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Recieved: 2004/08/26 22:46
Subject: Re: [K-list] new to list - K and insomnia?
From: PJM
On 2004/08/26 22:46, PJM posted thus to the K-list:
Hi Gustaf:
Many thanks to you for the thoughts and suggestions - I'm not familiar with
the Japa meditation tradition, but it sounds like its a safer path than what
I have been doing and might be worth my while looking into. RIght now, I've
stopped sitting and do a little yoga and qigong, and maybe look for a tai
chi class - hoping things settle down a bit.
Many many thanks and kindest regards
Paul
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gustaf Grefberg" <gustaf.grefbergATstarbreeze.com>
To: "'PJM '" <pjm1ATsurfglobal.net>; <k-listATKundalini-Gateway.org>; "'Doug
Fraser '" <doug_fraserATmicrocinema.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 4:35 AM
Subject: RE: [K-list] new to list - K and insomnia?
> Here are some ideas and suggestions! I'm no guru or super-enlightened
> person or anything like that, but I can share with you what I've learned..
>
> If you are still interested in meditation practices, maybe you could try
out
> Japa meditation? This is a very good and "safe" technique in many ways,
and
> I will give you an idea of how it works and why it's considered to be good
> in conjunction with K and other awakenings..
>
> Japa is the rotation of a mantra, where you rotate a mala in your hand and
> repeat the mantra each time. Depending on if your mind is very noisy or
not,
> you can practice it aloud, whispering or mentally. With the breath also
> works. If you are one who believes in an external guru, it's a good idea
to
> get your personal mantra from one. If you are very intuitive, you can find
a
> mantra in a dream. If neither of those work with you, you can chose your
> own, one of the universal mantras, like AUM or So Ham.
>
> I don't know how Zen meditation practices are built up, but in yoga they
> recommend absolutely no more than 10-15 minutes in each sitting (one in
the
> morning, and possibly one in the evening, too) in the beginning, and then
> gradually progress. The vast amount of time as in 2-3 hours is only done
> after many years of practice.. The body, the mind and the pranic network
> needs time to adjust to the changes in energies.
>
> * Japa works as an anchor before, during and after different stages of
> awakenings and transformations, and it helps to "shake loose" things
within
> you that are stuck, such as blockages of energy, mental patterns, etc.
The
> anchor can be very helpful through all stages of awakening.. Before an
> awakening takes place it's very hard if you don't have a point to which
the
> mind can return, since it tends to wander around like a drunk elephant.
> During awakenings itself there is often as most here on the list have
> experienced a lot of confusion and disorientation, so here it's very
helpful
> to have an anchor as well. It can be very hard to surrender all at once,
> after all. =)
>
> * Japa is not a direct practice. It will not hamper the flow of kundalini
or
> prana from any direction, it creates a connection to the most inner depths
> of your being. It works on you indirectly.
>
> * Japa works on the heart. If you have sincerity in the mantra, it will
aid
> awakening taking in your heart, which is very warm and tender (At least
the
> experiences I have had are very warm and tender.. And absorbing to say the
> least)
>
> * Japa can be practiced in conjunction with other practices too, wheter it
> is yoga or zen or jogging. It's often recommended to practice an indirect
> meditation technique like Japa before taking on more intense practices..
>
> Of course, these are all just recommendations, some my own, others that I
> have read/learned that just make sense to me from the different
experiences
> I've had.
>
> Like many others here have said I'd warmly recommend a more physical yoga
> program too. Weekly is fine, but daily is even better. 15-20 minutes is
> well and enough in the beginning. =) Do a forward bending, back bending,
> twisting, inverted and lengthening asana, the sun salute is also good as
an
> over-all practice.
>
> With love
> Gustaf
>
>
>
>
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