To: K-list
Recieved: 1999/06/19 08:21
Subject: [K-list] Exercise and Dancing / Dharma
From: Amanda Erhart
On 1999/06/19 08:21, Amanda Erhart posted thus to the K-list:
Dear Dharma,
Nice to hear from you again. :)
The whole list benefits from the advice and
experiences being passed back and forth. :)
Thank you for taking your time to do it.
On Fri, 18 Jun 1999 18:32:21 Dharma wrote:
>>Can K increase if you ask for it too ?
>
>Yes, I would say so, but how much may depend on what >stage you're at.
:))) I strive for non-greediness. I don't want more
physical problems (have had little so far)
or electrical problems (although computers and other
machinery often crash on me, but I think that's
my inability to operate it and not K.)
The thing is, I hope to
experience more samadhi, but it seldomly happens.
Maybe I'm not ready for it yet, or that it's the ananda rather than the sad or cit aspect of god
I'm headed for. :) Which I get a lot of, but it's
not real samadhi.
Or that I'm simply just impatient, although more has
happened the last year than I even could hope for
and K increases every week.
Am I asking for too much ?
>Also, remember that Shakti/your guru wants what is best for you... so if
>you ask for an increase in K. and it doesn't happen... or doesn't happen
>to your satisfaction... it may be because it wasn't >best for you at the time. :)
Yes, I know that. :) I do have the electricity
wet suit feeling at times,
especially in the legs and wrists,
and wouldn't like to have more,
but somehow it doesn't matter as long as I can
experience god's love.
Whee, I'm def. headed for bhakti, read the bhakti
sutras a few days ago and instantly felt at home.
I'm no Jnani, me. ;)
The funny thing is, I feel all chakras are open,
including a few above the head,
but
K is modest and manifests only as part of what may be.
I feel that I must work to widen the channel.
Still, it seems to be doing it automatically.
>Control doesn't mean just being able to stop something... with K., that
>could be the wrong kind of control. The goal, I think, is to keep it
>flowing smoothly and effortlessly, all the way through, and to be able to
>increase it when you want more energy for a specific purpose. With
>practice you can learn this... not that I have it perfectly yet. :)
:) Your concept of control as smooth flow instead of
stopping, is a very good concept and one I def. try to
follow. I'll just try to keep it in mind. :)
>Thought directs energy... you direct the energy with your mind, with
>visualization and whatever other tools are available to you.
Yes, that is true. And often times K will direct your
thoughts in the right direction.
>When my K.
>was going into high gear and I was still concerned about something
>embarrassing happening in front of other people, here's what I used to do
>whenever other people were around. I noticed that the K. would start at
>root chakra... I could feel it there... so I thought of the next center
>up - the sacral or sexual center - and visualized the energy moving up to
>there. Then it did... and then I thought of the next center. And so on.
>What I wanted was just to keep it moving, because I noticed that if it
>stayed too long in one chakra, that was when I was likely to have some
>kriya... some movement or orgasm, etc. :) So I moved it along and out...
>then two or three minutes later I'd feel it again at root chakra. :)
:) Great advice ! I'll keep this in mind if public
kriyas should occur.
The only ones so far have been startled jumping and
mood swings.
>>What about through the ajna ?
>
>You can use ajna for specific purposes, but the highest major center in the
>body is crown chakra, so for normal K. movement, you want to keep it moving
>up all the way and out.
OK.
>Angelique's grounding exercise grounds you in both directions... up and down.
Angelique's grounding exercise is neat and beautiful
and I certainly felt something happening the first
time I tried it, but for some reason, it doesn't
always sit right with me. Sorry if that sounds spoiled
and jaded, but I often find that if something requires
force to visualize, then it is not "right" because
too much effort goes into the visualization and not
to the process itself. I get distracted so to speak.
I actually don't have a specific vis. exercise for
K work, because it will usually provide me with one
as soon as I'm in K "trance".
>>I find myself hurtling little balls of light
>Sounds like love to me. :) And not a kind that would hurt anyone. Heart
>chakra is related to group consciousness... group-oriented love.
Oh Dharma, since I'm a bit stressed today and K is in
relatively high gear, for some reason, these words
made me go into K induced crying.
Group oriented love has / has had
had such a significance for me.
The morning after I got a letter from a friend whom I
share group consciousness with, I woke up feeling that
K had blown a big bubble of love emotion around me like
some sort of shell and I had been sleeping inside that
all night.
>However,
>if you give someone a big enough blast, you might >awaken their K. :)
:) I doubt that. :) My K as pretty modest
and doesn't register much in other ppl,
I believe. At least
I haven't had anyone complain about strange
experiences in my presence.
I somehow think I'm a receiver instead, as I once
became very headachy and nauseous in the presence of
a close friend. I wonder if I was subconsciously
giving her energy. I also get other ppl's emotions
a lot, but only ppl that I feel close to.
>>Can martial arts increase K ?
>
>It's my impression that they do that... are meant to do that. But I'm no
>expert on martial arts. Some of them talk about "chi" but I think the same
>thing is happening. Maybe Antoine can tell us more. :)
Silly question really. I realize I
experienced the effects of K
immediately after starting with martial arts
but had no idea that was what it was then.
Maybe all kinds of martial arts will affect K in
susceptible ppl.
I had a flash of samadhi during an infantry combat
simulation and had leg pains all that time,
but have never been happier. :)
The energy dispersed outwards in front through the
heart chakra to be able to
sense other ppl before they appeared behind doorways
etc. and it was "on" for the duration of the simulation. It was a strange
experience and oddly enough, I took it all for granted,
I never thought much about it until I became aware of
K.
>And also Hatha Yoga will led into raising K. and using it. Many people
>find that in their kriyas they assume positions or make movements that they
>later find out are part of Hatha Yoga...
I borrowed a book on Hatha Yoga in the library
a few weeks back and recognized all the movements. :)
I almost started laughing out oud in the library.
>and this may be the origin of
>Hatha Yoga as a separate discipline or an off-shoot >from Raja Yoga.
As someone else mentioned in another post, I think so
too.
A lot of the Tantric practices seem to be aspects
of K led behavior set into a system to emulate and
hopefully awaken the effects of K.
>But normal exercise will slow down the K. process. As for sex... which
>someone mentioned... that might depend on just what sex is for you. Is it
>more like normal exercise? Or is it K. at work? :))
I agree with this. It's not the activity per se,
it's the attitude with which it is done and the
emotinal content given by the person doing them.
This way I suspect even doing the dishes could be
K enhancing. :)
Anyway, thanks for your response and reflected
advice. :)
Best regards,
Amanda.
Angelfire for your free web-based e-mail. http://www.angelfire.com
DISCLAIMER!
Home | Archive Index | Search the archives | Subscribe
K. List FAQ | Kundalini FAQs | Signs and Symptoms | Awakening Experiences | K. list Polls | Member Essays | Meditations | List Topics | Art Gallery | Cybrary | Sitemap | Email the moderators.
symbol.