Foundational Principles
State National Origin
The premise for the State National is inherent to the Law of Nations and the Principles of Natural Law. Emerich de Vattel noted that every nation that governs itself, under what form so-ever, without dependence on any foreign power, is a sovereign state, its rights are naturally the same as those of any other state. Such are the moral persons who live together in a natural society, subject to the law of nations. To give a nation a right to make an immediate figure in this grand society, it is sufficient that it be really sovereign and independent, that is, that it govern itself by its own authority and laws. The members of a nation carry a nationality of a state/nation, which is considered the international, or external, recognition of a citizen—i.e., the political office or status—as to his or her having belonging to a nation. The country of which they are members are considered to be the state, which refers to estate, or status or condition of the society and its dominion. The lawful dominion of a nation would be considered legitiums principatus (the legitimate owner or principal), from the Latin.
The Federation State
The Law of Nations recognizes that several sovereign and independent states may unite themselves together by a perpetual confederacy, without ceasing to be, each individually, a perfect state. They will together constitute a federal republic: their joint deliberations will not impair the sovereignty of each member, though they may, in certain respects, put some restraint on the exercise of it, in virtue of voluntary engagements. A person, i.e., a citizen—the political status, does not cease to be free and independent, when he is obliged to fulfill engagements which he has voluntarily contracted.
The United States of America
The Several States' International Agent
The United States of America is considered a federal republic under the Law of Nations. In essence, the nature of the Constitution for the United States of America is grounded in private international law, which is the nature of a treaty or an international agreement between nations. From its inception, the federal government of the United States of America was created to function as a constitutionally limited federation state. In practical sense, this contracted state is fundamentally an agent for several states of the American union. Accordingly, the original federal government—i.e., the United States—did not have nationals of its own. Hence, in strict sense, a federation state is neither a country nor a nation but is simply a contractually created entity functioning as a corporate agent in certain capacities for the benefit of its creator(s). Due to the international nature of its existence, the United States appears to be a country and a nation but only in its external sense in regard to constitutionally specified relations it maintains with other nations or federation states. In such regard, Justice Marshall of the Supreme Court of the United States had noted that:
::* “The United States of America are a corporation endowed with the capacity to sue and be sued, to convey and receive property.”
Thus, the make-up of this of federal republic system, known as the United States of America, is a corporation—under the principles of a corporate body politic, over being a nation/state or government—in regard to the principles of being a government body politic. The latter body politic conforms to the principles of the Law of Nations and the Principles of Natural Law in regard to a people.
State National Background
:As to the principles of the Law of Nations, the State National is to be considered an inherent status that is attached to each state/nation in the Union. Prior to the War Between the States and its Reconstruction Acts and Reconstruction Amendments, there was absence of a status entitled “citizen and/or national of the United States” as defined by statute. Generally, before that time, a citizen of the United States meant that such people were a citizen and national of one of the countries within the federal republic known as the United States of America. In adopting the principles of the Law of Nations and the natural law which is attached to it, the American system of law reflected in Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Edition, denotes that country means “the state of which one is a member.” The reference further goes on to illustrate the rules of jus sanguinis and jus soli by setting forth that “Every man’s country is in general the state in which he happens to have been born.” Such reference denotes the nationality of the child being dependent on the condition of the father in regard to the nationality of his father.
Subjugation of State National Status
:On July 9, 1868 it is chronicled that the United States implemented the Fourteenth Amendment creating and defining for the first time in American history the person known as a citizen of the United States:
::* “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
:Prior to the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment, and embodied in the Tenth Article in Amendment, the federal government (specifically Congress) could not interfere with the people (representatives) of the American republics/countries. After its implementation, men and women are considered to have dual citizenship, United States citizenship as a primary citizenship, and state citizenship (de facto) as a secondary citizenship. Due to the fact that the United States is a corporate body and not a bona fide nation under the Law of Nations and the Principles of Natural Law, this new status creates the legal entity known as citizen of the United States.
:Now, in further exploration of the language found in the Fourteenth Amendment:
::* “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States...”
:The wording of privileges and immunities upon citizens of the United States of the Fourteenth Amendment differs from the privileges and immunities clause in the body of the Constitution. Consequently citizens of the United States are legally not entitled to constitutionally enumerated rights due to the fact that they have been voluntarily relinquished. This is a critical element in the distinction between a national of one of the several states and a citizen and national of the United States. The latter which maintains privileges and immunities that are granted, and therefore by definition can be revoked, while the former maintains rights and immunities that are unalienable, and wherefore protected by the Constitution for the United States of America. Therefore, back in reference to the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof”, it is also of importance that subjugation to jurisdiction is voluntarily and accomplished through the acceptance of benefit through contract, e.g., registering to vote and voting, running for any elected office, working for state or federal government, joining the armed forces, registering a child's birth by certificate, and obtaining a Social Security Number (which includes maintaining bank accounts and credit cards with such number), licenses, welfare and food stamps, unemployment benefits, etc. It can therefore be concluded that individuals who accept these benefits are by default—as evidenced by their overt actions—are acting in rebellion against the system of government provided under natural law.
:The question as to why American nationality was introduced and aggressively promoted by certain factions over state nationality after the War deserves consideration:
::* In the years immediately preceding the War Between the States, Northern countries held significant economic advantages while Southern countries possessed superior agricultural land and productivity output by virtue of their larger, low cost, slave population. Historians and scholars opine, therefore, that economic opportunity may have motivated a Northern invasion of the Southern countries (there is no evidence suggesting Southern countries invaded Northern countries and only the opposite has ever been established).
::* Other researchers prefer the argument that Northern countries fought to end slavery. Unfortunately, slavery was common in the North, just not as economically viable as in the agricultural South. In fact the border states remained slave states after the war had ceased. Notwithstanding that the settled research and chronology of fact establishes that the slavery issue was introduced in to the political discourse nearing the end of the war, and subsequently not a justification for it.
::* Lastly, a popular theory for explaining the war rests with the study of Southern countries secession from the Union. However, the original constitutional government for the United States was a voluntary creation of the several states and contractually provides for peaceful secession.
:Given the disparity of thought for war justification and general lack of consensus for its implementation, it is practical to look at the issue from the top down instead of the bottom up.
:::* Bottom up: conditions in an otherwise civilized coalition of independent countries deteriorated in to an aggressive invasion, total war and the deaths of millions.
:::* Top down: there was a post-war desired outcome so the specific reasons for invasion, battles and war are of secondary, and debatable, importance.
:Judging by the punitive nature of congressional acts commonly referred to as Reconstruction Law and Reconstruction Amendments enacted pursuant to the War (punitive in the sense of deteriorating individual liberties, restrictions upon individuals, and congressional jurisdiction over formerly free men), it is conceivable that much was pre-written before the war including pre-planned objectives. Evidence of this can be no clearer than the “conversion” from state nationals—with their unalienable rights (as protected by the Constitution)—into the de facto citizens of the United States—with their privileges and immunities (as established herein)—within the Fourteenth Amendment. Moreover, it should be noted that the usurpation of the lawful governmental system of natural law is found in state constitutions where primary allegiance to the United States is mandatory.
The State Nationals of the Union
:The term State National—in reference to the American union of states—is used to describe the status of a man or a woman who formally rejects the federal citizenship of the United States, its benefits and disabilities and required political allegiance. Such people assume the rightful status of a national of their nation (commonly referred to as state in American vernacular) of domicile. Such people have been politically disenfranchised and wherefore maintain their peaceful existence in private societies. The operative distinction is that of nationality by lawful right (de jure) verses nationality of fact (de facto) voluntarily accepted in a political contract. There are relatively few de jure nationals in America due to the fact that most Americans have opted to be citizens and nationals of the United States and contract into its privileges, immunities, and liabilities; by operation of law, such people are considered to be in rebellion and are legal entities over being men and women under the principles of natural law.
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Nationality is a Natural Right
:Nationality is a guaranteed natural right by virtue of International law and the Law of Nations. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Edition, defines nationality as:
::* “The state of a person in relation to the nation in which he was born. A man retains his nationality of origin during his minority, but, as in the case of his domicile of origin, he may change his nationality upon attaining full age; he cannot, however, renounce his allegiance without permission of the government.”
:It is understandable, therefore, that the United States Congress had to make the new federal nationality and citizenship a voluntary political choice in order not to infringe upon the natural rights of men and women and consequently in 1868 enacted Public Law 15 United States Statutes at Large, Chapter 249, Pages 223-224 (image herein noted). Interestingly, this declaration by Congress was put in place the day before implementation of the Fourteenth Amendment; therefore providing Congress effective cover respecting the guaranteed right of nationality on the eve of the introduction of ITS own brand of corporate based citizenship and nationality as regulated by the Law of Persons. By the language noted in the Preamble of this Act, it is obvious that the intent of Congress was to strip the allegiance of the citizens/nationals of the several states by preying on their ignorance via operation of law: the 14th Amendment.
:The State National in America today understands the nature of events culminating in hundreds of millions of men and women for over 140 years volunteering for citizenship status in a de facto governmental system, and in rebellion against their de jure political rights and lawful system of law. A practical historic reference can be found in history in Roman Civil Law. The poignant, yet unfortunate, irony of the matter is conscientious small-government groups whose quest for freedom, liberty and justice is hampered by their own voluntary insertion in to the de facto body politic wherein they themselves are prima facie insurgents in rebellion of the de jure bodies politic who can assure and protect the very liberties they seek.
United States' Recognition of Rightful Nationality
:Notwithstanding its successful procurement of citizens by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment, the federal government continues to recognize the State National status. Title 8 of the United States Code (USC) codifies the constitutionally recognized status under “Aliens and Nationality”, which is quasi-public law. The definitions of of Title 8 (Chapter 12, Section 1101) defines a “national” as a person owing permanent allegiance to a state; and further goes on to define that an “alien” is any person not a citizen or national of the United States, which establishes that one is foreign to the political system (under the Fourteenth Amendment). Furthermore, the U.S. Government Printing Office lists the distinct nationalities of the states in Chapter 5.22-5.23 on page 93: Nationalities, etc. Chapter 5.23 shows forms to be used for nouns and adjectives denoting the nationalities of the several states of the Union:
::* “In designating the natives of the States, the following forms will be used: Alabamian, Alaskan, Arizonan, Arkansan, Californian,” and so on.
:In contrast to the de jure nationality, the de facto nationality can be found at Title 8 USC §1101(a)(22) - the term “national of the United States” means: (A) a citizen of the United States, or (B) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States. Accordingly, such references establish the distinctions between a State National and a national of the United States within Title 8 of the United States Code.
United States' Nationality is Effectively Genocide
:Finally we are to consider the concepts of genocide and of cultural genocide representing the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. Although it cannot be contested that national, political and cultural groups formerly known as nationals of the several states have been systematically exterminated (or nearly), one should independently research the political climate in the District of Columbia (1850-1860) to fully understand the federal government's appetite for consolidation of power, control over its creator(s) and their resources, and the surreptitious influence thereupon by a stealthy influential nonAmerican force.
State National Origin
The premise for the State National is inherent to the Law of Nations and the Principles of Natural Law. Emerich de Vattel noted that every nation that governs itself, under what form so-ever, without dependence on any foreign power, is a sovereign state, its rights are naturally the same as those of any other state. Such are the moral persons who live together in a natural society, subject to the law of nations. To give a nation a right to make an immediate figure in this grand society, it is sufficient that it be really sovereign and independent, that is, that it govern itself by its own authority and laws. The members of a nation carry a nationality of a state/nation, which is considered the international, or external, recognition of a citizen—i.e., the political office or status—as to his or her having belonging to a nation. The country of which they are members are considered to be the state, which refers to estate, or status or condition of the society and its dominion. The lawful dominion of a nation would be considered legitiums principatus (the legitimate owner or principal), from the Latin.
The Federation State
The Law of Nations recognizes that several sovereign and independent states may unite themselves together by a perpetual confederacy, without ceasing to be, each individually, a perfect state. They will together constitute a federal republic: their joint deliberations will not impair the sovereignty of each member, though they may, in certain respects, put some restraint on the exercise of it, in virtue of voluntary engagements. A person, i.e., a citizen—the political status, does not cease to be free and independent, when he is obliged to fulfill engagements which he has voluntarily contracted.
The United States of America
The Several States' International Agent
The United States of America is considered a federal republic under the Law of Nations. In essence, the nature of the Constitution for the United States of America is grounded in private international law, which is the nature of a treaty or an international agreement between nations. From its inception, the federal government of the United States of America was created to function as a constitutionally limited federation state. In practical sense, this contracted state is fundamentally an agent for several states of the American union. Accordingly, the original federal government—i.e., the United States—did not have nationals of its own. Hence, in strict sense, a federation state is neither a country nor a nation but is simply a contractually created entity functioning as a corporate agent in certain capacities for the benefit of its creator(s). Due to the international nature of its existence, the United States appears to be a country and a nation but only in its external sense in regard to constitutionally specified relations it maintains with other nations or federation states. In such regard, Justice Marshall of the Supreme Court of the United States had noted that:
::* “The United States of America are a corporation endowed with the capacity to sue and be sued, to convey and receive property.”
Thus, the make-up of this of federal republic system, known as the United States of America, is a corporation—under the principles of a corporate body politic, over being a nation/state or government—in regard to the principles of being a government body politic. The latter body politic conforms to the principles of the Law of Nations and the Principles of Natural Law in regard to a people.
State National Background
:As to the principles of the Law of Nations, the State National is to be considered an inherent status that is attached to each state/nation in the Union. Prior to the War Between the States and its Reconstruction Acts and Reconstruction Amendments, there was absence of a status entitled “citizen and/or national of the United States” as defined by statute. Generally, before that time, a citizen of the United States meant that such people were a citizen and national of one of the countries within the federal republic known as the United States of America. In adopting the principles of the Law of Nations and the natural law which is attached to it, the American system of law reflected in Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Edition, denotes that country means “the state of which one is a member.” The reference further goes on to illustrate the rules of jus sanguinis and jus soli by setting forth that “Every man’s country is in general the state in which he happens to have been born.” Such reference denotes the nationality of the child being dependent on the condition of the father in regard to the nationality of his father.
Subjugation of State National Status
:On July 9, 1868 it is chronicled that the United States implemented the Fourteenth Amendment creating and defining for the first time in American history the person known as a citizen of the United States:
::* “All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States and of the State wherein they reside.”
:Prior to the passage of the Fourteenth Amendment, and embodied in the Tenth Article in Amendment, the federal government (specifically Congress) could not interfere with the people (representatives) of the American republics/countries. After its implementation, men and women are considered to have dual citizenship, United States citizenship as a primary citizenship, and state citizenship (de facto) as a secondary citizenship. Due to the fact that the United States is a corporate body and not a bona fide nation under the Law of Nations and the Principles of Natural Law, this new status creates the legal entity known as citizen of the United States.
:Now, in further exploration of the language found in the Fourteenth Amendment:
::* “No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States...”
:The wording of privileges and immunities upon citizens of the United States of the Fourteenth Amendment differs from the privileges and immunities clause in the body of the Constitution. Consequently citizens of the United States are legally not entitled to constitutionally enumerated rights due to the fact that they have been voluntarily relinquished. This is a critical element in the distinction between a national of one of the several states and a citizen and national of the United States. The latter which maintains privileges and immunities that are granted, and therefore by definition can be revoked, while the former maintains rights and immunities that are unalienable, and wherefore protected by the Constitution for the United States of America. Therefore, back in reference to the phrase “subject to the jurisdiction thereof”, it is also of importance that subjugation to jurisdiction is voluntarily and accomplished through the acceptance of benefit through contract, e.g., registering to vote and voting, running for any elected office, working for state or federal government, joining the armed forces, registering a child's birth by certificate, and obtaining a Social Security Number (which includes maintaining bank accounts and credit cards with such number), licenses, welfare and food stamps, unemployment benefits, etc. It can therefore be concluded that individuals who accept these benefits are by default—as evidenced by their overt actions—are acting in rebellion against the system of government provided under natural law.
:The question as to why American nationality was introduced and aggressively promoted by certain factions over state nationality after the War deserves consideration:
::* In the years immediately preceding the War Between the States, Northern countries held significant economic advantages while Southern countries possessed superior agricultural land and productivity output by virtue of their larger, low cost, slave population. Historians and scholars opine, therefore, that economic opportunity may have motivated a Northern invasion of the Southern countries (there is no evidence suggesting Southern countries invaded Northern countries and only the opposite has ever been established).
::* Other researchers prefer the argument that Northern countries fought to end slavery. Unfortunately, slavery was common in the North, just not as economically viable as in the agricultural South. In fact the border states remained slave states after the war had ceased. Notwithstanding that the settled research and chronology of fact establishes that the slavery issue was introduced in to the political discourse nearing the end of the war, and subsequently not a justification for it.
::* Lastly, a popular theory for explaining the war rests with the study of Southern countries secession from the Union. However, the original constitutional government for the United States was a voluntary creation of the several states and contractually provides for peaceful secession.
:Given the disparity of thought for war justification and general lack of consensus for its implementation, it is practical to look at the issue from the top down instead of the bottom up.
:::* Bottom up: conditions in an otherwise civilized coalition of independent countries deteriorated in to an aggressive invasion, total war and the deaths of millions.
:::* Top down: there was a post-war desired outcome so the specific reasons for invasion, battles and war are of secondary, and debatable, importance.
:Judging by the punitive nature of congressional acts commonly referred to as Reconstruction Law and Reconstruction Amendments enacted pursuant to the War (punitive in the sense of deteriorating individual liberties, restrictions upon individuals, and congressional jurisdiction over formerly free men), it is conceivable that much was pre-written before the war including pre-planned objectives. Evidence of this can be no clearer than the “conversion” from state nationals—with their unalienable rights (as protected by the Constitution)—into the de facto citizens of the United States—with their privileges and immunities (as established herein)—within the Fourteenth Amendment. Moreover, it should be noted that the usurpation of the lawful governmental system of natural law is found in state constitutions where primary allegiance to the United States is mandatory.
The State Nationals of the Union
:The term State National—in reference to the American union of states—is used to describe the status of a man or a woman who formally rejects the federal citizenship of the United States, its benefits and disabilities and required political allegiance. Such people assume the rightful status of a national of their nation (commonly referred to as state in American vernacular) of domicile. Such people have been politically disenfranchised and wherefore maintain their peaceful existence in private societies. The operative distinction is that of nationality by lawful right (de jure) verses nationality of fact (de facto) voluntarily accepted in a political contract. There are relatively few de jure nationals in America due to the fact that most Americans have opted to be citizens and nationals of the United States and contract into its privileges, immunities, and liabilities; by operation of law, such people are considered to be in rebellion and are legal entities over being men and women under the principles of natural law.
thumb
Nationality is a Natural Right
:Nationality is a guaranteed natural right by virtue of International law and the Law of Nations. Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Edition, defines nationality as:
::* “The state of a person in relation to the nation in which he was born. A man retains his nationality of origin during his minority, but, as in the case of his domicile of origin, he may change his nationality upon attaining full age; he cannot, however, renounce his allegiance without permission of the government.”
:It is understandable, therefore, that the United States Congress had to make the new federal nationality and citizenship a voluntary political choice in order not to infringe upon the natural rights of men and women and consequently in 1868 enacted Public Law 15 United States Statutes at Large, Chapter 249, Pages 223-224 (image herein noted). Interestingly, this declaration by Congress was put in place the day before implementation of the Fourteenth Amendment; therefore providing Congress effective cover respecting the guaranteed right of nationality on the eve of the introduction of ITS own brand of corporate based citizenship and nationality as regulated by the Law of Persons. By the language noted in the Preamble of this Act, it is obvious that the intent of Congress was to strip the allegiance of the citizens/nationals of the several states by preying on their ignorance via operation of law: the 14th Amendment.
:The State National in America today understands the nature of events culminating in hundreds of millions of men and women for over 140 years volunteering for citizenship status in a de facto governmental system, and in rebellion against their de jure political rights and lawful system of law. A practical historic reference can be found in history in Roman Civil Law. The poignant, yet unfortunate, irony of the matter is conscientious small-government groups whose quest for freedom, liberty and justice is hampered by their own voluntary insertion in to the de facto body politic wherein they themselves are prima facie insurgents in rebellion of the de jure bodies politic who can assure and protect the very liberties they seek.
United States' Recognition of Rightful Nationality
:Notwithstanding its successful procurement of citizens by virtue of the Fourteenth Amendment, the federal government continues to recognize the State National status. Title 8 of the United States Code (USC) codifies the constitutionally recognized status under “Aliens and Nationality”, which is quasi-public law. The definitions of of Title 8 (Chapter 12, Section 1101) defines a “national” as a person owing permanent allegiance to a state; and further goes on to define that an “alien” is any person not a citizen or national of the United States, which establishes that one is foreign to the political system (under the Fourteenth Amendment). Furthermore, the U.S. Government Printing Office lists the distinct nationalities of the states in Chapter 5.22-5.23 on page 93: Nationalities, etc. Chapter 5.23 shows forms to be used for nouns and adjectives denoting the nationalities of the several states of the Union:
::* “In designating the natives of the States, the following forms will be used: Alabamian, Alaskan, Arizonan, Arkansan, Californian,” and so on.
:In contrast to the de jure nationality, the de facto nationality can be found at Title 8 USC §1101(a)(22) - the term “national of the United States” means: (A) a citizen of the United States, or (B) a person who, though not a citizen of the United States, owes permanent allegiance to the United States. Accordingly, such references establish the distinctions between a State National and a national of the United States within Title 8 of the United States Code.
United States' Nationality is Effectively Genocide
:Finally we are to consider the concepts of genocide and of cultural genocide representing the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. Although it cannot be contested that national, political and cultural groups formerly known as nationals of the several states have been systematically exterminated (or nearly), one should independently research the political climate in the District of Columbia (1850-1860) to fully understand the federal government's appetite for consolidation of power, control over its creator(s) and their resources, and the surreptitious influence thereupon by a stealthy influential nonAmerican force.
Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan, also known as Kundalini yoga, is a comprehensive spiritual science and holistic system of yoga taught openly in the West by Yogi Bhajan PhD, Master of Kundalini Yoga. The teachings were first revealed in this format in 1968, through the opening of the first Kundalini Yoga studio in Los Angeles, California in 1969, and is now commonly practiced in the United States, Asia, Europe and South America. Yogi Bhajans' legacy is that he broke with centuries old traditions and secrecy to openly train certified instructors and teach Kundalini Yoga worldwide. Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan is synonymous with Kundalini Yoga based on practices in the West and East, including Europe and Asia.
The practice of Kundalini yoga revolves around kriya, pranayama and meditation. It is closest in practice to the asanas and pranayama in Laya yoga and Raja Yoga in which yogis immerse themselves in meditation and chanting in order to attain a state of shuniya and samadhi. It also has a strong correlation with Bhakti yoga, Shakti yoga, Naad yoga, Mantra Yoga, Kriya yoga and Tantra. An additional part of the system introduced by Yogi Bhajan is the introduction of Sikh dharma to help support practitioners, and Sikh-based mantra to cut through the constrictions and distortions of the ego, and help create a higher vibrational state of consciousness.
Yogi Bhajan called the Kundalini a spiritual nerve or the nerve of the soul. According to the teachings, the word kundal means coil of the hair of the beloved. and the goal of Kundalini Yoga is simply to uncoil and raise this energy from the lower energy centers to the higher centers in the brain. It considered the yoga of awareness because the release of kundalini energy helps one develop intuition, self consciousness and sensitivity to the soul - all of which aids in awakening the powerfully creative potential that exists within every human being. The practice of Kundalini Yoga is a scientific, safe and rapid method of raising Kundalini and realizing a spiritual connection with universal Consciousness, atman, or God.
History of Kundalini Yoga Practice
Kundalini Yoga is a yoga which the householder may practice, although for many generations this style was secretly reserved only for students at the highest levels of self-attainment. In other respects Kundalini yoga follows the same 8 limbs and 3 pillars of Patanjali including aspects of moral restraint yama, spiritual observances niyama, and Sikh tapas such as rising early before dawn to practice yoga in the amrit vela or ambrosial hours, seva, and dedicated self study.
Kundalini Yoga compared to other yoga systems is a high-level, systematized and complete system. The kriyas and meditations are directed to be taught and passed on just as they were delivered to Yogi Bhajan without alteration. The teachings as they exist now are a complete system with no new meditations or exercises to be added in the future. Because of this -- and unlike other styles of yoga -- Kundalini Yoga teachers always teach from pre-approved manuals.
Kundalini Yoga is paired in some respects with Sikh Dharma, yet, not specifically linked to any religious practice. It integrates with the philosophic teachings of the ten Sikh Gurus and use of the Shabad Guru (sound current, mantras) from the Siri Guru Granth Sahib for purposes of meditation and enlightenment. The mantras are mostly spoken or chanted in Gurmukhi, a language developed by Guru Nanak in India based on the Punjab language. Commonly, Kundalini Yoga teachers from this system may also follow the Sikh Dharma lifestyle, and may adhere to Sikh religious practices and observances, but this is not a requirement for practitioners, students, or for teachers.
While adhering to the three pillars of Patanjali's traditional yoga system: discipline, self-awareness and self-dedication (Patanjali Yoga Sutras, II:1), Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan does not condone extremes of asceticism or Brahmin (class, caste-based) practice. Yogi Bhajan encouraged his students to marry, establish businesses, and be fully engaged in society. Rather than worshiping God or following religious doctrine, Yogi Bhajan insisted that his students train their minds to experience God.
A Tantric Numerology system was developed by Yogic Bhajan which introduces the Ten yogic energetic Bodies, numerology and the characteristics of the ten Sikh Gurus to create another layer of refinement in the style. The Tantric Numerology and practice of the Ten Bodies aids in developing personal balance and is used as a guide for applying the energy of the kriyas and meditations to live to the fullest of one's destiny and path.
Yogi Bhajan was regarded as the last living Mahan Tantric Master of White Tantric yoga. Courses continue to be led internationally using a series of DVD video-based recordings of Yogi Bhajan teaching the course. The videos are said to contain and transmit the subtle body of Yogi Bhajan. This form of White Tantric is not to be confused with sexual tantric practices (typically Red Tantra).
Yogi Bhajan left behind a legacy of over 8,000 presented lectures spreading his message of positive lifestyle practices and self-realization, 1,000's of unique meditations and kriyas -- many previously secret for hundreds of years -- and 1000's of videos, all of which are currently being digitally preserved through the Library of Teachings Foundation.
He also inspired his students to play and record spiritual music which has grown to include 100's of albums in the new age, spiritual and gospel musical categories. Some of the more recognized artists are Snatam Kaur and Grammy Award winner Nirinjan Kaur.
The Contributions of Yogi Bhajan
Born Harbhajan Singh Puri on August 26, 1929, in India. At age 8, Yogi Bhajan began yogic training, and 8 years later was proclaimed by his teacher to be a master of Kundalini Yoga, which stimulates individual growth through breath, yoga postures, sound, chanting, and meditation.
After Yogi Bhajans' death on October 6th, 2004, the US Congress and Senate unanimously enacted a Joint Congressional Resolution honoring Sri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji (also known as Yogi Bhajan) for his life accomplishments, and the teachings of Yogi Bhajan about Sikhism and yoga. This places him on a list of honorees that includes Martin Luther King, Pope John Paul II, and Mother Teresa.
When Yogi Bhajan visited the United States in 1968, he recognized immediately that the experience of higher consciousness that many young people were attempting to find through drugs could be alternatively achieved through Kundalini Yoga, and in response, he began teaching Kundalini Yoga publicly, thereby breaking the centuries-old tradition of secrecy surrounding it.
In 1969, Yogi Bhajan founded 'Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization (3HO)', a nonprofit private educational and scientific foundation dedicated to serving humanity, improving physical well-being, deepening spiritual awareness, and offering guidance on nutrition and health, interpersonal relations, child rearing, and human behavior.
In 1971, Sikh Dharma was legally incorporated in the State of California and recognized as a tax-exempt religious organization by the United States, and in 1972, Yogi Bhajan founded the ashram Sikh Dharma in Espanola, New Mexico.
In 1973, Yogi Bhajan founded '3HO SuperHealth', a successful drug rehabilitation program that blends ancient yogic wisdom of the East with modern technology of the West.
In June 1985, Yogi Bhajan established the first 'International Peace Prayer Day Celebrations' in New Mexico, which still draws thousands of participants annually.
Yogi Bhajan traveled the world calling for world peace and religious unity at meetings with leaders such as Pope Paul VI; Pope John Paul II; His Holiness the Dalai Lama; the President of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Mikhail Gorbachev; and two Archbishops of Canterbury.
Yogi Bhajan wrote 30 books and inspired the publication of 200 other books through his teachings, founded a drug rehabilitation program, and inspired the founding of several businesses.
Sikhs and students across the world testify that Yogi Bhajan exhibited dignity, divinity, grace, commitment, courage, kindness, compassion, tolerance, wisdom, and understanding.
Up until his death on Oct 6th, 2004, Master of Kundalini Yoga and the Siri Singh Sahib (chief religious administrative authority) Yogi Bhajan spent his life teaching and improving the lives of thousands through his teachings on yoga and Sikh Dharma. It was through his efforts that Sikh Dharma became a tax-exempt, recognized religion in the United States. In addition, Yogi Bhajan founded the 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy) Foundation. With over 300 centers in 35 cities, 3HO uses Kundalini Yoga to help people improve their physical well-being and deepen their spiritual awareness.
Publications by Yogi Bhajan
* Yogi Bhajan, The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan, Santa Cruz, NM, Kundalini Research Institute, 1977.
* Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji (Yogi Bhajan), Furmaan Khalsa: Poems to Live By, Columbus, Ohio, Furman Khalsa Publishing Company, 1987.
* Yogi Bhajan, The Master's Touch, Santa Cruz, NM, Kundalini Research Institute, 1997.
* Yogi Bhajan with Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, The Mind: Its Projections and Multiple Facets, Espanola, New Mexico, Kundalini Research Institute, 1997.
* Yogi Bhajan, The Aquarian Teacher - KRI International Kundalini Yoga Certification Text and Manual, Santa Cruz, NM, Kundalini Research Institute, 2003.
* Yogi Bhajan, The Game of Love, A Book of Consciousness: The Poems and Art of Yogi Bhajan, Sikh Dharma, 2007.
* Yogi Bhajan, Man to Man: A Journal of Discovery for the Conscious Man, Santa Cruz, NM, Kundalini Research Institute, 2008.
* Yogi Bhajan, I am a Woman: Book and Yoga Manual, Santa Cruz, NM, Kundalini Research Institute, 2009.
The practice of Kundalini yoga revolves around kriya, pranayama and meditation. It is closest in practice to the asanas and pranayama in Laya yoga and Raja Yoga in which yogis immerse themselves in meditation and chanting in order to attain a state of shuniya and samadhi. It also has a strong correlation with Bhakti yoga, Shakti yoga, Naad yoga, Mantra Yoga, Kriya yoga and Tantra. An additional part of the system introduced by Yogi Bhajan is the introduction of Sikh dharma to help support practitioners, and Sikh-based mantra to cut through the constrictions and distortions of the ego, and help create a higher vibrational state of consciousness.
Yogi Bhajan called the Kundalini a spiritual nerve or the nerve of the soul. According to the teachings, the word kundal means coil of the hair of the beloved. and the goal of Kundalini Yoga is simply to uncoil and raise this energy from the lower energy centers to the higher centers in the brain. It considered the yoga of awareness because the release of kundalini energy helps one develop intuition, self consciousness and sensitivity to the soul - all of which aids in awakening the powerfully creative potential that exists within every human being. The practice of Kundalini Yoga is a scientific, safe and rapid method of raising Kundalini and realizing a spiritual connection with universal Consciousness, atman, or God.
History of Kundalini Yoga Practice
Kundalini Yoga is a yoga which the householder may practice, although for many generations this style was secretly reserved only for students at the highest levels of self-attainment. In other respects Kundalini yoga follows the same 8 limbs and 3 pillars of Patanjali including aspects of moral restraint yama, spiritual observances niyama, and Sikh tapas such as rising early before dawn to practice yoga in the amrit vela or ambrosial hours, seva, and dedicated self study.
Kundalini Yoga compared to other yoga systems is a high-level, systematized and complete system. The kriyas and meditations are directed to be taught and passed on just as they were delivered to Yogi Bhajan without alteration. The teachings as they exist now are a complete system with no new meditations or exercises to be added in the future. Because of this -- and unlike other styles of yoga -- Kundalini Yoga teachers always teach from pre-approved manuals.
Kundalini Yoga is paired in some respects with Sikh Dharma, yet, not specifically linked to any religious practice. It integrates with the philosophic teachings of the ten Sikh Gurus and use of the Shabad Guru (sound current, mantras) from the Siri Guru Granth Sahib for purposes of meditation and enlightenment. The mantras are mostly spoken or chanted in Gurmukhi, a language developed by Guru Nanak in India based on the Punjab language. Commonly, Kundalini Yoga teachers from this system may also follow the Sikh Dharma lifestyle, and may adhere to Sikh religious practices and observances, but this is not a requirement for practitioners, students, or for teachers.
While adhering to the three pillars of Patanjali's traditional yoga system: discipline, self-awareness and self-dedication (Patanjali Yoga Sutras, II:1), Kundalini Yoga as Taught by Yogi Bhajan does not condone extremes of asceticism or Brahmin (class, caste-based) practice. Yogi Bhajan encouraged his students to marry, establish businesses, and be fully engaged in society. Rather than worshiping God or following religious doctrine, Yogi Bhajan insisted that his students train their minds to experience God.
A Tantric Numerology system was developed by Yogic Bhajan which introduces the Ten yogic energetic Bodies, numerology and the characteristics of the ten Sikh Gurus to create another layer of refinement in the style. The Tantric Numerology and practice of the Ten Bodies aids in developing personal balance and is used as a guide for applying the energy of the kriyas and meditations to live to the fullest of one's destiny and path.
Yogi Bhajan was regarded as the last living Mahan Tantric Master of White Tantric yoga. Courses continue to be led internationally using a series of DVD video-based recordings of Yogi Bhajan teaching the course. The videos are said to contain and transmit the subtle body of Yogi Bhajan. This form of White Tantric is not to be confused with sexual tantric practices (typically Red Tantra).
Yogi Bhajan left behind a legacy of over 8,000 presented lectures spreading his message of positive lifestyle practices and self-realization, 1,000's of unique meditations and kriyas -- many previously secret for hundreds of years -- and 1000's of videos, all of which are currently being digitally preserved through the Library of Teachings Foundation.
He also inspired his students to play and record spiritual music which has grown to include 100's of albums in the new age, spiritual and gospel musical categories. Some of the more recognized artists are Snatam Kaur and Grammy Award winner Nirinjan Kaur.
The Contributions of Yogi Bhajan
Born Harbhajan Singh Puri on August 26, 1929, in India. At age 8, Yogi Bhajan began yogic training, and 8 years later was proclaimed by his teacher to be a master of Kundalini Yoga, which stimulates individual growth through breath, yoga postures, sound, chanting, and meditation.
After Yogi Bhajans' death on October 6th, 2004, the US Congress and Senate unanimously enacted a Joint Congressional Resolution honoring Sri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji (also known as Yogi Bhajan) for his life accomplishments, and the teachings of Yogi Bhajan about Sikhism and yoga. This places him on a list of honorees that includes Martin Luther King, Pope John Paul II, and Mother Teresa.
When Yogi Bhajan visited the United States in 1968, he recognized immediately that the experience of higher consciousness that many young people were attempting to find through drugs could be alternatively achieved through Kundalini Yoga, and in response, he began teaching Kundalini Yoga publicly, thereby breaking the centuries-old tradition of secrecy surrounding it.
In 1969, Yogi Bhajan founded 'Healthy, Happy, Holy Organization (3HO)', a nonprofit private educational and scientific foundation dedicated to serving humanity, improving physical well-being, deepening spiritual awareness, and offering guidance on nutrition and health, interpersonal relations, child rearing, and human behavior.
In 1971, Sikh Dharma was legally incorporated in the State of California and recognized as a tax-exempt religious organization by the United States, and in 1972, Yogi Bhajan founded the ashram Sikh Dharma in Espanola, New Mexico.
In 1973, Yogi Bhajan founded '3HO SuperHealth', a successful drug rehabilitation program that blends ancient yogic wisdom of the East with modern technology of the West.
In June 1985, Yogi Bhajan established the first 'International Peace Prayer Day Celebrations' in New Mexico, which still draws thousands of participants annually.
Yogi Bhajan traveled the world calling for world peace and religious unity at meetings with leaders such as Pope Paul VI; Pope John Paul II; His Holiness the Dalai Lama; the President of the former Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, Mikhail Gorbachev; and two Archbishops of Canterbury.
Yogi Bhajan wrote 30 books and inspired the publication of 200 other books through his teachings, founded a drug rehabilitation program, and inspired the founding of several businesses.
Sikhs and students across the world testify that Yogi Bhajan exhibited dignity, divinity, grace, commitment, courage, kindness, compassion, tolerance, wisdom, and understanding.
Up until his death on Oct 6th, 2004, Master of Kundalini Yoga and the Siri Singh Sahib (chief religious administrative authority) Yogi Bhajan spent his life teaching and improving the lives of thousands through his teachings on yoga and Sikh Dharma. It was through his efforts that Sikh Dharma became a tax-exempt, recognized religion in the United States. In addition, Yogi Bhajan founded the 3HO (Healthy, Happy, Holy) Foundation. With over 300 centers in 35 cities, 3HO uses Kundalini Yoga to help people improve their physical well-being and deepen their spiritual awareness.
Publications by Yogi Bhajan
* Yogi Bhajan, The Teachings of Yogi Bhajan, Santa Cruz, NM, Kundalini Research Institute, 1977.
* Siri Singh Sahib Bhai Sahib Harbhajan Singh Khalsa Yogiji (Yogi Bhajan), Furmaan Khalsa: Poems to Live By, Columbus, Ohio, Furman Khalsa Publishing Company, 1987.
* Yogi Bhajan, The Master's Touch, Santa Cruz, NM, Kundalini Research Institute, 1997.
* Yogi Bhajan with Gurucharan Singh Khalsa, The Mind: Its Projections and Multiple Facets, Espanola, New Mexico, Kundalini Research Institute, 1997.
* Yogi Bhajan, The Aquarian Teacher - KRI International Kundalini Yoga Certification Text and Manual, Santa Cruz, NM, Kundalini Research Institute, 2003.
* Yogi Bhajan, The Game of Love, A Book of Consciousness: The Poems and Art of Yogi Bhajan, Sikh Dharma, 2007.
* Yogi Bhajan, Man to Man: A Journal of Discovery for the Conscious Man, Santa Cruz, NM, Kundalini Research Institute, 2008.
* Yogi Bhajan, I am a Woman: Book and Yoga Manual, Santa Cruz, NM, Kundalini Research Institute, 2009.
John E. Richman (born February 28, 1947), is an American author best known for his three-novel Montana Adventure Series. In addition, he has published numerous newspaper and magazine articles on subjects ranging from modern social issues, to business content and fiction. Throughout his long corporate career, Richman retained his determination to write and publish a not-for-profit fiction series targeting the post-modern, young adult reader. This was accomplished in 2009 with the publication of the third novel in the series, Battle at Bighorn. Contained within the three separate novels is a total story arc that takes young Montana from his farm in eastern Montana, on a series of adventures in Wyoming, Kansas, Texas, and ultimately back to Montana. His original quest was to become a cowboy. Along the way, he also becomes a man. Richman notes that the campy style of the Montana Series novels was deliberate in his attempting to replicate the best of the cowboy serials of the 30's and 40's, plus the TV serials of the 50's, though with great effort to build the Montana character without use of gratuitous violence and or racism against native Americans, that tended to populate that earlier genre.
The Montana Adventure Series was also motivated by Richman's strong objection to the celebrity worship so prevalent within modern America. To quote him, "Celebrity worship is problematic enough among otherwise balanced adults, but it's nothing less than destructive to our children. Young girls starving themselves to look like Barbi. African American boys and girls going to great lengths to straighten their hair for the same or similar purpose. Plastic surgery as graduation gifts. And that's just the optics. All such focus on excessive wealth and popularity sends powerful counter-messages to the same children that in most other contexts, parents try to instill such virtues as self-reliance, self-confidence and, heaven forbid, basic morality!"
Richman found within the Montana character, a good old-fashioned boy, properly raised to the point of leaving the nest. As is always the case, he leaves the nest and must begin to interact with the world around him on his own (which in the 1885 American west, was as diverse and potentially threatening as it is today). What distinguishes Montana, is his incorrigible belief in the basic goodness of people and the good choices he usually makes when good inevitably confronts bad. The lessons in these stories go well beyond their place in time.
History Hook
In an effort to have the Montana Adventure Series "heard above the din" in the already crowded world of fiction, when planning the series, the author opted to write fictional stories placed in real historical settings, among real historical events, and with even the occasional tangential brush with real historical figures. This required special research and a substantial attention to context detail that would normally not attend young adult fiction. Never are these historical figures centered in plots or sub-plots. However, a closer than normal reading of the books reveals a touch of real history that adds to the luster of "time and place." The author has referred to it as his "hook".
Montana Adventure Series Novels
Call Me Montana -- The Beginning Lulu Press 2007
Steel Dust Dawn Lulu Press 2008
Battle At Bighorn Lulu Press 2009
Inspiration
The Montana character was originally inspired the author's brother Dean, who, back in the 1950s, at the age of ten, attempted to write a screenplay about a young man growing up in the early West. His campy tag line, "Most folks just call me Montana," made him the butt of sibling jokes for years, but touched a nerve Richman wanted imbued in his prime character. Dean, a 1965 Annapolis graduate and disabled Viet-Nam veteran, has lived most of his adult life in Texas and continues to personify the spirit of Montana.
The Montana Adventure Series was also motivated by Richman's strong objection to the celebrity worship so prevalent within modern America. To quote him, "Celebrity worship is problematic enough among otherwise balanced adults, but it's nothing less than destructive to our children. Young girls starving themselves to look like Barbi. African American boys and girls going to great lengths to straighten their hair for the same or similar purpose. Plastic surgery as graduation gifts. And that's just the optics. All such focus on excessive wealth and popularity sends powerful counter-messages to the same children that in most other contexts, parents try to instill such virtues as self-reliance, self-confidence and, heaven forbid, basic morality!"
Richman found within the Montana character, a good old-fashioned boy, properly raised to the point of leaving the nest. As is always the case, he leaves the nest and must begin to interact with the world around him on his own (which in the 1885 American west, was as diverse and potentially threatening as it is today). What distinguishes Montana, is his incorrigible belief in the basic goodness of people and the good choices he usually makes when good inevitably confronts bad. The lessons in these stories go well beyond their place in time.
History Hook
In an effort to have the Montana Adventure Series "heard above the din" in the already crowded world of fiction, when planning the series, the author opted to write fictional stories placed in real historical settings, among real historical events, and with even the occasional tangential brush with real historical figures. This required special research and a substantial attention to context detail that would normally not attend young adult fiction. Never are these historical figures centered in plots or sub-plots. However, a closer than normal reading of the books reveals a touch of real history that adds to the luster of "time and place." The author has referred to it as his "hook".
Montana Adventure Series Novels
Call Me Montana -- The Beginning Lulu Press 2007
Steel Dust Dawn Lulu Press 2008
Battle At Bighorn Lulu Press 2009
Inspiration
The Montana character was originally inspired the author's brother Dean, who, back in the 1950s, at the age of ten, attempted to write a screenplay about a young man growing up in the early West. His campy tag line, "Most folks just call me Montana," made him the butt of sibling jokes for years, but touched a nerve Richman wanted imbued in his prime character. Dean, a 1965 Annapolis graduate and disabled Viet-Nam veteran, has lived most of his adult life in Texas and continues to personify the spirit of Montana.
With every piece, Baby Steinberg sets out to craft unique and dramatic designs from a wide range of reprocessed materials and fabrics such as plastic bags, coffee filters and surgical masks. Steinberg’s magnetic personality has helped her build a wide network of scavengers who share her passion for collecting and recycling materials for her collections.
As a Toronto-based Brazilian-born designer, Baby Steinberg’s glamorous and eclectic design aesthetic brings a vibrant energy to her couture collections. Inspired by Brazilian culture and her volunteer work with children in the favelas of southern Brazil, Baby believes strongly in the beauty that comes from creating something out of nothing. “In Brazil, we use anything available to make something special.”
The new collection, Salvage, captures the essence of Baby’s work. Giving new life to reclaimed materials by repurposing them in her designs, Salvage offers a refreshing look at eco-friendly design. Featuring highly creative forms, elaborate layering of textures and a high-fashion appeal, Salvage proves that fashion can be both beautiful and sustainable.
Baby is frequently commissioned to create one-of-a-kind garments, not only for performance artists, actors and musicians but also for international socialites. Her collections have been described as standout, iconic designs that make a statement and leave an impression.
As a Toronto-based Brazilian-born designer, Baby Steinberg’s glamorous and eclectic design aesthetic brings a vibrant energy to her couture collections. Inspired by Brazilian culture and her volunteer work with children in the favelas of southern Brazil, Baby believes strongly in the beauty that comes from creating something out of nothing. “In Brazil, we use anything available to make something special.”
The new collection, Salvage, captures the essence of Baby’s work. Giving new life to reclaimed materials by repurposing them in her designs, Salvage offers a refreshing look at eco-friendly design. Featuring highly creative forms, elaborate layering of textures and a high-fashion appeal, Salvage proves that fashion can be both beautiful and sustainable.
Baby is frequently commissioned to create one-of-a-kind garments, not only for performance artists, actors and musicians but also for international socialites. Her collections have been described as standout, iconic designs that make a statement and leave an impression.