Ever catch the Mind lying helpless in a dark tunnel when life is pressing in on you? Just when you need a courageous ally, the mind has become disabled, a runaway soldier. If you can witness the disabled mind, there is a good chance you will want to have a serious talk with it.

Besides a good talking to, what are the techniques that have worked for you when the cowardly companion of the mind must be made into a helpful ally? Here are few I have tried. I call them the beg, borrow, or steal trio. They can give the mood a boost. One technique might work one day, and another day another one might just do the trick.

Technique 1 – Beg

This works well when there is a feeling of helplessness. You do not know where to turn. Every idea has met a dead end. You feel exhausted and defeated. This is time to pray. To feel fully the desires of your soul. To know within your heart, what you really, really want. These heart felt desires are prayers. The feelings can happen spontaneously, and you can also stop, search your heart, and elicit the feelings intentionally. I call it begging.

Technique 2 – Borrow

Borrowing works when within there is a little determination within. It is possible to recall the significant victories in the past, and just how uncertain those times were.  There is a chance you will find that magic ingredient that worked previously and is missing right now. Maybe it was faith that gave stability. Identify it, borrow it from yourself, and use it again.

Technique 3 – Steal

I find this technique works when I know and feel there is an answer somewhere.  The mind can become an ally by thinking about people that have been in a similar challenging situation. For example, it could be my ancestors, a distant acquaintance, or a religious figure. These individuals remained courageous and showed strength of character. Simply by thinking of their virtue, I feel more virtuous. It is like taking from them without asking their permission. Just think of their courage, and there it is – a courageous feeling.  Is it somewhat like stealing?

Remember the trio:  beg, borrow or steal to make Mind an ally.

I’m excited about this special yoga exercise, a daily meditation practice for a courageous spirit. Here’s my first day experience and 7 reasons I’ve got excitement.

1.    The march rhythm of this meditation music gave me an instant boost. It put a smile on my face. I look forward to 999 more unique experiences of the march music.
2.    It’s amazing how the eyes can wonder off the words on the page. As I sat holding the sheet focusing on the words of the chant, I noticed that sometimes my eyes roamed away from the words. I look forward to fewer journeys via imagination.
3.    I instantly recognize the importance of focusing the eyes in order to stay in the present. I see how people with overactive minds would benefit from this daily meditation.
4.    The mental focus of being aware of the movement of the tongue and the sensation of the sound helped me to enunciate the chant better, and to stay in the present.
5.    After the 7 -minute mark, I pressed my hands on the heart hard and chanted the mantra 8 times. I could feel the sound vibrating in my chest, and I felt strong.
6.    For the next minute I whispered powerfully. Strange how I listened quite intensely with the whispering.
7.    Then the last 30 seconds I chanted the mantra twice without music, enjoying my own slightly varied version of the tune.

I invite you to join in on this 1000-day meditation practice at any time. This yoga exercise will march us courageously through these times to the Aquarian Age, November 11, 2011, and perhaps with excitement.  You can download the PDF file with your copy of the meditation instructions and the words of the chant itself.

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You can also listen to the pronunciation of the chant and download the music free from www.kundaliniresearchinstitute.org

Community, prosperity and a courageous spirit to face the future can be yours if you so desire and intend. The method I suggest is meditation with a chant.

Why to Chant

Sound creates a vibration. Our thoughts are silent sounds that vibrations. We attract according to the frequency of our vibration. When you chant a mantra, you attract whatever you are vibrating.

How long to Meditate

11 minutes of meditation begins to change the nerves and glandular system.

Stage 1 –40 days to change a habit.
Stage 2 –90 days to confirm the habit.
Stage 3 –120 days to own the habit.
Stage 4 –1000 days to master the new habit.

When to Meditate

First thing in the morning is the best time right after your yoga exercise. Your yoga exercise could be a mindful walk, movement, or a breathing exercise. If another time is better for you, of course make it then. Get together with friends and practice in community.

Benefits

Mantras can transform destructive mental habits and limiting personality tendencies. If you like being alone or the other extreme seek attention and popularity these will evolve to community with your courageous spirit. Hoarding possessions or poverty consciousness will change to the realization of prosperity. And your courageous spirit will transform fear of the future or, the other end of the scale, fantasy of the future so you face the future.

The Kundalini Yoga meditation chant is available for free download on this site.