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Recieved: 1999/03/16 10:08
Subject: [K-list] TM and Kundalini
From: Shy Person
On 1999/03/16 10:08, Shy Person posted thus to the K-list:
At 11:38 AM 3/16/99 -0500, Harsha (Dr. Harsh K. Luthar) wrote:
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>Harsha: Excellent advice Jill. But my impression is that the TM organization
>is mostly silent on Kundalini. I wonder what implications that has for their
>ability to help someone having Shakti manifestations. Can you clarify your
>views on this matter?
>
Yes, Harsha. The TM organization IS mostly silent on kundalini. The
organization seems to discourage any focus on the "special effects" of
meditation practices. Most of the tm teachers I have talked to have
emphasized the goals of meditation and have suggested that talking about
the phenomena which arise (thorugh K activity, or simple the milder
throwing-off of stress through meditation) is distracting to the goals of
enlightenment and somewhat beside the point. Much like what Patanjali says
in the yoga sutras, don't get distracted by siddhis, etc. from the true
goal.
That said, however, I have also found many TM teachers and others
associated with the organization to be very helpful and insightful in
dealing with kundalini processes. I consulted Deepak Chopra when he was
with the organization, when k activity first began for me, and he explained
that this was a self-limiting process, and helped me get a clearer view
during my initial fears. Chris Clark, a physician who runs the ayurvedic
medical center in Fairfield, Iowa, was helpful in recommending reduced
meditation times when the k activity became too crazy. Another tm teacher
in Fairfield taught me some yoga asanas which she thought might help in
dealing with k activity. Rama Kant Mishra, a doctor who develops ayervedic
herbal preparations for Maharishi Ayurveda, has been extremely helpful. He
has clear and I believe first-hand experience with kundalini, and can give
really insightful guidance about how much meditation and what ayurvedic
practices or herbs would be helpful to an individual with k activity.
So, while there is no official way in which the organization addresses
kundalini, there is a support network there. I do find one has to really
listen to one's own process and try any recommendations really cautiously.
For example, some TM teachers simply said, keep meditating, keep
meditating, and for my process, this became dangerous. (As always, K
herself makes the ultimate rules once she comes into our lives.)
Jill
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