Welcome to the beginning of our 40-Day Meditation Retreat 2009. Today is Day 1. This 40 Days is taken in the same time period as the 40 Days of 1978, when I underwent a series of deep transformations. I remember on this particular morning how excited I was to see what was going to happen, as the night before I had had some very, very deep experiences during chanting. It was now a great excitement to see what would happen on this particular morning. Of course the entire transformation that took place was based on energy and heightening of consciousness.
The theme of our retreat this year is Energy Awareness & Mastery-The Kundalini Journey. The Kundalini is a great and mysterious power but it is a sacred power. When we are blessed to have this energy awakened within us we experience the most exciting, adventurous and marvelous journey we could ever experience. I welcome you to this 40 Days with that kind of excitement, the excitement of sharing with you this energy journey. This marvelous journey of energy transformations based on the sacred energy of Kundalini.
I started our 40-Day period by talking to you a few days before, about the preparation that is necessary and I hope that you will continue to remember that. It requires a commitment to these days, a commitment to self-transformation, a commitment to practice and consistency during this period. If you are able to do that, I am sure the benefits will be great, as they were for me in 1978.
Perspective of the Journey
Today, I want to create for you the perspective of our journey. To begin to understand energy transformation, energy movement it is good to have a whole perspective of the journey. Where is energy coming from? What happens when energy moves within us? What are the different experiences we have? What are the relationships we create? How is the consciousness expanding? What is the ultimate experience? Where are we headed?
This energy can lead us to freedom. When I say freedom, I mean freedom from ignorance, freedom from the lack of awareness of who we are. This energy can lead us to a super sensual space or experience, an ecstatic inner experience that is called Samadhi in the sacred literature; the ecstatic state of heightened awareness and stable awareness. This energy can take us into such an engagement with the world that we can create harmony in our relationship with the world. This energy can take us into a journey of creating total wellbeing and balance. This is a marvelous journey; this has been the journey of my life
During the period 1975-1978 has been the journey of my life. This is a very special period and I am sharing with you knowledge and experiences that are with me every moment of my every day.
Shifting to Multi-dimensional Awareness
This brings me to the idea of Multi-dimensional awareness and the idea that we are not just physical beings but we are also energy beings. We have an energy identity. Just as we have a physical identity, we have an energy identity. And this shift is a necessary shift on the spiritual journey. You cannot make the spiritual journey unless you make that shift into energy awareness.
As you go deeper into this journey you are led to the very source from where this energy emerges. This energy emerges from a field that is referred to as the Consciousness Field. Consciousness is an inherent quality in this Universe, it is said to be the fundamental quality of the Universe. This is a conscious Universe.
Understanding this multi-dimensionality of life and of Self is an extremely important thing. During these 40 days I want to take you through the knowledge and the practice, that will help you to make the shifts so that this becomes an experience for you. If you are dedicated to this 40 days of discipline you can begin to experience more and more your true Self and greater degrees of freedom. Perhaps if you seek, and grace allows, you will have the full experience of Being and of freedom.
Nurse the Desire to Experience the Ultimate
I spoke about the desire before, to want to know and experience and to bring it into expression. This desire is extremely important on the journey. It is the desire that pushes us ahead. If this desire is not strong within you to experience the Ultimate, or to become more enlightened, then try to nurse this desire. Try to grow this desire by keeping the vision before you, keeping the thoughts with you and associating with those who have this desire and this desire will grow stronger within you. This desire is important. This is the desire that I had and this is the desire that led me to this ultimate transformation.
I want you to contemplate this multi-dimensionality of life and of Self and seek every day to have a deeper experience of it. What does my energy body feel like? How different is it from my physical being? What does it feel like to tap into the source of my Being and to be aware of its infinite power and existence in every moment? What is it like? Begin to seriously contemplate this. What would it be like to feel the energy of things around me and to interact in that awareness? These thoughts need to be inside of you. They need to drive you. I see how stagnated we become. I see how we struggle in the ignorance. It is extremely important to hold the perspective, to hold the idea and to keep in the company that will help you, by supporting you.
We Exist In The Source In Every Moment
At the very core of your Being is an Infinite Source that supports the whole universe. We may call that Source God, Infinite Being, and acknowledging the Source is extremely important. We exist in the source in every moment. Although we may feel disconnected, we exist in a source of power in every moment and the possibility is that we can connect with this Source. That is what I am doing right now as I speak to you. The more you are connected to the source, the more you draw from the source, the more powerful you feel, and the more powerful you are, in interactions.
We need to stay in awareness of the source, we need to stay in awareness of the energy that comes from this source and we need to stay in the awareness of multi-dimensionality of the Source, its energy and our physical being. We need to stay in awareness of all.
Process of Becoming Aware of Subtle Energy
The physical being we know, we see it, we smell it, we taste it, we touch it, and we hear it. Physical senses allow us to ground ourselves in the physical world. But the energy awareness is a little more subtle and we have to listen, observe, and give attention to it, until we begin to feel the existence of this subtle energy field. It is the field of thoughts, it is the field of emotions, and it is the field of vitality beyond physical strength. We need to become aware of that energy field. It requires listening, listening to the thoughts, it requires observing how we feel when emotions flow through our Being, it requires observing how we feel as vitality moves within us from the things we eat, from the air that we breathe and from the exchanges with people. We need to be aware of that subtle energy field.
Then as we act in the world, as we interact in the world, we need to be aware of the physical, of the energy that flows inside of the physical and of the Source from where it comes. That is the idea of multi-dimensionality.
The Kundalini model allows us to see all the different qualities of energy that exist within us and within our world. That is why this is such a perfect model in understanding the Universe and our interaction with the Universe.
The States of Being -The States of Freedom
The Kundalini model describes seven different planes of consciousness and the energies associated with this consciousness; exactly what is within us is exactly what is in our outer Universe. This is a model of the whole Universe. In trying to understand the Universe, all we need to do is to begin to understand ourselves. That is extremely important to understand. To understand the Universe, begin by understanding what is happening in your world, as within, so without; as there are different levels within you of energy, so too in the entire Universe. This knowledge, this wisdom brings a lot of excitement that the physical plane is not the only one. There are different planes of existence, different energy levels and different entities throughout these dimensions. That makes it extremely exciting.
Summary of Multi-dimensionality
Today, we will stay with the idea of multi-dimensionality; the idea that we exist in a source from where everything emerges. We have an energy identity besides the physical, and so all our actions and relationships in this world are multi-dimensional. Contemplate these thoughts today. They begin an exciting journey of awareness and mastery. It is the journey of Kundalini. This energy within the human being is called Kundalini, which means the coiled power; the power that is stored, the power that will be released. Within the whole Universe it is called Maha Kundalini, as within so without.
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