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Every single kriya or meditation in Kundalini Yoga changes us in very specific ways. If you practice a kriya a few times, you receive a wonderful benefit. But if you want to permanently change your habits, and realize the full effects of the kriya, this is what you can do:
Practice a particular kriya or mantra every single day for the same amount of time. Based on the number of days you do this, here is how it will affect your habits.
11 Days: 11 is the number of Infinity in the material world and conqueror of the physical realm. So it’s like the first step to break loose from the entanglement of the mind.
40 Days: Practice every day for 40 days straight. This will break any negative habits that block you from the expansion possible through the kriya or mantra.
90 Days: Practice every day for 90 days straight. This will establish a new habit in your conscious and subconscious minds based on the effect of the kriya or mantra. It will change you in a very deep way.
120 Days: Practice every day for 120 days straight. This will confirm the new habit of consciousness created by the kriya or mantra. The positive benefits of the kriya get integrated permanently into your psyche.
1000 Days: Practice every day for 1000 days straight. This will allow you to master the new habit of consciousness that the kriya or mantra has promised. No matter what the challenge, you can call on this new habit to serve you.
Remember, a habit is a subconscious chain reaction between the mind, the glandular system and the nervous system. We develop habits at a very young age. Some of them serve our highest destiny. Some of them do not. By doing a 40, 90, 120 or 1000 day special sadhana, you can rewire that chain reaction. You can develop new, deeply ingrained habits that serve your highest good.
“One part of sadhana should stay constant long enough for you to master, or at least experience, the changes evoked by a single technique. Each kriya and mantra has its individual effects, although they all elevate you toward a cosmic consciousness. Learn to value the pricelessness of one kriya, and all others will be understood in a clearer light.”
Yogi Amandeep had this to share about the practice.
- To change your patterning. You must go into this process daily for at least 3 months.
- To open the gifts of the kriya at least 3 or more months.
- If you are in the 6th chakra (3rd eye). This will work immediately.
- If you are in the heart chakra or throat chakra. 3 months.
- If you are at the navel center or below. 6 months to 1 year.
- General rule for all kriyas. The kriyas work. The length of time depends on where you are in your charkas.
Meditation Time
In 3 minutes, you affect your circulation and blood chemistry.
In 11 minutes the pituitary gland and the nerves start to learn and change.
In 22 minutes your three minds (negative, positive, and neutral) start to work together so your mental integration changes.
31 minutes affects your whole mind and your aura, and the 31 tattwas[1] are balanced.
37 ½ minutes reflects from the whole aura to Infinity and back, stimulating the perception of Naad—the inner sound. Also if you chant a mantra for at least 37 1/2 minutes it will stay in your aura the whole day!
In 62 minutes your “shadow mind” and your positive projection are integrated.
2 ½ hours completes the cycle of prana and apana so what you gain will hold through the cycle of the day. It holds change in the subconscious.
Source: 40/90/120/1000 Day Sadhanas
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