What do God's Answers FEEL like?

   This post comes from my dear eternal sister and friend Allie Duzett. She is a wiz with words and says things better than do.  

Follow the Spirit: learn your baseline

In the Home Healing Course I'm teaching, we spent the past week studying intuition (among other things). A bunch of people commented that they wished they'd known this one technique for their whole lives, so I'm just going to share it here in the hopes that it helps others.

The secret trick: every time I pray with a question now, I have God remind me ahead of time what yes and no feel like.

So the other night, I had this weird experience where I was supposed to go to a social event, and when I got there, I started feeling like the Holy Ghost was telling me not to go. This was basically an enrichment activity involving just a bunch of people from the ward, and so I was very confused. Why would I be told not to go to that?

So I ignored the prompting, got out of my car and headed toward the house, only to be told over and over again not to go, not to go. So I went back to my car and prayed.

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Fortunately, I had this tool in my tool belt. I prayed for God to remind me what a "yes" feels like, and I allowed myself to feel that for a few moments. Then I prayed for God to remind me what a "no" feels like, and I allowed myself to feel the difference.

Then I prayed again, asking: should I be here? (No.) Should I go home now? (Yes.)

I went ahead and phrased my questions different ways--Can I go in? Should I leave right this minute? Do I need to be at home tonight? Just testing my answers' consistency. When the answers all matched, I ended up turning the car back on and driving on home, just on faith. I wanted to go be with friends but as soon as I acted on my prompting I instantly felt better. When I got home I felt to ask my husband for a blessing, for all my confused feelings. The blessing basically was like, "Good work following the Spirit!" and that was that. So I have no idea what that all was about, but I did have a good time alone repackaging my long-term food storage and listening to Har Hari Haray Wahe Guru over and over on YouTube.

That story is just an example, though, of this principle in action. I believe I was inspired to begin asking God for these reminders of what yes and no feel like. Getting answers to prayers can be hard enough without having to guess if the feeling you're getting is a yes or a no.

So, a challenge: spend some time this week with God just learning what a "yes" and a "no" feel like. Go ahead and take it a step further, if you want, and ask what a "deceptive no" feels like--the most convincing false yes that the adversary could plant in your heart. Practice discerning the difference. Watch how much more easily you will be able to discern the yes-no answers to prayers as you live your daily life. Where it used to take me personally quite a while, sometimes, to understand if I was getting a yes or no about something, now it does not take long at all. I still ask for reminders of yes and no at the beginning of important prayers, but overall I am much more confident at knowing that when I get a feeling, I will be able to recognize it for the answer it actually is.

Yes Feeling Samples

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Talking to random people who have tried this, "Yes" feelings seem to tend to include:

- feelings of light or warmth of tingling in the lungs and face
- feelings of spiritual expansion
- feelings of energy rising in the body
- feelings of spiritual "smiling"
- open feelings in the heart area

No Feeling Samples

- feelings of being closed off
- energy sinking downward instead of upward
- tingling on different parts of the body (my guts sometimes tingle, or a friend's ears tingle)
- feelings of constriction

False Yes Feeling Samples

- dizziness
- energy moving around, but not in the same way as a yes
- different body parts tingling than you would feel in a yes or a no

Everyone Is Different

It's important to figure out for yourself what your baseline is. You might have the same yes and no feelings that I do, or you might not. I suspect it's like muscle testing. For most people, if they stand up and ask themselves what their name is, their body will sway one direction or another as an answer. But for some people, instead of swaying, their body will make, for example, the right arm tingle or lift for yes, and the left arm tingle or lift for no. That's not wrong. It's just different. There are lots of different ways a yes or a no feeling might manifest for a person, but it's up to you to discover what those manifestations look like for you.

Personal prayer. Image from lds.org.

And it's so, so important to learn what a deceptive no feels like. The adversary wants us to fail when we seek answers from God. The more important the issue is that we're praying over, the more he will try and influence us falsely. If God's answer is no but the adversary's answer is yes, you need to be able to recognize what that feels like.

Similarly, you need to be able to recognize feelings of "yes" as being from God, because sometimes God tells us answers we don't want to hear. "Yes" feelings for me are not particularly comfortable. So if all I asked was a yes or no question and I got that uncomfortable sensation of yes, that buzziness in my chest, if I didn't know any better I could easily just tell myself that my answer was a no, because what would I have to compare it to? And a lot of times I think people seeking answers expect them to come in a specific way, without asking God if that specific way is appropriate for them or not.

Also, I'll mention that another thing I like to do is specifically pray that God will send me answers in a way that is unmistakeable, that I will fully understand. God will always send us answers, but there's no guarantee we'll understand them unless we ask for that understanding too!

God is not going to lead you astray with this. If you go directly to Him to get your baseline, He'll be happy to give it to you. He wants you to be able to easily discern between yes and no. I believe it's actually one of His big goals for all of His children. So I challenge you to spend some time this week practicing with this. Get on your knees and ask Him what yes and no feel like. Ask Him a question and ask Him to give you the answer in a way you won't be able to misinterpret. Notice the difference in the quality of your prayers.

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Reaching the Theta State

For more reading on brain waves  you can look Here

Going into theta the long way. I forget to tell you to sit with your feet flat on the floor if you are trying this for the first few times.

 

Ok here is  reaching Theta in a shorter way through your  Pineal Gland...  If you need a visual of where that is in your brain  its right in the very center... It looks like this

 

The next and  quickest way is  by using "The Tibetan Eye Roll"

 Good luck always remember to  be gentle with yourself.  If you are having a difficult time... relax and  pray for help.

Fasting for those who can't

 Pregnant? Nursing?  Diabetic or hypoglycemic? Sick?  But its fast Sunday and you want to fast and have the blessings that come with it. So what do you do?  Lets take a look at why God has us fast.  In chapter 25 of the Gospel Principles manual it says  "Fasting helps us gain strength of character. When we fast properly, we will learn to control our appetites and passions. We are a little stronger by having proved to ourselves that we have self-control. If we teach our children to fast, they will develop the spiritual strength to overcome greater temptations later in their lives."

I have come to learn for myself that Fasting is all about over coming the Natural Man and feeding  the spirit.   Fasting is about denying your ego and your negative mind. When you fast your  negative mind will  start to get irrational "We are going to die if we dont eat!" it will say. "IF I just eat a little bit I can still call it fasting." "I ate bread for the sacrament sooooo  I can eat this slice of bread and its not really breaking my fast."  You will have whining, and kicking, and screaming from your negative mind telling you to eat or you will die a horrible grueling death of 24 hour starvation.  If you are truly fasting you will have some of these thoughts but if you push through you will see that in about 20-23 hours of a true fast the urge to eat and the compulsive rationalizing to eat are gone and you feel  at peace.   

Lets look at the  phases of fasting and what it does to the brain/body really  quick or you can skip down to  how to modify a fast.

Stage one is eating the last meal before you fast from food and drink. So lets say it is Saturday night at 5 and you eat a nice light dinner and drink plenty of water.  At this time your insulin levels increase because of the food you just ate. You  have a uptake of glucose and any excess glucose is stored in the liver.

You get ready for bed, sleep nice, and wake up in the post - absorptive phase. This happens 6-24 hours after beginning your fast.  In this phase your insulin levels start to decrees.

 So if we stay on our  time table this happens at about 11am-3pm Sunday. Your insulin levels are very low and your body is constantly reminding you that you are hungry and thirsty. If you do not give into your body's  urges to eat and drink, your body will start to  breakdown the stores of glycogen in the liver releasing it as glucose. Your glycogen stores last for roughly 24 hours.

Near the end of this stage you will start to feel less of an urge or compulsion to eat as your body consumes the stored glycogen. This sensation of being satisfied could happen  as early as 20 hrs from the time you started your fast.

At roughly 23-24 hrs from your fast you reach a new phase where new glucose from amino acids  is manufactured in the liver in a process called “gluconeogenesis”. Literally, this is translated as “making new glucose”. Your glucose levels will  fall a bit but stay within the normal range.

The cycle is complete  at  5 on Sunday when you are sitting down to a nice light meal and drink plenty of water.

The CYCLE.

Being fed and life is great! 

I m kind of hungry. 

I NEED it!  I need food NOW!- - breaking point

Im at peace and I feel I can wait a few more hours.

Then breaking your fast and feeling fed  again.

How to modify a fast

I have been pregnant or nursing for the last 8 years  and have wanted to fast.  After studying  what fasting was doing to my body and what fasting was doing for me mentally and physically I started to fast on Fast Sunday. Now even  with a 4 month nursing baby who likes to eat every 2 hrs - I fast nearly every Sunday.  The key is to  follow the cycle  that fasting from food and water provide.  Pick something that you feel  like you would have a hard time living without... some examples are internet, meat,  your phone, chocolate, electricity, grains, your mirror, saying your favorite expression. The point is to make it something HARD to go without and then follow the cycle. 

Fasting should be hard- a sacrifice- a way to exercise self-control. If it isn't hard... it isn't truly fasting.   As of right now I fast from the internet every Sunday and from food I need to chew. After a few months my body will make  enough milk for 24 hrs on my last fasting meal and water and I will skip  the small smoothy. So Pick something uncomfortable, something that will give you  constant reminders that you are fasting from it, like fasting from food does.  Then complete the cycle.

It is important to  note that depending on what you chose to fast from your cycle may take longer than  24 hrs.  If I fasted from something like meat or sugar it may be several days before I get to  " I HAVE TO HAVE THIS NOW" or the breaking point part of the cycle. This is where you justify anything to have what you are fasting from.  If you decide to fast from electricity you may reach this breaking point in 8- 30 hrs.  Remember not to break your fast until you have  moved past this stage and are feeling at peace or satisfied, and a have a willingness to wait until the prescribed time to end the fast has arrived. The point is to give your self an opportunity to put off the natural man and deny the body and its impulses and take that time to focus on the purpose of your fast regardless of what you are abstaining from.

One other thing to consider is a prolonged fast.  When I do a prolonged fast I pick a time frame usually 10-40 days and stick with it long enough to  repeat this cycle a few times. When I do a prolonged fast I fast from sugar, or meat, or I do a diet of grains and green. Eating only green things, primarily vegetables, with an emphasis on leafy greens for calcium, seaweed for minerals, and avocado for healthy fats; with a few fruits (green apples, green grapes, kiwi, or pears) and pistachios to enrich the diet and keep the blood sugars balanced. This diet allows the blood to become more alkaline, decreases cortisone and other stress factors in the tissues, adds moisture to the colon and purifies the liver, pancreas, and intestines. If it is not a grain or not the color Green I dont  eat it. This allows me to eat, and eat well I might add, but still gives me practice being the master of my body and practice denying myself the things my body might want or think it needs.  Another prolonged fast diet is called the Kitchari Diet and lots of Kundalin Yogi's do it for 30 days.

 A part often over looked when making fasting modifications is the fast offering. Continue to pay your fast offerings as if you were fasting from food- be generous with your offerings.  This  is also part of the law of the fast. Abstaining and giving are key to fasting. Just because you are not doing a true food and water fast does not mean you are exempt from the fast offering.

Mastering the  fast helps us master our selves. It makes it easier to exhibit self-control in other areas of our lives. Its an important commandment to keep.

As you find ways to  put off the natural man, exercise power over your body, and  let your spirit be in control you will be  blessed.  Fasting is a great way to do this.

However you do it, whatever you eat or don't eat, or do or don't do for your fast, remember to fast with prayer and purpose. Remember the cycle and move all the way through it, and not just give in as soon as you are at the breaking point. Its getting past that point and into the feelings of peace and acceptance where the true power of the fast comes in to play.

Sat Nam

 Put off the Natural man and come of conquer!

Of Devils and Angels

"If our eyes were open to see the spirit world around us, . . . we would not be so unguarded and careless and so indifferent whether we had the spirit and power of God with us or not but we would be continually watchful and prayerful to our Heavenly Father for His Holy Spirit and His holy angels to be around about us to strengthen us to overcome every evil influence." - George Q. Cannon (Gospel Truths, 1:82)
I did energy work for someone I  am close to and know to be a  great person. After I had cast out many devils and demons and a few dissembled spirits this person said... "Thanks for the energy work but I dont think I am as bad as you think I am. "  I tried to explain that the amount of devils does not equate to how good or bad you are. But they are a part of this existence and plague us all. We can choose to  let them stay near and afflict us or we can choose to send them away.

"Every person who desires and strives to be a Saint is closely watched by fallen spirits that came here when Lucifer fell, and by the spirits of wicked persons who have been here in tabernacles and departed from them. . . . Those spirits are never idle, they are watching every person who wishes to do right and are continually prompting them to do wrong." - Brigham Young (Journal of Discourses 7:239)

Bruce R. McConkie of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles, 1958: “Through supernatural means, by the power of the Holy Ghost, devout persons are permitted to have visions and to see within the veil. They are enabled to see spiritual personages and to view scenes hidden from ordinary sight. These visions are gifts of the Spirit. (Seventh Article of Faith.) They come by faith and vanish away when faith dies out. (1 Sam. 3:1; Isa. 29:9-14.) Thus they stand as an evidence of the divinity of the Lord’s work in any age. If the Lord is giving visions and revelation to a people, such group constitutes the people of God. If visions and revelations are not being received by any church or people, then that group is not the Lord’s people. By this test the identity of the true Church is known. (Moro. 7:30-38.) … Visions serve the Lord’s purposes in preparing men for salvation. By them knowledge is revealed (2 Ne. 4:23), conversions are made (Alma 19: 16), the gospel message is spread abroad, the church organization is perfected (D. & C. 107:93), and righteousness is increased in the hearts of men. And visions are to increase and abound in the last days, for the Lord has promised to pour out his ‘spirit upon all flesh,’ so that ‘old men shall dream dreams,’ and ‘young men shall see visions.’ (Joel 2:28-32.)” (Mormon Doctrine [Salt Lake City, Utah: Bookcraft, Inc., 1958], pp. 745, 747.)

Once you start a daily meditation practice and do kundalini yoga you will see that your senses are open to more.  It is not  uncommon to see spirits both good and bad around you and others.  Just as Satan had no power over Moses  and he sent him a way by commanding him in the name of of the Savior to leave, we also have power to call upon our savior and deliverer and command them to leave.

If you find that you feel like its  an exceptionally hard day and you are tempted on every hand. Or if you find yourself  thinking degrading thoughts or thoughts that are not your own, chances are you are

being influenced by these  evil beings.  They are around us and it is their job and pleasure to create pain and to make temptation harder to resist. No one is immune. Some times members get confused by thinking that since they are repentant or have just been to the temple, or they are a good person  that  these "bad guys" will not be  with them.  Unless you have sent them away they are there to cause as much damage as they can. You are not immune because  you are a good person- a child- a priesthood  holder- a yogi - or energy worker.  They are here and they are real.

Here is a side point that I feel is worth addressing...
The Lord said,“Let your light so shine before men, that they may see your good works, and glorify your Father which is in heaven.”(Matthew 5:16) President Davis O. McKay talks about radiating this light. There is another responsibility correlated and even co-existent with … agency, which is too infrequently emphasized, and that is the effect not only of a person’s actions, but also of his thoughts. Man radiates what he is, and that radiation affects to a greater or lesser degree every person who comes within that radiation” (“Free Agency … the Gift Divine,” Improvement Era, February 1962, 87). 

So IF we are close to the spirit and living as God would want us to we shine with a bright white aura. We radiate to others through our aura and even if they cant see it they can sense that a person is good. Satan can not know our thoughts. So how does he and his  followers know if they are being successful in tempting us to think bad things or not if they cant hear our thoughts?  Easy, they can see our aura. As soon as we start  giving into temptation our auras dim and diminish. The more we listen the more we make choices that remove us from "the light" the more dark we become.   Now back to the  meat of it.

  God has not left us powerless against them. We  have prayer and scripture study and other things that raise our vibration making it difficult to be tempted by their influence. These things bring a heightened awareness to the environment around us and we can if we chose to send them  away by calling on the name of Christ and  commanding them to depart.   We can also call on others from the normally unseen world to help.  We are  not only surrounded by devils but  also  angles. They are members  from our heavenly and earthly family who  are there to help us and  aid us. They are eager to help us and  bless us.

"President George Q. Cannon said this about how God has prepared you and me and our children for the tests we will face: “There is not one of us but what God’s love has been expended upon. There is not one of us that He has not cared for and caressed. There is not one of us that He has not desired to save, and that He has not devised means to save. There is not one of us that He has not given His angels charge concerning. We may be insignificant and contemptible in our own eyes, and in the eyes of others, but the truth remains that we are the children of God, and that He has actually given His angels—invisible beings of power and might—charge concerning us, and they watch over us and have us in their keeping.” What President Cannon taught is true. You will need that assurance, as I have needed it and depended on it."-  Henery B Eyring  (To My Grandchildren, general conference  Oct 2013)

So in short. Its a war- you are the prize - you have those fighting constantly for you and against you.  Pray for those  who  fight with you and for you and  Cast away those who would influence you to do evil, for they are subject to you.  Surround yourself with  all that is good. One can not expect evil to stay away if one lets it in  though music, media, filthily and offensive words, and hot tempers. 
Be clean in  all that you are and do, and send evil on its way.
Sat Nam
  A really good read on the subject  HERE

A few fun scriptures on gifts and work

18 And all saints who remember to keep and do these sayings, walking in obedience to the commandments, shall receive health in their navel and marrow to their bones;

19 And shall find wisdom and great treasures of knowledge, even hidden treasures; and also read: 4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.

6 And whatsoever thing is good is just and true; wherefore, nothing that is good denieth the Christ, but acknowledgeth that he is.

7 And ye may know that he is, by the power of the Holy Ghost; wherefore I would exhort you that ye deny not the power of God; for he worketh by power, according to the faith of the children of men, the same today and tomorrow, and forever.

8 And again, I exhort you, my brethren, that ye deny not the gifts of God, for they are many; and they come from the same God. And there are different ways that these gifts are administered; but it is the same God who worketh all in all; and they are given by the manifestations of the Spirit of God unto men, to profit them.

9 For behold, to one is given by the Spirit of God, that he may teach the word of wisdom;

10 And to another, that he may teach the word of knowledge by the same Spirit;

11 And to another, exceedingly great faith; and to another, the gifts of healing by the same Spirit;

12 And again, to another, that he may work mighty miracles;

13 And again, to another, that he may prophesy concerning all things;

14 And again, to another, the beholding of angels and ministering spirits;

15 And again, to another, all kinds of tongues;

16 And again, to another, the interpretation of languages and of divers kinds of tongues.

17 And all these gifts come by the Spirit of Christ; and they come unto every man severally, according as he will.

18 And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember that every good gift cometh of Christ.

19 And I would exhort you, my beloved brethren, that ye remember that he is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and that all these gifts of which I have spoken, which are spiritual, never will be done away, even as long as the world shall stand, only according to the unbelief of the children of men. And note that we know from the scriptures that casting out and healing and all kinds of gifts were available long ago, and we are promised that they will always be available to those that believe.

Energetic Immunization

Ok So  I was SICK very sick. For weeks and weeks and pregnant at the same time and just could not kick feeling sick no mater what I tried.  I took meds, herbal tea, slept ALL the time,  I had  energy work done that would make me feel better for a few hrs at a time, I had several priesthood blessings  that all said you can make it through this but Im not going to take it away. 
After prayer I learned that I was being Inoculated for future diseases.  This was just the symptoms of the "energetic immunization" that I was feeling and that is why God was not taking the symptoms away. I was experiencing this now so that I would be ready for the future.  As others experienced the "shot" symptoms or even later as  many will suffer from the disease I will be ready to help.  It was much  easier to look at the sickness I was undergoing with  more gratitude.  It also lead me to this  Quote from Robert D Hales 
I testify that whatever challenges or hardships we have, they are provided for a reason—so that we can become and accomplish what we were sent to the earth to be and to do.
This truth is taught in the scriptures: that we receive no witness until after the trial of our faith. Sometimes that trial consists of seeking understanding or waiting for an answer from the Lord.

So Purkh

I'm at he first half of Alma 24  And it is very  up lifting and  helps us remember  the gifts of God and how much he loves us. For instance verse 14: And the great God has had mercy on us, and made these things known unto us that we might not perish; yea, and he has made these things known unto us beforehand, because he loveth our souls as well as he loveth our children; therefore, in his mercy he doth visit us by his angels, that the plan of salvation might be made known unto us as well as unto future generations.
Im also listening to  So Purkh. I just thought it was beautiful to be listening to something so similar to what I am reading
 Link to source
Waheguru.
Raag aasaa mehela chauthaa So Purkh
I know that I am one with God.

Ik ong kar sat gur parsaad
This is my True Guru’s gift.

So purkh niranjan har purakh niranjan har agmaa agam apaaraa.
The Primal One is perfectly pure.  The Primal God is perfect.  He is within all, beyond all.

Sabh dhi-aavaheh sabh dhi-aavaheh tudh jee har sachay sirjanhaaraa.
Everyone meditates. All souls meditate on You, O True Creator.

Sabh jee-a tumaaray jee too(n) jee-aa kaa daataaraa.
All souls are one with You.  All souls come from You.

Har dhi-aavahu santahu je sabh dookh visaaranhaaraa.
O Saints, meditate on God and all pains will fly away.

Har aapay thaakur har aapay sayvak jee ki-aa naanak jant vichaaraa.
God himself is the Master. God Himself is the Servant.  O Nanak, everyone is empty-handed before Him.

Too(n) ghat ghat antar sarab nirantar jee har ayko purakh samaanaa.
You are in each beat of my heart, and in all hearts.  O Lord, you are the One in everyone.

Ik daatay ik bhaykhaaree jee sabh tayray choj vidaanaa.
Some are givers and some are takers.  This all Your play.

Too(n) aapay daataa aapay bhugtaa je ha-o tudh bin avar na jaanaa.
You are the Giver and You are the receiver.  It is all You.

Too(n) paarbrahm bay-ant bay-ant jee tayray ki-aa gun aakh vakhaanaa.
You are the God of all; endless and Infinite.  I have no words to describe your virtues.

Jo sayveh jo sayveh tudh jee jan naanak tin kurbaanaa.
O Lord, Nanak is a sacrifice unto those who serve and serve You forever.

Har dhi-aavaheh har dhi-aavaheh tudh je say jan jug meh sukhvaasee.
Mediate on God. Meditate on God and your soul will be at peace in this world.

Say mukat say mukat bhaa-ay jin har dhi-aa-i-aa jee tin tootee jam kee faasee.
Meditate on God and live free.  Life free and know the noose of death is meaningless.

Jin nirbha-o jin har nirbha-o dhi-aa-i-aa jee tin kaa bha-o sabh gavaasee.
Mediate on the fearless One, the fearless God, and live free from fear.

Jin sayvi-aa jin sayvi-aa mayraa har jee tay har har roop samaasee.
Those who serve, O those who serve my Lord, are one with Har (God) and they look Divine.

Say dhan say dhan jin har dhi-aa-i-aa jee jan naanak tin bal jaasee.
Blessed, O blessed are they who meditate on Har (God).  Servant Nanak is a sacrifice unto them.

Tayree bhagat tayree bhagat bhandaar jee bharay bi-ant bay-anta.
Devotion to You, O devotion to You is a treasure trove that ever overflows.

Tayray bhagat tayray bhagat salaahan tudh jee har anik anayk anantaa.
Your lovers, O Your lovers praise You, my Beloved, forever and ever.

Tayree anik tayree anik karahi har poojaa jee tap taapeh jaapeh bay-antaa.
For You, just for You O Lord, so many poojas are performed and so many endlessly chant and discipline themselves.

Tayray anayk tayray anayk parheh baho simrit saasat jee kar kiri-aa khat karam karantaa.
For You, just for You O Lord, so many read the Smritis and Shastras.  They do kriyas and ceremonies.

Say bhagat say bhagat bhalay jan naanak jee jo bhaaveh mayray har bhagvantaa.
Those loers, those lovers are sublimne, O servant Nanak, who are pleasing to God.

Too(n) aad purakh aprampar kartaa je tudh jayvad avar na ko-ee.
You are the Primal One, the most awesome Creator of everything.  There is none as great as You.

Too(n) jug jug ayko sadaa sadaa too(n) ayko jee too(n) nihachal kartaa so-ee.
Throughout time and byond time, You are the One, constant and true Creator.

Tudh aapay bhaavai so-ee vartai jee too(n) aapay karahi so ho-ee.
You do everything, and everything happens according to Your Will.

Tudh aapay srist sabhu upaa-ee jee tudh aapay siraj sabh go-ee.
You create the whole universe.  You destroy it and create it again.

Jan naanak gun gaavai kartay kay jee jo sabhsai kaa jaano-ee.
Servant Nanak sings the praises of his beloved Lord forever and ever.  He is the Knower within all souls.

Root Chakra guest post by Syl Carson

Root Chakra One with Syl Carson

Syl is an Energy worker on a page I visit often  she has some fun insight on the chakras that is worth praying about and thinking on.  She plans to post info on ALL the Chakras.  Please if you decide to  connect her thoughts with yours on your page please remember to give her credit. 

 

By Syl Carson

The idea of “Chakras”, came from the traditions of yoga. Ancient-Eastern “seers” in the Indus Valley (present-day Pakistan) perceived this philosophy in meditations about living so you can become immortal. They saw seven lotus flowers and other metaphor-archetypal-physiological wisdom. As that is the basis of both energy-healing and LDS observance, I have a deep love for the Chakras and how much they can help me on that path.

In 2001 when my yoga students wanted to learn more about chakras, I was nervous about messing with anyone’s “mojo” in my stewardship as teacher within an LDS culture, so I went to the American Fork Temple to ask the Lord, if I had permission to teach about them. Anytime I attend the Temple, I always seem to get my answers in the dressing-room or chapel, before I even start my session, initiatory or sealings; go figure, but there you have it.

So, as I was sitting in the temple chapel, I opened the bible to a random page, just to see what the Lord would like me to know, as I began my session. The page was Revelation 1: 10-12, which said something to the effect of: I heard a sound as a trumpet and turned to see the voice who spoke and saw seven golden candlesticks. From the center “candlestick” (which cross-references to a scripture describing a “flower” or blossom to hold light) Christ stepped forward and said: “I am Alpha and Omega…Take what thou seest and teach it to the seven churches which are in Asia”. I figured that was a pretty good answer, so here we go:

The Chakras are both real and metaphor, both physical and spiritual. Chakras are also energy centers in your body, that for the most part, have been taught as seven separate compartments, which they are not. Your chakras are all interconnected. Chakras all work within, without, on behalf of, or against each other (depending on your level of awakening and how you are using the gifts of your agency, which varies from person to person at any given moment).

In the chakra matrix, there is a current called “Liberating” that moves energy up, clears blocks-limitations; this is the “works” part of life, where we have to show up; coming upward through your inner-light. There is also a downward-current called “Manifesting”; this is the Grace current (coming in through your outer-light-countenance-aura), where blessings flow Divinely down through you. The chakra story is about how we learn to work and allow these two currents to flow simultaneously. The better we get at this, the more holographic our life becomes. I use the word “holographic”, in relation to “Atonement”, meaning everything we heal or align is affected by everything else; ideally through the Atoning sacrifice of the Savior.

When BOTH currents can flow simultaneously, your chakras become one stream, activating something called our “Light-body” (one word). When the Light-body is activated, we are experiencing Eternal Progression for ourselves (along with an uplifting effect on those around us). In the chakra story, Eternal Progression doesn’t happen once you pass the test of this life, this life is a huge opportunity to increase your tolerance for Light. The ability to withstand more and more light and the importance of learning to do so can be found in D&C 88. The greater your light, the closer to God-Eternal-Source Presence you will naturally be by the time you are complete in your life here and move “on”. When folks talk about “shuffling off this mortal coil”, the “coil” they refer to is…wait for it…Your Chakras!

D&C 88:67 says: “And if your eye be single to my glory, your whole bodies shall be filled with light, and there shall be no darkness in you; and that body which is filled with light comprehendeth all things”.

So with that intro, here’s the base, beginning chakra: Root Chakra 1 located at the base of your spine, down through your legs and feet

On the first day of Creation, Heavenly Father (along with Christ and Archangel Michael) “Organized Matter”. The first Chakra is about just that. How well do you organize what matters most to you everyday in your physical world? Root chakra work is grounded in all things new-birth, dog-poop, diapers, diet, finances (money is just a current by the way, that’s why they call it “currency”), physical health, alone time, beginner’s mind, elementary work-labor, setting good boundaries that give you “rooted-support” (the meaning of the original name of the Root Chakra 1).

When you have a healthy “Root Chakra”, you are grounded in all the goodness of mortality an able to feel physically connected to principles of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ. This earth element chakra, is the root or foundation of the all the other chakras, and physically situated at the base of your spine, legs and feet. It is considered the “sleeping place” of an awakening manifestation, we call “Mother Nature”. Your Root holds all your potential in the raw. The vibrational range of the red color spectrum, things move pretty slow at the Root. Issues that arise from your Root Chakra usually come-up for you to learn let go of your fears and embrace greater patience in the foundational circumstances of your life.

How is your Root Chakra 1: How often are you afraid of life’s risks, over-committed, physically tired, in financial lack or physical disarray-distruption, or manifesting the life you choose or are just perpetually dreaming of?

These are all indications that your Root Chakra 1 needs you to get back to basics. Taking some time to work with red, protein foods, diet-routine, household-budget and organizing the physical matters of your life all benefits this energy and how it manifests throughout all the areas of your physical life. See what it stirs up. How hard is it?

The physical manifestation in our lives is the result of either the work we are doing to Liberate ourselves, to “prove” worthy, as we work up the chakras or it is the FULL manifestation of our ability to feel that worth and allow the Grace of Christ’s Atoning Sacrifice to move down through us. The more authentic-honest we can be with what’s going on with our Root Chakra 1, the more capable we become to both move up though our Sacral Charka 2 undistorted and allow physical motivations, circumstances and blessing within the hologram of all chakras, to move down through it.

Keep in mind that we all (c-sections notwithstanding), are Divinely designed to Crown through our Mother’s Root chakra to begin this experience.

My motivation for posting is as follows: I am not asking you to enroll in any of the programs I offer. I am sharing these posts because I feel impressed to support both the testimony that Christ is at the center of not only the Chakras but of all healing and that He is the source for any information that I have compiled, which I am apparently supposed to teach. You can take it or not, but if you do, I would suggest you carefully pray about how it relates to you personally and get your own answers related to this topic. I’m sharing my posts out of love:

I do have one request specific to the physical world and the time I am investing:

In 2011, I was diagnosed with stage 3 “invasive” breast cancer (which Heavenly Father and I, with much prayer from friends and family have cleared). The “Invasive” part of that diagnosis was from this charka work, that had been plagiarized, due to multiple copyright infringements, by a woman I was affiliated with at the time. So I just ask that if you use or share the images-content from this seven-post discussion, that you link it to my work, so others can find and sustain what I do to support myself and my son, who is currently serving a mission in the Philippines. This is important to honor my body’s sensitivity to invasive energy (one of the things I am here to work on) and to hold the place for energy-workers to value and be valued for what we do. I hope his helps you as a visual metaphor-light therapy for understanding your Root Chakra 1 a bit better.

My peace and blessings to you as you work with your Root Chakra 1.

This is the link to Syl Carson's work below:
http://www.goyogaonline.com/7-chakras-mind-body-online-bodhi-yoga-chakra-training-with-syl-carson/

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If you are interested in Syl's program includes 60-hours of in-depth study that teaches the four-pillars of chakra alignment and light-body activation, chakra specific yoga, light-color therapy videos, chakra gemstone therapy, aroma-therapy, along with a Chakra Deck and 300-page full-color Chakra Therapy reference manual for healers, that She has authored and illustrated over the past 17-years. She teaches internationally, information is put in general context for students of all religious and spiritual backgrounds.
 

Fight for positive Sexuality

We hear a lot now days about the fight against pornography.  I do admit that pornography is a BIG problem even among the Saints.  But I have also learned that it is much better to fight bad things by filling your life with good. Joseph B. Wirthlin in his talk Seeking the Good says "We can fill our lives with good, leaving no room for anything else. We have so much good from which to choose that we need never partake of evil." The mantra -fighting the fight against pornography- isn't nearly as powerful to me as -Fighting for  Positive Sexuality. To me this includes so much more than DON'T DO THAT! I want to be in a place where I can teach all those around me that Sexual Energy is a gift from God that can be harness, controlled, shared, and a powerful blessing even to those who are not sexually active.
So how do we harness and control and share our powerful sexual energy if we are celibate or not sexually active right now?   Its easy we train our minds and body to live in a higher state. As we make good choices we feel a CHANGE in our hearts. As the sexual energy rises it goes up the cerebral spinal chakras  and we feel that energy lift us higher.  So we spend our day doing things that lift the body, and the mind, and the spirit.  Good things raise our vibration of our bodies, sin and negative things lower our vibration.  If you have done enough bad things you  put off that "bad vibe" that others pick up on and if they are spiritually minded they really don't even like being around people who have that "bad vibe". Good people also put off a strong

The LDS Conference Center seats 21,000 people

vibration. If you are spiritually minded you will pick up on it. The prophet's vibration is so strong and large it fills the whole conference center. If you have ever been to conference You KNOW the moment he comes into the room. No announcements are made like "all rise here comes the prophet!!!", you don't even have to be watching for him to come in, but as soon as he  comes in that great big room you FEEL him, and you stand.
 When we are balanced and filled with light we, like the people of King Benjamin, will have "No more disposition to do evil. " (Mosiah 5:2)  Part of being balanced is filling our life with the good things of God. Let me list a few things that raise a persons vibration. Healthy eating, scripture study, service, smiling, temple work, PRAYER, exercise, playing with children, connecting with a new born baby, taking the sacrament and repenting, meditating, connecting with nature, being grateful.... There are so so many. But the ones that have the most lasting effects and that raise the vibration quickly and safely are Prayer- deep meditative conversation with the Father.  Applying the atonement through repentance and taking the sacrament.  Reading your scriptures in a way that you are learning and feeling the spirit.  Going to the temple. All these are things we do with our minds and for our spirits, they  raise the vibration far but to reach even farther in spiritual areas we need to master our bodies and quiet our minds. The fastest way to do this is by doing Kundalini Yoga and meditation in addition to those things listed above.
 I am going to assume that you know all about how wonderful meaningful prayer, scripture study, keeping the Sabbath day holy and attending meetings, and temple work bring to your life, so I wont go deep there, but I want to talk about  what  Kundalini Yoga and meditation will do for you.
Kundalini Yoga (YK) strengthens the nervous system, and quiets the mind. It also balances the bodies energies. A kundalini rising is where the energy that is located at the base of the spine moves up the spine to the top of the crown.  It is a way of coming unto Christ. We are moving our energies and our divine potential out of the base "natural man" energy of the 3 lower earthly chakras up to the  upper triangle or what is also known as the spiritual chakras.  This movement of energy helps us connect with God, Christ, and our divine purpose on this earth.  We move  from a fallen state of energy- or lower vibration to a higher state of energy- or a higher vibration.  This is described as pure bliss.  You really have no more disposition to do evil when you are in this state- its heavenly.
The body is the vehicle of the soul. We can do so much spiritual work but the body is an eternal blessing. If we do not treat it as such we will miss much of the purpose of this earth life.  KY helps us train the body to put off the natural man and move  forward and upward. KY also helps us  quiet our minds so we can feel, and hear, and see the things of God. - So what does all this have to do with positive sexuality?
 When our bodies are balanced, and our energy is flowing the way God wants it to, our desires change.  Instead of seeing our bodies through  Satan's lenses we begin to see them as the powerful beautiful creations and eternal blessings from God.  Satan tells us we are ugly, fat, unattractive , that body parts

are dirty or nasty. He helps us hate our own eternal blessing of a body- and the bodies or body parts of our spouses.) This does not help healthy sexuality.  If our sexual energies are too low (or our first and second chakras are not as big as they should be or spinning as they should) we have a low sex drive. We don't feel that God given need or desire to be intimate with our spouse. If our first and second chakras are too big and there is too much energy in them we can have an over active sex drive. This can be unhealthy and can lead to feelings of a need to release this extra energy. Many people turn to sex and feel there is still energy left to burn. Satan entices them to look at porn or engage in other unhealthy sexual activities to  try and "balance" this extra energy and meet the extra need and pressure this energy puts on their system.   This is not healthy and like all the temptations of the Deceiver it is a trap, leads to addictions, and a larger amount of energy that is not being spent doing  what God would have us do.
Kundalini Yoga and meditation balance that energy. It sends energy where it needs to go and converts extra sexual energy into creative energy.  It brings a low desire in to a normal range and high desires  down to normal range. The system is balanced and a healthy sexual relationship can exist.  This works for people who are not sexually active as well. The body, mind, and the spirit know that sexual activity must wait until after marriage and  the energy will be sent up along the chakras for a balanced system.
Sat Kryia is the go to  yoga kryia for balancing the lower triangle ( the first three chakras located at the perineum, in the pelvis and in the solar plexus).  This moves the energies up and  helps the chakras to get the right amount of energy and sends any extra energy up.
Below are two videos  that show  you how to do Sat Kryia.  Below is  a link where you can read the directions and the MANY other benefits of doing this kryia.  LINK
So instead of telling our youth  they need Stop looking at porn or Don't look at porn  or Dont masturbate, or  whatever!... Lets give them tools- something TO DO when the  urge and temptation hit. Or give them tools to use daily to raise their vibration so there is no urge or temptation because they will  have NO disposition to do evil.