Jill/Concerns about yoga (Kundalini Awakenings

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Jill Eggers [eggersj]

 

Dear Harsha,

 

Can you say more about this? I am interested in how you understand this

'censorship mechanism', what happens in certain kinds of awakenings that

causes this, and not in others. Sometimes you say something about kundalini

that seems so clear and insightful, and I think if I can just ask the right

question, then years of the kundalini struggle will suddenly clear up, and I

will be able to "fix" the problem of the lost veil between conscious and

unconscious awareness.

 

Love,

 

Jill

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Hi Jill,

 

I will pass this on to the Kundalini list as well. What I say is based on

my own experiences and observations over the last three decades. The topic

of Abnormal Kundalini awakenings is a difficult one. Books could be written

on it. I will be brief.

 

First, Kundalini Awakening are highly individual and vary widely. Although

I am neither a psychologist nor a medical doctor, my view is that abnormal

and abrupt Kundalini awakenings can at times considerably weaken the barrier

between the so called "unconscious" and the "conscious" portion of the

mind. When the censorship mechanism is suddenly worn out, the unregulated

overload of the stream of anarchy which lies below the surface, and is

really preface to language and thought, cannot be digested as information by

the rational mind. The persistent anxiety and a sense of doom and fear

results partly from the "conscious mind" not being in a position to

understand the location and the source of the fears. In experiencing the

fear, the mind becomes the fear. The fear causes more anarchy in thoughts

and feelings and thus it can become a cycle. At a physiological level, the

extreme stress of an abnormal awakening can cause the hyper stimulation of

the nervous system and indirectly the optic nerves and this in turn affects

the heart beats, blood pressure, etc. This can also become a cycle with one

part of the bodily mechanism alerting the other to go in full swing.

 

The yogic interventions to normalize the Kundalini awakenings are well

known. Ultimately as in most things, time itself is the best friend and the

best healer when the circumstances and the environment are relatively

favorable.

 

Hope it makes sense

Love to all

Harsha

 

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Hi Jill,

 

I will pass this on to the Kundalini list as well. What I say is

based on

my own experiences and observations over the last three decades. The

topic

of Abnormal Kundalini awakenings is a difficult one. Books could be

written

on it. I will be brief.

 

First, Kundalini Awakening are highly individual and vary widely.

Although

I am neither a psychologist nor a medical doctor, my view is that

abnormal

and abrupt Kundalini awakenings can at times considerably weaken the

barrier

between the so called "unconscious" and the "conscious" portion of the

mind. When the censorship mechanism is suddenly worn out, the unregulated

overload of the stream of anarchy which lies below the surface, and is

really preface to language and thought, cannot be digested as information

by

the rational mind. The persistent anxiety and a sense of doom and fear

results partly from the "conscious mind" not being in a position to

understand the location and the source of the fears. In experiencing the

fear, the mind becomes the fear. The fear causes more anarchy in thoughts

and feelings and thus it can become a cycle. At a physiological level,

the

extreme stress of an abnormal awakening can cause the hyper stimulation

of

the nervous system and indirectly the optic nerves and this in turn

affects

the heart beats, blood pressure, etc. This can also become a cycle with

one

part of the bodily mechanism alerting the other to go in full swing.

 

The yogic interventions to normalize the Kundalini awakenings are

well

known. Ultimately as in most things, timeitself is the best friend and

the

best healer when the circumstances and the environment are relatively

favorable.

 

Hope it makes sense

Love to all

Harsha

 

Thank you, dear Harsha,

 

Your description of these processes is helpful. I wonder if you would describe

what might constitute a "normal" kundalini awakening, though. Presumably it

would be much smoother. It seems that, not just for me and Kate, who wrote

earlier on this topic, but for most people on the k list, that the experiences

described above as abnormal are very much the norm for those experiencing

kundalini awakenings.

 

Jill

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Just a few notes:

 

Yep, the fear mind. But why does it necessarily lead to more fear

mind? (Though I can see the potential for the body to get bound up in

a cycling of intensity.) Is it not also an opportunity for one to

break free of the fear mind? (Requiring some sort of "radical

intervention"... some change of "informing factors"...)

 

I am grateful I had numerous sources for learning about and

practicing yoga when the sh:)t hit my fan. Certainly helped me

develop a sense of equanimity in the face of radical transformation.

Certainly helped me understand the patterns of energy raging through

my body. Certainly helped me learn how to ride it out. Probably

helped me regulate the hyped physiological aspects of what was going

on.

 

Sure, some of it was probably contributing to the faster free flow of

schtuff... but in the overall picture, the balance tended

increasingly towards the positive.

 

Interesting, that folks have such strong views on the practice of

yoga in combination with kundalinic awakenings...

 

Nina