Nitnem Help

[I humbly bow]

watch n listen :D

i hope that helpss :TH:

that was cool, thanks!

i'll try it!

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[mskcan]

My top tips for completing Amrit Vela:

- Get lot's of natural light into the house as early as possible, if not possible use a dedicated room with light.

* Why? Because light stimulates the pineal gland in the forehead leveling out the hormone melatonin and other hormones to begin alertness

- Upon waking Stretch and move arms and body, reaching to sky and breathe deeply and slowly

*NO why? Because this movement stimulates the Reticular Activating System which is responsible for physical arousal

- Take, yes take a luke cold shower

*Wha!!y Because it stimulates vasoconstriction of blood vessels and when out, is like a slingshot effect stimulating enhanced blood flow to perhipery

minor tips now:

- Complete Nitnem with Sangat, it will force you mentally to stimulate greater release of epinephine and norepinephring

- Use a 5.1 Surround sound system to listen to the Shabad Gurbani and read or speak aloud with it. The sound resonance will definitely stimulate alertness, although be careful not to make it to loud as the ears will tonically adapt...

- Other things include conscious breathing pattern, positioning of eyes towards the 3rd eye position, movement of the body creating breaks, and most importantly the night before turn off the lights at 8pm, stimulate that natural melatonin to enhance your sleep the night before!

[CaptainQ]

nice post mskcan. nice good tips

I was listening to katha by Giani Thakur Singh Jee and they were explaining why our minds wonder away when reading bani, doing seva etc. The problem is we do not have Ekargartha (Oneness) of the mind so therefore our mind wonders away. Giani Jee explains that this will happen but to control it one needs to take abhiyaas in steps by doing naam simran jaap and mool mantar jaap. 5/10 minutes a day and increasing on that.

The reason for gursikhs reading Nitnem in the morning is to allow our minds to stay constant during the day but before we can do that, Naam Simran Abhiyaas is important to concentrate on Waheguroo 1st thing in the morning before nitnem and anything else. This tunes our minds into Waheguroo using sound and breathing techniques etc to get Ekagartha (Oneness). The more simran we will do, the more we will be able to control our minds until we reach a state of bairaag (longing) for maharaj and then with kirpa, be in complete sehaj and anand.