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The Course
In my experience mastering various stanzas or pauris of Japji increase and deepen the experience of Yoga in a way that I have found nothing else can , and increases ones depth as a yoga teacher. In fact Yogi Ji stated that everything he taught about humanology and mans place in the universe he learned through Japji.
In this three day course we will take a multi-dimensional approach to JapJi in order to :
- Experience Japji as a living tool of meditation and communication with the Infinite in our lives. By changing our own frequency through meditation on the pauries(stanzas ) of Japji we change our experience of life.
2.Increase our understanding of Japji in a very real and tangible way. Not only through reading translations but through studying each word. A most powerful meditation is to read Japji in Gurmukhi and understand each word so that the thought-forms are triggered by each word as we read it.
3. We will learn and practice the Gurmukhi script in terms of the 8 areas of the body from which we produce sound and language (called ustaans). The Gurmukhi alphabet is designed taking into account these areas and learning Gurmukhi in this way is fast and accessible by all in a short time. By learning the alphabet and beginning to read we master the Naad of mantra and Japji with an understanding of how we are physically producing the sound . This leads to a deep experience of Naad Yoga.
We will be studying Japji from the end going forward as Yogi Ji stated that Japji begins from a very high frequency of the quantum essence of the universe ,(Ek Ong Kar). The story goes that Guru Nanak is coming out of his Samadhi on the banks of the river and repeated Japji to the people standing on the shore . Because he is speaking from such a high frequency ,we may,in our earthly conciousness ,take some time to understand the deep meaning of Ek Ong Kar. Japji continues all the way to the Slok, which is the last stanza where Guru Nanak describes life on the planet earth. This will be our starting point as we are living on the earth plane.
I have a particular way to access and master the sound current of the pauris that I have used myself over many years. This will be the format for the course.
1. We will first sing each stanza musically 11 times to enjoy the energy of the words and the flow of the poetry put to music.
2. Then we will go through the meaning of each word and what each line means. This will be a combination of discussion and learning as each line can be understood on many different levels, from many different perspectives.
3. Further we will learn to read the Gurmukhi letters with the proper placement of the tongue and so begin approach a more correct pronunciation which in turn delivers a more effective transformation of our brain chemistry. This of course is a transferable skill that will create a more exact pronunciation of Kundalini yoga and Sanscrit mantras.
4. Then we will recite again the pauri ,eventually reading from the Gurmukhi script as well as doing it slowly ,allowing the meaning and image of each word form a thought-form in the mind as we recite.
Stay tuned to this blog for further developments as we get closer to the course.
Sat nam,
Mata Mandir Singh
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