Guest guest Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Kundalini will often kick us in our complacency. Meaning that the comfort zones we have come to enjoy and expect are not as " written in stone " as we would like to think they are. With Kundalini the comfort zones can be eliminated at any time or improved upon. Please honestly ask yourself how you might handle this. YOU the person reading this! How do you handle your world being altered by an unseen force? How do you feel about being guided to do this or that when before that guidance would have been a real time " NOT GONNA HAPPEN " scenario? Like eating meat again after so many years of not doing so. When do you start to resist? If you say that you surrender to the guidance of the Kundalini and then the going gets tough due to Kundalini involvement, how far are you willing to go to stay the " new " course? What happens if the choice of " willing " is denied you? What about the Kundalini teacher? What if that teacher asks you or guides you to do a thing that is far far far outside of your comfort zones? Where are your feelings then? What to you do? How long do you suffer if that is what occurs? When the comfort zones are on the line this is where some clarity and distinction can be felt and received. This is where we begin to truly " meet ourselves. " When it is no longer a safe game that is played in cyber space. When it is no longer a choice of when we want to play or if we want to play it. When it becomes as real as the food you eat, and the blood in your body. This is when one comes to the threshold of the sacred reality. Kundalini isnt always easy. It isnt always hard or difficult either but both areas are explored. This exploration will be unique to each person. If we are not used to pushing ourselves or having a strong self discipline or struggling for a goal or a sensation or state of being amidst a difficult portion of our personal path we can begin to despair when Kundalini comes along and puts that struggle into high gear! We can get angry and we can begin to look for blame or to project our discomfort onto others as we look for the way out of our discomfort. I would like this important aspect to be closely considered by those who are approaching the Kundalini and by those already inside of it. This doesn't " just " occur with discomfort it also occurs with bliss and extreme love but with discomfort we will often do what we can to avoid it. With love or bliss there is a more accepting approach. Please take a look at your comfort zones. Please take a look at your addiction to the comfort status quo. Sometimes this will be challenged. Ask yourself if you are up to that challenge. - blessings everyone! - chrism Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Hi Chrism, yes, thanks for this post; i feel its so important to keep this in mind. - > Kundalini isnt always easy. It isnt always hard or difficult either but both areas are explored. This exploration will be unique to each person. If we are not used to pushing ourselves or having a strong self discipline or struggling for a goal or a sensation or state of being amidst a difficult portion of our personal path we can begin to despair when Kundalini comes along and puts that struggle into high gear! > > I had a difficult and confusing week. The male fire energy in me burned away more attachments, making space for the sacred female energy to manifest what she needs to and unleash deeper treasures. I was hit by the joys of cold and hot shivers and flushes. Shakti I feel ok again today, yet yesterday was fiercely resisting the process (going through a little 'dark night' moment as I get finally brokem ) and as I shouted at God to get his act together, at that moment the light bulb in front of me burst.. and this shouting at God after I had been taught (not so gentle.. haha) lessons in humility for a few days.. Its ironic, that I defy the humility lesson immediatly with flashes of arrogance yet that burst light bulb got my attention. I must give thanks to Shakti for being so wonderfull patient with me as a student .. Within the process, there is a desire to keep pushing, to keep creating space for the new self to emerge and to break the constricting bounds of the old self. I came across this article by Andrew Cohen, where he speaks of the emergent of the new self from a slightly different angle, yet contained within is the call for courage.. " The authentic self is the expression of the evolutionary imperative itself, within the human heart and mind. It is a perpetual, unending, and always ecstatic impulse in consciousness that strives only to create the future. But in order for the authentic self to function uninhibitedly, the individual has to be willing to continually let go and embrace ever more of the world of form in every moment. For the individual, emotionally, psychologically, and philosophically, this is what is so ultimately challenging about a truly evolutionary context at the level of consciousness—the relentless demand to continue to let go at these very deep and subtle levels. I think it's only a rare individual who actually is going to have the courage, the authenticity of interest, the fearlessness, the liberated awareness to be able and willing to continually let go in that way and at the same time have his or her own deepest sense of confidence in the nature of being and in life remain absolutely unthreatened. This is often very difficult to explain to people—that it's possible to be deeply certain, to have the absolute conviction that is the hallmark of enlightened awareness, together with a profoundly open and vertically aspiring self-sense or evolutionary impulse. At an existential level one can be absolutely convinced and still be vertically reaching, groping, learning, inquiring, and growing eternally. " Or in one sentance, Zen Mind Beginners Mind? love and new starts Bruce Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 , " " <> wrote: > > Kundalini will often kick us in our complacency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 oops, a blank message. That's kindof funny. My point exactly...empty but full. Redefining, indeed. Love: Danielle , " iamwaitingmoon " <iamwaitingmoon wrote: > > > > > , " " <@> wrote: > > > > Kundalini will often kick us in our complacency. > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009  ________________________________ <> Thu, November 19, 2009 10:26:08 AM Comfort Zones  Kundalini will often kick us in our complacency. Meaning that the comfort zones we have come to enjoy and expect are not as " written in stone " as we would think they are. With Kundalini the comfort zones can be eliminated at any time or improved upon. Please honestly ask yourself how you might handle this. YOU the person reading this! How do you handle your world being altered by an unseen force? How do you feel about being guided to do this or that when before that guidance would have been a real time " NOT GONNA HAPPEN " scenario? Like eating meat again after so many years of not doing so. If you say that you surrender to the guidance of the Kundalini and then the going gets tough due to Kundalini involvement how far are you willing to go to stay the " new " course? What happens of the choice of " willing " is denied you? What about the Kundalini teacher? What if that teacher asks you or guides you to do a thing that is far far far outside of your comfort zones where are your feelings then? What to you do? How long do you suffer if that is what occurs? When the comfort zones are on the line this is where some clarity and distinctions can be felt and received. This is where we begin to truly " meet ourselves. " When it is no longer a safe game that is played in cyber space. When it is no longer a choice of when we want to play or if we want to play it. When it becomes as real as the food you eat, and the blood in your body. This is when one comes to the threshold of the sacred reality. Kundalini isnt always easy. It isnt always hard or difficult either but both areas are explored. If we are not used to pushing ourselves or having a string self discipline or struggling for a sensation or state of being amidst a difficult portion of our personal path we can begin to despair when Kundalini comes along and puts that struggle into high gear! We can get angry and we can begin to look for blame or project our discomfort onto others as we look for the way out of our discomfort. I would like this important aspect to be closely considered by those who are approaching the Kundalini and by those already inside of it. This doesn't " just " occur with discomfort it also occurs with bliss and extreme love but with discomfort we will often do what we can to avoid it. With love or bliss there is a more accepting approach. Please take a look at your comfort zones. Please take a look at your addiction to the comfort status quo. Sometimes this will be challenged. Ask yourself if you are up to that challenge.. - blessings everyone! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Dear all, I was forwarding this e mail to my " read again emails " and I think I have sent it back to this address by mistake....oops! But worth reading again so perhaps no mistake at all...lol1 Love Julia ________________________________ Julia Ahern <jajahern Thu, November 19, 2009 9:07:12 PM Re: Comfort Zones ________________________________ <> Thu, November 19, 2009 10:26:08 AM Comfort Zones Kundalini will often kick us in our complacency. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Dear Bruce, I really liked reading your post and the article by andrew cohen... thank you for posting...another one for the " read again " place. thank you Love Julia ________________________________ BruceO <bruce_oom Thu, November 19, 2009 11:28:22 AM Re: Comfort Zones I came across this article by Andrew Cohen, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 I was hanging some of my artwork at a yoga studio today, and saw a little pendant that read, " life begins at the end of the comfort zone " . -Danielle , Julia Ahern <jajahern wrote: > > Dear Bruce, > > I really liked reading your post and the article by andrew cohen... thank you for posting Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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