"You must know you have radiance. Even in the worst circumstances, you want to radiate, to look beautiful, be successful, and be trusted and loved. Your radiant body is important. The tragedy is, you do not know how beautiful you are! Once you discover your own beauty you become givers.Beauty is innocent and bright. Every human has to have his armor—the radiant body, shining. To polish the radiant body is a very polite and light and simple thing to do. When we spend a few minutes every day in peace and tranquility, we become radiant in our lives." - Yogi Bhajan
In Kundalini Yoga and Meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan we believe the body is made up if ten bodies. The 10th body is the Radiant Body, it is your shield of grace. People born in October have a deep connection to the Radiant Body in relation to their karma. Working on the Radiant Body during the month of October is a powerful way to clear karma, fogginess and dullness and move forward on a crystal clear path. Today is the 10th day of October, which is a magnifier for Radiance and can accelerate moving past any karma and connecting to the soul's connection to radiance. Today we are also aligned with a powerful portal as 2017 is a 10 year representing the dynamic of “All or Nothing!”. The triple ten activates the positive mind body and aligns it with the radiant body to accelerate the all in or all out dynamic toward the all in. Let's jump on this wave of prosperity and move clearly with positive assured commitment toward our destiny.
Now, we do not need to be crazy about this, we can simply let this knowledge resonate with us today. The universe is in a conspiracy to align us with out highest destiny and today is a reminder of this truth.
If you would like to add something to your practice this is the meditation we will be doing in class.
Guru Gobind Singh Shakti Mantra Meditation
There is a state of ecstasy which exists within us all the time. It is not dependent on the caprice of circumstance and personality. It is an infinite pool that refreshes the heart and gives us strength to create a better self and a better world. It is available—we only need to access it. This meditation is the key that opens the door to that experience of ecstasy.
The relationship between your life in the finite and the Infinite depends on the rhythm of the breath. By controlling the breath, this kriya gives you a consciousness of ecstasy and calms the nerves. This calmness can also help to reduce fevers.
Posture: Sit in Easy Pose with the elbows straight and hands in Gyan Mudra.
Eyes: Close the eyes and concentrate at the Brow Point.
Breath and Mantra: Chant two complete cycles of this mantra with each breath:
Wahe Guru, Wahe Guru, Wahe Wahe Wahe Guru
After chanting the two cycles, take a deep, quick breath and repeat. A complete cycle takes about 12 seconds. Continue for 11 to 31 minutes.
To End: Inhale and concentrate the energy at the crown of the head.
This is the science of Laya Yoga. It is precise and exacting, and it is no one's private property. Yogi Bhajan made this available to everyone without secrecy or initiation (as was traditionally done) as a service to humanity at a time when people needed every technique available to grow and change to meet the needs of this Age.
Laya Yoga is the science of relating breath, rhythm and mantra to produce altered states of consciousness. Each japa(repetition of mantra) creates tapa (psychic heat). When you rotate the breath and volume of sound properly. it creates heat that burns off karma.
Knowledge cannot be transferred properly by secret whispering in the ears of disciples; it must be an open and conscious effort by the student to expand your higher consciousness into practical expression.
A fundamental motivation and instinct in each human being is to seek happiness. Usually we search all over the world for the right time, the right place, and the right partner, but we never find them all at one time. Nor do any of them stay for long. Time, the great reaper, has its harvest of our sorrows and insecurities, but all we want is happiness.
There is a state of ecstasy which exists within us all the time. It is not dependent on the caprice of circumstance and personality. It is an infinite pool that refreshes the heart and gives us strength to create a better self and a better world. It is available—we only need to access it. This meditation is the key that opens the door to that experience of ecstasy.
The mantra is a triple sound. As you continue the meditation it will lead your mind through three stages. The first stage is rhythmic and your mind will enjoy it, but it will still allow the thoughts of the day to enter. You will resist putting all your energy toward ecstasy.
In the second stage, your self-conscious mind will reward you and allow you to feel yourself. However, you will feel disturbed as your usual thoughts slip away.
In the third stage, you will want to get rid of the self-consciousness and immerse yourself unconsciously into the ecstasy. You will become so calm you will want to sleep. This is the merging of a raindrop into a vastly calm and beautiful lake. You reflect all, cleanse all, refresh all. If you cross this third stage, you can know the ecstasy living within yourself and enter into a conscious balance and play with Infinity.
Here is a link to the music and it is embedded below.