is this a kundalini symptom? We are human- we are flawed

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Kundalini-Yoga , " terrarium44 "

<terrarium44 wrote:

>

> Sat nam,

>

> As soon as read your message, I immediately thought about this

being the area of your

> 2nd chakra, which is the seat of your emotions. You mentioned that

you were doing a

> meditation for childhood trauma, and another for addiction.

Perhaps your addictions are

> based in your emotional center (i.e. you become addicted to

something to deaden a

> certain emotion)?

>

> Just a few thoughts...

>

> Nadh Singh

>

> Kundalini-Yoga , " baleada1 " <baleada1@> wrote:

> >

> > I am a somewhat advanced KY practitioner. As of now I have been

doing

> > Sodarshan for about 180 days, 7 min, though I have engaged in

> > addictive behavior, like drinking but not quite. I am also doing

sat

> > kriya 5-7 min, meditation for childhood trauma, meditation for

> > addiction, 1 minute breath, and nabhi kriya. I have done

sodarshan

> > non-stop since day 1, but all the other meditations I have been

on and

> > off.

> > Just recently, I have continued in my practice when I found some

> > discomfort in the area starting just above my belly button, and

just

> > below the ribcage.

> > It is some kind of like pain, not like stomache ache, but more

like a

> > pain as if that area of the body was like full of air(but I

seldom get

> > gas). I have ruled out stomache ache, but am not sure whether it

is

> > kidney pain(I don't know how kidney pain feels, because I never

had

> > any). Any suggestions are welcome.

> >

>Hello I concur with the last poster- I would first see a Dr to put

your mind at ease as it could be nothing very important or soething

that might be harmed temporarily by the breathing exercises- It may

in fact be cause dby the breathing- like a muscle over straine dby

starining. I have seen so many similiar injuries in my yogay class-

people who try too hard (I am not saying you are trying too hard) But

do have it checked out. I know it is simple and much easier to

justify and to say this is the 2nd chakra but really and truly forget

chakras and energy and everything else-

I think whatever helps you overcome your addictions is great- I

believe moderation and disipline are the keys- and when you are ready

to be good to yourself it will happen- I really don't think overdoing

one thing is necessarily good- I know alcoholics who now run 15 miles

a day and exercise non stop- what is the point to that- it is just

switching addictions- a person is still addicted-

Did you know Mother Theresa was a hypochondriac....really! I knew

someone who knew her and she would check herself into the most

exclusive clinics to get treatment.....then go back on the streets to

haul the dying in so they could have a good death...Hmmm even those

who didn't want to go with her- but she gave them no meds- I find her

work and most of the spiritual work in the world to have huge flaws-

I have studied with the leader himself and now I paddle my own canoe-

I find great spiritual people spend more time loving their husband

wife-children- making the world a better place than chanting from

some mountain top.....

Please see a Dr and slow down on the breathing Good Luck

 

San Nat Nat

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That is some of the best advice I have ever heard because as a senior citizen I

am learning the same thing. The spiritual masters are wonderful and wise and I

have been fortunate to study with wonderul masters, but the real 'saints " I

would call them are the ones you described. I don't think any yoga or any other

practice will magically make an addiction go away-you have to be willing to let

it go completely. No technique can banish it for you.