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Recieved: 2000/08/14 21:01
Subject: [K-list] Recent discussions about K and meditation
From: Russell Neill
On 2000/08/14 21:01, Russell Neill posted thus to the K-list:
Hello all,
Having experienced lots of wonders and some hassles with K I'll throw in a few comments. Just my thoughts.
In 'Kundalini Tantra' by Swami Satyananda there is a chapter devoted to the Descent of Kundalini - the return path. The Chinese Chi Gung tradition pays a lot of attention to the front channel and the return path - in Mantak Chia's books he gives this aspect a lot of attention, referring to dangers of K pressure building up in the upper parts of the body, and giving the traditional practices to warm down and settle the energy in the lower belly. Energies out of balance in the main channels are called 'deviations' and one suggested fix is to lie down and relax body and mind until the channels rebalance.
There is an axiom that energy follows attention - and sometimes it might be appropriate to shift attention away from energy. Constantly being aware of energy can be like an obsession ( as well as evidence of one's empowerment) and raises questions about avoidance and resistance to coming into form. It's like the association/dissociation polarity in hypnosis. Dissociation is great for perspective, shifting viewpoint, making changes at a higher level of mind etc, but it's not great for being comfortable in the body, getting things done etc. Obviously it is a balanced state that is best.
One thing I have found useful lately is to spend a bit more time in the 'warmdown' phase after meditation and energy work. For longer sitting meditations this might be quite a while in coming out, settling, letting energies condense, writing down insights etc. This brings the benefit out into manifestation - more integrated. The inward/upward move is balanced with the downward/outward move.
To address the earlier discussion - meditation is part of the K traditions, but working with K outside of the special atmosphere of retreats and ashrams requires some knowledge of the process. Taking more care with the warmdown phase might be part of that knowledge for some.
In the case of new age healers I see this often - they are often ( I've been there) hooked on healing, boogie busting, psychic phenomena, energies etc for a while until they learn their own way of warm up and warmdown. This smooths the whole process out a lot.
Still, always learning - check me tomorrow, I might have a different slant on all this.
Russell
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