Yoga Gems

The Morning Prayer is a self-blessing given by Yogi Bhajan so we could sublimate sexual and sensual neuroses to live healthy, happy and divinely attuned lives.

It is a simple process. The blessing is done by placing one's hands on upon chakras and different facets of the body and mentally saying, "I bless my forehead, I bless my eyes, I bless  my ears," and so forth. This is how I performed the morning blessing for many years.

My experience of the morning blessing deepened with the daily practice of Sat Kriya beginning in 2003. During the next three years, Sat Kriya broke through my attachments and became a way of calling upon the Sikh Gurus to pray for others and, in 2008, through Guru Gobind Singh's intervention, to wash the world.

The natural result in the morning blessing was to bless myself with Gurus love by making affirmations, "We hear only the Truth", "Our love is God's Love", augmenting the blessings beyond imagination.

One day in 2010, as I began the morning blessing in the early Amrit Vela, I flicked on Punjabi TV to listen to Bangala Sahib kirtan, and felt softly, almost imperceptibly how Guru Gobind Singh was sending blessings through me to the 960 million Pure Ones entering the New Millennium. That "we" had become the Guru, myself and all the Pure Ones, the worldwide Khalsa.

After each blessing, "Ang Sang Wah-hay Guroo" can be silently beamed through the hands as a "wow!" realization of God in every atom of your being, deeply confirming that blessing's reality. With the deepened awareness of serving the 960 million,  "Ang Sang Waheguru" saturates Guru Gobind Singh's 960 million Pure Ones with each blessing, awakening every facet of their being to their destiny.

To understand how this works, inhale the thought of the blessing and exhale "Ang Sang Waheguru." The exhaled breath is "Pawan Guru"--Guru the air element, whose blessings easily reach around the world.

This powerful Morning Prayer is performed upon waking while lying on the back. All except the first blessing, "Humee Hum Brahm Hum," are chanted, breathed, silently:

1.    With the right arm down alongside the body, the left hand gently taps the soft spot on top of the   head as you say aloud, "Humee Hum Brahm Hum," ("God and me are One"). The left hand touches the rear soft spot on women and the frontal soft spot on men. 

2.    Fingers resting on the forehead, "We know the Unknown is known to us."

3.    Hands on the eyes, feel "God sees through our eyes."

4.    Hands gently placed alongside the nose, breathing deeply, relaxed, "We breathe God's Essence."

5.    Palms on the ears, "We hear only the Truth."

6.    Fingers blessing the mouth, "We speak only Truth."

7.    Hands placed softly upon the throat, "Baba Nanak, Ang Sang Wah-Hay Guroo!"

"Nanak" translates, "One who never says no." Guru Nanak frees you from the suppression of hearing and speaking "No" and lies, which block the throat chakra, and liberates your power of truthful expression.

8.    Palms crossed upon the heart, "Our love is God's Love."

9.    Hands on the abdomen, "God processes all that God gives us."

10.  Hands over the sex organs, "God transmutes Piscean consciousness into Aquarian consciousness."

11.  Hands on the thighs, "God's Will is our will."

12.  Palms on the knees, "Our balance with the earth equals our balance with the Heavens." 

13.  Hands on the shins, "Our standard is God's Standard."

14.  Hands on top of the feet, "Our path and destiny are One."  

15.  Fingers extending straight over the toes, "Our direction is clear and natural." 

16.  Palms on the soles of your feet, "Our feet bless the Earth and the Earth blesses us!" 

17.  Hands over the upper arms, stroking downwards, "Our reach is God's reach to embrace, guide, comfort and serve."

18.  Bringing the hands together in prayer pose at the heart, beam, "Our hands do God's Work, "Ek Ong Kar, Sat Kartar!"   

"Ek Ong Kar, Sat Kartar" means "There is one Creator, Truth, the Doer." By saying "Ek Ong Kar, Sat Kartar," even silently, before an endeavor God arranges your affairs.

19.  Slowly, lightly stroke your face with your fingertips from the hairline down to the chin as you mentally chant, "Ad Guray Namay, Jugad Guray Namay, Sat Guray Namay, Siri Guru Devay Namay," three times in succession. As you do so, you can bless the planet and all beings by simply making it your intention, caressing, blessing the earth's uneven surface with loving care.

When you apply the awareness of serving the 960 million pure ones entering the New Millennium, on "Ang Sang Waheguru," each facet of Guru Gobind Singh's 960 million Pure Ones is nurtured to awaken to them to their highest destiny.

In sending loving blessings to others, divine blessings return to you a thousand fold.  

Link to Morning Prayer Variations: Spiritual Blessings for Mother Earth