Trance

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I have questioned this kind of thing too.

My experience is that when you do Sadhana you want to be 100%

aware--even more so than normally.

If you are protected, anything like that is only something to try

not to do, something that eventually will stop. I myself have wasted

years of good sadhana by thinking these states were more spiritual,

and not staying aware.

If you dissociate or go into a trance or dream-like state; you

are open to spiritual forces and can be open to persons who may have

the ability to use thought projection, not in your best interest.

All of us have seen how evil forces throughout history have used

these states to create mass hysteria and control huge numbers of

people-- Adolf Hitler being one. The nazis did these things; and

there have been whom I would call evil people, who encourage all

kinds of spiritual states like these to control the innocent and use

them. I believe Mother, or shanti forces, want us aware, respects

our bodies and spirits and wants us to grow spiritually--not possess

us and use us as though we were a slave. That is not aham brahmasmi,

is it?

Many of us have heard of people who do tapas to gain these kinds

of powers.

I have heard a primary devotee of my Guru correct people for

zoning out, and give his devotees all kinds of jobs to do at a puja

to keep them aware. I used to get mad and question why he would not

let the people meditate during the puja. I was stupid and didn't

realize how wise he was.

Even yogachayas tell us that when we do japam, if we miss our

place on the mala, start all over again. Better to get up from the

japam or puja than lose our awareness. How are we going to love

Mother and serve humanity if we are zoned out?

This is just my feeling. I only follow shanti forms of Mother, so

this is what I think.

 

love,

 

Samatmika