INNERTUNING® PURIFICATION OF THREE BODIES

A Five-Day Retreat with Sri Shyamji Bhatnagar and Alisa Bhatnagar

march 2009: USA

Bodily toxicity, unnatural life-style, negative thinking and emotional shock disturb the three bodies: physical, feeling and thought. Sri Center offers intense five-day cleansings for these bodies. Many past participants have found these cleansings life transforming.

Between the cells of our physical body there is considerable space. This space is pervaded by two invisible bodies just as radio waves pervade the “solid” walls of a room. Ancient Indian teachings call the first invisible body, the subtle body. It is the seat of our feelings. The second invisible body pervades both the physical body and the subtle body. It is called the causal body and is the origin of our thoughts.

The subtle body has seven major spinning wheels of energy (chakras) which obtain most of their energy from the five basic elements of Earth, Water, Fire, Air and Akash (Space). Elements and combinations of elements play an essential role in determining how we feel. For example, when Earth is in abundance, we feel solid and grounded. Our confidence is strengthened. When Air is plentiful, we may feel buoyant and more loving.

Under conditions of stress and toxicity, the elements lose some of their purity and potency. They may then have a negative effect on our feelings. A dispersed Earth element may make us feel weak and sluggish. Polluted Air can cause us to feel uncaring.

Sri Shyamji has had over four decades of experience in helping people to purify the elements and integrate the three bodies. As a consequence, thousands of people have had the personal experience of strengthening their positive feelings and thoughts.

Fasting is fundamental to the purification process. Except where contraindicated, participants do not eat solid food for the five-day period. They are provided with high quality herbs and husks, teas, vitamin C and special tonics. This process is intended to cleanse the internal organs (liver, kidney, bladder, spleen) as well as the blood and intestines.

Other practices include synchronization of the brain hemispheres with the breath at dawn followed by dawn meditation. There will be yoga practices, visualizations and deep tone chanting. Each day concludes with Aarti, an ancient practice which balances the hemispheres of the brain.  

For several hours a day a speech fast will be observed. This is of paramount importance for the observation of thoughts and feelings, and ultimately leading to internal silence from which one can be guided from within.

Purification of the physical body inspires the desire to keep the body healthy.  Regular exercise and healthy diet become part of our routine.  Physical purification sharpens all five senses.  The first two days are dedicated to purifying the physical body. 

Purification of the subtle body cleanses our feelings. On the third day, the emphasis shifts to the subtle body and feelings which may have been buried beneath our awareness. Sometimes, old memories from early childhood emerge. This is part of the purification process. Since all members are there for the same purpose, they provide an unusually supportive environment for each other. We become in touch with our feelings on a deeper level.  Relationships evolve creating contentment; competitiveness evaporates.  In fact, we truly feel happy when others are succeeding. Helping others becomes a reward in and of itself. As the sounds of chakra tuning and mantras are chanted they act deeply on the subtle body. This supports the purification process and helps to increase sensitivity to sound.

Purification of the causal body purifies our intentions.  Interest in abstract thinking naturally emerges.  The desire to turn the senses regularly inward occurs.  On the fourth day, purified energy from the physical and subtle body is refined enough to penetrate the causal body. The process of thinking itself may begin to feel clearer. Special sounds which produce surya (golden) akash are chanted. This highly refined akash pushes more dense and toxic akash out of the causal body. Consequently the breathing rate drops and participants feel freer to meditate.

The fifth day is devoted to consolidating the gains of the previous days and preparing to preserve them after the retreat ends.  This includes dietary suggestions for introducing foods after the fast. 

To prepare for the internal and external rejuvenation during the Purification try the following steps:

TIME: March 2009
LOCATION: Mount Eden Retreat, NJ

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