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Yogi Bhajan Lecture: Prepare to Serve the Age of Aquarius
In these lecture excerpts given on December 20,1997 and June 21, 2001, Yogi Bhajan talks about serving from the heart to uplift humanity. Kindness knows no defeat. Caring has no end. And touching a person’s heart is the only language God knows. The most veteran, courageous, and pious act of a human is to be with another human, because we are like stars in the sky, born at one time and space, to be ourselves. All we have to do is say, “I am with you.” When you start being one with everybody, then you are actually with God, because if…
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Yogi Bhajan Lecture: Expand – Now is the Time
In this lecture excerpt from a Teachers Course in Santa Cruz, California, on March 23,1974, Yogi Bhajan says we are all responsible to serve and uplift those who need it. You must have one door of your home open where people can call on you, people can trust you, people can get help from you, people can approach you. There are many reasons why people will need to relate to you. The coming times are going to be very hard on the society as a whole. There may be 10 casualties, 50 thefts, 20 robberies, 100 rapes—all that is going on…
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Yogi Bhajan Lecture: Become a Giver
In this excerpt, Become a Giver, from a lecture given on September 4, 2001, in Espanola, New Mexico, by Yogi Bhajan, he talks about how to become a giver by letting go of our ‘couldn’t’. You will never find a community leader who doesn’t know how to give, seva. Giving is the only way. Don’t only give to those who ask, give to those who don’t ask. Keep on giving, become a giver. Your faculty and God’s faculty will become the same. That’s divinity. That’s absolute divinity. Dayndaa day lainday t’hak paa-eh. “You, Great Giver, keep giving to us and we grow…
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Yogi Bhajan Lecture: Calm Like a Mountain
In this lecture excerpt, Calm Like a Mountain, Yogi Bhajan explains about remaining calm and steady when you are upset and worried. The lecture was given at UCLA on January 3, 1972. “What is a great man? You go to him with a great problem; you are upset and go with a great problem. He is calm and smiling. “Yes, what can I do for you? Everything is all right, don’t worry. We will pray, and everything is going to happen okay.” You are visiting for fifteen or twenty minutes. Talking to him has not gone to waste. If he is a…
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Getting Out of Insecurity
Excerpts of lectures by Yogi Bhajan from The Aquarian Teacher Level 1 Teacher Training Manual Each student of yoga must confront the mental attitude of insecurity and doubt. Actually, there are two mental styles we can use to go through life. In one style, we act as if everybody were saints until proven thieves. In the other style, we act as if everybody were thieves until proven saints. Which style of life your mind uses depends on the strength and balance of your nervous system. People who live the first style walk through every wave of life with an even attitude….
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Yogi Bhajan Lecture: Commanding the Mind
Once you don’t have command of your mind, your mind will have command of you. There is no way out. It is an either/or situation. And when mind has command over you, spirit goes dormant.
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Yogi Bhajan Lecture: Happy 31st Anniversary to 3HO!
In this lecture excerpt, Happy 31st Anniversary to 3HO!, Yogi Bhajan talks about how 3HO has grown over the years, coming challenges, and the importance of keeping up together in truth, grace, and service. This lecture was given on January 5, 2000. Today we are celebrating 3HO’s birthday. It is the change of the Age into another era. 3HO Foundation (Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization) came into existence, and it started giving people self-improvement, self-empowerment, self-knowledge, and self-experience. Many years ago, we all started functioning toward one thing: we want to experience, we want to grow, we want to see. The nation revolted. The revolution was…
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Yogi Bhajan Lecture: Guidance of the Guru
In this lecture excerpt, Guidance of the Guru, Yogi Bhajan explains the concepts of Guru and inner guidance. This lecture was given on April 2, 1995, in Los Angeles, CA. There is a balance on this Earth. There is a balance in time. There is a balance in space. There is a balance in Earth. Every moment is in balance. Good and bad are in balance. Light and darkness are in balance. Guru takes us from darkness to light in balance. It is not properly understood what a Guru is. When you are consciously in command of your life, that is Guru. You consciously live,…
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Yogi Bhajan Lecture: I, the Self, Call on My Psyche
In this lecture excerpt, I, the Self, Call on My Psyche, Yogi Bhajan gives us a way to tune into our intuition. This lecture was given on March 8, 1995. When we do not have consciousness, we do not have basic intuition. The problem is that intuition has to be developed. It is there but is dormant. Everybody is not intuitive—you can be intuitive but you are not. That’s why they say the soul is dormant. And dormant soul means that you are alive but you live by impulse. When you don’t control your impulse, you have no intuition. And when you…
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Yogi Bhajan Lecture: The Little Voice Inside
In this short lecture excerpt, The Little Voice Inside, Yogi Bhajan is talking about intuition. This lecture was given on July 20, 1994. Intuition tells you what is for you. The little voice inside is a very powerful thing. It tells you exactly what it is. It will tell you if it’s not right, avoid it. Normally, you don’t avoid it; you let it slide. Intuition will always tell you what will protect you and what is best for you. If you are not intelligent, you will slide into some pit where you cannot come out. Intuition can only tell you,…
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