Morning Practice-Wed 29th

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Date: Posted 3 years before Nov 15, 2016

beverly 3 years ago

Jai Sri Krishna,

Had an awful headache this morning.

Right after warming up/starting the session, I sensed Kundalini energy rising. It took over my head space, but I applied the locks-slowly came down-and started more breathing in another pose. I wanted to keep the fresh air coming in rather than just staying in the blissful moment....good advice Yogi Madhvacarya. Consequently, I noticed that my headache was gone

My lower back & legs were tight, so I was drawn into poses involving these areas. I had the most success sensing the Kundalini energy during breath infusion in these areas. I think I am feeling more comfortable with my practice. I appreciate all of the advice & will heed it.

Question:

When I sit to meditate, I find myself wanting to reflect on the previous session. I practiced meditation before learning breath infusion, so I am not used to SESSION-MEDITATION. Any advice as to how I can direct my mind away from analyzing the previous session?

MiBeloved 3 years ago

beverly wrote:

Jai Sri Krishna,

MiBeloved's Response:

Suggestion: Use Jai Sri Radhe!

The tradition from India is that the males are in one part of the temple and the females are in another part, even attending the same ceremony. The males remember Sri Krishna. The females remember Srimati Radha or alternately Sri Lakshmi or Sri Rukmini.

In this way a devotee does not get drawn into the mistake of becoming too familiar with the deity of the opposite sex. In Vrindavan, according to the Srimad Bhagavatam, the cowherd boys used to stay together, and the gopis also stayed together.

The greeting means that we remember the deity and we remind each other of the deity, using the deity as the ultimate reference and not ourselves.

Female devotees are looking to Sri Radha for cues, while the male devotees look to Krishna for instructions.

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beverly wrote:

Had an awful headache this morning.

Right after warming up/starting the session, I sensed Kundalini energy rising. It took over my head space, but I applied the locks-slowly came down-and started more breathing in another pose.

MiBeloved's Response:

As soon as you begin the exercises, you should be alert. Even bending down or even standing up can be a cause of kundalini rising in a partial or full way. Always stay alert during the entire session from start to finish.

The neck locks are the protection against any kind of headache. Headache will occur if energy moves into the head in a haphazard way. Using neck lock prevents this from happening.

I am confident, and you should be as well, that over time you will get a handle on the practice.

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beverly wrote:

MiBeloved's Response:

Each student is required to work on those areas of the psyche where the energy is stagnant, stale or polluted and to pull that energy out, replacing it with fresh energy in both the subtle and physical systems. It is important to practice alone so that you can target special areas.

Since my pollution may be in one area, and his pollution in another, I have to give emphasis on my stagnant section and he has to give emphasis on his.

The subtle body is not just the head, so feeling good in the head does not mean that the whole body is in order. That is the value of doing asanas in combination with pranayama to target other areas which are usually ignored.

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beverly wrote:

MiBeloved's Response:

Analysis of the previous session is great. It should be done and should be encouraged. Only thing is that it should be done after the same session not before the following session.

Maintain that interest to review the previous session. This is a required habit. This is why students are instructed to keep a journal but change the time when it is done. Do the review of the previous session just after the session, immediately after and make notes in your journal.

What should you focus on when you begin meditating if you do not focus on the previous session?

First you focus on the energy content and energy level which results from the breath infusion, making note of where the subtle body is and on what level of consciousness it is. Then you continue your practice from the previous day, the way you would continue reading from a certain page in a book.

This means that you must have a sense of momentum. If you are going to California and you begin in New York City, then if your train travels due southwest, you should know where you are and where you are going. You should have some idea of which towns you passed and which towns you will be approaching.

If you do not know that then of course, you are in some hot water, aren’t you? So that is why we read Patanjali so that he can help us to get our bearing (yogic GPS).

Mind is like little Johnny, the naughty son of the good mother. The mother has to direct Johnny to peep in the toilet after church, not in the pews when the sermon is being preached.

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