day 7 of Shaktipat - Craig

March 28, 2009

Hi Craig,

>it seems that when I can increase my vibrations, my energy

expands. One thing I've started doing is doing metta mediation almost daily.

When I'm in that loving vibration and bring that to the present moment, to

forgive and openly embrace the now during meditation, my energy expands. >

Thank you for your reply! What is a metta meditation? What was it

like the first time you dissolved? ~ Angelina

, " kundaflame "

<kundaflame wrote:

>

> hey Angelina, it seems that when I can increase my vibrations, my energy

expands. One thing I've started doing is doing metta mediation almost daily.

When I'm in that loving vibration and bring that to the present moment, to

forgive and openly embrace the now during meditation, my energy expands. Also

spending some time in the morning and night forgiving. I ask my heart what

situation or person that still needs to be forgiven and wait for the answer to

come with as much focus on the question as I can. Also during the day I try to

be mindful of my thoughts and when I notice an angry thought or negative thought

I stop what I'm doing (or go to the bathroom if I'm in a public place) and

forgive and open to the experience as fully as possible.

> So basically, the more loving and content I am with the present moment, the

more my energy expands during meditation. And with that, the more I'm willing to

let go of the past and future (a visualization I sometimes use is seeing the

past and future as luggage that when I sit on my cushion I lay it all down, just

for the meditation period, my mind is more willing to let go of it if it knows

it's just for a short while). Well that's about it, hope that was a clear

explanation...

> namaste

> craig

>

> , " gypsyeyes_101 "

<gypsyeyes_101@> wrote:

> >

> > Hi Craig,

> >

> > > My body began to dissolve during my night meditation to where I felt like

a

> > cloud with no boundaries but a definite point in space. My energy kept

expanding

> > and became more and more spacious and peaceful.

> > that's it and 7 more hours of shaktipat left!<

> >

> > Please tell us more about this dissolving and how you achieved

> > this. Did it feel scary when you began to dissolve? ~ Angelina

>

March 28, 2009

Hey Angelina,

Metta meditation is a Buddhist type of meditation for developing the

seed of loving kindness, basically the same type of love a mother has

for her child, may not always agree with the child but the love is

unconditional none the less. Here is a link to the book that I adopted

my practice of metta from to better explain it if you're interested:

http://books.google.com/books?id=CrTRvmN9wQUC & pg=PA71 & lpg=PA71 & dq=ajahn+brahm+metta+meditation & source=bl & ots=NXz-gvleFD & sig=eCGUf4y1ZE9TQnK2sUfre5vAN3w & hl=en & ei=WlfOScqHC8irtgeFuaHmCQ & sa=X & oi=book_result & resnum=2 & ct=result#PPA67,M1

(pgs. 65-70), the link's a mouthful!

The first time I dissolved was actually one of the few experiences

around the time of my initial activation where I was really inspired

and my inner body (chi) became really alive and I sat down in

meditation and began to fully accept the present moment and became more

interested in the silent gaps between thoughts and sound than in the

actual thoughts and sound. Soon my whole identity shifted to the silent

gaps, I became the silence and all noise and thoughts were arising out

of me (the silence) and dissolving back into me. I was no longer

controlled by thoughts nor any noise nor was there any emotional charge

to them, I had a deep realization that I had nothing to worry about,

all things were destined to die/dissolve and it was I that remained. I

think that day I experienced death before death. I went into my

meditation around noon, and meditated for about an hour, but this

experience and deep realization continued and lasted until I went to

sleep that night. I no longer was a body, it dissolved into energy,

but I could still feel it and honor it. I was no longer thought, they

were fleeting and since there was 'no one' to hold onto and latch onto

them, they vanished very quickly. The silence and space was ever

expanding. I wish words could convey this, but not even my memory comes

close to the actual living in that deep realization, the embodiment of this.

Last night's experience was no where close to this one. But last

night's experience was more like my frequency kept expanding. First I

became aware of my chi, and slowly it began to become more and more

noticeable, more alive. Then it was like my awareness was expanding to

my aura and I was becoming more and more sensitive to the more subtle

energy of my aura. And then on it went, not too far but just a couple

of feet. I could still feel my body and skin if I wanted to, but I

wanted to see how far the rabbit hole goes. So I let go and surrendered

more and more until it felt like I was a cloud, or a light- my body the

bulb, and I could feel the emanations of the light from the bulb on

outward.

Well anyways, in my experience, the more I try to make these

experiences happen, or I try to repeat them, they won't happen. It's

all about surrendering the 'doer' little by little, in stages. The happen the more I'm willing to jump off the building of the known and my past identity and free fall into the unknown of letting it all go.namastecraig , "gypsyeyes_101" <gypsyeyes_101 wrote:>> Hi Craig,> > >it seems that when I can increase my vibrations, my energy> expands. One thing I've started doing is doing metta mediation almost daily.> When I'm in that loving vibration and bring that to the present moment, to> forgive and openly embrace the now during meditation, my energy expands. >> > Thank you for your reply! What is a metta meditation? What was it> like the first time you dissolved? ~ Angelina>

March 28, 2009

Hi Craig,

Thank you for your reply! Sounds like you are doing very well

on your Path! What is the name of the book? I tried entering

the link in a search engine and nothing came up and would love

to check it out. Thank you ~ Angelina

, " kundaflame "

<kundaflame wrote:

>

> Hey Angelina,

> Metta meditation is a Buddhist type of meditation for developing the

> seed of loving kindness, basically the same type of love a mother has

> for her child, may not always agree with the child but the love is

> unconditional none the less. Here is a link to the book that I adopted

> my practice of metta from to better explain it if you're interested:

>

> http://books.google.com/books?id=CrTRvmN9wQUC & pg=PA71 & lpg=PA71 & dq=ajahn+\

> brahm+metta+meditation & source=bl & ots=NXz-gvleFD & sig=eCGUf4y1ZE9TQnK2sUfr\

> e5vAN3w & hl=en & ei=WlfOScqHC8irtgeFuaHmCQ & sa=X & oi=book_result & resnum=2 & ct=\

> result#PPA67,M1

>

> (pgs. 65-70), the link's a mouthful!

> The first time I dissolved was actually one of the few experiences

> around the time of my initial activation where I was really inspired and

> my inner body (chi) became really alive and I sat down in meditation and

> began to fully accept the present moment and became more interested in

> the silent gaps between thoughts and sound than in the actual thoughts

> and sound. Soon my whole identity shifted to the silent gaps, I became

> the silence and all noise and thoughts were arising out of me (the

> silence) and dissolving back into me. I was no longer controlled by

> thoughts nor any noise nor was there any emotional charge to them, I had

> a deep realization that I had nothing to worry about, all things were

> destined to die/dissolve and it was I that remained. I think that day I

> experienced death before death. I went into my meditation around noon,

> and meditated for about an hour, but this experience and deep

> realization continued and lasted until I went to sleep that night. I no

> longer was a body, it dissolved into energy, but I could still feel it

> and honor it. I was no longer thought, they were fleeting and since

> there was 'no one' to hold onto and latch onto them, they vanished very

> quickly. The silence and space was ever expanding. I wish words could

> convey this, but not even my memory comes close to the actual living in

> that deep realization, the embodiment of this.

> Last night's experience was no where close to this one. But last night's

> experience was more like my frequency kept expanding. First I became

> aware of my chi, and slowly it began to become more and more noticeable,

> more alive. Then it was like my awareness was expanding to my aura and I

> was becoming more and more sensitive to the more subtle energy of my

> aura. And then on it went, not too far but just a couple of feet. I

> could still feel my body and skin if I wanted to, but I wanted to see

> how far the rabbit hole goes. So I let go and surrendered more and more

> until it felt like I was a cloud, or a light- my body the bulb, and I

> could feel the emanations of the light from the bulb on outward.

> Well anyways, in my experience, the more I try to make these experiences

> happen, or I try to repeat them, they won't happen. It's all about

> surrendering the 'doer' little by little, in stages. The happen the more

> I'm willing to jump off the building of the known and my past identity

> and free fall into the unknown of letting it all go.

> namaste

> craig

>

> , " gypsyeyes_101 "

> <gypsyeyes_101@> wrote:

> >

> > Hi Craig,

> >

> > >it seems that when I can increase my vibrations, my energy

> > expands. One thing I've started doing is doing metta mediation almost

> daily.

> > When I'm in that loving vibration and bring that to the present

> moment, to

> > forgive and openly embrace the now during meditation, my energy

> expands. >

> >

> > Thank you for your reply! What is a metta meditation? What was it

> > like the first time you dissolved? ~ Angelina

> >

>

March 28, 2009

The author is Ajahn Brahm and the book is Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A

Meditator's Handbook

You can go to google and look in the top left hand corner where it says " web,

images, map, news " and go to the options " more " with the arrow and choose the

book search and then type in " ajahn brahm mindfulness, bliss, and beyond " and it

should pop up and it gives you full access to the book and pages 65-70 is the

section about metta.

I'm trying to stay balanced, meditation's one thing, getting up from the cushion

is another. Let's just say I have many opportunities to practice forgiveness

throughout my day, lol.

craig

, " gypsyeyes_101 "

<gypsyeyes_101 wrote:

>

> Hi Craig,

>

> Thank you for your reply! Sounds like you are doing very well

> on your Path! What is the name of the book? I tried entering

> the link in a search engine and nothing came up and would love

> to check it out. Thank you ~ Angelina

>

March 28, 2009

Yes this is fine as it is a form of the compression prayer. 21 times is fine. Do

not over do it as more is not better in these areas. Also do not breathe into

the sixth or seventh chakra. There may come a time when the Shakti consciousness

instructs this. But as a general precautionary guidance against migraines and

other unfortunate experiences steer clear of 6 and 7 chakra for direct ego

intentional stimulation. - blessings Craig. - chrism

PS I will need to change the instructions for the seventh day Shaktipat so thank

you for that clarification Craig! - c

, " kundaflame "

<kundaflame wrote:

>

> Oh yeah, there's one more thing, I tried this during Shaktipat and will

continue to see how it works. When I do the chakra breathing, I use the

affirmations the Dhyana gave us for the explanations of each chakras during

shaktipat. I choose whichever one's move me the most in the moment and say it at

the beginning of the breath and then hold that thought in my awareness for a

total of 3 breaths and then move on to the next affirmation for the same chakra

and hold it in my awareness and feel the feelings of it actually being true for

the 3 breaths and I do this on up to 21. I also imagine the color of the chakra

where it's located and then allow that color to fill my being and basically

become that color, like I'm illuminating that color.

> So basically I try to embody the affirmation and color while breathing into

the location of each chakra on up to the 5th chakra. This seems to increase my

focus and vibrations too.

> let me know if this would be storming the gates, I'm hoping that it

helps to balance the chakras, and it feels like it is.

> craig

>

> , " kundaflame "

<kundaflame@> wrote:

> >

> > The author is Ajahn Brahm and the book is Mindfulness, Bliss, and Beyond: A

Meditator's Handbook

> > You can go to google and look in the top left hand corner where it says

" web, images, map, news " and go to the options " more " with the arrow and choose

the book search and then type in " ajahn brahm mindfulness, bliss, and beyond "

and it should pop up and it gives you full access to the book and pages 65-70 is

the section about metta.

> > I'm trying to stay balanced, meditation's one thing, getting up from the

cushion is another. Let's just say I have many opportunities to practice

forgiveness throughout my day, lol.

> > craig

> >

> > , " gypsyeyes_101 "

<gypsyeyes_101@> wrote:

> > >

> > > Hi Craig,

> > >

> > > Thank you for your reply! Sounds like you are doing very well

> > > on your Path! What is the name of the book? I tried entering

> > > the link in a search engine and nothing came up and would love

> > > to check it out. Thank you ~ Angelina

> > >

> >

>

March 28, 2009

Thank you Craig! Sounds like you are doing very well on the Path!