meditation progress

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam

I wanted to share my progress with the group. I had never tried to

meditate before starting KY. I've been doing KY for almost 3 months

now, and have been trying different meditations every couple of days.

At first it was so overwhelming. It seemed every several days I would

read on this site or in some of the books I bought how good this

meditation was or that one. I wanted to try all of them (still do).

But I've settled on two. I've been doing them for 7 days now: Har Har

Har Har Gobinday and Sa Ta Na Ma Ra Ma Da Sa. I bought some CDs by

Gurunam and meditate to them. Those two chants are 11 minutes each.

So I do them back to back for a total of 22 minutes.

 

This weekend (after about 5 days)I began to get different sensations

with each one. It was very interesting. A few minutes into Har Har

Har Har Gobinday, I could feel the sound of the words and music

vibrating within my body. Each sound would begin to vibrate at

slightly different places within my torso and would resonate out to

the rest of my body. Many people on this site have been meditating

much longer than I have so this is probably old news to them. But it

was a first for me. And I noticed that while the music would vibrate

within me, the words were actually what vibrated the strongest and

was what I enjoyed the most.

 

The sensations with Sa Ta Na Ma Ra Ma Da Sa were different however. I

didn't feel the vibrations. Instead, I began to get very warm and

started to sweat slightly, not a lot. And then my entire body began

to tingle all over. ANd the tingling sensations continued for the

entire meditation.

 

I wanted to continue each of them longer than the 11 minutes. I was

curious how much disruption would be incurred if, at the end of the

chant, I would get up and re-set the CD to play it again before

moving on to the next one? If you take a minute break to replay the

CD, will that still have the same effect of a straight 22 minutes of

meditation? I've read some of Ellen's posts regarding getting up for

breaks during meditation, so I'm probably being WAY too literal in my

interpretation of meditation (a typical character flaw for me). But I

wanted to ask before I began doing it.

 

Christa

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam Christa,

 

"I've read some of Ellen's posts regarding getting up for

breaks during meditation, so I'm probably being WAY too literal in my

interpretation of meditation (a typical character flaw for me). But I

wanted to ask before I began doing it."

 

Some meditations require the music to chant to, I guess the ones you are

doing

fall into that category, otherwise the purpose of meditation is to sill your

self, still your mind, and reap the benefits. Meditation is awesome

and you get out of it

what you put in. I see nothing wrong with reaching over to rewind or what ever.

But getting up or stopping to go do something as a routine, breaks the effect,

as it

builds over time, whether its 31 minutes or 2.5 hours.

 

Keep up!

 

 

Brad

[Guest guest]

Dear Chirstina,

 

That is great progress. Don't reset the recorder. GEt a tape and make a

version that lasts the time that you want to do it. 22 or 31 minutes. Once

you are into it, you don't want to break it. The energy builds and it is so

great to feel the increased connection.

 

SAt Nam,

 

Gururattan Kaur

[Guest guest]

This has apparently been a wonderful weekend for us beginners. I came to

work today fully intending on writing an update on my progress but ended

up reading all these!

 

I was so excited when I first felt a strong navel pulse with my hand, I

couldn't imagine that now I can feel it without touching the area. I

also felt an intense heat once, it was above my right shoulder blade and

went straight through to my collarbone; at the time I was trying to sort

out a personal situation that required I speak my mind to a difficult

person. The heat was so strong I tried shifting my position, assuming

the sunlight was coming through the window onto my back -but the sun

hadn't risen yet! The heat was in the area to the right of my throat

chakra. It gave me confidence and I focused my meditation on that area

-after a few days the heat was centered, then I had my talk. I felt

confident and compassionate and it went very well! Now, I listen very

carefully to my emotions and sensations but for the last few months I

have been feeling less of the strong mood swings and more energy moving

like water inside me.

 

This weekend I felt something new that really took me by surprise. I was

doing the life nerve stretch from the spinal set and for the first time,

I felt I was in my "whole" body. It's difficult to explain but in

retrospect I think I always felt like a head attached to a body -my mind

telling my hands to reach for my toes ;-) but this time my

arms/legs/back/head were all in union working inside together

stretching. It was as though I filled my whole body suit with me. I am

not sure I am putting this correctly, I fear that everyone is always "in

their bodies". But, I have always felt as though my mind was me and I

was wearing a skin suit with limbs attached... This is the first time I

felt whole. It also made me feel more responsible for my body...

 

I really love this awakening kundalini creates inside us, it's not like

there is an end-goal but a constant unfolding.

 

-cris

 

 

Walk in Beauty

[Guest guest]

Christine-

That's great. I can feel my navel pulse also, but for some reason I

haven't been able to center it yet. It always ends up located just

above and about an inch to the left of my navel. But that's one more

area I have to look forward to progressing in.

 

I haven't felt the heat centered in one area yet. Mine tends to start

at the legs and then go all over the place. It would appear like many

of us have made some pretty good progress recently though. Which is

encouraging!

 

As for being 'one with the body' I have had that experience in the

past. I studied karate for about one year when I was in my teens. In

the beginning, I very much felt clumsy and disconnected. (In fact,

even in the end, there were still two kicks that I just never felt

comfortable doing) I would repeatedly ask what I was doing wrong, and

they always said nothing. But it wasn't until I practiced more and

more, that I began to feel 'connected' with the movements. I could

feel like I was actually flowing through the kata's. And not like I

was piecing together commands for my body to do. With me, it was just

continual practice that finally made my body move in unison. I'm glad

to hear that has finally happend with you.

 

Sat Nam

 

Christa

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam!

 

I am a beginner in KY and done the sa ta na ma meditation about 4 occasions on

consecutive days, 11 minutes each. I too have had that sensation of

heat, but in time it feels different: I feel the heat surrounding me like the

black outline of a cartoon character and I feel less heat around the

joins (especially the wrists). Also the tip of my nose feels cold. Why is that?

 

What does it mean to "feel the L in the head"?

 

Good wishes,

Mihai

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam Milhail,

 

"What does it mean to "feel the L in the head"?" The way I do it is on Sa,

I

visualize the "S" coming down through my crown and the "a" going out

through my

6 th chakra, and repeat on Ta and Na and Ma. If you keep the concentration

you'll

feel energy build in that area.

 

Blessings

 

 

Brad

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam Brad,

I am still getting up every hour when doing the 2.5 hour Sodarshan Kriya.

Will I get so I don't have to go to the bathroom, or am I supposed to resist

the urge? I have the urge because I am trying to get out of going deeper?

Maya. Sodashan Kriya seems to stimulate the large intenstines and I

generally have a bowel movement as well. I wish I would start in the

morning empty. May be I am eating too much for dinner. Dinner is my big

meal of the day because I am working all day. I am really hungry. In

generally, Kundalini yoga stimulates several bowel movements during the day.

Before I did Kundalini yoga, (I did other yogas) I was constipated.

 

Gian