To: K-list
Recieved: 2004/01/22 23:06
Subject: Re: [K-list] A survey
From: Oyvind
On 2004/01/22 23:06, Oyvind posted thus to the K-list:
Hi Doug,
> a lot of talk about the spiritual stuff and a few good books relating
> chakras to psych
> matters (Judith something...?) but I haven't seen much in the way of
> physiological
> explanations of what goes on while K is active (I haven't looked too
> hard though -
If you're interested in the psychological aspect of K, I believe most
of people here who read "Kundalini : The Evolutionary Energy in Man" by
Gopi Krishna, will recommend it :) (With psychological commentary by
James Hillman)
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1570622809/qid=1074811589/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/102-7164600-2209737?v=glance&s=books
He tells very openly about his own experiences, and his life in general.
A good buy.
> And you know, all that chakra stuff is so newagey california hippy
> crap.... :)
Yeah.. so did I say a year ago. Now I dont anymore. However, here is a
lot of newagey crap written about the topic, I agree with that. Note,
that chakras are actually associated with endoctrine glands :)
> So first stop is to see if there is a bias in the group of people
> experiencing K towards
> introversion vs. extroversion (the psychological definition as defined
> by Jung - not the
> popular definition) <i.e. shy people are introverted extroverts, while
> extroverted introverts
> can talk your ears off like anyone else>
:)
If youre into Jung, I know there is a book called "Psychology of
Kundalini Yoga Notes of the Seminar Given in 1932" by Jung.
(Havent read it myself yet)
Oyvind
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