I returned five months ago from India and Nepal. They were 12 exact, intense months. I left on February 14 and returned on February 14. It was not by the way, rather I think it was the hand of the one who through coincidences lets us see that it is present.

There is much to say about this experience. What I would like to share, for starters, is a topic that I do not consider myself a teacher or an expert. It is something I keep learning.

It is about the purpose. I would like to ask you what a teacher in the Terai area in Nepal asked me: What is your purpose?

Ah, I understood, unlike what I thought before, that meditation may not be for everyone. There are people for whom it is better not to meditate and also for whom the practice of yoga and especially that of Kundalini yoga (for being stronger) is not convenient.

Why?

If at any time I thought that through yoga and meditation the world could change and be a better place (so I decided to dedicate soul and spirit Ritual to the daily practice of at least 8 hours for three years in an ashram instead of studying at a university), I had to go to the place where these disciplines were born to realize that these technologies They can change your life for a huge benefit, as well as for the exact opposite if they are not done for a clear purpose.

The practice of a true technique, be it yoga or meditation, if practiced honestly, what it will generate is that what you are, the positive and negative aspects, is potentialized.

Baba Ji Singh said: Think twice before you start practicing Kundalini Yoga, because if you are a womanizer you will become a better womanizer, if you are a drug addict you will become a better drug addict, and with the virtues it happens same. Somehow it sounds funny, but I assure you that it will be only at the beginning, because when paying the bill the illusion is diluted, because what not most of us look for these pr Practices to stop suffering and stop causing suffering to find the much-loved Peace?

Traveling through Rishikesh and Amritsar, in the Pujabai area of ​​India, as well as in Kathmandu in Nepal and other places I went through, I found people in guest houses, in ashrams, in temples. People carrying intense disciplines or extreme religious practices or smoking in chilums [1] of 30 centimeters of charas [2] that I did not imagine. And not all, but most were not clear about why: doing to do, to follow a tradition or to identify with something, to want to be part of a social or religious group, or simply in that world of interns for not feeling so alone .

Reasons there are many, but clear purposes were few. I don't mean to have preconceived ideas when practicing, because that can make the wonderful surprises and everything exciting that the practice gives you get lost. It is more the intention, it is to walk without knowing the route but with the certainty that you will arrive at the wanted place. You don't know how or when, but with the firm intention you will arrive. In this case the practice gives you willpower and determination, as well as a lot of energy to achieve the purpose.

This same teacher in Nepal also asked me: " What do you want?" Reflecting on this helped me find my purpose.

Through very simple questions like these and enough space to reflect and meditate I could remember why I started with this in the beginning: not to be a religious man or to please anyone, nor to have power or appeal. It was more to try to penetrate the impenetrable, to escape from the dead end prison, to break these invisible chains that bind me to this limited reality that devours us humans, animals and plants and devours us alive, without even cooking them before. To find what is real, to find the truth, and that is what this same man told me the first time I could talk to him. I asked him about the practice I have been doing for more than ten years and about the techniques I practice, since he is a great meditator. He replied that the practice of Kundalini is fine as long as my intention is to seek the truth. Sure with his developed intuition he could see that I am a sinner and many times I have misused the fruit of discipline. What reminds me of this phrase from Jeshi: "The Truth will set you free." To find each path is different, I finally believe that there is no worse attempt than the one that is not done, even more when it is guided by the noble feeling.

Gurudev Singh says: "The human being has only two born powers, which are intention and attention."

What do you put your Intention on?

* Harinam has been a Kundalini Yoga practitioner for almost a decade, and currently teaches in Mexico. If you are interested in learning more about this discipline or want to practice it, write to Harinam at:

Harinam

What is your purpose? Meditation and search for the truth