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Namah Vol. 32, Issue 2, 15th July 2024

lose the thread, just go back to the natural Whatever the practice, the important thing is to
breath and start again and again. Don’t aim at a continual flow. Be with that always.
get into a frenzy about it, just resume and Try the practice just described and see if it
move forward. works for you. If it doesn’t, move on and
switch to something else. For me, it brings
a more concrete way of feeling the Mother’s
Presence. However, it may not resonate with
you. Whatever action you call upon, give
it time to establish a proper rhythm in
your being. When you are working, feel it
sustain you. When you are out walking,
it can accompany you. Do it before you
eat. Do it before you go to sleep at night.
Remember to do it when you wake up. Try
If practising Integral Yoga, one can add to maintain it when you are in company.
a new dimension and raise the process to This is not so easy, but keep going back to
even greater heights. This embodies the your practice. Allow the Inner Guide to
Mother’s name in one syllable (‘Ma’), which take over your sadhana. You can experiment
is inwardly uttered at each in-breath and out- with it at different times of the day until it
breath. Learn to synchronise the japa with the becomes 24 x 7.
breath. What a boon this solitary syllable is!
Don’t lose touch with the breath. Observe I aspire for her Name to take over my life.
the two unite and eventually become one. Over time, with continual practice, you might
Feel the dance between the breath and her feel her Name spontaneously rise up and
Name. Feel her Presence also plunge down vibrate inside your consciousness. If it does,
into all the gaps. Feel her Presence playing her Name will start to repeat itself. It will
with the breath. You will find it effortless start to appear naturally and sometimes
when love is behind. When you feel dry, unexpectedly of its own accord. In Integral
hold onto the practice and stay with the same Yoga, we allow her Consciousness to govern
rhythm. Keep the practice intact. Of course, our being. So, feel yourself becoming a part
the intensity of every experience will vary. of Her. Accept it and give yourself to Her.
There are times when it will be effortless, That is the secret of Integral Yoga. This is also
but other times when it becomes quite limp. a definitive remedy for any self-pity.
Don’t give up. Try to maintain the flow of
the practice and trust that, one day, the two There is a truer way to suffer! We can suffer
ends will meet. One day, with persistence, in sweetness and light and entirely set aside
they surely will. Carry on right to the end the distortion of self-pity. However, for that,
and go beyond. we have to step out of our ignorance and
live wholly within the reach of the psychic
a
24 x 7 sadhana a being. At this point, we come to the Mother’s
explanation of the second category of
a
Engage the sadhana in all your daily activities. suffering:
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