Astral projection - why and how

When your body is tired, that's the best time to experiment with meditation, astral projection or for receiving messages from the universe.

Below is what I read today; nothing that I didn't know already but useful for those who don't know.

Source: http://www.theartofastralprojection.com/blog/why-you-should-learn-astral-projection

Here are 4 reasons why you should experience it for yourself:

1. It will help you understand that you are more than your physical body! Your conscience is a distinct part of you, which extends far beyond the body. One discovers a new inner peace, after learning that their consciousness can exist without its physical body. 
2. You will experience a dream like state, becoming relaxed and aware of the inner plane. This internal space is where all of our mental power comes from. When you experience this inner plane, your brain power will expand its capabilities.
3. When you reach a higher state of consciousness, that experience helps eliminate all the stress and physical discomfort which act as obstacles to meditation. The more you Astral Project, the more meditation becomes easier. You will free from anxiety and live a happier life.
4. Astral Projection, over time, reduces the fear of death. Most people are afraid to die because they are unable to separate their awareness from their physical bodies. Einstein said that life is energy and energy cannot be destroyed. It can be transformed into something new.

Technique http://www.theartofastralprojection.com/blog/out-of-body-experience-technique#comment-19199

Hypnotism / Control of mind by TV

Ek Onkar healing

I was wondering if Reiki means God's universal energy then Ek onkar means the same. If healing can be done  by calling Reiki then it should work as well with saying Ek Onkar.

When I had done my Reiki attunement, I had remembered Guru Nanak and added the Ek Onkar symbol myself. When I did Saihaj's attunement at his request and after taking advice from Christopher Penczak's book 'Magick of Reiki'; I asked for help as I had never done attunement before, I saw visions of chinese looking masters mostly men and one lady. Saihaj had requested to add Ek Onkar symbol as well. I remembered Guru Nanak and to my amazement I saw him with rainbow colours around him and then I added that symbol. I was amazed because althought I have seen him before a few times in my meditations and he has done amazing things for me but I know that he doesn't always come unless there is a great need.

So one day, I asked in half sleeping and half meditating state, if Ek Onkar healing would work and I heard '33 Beethal'. What is the significance of 33, I don't know besides that Guru Gobind Singh ji was 33 years old when he started Khalsa Panth and I consider this number magical. I have been looking for the significance of this number in universal energy terms and don't know the answer yet.

Freaky written message in dream

At around 1.30 am, I saw this written message 'This baby is being D..eleted.' I was so scared thinking it's about the baby to be born. I pleaded that we have been waiting for this baby, especially Prakaash. She will be so disappointed.
At this point I saw the word 'Revived' followed by 'Repenished'.


I was still so disturbed by the first sentence and couldn't believe how and why would the universe decide to take such a drastic action so suddenly. I saw an empty brand new modern looking blue stretcher. I was going to see more, but I was so emotionally moved that I chose not to and instead wake up and meditate. As I tried to wake myself up, as I was extremely tired from the big holiday, Prakaash woke up and said that she was having a tummy ache. I gave her kid's panadol and a glass of water. A few minutes later she vomitted. We had a warm bath together and she recited the 'Moolmantra' and 'Tati Wao Na Lagai Shabad' with me and a bit of 'Waheguru Simran' while in the bath. Then she went to sleep and I did my Sahej Path from the senchi. I believed as she vomited that the dream was for Prakaash's health and after the bath she was replenished and all will be well now. She has a bit of fever this morning. 

Gurbani

www.srigranth.org

Page 504, Line 3
ਊਂਧੈ ਭਾਂਡੈ ਕਛੁ ਨ ਸਮਾਵੈ ਸੀਧੈ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤੁ ਪਰੈ ਨਿਹਾਰ ॥੫॥
ऊंधै भांडै कछु न समावै सीधै अम्रितु परै निहार ॥५॥
Ūʼnḏẖai bẖāʼndai kacẖẖ na samāvai sīḏẖai amriṯ parai nihār. ||5||
Nothing can be contained in a vessel turned upside-down; Ambrosial Nectar pours into the upright one. ||5||

ਜੈਸੀ ਪਿਆਸ ਹੋਇ ਮਨ ਅੰਤਰਿ ਤੈਸੋ ਜਲੁ ਦੇਵਹਿ ਪਰਕਾਰ ॥੬॥ जैसी पिआस होइ मन अंतरि तैसो जलु देवहि परकार ॥६॥ Jaisī pi▫ās ho▫e man anṯar ṯaiso jal ḏevėh parkār. ||6|| As is the thirst within their minds, so is the water which You give to them. ||6||

ਅਬ ਤਬ ਅਵਰੁ ਨ ਮਾਗਉ ਹਰਿ ਪਹਿ ਨਾਮੁ ਨਿਰੰਜਨ ਦੀਜੈ ਪਿਆਰਿ ॥ अब तब अवरु न मागउ हरि पहि नामु निरंजन दीजै पिआरि ॥ Ab ṯab avar na māga▫o har pėh nām niranjan ḏījai pi▫ār. I shall never ask anything else of the Lord; please, bless me with the Love of Your Immaculate Name.

ਨਾਨਕ ਚਾਤ੍ਰਿਕੁ ਅੰਮ੍ਰਿਤ ਜਲੁ ਮਾਗੈ ਹਰਿ ਜਸੁ ਦੀਜੈ ਕਿਰਪਾ ਧਾਰਿ ॥੮॥੨॥ नानक चात्रिकु अम्रित जलु मागै हरि जसु दीजै किरपा धारि ॥८॥२॥ Nānak cẖāṯrik amriṯ jal māgai har jas ḏījai kirpā ḏẖār. ||8||2|| Nanak, the song-bird, begs for the Ambrosial Water; O Lord, shower Your Mercy upon him, and bless him with Your Praise. ||8||2||

Symbolic visions and their purpose in terms of Sacred contract / Fate / Karma

We buried our most loved dog yesterday. The pet that wasn't bought for our entertainment but to save his life; the previous owner was going to put him down. The soul that only ever gave love and accepted our ways. His departure left many questions to be answered. Why did he come in our life? What were the lessons he had to teach us? Why did he leave at this time? How did I knew so much about what was going to happen and yet didn't prepare for it?

He died while at the vets place, after the vet thought he was recovering and gone home for the night at 5 pm. I came from work, while enjoying my bath burst into tears imagining the day my husband would die and how lonely I would feel. The feeling of a much loved soul departing was overwhelming and yet I had no clue what could have happened to bring that feeling on. It hit me hard when next morning the vet rang to say that he found Oliver dead, as he opened his place. After this news I payed attention to the gut feeling that was telling me from a few days that the new baby will not see Oliver and I couldn't understand this. Now all the visions of my dad in Black, the black dog bones etc make sense.

Why did the universe give me clues to his death but not how I could save him? I did Reiki on him twice and on both occasions he felt better and acknowledged but the internal damage was too severe that wasn't diagnosed then. If the God's energy is so powerful, why doesn't it save lives when needed? Or my love for him was not focused enough to save him? Once he was at the vet, I left him to the vet. Did I do too little and too late? The crucial question is - Was this his destiny predetermined by God or was it my care (or lack of) and actions / decisions that determined his life span? What is the role of God in determining our destinies and how much burden is placed on individuals to follow God's laws or reap the consequences? I need to unfold the role of fate, free will and divine will.

In the book 'Sacred Contracts' Caroline Myss writes, "To be able to see symbolically, to act appropriately on your intuitions, takes practice. I can't think of a more valuable contribution that you can make to your spiritual health than learning to understand your sacred contract as it is written in your own archetypal language."
She further writes, "By learning to identify your energy patterns, you will be able to gain a much greater vision of the meaning and purpose of your many experiences and relationships. When you can symbolically read the content of your life, you can make dramatically better choices. When your life plans are suddenly interrupted, you can choose to view that event as a "Contract intervention" rather than a crisis. What symbolic vision gives you above all is choice - the choice to see events as arbitrary and antagonistic or as blessings that are part of a plan in which you have some say. Symbolic vision helps you understand the daily questions that arise for you as well as the spiritual unfoldment of your life."

With regards to Fate, Free Will and Divine Will; Caroline believes that the laws of the universe apply equally to all. We embody these laws whenever we exercise our power of choice. Every choice has consequences regardless of the individual that is exercising the power of choice. Yet the individual can influence the quality of that consequence if he/ she is mindful in his/her intentions. So compassionate and sincere motivations can make the consequences more likely to be positive. She believes that a single action can result in an inestimable cascade of physical, emotional and spiritual effects.

As part of our intimate relationship with the Divine, it prods us to learn lessons and work on our spiritual growth, in ways that we may consciously resist at times; as the sacred contract with the Divine was co-created before we were born. At birth, we forget the details of it. We have to remember our purpose by taking action and searching for it. We make choices every day that implement the terms of our Contract, keeping us on path or getting us back on the path. We can also choose to enlist the aid of archetypes, spirit guides and the grace of God through prayer and meditation to attempt to fulfill our agreement more expeditiously.

The purpose of the events in life, as I understand is to gain insight from these experiences and improve on the unique contribution we make to life around us that arises from our particular set of circumstances and relationships. The extend to which we can decode our Contract depends on our willingness to accept that everything we do is for a purpose far greater than we will ever know, that every deed we do affects our life and others' for good or bad. 

Caroline suggests that to believe in  an invisible order, a divine, implicate order or the order beneath the disorder that chaos theory and describes, is a healthier, more interesting choice than seeing no meaning in life whatsoever. Discovering and working with your archetype and other elements of your contract will change your view of your own destiny. This understanding will bring new meaning to life, moved from seeing it as random and haphazard to accepting that it is carefully planned and directed, with us as active participants.

I will read the rest of the book to understand my archetype and the terms my Contract. 

Symbolic language in meditation and dreams

I have a very old dream dictionary that I find very useful to interpret symbols. Since there are pages missing in it, I use www.hyperdictionary.com as a supplement.
  Definition:   Seeing leaves in your dream means new found happiness and an improvement in various aspects of your life. It is symbolic of growth and openness. Seeing brown or withered leaves in your dream means fallen hopes, despair, and loss.

Messages from the universe and my destiny

It is so frustrating that I get the message from the universe in symbolic language and yet I don't fully understand how it applied until the moment something actually happends in my life. Then I say to myself, oh! so that's what the message was trying to tell me. I can't change anything at all. Things still turn out exactly the way the universe suggested they will. So what's the benefit?

A few weeks ago, I saw dog bones in black. I didn't give any bones to my dog to eat thinking that might be bad. Now my dog is really sick and I don't know why. But the universe did know and I couldn't do anything.

This morning, I saw my head and one arm covered in plaster. Then I saw myself crying over something. I understood this as something that I had done (arm) was not the right decision (Head). So I was going to be upset over it as the result won't be in my favour. I now know what I had done yesterday and how I was upset over my negligence and for loosing because of it.

The messages don't help me take a different course of action. They come too late and are not clear enough. No wonder that the people who write prophecies are not giving accurate info. They themselves didn't know what the symbols trully meant :(

You can heal yourself - talk to your body

It's amazing how we believe in the medicine of the doctor that we don't know, yet we don't believe ourself - the self that has been with this body since birth. We believe in the medicine created by man and yet not in the healing light of the universe / God.

The problem lies in our belief system. Ask yourself these simple questions.

1. Do I spend time with myself, talking to myself about me?
If you think the answer is YES, think again. I didn't say talking about your financial life, love life or social relationships. That is not talking about you. Those aspects of your life are important but only until you are alive.

2. Do you speak the truth to yourself and others? Do you observe and catch yourself lying, cheating or hurting others? 
"Off-course, I speak the truth to myself, not sure about others. I don't lie, cheat or emotionally hurt anyone. I am a good person. There are bad people at my work, in relatives and friends and in society but we can all spot a bad person. We are genuine and good people. At least I am, I know." Think again! And again until you can hear a different answer. Think deeply, no one will know what you know. Just speak the truth to yourself.
  
3. Are you at peace with yourself? Is there an internal conflict going on between your existing life and how you would like your life to be? And a conflict about this world and how it should be?
No. I am not happy with .................
I hate ....................
Why don't ...........................

So you have a lot of complaints! Who do you think is listening to those complaints that live in your head day and night. Your own body perhaps! Oh, I didn't think my body worries about what my head thinks, does it? Think of the impact of every negative thought on your body. For how many years of your life, you have been having a conflict within yourself about various issues in your life and in others lives? And then the doctor tells you that you have a deadly disease and you dare to ask WHY ME?

4. Do you believe in the existence of God?
Yes and no. Actually I am not 100% sure. Sometimes, I think ..............


5. What does God look like? What is your relationship with God?
"I don't know. Even if God exists, I don't think I will be able to find him as I am not that spiritual. Not in this lifetime, at least. I am such a lowly person."

Now we are talking. It's not GOD that has a problem with you. It's you who doesn't believe in yourself. You don't think you are good enough to have a close relationship with God / Universe.

So you live in denial. You don't believe that anyone can talk to God, any day at anytime. These so called spiritual people simply are shunning reality and living in delusion. You are sane, logical and a reasonable person :) Thank goodness there are still some logical people to run this world and set it right.

Don't worry, I am not asking you to believe in God, as long as you believe in your own existence. Just be logical and know that like every action has an equal and opposite reaction; every thought leaves a mark on your body. If you can understand this, it would be much easier to understand why most people are diagnosed with deadly dis-eases after 40. It's the residue of the thoughts and feelings that have been influencing the body.

So how can I heal myself? You must have heard - Prevention is better than cure. Talk to yourself. Observe yourself everyday. Do your own health check everyday by asking yourself - am I at peace with myself? Is there any internal conflict bothering my mind and body? How can I resolve that conflict. If its a long term conflict that can't be resolved in one day, then just think of it as a heavy baggage. Put it down, just for a few moments and give yourself a break from it.

Visualize having a shower in either colourless / white / golden or green light. Visualize this light touching every cell of your body and rejuvenating it. Your body feels much lighter and you feel happier. When you are at ease with your body and dis-ease can't come near you. So be kind to yourself and have happy thoughts most of the day. Now you are aware of your mind and body. Now you observe yourself and do not let any thought in, that will cause dis-ease in your body. The uni-verse is smiling at you, as you are one with yourself.

A story of Nanak's dedication as told by OSHO

Source: http://www.messagefrommasters.com/Oshohindibooks/067_Ek_Omkar_Satnam.pdf

The gist of the story is that its not important whether you do Nitnem, meditation, kirtan or anything else. The main point is with how much effort and dedication, you do what you do. Just like in music its not how many songs a musician can sing or play, its the precision, (the accuracy, detail and devotion) with which he plays the notes and how much the musician himself is immersed in his own music. Same goes for any religious activity.

इक ओंकार सितनाम

करता पुरखु िनरभउ िनरवैर।

अकाल मूरित अजूनी सैभं गु$ %सा द।।

जपु:

आ द सचु जुगा द सचु।

है भी सचु नानक होसी भी सचु।।

पउड़): १

सोचे सोिच न होवई जे सोची लख बार।

चुपै चुप न होवई जे लाइ रहा िलवतार।

भु.खया भुख न उतर) जे बंना पुर)आं भार।

सहस िसयाणपा लख हो ह, त इक न चले नािल।

कव सिचयारा होइए, कव कूड़ै तुटै पािल।

हुकिम रजाई चलणा 'नानक' िल.खआ नािल।

एक अंधेर) रात। भाद3 क4 अमावस। बादल3 क4 गड़गड़ाहट। बीच-बीच म6 7बजली का चमकना। वषा9 के झ3के।

गांव पूरा सोया हुआ। बस, नानक के गीत क4 गंूज।

रात देर तक वे गाते रहे। नानक क4 मां डर)। आधी रात से <यादा बीत गई। कोई तीन बजने को हुए। नानक

के कमरे का द)या जलता है। बीच-बीच म6 गीत क4 आवाज आती है। नानक के =ार पर नानक क4 मां ने

द>तक द) और कहा, बेटे! अब सो भी जाओ। रात कर)ब-कर)ब जाने को हो गई।

नानक चुप हुए। और तभी रात के अंधेरे म6 एक पपीहे ने जोर से कहा, 7पयू-7पयू।

नानक ने कहा, सुनो मां! अभी पपीहा भी चुप नह)ं हुआ। अपने Aयारे क4 पुकार कर रहा है, तो मB कै से चुप

हो जाऊं ? इस पपीहे से मेर) होड़ लगी है। जब तक यह गाता रहेगा, पुकारता रहेगा, मB भी पुकारता रहूंगा।

और इसका Aयारा तो बहुत पास है, मेरा Aयारा बहुत दरू है। जDम3-जDम3 गाता रहूं तो ह) उस तक पहुंच

सकूंगा। रात और दन का हसाब नह)ं रखा जा सकता है। नानक ने फर गाना शुG कर दया।

नानक ने परमाHमा को गा-गा कर पाया। गीत3 से पटा है माग9 नानक का। इसिलए नानक क4 खोज बड़) िभDन है। पहली बात समझ लेनी जGर) है क नानक ने योग नह)ं कया, तप नह)ं कया, Iयान नह)ं कया। नानक ने िसफ9 गाया। और गा कर ह) पा िलया। ले कन गाया उDह3ने इतने पूरे %ाण से क गीत ह) Iयान हो गया, गीत ह) योग बन गया, गीत ह) तप हो गया।

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अधूरा-अधूरा, तो भी न पहुंच पाओगे। तुम पूरा-पूरा, पूरे Kदय से, तुLहार) सार) समJता से, एक गीत भी

गा दो, एक नHृ य भी कर लो, तो भी तुम पहुंच जाओगे। Mया तुम करते हो, यह सवाल नह)ं। पूर) समJता

से करते हो या अधूरे-अधूरे, यह) सवाल है।