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It's nearly 2am, and I'm just about to go to bed. I've been thinking about the strangeness of the new job suddenly not being the new job necessarily. I'm not *worried* nor *upset*, but just curious... I wonder what happened with that?

So I'm just living in this moment and we'll see how it turns out.

I think I'm gonna meditate for a bit; it probably won't last very long before I zonk asleep.

Tomorrow night is meditation night, by the way, and I'm supposed to read something by then. Lemme look real quick to see if I can find what it is.

2:00am right now; wonder how long it'll take.

Okay 2:22am, and I read my homework (plus chatted with Aimee, who is in Ammann (sp) and will soon be in Jerusalem!)

In the ancient Sanskrit treatises of Hatha-yoga, several techniques
of inner purification are described. A group of six of them are
called the ''ṣat karman'', or ‘six actions’, which are:
– ''neti'', a purification of the nasal cavity
– ''dhauti'', purification of the stomach
– ''basti'', a variation of an enema
Apart from their local action, ''dhauti'' and ''basti'' are cleansers of the
earth and water elements throughout the body.
– ''trātṭaka'', gazing at a candle or a minute object (see 5.6)
– ''nauli'', in which the two abdominal muscles recti abdominis are
contracted one after the other, thereby giving an impression of
rotation. ''Nauli'' is a strong stimulant of the abdominal fire, and of
the fire of the body in general.
– ''kapālabhāti'', made of a short but intense hyperventilation.
These techniques do not only purify the physical and subtle bodies,
they also awaken the body of energy and its centres. Therefore
they can all be recommended to a sincere seeker.
Of these six techniques we will dwell on the first one, neti, for it
has a direct and remarkable action on the awakening of the third
eye. Apart from its effect on the frontal chakra, neti is also said
to purify all the channels of energy in the neck and the head,
thereby having a significant healing action on any disorder located
in these areas.
In the traditional way of Hatha-yoga, neti is performed with a
long-beaked pot called a lota. The lota is filled with salt water. The
yogis bend their head to one side, and the end of the beak is
introduced in the nostril on the other side. The water is allowed to
flow through one nostril and falls out through the other. The
same operation is then repeated on the other side.
For our purpose, there is a more efficient way of performing neti
which does not require a lota (long-beaked pot):
Take a mug, or even better, a vessel or small bowl that is shorter
but wider than a mug. Fill it with lukewarm water, about the same
temperature as inside your mouth. (Use clean, purified water.) Add
half a teaspoon of rock salt or sea salt. But '''do not''' use fine grained
table salt, which would irritate your nose.
Put your nose in the water. Start ‘drinking’ the salt water through
your nostrils: draw the water through the nose and let it spill out
through the mouth. The water goes straight from the nasal cavity
into the mouth and gets expelled from there.
The whole operation is quick and not at all uncomfortable. It gives
a very refreshing and awakening feeling. It generates inner
clarity, and a sharp perception of energy in the nostrils.

I'll be doing that tomorrow. Fun!

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Rob: New page: It's nearly 2am, and I'm just about to go to bed. I've been thinking about the strangeness of the new job suddenly not being the new job necessarily. I'm not *worried* nor *upset*, but j...

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