Alex: Follow-up on the bandhas

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Alex,

 

you may want to google " ajna bandha. " It seems that this kind of kryia

happens when the K breaks one more lock and starts running from the

ajna to the crown.

 

I still get chills thinking of that afternoon...

 

Sel

 

, Dharma Wayfarer

<dharmawayfarer wrote:

>

> I just wanted to thank and you just now for giving me the

names of what the heck I experienced! First time I've read anywhere

that anybody else had this too.

>

> That is, your description of what happened to your face is what I

alluded to in a previous post to do with facial tremors occuring

during the spontaneous awakening I experienced ... face started to

twitch like it electrodes all over it starting with nose/cheeks/sides

of mouth.... then drew up wards so I thought my chin was touching my

forehead ... it was after that when the head tilted back and the

tongue rolled back and pointed down the throat ...

>

> Metta. Alex

>

> chrism <> wrote:

> A reminder - c

>

> , " selena230 "

> <selena230@> wrote:

> >

> > Folks, what follows can perhaps serve as a cautionary story about

> > bandhas. Please don't think I am blowing my horn: this was a

> personal,

> > off-list message that Chris asked me to post.

> >

> > About the bandhas: the stuff is VERY powerful. Today I did my asana

> > practice followed by pranayama, ida and pingala breathing, spinal

> > breath, and then mula and uddiyana bandha at the same time. I saw

> > flames on my crown (not hot, but very bright, espanding like a

> crown),

> > then the corners of my mouth pulled up, in fact all the skin of my

> > face pulled up (never heard of this before, but it happened last

> week,

> > too!). I was keeping the tip of my tongue against the palate, but

> the

> > energy rolled it all the way back towards my throat into a

> spontaneous

> > kechari mudra (which I have never done before). My hands were

> pulled

> > up, my head got tilted back, and I felt an upward rush of energy

> > through the body. No visuals this time, but the rush was strong.

> [in

> > hindsight, it felt like having a big vacuum pump above my head,

> > pulling my body up.] When it was over, I felt I was not alone.

> > Instead, I was in the presence of something way, way bigger than

> me.

> > It felt very real, absolutely and overwhelmingly physical (among

> > others). Like the first time I had a close K encounter, it was

> > humbling and somewhat intimidating. I thanked the Devas and the

> > angels, and when I opened my eyes I had a dark spot in my visual

> > field, right in front of me. When I closed my eyes, the dark spot

> was

> > very bright. I got up, tried to switch on the light, and as I

> touched

> > the switch all the bulbs in the chandelier blew up.

> >

> > I still feel dizzy. Had to eat some sugar right away, and I still

> feel

> > high...

> >

> > I am glad you cautioned the list that the bandhas have to be

> treated

> > with extreme respect. They are very, very powerful.

> >

> > Love,

> >

> > Sel (still a bit dizzy, one hour later)

> >

 

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