No technique really works . It is you who makes it work.
That is called shraddha. Shraddha can be roughly translated as faith. When your
intention and attention are there, manifestation happens. If your intention is
not there it will not work. Sudarshan Kriya technique works because there is an intention
behind it. For anything to work, you must have intention and attention. Then
manifestation happens.
Now we will do some pranayama. Let’s begin with alternate
nostril breathing. Check your nostrils. You know, when the left nostril is
active then the right brain is active. And vice-versa. The right brain is
music. The left brain is logic. So those who have the right nostril active
would understand me better. If both are active you are in meditation. However if
only the right nostril is active, no meditation happens. Your state changes
every time you open and close your eyes. After food, the right nostril should
dominate. When the right nostril functions the metabolism is 50 percent higher.
When the left is functioning, our metabolism is much slower.
Active nostrils change because they live in an ocean of
prana(energy). Breath moves from right to left nostril depending on the
situation. If you are driving around a church, temple or any place of worship,
both nostrils will become active. The prana of both, the body and spirit, is up
in those places. When people are in full devotion in a place of worship, this
happens. When you meet a spiritual guide both your nostrils will become active.
When you meet a spiritual person, your own voice will tell you.
Love is our very nature. You know, I can stand and talk to
you for hours about love. It doesn’t mean anything. We can read love through
our lives, not through books. You can listen to someone speak on love, but if
you have a puppy, the puppy goes mad jumping all over you the moment you come
back home. This says much more than reading books all night about love. We can
read through our presence and our own lives. Here, I will come to meditation
and breath. By doing breathing exercises, we can make our lives so positive.
Many of us have had the experience of going to meet somebody and wanting to
avoid them. Some people you meet and you just don’t feel like talking to. You
feel compelled to avoid them. WIth some Others you feel like conversing. People
will have the same experience of you also. Without reason they may avoid you.
You want to connect to a person but your stress has created such vibes around,
that people are repelled. Here again you must do a bit of pranayama, Sudarshan
Kriya and yoga to increase the positive vibes around you.