The ‘Grey Period’ Reset
The "Grey Period" Reset
"In the Aquarian Age… The information and the knowledge will be so much, that it will exhaust the human being." — Yogi Bhajan
Yogi Bhajan predicted the "Grey Period"—the transition between the old Piscean "command and control" structures collide with the emerging Aquarian Age of collaboration, communication and community. He warned this shift would be defined by debilitating mental exhaustion from incessant information overload – a state he called ‘Cold Depression’ evidenced today as a global pandemic of burnout and clinical fatigue.
To survive, we must recognise the neurological shift. From the Piscean "Doing" mode - left-brain dominant: addicted to multitasking, categorisation, and the illusion of control. Versus the Aquarian "Being" mode resides in the right brain—the seat of our connection, empathy, and community.
The intuitive mind is a sacred gift and the rational mind is a faithful servant. We have created a society that honours the servant and has forgotten the gift. – Albert Einstein
Research now validates that when we stop "doing" and enter a state of "being," (such as during a gong bath) we activate the Default Mode Network, allowing for a neural reset. Neuroscientist Iain McGilchrist describes this as a Panoramic Reset—a way to quiet the "verbal overthinker" of the left brain and wake up the spatial, connective awareness of the right.
‘Reset’ Protocols to ‘Empty your mind….Be water, my friend.’ – Bruce Lee
Don Conreaux teaches, "The old way was to know and then do. The new way is to be and then allow."
1. The 2-Minute Panoramic Gaze
Soften your eyes. Stop looking at objects and start perceiving the space between them. By including your entire peripheral field, you mechanically signal your brain to switch from the high-stress "Task Positive" mode to the restorative "Being" mode.
2. Meditation for Stress (from Yogi Bhajan’s Crisis Kit)
Sit straight. Cross your arms and tuck your hands into your armpits, palms against the body. Lift your shoulders toward your ears. Your eyes are 9/10ths closed, looking down toward the nose. Inhale deeply through the nose, hold as long as possible. Exhale completely, hold out as long as possible and continue for 3-11 minutes.
3 Relax and release to the sounds of the gongs. Don instructed, ‘’allow yourself to become one with the sound’. The mind stops trying to "know" the sound and simply enters it.
The old guard sought to know and then do. The new guard is called to be and then allow.
