Friday, July 17, 2015

Ra Ma Da Sa - and the woman with the issue of blood




Ra Ma Da Sa
Siri Gaitri Mantra, also called the healing mantra or, Ra Ma Da Sa, Sa Say So Hung  is the  is the mantra for the sacred healing meditation first taught in the Summer of 1973.

Here is what the 3HO website has on it. 
 It was also practiced at every White Tantric Yoga® Course for the Mahan Tantric, Yogi Bhajan.This healing meditation is used to pray for healing energy for our friends, family, and ourselves.
Kundalini Yoga practitioners have been using this meditation for the last four decades and I encourage you to try it when you want to send healing energy to a loved one or even to yourself.

Practicing the mudra and the mantra properly will optimize the energy flow and will make this meditation all the more potent.
Posture: Sit in Easy Pose (sitting on the floor, with legs crossed) or in a chair with feet planted firmly on the ground, with the spine straight, and a light Neck Lock applied (chin pulled back slightly).
Mudra:  see my notes for other mudras. The mudra (hand position) is most important. The elbows are bent down by the sides, and are tucked comfortably but firmly against the ribs. The forearms are almost perpendicular to the floor, with the hands extended out at a 45 degree angle from the center of the body. Most importantly, the palms are perfectly flat, facing up, hands bent back at the wrists. You should feel a pull in the lowest part of your forearm as you almost hyper-extend your wrist to make the palms flat. (This tends to be the most challenging part of the meditation so it is important not to let the hands relax out of the position.) The fingers are kept side by side, except that the thumb is spread from the other four fingers.
Eyes: Eyes are closed.
Mantra: This mantra consists of 8 basic sounds:
Ra Ma Da Sa, Sa Say So Hung

This mantra taps into the energies of the sun, moon, earth, and the Infinite Spirit to bring deep healing. It is important to pull the navel point powerfully on the word Hung. Note that the word Hung is not long and drawn out. Rather, it is clipped off forcefully as you pull in the navel. Chant one complete cycle of the entire mantra with each breath. Then deeply inhale and repeat. Remember to move the mouth precisely with each sound. Try to feel the resonance in the mouth and in the sinus area.
Mental Focus: You can choose to mentally visualize the person or persons that you are wanting to heal, as you send this energy to them for their well­-being.
Time: Continue chanting for 11 to 31 minutes.
To End: To end the meditation, inhale deeply and hold the breath, as you offer a healing prayer. Visualize the person you wish to heal as being totally healthy, radiant, and strong. See the person completely engulfed in a healing white light and completely healed. Then exhale and inhale deeply again, hold the breath, and offer the same prayer again. Exhale, inhale, and hold, repeat the prayer, and exhale.
To complete, inhale deeply, stretch your arms up high, and vigorously shake out your hands and fingers for several seconds. Keep the arms up and hands shaking as you exhale. Repeat two more times and relax.
© The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan 1

Translation:
Ra means the sun and connecting with that frequency gives you energy.
Ma means the moon and it aligns you with receptivity.
Da is the the energy of the Earth, grounding you in your roots.
Sa is Infinity and as you chant this, your energy rises upwards and outwards drawing in the healing the the Universe.
When you chant Sa a second time, you pull the energy of Infinity into you.
Say is a way of honoring the all-encompassing Thou.  It is personal, like a loving name for God.
So is a vibration of merger.
Hung is the Infinite, the vibrating real.  It is the essence of creation.  (So Hung together means, I am Thou.)2

D&C 88:7-13 Is a cool comparison to this mantra.
This is the light of Christ. As also he is in the sun, and the light of the sun, and the power thereof by which it was made. As also he is in the moon, and is the light of the moon, and the power thereof by which it was made; As also the light of the stars, and the power thereof by which they were made; And the earth also, and the power thereof, even the earth upon which you stand. And the light which shineth, which giveth you light, is through him who enlighteneth your eyes, which is the same light that quickeneth your understandings; Which light proceedeth forth from the presence of God to fill the immensity of space—The light which is in all things, which giveth life to all things, which is the law by which all things are governed, even the power of God.
Note:
There is more than one mudra for this meditation.  You can do it as outlined above, If you have several people  there you can sit in a circle and place the person to be healed in the middle of the circle either mentally or physically they can sit or lay in the circle and  reap the benefits of the meditation.  Or you can do it this way. 
 Sit in easy pose.  The right arm is bent at the elbow the hand is up by your shoulder with the palm forward  with fingers and thumb close together. Put your left hand on your navel point.
Here is my teacher  isn't she lovely?
This is the starting position.  Start here at RA and the slowly in time with the mantra move your arm until it is strait and your fingers, and palm, and arm are level with the floor.

 When you say HUNG   the wrist bends  leveling out your arm in to one strait line  and is the last part of this motion. After Hung bring the arm back to the starting position as you inhale. 3

I did a 40 day Ra Ma Da Sa  with the intention of healing my daughters heart problems.  I also  tried to  heal myseIf. Usually envision things I dont want in my life or things I'm trying to get rid of, ailments, attitudes, thoughts, habits and so on. One day instead of envisioning pushing these things away with my hand, instead I pictured Christ as he suffered in Gethsemane and instead of pushing out all these bad unwanted things with my hand I reached out to him. Like the woman with the issue of blood (Luke 8:43-48) I reached out to touch him and to have him heal me. I cried through most of the 11 min mediation. Much more powerful for me to reach out for his blessings and healing that come through the power of the atonement than it was to be trying to shove all my problems and inadequacy and ailments out of my life.

1 comment:

  1. That scripture story has touched my heart for most of my life. I love understanding it in a deeper way now, and I love feeling like I can be just like her. That I am just like her.

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