Morning Practice - 6/20/2012
Meditationtime Forum Post
Date: Posted 3 years before Mar 18, 2016
Alfredo 3 years ago
ॐ नमः शिवाय
Study: Reviewed 1st chapter of "Meditation Pictorial".
Breath Infusion: Did Bhastrika Pranayam for one hour in several postures, some standing, concentrating on locks and also Pratyahar on the head. During one of the infusions a glowing bright oval was seen in the location of the Lalata Chakra. There is no more heating in the abdomen.
Meditation: The third eye was open. The moving blue ring described in Chapter 1 Page 8 was clearly visible, and when I took the attention to other parts of the head would return again right away upon concentration on the 3rd eye space, after a while it changed into a yellowish star, and continued appearing at will. 2 human faces entered the meditation, one male from the left, one female from the right.
Dream: Since I had woken up so early, after morning practice I slumbered to bed and felt asleep, there was a dream where I was in a house with some people and my brother, and they were conducting illegal activities involving jewelry. A shady character from my past showed up (haven't seen the guy in 30 years) he was the one bringing the merchandize. I repeatedly tried to excuse myself from the surroundings since this is not an atmosphere I normally welcome as my brother is practically an atheist and a mundane being whom I love but only interact with in family settings, but I kept on being drawn in, later finally succeeded and broke lose from the house. There were some other troublesome things in the dream that I can't remember now.
MiBeloved 3 years ago
Perhaps it is Chapter 1 page 25
Alfredo Wrote:
Dream: Since I had woken up so early, after morning practice I slumbered to bed and felt asleep, there was a dream where I was in a house with some people and my brother, and they were conducting illegal activities involving jewelry. A shady character from my pass showed up (haven't seen the guy in 30 years) he was the one bringing the merchandize. I repeatedly tried to excuse myself from the surroundings since this is not an atmosphere I normally welcome as my brother is practically an atheist and a mundane being whom I love but only interact with in family settings, but I kept on being drawn in, later finally succeeded and broke lose from the house. There were some other troublesome things in the dream that I can't remember now.
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MiBeloved’s Reply:
Recollection of dreams is an absolute must for a student yogi. This is the only way to gage what your real progress is and to assess what would be your situation if providence strikes and takes your body and its opportunities away from you.
Whatever is happening in dreams is a precursor of what will be happening fulltime if you leave the body permanently. This is vital information, for no matter if one is on the most advanced path using the most advanced system, still it will all pan out to be whatever is happening now on the dream level.
When we can see what it will be for us, in fact, after leaving the body, then we can get more serious and also try to avoid those associations which will cause us not to be attracted to higher dimensions.
It is the subtle body for sure and not the atma which is housed in it, but all the same that atma will have to follow the attractions which pull that subtle body here and there in the astral zones.
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Alfredo Wrote: 2 human faces entered the meditation, one male from the left, one female from the right.
MiBeloved's Reply:
The appearance of human faces like this is important in terms of knowing the location of the two adjuncts. Wherever these faces appear is a location which should be noted, since the psychic organs which are located at these places, remains invisible for the most part, and usually becomes visible only by their displays which are seen by the observing self.
Imagine a white colored television in a room which has all walls, the ceiling and floor painted in the same white. It will be difficult to distinguish the TV. Someone might say, “O it is merged in the walls.” Another person might say, “O, it is in oneness with the walls.” And yet another person might say, “It is indistinguishable and inconceivable in reference to everything else which is white in the room.”
However, if suddenly the TV is turned on, then its images will be seen in its screen and the lack of distinction is removed immediately.
So like that until we can develop- psychic perception of the adjuncts like the buddhi, we should rely on the images which are seen.
There are two adjuncts which concern this and there are the two eyes of the subtle body also.
The two adjuncts are the third eye chakra and the buddhi analytical orb.
Both the third eye and the orb are capable of supernatural perception but the orb is the superior organ. In fact while you can see by using the orb alone, you cannot have vision with third eye without using the orb. The orb is a mandatory accessory.
The location of the perceptions gives a clue about the location of the adjuncts which makes it easier to zero in on them during meditation.
Alfredo 3 years ago
Thanks Michael!
When I wrote the morning report, I was in a hurry and forgot to mention the following:
When I finished the practice and slumbered in bed, the whole body was shivering and tingling for a while, could it be that I went too strong on the 1-hour breath infusion?
MiBeloved 3 years ago
Alfredo Wrote: When I finished the practice and slumbered in bed, the whole body was shivering and tingling for a while, could it be that I went too strong on the 1-hour breath infusion?
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MiBeloved's Reply:
Not too strong but not paying attention to the diffusion when you stop a rapid breathing sequence and you hold the locks. Then you should go down mentally to where the energy has built up and observe how it is being distributed in the system.
This application of attention strengthens the authority of the inner distribution system and does not allow the prana to go wherever it will. Prana accumulated or fresh air accumulated might want to go wherever but it should be directed.
While doing a posture and doing the rapid breaths, when you stop then apply the locks but also pay attention internally or lock your mind internally and check to see how the system is distributing the air (prana or subtle energy in the subtle body) you pumped in.
When you feel that the energy accumulated was dissipated, diffused out, and then begin another sequence of rapid breathing.
In time however this is mastered.
Shivering and tingling is great.
Now this should happen during the practice and also at the end but it will happen during the practice, if you allow for a tight accumulation with air so that the attention within the system is so tight that the air cannot escape through any avenue of sensual interest, like an open eye, or like hearing something and giving that attention.
Sometimes you will feel to shake or shiver or rattle a part of the body or the spine of the body so as to cause the infused energy to shake through the nadis instead of becoming pent up and blocked by nadis which were closed off for years.
When the infusion builds up if you are applying the locks properly you will find that the energy is forced to travel in specific routes and that it is not free to cause a shiver here or there. Then it will accumulate under compression and begin to behave itself like a prisoner who under confinement cannot just go out and wreak havoc in society.
It takes time for mastery but I do understand your eagerness.
During my practice, sometimes when the energy is held up in a certain area, I will wiggle some part or shake a part or even stretch a part to cause the energy to move down a certain nadi. This might be compared to when you turn on a garden hose. If there is kink in the line sometimes the pressure which builds up at that kink causes the hose to straighten out. Then the water will rush down the hose and if there is any sediment in it, that will flow out first and then pure water will begin flowing. Or if the kink is really set, then the hose will build up pressure and if you do not rattle the hose or move the kinked part, then the water will either back up the line or burst the hose.
So similarly certain nadis are blocked and when kundalini is aroused or even when just the infused energy is built up in any part, the system is forced to respond in some way.
