Joining th Kundalini Yoga group

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Dear friends,

I have very recently joined this group. My name is Harry Appadoo and I would

welcome being addressed as Harry. My introduction follows and i hope it is not

found too long. I live in Mauritius. My E-Mail address is harryvr

or hashpra ; I have started doing TM in 1976 when i was in London. I

was then suffering from intense stress due to work-related problems and I had

been to consult psychiatrists only to discover that that branch of medicine was

failing miserably in its mission to alleviate the suffering of people in the

throes of mental problems. I found TM to be a Godsend to me and in less than a

year I could describe myself as a happy person again. My meditative experience

deepened and about ten years later, I started having churning sensations at the

muladhara which progressed to what I can describe as energy currents or tingling

sensations throughout my body. Some years later ( I am now 64), I started having

throbbing sensations in my head which seemed to me to be too much pressure from

energy shift. I was very much afraid and tried to look for people to help me

especially in India as Mauritius being a small place, one could not find yogis

or other advanced souls who could help. I read about gopi Krishna, etc, but

those days were very hard for adepts in my situation. I was afraid to go to bed

at night due to the pressure in the head. I was able much later to bring down

the pressure by not doing other advanced meditation practices. I was taught (

Sri Vidya ) and sticking to TM which again saved the day. I also did very

frequent sessions of brisk walking for 45 minutes each time to give me the

confidence that no inside pressure could damage a body used to frequent muscle

exercise with rapid blood circulation throughout. Now the problem is over. Less

than one year ago I started doing Kriya yoga taught by Sri Sri Ravi Shankar. I

am still doing TM. I work a lot for my age due to my meditation. I however would

like to progress in kundalini yoga and also to get OBE, which I have not

experienced yet. I have on some nights the experience of yoga nidra. I read

Krishnamurthi a lot and i believe the goal of all yoga is to lead us to live

totally in the present which is akin to being in timelessness, i.e to just be.

It would be with great pleasure that i will read the reactions of friends on

this List and to get their help to go further. Due to my age however, I will not

be able to start hatha classes which I practised too long ago. Maybe, in my

case, an association with an experienced practitioner of kundalini will be quite

helpful. My greetings to you all and my best wishes for your continued growth.

Your interest in helping others will not fail to strengthen your selflessness

which is after all the goal of yoga. May this sharing spread benefits to all who

are on that path. May God bless you all !