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Perceiving the Whole Picture

“(As humans) we communicate. But at what level do we communicate? Did you ever learn that your existence is your communication? Your projection is your relationship? You are the power? But life is often sour. There is no happiness, because your communication has no purpose of self. You communicate to impress someone. You don't communicate to relate you to someone. That's why you suffer now. You don't communicate consciously.”

- Yogi Bhajan -

Some of the reasons for the unhappiness Yogi Bhajan identifies in the quotation above are captured in the tale of the elephant and the blind men. When several blind men explored an elephant with their touch, they all had different stories and opinions about what the elephant was like. None had ever seen an elephant. One said it must be some form of stone polished by water—for the tusk he felt was smooth and solid. Another said it was like a tree—for the leg he felt was large and round like a trunk and covered with a bark-like variegated surface. A third said it was alive and like a snake— since the nose he felt was long, and moved and wiggled.
And the last man said it was a hairy creature with a longhaired coat—as he stroked the tip of the tail. They all had different perceptions, reactions, conclusions even though they faced a common reality, they could reach no agreement and proceeded to argue and defend their positions, each sure of what they knew.

We each communicate from the narrow perspective of our own experience and ego. This is our normal condition when we try to communicate. We sense only part of the reality before us and automatically imagine the whole picture from our own perspective. We do not know the art of asking effective questions, speaking meditatively, listening deeply and using intuition. If we did we might communicate with others and reach a much better conclusion. In addition, the mind is very, very busy. It is full of chatter and imagination. Each blind man struggles with the noise of their mind. Without mastering inner silence and the ability to recognize the instincts and patterns of our mind, we only communicate to our own imaginations and ego. Yogi Bhajan leads us to form a discipline of conscious communication. We learn to recognize that we automatically and instinctively communicate on many levels at once. We learn to align our verbal, nonverbal and subtle messages into an effective, creative communication. When we do this, we won't be blindly feeling the elephant any longer, but will be seeing clearly.

Conscious Communication Student Manual © Kundalini Research Institute

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Hemp Seed Pesto

3 Cups fresh green Basil leaves
2 medium cloves of Garlic
1 Salt
4 Tablespoons Pine Nuts, Pumpkin Seeds, or Hemp Seed Nut (shelled hemp seeds)
¼ Cup Extra-virgin Olive Oil
¼ Cup Hemp Seed Oil
½ Cup grated Parmesan Cheese

Place in food processor: basil leaves, garlic, grey sea salt, pine nuts or hemp seed nut. Pulse until mixture is smooth. Add olive oil, hemp seed oil and Parmesan cheese. Process until thoroughly mixed. Yields approximately 2 cups.

Storage: refrigerate for a few days or freeze for up to six months in small glass jars

*To keep the pesto from oxidizing (so that the top layer will not turn black), put ¼ inch of olive oil to cover top. Serving suggestion: A traditional accompaniment to pasta or spread liberally on slices of baguette.

Healthy Gourmet Vegetarian Recipe © organic bakery@2000 to 2006

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