KUNDALINI YOGA & MEDITATION – TECHNOLOGY FOR THE TIMES

• Autor(a) principal: Khalsa, Keval Kaur
• Data de Publicação: 2012
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: eng
• Título da fonte: Repositório Institucional da UFBA
• Texto Completo: http://www.repositorio.ufba.br/ri/handle/ri/6781
• topic: Yoga; Meditation; Mantra; Pranayam; Spirituality; Pranayama; Espiritualidade

As we move into the 21st century, we find ourselves in an age of information overload, widespread and constant stress, lack of time, and increased social and personal demands. Human activity is directly and negatively impacting the web of life on a global scale, and yet our consciousness as a species is still limited and self-centered. How can we move beyond our limited ego-self, building spiritual capacity? How do we maintain mental, emotional and physical flexibility and stamina and integrate the spiritual aspect of our life with the material and technological? How do we understand deeply the interconnectedness of all things, and act consciously and courageously from that deep understanding? Kundalini Yoga & Meditation as taught by Yogi Bhajan provides a framework for an internal paradigm shift --- from “me” to “we”; from intellectual knowledge to a new relationship to intuition, emotion and instinct; from confusion to clarity; from isolation to connection; from fear and insecurity to conscious, courageous action. This paper introduces critical elements of Kundalini Yoga practice – Pranayam, Kriya, Meditation& Mantra – and explains how this embodied spiritual practice develops awareness, consciousness, and the courage to act from the heart as “spiritual warriors” in this time of unprecedented planetary chaos.