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The main trait of this role is that you never know what this person is going to do next. In 3HO we force Yogi Bhajan (and various other authority figures) to play the role of addict. The addict or person we cast into the role of addict is nothing if unpredictable. Living in a dysfunctional family is very chaotic. I believe that this is why Christianity, with its great message of love, tolerance, and non-judgement has, through the ages, been one of the least loving, most judging and intolerant forces in history. Every religion has its dark side, which, ironically, usually mirrors the religion's greatest virtue. It would be ignorant however, to pretend that all the problems in 3HO derive from the pollution of our Western/American mentality. Specifically I will be focusing on a couple of ways that our American experience has created dysfunctionality in 3HO and how we Westerners have used Sikhism, yogic knowledge, and the words of Yogi Bhajan to construct and justify our addictive and co-dependent systems. I do this not because I like swimming in negativity rather because monsters lose their stink when brought into the light. It is my purpose in this article to dive deep into this sea and hunt out a couple of monsters that have been hiding in the cracks of the reefs or under rocks in the inky dark bottoms of these waters.
#Who is yogi bhajan plus#
This great sea is our mythological system (used here in its original meaning, "from the mouth of the gods") and it includes our beliefs, feelings, thoughts, and experiences about Sikh Dharma, yoga and Yogi Bhajan's teachings, plus all the heritage of beliefs and behaviors that we Americans have brought with us into 3HO. It was years before I surfaced enough to attempt to understand the nature of the waters I had fallen into or to question why I had tripped in the first place. I drank and drank and one day I just let myself sink into that sea and I began to breathe that water like air.
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It tasted like Yogi Tea and I discovered just how thirsty I was. I remember my first startled gulp of that water. Over the years I have come to see that, rather than choosing to become a Sikh, I, at a young age, tripped and fell into the vast body of water that I will call the Dharma Sea. In this article I explore rule #3 Don't question the beliefs, rules, and image of the family and how it applies to our 3HO experience. Don't question the beliefs, rules, and image of the family.
#Who is yogi bhajan series#
I chose to organize the series around the four mandatory rules of conduct that were never questioned or discussed in the alcoholic household that I grew up in.
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In the last issue of "Visions" I began this series of articles on Healing the Dysfunctional 3HO Family. (More photos of the Siri Singh Sahib, all taken by Hari Nam Singh himself, can be found on the Photos webpage).Email The Dysfunctional 3HO Family-Part Two Visions, 1990-1992 It is our intention to carry on the legacy and vision of the Siri Singh Sahib with integrity and grace.Ī very good source of videos of classes given by the Master can be found at The Yogi Bhajan Library of Teachings website. He was a strong advocate for the empowerment of women, a leader in interfaith dialogue and even founded a school in India (Miri Piri Acadamy) for the conscious education of the leaders of tomorrow. Yogi Bhajan was also known as the Siri Singh Sahib (chief spiritual leader) of Sikh Dharma in the Western Hemisphere and referred to by this title out of respect by his closest students, who for the most part had taken on the Sikh faith themselves. From that time forward, he tirelessly gave of himself to spread these timeless teachings, so that a legacy of spiritual grandeur could take root and flourish around the globe for all time. Soon thereafter, he founded 3HO: "The Happy, Healthy, Holy Organization, " whose goal was the upliftment of mankind through spirirtual discipline, service to humanity and positive/healthy lifestyle. In 1968, at the age of 39, he left behind family, friends and a successful career to answer his calling to bring the ancient teachings of Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma to the shores of America and beyond. Yogi Bhajan, who passed away in October 2004, was the man responsible for bringing Kundalini Yoga and Sikh Dharma to the West, and is widely thought of as being one one of the great spiritual masters of our time.īy the age of 16, Yogiji was declared a master of Kundalini Yoga in his native land of Punjab, India.