Crisis Kit

When will I stop forgetting and learn!

I woke up with a sore throat. If I think back I can recall having a headache a few days ago. It could have been the weather, or that I ran around with wet hair, or that I did not drink enough water, so I ignored it. I can also remember feeling tired and cold. This one is very easy to ignore being busy and living in the UK. But what should have finally triggered all buttons was that I ate starchy sugary food, which I usually don't. 

I know exactly how a cold settles in my body, but still I ignored it. 

Why? I have asked myself this question many many times throughout my life. Why do I keep forgetting what I know is good for me? Why do I ignore signs that tell me, it is not good for me?

I had a similar experience a while ago. It was when the moon and mercury were busy and easy to blame, and I felt slightly off. From experience I know that in these moments, nobody answers the phone, that people around me are busy or say the wrong words, so I end up suffering and having to solve whatever is bothering me on my own. That's what I did, I opened the Crisis Kit and did the "Last Resort Meditation". Yeah, I am learning after all.

Yesterday, somebody said to me he would need someone to do a meditation with him or it is not happening. Then he paused and said but his phone could remind him.... So tell Gotana, post it on a spot of your wall that you are likely to pass or put it in your medicine cabinet, where ever you are likely to find it in case you need it.

It is a simple meditation. Easypose, eyes closed. Hands in your lap, palms up, right on top of left palm, thumbs touching. 

If you cannot keep your spine straight sit on the edge of a chair and place your feet flat on the floor hip width apart or use a cushion the same way, sitting on the floor. This will tilt your pelvis forward which will straighten your spine. (For tuning in and out before doing a meditation/kriya, please read here)

The mantra used in the Last Resort Meditation is Wahe Guru Wahe Guru Wahe Guru Wahe Jio repeated 8 times in one breath (breathing out). This might take a while to master. You will have to gently channel your breath so you have enough left for the last repetition. 

You will notice chanting this mantra makes it impossible to think anything at all. And using your breath to its full capacity is refreshing and calming. And 11 minutes will fly by....

Peace.