To: K-list
Recieved: 2001/12/07 09:27
Subject: [K-list] RE: telling others about K
From: mediaone
On 2001/12/07 09:27, mediaone posted thus to the K-list:
Emily and K-group,
I can really empathize with your experience of telling your mother about
your K awakening. I have found my family very fearful of my K experiences
and I have dealt with this by not telling them much after my initial attempt
to discuss it.
I also had an experience with a meditation teacher when I was in college
whom I just assumed must know about Kundalini. It turned out that this
person, who had been meditating for many years, had never known anyone with
a K experience. I felt like he was very skeptical of my own experience, and
didn't really believe me because I hadn't done any kind of devotional or
medatative practice. At that point I felt like the only person in the world
who had experienced a spontaneous awakening.
Initially, the only people I could talk to about my experiences were a
couple of college friends. One of them had experienced some unusual
"energy" experiences, so she was open-minded. Another friend was interested
in the whole K phenomenon so she was also non-judgemental.
It is an interesting question: how many people on the planet have
experienced spontaneous K awakenings? When I did research during my college
years, spontaneous awakenings were cited as being extremely rare and
dangerous. Now I realize that they are much more widespread and have many
ways of manifesting. At this point in my life I believe that I have met a
number of people who have awakened K, although I haven't discussed it with
them. It is such a private, intense experience, and I think a lot of people
have had the experience of telling others and being dismissed or called
crazy. It makes people very reluctant to open up.
I have never belonged to a discussion board before, but it has been great to
hear from others who are willing to share their experiences.
On another topic: someone I really loved just died this past Monday. I met
him only a few months ago (as a hospice volunteer) but I felt an immediate
connection with him. He was so filled with Light that it felt really good
to be around him. He was only 46 years old, but had been dealing with
health problems for his whole life. He was born with MD (a very serious
kind--spinal muscular atrophy) and wasn't expected to live past his teens.
At the time that I met him he had been ventilator-dependent for over two
years and was completely paralyzed except for the muscles in his face. But
he was so alive. And so beautiful. I miss him terribly, and I have felt a
kind of grief as I watched him die (and since his death) that I have never
experienced before. I am dealing with it, but it is hard. I did have the
chance to tell him how much he meant to me before he died, for which I am
grateful. This whole experience has made me think a lot about the afterlife
and what my friend my be experiencing.
Anyway, I just thought I'd throw that out there. Somehow my feelings for my
friend seem connected to the whole K experience. Maybe because knowing him
has been such a growing experience for me, and has made me think more about
how the body's appearance can be completely transcended by the spirit.
I'm babbling...somebody stop me. Talk to you all later.
Peace,
Elizabeth
http://www.kundalini-gateway.org
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