Awakening Potential

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Sat Nam:I have a basic question, which is not simple the way I see it. When one

can see the tremendous potential within oneself, however, one always feels like

an outsider looking in, and one wants to very badly be on the inside, but it is

not determination, decisions that make such things happen. It is something

else. My question is how can one at least try to facilitate the process of

waking what exists in oneself. One has been able to catch a glimpse of it many

times, one has had that fortune, but there is something that stops and hinders

progress.I do not know if I am making sense, but it is a deeply troubling issue

to me.Peace to all.Lyn

 

 

 

 

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-Great question. In my experience, the growth of consciousness is

somewhat circular. You circle through your being, touching off

aspects of your self. Some of these aspects just need to be

acknowledged and by doing so they become re-integrated into the whole

and do not require any special attention. Some of them have to be

touched off a bunch of times for that to happen, some just once. But

other aspects of your consciousness may need to be brought forth more

strongly, for purposes of healing or because they represent your path

in life. For those parts of your self it becomes necessary to find

those practices, meditations, philosophies, activities, readings

etc., that invoke that part of you and help bring it forth. Often it

relates to the planet rulling your day of birth, I've noticed. An

example of this is Tibetan Bhuddism where when you have finished the

ngondro - the preliminary practices - you are often given a yidam

practice that relates specifically to the kind of "enlightenment"

that is most relevent to your consciousness stream. >

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Sat Nam.What you say makes sense not just logically, but from experience. The

frustrating part is when an aspect of oneself just refuses to "awaken" for a

while. Further, not having a teacher to see what is it that causes the blockage

one left to onself, develops a certain feeling of failure. Telling oneself in

that situation, that the right time still has to come is not of much help

either. You say below, one can find those meditations, etc that help. How does

one find these?-L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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I hear you about feeling like a failure and not being able to awaken

in the way needed. Have you tried any particular meditations?

Anything that helps your self awareness is going to be good -

satanama for instance. However, if you have a sense of what it is you

are trying to embody/awaken whatever stimulates that is also going to

stimulate what is getting in the way. As far as yoga and meditation

goes, it is a matter of experimentation, unless you get some kind of

inner guidance indicating do this or that. But remember that the goal

at this time is uncovering the real inner person, warts and all, and

letting go of what you don't need anymore. What you feel you want to

do, is probably what you need to do in order to cooperate with the

process. That may change day to day as you stalk your own inner being

and lay to rest the old veils. Just remember the sutras we use in

kundalini yoga: "there is a way through every block," and, "when the

time is on you, start and the pressure will be off." Just don't

follow the cookbook. Follow your heart.

 

P.S. If you still feel stuck, and there is no teacher or whatever,

you can always contact me off-list if you want to discuss the options

further.

[Guest guest]

SatNam SevaSimran:Thanks very much for your advice. So far, I have not tried any

particular meditations, however, I will try the SataNama meditation. I also

realise (most of the time) that I will have to cooperate and not only not fight

what I am struggling through, but also not try to adopt a crutch, try to con

myself out of the hard work that is going to be essential. In fact, it is

exactly when I try to not choose the latter path that believe it or not, things

actually begin getting easier. The problem does not solve itself, but it does

not plateau, and does not regress at least. I think the most limiting thing is

the ego that coaxes oneself to use the shortest, what seems to be the easiest

path. I especially resonate with the following statement of yours:"However, if

you have a sense of what it is you

are trying to embody/awaken whatever stimulates that is also going to

stimulate what is getting in the way. " It is absolutely true in my case, and it

is seeing the rising up of what is getting in the way that tends to frighten me

away at times when I am not sensitive to what is happening. Thanks very muchLyn

P.S: I have practised yoga for many years, but am new to KY, and have never been

introduced to it, however, I have never been able to keep away from it. It

almost seems like I keep getting drawn to it. I agree about finding the inner

message, since I have never been able to succeed at something totally external,

unless it got a positive response from within.

 

 

 

 

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Sat Nam Seva Simran!!!I now understand your message much better. You see at

various times, I have felt, that I am being given the "same" situation again and

again, and I also know that until I learn something I cannot proceed. We are

really essentially given the same situation to be able to abstract from it, the

essence, and once that essence has been abstracted and is internalized, we move

on to the next situation, is it not? However, sometimes, when one sees the

similar situations, and one is unable to abstract, that is the block. Perhaps

there are other times, when one has not even been able to realize the similarity

of the situations and hence abstraction is quite a distance away. It is because

of teh former, that you said that in KY it is possible to work through every

block. Also, you said that whatever helps self-awareness will also help with

the block. At the time of the previous posting and exchange, I was so "blocked"

by everything that for your message to make sense was in itself a hurdle.

However, the self-awareness in an entirely different area helps to open up the

"block" itself. I understand now. Is it not true that essentially the messages

are all there all the time, and it is a matter of one being in a state that one

is able to see them? Is this not surrender or allowing oneself or letting go?

Sat NamEagerly awaiting your response.

 

sevasimransingh <mark.terrell wrote:I hear you about feeling like a

failure and not being able to awaken

in the way needed. Have you tried any particular meditations?

Anything that helps your self awareness is going to be good -

satanama for instance. However, if you have a sense of what it is you

are trying to embody/awaken whatever stimulates that is also going to

stimulate what is getting in the way. As far as yoga and meditation

goes, it is a matter of experimentation, unless you get some kind of

inner guidance indicating do this or that. But remember that the goal

at this time is uncovering the real inner person, warts and all, and

letting go of what you don't need anymore. What you feel you want to

do, is probably what you need to do in order to cooperate with the

process. That may change day to day as you stalk your own inner being

and lay to rest the old veils. Just remember the sutras we use in

kundalini yoga: "there is a way through every block," and, "when the

time is on you, start and the pressure will be off." Just don't

follow the cookbook. Follow your heart.

 

 

 

 

 

The New Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo.