Seeking Culture Class 8

Week 30, Class 28, May 7 2024

Oct 27, 2025

For Class 6 – we did a team review of all the content we have learned so far!
For Class 7 – we engaged in a commUnity wide Deepavali Celebration.

Check out our Instagram for the short and sweet summary!

Detailed Notes

RAW from Last Week: Imagine an invisible thread from your spine to the ground.

  • The visualization aspect of this RAW was really helpful! 
  • Helped fix posture
  • Helped with alignment and feeling attuned to what was being done
  • Felt like a balloon (with a string)
  • Reflecting on how we feel like every decision is the end of the world
  • Reflection on death (the someone letting go of the string)
  • Feeling present and with ourselves

Revisiting 24th chaupai:

When Shree Hanuman’s name is heard, the demons, ghosts don’t come near us. The demons are truly within. The strength to overcome these, Hanumanji models.

KEY THEMES: Fortify and Isolate

  • To strengthen our inner mind
  • To stay connected with what matters
    • To make clear decisions that align with 

Find steadiness wherever we stand

Core Notes from This Week:

Nasai- destroy
Rog- disease
Hare- removes
Saba – all
Peda- suffering
Japta nirantara- being chanted repeatedly/continuiously
Hanumanta veera- the Great Hanuman

He’s the best physician. In every encounter, he uplift not by healing the inner disease

Rog- the disease of become/ the releasedness of becoming

Not through philosophy but through presense

By invoking the higher and bringing that to every interaction

  • In the hopelessness to faith by connection and comfort
  • In helplessness, Invoke purpose and offers 
  • Peace dissolves restlessness – Offers compassion and steadyness

Each invocation brings in the divine

Its when this invoking is continuous, that life feels whole

Shree Hanuman & Bhagavati Sita: 

She is so upset. His heart trembles to see her in this upset state. He doesn’t just rush in to save like we would. He quietly invokes presence by remembering Shree Rama. Gently reminds her of Shree Rama and that connection. She feels seen and not alone. She sees the love and reverse that Hanumanji has as he presents the ring, and refers to hims as son. In the hopelessness

Shree Hanuman & Shree Laskaman: 

When Shree Laskamana is struck and Shree Ram is struck by the inability to act. THe whole army is paralyzed seeing them like that. Hearing that a herb can save Shree Lashamans, as Rama Doota, he is the infinite abode of strength and courage because of who he serves. He is able to offer his whole hearted effort channeling his association with Shree Rama. There is no room for helplessness by offering purpose and action.

Shree Hanumana & Shree Bharata: 

As Shree Ram is about to return, Shree Bharata will not be alive if doesn’t return in 14 years. He has a bunch of formalities making Vibhshana king and the soldiers. He is so consumed with his brother as he may be delayed. He entrusts Hanuman to speak to Bharata so that . He anchors himself in Shree Rama’s infinite compassion.

WHen do these great people think about themselves, Shree Rama, Gurudev, Guruji they all think about us and bring us to the higher

He offers Bharata this strength by invoking this and talking to Bharata about Shree Rama and their shared love for him. 

Restlessness has not place where there is faith in peaces

Two important words

Bahava roga & peeda

He is not a massive hero in the gargantuan way. He helps us align internally

Bahava rog – the endless striving of trying to be what we are not.

  • Comparation
  • Jealous
  • Insurity
  • Agitation in the mind

Invoking bala, brings santosha (contentment)

Unsubscribe from the binding belief by invoking the higher

3 ways to invoke:
– In the morning, feel calm
– Associate with hanuman chalisa
– R3 (read,write reflect)

When faced with a challenge. Invoke peace. Offer patience; feel calm

Envision Hanumanji with Rama and Laskaman on his shoulder, and you are there too 🙂

Expand oneself in offering 

RAW for this week: Pay attention to the second step you make while walking

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