Guest guest Posted March 2, 2001 Report Share Posted March 2, 2001 Sadhant wrote, >I think it is important to realize that growth and progress are >ongoing even if you aren't having exciting things happen every day. >In fact, YB refers to this sort of thing as "glitter at the bottom of >the ladder", and says that such things are not the goal of our >practices, but actually are incidental flashes brought on by >weakness, years of bad habits, changes in the pranic flow, etc. A zen monk was enthuastically telling the Master about his wonderful meditation experience. "Then I saw the Buddha and he spoke to me and the K. flowed and there was rainbow plumes and I lifted ou of this body. Then....." The Master interrupted and said, "I think you must of had your spine a little bit out of alignment!" Seems that real progrss has a lot to do with acceptance of slow and steady advances. In the therapy I do, we have noticed that a great sudden gain, that we call 'Ascension' or 'going up th pole' is usually followed by a fall and depression but when one looks back and see how it was 6 mths ago compared with now. That is awareness of real progress! Sat Nam, Huggie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2001 Report Share Posted March 5, 2001 When I met the Dalai Llama for the first time and spent a few hours in his company with a small group, I was truck by just how ordinary he seemed. Yet, to me, there was peace and acceptance in his ordinariness. I realized then that enlightenment is really just the luxury of being able to be our ordinary selves without all the mind games, projected self-images and delusions to keep up! I remember Yogi Bhajan once saying something to the effect that, when he became enlightened, it was such a simple realization that he actually asked his teacher if that was all there was to it. (Nevertheless, I must say that Yogi Bhajan's presence always struck me as something more intense and powerful than just "ordinary.") Sat Nam, Steve Porter Eric wrote: > Sadhant wrote, > >I think it is important to realize that growth and progress are > >ongoing even if you aren't having exciting things happen every day. > >In fact, YB refers to this sort of thing as "glitter at the bottom of > >the ladder", and says that such things are not the goal of our > >practices, but actually are incidental flashes brought on by > >weakness, years of bad habits, changes in the pranic flow, etc. > > A zen monk was enthuastically telling the Master about his > wonderful meditation experience. > "Then I saw the Buddha and he spoke to me and the K. flowed and > there was rainbow plumes and I lifted ou of this body. Then....." > The Master interrupted and said, > "I think you must of had your spine a little bit out of alignment!" > > Seems that real progrss has a lot to do with acceptance of slow and > steady advances. > In the therapy I do, we have noticed that a great sudden gain, that we > call 'Ascension' or 'going up th pole' is usually followed by a fall and > depression but when one looks back and see how it was 6 mths ago compared > with now. That is awareness of real progress! > Sat Nam, Huggie > > "OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY" > - Yogi Bhajan > > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from this list at the eGroups Member Center (My Groups), or send mail to > Kundaliniyoga- > NO UNSUBSCRIBE REQUESTS TO THE LIST PLEASE! > WEB SITE: kundalini yoga > > KUNDALINI YOGA ON-LINE TRAINING. Details from > kundalini yogaclasses.html > > Sponsored by YOGA TECHNOLOGY - Practical books on Kundalini Yoga, Meditation, Chakras, Womens' Empowerment. Meditation & Mantra CDs. > > > Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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