My Samyama Experiences Karma
My Samyama Experiences Karma
This post is about my Samyama Program Experiences with Karma. I participated in the Isha Samyama Program from the 6th to the 13th of January 2024. I have shared my review of the Isha Yoga Program based on my personal experiences. I hope that this post will be helpful for future Samyama participants. If you have any questions related to Isha Yoga Center, follow me on Instagram and let us chat.
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My Samyama Experiences – The Chanting
Shri Sadguru says the word ‘Samyama’ means – “ Samyama is a state where you become fully aware that you are not the body, you are not the mind, you are not the world around“- Sadhguru
Shri Sadguru told us that if we want to receive what is offered through this Samyama program then we must burn a little bit of Karma that is stuck on our surfaces. This karmic substance is blocking our higher perception. The powerful way to do this is by chanting the Mantra. We were told to chant a mantra continuously by focusing on one of the chakras. We worshipped Shiva as a destroyer and invited him to destroy what was not needed and to have a clear perception.
On the first 2 days of the Isha Samyama Program, we chanted this Shiva mantra. Shri Sadguru said that mantra is a key and when it is chanted focusing on the exact chakra it becomes effective and powerful. We had breaks in between the sessions, to complete our practices, to have food and to go to the washrooms. And in all the sessions, we just did that chanting. During this process, many participants were shouting and crying and some sounded like animals or birds. What was happening around was a little weird and disturbing. Shri Sadguru said to ignore the surroundings and focus on what’s happening within ourselves.
With the continuous chanting my throat started hurting and my voice was affected. Shri Sadguru said, I know that your throat is cracking. Not only your throat your whole body should feel the cracks only then the Karma will be released. I was chanting mantra focusing on my chakra as told by him. I could feel the heat rising in my body, my lips got dry and I felt thirsty. On the first day itself by evening, we got tired of continuous chanting. Shri Sadguru made fun of us and through his beautiful stories made us understand why this process is important. He encouraged us again and again to do the process with 100% involvement and devotion towards Shiva. The same Shiva mantra I have chanted so many times before in my life but I never felt its power the way I felt it that day. It was something different that day.
My Samyama Experiences – Burning Of Karma
Shri Sadguru said through this process, here we are inviting Shiva “The Destroyer”. He will destroy our karmic substance so that we can perceive what will happen in the next step. On the 2nd day in the second last session, Shri Sadguru was sitting on the Dias of the Adiyogi Alayam. He was with us. We were chanting. The music was on. He said to us, not to hold back any emotions or feelings, just die into this moment, give your best and continue chanting. I was wondering what will happen, how it will happen, how my karma will burn just within 2 days of chanting. But it happened.
In this session, I was chanting as loudly as I could. Suddenly I felt like my whole body was on fire. Cold fire but it was burning on my outer surface of the body. My hands started shivering and I started shaking my hands like I wanted something to fall off from my hands. I shook my neck and tapped on my shoulders. I started tapping my body all over, unconsciously feeling like something needed to fall off from my body. I shook my hands so hard that my loose-fitted snake ring fell off from my ring finger on the ground during this process. I experienced such a thing for the first time. I experienced the fire, which burned my Karma, which was on the surface and was blocking my perception. I felt touched by Shiva – “The Destroyer”. I started crying loudly and at the same time, I was happy that it happened to me. My Shri Sadguru was sitting on the Dias, he was conducting this process along with the Adiyogi Alayam Lingam. It was such a powerful process. Most of the participants were shouting and crying and doing many things. My copper snake ring was lost during this process and had to buy a new one.
About Karma, he said further that your Karma is like a sack of live potatoes buried deep within. These potatoes are sprouting again and again and creating cycles of suffering within you. Through the process here we are bringing the potatoes to the surface. We are going to dry them up and again bury them inside. This time potatoes will be dry and deeply buried so that they are not going to sprout again. Thus the experience will stay with the body and it will not repeat itself.
The initial simple-looking chanting process suddenly transformed into a powerful tool. I experienced whatever Shri Sadguru said had happened to all of us. He knew what he was doing with us. The chanting increased the heat in the body. With Shri Sadguru’s grace Shiva came and destroyed the karmic substance which was not needed and to have a better perception of his grace.
My Samyama Experiences – Emptiness Of Shiva
I closed my eyes after this experience and it felt like I was so much lighter. I looked into myself and it looked all dark inside. I felt the emptiness within me. I experienced the Shiva within me as emptiness. I deeply and calmly felt his presence. It was a powerful and incredible experience I had. This happened only because of Shri Sadguru’s grace and because of his love. In only 2 days, simple chanting became effective and the magic happened. A part of the Karmic substance was burnt in his grace making us ready for the next step. At the end of the day, my throat was in pain and my voice was not coming out. But the experience was all worth it. Shri Sadguru as a living guru is a very powerful being, he knows how to make it happen for all of us even if we are ignorant. During Samyama he always said, in this program all of you just follow the instructions and the rest will happen. Samyama happens only and only because of his compassion and grace. I am so grateful to him and Shiva, both are one. Thanks for everything Shri Sadguru.
