Quote on 6 Things to Change Your Consciousness

Here is today's Yogi Bhajan quote on changing your consciousness:

"Six things must change in the human if he or she wants to change their consciousness: longing, destiny, the path to your destiny, eating habits, what you wear, and social behaviour."

What a beautiful quote right? But, what does it mean? Let's break this down into bite-size pieces:

• Longing - What do you desire? - Do you desire permanent happiness or short-term happiness? If it's permanent then you will look inside for that happiness, otherwise you will look outside. Inside is permanent, outside is temporary.
  
• Destiny - What is your purpose in life? - There is usually one thing in your life that truly inspires you and you never get tired of it, that is usually your purpose in life.
  
• Path to your destiny - How are you going to fulfil this purpose? - After you've found a purpose, there are things you need to start doing on a daily basis to fulfil or achieve that purpose. There also may be things you need to stop doing to achieve that purpose.
  
• Eating habits - How do you eat? Not what do you eat, but how. Do you eat with grace, care and respect for the privilege of being able to eat at all today when others go hungry? Do you bless your food before you eat, or just dive in like an instinctual animal?
  
• What you wear - How do you dress? Do you dress with the thought that you want to impress others, or do you dress with the thought that you wish to create and spread more grace in this world?
  
• Social behaviour - How do you act? How do you act around your parents, family members, friends, people you know very little and people you don't know at all? Is there a humility to the way you listen and speak to other people? Do you recognise that the other person is you and there is no difference between who you know and who you don't know? Can you overcome your own insecurity and speak to people who you know and don't know with equal grace, respect, dignity and divinity for who they are and for who they're not?

From the above, I've formulated my own little plan to develop my consciousness:

• Longing - I'm committed to achieving a permanent state of happiness, I long to see the feet of God
  
• Destiny - My destiny is to see other people fulfilled, and in their fulfillment, I shall be fulfilled
  
• Path to your destiny - Become a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher and a professional counsellor/psychotherapist, run personal development workshops
• Eating habits - Need to take more time whilst eating, not to rush
• What you wear - Ordinary clothes and bana, but bana is more beautiful and graceful and I wish to wear it more often
• Social behaviours - Need to be more meditatively calm when people say negative comments
  

Anyone have any other thoughts/comments? I would love to hear them =).

Sat Naam!

Quote on 6 Things to Change Your Consciousness

Here is today's Yogi Bhajan quote on changing your consciousness:

"Six things must change in the human if he or she wants to change their consciousness: longing, destiny, the path to your destiny, eating habits, what you wear, and social behaviour."

What a beautiful quote right? But, what does it mean? Let's break this down into bite-size pieces:

• Longing - What do you desire? - Do you desire permanent happiness or short-term happiness? If it's permanent then you will look inside for that happiness, otherwise you will look outside. Inside is permanent, outside is temporary.
  
• Destiny - What is your purpose in life? - There is usually one thing in your life that truly inspires you and you never get tired of it, that is usually your purpose in life.
  
• Path to your destiny - How are you going to fulfil this purpose? - After you've found a purpose, there are things you need to start doing on a daily basis to fulfil or achieve that purpose. There also may be things you need to stop doing to achieve that purpose.
  
• Eating habits - How do you eat? Not what do you eat, but how. Do you eat with grace, care and respect for the privilege of being able to eat at all today when others go hungry? Do you bless your food before you eat, or just dive in like an instinctual animal?
  
• What you wear - How do you dress? Do you dress with the thought that you want to impress others, or do you dress with the thought that you wish to create and spread more grace in this world?
  
• Social behaviour - How do you act? How do you act around your parents, family members, friends, people you know very little and people you don't know at all? Is there a humility to the way you listen and speak to other people? Do you recognise that the other person is you and there is no difference between who you know and who you don't know? Can you overcome your own insecurity and speak to people who you know and don't know with equal grace, respect, dignity and divinity for who they are and for who they're not?

From the above, I've formulated my own little plan to develop my consciousness:

• Longing - I'm committed to achieving a permanent state of happiness, I long to see the feet of God
  
• Destiny - My destiny is to see other people fulfilled, and in their fulfillment, I shall be fulfilled
  
• Path to your destiny - Become a certified Kundalini Yoga teacher and a professional counsellor/psychotherapist, run personal development workshops
• Eating habits - Need to take more time whilst eating, not to rush
• What you wear - Ordinary clothes and bana, but bana is more beautiful and graceful and I wish to wear it more often
• Social behaviours - Need to be more meditatively calm when people say negative comments
  

Anyone have any other thoughts/comments? I would love to hear them =).

Sat Naam!

The Adventures of Chuppa (Part 4)

Kermit and Chuppa found a youth hostel to stay in called the Forest Hostel. They didn't really have any money to pay with so they had struck a deal with the owner to work for two days and pay off their debt.

Money wasn't really an issue for Chuppa in his young life and he was in fact quite spoilt. He liked to think of money as candy. This was because the more he had of it the fatter he got. Partly due to him spending all his money on candy. He was looking quite out of shape, well he preferred to call himself 'healthy', but in other words he was obese.

Kermit was the exact opposite. He was as thin as a fish on stilts and sometimes when a cool breeze blew by, Kermit would take off a little. This was weird but cool. He had been brought up in a one bedroom hut and spent nearly all his time running around the woods chasing small insects that he thought looked like fish, but rarely were. This was exactly why whilst having to clean the dishes from a very busy breakfast session at the hostel, Kermit kept wanting to just run away, as far as his stompy legs would take him.

Then something amazing happened! At the back door of the kitchen ran in a huge badger! Chuppa found it a bit wierd that he was wearing an apron but Kermit had already reacted and was mid-air with a wooden spoon ready to strike!

The badger slammed the door behind him, as if scared of what was following him. He seemed shaken, but not stirred. The badger’s eyes were bloodshot, as if he was bleeding from his ears and had used the blood to clean his eyes. The atmosphere was cold, perhaps because the central heating was bust, or perhaps, not. The badger had a glow and brightness to him, which Chuppa recognised at once, and which Kermit was as blind as a rat to.

Chuppa queried the badger, “Who are you, and why you are so scared?” The badger said, “My name is Archimedes, and I am the architect of the Forest of Freedom”, Archimedes stopped briefly to check through the blinds of the window, to see if he was being followed. He was panting deeply, and looked deep into the eyes of Chuppa as he continued with his story, “I am a wanted man. Wanted by the dark forces that roam this very forest, which I built with my two very paws.”

At that point Kermit burst out laughing and tried to knock out Archimedes with his wooden spoon, but to his surprise, Archimedes was very proficient at martial arts and at once nailed Kermit to the ceiling. “Do not test, what you do not know”, said Archimedes in a deep and resounding voice that could be heard throughout the Forest of Freedom.

Chuppa questioned, “How do you mean, you built the Forest?” Archimedes replied, “The Forest itself is merely artificial. It exists to hide a greater truth. It was built to cover a greater power. So great, that it must be hidden from all men, who would otherwise misuse it.” Chuppa further queried, with his eyes more widened and ears receptive in a heightened state of awareness, “But…but…what truth? What power do you speak of?” Archimedes sighed, took a deep breath and said, “We can only hope to imagine. It is a power too vast to understand and too bright to ever see. Only the chosen one will ever find it. Only the chosen one will ever understand it. Only a great one can ever see it. My job is just to hide it from misuse”.

Chuppa felt a sense of familiarity with all of this, for no apparent reason and at once felt that his destiny was to uncover this greater truth. But, he did not share his thoughts with either Archimedes or Kermit.

Archimedes became restless, continually twitching and rechecking the window. At once he said, “We must leave this place at once, you are not safe here Chuppa. The beings that lurk this Forest are far darker than the blackest hole you’ve never seen. Leave! Leave now, before they come for you!” Chuppa and Kermit did not know whether to trust Archimedes, although he seemed genuine, Archimedes seemed reluctant to give a lot of information away. Chuppa felt he could not trust anyone, neither Kermit nor Archimedes. At once, Archimedes saw this feeling of distrust in Chuppa’s eyes and said, “It is not me that you need to believe in oh great one, it is your own self which you must believe in and your own heart which you must learn to follow.” Chuppa was shocked at the utter awareness and greatness of Archimedes, and the gravity in his voice with which he spoke penetrating words of wisdom. Chuppa was reassured of Archimedes, whilst Kermit was almost passing out after being pinned to the ceiling by the neck for ten minutes.

Chuppa asked Archimedes, “Will you come with us?”, he replied with a smile across his face, “I cannot go with you. The journey of the heart is a personal one.” They smiled at each other for a moment, and then said their farewells. At once, they all left the Forest Hostel, with Archimedes going his separate ways, and both Chuppa and Kermit trekking deeper into the Forest of Freedom....(to be continued)...

The Adventures of Chuppa (Part 4)

Kermit and Chuppa found a youth hostel to stay in called the Forest Hostel. They didn't really have any money to pay with so they had struck a deal with the owner to work for two days and pay off their debt.

Money wasn't really an issue for Chuppa in his young life and he was in fact quite spoilt. He liked to think of money as candy. This was because the more he had of it the fatter he got. Partly due to him spending all his money on candy. He was looking quite out of shape, well he preferred to call himself 'healthy', but in other words he was obese.

Kermit was the exact opposite. He was as thin as a fish on stilts and sometimes when a cool breeze blew by, Kermit would take off a little. This was weird but cool. He had been brought up in a one bedroom hut and spent nearly all his time running around the woods chasing small insects that he thought looked like fish, but rarely were. This was exactly why whilst having to clean the dishes from a very busy breakfast session at the hostel, Kermit kept wanting to just run away, as far as his stompy legs would take him.

Then something amazing happened! At the back door of the kitchen ran in a huge badger! Chuppa found it a bit wierd that he was wearing an apron but Kermit had already reacted and was mid-air with a wooden spoon ready to strike!

The badger slammed the door behind him, as if scared of what was following him. He seemed shaken, but not stirred. The badger’s eyes were bloodshot, as if he was bleeding from his ears and had used the blood to clean his eyes. The atmosphere was cold, perhaps because the central heating was bust, or perhaps, not. The badger had a glow and brightness to him, which Chuppa recognised at once, and which Kermit was as blind as a rat to.

Chuppa queried the badger, “Who are you, and why you are so scared?” The badger said, “My name is Archimedes, and I am the architect of the Forest of Freedom”, Archimedes stopped briefly to check through the blinds of the window, to see if he was being followed. He was panting deeply, and looked deep into the eyes of Chuppa as he continued with his story, “I am a wanted man. Wanted by the dark forces that roam this very forest, which I built with my two very paws.”

At that point Kermit burst out laughing and tried to knock out Archimedes with his wooden spoon, but to his surprise, Archimedes was very proficient at martial arts and at once nailed Kermit to the ceiling. “Do not test, what you do not know”, said Archimedes in a deep and resounding voice that could be heard throughout the Forest of Freedom.

Chuppa questioned, “How do you mean, you built the Forest?” Archimedes replied, “The Forest itself is merely artificial. It exists to hide a greater truth. It was built to cover a greater power. So great, that it must be hidden from all men, who would otherwise misuse it.” Chuppa further queried, with his eyes more widened and ears receptive in a heightened state of awareness, “But…but…what truth? What power do you speak of?” Archimedes sighed, took a deep breath and said, “We can only hope to imagine. It is a power too vast to understand and too bright to ever see. Only the chosen one will ever find it. Only the chosen one will ever understand it. Only a great one can ever see it. My job is just to hide it from misuse”.

Chuppa felt a sense of familiarity with all of this, for no apparent reason and at once felt that his destiny was to uncover this greater truth. But, he did not share his thoughts with either Archimedes or Kermit.

Archimedes became restless, continually twitching and rechecking the window. At once he said, “We must leave this place at once, you are not safe here Chuppa. The beings that lurk this Forest are far darker than the blackest hole you’ve never seen. Leave! Leave now, before they come for you!” Chuppa and Kermit did not know whether to trust Archimedes, although he seemed genuine, Archimedes seemed reluctant to give a lot of information away. Chuppa felt he could not trust anyone, neither Kermit nor Archimedes. At once, Archimedes saw this feeling of distrust in Chuppa’s eyes and said, “It is not me that you need to believe in oh great one, it is your own self which you must believe in and your own heart which you must learn to follow.” Chuppa was shocked at the utter awareness and greatness of Archimedes, and the gravity in his voice with which he spoke penetrating words of wisdom. Chuppa was reassured of Archimedes, whilst Kermit was almost passing out after being pinned to the ceiling by the neck for ten minutes.

Chuppa asked Archimedes, “Will you come with us?”, he replied with a smile across his face, “I cannot go with you. The journey of the heart is a personal one.” They smiled at each other for a moment, and then said their farewells. At once, they all left the Forest Hostel, with Archimedes going his separate ways, and both Chuppa and Kermit trekking deeper into the Forest of Freedom....(to be continued)...

Funny Quote of the Day

"Aim low and then no-one can call you a faliure"

Funny Quote of the Day

"Aim low and then no-one can call you a faliure"

Gurmat: The Innermost Reality - Part 1

Such a profound video on Yogiji speaking about how he became a master. Before this he had became so very powerful as a human being with all the spiritual powers and able to manipulate anything he wanted to in the Universe, but still was unfulfilled. The ego had become too much. Then the Word of the Guru came to preside over him and kindness and compassion was born in his heart. Then he says he became Sikh from then and understood the Shri Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh Holy scripture. Watch and enjoy...

Gurmat: The Innermost Reality - Part 1

Such a profound video on Yogiji speaking about how he became a master. Before this he had became so very powerful as a human being with all the spiritual powers and able to manipulate anything he wanted to in the Universe, but still was unfulfilled. The ego had become too much. Then the Word of the Guru came to preside over him and kindness and compassion was born in his heart. Then he says he became Sikh from then and understood the Shri Guru Granth Sahib, the Sikh Holy scripture. Watch and enjoy...

Come clean for Congo: Life should be free

A very interesting video on the war in Congo, which we in the modern world are linked to. A initiative known as the The Enough Project is trying to end this war. Here is an introduction of the problem from their website:

"The deadliest war since World War II is taking place right now in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and rape is used as a weapon in this war. Though this is taking place halfway around the world, we are directly linked to the conflict. The violence in Congo is being fueled by a multi-million dollar trade in minerals – the 3 T’s (tin, tantalum, and tungsten) - that make our cell phones and other electronics function. Over five million people have died as a result of the war. Hundreds of thousands of women have been raped."

Below is a video entry aimed to raise awareness of this campaign:



Below is a video of Congo soldiers being asked why they rape woman. Their response is very interesting:



So do we think we can make a difference? Even if the electronics companies clean-up their supply chain and only source their materials from conflict-free zones, will the rape stop? Has it stopped in our more "civilised" world where we have no war outwardly? Will it stop the inner war of people's desires being out of control and using excuses such as "magic potions" and "spending too long in the bushes" to justify rape? For me this campaign has raised more questions than shown answers, but this is good, because it's about raising awareness of these issues and if we ask the right questions we shall receive the right answers.

Sat Naam.

Come clean for Congo: Life should be free

A very interesting video on the war in Congo, which we in the modern world are linked to. A initiative known as the The Enough Project is trying to end this war. Here is an introduction of the problem from their website:

"The deadliest war since World War II is taking place right now in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, and rape is used as a weapon in this war. Though this is taking place halfway around the world, we are directly linked to the conflict. The violence in Congo is being fueled by a multi-million dollar trade in minerals – the 3 T’s (tin, tantalum, and tungsten) - that make our cell phones and other electronics function. Over five million people have died as a result of the war. Hundreds of thousands of women have been raped."

Below is a video entry aimed to raise awareness of this campaign:



Below is a video of Congo soldiers being asked why they rape woman. Their response is very interesting:



So do we think we can make a difference? Even if the electronics companies clean-up their supply chain and only source their materials from conflict-free zones, will the rape stop? Has it stopped in our more "civilised" world where we have no war outwardly? Will it stop the inner war of people's desires being out of control and using excuses such as "magic potions" and "spending too long in the bushes" to justify rape? For me this campaign has raised more questions than shown answers, but this is good, because it's about raising awareness of these issues and if we ask the right questions we shall receive the right answers.

Sat Naam.