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What is the Miracle Mantra?

9/6/2019

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PictureAkal Bani Kaur (Sholeen)
When the heart is so locked up that healing cannot penetrate, there is a way through. There is a mantra that can break down the walls -- the Miracle Mantra, Dhan Dhan Ram Das Guru. 

Today, I spoke to MKY's spiritual sister Akal Bani Kaur (Sholeen) about her profound self-healing experience with this mantra.When Akal Bani (who is now a Kundalini Yoga teacher) first started practicing Kundalini Yoga, she would chant mantras in class and, at her teacher's suggestion, try 40 day practices with some. But she didn't keep up with any and never reached 40 days. Then one day in class, she heard Dhan Dhan Ram Das Guru playing in the background. Something about it caught her; she asked her teacher for the details and then began a 40 day experience that, among other things, surprised her.

As she chanted Dhan Dhan Ram Das Guru, ​she was overcome with tears. "I've always thought of myself as a happy person, an optimistic person." Akal Bani said. "I didn't know I had so many tears." She had committed to chanting 31 minutes a day but would often keep going for longer until the tears had moved through.

After weeks and weeks of tears, something else surprised her. Her heart opened. "I didn't even remember that after my first boyfriend broke my heart, I had like encased my heart in metal." As she chanted, the metaphorical metal around her heart melted.

After 40 days of daily chanting of Dhan Dhan Ram Das Guru, Akal Bani opted to continue beyond the 40 days to over six months. She stopped counting. The heart opening led to a new compassion, and she was able to turn that compassion to herself. She was able to finally really look at herself, really see herself and love herself. "The miracle of the mantra," she said, "is self-love." 

Dhan Dhan Ram Das Guru is a longer mantra, also known as a shabd or Sikh prayer, that honors Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru in the lineage. Guru Ram Das represented miracles, humility, and service. In the Kundalini Yoga tradition, we chant this mantra in the 11 days leading up to Guru Ram Das's birthday, which is celebrated on October 9. 

If you like, you can see the mantra and its translation below, as well as a link to a playlist of some of the most beautiful versions of it that I know. ​​

PictureGuru Ram Das (1534-1581)
Mantra:

Dhan dhan raam daas gur jin siri-aa tinai savaari-aa
Pooree hoee karaamaat aap sirajanhaarai dhaari-aa
Sikhee atai sangatee paarbrahm kar namasakaari-aa
Atal athaa-o atol too tayraa ant na paaraavaari-aa
Jinee too sayvi-aa bhaa-o kar say tudh paar utaari-aa
Lab lobh kaam krodh mo maar kadhay tudh saparvaari-aa
Dhan so tayraa thaan hai sach tayraa paisakaari-aa
Naanak too lehanaa toohai gur amar too veechaari-aa
Gur dithaa taa man saadhaari-aa




Translation:
​

Blessed, blessed is Guru Ram Das; the One who created You has also exalted You.
Perfect is Your miracle; the Creator has installed You on a throne. 
Sikhs as well as all Conscious people recognize You because you manifest the Creator. 
You are unchanging, unfathomable and immeasurable; You have no end or limitation. 
You are unchanging, unfathomable and immeasurable; 
Those who serve You with love are carried across the sea of existence.
The five obstacles of lust, anger, greed, pride and attachment:
You have beaten them and driven them out.
Blessed is Your realm, and True is Your magnificent glory. 
You are Nanak, You are Angad, and You are Amar Daas; 
When I recognize You, my soul is comforted.

Playlist: Link to it here on iTunes.
  • The Miracle of Surrender (Dhan Dhan) by Jai-Jagdeesh on Miracles Abound
  • Dhan Dhan Ram Das Gur by White Sun on White Sun II
  • Dhan Dhan Ram Das Gur by Prabhu Nam Kaur & Snatam Kaur on Mother's Blessings
Join Akal Bani & Jennifer Ferguson (Devi Kavita) for a Miracle Mantra Workshop on September 28th. Details here.  

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What is Aquarian Sadhana?

6/19/2019

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Aquarian Sadhana is a  specific two and a half hour practice during what's called the amrit vela, or the ambrosial hours 3:30-7am. (At MKY, we make it a little more doable by starting at 5 or 5:30am.) Here's how the practice breaks down:
  1. Japji Sahib. We begin by reciting a beautiful poem, Japji Sahib, the Song of the Soul. This poem was written by Guru Nanak, a sage from India, and reciting it or just listening to it being recited is said to provide healing by aligning the chakras and cleansing the ten bodies.
  2.  Kundalini Yoga Kriya (sequence of exercises). Next, we tune in and practice a kriya as we do in any Kundalini Yoga class. The difference is there is less talking by the instructor, as a quiet environment is paramount. We do this to prepare our bodies and our bodies' chemistries to be in an optimal state so that the meditative experience to come is enhanced. 
  3. Relaxation. We relax and heal in savasana (relaxation).
  4. Chanting the Aquarian Mantras. We chant a specific sequence of mantras  for specific times for a total of 62 minutes.​The first mantra is called Long Ek Ong Kar. Chanted without music for 7 minutes, this mantra initiates the Kundalini. The second mantra is Wah Yantee​, which we chant for 7 minutes to connect to our intuition. Next, we chant  the Mul (or Root) Mantra for 7 minutes. This mantra is said to change fate to destiny. Then, we chant the mantra for the Aquarian Age for 7 minutes, Sat Siree, Siree Akal. In it, we declare that we are timeless beings. Next, for 7 minutes, we chant Rakhe Rakhan Har​ for protection. Then, we chant the mantra of ecstasy Wahe Guru Wahe Jio for 22 minutes to establish ourselves for victory and the right to excel. Finally for miracles, we chant Guru Ram Das for 5 minutes.
If you are learning about Aquarian Sadhana for the first time, you may find some of its aspects extreme or strange. I know how you feel. I felt the same when I first learned of it and started practicing it.

I was first introduced to this practice in Teacher Training, and it was a requirement. Truth be told, I didn't have a great attitude about this requirement. I had all kinds of internal complaints about it. 
  • I'm NOT a morning person.
  • Why these chants? Because someone else said so?
  • Couldn't it be shorter? 
But what happened in practicing it, is that I FELT the wisdom of its structure.  I FELT the victory of it and now wish for more and more experiences of Aquarian Sadhana. I've come to appreciate that it's for me,  for my growth,  for my spiritual awakening,  for my  success. 
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If you want to learn more about Aquarian Sadhana, I recommend the book Original Light: the Morning Practice of Kundalini Yoga by beloved devotional artist and Kundalini Yoga teacher Snatam Kaur. She goes into depth and unpacks each aspect of the practice based on her lifetime of experience, growing up in a Kundalini Yoga community. There are so many beautiful nuggets to take from this book, but here is one of my favorites:  "It is through a daily spiritual practice that is consistent, like the heartbeat, that we change the psyche to know -- on an elemental, psychic, physical, chemical, and spiritual level -- that we are in fact putting the soul first."

I encourage you to read this book or any other about the gift of Aquarian Sadhana. But more so, I encourage you to experience it. Join us or find a sadhana near you. Sat Nam.
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