Guest guest Posted October 15, 2003 Report Share Posted October 15, 2003 Sat Nam, This is an excerpt of a response regarding what people can do that are beginning to have kundalini experiences to remove blockages, who come to 3ho, and Kundalini Yoga, as taught by Yogi Bhajan for help. The first question is: Does the person have a 3ho Kundalini Yoga teacher in their area? It is important to learn LDB and BF correctly, or refer to the description in www.kundalini-matashakti.com or Gururattan's website, which has my description as well. Also see http://www.kundalini-matashakti.com/basicsetsandkriyas.html Then the best thing I can suggest is to do part II, III and VI of the morning set at http://www.kundalini-matashakti.com/worddocuments/Sets%20and%20Kriyas/Morning%20\ Set.doc. The first exercise/pranayama of Part II is described in the TT Manual, as the Breath Awareness Exercise, but the way it is supposed to be practiced in more detail is described in the set. The way that LDB is to be practiced in this exercise is to inhale filling the deepest (lowest) part of the lungs by expanding the diaphragm down and out, which presses the abdomen outward as well. Then while filling this way, press the hands in and down against the knees, which arches the spine and ribcage forwards, thus filling the lungs without using muscles to lift the ribcage or shoulders. Then press the shoulders back and press the chest forward suspending the breath forwards for a few moments, letting the flow of energy gradually expand and suffuse throughout the body. The neck and shoulders and head (the whole body) should be entirely relaxed and releasing the expanding energy (NOT holding/ cramming downward into the chest or head). Little by little, with each breath suspension, the radiance will fill the body and flow and expand upwards, as though the whole top of the head opens with radiance and light, and with that all the chakras. In the Breath Awareness Exercise, the exhalation is also important. With the exhale, the air is compressed out of the lungs from the top down, until you feel the abdomen and sides of the abdomen contract inward towards the navel. There is a diaphragm below the navel (see your TT Manuals) that will be felt to contract upward, so that you will feel a sensation in the Kandal (between the navel and 4th vertebra) of the expanding energy gently withdrawing into the Kandal. Again, the breath is suspended; the contraction into the Kandal is held without force, and you will feel an accumulating radiance in the Kundal that will begin to pervade through the lower chakras as a feeling of lightness, emptiness and etheric pervasive consciousness. After a short pause holding the contraction (not holding the breath out or pulling the root lock, just retaining the end of the contraction in the Kandal of air out for a few moments), inhale and expand the air and energy up and out. In this way, gradually suspend at the end of each inhale and at the end of each exhale from 2 to 3 seconds to 10 seconds, and continue this radiant breath for 5 minutes or longer. The mind will become utterly, completely and effortlessly still, a stillness that will continue and deepen throughout the remainder of the practice. This type of breathing, whether gradual or forceful should be used for LDB in each exercise, namely a complete expansion of the lungs and a complete contraction (as explained above) of the lungs. One important aspect of KY that is not always understood or appreciated, and becomes the cause of energy blocks in the head and throat and lungs, sometimes lower, is that the breath should not be held, but rather suspended, which is to say that the shoulders come back, the chest is pressed forwards, the chin in only slightly and the upper 2 vertebra (axis and atlas) are pulled up and back, creating a light pulling sensation all along the spine. At the same time, the awareness should be allowing a constant releasing and relaxing and decontraction of any sense of pressure in the body and neck, throat and head. Each exercise will create a force of energy, that you simply notice and release, remaining entirely passive. The tendency is to grip at each thought, sensation and energy flow, with the source thought "I" as though to try to maintain an identity around every image and sensation appearing in the consciousness. Instead the practice should be "not this, not this" as in "not I, not I" noticing and releasing, noticing and releasing. In Kundalini yoga, this is called the negative mind meditation. The positive mind meditation follows with "acceptance" to just "let it be," remain passive and let it be. The energy flows felt will expand as they are released, expand throughout the body and then you will feel the flow expanding all around the body as the inside begins to feel light, etheric and transparent without inertia (tamas), while all around fills, so that the inside physical and the outside radiant bodies and the 8 bodies between all fill, balance and pervaded, and you begin to feel yourself merging with the universe, deeper and wider. "Kundalini yoga is the Totality of Being." YB Generally, if we put attention in, for example, our hands, we will feel the hands suffuse with a kind of energy, the blood will also focus in that area. But with the continued practice of KY, the energy consciousness within and around the body fills out to such an extent that the, let's call it, voltage in awareness, that makes us feel the sensation of energy and focusing of blood flow as we direct the awareness, is felt everywhere, singly and pervasively at once, and with the positive mind meditation, you begin to "be" with that as your accepted identity, a transformative identity. In KY, we practice many sets and kriyas, many Laya chants (see http://www.kundalini-matashakti.com/worddocuments/Pieter%27s%20articles/SadhanaA\ rdhanaPradhupati_July_6_03.doc and http://www.kundalini-matashakti.com/worddocuments/Pieter%27s%20articles/Crystall\ izationThroughSadhana_July_27_03.doc) that gradually fill (and balance) every part of the 10 bodies with light and energy, but a key part to this, is that when you generate energy in any area during the active part of the kriya or meditation, chant or KY exercise, the second part of that exercise includes a rest or relaxation period, during which time the glands secrete in order to support the energy generated, and allow that energy to pervade the body and balance in relation to all other parts of the body (and mind). It's like charging a battery, but in a battery, the voltage depends on the level of water and chemicals maintained in the battery. In the physical form, as we practice KY and build a charge, the glandular system secretes chemicals that allow the body to maintain that charge, but the change we maintain in the body continues to increase store with each successive practice, always balancing with the various interrelated systems. In KY we call this the transformation of bindu (the basic chemical electric component of the glands in a kinetic state) to ojas (the expansion of the chemical electricity in the energy consciousness throughout the 10 bodies, which feels like deepening pervasive radiance). In this way, the field of energy consciousness and the awareness of that field expands. Now comes the neutral mind meditation. The neutral mind is the radical discarding of attention altogether. Before, you were experiencing yourself as the passive witness of an expanding pervading screen of energy consciousness. But as this expands, it also deepens, to where you begin to feel and see with an utter clarity all the time, never angry or perturbed. As events and situations unfold, instead of reacting with a limited focus, it is as though you are on the top of a mountain with a clear vista of everything as one undifferentiated inter-reacting seamless whole, no longer seeing only a part but the whole, in a state of pure intuition, that sees senses, and with some, even sees "groks" (term from Robert Heinland's "Stranger in a Strange land") the past karma that brought the present, and the future potential outcomes, where the enlightened presence spontaneously manifested brings about balance, resolving forever the otherwise continuation of the action/reaction imbalance that is the cause of ongoing karma. In other words the state of the balanced satvic mind and radiant body allows a spontaneous ending of the propensity of the action/reaction tendency to events to continue, so that karma dissolves. Creation, Organization, Dissolution. Dissolution is the end of Karma and merging with the Infinite Being. "In God I dwell, God dwells in me." YB Suddenly, within that satvic etheric mind and radiant body there is a sense of recognition that the seer abides, as Self, as "I as I" without images, without either radiance or emptiness. There is a feeling that the sense of "I" is withdrawing from identity with all objects and images and sensations, and you become the ineffable source of the light of consciousness in the screen, that which sees and animates both darkness and light and is beyond both, no time, no space, timeless, space-like, single, unconditioned, uncaused consciousness. No thoughts nor a thinker. With this comes a single, solid diamond-like recollection of the Truth of your Being, who and what you are. This is felt in the depth of the Heart (Harimandir) and everywhere, as though light is pouring out from between the atoms that make up the body and reflect the universe appearing in the mind. This neutral mind meditation, actually meditates you. It is the True Identity hearing Itself, recollecting Itself and abiding in and as Itself, and in the process relinquishing and divesting Itself of the clinging need and tendency to attach to all images. It is as though the first and second Commandments of God ("I AM") to Moses suddenly take hold with a radical force and entirely dissolve the limited idea of one's self leaving over the ever present Truth, as though emerging from an amnesia. Knowing the Truth about your self, you naturally forget the not-self , just as one no longer uses the moon to see, once the sun has risen, even though it remains reflected in the clear blue sky. The neutral mind meditation is also called "hearing" or "sunia." The manifesting of Kundalini in some due to meditation or practice of certain pranayamas is often imbalanced, for a number of reasons, but, as something that will bring about and restore balance parts 2, 3 and 6 of the Morning Set (see web link above) will do this, expanding and balancing the energy on the left and right sides of the body from the feet through the crown, then balancing in the center, in the while releasing blocks. Naturally, as the kundalini awareness expands to its full potential, it is useful to read some scripture, like Japji, Jaap Sahib, or any of the many Gitas, such as the Ribhu Gita, Avadhut Gita, Ashtavakara Gita, Bhagavat Gita, and others, also the Heart Sutra and Diamond Sutra, the Ramayana, any of the Gospels and words of Christ, which say only this same thing over and over, also the Third Zen Patriarch's Faith Mind. All these text address the Self, by stating the experience of the Truth that the True Self (Sat Nam) hears, and in hearing puts aside and dissolves what is not true. Even oneness itself dissolves into a state of non-dual single and pervasive formless consciousness, that you realize is you. Also, there are so many texts of Yogi Bhajan saying the same thing in a manner that the ineffable is seen in a practical light, as something we can all experience and attune to here and now and in the process dissolve the dross of the limited idea of self that grips the mind. Also see the notes from recent TT classes here in BKK in the above web-links to Sadhana, Ardhana, Pradupati, which summarize Yogi Bhajan's lectures on the practicality of this Path.. To summarize, if people experience some anxiety regarding their kundalini experiences and blockages, then they should just start to practice (with correct breathing) the 3 parts mentions (2, 3 and 6), with Ong Namo chanted 5 to 7 times near the beginning, even between each part, then relax 10 minutes to 15 minutes (yoga nidra), followed by Long Sat Nam at the end 7 times or more, then within a matter of days the imbalances rebalance and blockages will dissolve. The sun in their Heart will dawn in their mind and they will hear, recollect and abide in their True Identity (Sat Nam). Blessed am I In freedom am I I am the Infinite in my Soul i can find no beginning .... no end All is my Self All is my Self. Pieter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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