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40-Day Global Sadhana: Japji (Day 1)

May 04, 2011 21:27

The current 40-Day Global Sadhana began yesterday. I, however, began it today.

The Japji is the first Bani of the Sikh sacred book the Sri Guru Granth Sahib. It's also A Big Deal in Kundalini Yoga circles, even for those practitioners who are not Sikhs.

It basically lays out the concept of the genderless Divine as indwelling, not separate from the ( Read more... )

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jaime_sama May 5 2011, 18:24:47 UTC

I don't know about your tradition, but mine appears to have an inner tension about pronouncing mantras correctly. On one hand, we are told that it is important to Get it Right otherwise you won't get the vibrations etc. On the other hand, I've come across this fable from two different sources so far ( ... )

showingup May 5 2011, 19:10:06 UTC

HA!

I think it's important to strive to get things right without freaking out about the fact that humans need to learn, which involves practice, which inevitably involves mistakes.

That's a Big Lesson for me, so it's weird that it's working out OK for me - I had a slight wobble where I wandered around in my head freaking that I couldn't possibly do it, and then I just decided that giving it a try and approaching it respectfully was the only way to start from where I am.

Not bothering to listen to recordings or ask people or practice AT ALL in these days of online audio-visual communication would strike me as symptomatic of not wanting to learn. Starting from where you are and setting aside beating yourself up for being in process seems quite sane (and may I point out that I am not beating myself up for not being Perfect?? Brownie points to me ( ... )