Tratakam 照片連結：
根據 Guru Singh（ 洛杉磯 ）的說法，他在 2012 年講述了這個故事，他們需要有Yogi Bhajan 的照片作為小冊子和海報，因此在 1969 年 10 月，Guru Singh 和Shakti Parwha Kaur帶他去了位於 Melrose 大道 Jules Buccieri 古董店附近的一家照相館，那裡也舉辦了第一次昆達里尼瑜伽課程。 這位攝影師以為電影明星拍攝「 頭像 」而聞名，所以他給Yogi Bhajan拍了很多照片。
大約一週後，當照片的校樣稿準備好時，Guru Singh 和 Shakti 和 Yogi Bhajan 一起回去看了它們。 Yogi Bhajan 看著他們中的一個，說：「 這張照片捕捉到了黃金鏈的所有血統的精髓。」 Shakti 表示，它太嚴厲了，對宣傳材料不夠友好，Yogi Bhajan 說他不在乎這一點，他選擇的那個很特別。 不久之後，他用這張照片介紹了tratakam 冥想的練習。
多年來，Satsimran Kaur 和其他人試圖獲得這張照片的原始底片，但沒有成功。 當時的攝影師去世了，他的作品沒有儲存下來。 2012 年，在檔案中發現了第二代底片，由 Yogi Bhajan 的學生、來自洛杉磯的專業攝影師（現已去世）的 Ram Jiwan Singh（Steven Stickler）重新製作。 他費盡心思地克服了負面因素，清除灰塵並填補了受損區域。 舊照片的副本缺少了他的部分鬍鬚，而且沒有那麼鋒利。
According to Guru Singh (Los Angeles), who recounted this story in 2012, there was a need to have photos of Yogi Bhajan for brochures and posters, so in October 1969 Guru Singh and Shakti Parwha Kaur took him to a photo studio located on Melrose Ave. near Jules Buccieri’s antique store, where the first kundalini yoga classes were held. The photographer was well known for doing “head shots” for movie stars so he took numerous photos of Yogi Bhajan.
About a week later, when the proof sheet of the photographs was ready, Guru Singh and Shakti went back with Yogi Bhajan to look at them. Yogi Bhajan looked at one of them and said,
“this photo captures the essence of all of the lineage of the golden chain”.
Shakti expressed that it was too stern and not friendly enough for promotional materials and Yogi Bhajan said he did not care about that and that the one he chose was special. After a short time, he introduced the practice of tratakam meditation using this photo.
Over the years, Satsimran Kaur and others tried to get the original negative for this photo, but were unsuccessful. The photographer died and his work was not saved. A second generation negative was discovered in the archive files in 2012, and was remastered by Ram Jiwan Singh (Steven Stickler) a student of Yogi Bhajan and a professional photographer from LA (now deceased). He painstakingly went over the negative, removing dust and filling in damaged areas. Older copies of the photo have part of his beard missing and are not as sharp.
Here is a link to a black and white image of the Tratakam photo.
Here is a link to a black and white image of the Tratakam photo with an orange border.
Here are instructions for this meditation.
Here is a free download of “Guru Yoga and the Technology of Tratakam.
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