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3H0 FAMILY

"3H0" Stands for "Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization". It is a way of life. Those who believe in it and live it, belong to it; those who don't, don't.

Our aim is to create teachers fro the Aquarian Age who are healthy, happy and holy in body, mind and spirit.

The technique we use was brought to America by Yogi Bhajan, Master of Kundalini Yoga, who is the spiritual guiding force of 3H0.

Kundalini Yoga, the discipline which we practice, is the Yoga of Awareness. It includes aspects of Karma Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Bhakti Yoga, Mantra Yoga, Laya Yoga.

The following Ashrams may be contacted for further infor-mation about 3H0 and a complete list of centers situated through-out the united States, Canada, England and France.

Hargobind Sadan 16 Culloden Park Dr. San Rafael, Calif. 94901

Nanak Dwara Ashram 4530 No. 8th Street Phoenix, Arizona 85014

3H0 Headquarters Guru Ram Das Ashram 8802 Melrose Avenue Los Angeles, Calif. 90069

Maharaj Ashram Rte. 4, Box 88d Santa Fe, New Mexico

87601

Ahimsa Ashram 1704 "Q" St. N.W. Washington, D.C. 20009

Baba Siri Chand Ashram 150 3 Nela Ave. Orlando, Fla.32809

Harbhajan Singh Puri Ashram 1066 Colquitt St. N.E. Atlanta, Georgia 30307

BEAD STRINGERS

YOGI BHAJAN -SPIRITUAL GUIDE

Baba Singh Lasser Diana Schnurr Karin Olsen Hari Arti Kaur

Mark Lamm Joshua Rubinfeld Baba John Franzone Barbara Olsen

Gerry Singh Pond Baba Phil Singh Hoskins Toni Kaur Pond Shakti Parwha

KUNDALINI YOGA-AN INTRODUCTION

From lectures and conversations, by Yogi Bhajan

I have recognized, with the blessing of may Master, that it is possible to be healthy, to be happy, and to be holy while living in this society. And you must have energy so that your dead computer may live and pass on the signal to you and may compute all what you want to do in this society. And we call it, in the olden science, the Kundalini, which has been blocked in Muladhara, the lowest of all chakras or lotuses.

These are all im aginary things. Great big books have been written on them, and these books also misled me for many years. Still I learned about it; and all these chakras, (or circles as we call them in English) have put us in so many circles that we do not come out of it, and we reach nowhere. There is a way we should set our computer to be in direct contact with Him, the Biggest Computer; and things must then work automatically. And that can't work until the Kundalini, the spiritual nerve, breaks through the blockage at Mulad-hara, and thus, travels up and reaches the stage that you may have Superconsciousness in Con-sciousness .

It is to generate the pressure of the prana and mix it with the apana, and thus, when the two join together, you generate in the pranic center. And with this heat of the prana, you put a pressure or charge on the Kundalini, the soul nerve, three and a half circles coiled (kundal means "the coil in the curl of the hair of the beloved; it does not mean snake or serpent), on muladhara, and thus awaken it, so that it may pierce through the imaginary chakras and pass ultimately through jalandhara Bandha (Neck Lock--

the final blockage in the spine before the energy reaches the head).

Now, let me define a few terms. Prana is life force. It is the life force of the atom. Apana is elimination or the el-iminating force. These are two forces, positive and neg-ative in us which are governed by pingala and ida—that is, right and left. When we join these two energies under the power and the science of Kundalini Yoga, we mix the prana with the apana and bring, under that pressure, the Kundalini up. And when it passes through the central nerve or Sushumana it reaches the higher chakras or lotuses; and thus man can easily look into the future. His psychic power gets enlightened. He can know his total surround-ings and he is a blessed being.

After one inhales the prana deep (down to the navel point) and pulls the apana with root lock (up to the navel point); prana and apana mix at the navel center. This is known as Nabhi Chakra or Fourth Vertebra. Heat is felt during the Kundalini awakening and that heat is the filament ° f ^iïe Sushumana or central spinal channel being lit by the joining of prana and apana. Below the Nabhi chakra, the energy leaves the navel and goes to the rectum (or lower center) and then it rises. This is called Reserve Channels. It relates to your Astral Body.

Then, there are six more chakras through which the Kundalini must rise; and it will happen all at once. And once you have raised iE; that's it. But the hardest job is to keep it up. To keep the channels clean and clear.

From the rectum to the vocal cord is known as the silver cord.

From the neck to the top of the head is the passage. From the third eye to the pineal gland is the gold cord. To make the energy rise in these cords and passages, you must apply hydraulic locks. You must put a pressure. You live in Calif-ornia? You know how we take out the oil from the ground? Put a pressure and the oil will come out. It is a staircase of energy.

1. Mul bandh brings apana, eliminating force to the navel or fourth vertebra, the central seat of the Kundalini.

2. Diaphragm lock takes it up to neck.

3. Neck Lock takes it up all the rest of the way.

The pineal gland or seat of the soul, does not work when the tenth gate (top of the head) is sealed. But if pineal will secrete (when the Kundalini heat comes) your pi-tuitary will act as radar, keeping the mind from negativity.

Yés, Kundalini Yoga is known as nerve of the soul. And this is to be awakened. And your soul is to be awakened. And when soul gets awakened, there remains nothing. What else?

In the practical reality, these chakras are imaginary and nothing else. This Kundalini is just a Kundalini and nothing else. And it is not very important. These pranas and apañas are just there. Everything is set in us. We lack nothing. We use these terms simply to make the process clear so we can get on. It is very simple. After getting myself into the darkness for years together, I found if I would have known the first day that it was so easy, I could have saved myself a lot of hassle. When I found the Kundalini really can come up like this, I was astonished! It was a surprise to me. I said "that's all there is to the Kundalini?" And my Master said, "yes".

All it is, is creating the prana in that cavity, and mixing it with apana, and taking it down (as we give pressure to the oil), and bringing the oil up is Kundalini. That's it. That is the greatest truth. Truth is bitter, I know,

so I cannot speak all the truth. But I speak indirectly and direct-ly truth because I cannot speak something beyond truth. I have realized the truth, and the fact is that you cannot breathe by your will. It is the God in you which breathe«. Without that you do not breathe. Now what is this breath business? I tell you.

And it is a good information to the medical people. Under the eighth vertebra there is a cavity. We call it prana center. Good? In that prana center, with the breath-ing up to the tip of the tongue and on to the ida and pingala which adjust the temperature of the body, we breathe pranic energy. Pranic energy is the life force of the atom. If fifty years ago, I would have come and talked to you about atomic energy, you would have said, go away—we don't understand you. When I talk pranic energy, don't feel that I am talk-ing something mystic. It is practical. This pranic energy is the life of the atom. We store it here (8th vertebra down). We know certain actions through which we inhale with thi's pranic energy. And when we inhale with this pranic energy, our pranic center gets awakened. The pranic center supplies the pranic energy to the pranic nerve. And the pranic nerve supplies the pranic energy to the muscles, which is responsible for the beat of the heart and that of the diaphragm. We call it "U" muscle, because it is shaped like the letter "u". And then this "u" muscle is responsible for all this life current in you which is automatic, beyond your control. You know what these Yogis do? They create pranic energy reservoirs in that cavity. And, thus, live on that reserve. This is what they do. They make that cavity active with certain exercises. And, thus, they know how to control the pranic energy or prana-vayu, the life current. That's one part of it. The second is apana, which eliminates everything. It has got a connection with the Muladhara chakra. That is where that Kundal-ini power lies. Now, when the pranic

energy is in you, then the second part is that you can cir-culate it through your body. You can feel it and make people feel it. And then.we teach people how to do it. It is a scientific thing which has got nothing to do with mystics, or something which I can't explain. It is so simple, it is practical. And, thus, we circulate it.

And in the circulation, we time it to go with the spinal cord. And then we make it hit the Muladhara. And, thus, we pierce through that bind or blockage before the Kundalini power. The moment we do it, she has no option but to come up. And the moment she comes up, you stand blessed. Then you will see; the computer will work. That's all.

Is it difficult? There is no secret about it. In twenty, thirty days, if you honestly practice it about one hour, two hours each day, you can be through with it. And this is what I did.

Two cautions: You must practice neck lock. Pull the neck straight in, keeping the spine and neck absolutely straight with no bend of the neck. The higher flood of circulation will cause the cells of the brain to expand because of the higher circulation of blood ***********************************

Those who are good I treat as good. Those who are not good I also treat as good. In so doing, I gain in goodness. Those who are of good faith, I have faith in. Those who are lacking in good faith, I also have faith in. In so doing, I gain in good faith.

Lao Tza, Tao Te Ching, XXX

The superior man improves his character and labors at his task. It is through loyalty and faith that he fosters his character. By working on his words, so that they rest firmly on truth, he makes his work enduring. He

to that region and people shall go mad, half-mad or die. Because the lock was not there!!

And when you do yoga, please, for God's sake, remember, you are playing with the energy which is the life force of the atom. You can well understand what you are doing. I'm giv-ing you a word of warning. The prana has been described in the Shastra (Yogic Scriptures) as that which makes the atom live. Our voltage here in the wall socket is 110? And you touch it without insulation? Do you? Then how come you can play with the pranic energy?

The fact remains that without having the Kundalini awakened, your soul is not awakened. And if your soul is awakened, what else you need? And if you will get into the action to awaken the Kundalini, the nerve of the soul, and thus this car of yours will be driven or chauffered by the soul and not by the negative ego, then you have found God in you. And I shall be the greatest man on earth, if I shall be privileged to touch the dust of your feet, if you had that state. Otherwise, you are a nut, and nothing else.

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knows how this is to be achieved and achieves it; in this way he is able to plant the right seed. He knows how it is to be brought to completion and so completes it; thereby he is able to make it truly enduring. For this reason he is not proud in his superior position nor disappointed in an inferior one. Thus he is creatively active and, as circumstances demand, careful, so that even in a dangerous situation he does not make a mistake.

I Ching, The Creative, nine in the third place.