Being the Eye of the Storm

I posted this in the comments section of the Pinchbeck article in which this idea was suggested, and I think it is worth re-posting here, since it personifies the shift into fearlessness that we all must take. Since it should be practiced at sunset, I suggest doing it independently of this collective meditation, unless you want to start meditating before the sun rises and into 7.

"This is a meditation listed as a practice "for endless courage and endurance against the entire universe" in the book "Kundalini Yoga Sadhana Guidelines 2nd Edition" that personifies the shift from fear to love. It's description is as follows: One of the hallmarks of the yoga lifestyle is to pay attention to the rhythms of nature that we are part of. As we express our creativity in our culture, business enterprises and other activities we can easily get out of touch with the fundamentals of our biology, our patterns of energy and the cycles of the day. This meditation is done at twilight, as our energy naturally shifts. We take advantage of that shift and direct the change to give us strength. Yogi Bhajan commented "If the tongue is properly kept turned inside the mouth, and you start chanting, Har, then you will understand the English word "ecstasy." It is just a balance between the lower back, spinal cord, you, and the tongue. It can change your vibration, nervous system, and your central nerve, to be so strong that after practice you become very fearless. Most things we do out of fear. We think we love, but we don't. In our life, love is our attachment to our emotions, and fear is our constriction of our self-power. Bot are bad. Actually, when you are really in love you are humongous. Nothing can stop you. If you are afraid, you freeze, you can't move properly. You have two things to do: Carry the day and carry the night. You want to go to work to carry the work. Wrong. You carry the day and you carry the night. God has given you two twilights, 4 to 7 in the morning and 4 to 7 in the evening." To practice (once again, this should be at twilight): Sit in Easy Pose (cross legged). Lock your hands in Bear Grip (fingers of each hand held close together and hooked with the arms out in a horizontal fashion) at the Heart Center. Right palm faces inward, left palm faces outward. Eyes are at the tip of the nose. Begin to rock the body forward about 4-6 inches, and then back to the center. This is a slow continuous, fluid movement. Move forward and back about 8 times per 10 seconds. Let the body move by itself. Do not apply physical muscle. Chant the mantra, Har, each time you move forward. Chant in the following manner: Turn the tip of the tongue back so it strikes the upper pallet each time you chant. The word comes out sounding more like "Hu(d)-uh" Generate the sound of the mantra from the center of the mouth. Har is one of the aspects of God - the Creative Infinity. Continue for 11 minutes. To finish: Inhale, suspend the breath for 20 seconds, and then pull on the bear grip with all the power in your hands, so the energy can be displaced to every part and fiber of the body. Repeat two more times. Picture of the bear grip mudra

I hope people will find this meditation useful."

is my birthday, and I turned 20 years old. I have been reading reality sandwich for about 6 or 7 months, and feel very comforted that there is a group of people so dedicated to evolving consciousness and trying to make sense of this place we're all in called "life."

However, upon waking up on October 17th, 2008, I felt a wave of, what felt like sadness, wash over me.  This was not sadness in the distinctively negative sense, but a sadness that was utterly grey, and numb. Feelings of inadequacy, ineptitude, and being utterly without purpose coursed through my body and brain.

Now I am generally not a sad person, and this unanticipated bummer caught me pretty off guard. I tried meditating, which usually fosters an innate sense of well being in me, but it just wasn't happenin'.

I feel that a partial source of these feelings could be an intense desire to MAKE something new, to EVOKE some real change, and CREATE a positive outlet for myself, as well as my peers. 

I want to galvanize my generation, to change their superficial and narrow worldview, and expand the watered-down psyche that constitutes the vast majority of American youth.  I want to transcend the role of your run of the mill 20-something "Slacktivist." 

Honestly, i want to grab their iphones and Blackberrys and trendy sunglasses and shatter them on the concrete.  But we all know that wont do any good now will it...  

Do any of you wonderful people have any advice for 20 year old college student aching to make a difference?

I want to "will the transformation," but I just don't know how...

"Living in the abyss of ignorance, yet wise in their own conciet, deluded fools go round and round, the blind led by the blind."   -The Upanishads

obviously grow bitter with age, disillusion and failure.

Save me from your projection and negativitiy. 

I'm not looking for a guru or a sage... I'm looking for some positive input, and some constructive advice, which obviously your fresh out of.

Thanks for trying though!

Anyone else care to contribute their thoughts?

Alrighty then! PSYmon! Do you think making an ageistic remark recommends you to anyone otherwise willing to share 'advice'. And that would indicate . . . what? Not so 'sweet and innocent' and all.

Alright! Stick up for yourself! The internet is a little different than face to face meeting-grounds.

Everyone is equal. All the same age. No age at all. Unless one makes a point of pointing out one is '20' or something, or taking pains to say 'I'm an old woman' or an 'old man', so listen up!

Bulloney.

I'm of the opinion that the world is such a mess because of such sycophantism and 'guruism' as your question implies you want to induce here.

Fine. You go do that. Good luck with that.

I believe everyone already knows. I think you know.

"Age appears to be best in four things - - - old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read."
- - - Francis Bacon

you calling me wood, wine, friend or author? Or just 'old'?

When someone comes before one and implies they have something one supposedly does not, one might be inclined to assume a posture of cloying and obsequeousness and say "yes sir" or "yes ma'am".

Later on, one may reflect and think: bulloney.

That's okay. When we don't get the props or get shafted by another, that might be appreciated only in hind-sight as better than being utterly ignored or living just in a hierarchy of supposed 'friends'.

Even imaginary friends might be deemed better than such 'teachers' or 'advisors'. I'm guessing here, but in your case, it'll be a matter of hindsight. And the roads you are willing to be led down now, you MIGHT regret or rue later.

Or what? You tell me, since you seem to know it all already despite your query.

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