Introduction of myself to the list

[Guest guest]

My name is Bret Arenson and I have been invited my Chris Mitchell to participate

in

the Kundalini Systems email list.

 

I am going to try to make a succinct telling of some of my experiences over the

past

few years. This is not an easy task, but I hope that enough of you, because of

your

own experiences, will be able to see the fuller picture without the addition of

so much

detail.

 

Two and a half years ago I discovered in me an ability to draw in an automatic

fashion. This way of drawing, though, came as seizure of sorts that caused my

entire

body to gyrate. Needless this to say, this discovery put me in compelling yet

unfamiliar territory. I could not but begin to practice this amazing but

bewildering

behavior which began a very intense period, replete with very unusual

experiences

and noticeable alterations in my perception.

 

I have continued this way of picture making. I have spent many hours trying to

focus

on and further the movement that comes and in contemplating the images that

result.

I have always seen a certain depth, movement and presence in these images, but

have

recently been able to view in them a very dramatic 3D effect that brings a very

strong

sense of presence. This has always been something I have had to invest in myself

to

perceive. I now think of these images guides to contemplation, as organic

mandalas.

 

Over the past six months I have also practiced this behavior in a free form

dance class

as I wanted to see if I could access it away from the drawing board. It has

opened up

well in this environment. In a couple of cases when some brave folk ventured to

keep

a constant touch on me I felt an internal exertion so great it was like every

one of my

cells vibrating on their own.

 

I have also been regularly having rapturous experiences of different sorts,

though not

obviously in direct response to the practice. Fortunately they have been less

frequent,

though sometimes still as intense, as in the " early days. "

 

I have tried to not contextualize this experience too much. I have wanted it to

inform

me on what it is. However it hasn't been too verbal, so I have just tried to

hold it

lightly, noting what comes. Very recently I read " The Kundalini Experience " by

Lee

Sannella, which was referenced in " Spiritual Emergency " , a loan from an

understanding

channeler. This was the first account I had encountered which correlated to my

own

experiences. Of course I knew about Kundalini, but only its folklore, not as

specifically

as is described in the book. Now I can agree that what I had and am having is a

Kundalini Awakening. It is really something for me to accept this as I have

resisted so

many explanations which were never accurate enough to accept. But this is

something

I can say yes too.

 

If you would like to see some reproductions of my work on paper from the first

year

when I was in Paris please look to:

 

http://www.bretarenson.com

 

Biz Out-

 

Bret