Practice Report; Surya - 09/22/2012

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Date: Posted 5 years before Sep 22, 2017

unlimitedsun 5 years ago

Sat. - 09/22/2012

(Previous) PM practice: short kundalini yoga session followed with a brief meditation and then a reading of "Sleep Paralysis".

Practice:

Effective Prana-Yoga-Kundalini session for an hour, including 15-20 minutes warm up; followed with 30 minutes meditation. Auspicious time of crack of the dawn was missed

Energy was felt during warm up. I stopped further into the session to write down so that I remember to report it; that although I could charge and could hear naad I was not perceiving the yellow/red colored geometrical patterns.

Also when kundalini would rise, upon coming down the energy subsides, indicating that I am losing control of one or more of the pressure-lock valves.

Belly/ core body burning was done effectively. As I did I compressed the charge extensively, pressuring the prana through the regular circuit. I was thinking about going to apply the lock in the kneeling posture I was in, when all of the sudden the colored tapestry appeared along with a very intense energy charge. It all happened too fast and I was shaking uncontrollably.

I experienced loss of time, and was wondering how long it would still go on. I couldn’t make it stop. I was not standing so I didn’t fall; still I wasn’t able to control it. I am unable to recall what posture or movements I was exactly doing when it occurred.

The session was stopped for meditation at that point.

Meditation when started shifted naad perception to a higher frequency; that encouraged me to go there, to put my attention there at the right side in the back. The frequency eventually, perhaps after 3-5 minutes returned to its’ usual. I managed to stay with naad for most of the half hour.

This required a constant effort for me, complete vigilance. It is as though I have to physically restrain myself, and just “stay there!”

Goals/Objectives are observed.

Book Reading consisted of the "Yoga Sutras".

‘Stop the influence of the Self by the mento-emotional energy, whether such energy is shallow or deep, positive or negative; so as to redirect the Self inward, by systematic retraction of the senses’

Dreams as recalled consisted of former work and family. One such dream follows:

:-) …I received information that one of my former student's had committed suicide. I was shocked, but then it was confirmed in school. I was dumb found especially that he is autistic, and always easy go lucky go; it didn’t make sense to me.

Last year I taught an Autistic self-contained classroom at the high school at the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS). My students were high functioning for autistic individuals. But Marquette in particular was always in an even mood, so the news was all the more surprising.

...Then his buddy Antonio was also there saying that it did happen.

MiBeloved 5 years ago

unlimitedsun wrote:

Belly/ core body burning was done effectively.

As I did I compressed the charge extensively, pressuring the prana through the regular circuit. I was thinking about going to apply the lock in the kneeling posture I was in, when all of the sudden the colored tapestry appeared along with a very intense energy charge. It all happened too fast and I was shaking uncontrollably.

MiBeloved's Response:

Lack of the proper attention to practice, lack of sufficient reading of Krishna and Patanjali, playing around with the process is the cause of this.

There is also that cheater’s mentality where one does not want to really invest sufficient time to get the proper results. Kundalini Yoga is not a toy store.

One should not space out during practice. This is not a joint smoking session or a heroin shoot up. This is a serious practice for people who are serious about their spiritual life.

Thinking about this, thinking about that and so on during practice is a no no, full focus is required. It is also not about trying to get kundalini to rise to get a pleasure experience like when involved in sex.

Constant reading of Gita will give one the right motivation from which to practice, otherwise one will be relying on one’s psyche for the motive and that will not foot the bill.

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unlimitedsun wrote:

Meditation when started shifted naad perception to a higher frequency; that encouraged me to go there, to put my attention there at the right side in the back. The frequency eventually, perhaps after 3-5 minutes returned to its’ usual. I managed to stay with naad for most of the half hour.

This required a constant effort for me, complete vigilance. It is as though I have to physically restrain myself, and just “stay there!”

MiBeloved's Response:

Constant effort to remain linked means that you are still doing yoga but at the 6th stage which is dharana. There is nothing wrong with that. Patanjali has this process which he called samyama which begins with dharana, which is what you were doing in this practice session.

The dreams show the submerged interest of the subtle body. These energies once they are compressed into the psyche will require their fulfillments even if those are counterproductive to yoga practice.

unlimitedsun 5 years ago

MiBeloved wrote:

"One should not space out during practice."

unlimitedsun's Reply:

I am making moves to manage my time more closely so as to include more reading. I need constant adjustments and fine tuning. This path is just one big struggle, needless to say the challenge of my existence.

Yet, I have truthfully been a complete airhead, hence it behooves me to hopefully understand the why, what, how... of such inclinations.

Aside from taking reading more seriously I am trying to focus more during practice with band aid/ external measures;

I use earplugs so as to have naad in the background, versus some other type of melody.
I am not able to blind fold myself during practice. Moving around and jumping into the furniture in the dead of night could push this household over the edge. So I hear super dark lens sunglasses. This is good during practice but also when moving around the house when and where there is some light prior to practice.

There is something about the subtle body, bright light, practice and attention?

Before I can assimilate the spiritual teachings are there other tips I can use to help me not space out during practice?

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MiBeloved wrote:

"The dreams show the submerged interest of the subtle body."

unlimitedsun's query:

Is astral projection somewhat different in that regard?

MiBeloved 5 years ago

unlimitedsun's query:

Before I can assimilate the spiritual teachings are there other tips I can use to help me not space out during practice?

MiBeloved's Response:

No!

Honesty in yoga. Honest work.

Otherwise join a church and take the Christian way of salvation.

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unlimitedsun's query:

"The dreams show the submerged interest of the subtle body."

Is astral projection somewhat different in that regard?

MiBeloved's Response:

It is the same astral body but its interest is different. Change the interest by working on changing your thinking patters and essential interest.

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