“Driving on Indian roads is a very good test of the Astral Body! It tests your patience and self-control!” … Acharya Hector
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Acharya Hector shared (Ashram, Wesak Celebrations) how we can all continue to do service even while we are physically asleep :
Every night, before sleeping pray- “Lord God, I offer myself to help those who are needy“. In this manner, we will be able to serve in our astral bodies – although there may be no [...]
Recently, at the Ashram during the Wesak Celebrations, Acharya Hector shared the following joke which GMCKS would often tell his students:
” Some students are very promising … they just keep making promises” … GMCKS
Service is an investment for past, present and future.
Tithing is an investment for past, present and future.
Practice of virtues is an investment for future.
By tithing and doing service, our antahakarna, back heart chakra, basic chakra and earth cord increase in size.
To take care of our past, tithe with decree. The good karma can be decreed [...]
Every situation/ person is here to teach us a lesson for our highest good. We should accept them for what they are. The outer world is our biggest teacher only if we are willing to learn
So, instead of criticising, look for the opportunity that they present us with to help us grow. This will help [...]
We download two kinds of energies:
1. From Mother Earth; relatively coarse energies
2. From the Divine; subtle or finer energies
In practicing the “yin” part of the virtues, the lower energies with the help of the Mengmein Chakra are pumped up to the higher chakras. In practicing the “yang” part of the virtues, the higher energies with [...]
While doing the twin hearts meditation, we are following the three qualities (Brahma, Vishnu & Shiva).
In the prayer of St. Francis of Asisi in the meditation, we are practising the Shiva qualities wilfully. We then sow the seeds of love (Vishnu) and light (Brahma). By practicing the twin hearts meditation everyday, we are practicing the [...]
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Three Important Stages of Meditation
As outlined in the Patanjali’s Ashtang Yoga, Pratyahar, Dharana and Dhyana are the 3 important stages of meditation.
Pratyahar is the stage of withdrawal of senses. To be able to “disengage” from the surroundings in the outer world and to be able to “engage” inwards is the main challenge of this stage.
Dharana [...]
Life force or “prana” is everything. It is life. It is prosperity, good health and happiness. It is everything hat makes us “wholesome”. As a pranic healer, living a wholesome life becomes very important. “Ignorance is bliss” is no more applicable to healers. Prana is absorbed from sun, air and the earth. Another way to [...]
A healer was once asked, “What is required for the Teacher’s mission”?
It set him thinking… After a long round of thinking and unclear answers in the head, the healer learnt that all that we need for His mission is the three virtues taught by Master.
By “Doing what is right and refraining from doing what is [...]
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