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Please have a look at this picture. As you can see it is an optical illusion. The picture seems to be moving, when it is obvsiously not moving. It is our “faulty” vision that makes it move, and the only way to stop that movement is to fix your gaze at one point. At that point, not only we stop the movement and we can see what the picture really is, but we also have a larger grasp of the picture itself.
The reality that life offers us is a faulty reality, which we can understand only if we are able to concentrate and develop our awareness more. What we perceive with our ever-flowing mind becomes our reality just because we perceive it to be so, erroneously.
We can live fullly present in this moment if we learn how to stop the moving perceptions that make us identify with a faulty reality. As you have probably heard by many people and teachers, the present moment is the one that we have, all the rest is a waste of energy. Our consciousness is not anchored if not through the awareness of the present moment.
Listen to the episode of AWARENESS OF THE SOUL entitled “Live in the Now to Program Your Destiny”, to see how you can change your life with a very powerful and mystical practice.
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Welcome to another Life Catalyst Blog!As you probably already know, in India there is a huge amount of knowledge regarding Mantras and “special sounds” that, if chanted, can bring changes into your body, mind, soul and circumstances.
Since the topic of Mantras is a very well known topic, easily found on the internet and in good books, the secret that I am going to share here is not really known. Maybe because it requires a focused mind and the ability to listen into the silence, this techqnique has been revealed to only a few people. Hopefully now, to millions!!!
A Mantra can be considered as mystical energy in the form of sound. Ancient sages were able to listen to the sounds of the cosmos and brought down those sounds into their closest correspondence to the spoken word: Mantras.
As some people know, for some people certain Mantras are better than others. In fact, in the tradition of Yoga, it is the guru who chooses the mantra for his disciple, giving him the right one for him, meaning the one that will resonate positively within his soul and bring positive changes.
The correct way of chanting a Mantra has, in truth, three phases.
- The Mantra is chanted, physically, with the vocal cords and sounds comes physically out, audible by anyone around.
- The Mantra becomes mental and penetrates the subconscious level, where it is chanted almost automatically and on default. This is a much deeper expression with the mantra itself and a more complete connection with its power.
- The Mantra penetrates the subconscious and enters the Superconscious realm, where it reunites with your Higher Self and its own origin. At this point the Mantra becomes a specific sound-vibration that has no translatable language. it is the pure emanation of an energy-force in consciousness. At this point, the repetition of the Mantra is an emanation of powerful energy that has a specific vibration. That’s when you resonate with the essence that the mantra can bring you.
Since I believe we have access to our full and highest potential, here is a technique that will make you resonate with a desired reality, object of desire, or spiritual advancement. This practice will speed up the process of your life change, but it requires discipline and deep attunement with the meditative state.
Before practicing this method you should become a skilled meditator, in other words, you must have gained the ability to quiet the mind and have no interference from the mind at will. Practice the Hong Sau Technique for at least three months, practice it regularly, and you will see results.
If you are a skilled meditator, then do as follow:
- Choose the object of your meditation.
This is your object of desire, the life change you want to see happening, a symbol of wealth, happiness and joy, for example. - Concentrate on it.
Touch it, feel it, taste it, involve all you mental senses in it, until there is nothing but the object of your meditation and your awareness. - Meditate upon it.
If you have done step 2 correctly, the concentration now becomes effortless, therefore you are at this stage. - Union.
Now you are absorbing the qualities of this object into your being, and there is no more difference between you and your object of meditation. Be Aware but do not interfere. - Translate it into a sound.
Now “listen” to the vibration of the object. This is its Mantra. It might not be a definite sound, but it is a compulsive energy of some kind, it is unexplainable. Experiment with it, then you will know. - Repeat and/or emanate that sound-vibration/Mantra.
As you have kept your Awareness high during all this process, now emanate that vibration many times, maybe once every second. Repeat this emanation for 108 times. This practice equals (and surpasses) the traditional way of chanting a Mantra. - Rest in meditation.
After you have finished step 6, rest. Forget all about the practice and let go. Rest for about 5 minutes or more. This is the time where you just absorb the benefit of the practice. - Slowly open your eyes, as you breath in, and come back to your normal activities.
One of the advantages of this practice is that you will experience particular sounds that are automatically resonating with your soul, therefore they can be considered to be the best ones for you.
As I said, this practice requires some good skills in meditation and the ability to maintain your Awareness high when approaching deep states of consciousness.
This is ADVANCED MATERIAL! If you are able to practice this technique, you have accessed a Great Power. Then you should repeat this practice, with the same object of meditation, every day until you see results.
DO NOT MIX, do not change the object of meditation, and then come back to the same old one. Continue to practice on the same object until you see results. Sometimes, you may have the impression that the sounds are changing. It doesn’t matter, go with the sound-vibrations/Mantras that are revealed to you in that particular moment. You might have refined your perceptions or your soul resonates in a new way therefore you might perceive things differently.
Nevertheless, as we all know, the present moment is most important. But if the sound you receive is totally different, then question if you are still having the same object as part of your meditation, or if you have gone deep enough and quieted your mind.
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Welcome to another Life Catalyst Blog Post!
Seen the response on the Soulmate Connection topic, I thought it would have been beautiful to show your questions (without showing your name), and then posting the answers here, for yours and anyone’s benefit.
So this is the overall transcript of the radio shows on Soulmate Love that you can even listen at
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I hope you will enjoy this rich post.
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This is a long time topic for me. I been single all my life. I had a very special love once, but
he was not committed to me, we did bring in a beautiful daughter. In a recent reading a new love is a possibility.
How to find him or him find me is my question???
Meditations- You can actually connect with your soulmate wherever he is. At the base of his soul he is immortal and omni-pervading, just as you are. So as you go deeper in meditation, the less is the distance between you too.
This process has two phases:
1) You heart needs healing at first, so you need a mediation that heals your heart, like a visualization or kind of breathing
—- then you need some time to adapt your life to a healed heart —–
2) You go deep in meditation and visualize your aura expanding all around the planet, or at least having it in mind. meditate deeper to the point that you also consider the presence of the Universe in it, like watching over all that happens in the world, being over all movements. At that point, with the Universe by your side, you ask for a connection with the deepest soul of your soulmate. He must be present somewhere. Even though he is not present there physically, his soul that is part of his transcendental nature is present. He might not be aware of it, but he will hear the call.
Then you need time. You need to have faith that God provides all that you need. This is an important point. one of the first things to do is to understand that we are not alone over here. We have God actively present that is putting forth all that we need and even all that we want. We need to be able to receive by matching more and more our energy with God’s energy.
Yes, surely i have a few problems in looking for my real soulmate for my future.
I have problem with my friends, they always judge me wrong in whole chance. I need a solution. For a long time until now, I have always been feeling in the same condition..How must I repair? I ‘m to trying to be kind to all my friends…
I talk about reflection in my soulmate connection course. Sometimes judgments from other people come because there is a part of ourvselves that thinks it need to be treated that way. Another possible answer is that the Universe is speaking “LOUD” to you so that you can finally get the lessons (nightmare have this function usually).
The important thing to understand here, is that this is NOT between you and them, but it is about the “movie” of life that you are projecting. Go to the projector directly, through meditation, and ask that your challenges may be softened and that harmony would prevail over all inharmonies. This is absolutely possible.Ask that you might be Aware of what you need to learn anyway, but with love, peace and harmony. You can ASK things to be different, ask it sincerely, speak to the Universe, to God, as if HE was the person with which you had the greatest confidence and relationship with.
I am wondering, is the quest for a soulmate different for a man than a woman?
What are the differences?
This is an excellent question.
If you follow the approach explained in the Soulmate Connection Course, you will see that the consciousness we are tapping into in order to find love is a NON-DUAL consciousness. This means that it is not male or female in itself, it just IS. Love is the binding force of the Universe, if you get yourself in tune with Love, you are binding those things which you love into you, your system and your reality.
A practice to develop this feeling and understanding is to close your eyes, and start blessing everyone. From your heart and from your hands visualize or feel loving effortless energy flowing and bless anyone, as if you were living from a different dimension, one of wisdom where things are just right, seen under the right perspective.
If you can do that, you will see that at some point the pure feeling of love will start pouring. People and circumstances will start smiling at you. On the other hand, if you can’t tap into that consciousness yet, then yes there is a difference. It is called symbolic expression of the self.
Let me explain it through Astrological symbols. Symbols are active energies into our lives, portals towards the infinite.
For example in astrology a male energy is symbolized by Mars, and a female energy is symbolized by Venus. How you love is symbolized by the Moon. You must realize that you are trying to find satisfaction of the what the moon represents for you and that you are moving towards Mars or Venus.
How are you moving? Then you have to look at the Sun sign and see if it is a water-air-fire-earth sign.
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How you move:
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Water: through feeling
Air: through the intellect and ideas
Fire: Through the initiator flame of dynamic will power
Earth: To know and have clarity upon physical facts.
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Energy in Meditation:
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Cardinal: initiator of a spark, the initiating flame of creation
Fixed: radiating to a point in yourself or from a point in yourself
Mutable: spiral magnetic energy
I have too many questions about my boyfriend.. I love my boyfriend and it’s a long story. He is now not contacting me at all…he is in a different country and when he goes back home he doesn’t contact me.. every time he leaves me and when he comes back to school he sends me emails..but it is complicated because he doesn’t tell me specific things about our future. I wish I could marry him..I m pretty sure he loves me too but I do not know what is his problem. I just want to marry him and that’s it.
My suggestion is that you need to balance your emotionality here. You can’t see clearly when the waves of your emotions are high. Where is this emotional turmoil taking you. I suppose the best thing to do is to balance and ground your life. Do at least 3 to 4 things every day that affirm your nature and that will keep you true to yourself.
I had a feeling that you might jump from one expression of yourself to another, almost no matter what it would be like, just to get this situation under your desired outcome. Control your emotions here, this is important.
When we are driven by emotions we tend to move into opposite directions very quickly, therefore practice something that grounds you just for the sake of it. For example, sit for 5 minutes with the sole of the feet firm into the ground visualizing roots coming down of your feet.
Meditate on the pull of gravity or visualize a rock and feel that you are absorbing its qualities.
Also affirm: “If this love is to be mine it will come to me, if it is not mine, I don’t want it”… we can’t steal people from their lives just because we think we want them.
Another affirmation that you could use is: “For the benefit of all parts involved, this love or a better one is coming to me now”
I hope this helps. In other words, you have to put yourself in the most favorable conditions to attract the best love possible instead of fixing on a specific outcome, especially when your vision could be not clear because of your emotional involvement.
How to be loved by everyone?
How to be satisfied with oneself?
How one can help make a society a lovely place to live?
Self satisfaction has to do with what in yoga is called Contentment. When one is content there is no compulsion of violence. Self contentment is generated by living a simpler life, make your life simple. When it gets intense simplify it. If we reach out for something to get continuously then we create a sense of deep malcontent, because we always end up desiring what is not in the sphere of our availability. If we realize that after all we have all that we need and start simplifying our life, then we can start put beauty in it instead of trying to fix it or accumulating.
People love and are attracted by people who are happy and who are like them. If your heart is free from the compulsion of malcontent and inner violence, than you are at a state of rest… at that point happiness is natural, you have nothing to accomplish, your life is beautiful, therefore you can communicate with the other from love and compassion. Because you have nothing to accomplish you are free to listen to them completely, your mind is there and it is there with Joy. Would you love a person like that? I would. The greatness of such a person is palpable and what is even more incredible is that such a person gives you full attention and full love.
The last part of your question, in my opinion, has this simple answer: we should see people in our society as our higher self. It needs to be lived from your own center, but then it expands including the consciousness of everyone. As you start feeling and perceiving yourself as part of the puzzle of God, you know that you are interconnecting with the cosmic man. Society is the cosmic man.
Now, what is great is that this can be experienced through particular practices and techniques that will soon start you on the path of greater love.. like those that you can find in the Soulmate Connection course.
How can I get love?
Getting love is no different than being able to forget yourself in order to live love instead of trying to get it. This is not philosophy. I think it is a real great teachings. When we stop thinking that things are different than what they should be, love disappear. Love is present where the feeling of love is present.
You are NOT the only who is looking for love. EVERYONE is looking for love. Everyone wants it. Some people seem to be ugly but they are able to be surrounded by people who love them. I met someone like this several times. I admired them too, because they seemed radiating something special, I remembered that I didn’t even consider their physical aspect when in their presence.
To get love you need to attune yourself to love and forget about getting your IDEA of love or of what love is. Your wouldn’t get the real love and after sometime you wouldn’t be happy. I don’t believe in those people who create a list and then see if the person they meet has all the requirements.
Even if they would find someone like that, they would lose him… those qualities would change. You either stagnate or evolve, and if you stagnate you start going downward towards total unhappiness. But a love that is connected from the non-dual source of the aspect of Love will endure all changes.
Give up your self, your own limiting ideas, and try to experience the power of love into your daily life, then you can’t miss love because love is what you are. Everyone is looking for love, everyone will start responding to you with love. There is only love and love is what you give and get.
This is how you find love… and I apologize if I didn’t give an answer that would provide you with a little psychological push, this would give a permanent illusion of power and then you would be again where you are.
How can we know if a man really loves you ?
How can we know if a man is not lying to you?
How can we know if it is true or not when a man talks about marriage?
How can you really know if it is true or not when a man says I LOVE YOU?
How can we if there is no one else then you in his life ?
First of all, how do you feel? Be honest with this. Sometimes we ignore our intuition enough to create problems, instead our life could be easier if we would just listen to our inner voice. Then we rationalize and we get convinced of things that are not really adhering with reality.
Then, again here, you should look at your emotions and balance them first. Then have a look at the history of this person. Does he have a past of being not truthful, did he cheat on partners before?
Do you find YOURSELF lying often? If you do lie often, it is hard to see the Truth. Then start practicing being absolutely truthful for at least a month, and you will start seeing things more clearly.
On the other hand…. Are you putting pressure on this relationship? Are you trying to get him to say what you want to hear? Are you being a little pushy on this subject? We need to understand that people need their space and we need to respect their time too. Sometimes people would start saying beautiful things because there is a part of them that wants to believe it, even when it is not completely true at the moment. This means that the intentions are good and that you can build up a beautiful relationship from there.
My suggestion is: don’t rush up to buy your “packaged dream-love”. Start with what you have. Acts of kindness, gentleness and of love would plant good seeds. At that point you see what reaction you get. If the seeds you are planting are those of love and he responds with love, then it’s great, you have fertile ground to build upon. But BE CAREFUL: here is a WARNING: if he responds to love he will do so only in the way he thinks it is best, and not in the way YOU think it is best.
For example, if for you a proof of love would be receiving some flowers and for him is to buy a ticket to a horror movie, than you have to take that as an act of love. You know he is responding to love, therefore his feeling are growing genuine. You need to do something in order to see his responses and then accept that he will respond according to his temperament and character. Leave the expression of his love free from your own expectations. This is vital.
If he has someone else… well I am sure that sooner or later you will come to know. If you get involved with someone seriously, things start to “smell” when something is not quite right. You know there is something wrong. If you have planted good seeds, than you have the right to take him and say: “ if you want to stay with me, than stay with me, otherwise you have to leave immediately and leave me free to find new opportunities for my personal life”.
Again, never think it is too late for love. Everyone wants love, and if you become love, love is always there.
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SHADOWS
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Finally, we have so many shadows in our minds of people that tell us what love should be like, or what relationships should be like. Give them up! These shadows, 99.99% of the time are limiting you incredibly.
Allow yourself to have fun. Be true to yourself, no matter what people think. If you can’t be true to yourself you can’t find Truth in your life, you just can’t see it, and you can’t recognize true love.
Shadows are usually parts of ourselves that we are not supposed to like, but they are there. As soon as we give up the thought that something is good or bad we just live.
If no one told you what the “shadows” in your mind have been telling you, what would you do today?
If nobody would ever know, what would you do?
If it was really ok to do it and no risk at all, what would you do?
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Welcome to another Life Catalyst Blog Post!
As you know, on my radio show I always talk about a particular meditation technique, which is called “Hong Sau” meditation.
So I thought it would be useful to post it here on the blog for your own use and reference. I hope you enjoy it.
Your comments are always appreciated!
Chapter 5 of the book: THE GOLDEN JEWEL
Now we come to the meditation technique. Through this technique you will strengthen your mind incredibly. The power of your concentration will consistently improve and you will gain the ability to hold your attention upon anything.
When your heart is directed toward God, you will hold Him in your consciousness so strongly that your divine Self will inevitably manifest. If you meditate with the aspiration to manifest your higher and divine Truth you will achieve the best results.
Love is a powerful key. If you feel great love for something (it could be anything: a person, your job, your ideals, your passions, etc…), and you meditate with the intention to reveal the highest Truth behind of that which you love, you will touch the divine source. The ray of that Love has manifested into the object of your love; you are tracing back to the source.
So, have a loving attitude as much as possible but, no matter what, meditate. You don’t need to have any idea of what is required or how it could be to trace back to the source. Just meditate and things will be revealed to you.
Now, after having said that, meditate without expectations! Just meditate to enjoy the process of getting in touch with yourself. No matter how much it can be scary at the beginning, it will eventually turn out to be a great experience, filled with joy and peace.
MEDITATION POSTURE
After having practiced the relaxation techniques, finally relax in the right posture for meditation. For such posture, two factors are essential:
1) The spine straight and
2) The muscles relaxed.
If you sit on a chair don’t lean on the back of it. Leave your spine free from any obstruction.
Sit with your spine straight, feet parallel on the floor. Relax your hands with your palms turned upwards at the junction between your thighs and abdomen. Shoulder blades almost touch as they are turned back while you gently open your heart and chest to the sky. Your chin is parallel to the floor.
You can also sit crossed legged if you like, but be sure that your body is comfortable so that its muscles can be completely relaxed, and you can keep the spine straight for all the length of the meditation.
THE TRIANGULAR BREATH
Now you are ready to practice some easy breathing technique. Here you will be asked to hold the breath at the point between the eyebrows. This is where your spiritual or single eye can be found. It is the ajna chakra, as it is called in yoga. When this eye is energized, spiritualized and open, you are in direct touch with higher guidance and wisdom. Through the Joy generated by conscious connection with the single eye, you can see and know the Truth upon the nature of anything as well as experience the higher you. This breathing exercise is called the “triangular breath”, as it is composed of three phases of equal duration. Inhale through the nose for 12 counts, hold the breath while focusing at the point between the eyebrows for 12 counts, and exhale through the nose counting 12. There is no holding of the breath when your lungs are empty. This will cause your whole system to have an increase of energy in the most relaxed way. Repeat from 6 to 12 times. Breathe in and out through the nose only. You can change the number of counts by making your breath shorter or longer according to your actual lungs capacity. This breathing technique is the first stage that teaches you how to direct all your energy towards the higher center of consciousness at will, physically located at the point between the eyebrows.
THE SWITCH
Now, inhale deeply through the nose and exhale through the mouth with a triple exhalation: “Ah-Ah- Ahhhh”. Similarly to the double breath, the first two exhalations are short and the last one is long and complete. This triple breath has a certain spiritual power and it works as a signal to start the meditation technique, it is a switch. After some time you will find yourself drawn naturally in a meditative mood after having performed this breath.
THE HONG SAU TECHNIQUE
Here is the actual meditation technique. Take these 3 steps to bring you to the full practice:
1- Bring gently your awareness at the point between the eyebrows with the next inhalation, and stay there as if you would want to penetrate this point deeply. Don’t try to control the breath anymore, just focus deeply at that point. As you do this, don’t strain your eyes or put an effort, but do it naturally. Your one-pointed concentration is a natural process. When you become sure about holding this point as if you would want to penetrate it, go on to step 2.
2- Start observing your breath coming in and out as it wants to. Don’t control the breath at all, but let it come in and out naturally while you observe it. When you are sure about the first two steps being active at the same time, proceed to step 3.
3- It is time to add sounds to your practice. When the breath comes naturally in, think mentally HONG (as in “song”) and when the breath goes naturally out think mentally SAU (as in “law”). The breath comes in and out on its own accord. Just think these sounds. Don’t do anything with your tongue, throat or jaw, they’re only mental sounds. This is what they mean: “I = Hong” and “He – Sau”. The repetition of this sounds can be translated like “I am He”, or “I offer myself into He”. He is intended to be God, your higher Self, your divine Being, or the highest Truth you can come in contact with.
By practicing this technique you will notice that, in time, the breath will become short and the pauses within one breath and the other will increase in length. When this happens, relax and enjoy those moments of freedom. Through this technique we are balancing all our system as we are consistently reducing the swinging between the two opposites of the scale. We come closer to the Point Zero, the point of perfect balance beyond duality. Breath is not life, but it is necessary to our physical body to bring oxygen to the blood. During this meditation technique we learn how to bring purifying energy to our physical system and shift our consciousness from the limitations of the body to the limitless Soul. Don’t force yourself into a state of non-breathing. It needs to come naturally as it is not a self-induced state, but a natural and divine way of living as pure being. Just relax and enjoy the technique.
Meditate as long as it remains a joyful process, try not to overcome the limit of what you can bear at the present time. If you are really comfortable in it, then you can meditate for a long time. Usually we all know our limits, we feel them. If you know that meditating even one minute longer will make you nervous, then stop before, right at the moment when it is still joyful. Start with short periods and let the length of your meditation increase naturally as your joy increases.
After you have meditated for some time (let’s say ten or fifteen minutes for the beginner), end the practice in the same way you started it: with the triple breath . Inhale deeply through the nose and exhale through the mouth: “Ah-Ah- Ahhhh”. Now, remain still without breath (with your lungs empty, also known as “empty chalice”) and focus your attention deeply at the point between the eyebrows for as long as you comfortably can. Repeat this process twice more (3 in total). It is important to hold your attention at the point between the eyebrows at this moment, so that your awareness can be lifted up there after the practice; the seat of your higher consciousness, true wisdom and great joy.
At this time you can forget about all techniques. Gently focus at the point between the eyebrows and relax completely. Remain in silence and enjoy the after- effects of meditation from five to ten minutes approximately. This moment, which comes right after the practice of the technique, is really important. After having prepared yourself through the meditation technique, this is when you can deeply experience divine Love, Peace and Joy. At this moment, your chance to enter a deep meditative experience is high, and you can find yourself absorbed in one of the eight aspects of God. Surrender yourself to this magical moment.
Not holding on to the after- effects of the practice is like cooking a delicious meal and then throw it away. Relax more and more in the Peace that comes after the technique.
This is also a right time to express your own love and offer it to God. Through the deep Calmness of your mind you can feel His response more easily. You can also ask questions upon something and receive the answers. Deep Calmness makes all answers possible to be heard. In this moment everything becomes clear and Wisdom manifests.
After having enjoyed the after- effects of meditation, it is the right time to send some positive prayer or thoughts to the world, to someone you love, to someone in need or to a difficult situation that requires to be turned into a positive experience. By sharing your blessings with others, you are blessed more and more.
Finally, come back to your daily life putting into action all that you have received through meditation. All the guidance and clarification that you now have can be knowingly applied in your everyday life. I have personally experienced that this is something that requires a lot of courage sometimes. Be courageous! You will see that you can bring positive changes in your life if you put into practice the suggestions that you have received in meditation.
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