Karma Yoga

Practice 1

Thank You Aum. Thank You bha. Thank You Gye Nyame.

Thank You Aum. Thank You bha. Thank You Gayatri.

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We think of You as the source of our cultural identity. We

see the Self as spirit, and concentrate our attention at the

third eye or Pineal Gland. If one practices looking out from

the Sixth Chakra behind the closed eyes, one will see

oneself looking from the Pineal Gland or Third Eye.

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Now, from the Sixth Chakra and third eye, we see the self as

spirit or indestructible consciousness. Being situated here, we

think, concentrate on, and we meditate on Silence, its

"Sound," and its Supreme Witness. You, are this Supreme

Witness the Greatest Focus Point of our spiritual practice.

3

We think the light of Heaven and earth emanates from You,

the Source of Infinite Wisdom, exposed to which our

consciousness is completely changed from that of a ignorant

brute to that of a divinely inspired being. Gradually, by always

thinking of You, we rise and return to our original state,

manifesting Divine Consciousness and Awareness.

4

We think of You as Supreme Divinity alone, within and beyond

all forms and images. You are the only one worthy of worship,

within and beyond all forms. All glories to You! You are our One

Divinity, our One Love, One Aim, our One Destiny. Thank You

for accepting our thinking, feeling, willing, speaking, and doing,

saturated with all the unconditional love and devotion we have

at our command. 

5

The next and last Chakra is commonly called the

Seventh Chakra, or the Thousand Petal Lotus. It is located

in the region of the soft spot of a baby's head, right above the

Pineal Gland.

6

You are the Source of the power that comes down through

the Pineal Gland. Inside and outside, permeating and

transcending all, You are the Supreme Witness of all

Chakras, all sights, and all sounds.

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By seeing the self as spirit and offering everything to You, we

remember You and positively revolutionize our way of life.

We are purified, civilized, and evermore righteous in our

dealings with others the more our consciousness is purified

by always thinking of You.

8

Following the above further, the more we engage ourselves in

remembering You, the greater is the restoration of our

historical memory and hence, our spiritual and cultural

identity.  

9

We Serve You as the Divinity of our life, the One Supreme

Being at the Source of all individuals' identity. In You is our

unity, our completeness.

10

You are our inspiration, we offer to You as the power source

of our respiration. Constant remembrance of You is the

motivating power of the birth and resurrection of our

Divinity, our true Eternal Greatness.  

11

We are spirit, and our cultural identity is rooted in

You. The purpose of our culture is to clean us up and make

us fit to be consciously in Your presence again. The primary

instrument for cultivating our consciousness is the spiritual

practice of always thinking of You.

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By constantly offering to You while we do all we do, we are

keeping You in front as we engage on the Battlefield of

life.  You are our refuge, our guide, and the Source of our

strength.  We are evermore victorious in the waking and

dream states of Consciousness as we serve You in all we do.

13

We Suubmit to You as the Supreme intelligence, the Witness,

existing before, during, and after everything, including

the "Big Bang," if it ever happened, and nothing. You are

the only reality because You never cease existing.

14

We offer to You as the only Good, the only one we can

truly depend on. Everything else is the game of the

illusory energy, Maya. Having no endurance, it does not

really exist. Thank You for inspiring us to practice our

meditation and to study about You.

15

Your reign of truth pervades and transcends all the heavens.

All the heavens are within You. However, all the heavens

cannot contain You, the Most Enlightened, the Completely

Intelligent One. By Your association we purify and free

our consciousness from the sin and slavery of ignorance.

16

The changeless witness of the past, present, and future, You

are beyond glamorous, and glorious. Mere words can only

make a feeble attempt to point out Your Super Excellence.

Like a child offering the vastness of the universe a leaf or an

infinitesimal portion of water, we offer You our humble

service. 

17

We Surrender to You as the Eternal, Supreme Witness of the

Silence which pervades and transcends the trees, the birds,

the bees, the earthworm, the pollen and the breeze. Thank

You, thank our Karma, for blessing us with the intelligence to

engage evermore in Your transcendental loving service while

seeing You everywhere.

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Serving You, our Ever Greater Intelligence, in all we do

helps us fix the mind on You. Fixing the mind on You purifies

the awareness/consciousness. To the extent that our

consciousness is purified, we regain our natural clean heart

and right spirit. Gradually, we consciously enter Your Divine

Presence again.