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Recieved: 1999/10/24 15:56
Subject: Re: Meditative trance (was Re: Re: [K-list] Lost mantras due to
From: Gcwein1111
On 1999/10/24 15:56, Gcwein1111 posted thus to the K-list:
In a message dated 10/22/99 8:24:14 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
chatelaaATnospamwharton.upenn.edu writes:
<<
After all, there IS a direct link between concentration
and the discipline of training oneself concentration...and
Kundalini. Without being able to concentrate (on an apple,
in the beginning training sessions), it makes it almost
impossible to guide the Kundalini upward through the
chakras.
That's why so many people experience such awful side
effects; they don't know how...or can't...direct the energy.
Hello Adele and List,
l haven't really been following this discussion but just wanted
to make a point re the above statement. l don't think we can say that awful
side effects necessarily result from an inability to direct k. My k awakened
at brow chakra after doing pretty intense vipassana practice for several
months which had made my concentration very strong. After k awakened l
continued the vipassana approach of simply observing the energy with
mindfulness and equanimity, not trying to direct it, and had no problems for
6 months. The problems began after l started following practices given
to me by a sufi master for the purpose of moving the energy. Some time later
my problems became much more severe after being with a swami. lt is thus
from my own experience, as well as others' with whom l've since become
familiar, that l've concluded that k problems can come from many different
sources and surely do not necessarily result from not knowing how to direct
the energy upward through the chakras. Simply trying to direct the energy in
itself is often the source of problems. The safest course, while not the way
for everyone per se, is to simply trust the innate wisdom of the energy to
direct itself. Had l continued to do this l am convinced l would've had far
fewer problems.
jerry
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