July: Hope Patches

In the last blog, I talked about how my healing started with a small change in my lifestyle, and that was discipline and connection with spirituality. But I am not a blind follower of traditions, and I knew that only meditating and praying to the universe was not going to solve my problems. Therefore, I introduced a holistic approach for myself, which included a 360° change in my life. It wasn't only about applying medicines on the face, which of course was majorly important, but what I learned in the past few months was how your thoughts or vibrations can also impact closely to your change in condition. Even when people feel sick or are undergoing any kind of tough surgery, doctors suggest they keep a positive attitude, even if the external factors seem like permanent damage. For me, I had been following medications, but internally, I sort of accepted that my situation was not going to be reversed. I would apply cream on my face, but with the thought that it's probably not going to change my skin.

But the Universe has its own ways of showing you a direction, and that direction came to me in the form of 'Ra Ma Da Sa' healing mantra. Of course, my skin wasn't changed at all, but I got an assurance that sooner or later everything will be alright. So basically, 'Ra Ma Da Sa' is a healing mantra for Kundalini Yoga, which is meant for physical, mental, and emotional well-being. And to be honest, at this phase of my life, I have been unstable in all hemispheres of well-being. So I needed a broader approach that not only heals my skin but also empowers me with a spark that was lost in time.

Talking further about this mantra:

Ra - means the Sun's energy that gives warmth and vitality to the body.

Ma - is the moon's energy, which balances emotions by calming the entire nervous system.

Da - is Earth's energy, which provides strength and helps in stability.

Sa - means talking to the infinite, that is universe's energy.

Sa Say- means merging our entire being with the infinite.

So Hung - is 'I am one with the universe'.

Basically, the entire mantra talks about connecting ourselves to the higher power in such a way that we become 'One' with the universe.

I started it like a guided meditation, which is available on YouTube, where a guru chants the mantra and we recite it along with them. With the dire wanting to change my life, I decided to change my routine. Of course, I was used to getting up at 4 am every morning, but this time I decided to make a small change in my routine. And this is how my routine looked:

After getting up at 4 and having a glass of warm water, I would quickly prepare my lunch and breakfast. By 4:30, I would usually complete this chore and would head straight to my terrace to do 12 Sun Salutations and some breathing exercises. I also developed a taste for ABC juice at that time (which I later realized was not a healthy option), and after doing little yoga, I would have a glass of that juice. By the time I was done with all this, I would still make some time for my meditation practice, which I would do for about 10 to 15 minutes. During Ra Ma Da Sa, we are supposed to sit straight, cross-legged with hands facing upwards. The reason behind hand placement is that during meditation, it is imagined that our body is receptive to energy, and the higher power is making a connection with the body by passing its energy to us.

There were many times when my body would feel extremely hot because of the movement of energy, and the vibrations would cause jitters in my legs and along my spine. They say that along the spine lies a serpent-like structure, which most of our life remains dormant. But once we start practising kriya or kundalini yoga, it awakens, and because of that, the energy starts rising upwards. It's quite interesting, I am definitely going to learn more about it and share it with you all too. So, anyway, I won't say that my serpent was awake because it's a long process, and we should only practice it in front of a well-trained guru. But I started feeling good, I started smiling once again.

Talking about skin, there wasn't any big visible change, but yeah, I started seeing my old skin hidden beneath the darkness. It was like little spots of my old skin, trying to come out from the eclipse that had shaded it for months.

It was tiny, it was insignificant. But for me, those were hope patches.

Those tiny dots of hope reminded me of not giving up, even when it feels like a never-ending journey. I still don't know when my skin will recover. I do face insecurity from time to time, but one faith is holding me and putting my life back together, and that hope is -

"Believe in the Universe's timing".

With Love,

AY