Om Ganesha,
Afternoon Pujas and Prayers
July 8, 2008
Namaste my chelas all over the world.
When ever any of the chakras are blocked, the Karmic Spaces look more and more inviting.
The ego makes sure of this.
There is a meditation to clear the Sushumana the center column in your body thus making space for the chakras to turn in balance.
All the chakras are being nourished by the Sushumana.
The Energy called Kundalini needs to move easily from the chakras both upward and downward.
The body is built for this.
This is an ancient Hindu Wisdom.
One can also call it the flow of Christ or the flow of Judaism or who ever or what ever your beliefs are.
It can be called very simply the flow of Spirituality.
Sitting comfortably with your spine straight yet not stiff and your body feels balanced become aware of the rhythm of the breath coming in and out.
Intentionally slow it down.
Let the breath become peaceful.
If you find your thoughts coming at you just say thinking as you slow down your breath.
When you are breathing in a slow rhythm start deliberately breathing in deeply from right over the top of your head to your solar plexus, the third chakra, the pit of your belly, then breathe out from the solar plexus to beneath you into Mother Earth.
Then breathe in and out this way for five full breaths.
Doing the breath very slowly and deeply
Breathing in from right over the top of your head to your solar plexus then breath out your solar plexus into Mother Earth.
This is one sequence.
Do five sequences.
Breathe in from the top of your head into the solar plexus and then breath out all the way down into Mother Earth.
After five sequences breathe in from Mother Earth into your Solar Plexus and breathe out the top of your head for five sequences.
Then just sit still letting the breath become natural for a few in and out breaths.
Pay close attention to your breath.
End by breathing in and out of your Heart Chakra in the center of the chest.
This breath helps clear out the sushumana and has you absorbing balance for each and every chakra.
This breath can also become something that is healing and transforming.
Doing it in the morning you will find you have more energy and more awareness to pay attention to your actions.
Your response to the Darshan of the Karmic Space of Intent is still coming in so I shall continue only now with the tools of the breath to clear out the sushumana.
Doing this will have all the chakras flowing with awareness.
You can begin to take on the most distasteful jobs that you have been putting off.
The ego will tell you that you are not able to do it right.
As you are getting ready not to procrastinate just hum to your self, THINKING, THINKING, THINKING and then come back to your breath.
The ego will send you thoughts of anticipation and discomfort.
THINKING, THINKING, THINKING.
You will find a smile coming to your awareness.
A smile of GOTCHA.
Gotcha ego.
And just keep going.
In this way you are replacing the ego’s habit of procrastination with the positive motions.
The rewards are fabulous.
The lift that you get with a job well done is the reward of a form of spiritual satisfaction.
Write down each job each task that you have finished whether it took hours or days or weeks.
Then start another one.
And still make time to live your life.
You will find that the agony that goes on in the mind of the one who procrastinates comes to a stop.
These habits take 6 weeks to become a way of life.
The line between fooling around and legitimate delay, only you can know.
This is under your control.
You become more independent and the more self esteem you receive.
You also gain self respect.
Doing the breath at bed time brings you a peaceful sleep in the arms of your Beloved.
No guilt no shame and no self hate.
Yet if you do not finish today what you have started and have a legitimate reason then just let it go and get to it with a new vigor as soon as you can.
Do not forget to do it with your meditation.
Taking time from our busy lives to meditate brings time to a stand still and soon more time is given to you by you to get every thing done.
Doing service for others, for those in need and of course the Ashram then link doing these tasks with joy in your heart.
If you let the ego talk you out of serving others the one you are really hurting is yourself.
This Sacred Ashram of ours has been built on joy hard work and yes blood sweat and tears.
And when one walks around this Sacred Place called Kashi, their hearts become filled with happiness at what each and every one accomplished.
The kind of things we procrastinate on, the ego calls them unneeded chores.
Or sends the thoughts of why me?
My Shody recently went over to Ganesh House and every one greeted her with such love and respect.
They could not make her a cup of tea fast enough.
You would not believe that she only lives a few yards away and sees these people every day.
Every one worked hard to keep the house clean and yet does every one do the work or is it just the few?
This is for you to answer for yourself.
I watch and see my chelas getting ready for the next few weeks, the most exciting weeks of the year except when Ma comes back from retreat.
Those who work from the place of their hearts bring such joy to others as they get ready for Gurupurnama and intensives.
It shows in their lives and on their faces.
Those few who sit and complain why me? are living a much smaller life than others.
The beauty of getting things done escapes them and so do life and these are the ones who complain the most.
There are so many I can count on, those who live Here and those who come Home when they can.
These are those who work hard on my other Ashrams as well.
You may say what does this have to do with the Karmic Spaces and I answer you EVERY THING.
When you keep seeing what you do not do you bring yourself into a place of depression feeling more and more sorry for your self each day.
At this moment after 32 years This Kashi Ashram has never run so beautiful and so many taken care of with the least amount of complaining.
I long to teach.
I long to give Darshan.
I long to give Intensives.
Even after seconds of coming into my rooms after each time I teach, I am ready to start again.
I am 68 years of age and have spent more than 37 years teaching Baba’s Teaching and have witnessed my chelas of many many years grow as never before.
This does not come from the Karmic Spaces it comes from the Beauty of the heart.
The heart of the chela and the heart of the Guru.
I love the moment of WHAT IS IS.
I have been teaching this for years and years.
And what is at this moment is the purest of love and I will not procrastinate in telling you that I love you my chelas every living moment of my life this life and any other life time.
NO PROCRASTINATION
Only Awareness.
If you are hurting some one deeply to bring happiness to your self then take a good look at your life.
Not looking is another form of stepping in the Karmic Space Of Intent.
Only this is called DELIBERATE INTENT.
And this my chelas is another story.
I love you all so very much.
Love Ma
Jai Kali Ma Ki Jai
Always at His Feet Of Our Neem Karoli Baba Ki Jai