Question: Do you think Yoga is a form of "channeling?"

[Guest guest]

IMO, any form of practice can be considered a path towards 'channeling'. Whether

it be piano practice, yoga practice, an art practice, etc. All forms of practice

are aims to perfect the technical means to allow for higher states of

consciousness. And the expression of those states. Conceptually, the idea of

'channeling' is misleading, it can lead you in the wrong direction in terms of

expectation, the image of what you 'hope' to achieve from those expectations,

and the objectives that inevitably spring up from this way of thinking.

 

I had a spontaneous kundalini awakening when 25, i had done no prior form of

spiritual practice...i was not 'channeling'....not consciously anyways...

 

 

stranded711 <stranded711 wrote:

 

 

A friend of mine whom I introduced to yoga told me he discussed it

with his minister and that his minister said that at its core yoga is

a form of "channeling." This minister said it can be dangerous...

this is a form of the Kundalini argument advanced by Jung in his

lectures on Kundalini Yoga, that there is a danger to it. I disagree

with this idea, but was curious, does anyone here see yoga as form of

mediumistic channeling?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ashtanga yoga

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

well, I am a practicing Catholic and do not find yoga in anyway in opposition to

my religion but rather enhances the spiritual practice of my religion. it's all

good, maintaining the body that God gave me in the most positive way to do His

work.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

>From what I understand, yoga is a tool used by several

religions (though chiefly Hinduism and Buddhism), to

deepen their spiritual understanding.

 

Many well-respected Christian mystics used very

similar practices, such as fasting, meditation, prayer

and contemplation, to achieve "those states", and

believed that they helped them to come closer to God.

 

I'd recommend looking at some of the works of the

early mystics and comparing them to Patanjali's Yoga

Sutras and the Upanishads. The similarities are

striking.

 

I liked the works of Jan Van Ruysbroeck (1293 - 1381)

and Origen (185-254) particularly.

[Guest guest]

I totally agree with all of you... Any practice that leads you to great

concentration will bring such abilities... Yoga, Tai Chi, Vipassana, other

kinds of meditation, doing anything, but doing it in meditation, in complete

concentration!

 

Max

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Thank you, I will look into getting this book, Curt

 

 

 

ashtanga yoga, Elaine Bruce <lilelil> wrote:

>

> From what I understand, yoga is a tool used by several

> religions (though chiefly Hinduism and Buddhism), to

> deepen their spiritual understanding.

>

> Many well-respected Christian mystics used very

> similar practices, such as fasting, meditation, prayer

> and contemplation, to achieve "those states", and

> believed that they helped them to come closer to God.

>

> I'd recommend looking at some of the works of the

> early mystics and comparing them to Patanjali's Yoga

> Sutras and the Upanishads. The similarities are

> striking.

>

> I liked the works of Jan Van Ruysbroeck (1293 - 1381)

> and Origen (185-254) particularly.

[Guest guest]

I think this is a great post, because it is true in the arts. The

artist's inspiration has traditionally been explained by the idea he

had a Muse, and that he was channelling so to speak the Muse's

message. More recently, I think the Pschologist Carl Jung gave the

Muse a new name, that of the collective unconscious. There are also

many stories recounted by athletes where they achieved altered

states of consciousness where they had an uncanny level of control

over what was taking place in the game. (A good book on this topic

is "The Ultimate Athlete.") I suppose these athletes' states could

be termed a type of channeling where they connected with a higher

power. I have been thinking about your post over the last several

days. A very specific example is a musical group I have been

listening to, Roxy Music, their music is so perfect and insightful

it is as though they were channeling from another source. I can

think of no other explanation for how they could produce such

perfect music. Curt