological association with the time that goes with the mood of the raga. The object of a raga is to express a certain emotional mood and sentiment without any reference to time and season. For a student of classical music, this classification may give an idea as to how to base his reasons for the traditional usage of ragas.

Following are various ragas, their thaaths and the time the raga is usually sung...and the chants of Siddha Yoga which are based on these ragas. The feelings they invoke are taken from the jackets of cassettes and cds of theses chants..

Bhairavi - Bhairavi - Any Time (usually early morning)
"..evokes inner steadiness and a deep longing for God"
*Hare Rama Hare Krishna
*Hari Hari Bol
*Jay Jay Ram Krishna Hari
*Jay Jay Vitthala
*Krishna Govinda Govinda Gopala
*ONS-four part

Dhani - Kafi - Any Time
"..associated with the abundance and vibrancy at the heart of life. It attunes us to the very source of dynamic energy, which springs forth to create and renew all things. This raga has the power to evoke unwavering happiness, great courange and confident strength."
*ONBM

Kafi - Kafi - Any Time
*Samba Sadashiva
*Shivaya Namah Om

Mand - Bilawal - Any Time
"the joyful, light and warm nature of the Mand raga.."
*Kali Durge
*ONBM

Piloo - Kafi - Any Time (usuallly early evening)
"light raga"
*Jay Jay Muktananda
*Raghupati Raghav RajaRam

Sindhu Bhairavi
(retains all the mannerisms of the parent Bhairavi with the rishab augmented to its shuddha shade)
*Jay Jay Vitthala

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Bilawal - Bilawal - Morning
"qualities of divine love and compassion, and the anticipation of preparing oneself to meet the Lord. Joy, repose, tenderness and prayer."
*Devakinandana Gopala
*Govinda Jaya Jaya
*Parvati Vallabha Namah Shivaya
*Sri Krishna Chaitanya
*ONBM

Gurjari Todi - Todi - Morning
*ONBM

Shiv Bhairav
"evokes the tenderness of the new day and the grandeur of the rising sun. it conves the mood of gentle stillness, within which blazes intense yearning and devotion"
*ONS

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Bhimpalasi - Kafi - Afternoon
"evokes traquility and a mood of prayerful yearning"
*He Bhagwan
*ONS
*ONBM

MadhyamadSarang - Kafi - Afternoon
*ONS-6 beats taal

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Bhupali - Kalyan - Evening
"majestic raga "
*ONS
*ONBM
*Ram Krishna Hari

Desh - Khamaj - Evening
evokes joy and lightness
*He Govinda He Gopala
*Sri Gurudev Sharanam

Khamaj - Khamaj - Evening
*ONBM

Pahadi - Bilawal - Evening
*Panduranga Vitthale

Yaman - Kalyan - Evening
has been described as joyful, stately and auspicious
*Nityanandam Brahmanandam
*Om Guru Jaya Guru
*ONS-fast version
*Om Shiva Om Shiva

Yaman Kalyan - Kalyan - Evening
"has been described as joyful, stately and auspicious "
*Jay Jay Vitthala Panduranga Vitthala
*Rama Raghava

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Darbari - Asavari - Night
"inspires feelings of longing for God"
*Jaya Jaya Shiva Shambho
*Om Gurudev
*ONS

Darbari Kanada - Asawari - Night
"evoke the deep stillness and peace of midnight"
*Mere Baba Muktananda
*Om Bhagwan

Jhinjhoti - Khamaj - Night
*Hare Rama Hare Krishna
*ONBM-Ganeshpuri version

Malkauns - Bhairavi - Night
"the raag is said to have evolved when Lord Shiva performed The Taandava dance. The raag thus evokes a feeling of vigour or we can say this Raag is a VEER rasa raga. And as traditions in Indian classical music ascribes this vigour and veer rasa is not the veer rasa of the battlefield but a sense of conquering the self and reaching a state of inner satisfaction"
*ONBM
*Sri Ram Jay Ram

Megh Malhar - Kafi - Night
*ONS

Tilak Kamod - Khamaj - Night
evokes joy and confidence
*Narayana

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There are some chants for which the ragas are not specified or the raga is a SYraga (not formally recognized)

Jivanpuri (?)
evokes an exquisite sense of longing for God. This raga is both luminous and tender, its melody evocative of prayer, of calling out to the Lord. *Jay Jay Ram Krishna Hari
*ONBM

Prabha (?)
*Narayana

*ONS-Classic

Bhakti
*ONBM-SMA version

2005-10-22T11:27:00.000+05:30

welcome to the contemplation stage.. do your best and surrender the rest..
sgmkj