This is my first post on here and I've managed to make it a slightly embarassing one so I hope no one minds!
I'm really hoping that someone can give me an idea on the following as I'm puzzled and would like to know what is going on.
I do a Japanese breathing meditation based on the 'hara' each day (it's from a tradition form of Reiki) and I always get strong sensations of, ahem, arousal (that's as much as I want to say!). When I first started practising this form of meditation a couple of months ago I sometimes saw colours in my mind's eye but more recently this has been happening....Anyone heard of this, experienced it, or know what it's about?
Hi, and I'm wondering if you are a man as well as a mouse .. sorry, couldn't resist that.
In men, Kundalini rising through the sacral chakra is known to cause an erection. Just watch your thoughts and pictures like clouds in the sky and continue.
Try not to get to ttached to signs of progress or the reverse. These things are said to unfold at their own pace.
Nice one! , no I'm female. Hmmm...I wonder, also have heat at the base of my spine, not sure if that is part of whatever is going on. Am trying to remain detached but it does seem strange...
Mousex
Hello Mouse welcome to HP there is a chapter on this kind of thing in a book called The Liquid Light of Sex by Barbara Hand Clow, it's about Kundalini rising and key life transitions, if you want to read it I recommend asking your local library as it is quite expensive and although an excellent book it doesn't quite warrent the price.
Nice one! , no I'm female. Hmmm...I wonder, also have heat at the base of my spine, not sure if that is part of whatever is going on. Am trying to remain detached but it does seem strange...
Mousex
Hi Mouse
13 years ago I was on holiday in India and had a spontaneous kundalini awakening. I had no idea what was happening - but I found myself very.....aroused. (Too much information, I'm sure and No, I don't want to go into detail.)
Anyway, what's happening to you is sure to be lower chakra activity. At least you know about stuff like this and can take things slowly and take advice. As you continue meditating your higher chakras will come into play and the energy will rise. Don't worry - go with the flow. It's a real privilege and honour. It's like you're one of the chosen ones and very blessed. Keep us posted and don't freak out....
xxxx
With all due respect, Hol, I have to say that Gopi Krishna's book is possibly not the best place to start an investigation into Kundalini nowadays. It's quite old now and is, as you say, pretty scary. I don't think it's necessary for anyone to go through the kind of thing that he did and he suffered because he had no access to information. Nowadays with the web and Google there are far more modern, western based accounts of how to manage this kind of awakening. Best advice I think is not to force anything, just to take it easy and let it unfold at its own pace. (Or I should say Her own pace, as Kundalini is seen as an aspect of the Goddess.)
This video on youtube gives a much less frightening account of a kundalini awakening: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smg5ZHAl8X4
xxx
Thanks to everyone for your helpful comments - especially the book recommendation from Rebecca (had a quick look on Amazon and it's available for a tenner!). They are much appreciated. This sounds like a scary thing but all I've done is my little meditation (eeeek)! Will keep you posted.....
Mousex
Don't worry, Mouse. It's all good! But do bear in mind that no one has the definitive version - everyone's experience is unique. Just because something happens to someone else, don't assume that it will happen to you in the same way. But it IS an awakening - your eyes (all your eyes!) will be more open from now on. You will be aware....
xxx
Seeing colour is quite common during mediation, especially when you do Reiki. Being a Reili healer myself, you will find that the colours are connected to energy especially green and purple, the more you practice the more you are likely to see.
A good introduction to Kundalini energy and exercises to help with it are detailed in a book called "Kundalini and the Chakras" by Genevieve Lewis Poulson:
A good introduction to Kundalini energy and exercises to help with it are detailed in a book called "Kundalini and the Chakras" by Genevieve Lewis Poulson:
I would certainly recommend this book as an introductory and practical one.
All Love and Reiki Hugs
Thanks, I did buy this one recently - good to hear it comes recommended! To be honest I'm not sure whether to do specific exercises to help things along or to just carry on meditating in the same way and see what happens. I feel there is a balance between these that I need to reach...
Mousex
Thanks, I did buy this one recently - good to hear it comes recommended! To be honest I'm not sure whether to do specific exercises to help things along or to just carry on meditating in the same way and see what happens. I feel there is a balance between these that I need to reach...
Mousex
If I were you, I wouldn't even consider trying to 'help things along'. Just carry on meditating and let it all unfold in its own good time.
Yes..think you're right. Need to let things unfold...it's well beyond my understanding anyway, think I know this deep down but get anxious or over-analytical!
Find yourself a good spiritual teacher, do some regular practice of meditation and let your energy purify and raise at your own pace as Sunanda so rightly says.
Albert Einstein said "those who would preserve the spirit must also look after the body to which it is attached". I would add to that in my experience the emotions and mental attitudes need also to be purified for progress spiritually to be made.
Find yourself a good spiritual teacher, do some regular practice of meditation and let your energy purify and raise at your own pace as Sunanda so rightly says.
Albert Einstein said "those who would preserve the spirit must also look after the body to which it is attached". I would add to that in my experience the emotions and mental attitudes need also to be purified for progress spiritually to be made.
Binah
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Finding a good spiritual teacher is, I'm afraid, much easier said than done. I feel it's more the case that they find you. I am already doing regular meditation, which may be why this is happening.
Finding a good spiritual teacher is, I'm afraid, much easier said than done. I feel it's more the case that they find you. I am already doing regular meditation, which may be why this is happening.
I couldn't agree more, Mouse. When you are ready, a teacher will present him/herself. Meanwhile though, keep alert, watch the papers/posters to see if anyone will be speaking near you. Have a browse through the MBS section of a good bookshop; if a book falls off the shelf at your feet (as has been known to happen), buy it! Just be aware and follow the signposts. It's like a treasure hunt really and can be great fun. Be open to everything and just put one foot after another. Keep us posted. (And don't forget that one man's spiritual teacher is another's ripoff. We are all one - but different!)
I couldn't agree more, Mouse. When you are ready, a teacher will present him/herself.
My teacher arrived by a series of coincidences through a friend - it is a two way thing I know they say when the pupil is ready the master will appear - so the 'readyness' can often be a spiritual longing and part of your process in spiritual development.
As you start the work on yourself you become like a magnet and attract to you the right person at the right time. Be open to synchronicities once you are on the path - it might be a leaflet you see somewhere, or a friend recommending someone. It is of the time, of the essence of the moment, as without so within, as above so below.
Yes..think you're right. Need to let things unfold...it's well beyond my understanding anyway, think I know this deep down but get anxious or over-analytical!
I think your right on both counts. Let things unfold naturally, yes. And part of this is not to get into traps of thinking about things too much. A big part of meditation is about getting a little distance from our thought processes. We magnify or distort so much of our experience with the way we get into thinking traps trying to work out what's going on or what we need to do.
And when it comes to a teacher, that can be just another thought trap. A good teacher helps to reassure us not to get worried or anxious. I'm not pretending that a good teacher might not help in other ways but I think that helping us not to think too much about things is a big part of it.
It may take quite a lot of self confidence to be able to not get caught up in our thinking without a teacher but it's not so unusual to find a way through without reliance on a guide or guru. In fact relying on a teacher can be just another thought trap we will one day have to let go of.
We can learn from many people, some may be some kind of teacher, some may not. And our own experience has all the lessons we need along the way and they these lessons may come from nowhere else at all apart from deep inside our own selves.
What is going on...
. (Too much information, I'm sure and No, I don't want to go into detail.
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and very blessed. Keep us posted and don't freak out....
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