1998/03/22  12:22  
 kundalini-l-d Digest V98 #216 
  
kundalini-l-d Digest				Volume 98 : Issue 216
 
Today's Topics: 
  thought                               [ John Living <jlivingATnospamdirect.ca> ] 
  rebirth                               [ Gaurav Asthana <gauravATnospamlw1.vsnl.net ] 
  Re: street lights and K?              [ Danijel Turina <sinisa.turinaATnospamzg.te ] 
  Re: God As Perfection-God as Perfect  [ "Orea de Sa' Hana" <oreaATnospamerols.com> ] 
  AutoPost from Kundalini Resource Cen  [ Stephen Gornik <SteveThetaATnospamaol.com> ] 
  Re: AutoPost from Kundalini Resource  [ Anurag Goel <anuragATnospamBhaskara.ee.iis ] 
  Re: weird sensation.                  [ "Orea de Sa' Hana" <oreaATnospamerols.com> ] 
  Re: Q?RE:_Personal_Genius._Glad_      [ "Gloria Lee" <samyanaATnospamhotmail.com> ] 
  gurus, reptiles, seizures ..oh my!    [ "Susan Carlson" <divine_goddessATnospamhot ] 
  Re: Gurus and Professors              [ Anurag Goel <anuragATnospamBhaskara.ee.iis ] 
  Re: Gurus and Professors              [ "Gloria Lee" <samyanaATnospamhotmail.com> ] 
  Re: gurus, reptiles, seizures ..oh m  [ Anurag Goel <anuragATnospamBhaskara.ee.iis ] 
  Patanjali and art                     [ Mary Ezzell <maryATnospamsonic.net> ] 
  Re: Personal Genius                   [ Dan Margolis <margolisATnospamtransbay.net ] 
  Re: Personal Genius                   [ David Bozzi <david.bozziATnospamsnet.net> ] 
  sudarshan chakra                      [ Maggie Barber <maggie838ATnospamyahoo.com> ] 
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 06:44:51 -0700 
From: John Living <jlivingATnospamdirect.ca> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: thought 
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From: John Living <jlivingATnospamdirect.ca> 
Subject: thought
 
Hi
 
Thought - this may be of interest to K list; 
 
I am forwarding, NOT cross-posting !
 
John 
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To: Multiple recipients of list DOWSING <DOWSINGATnospamintuition.org> 
Subject: thought 
From: hansenATnospammcn.org (Robert & Sharon Hansen) 
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 1998 11:38:08 -0800
 
 I have been listening to, or I should say reading, what has been said on 
"intuition" for some time now and have graduated to a point where I would 
like to add some thoughts to consider. 
 Sharon and I have been working on developing our dowsing for over 7 ears 
now.  We started out with the "L" rod and located water veins, noxious 
zones, and a lot of other concealed items.  I even used it  to locate my 
ever illusive glasses.  We also use the pendulum to get answers, directions, 
to clear people, and to talk to our guides and angels .  We are 
also channeling healing.    Along the way we have had so many interesting 
experiences, or you can call them coincidences.  This is what I would like 
to touch on at this time. 
 I find it so very interesting when I just observe and take time to 
appreciate coincidences.  It seems to me that all too many of us rush 
through life taking for granted all matter of life and in particular that 
which cannot be seen.  Sharon and I have experiences of being a participant 
in the healing of animals, energizing the healing system within people, and 
the changing in our personal life's direction, opening of understanding 
within partnerships, and  opening channels towards an  understanding of love. 
 Coincidences are astounding. One small story of many.  We have a wild 
turkey.  It got very sick.  I mean it was on its back with its legs up in 
the air.  Sharon and I had to go to town the day  we found the turkey 
reaching for the sky,  so we put the turkey in the car (feet down so he 
would look better) and stopped by the vet.  He took one look at the bird 
and said we should kill it before it infected the flock with whatever it 
had.  He said "Turkeys this sick just do not service.  In fact,  turkeys 
look for a reason to die".  Well, we said, "We will do a healing on the 
bird and make him better".    Got some funny looks.  You know the kind. 
The eyes roll back into the head, there  is that half smile that crunches 
the face and they walk off shaking their head after not taking the time to 
say good bye.  So we did our thing, and the turkey is alive and well.  We 
called the vet to give him an update.  He could not believe the bird was 
alive.  We have offered to help other pets but to date we have not received 
a call.   
The  point of this little story is if we all  kind of checked things out a 
little more,  we would find that if we expend a little energy each and 
everyone of us could channel healing and love.   If we want to learn, there 
are teachers and plenty of examples to draw from.   It is all right here, 
all around us.    
The result of the point.  If people opened their eyes and perceived these 
what is now called coincidences and built upon them and understood that 
coincidences are more the norm , we could replace the ego with warm fuzzy 
love, replace the need for more with satisfaction, replace striving and 
stress with peace and a connection with knowledge and experience arrival at 
understanding. 
I find this very interesting and sad.  And I come away with a Big Why is 
humanity not going in the direction of understanding  ?   But I am also 
very thankful for dowsers as they, along with others, have that 
understanding.  May we change the mindset of the world. That would be our 
dream. 
 How do you  start ?  Ask God, the Universal Consciousness, your spirit 
guides, your pendulum, the whole or whomever,  to open your eyes and allow 
you  to see and learn.   Expend daily constant time and energy  directed 
towards developing a connection and opening your perception through your 
aura, third eye, your angels or whatever avenue you want to use. Gradually 
you will see new doors open for you.  Warning.  You will get what you ask 
for but not necessarily in the time frame you want.  You travel in the 
directions of your thoughts.  Change your point of observation and your 
life's perceptions will change. 
We are open to sharing thoughts and more than willing to help wherever we 
can. 
Our personal E-Mail address is    >>> <hansenATnospammcn.org>. 
 Love from Robert and Sharon
 
J.M.Living, P.Eng.,                A wise old owl lived in an oak; 
2731 West 11th.Avenue,           the more he saw, the less he spoke; 
Vancouver,    B.C.,             the less he spoke, the more he heard; 
Canada      V6K 2L8            he was definitely not a political bird ! 
   Vox & Fax (604) 737-7456
 
      "The Truth is out there !" - and YOU can find it by Dowsing ! 
   Dowsers * Questers / Canada: "http://users.uniserve.com/~questers/" 
Learn to use a Pendulum: "http://mypage.direct.ca/j/jliving/penlearn.htm" 
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 20:22:48 +0000 (GMT) 
From: Gaurav Asthana <gauravATnospamlw1.vsnl.net.in> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: rebirth 
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Many of us may believe that after death one simply vanishes out of 
existence.It may not be so.Dying maybe like falling in a deep sleep.The 
difference being that on waking up you find yourself the same person while 
after death one may open his eyes to find himself in a different body and 
surroundings.This is his rebirth.It maybe in any form of life other than 
human or human life itself.As when a newborn child opens his eyes to find 
himself in a particular body the same happens when a soul takes rebirth in 
an animal form.An animal baby also finds it moulded in a particular body 
whatever his past life might have been. 
     Kundalini is a vehicle not for 
this life only but it may mould ones next lives also depending on it's 
intensity of thrust and one's karma in this life.Kundalini and karma have 
to be taken into account together to get the picture of things to come. 
with love, 
  Rahul 
  
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 16:22:54 +0100 
From: Danijel Turina <sinisa.turinaATnospamzg.tel.hr> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: Re: street lights and K? 
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Hi Bob! :)
 
At 08:46 1998.03.22 -0500, you wrote: 
>On Sun, 22 Mar 1998 12:17:46 +0100, Danijel Turina 
><sinisa.turinaATnospamzg.tel.hr> wrote: 
>>So before you go jumping to conclusions about K outbursts, and you begin 
>>panicking about something being seriously wrong with you (or telling people 
>>"look what I've done! like, wow!":))), look for a bit more grounded 
>>explanation, please. :))) 
> 
>Danijel, 
> 
>Ah, Occam's Razor comes to the rescue again.  :-)  You explanation of 
>street lights, and their simple light detection systems,  makes good 
>sense.
 
:) Yes, world is strange enough even without K-driven street lights. :))) 
Take care! :)
 
----- 
E-mail  : sinisa.turinaATnospamzg.tel.hr 
Homepage: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/1377 
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 10:38:58 -0400 
From: "Orea de Sa' Hana" <oreaATnospamerols.com> 
To: Roberto Gonzales del Valle <930359ATnospamaloe.ulima.edu.pe>, 
 kl List <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com> 
Subject: Re: God As Perfection-God as Perfect Awareness 
Message-ID: <35152284.EE03DE58ATnospamerols.com> 
 
Hi Roberto,
 
I really appreciate your telling us the truth about "sun" worship in ancient 
Peru.  You have put me in touch with a memory of my own experiences there, 
then.  Lovely.  I didn't feel incomplete before, but I feel more complete now. 
 Thanks.
 
Blessings,
 
Orea 
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 05:38:39 -1000 (HST) 
From: Stephen Gornik <SteveThetaATnospamaol.com> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: AutoPost from Kundalini Resource Center  
Message-Id: <199803221538.FAA27319ATnospamhaleakala.aloha.net>
 
EXCELLENT REFERENCE:
 
This is one of the most relaxed and practical kundalini guideline book i have ever encountered.  They are effective and work gradually inunison.
 
KUNDLAINI AWAKENING - A GENTLE GUIDE TO CHAKRA ACTIVEATION AND SPIRITUAL GROWTH by John Selby
 
Quote: p.55
 
"Usually, when people firstbegin to relfect upon kunkalini energy flows, they try to visualize energythat rises up from the base of the spine and moves progressively through the chakras until it flashes into the infinite spiritual realms of the seventh chakra.  This was my own first impression of kunalini.
 
The experiential truth of energy flows in the body is this: The lifeforece energy flows both up from the earth through our bodies and also down through the seventh chakra into our bodies from above.
 
It is essential to understand that our human bodies are receptors of energy both from above and below.  We are in physical form th emarriage of heaven and earth, inthis important and ultimate energetic sense.
 
A FULLY INTEGRATED ENERGEIC  CIRCUIT
 
When you turn your attention to your chakra system, please keep in mind that you are not going to experience static chakras, each of them existing in and of themselves.  You are going to encounter your chakras as living, energetic centers constantly being activeated by energy flowing from both above and below.  Chakras exist only in energetic action.
 
They also exist only in relationship witheach other, and with the energetic flows around the body. This is why I begin thiskunalini program by hving you focus onot only on individual chakras but on your whole body.
 
I HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THIS BOOK.
 
In the past, as a swmi in training, we were also taught only to focus on the Ajna Chakra.  This always made me feel ungrounded and a chaotuc energy system.  Of course, there is more than one way.
 
You may want to check out this source.
 
OM SHANTI    -    AVEC L'AMOUR
 
STEPHEN - ETIENNE 
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 21:11:07 +0530 (IST) 
From: Anurag Goel <anuragATnospamBhaskara.ee.iisc.ernet.in> 
To: Bob Jones <bobjonesATnospamco.tds.net> 
Cc: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com, kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: Re: AutoPost from Kundalini Resource Center  
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Hi bob, 
  Involuntary undulations, trembling, sweating are the symptoms on 
  the path of kundalini awakening. I don't know about rest of them 
  which you have mentioned. 
    
Love and Blessings, 
anurag
 
On Sat, 21 Mar 1998, Bob Jones wrote:
 
> Recently I have started having some involuntary undulations and  
> trembling of my body while doing some focused visualizations looking  
> at a picture of Christ. I am in an altered state at the time. 
>    This also occurred 5 years ago when I was also doing some intense 
> spiritual work. Am I having a kundalini experience? 
>    For the last 6 months I have also been experiencing lots of physical problems (unusual for me). This includes extreme pain in my legs, 
> kidney weakness, parasites, and a recent episode of sweating, 
> shortness of breath and diarrhea. What is going on? 
>  
> How do I access list? Did I miss that info? 
>  
>  
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 11:26:42 -0400 
From: "Orea de Sa' Hana" <oreaATnospamerols.com> 
To: "Debora A. Orf" <dorf01ATnospammail.win.org>, kl List <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com> 
Subject: Re: weird sensation. 
Message-ID: <35152DB4.9E19E26DATnospamerols.com> 
 
Yes, I feel something like that now, and once it was my first chakra.
 
Blessings,
 
Orea
 
Debora A. Orf wrote: 
>  
> just a question for y'all. 
>  
> ever feel like your heart center is 'pregnant'? 
>  
> i cant think of another word to describe this. 
>  
> --janpa 
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 08:38:43 PST 
From: "Gloria Lee" <samyanaATnospamhotmail.com> 
To: 930359ATnospamaloe.ulima.edu.pe 
Cc: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com 
Subject: Re: Q?RE:_Personal_Genius._Glad_   
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<snip> 
> 
>K has given very wonderful things bet the one that impresses me the  
mosth= 
>as 
>to do with languaje languaje. I speak and it is like words are coming 
>through my mouth but no from my mind. Like i got possesed by something 
>bigger than me which I cannot understand and suddenly I say something  
to = 
>me 
>listener that is exactly what he/she was craving for. I can actually  
see = 
>the 
>light in their eyes. That is why I have become used to saying "No me  
des = 
>la 
>gracias, dale gracias a la vida" ("Don=B4t thank me, thank life  
instead". 
> 
>I have realized it is all part of a puzzle that is why there are signs 
>everwhere because the pieces must fit. Every look in the eye you have  
bee= 
>n 
>given needed to happen it is a share of information and energy that was 
>somehow meant to be. 
> 
>Love 
>Roberto. 
> 
> 
> 
>Ahhh, Roberto...such a lovely thought: 
  
    " No me des la gracias, dale gracias a la vida."
 
I am going to take this for a new mantra to say..best as I can in your  
language.  Indeed, all of life comes to us a gift of life from life, and  
to live with such gratitude simply feels right and good. 
  You are so welcome here..always enjoy to read your posts because of  
such sincereity of your thoughts and feelings.  You do have that  
"peaceful, easy feeling" of the 60's, Roberto. Its simply a state of  
mind..forget the calendar, ok?? Never too late to be a groovy guy. 
Glo Lee 
  
  here's a quote back for you from Thich Naht Hanh: 
   
      "Our own life is the intstrument through which   
we experiment with truth." 
 
 
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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 08:39:46 PST 
From: "Susan Carlson" <divine_goddessATnospamhotmail.com> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: gurus, reptiles, seizures ..oh my! 
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Gurus of any type....and i have none other than Self...I consider as  
elder brothers or sisters. (Maybe because I am the oldest in my family.)   
They are part of my family. They might be a little older and wiser in  
some things than I am so can be depended on at times to be a good guide  
down paths I have never been. But to give them my undying devotion and  
think they can do no wrong...hmm...hero worship..little kids stuff. I  
respect them now (or not...if their behaviour is incongruent with their  
words) that i am grown up and I still love them as i did with my child's  
heart.
 
My reptilian brain is very responsive to k, if i define k as vital  
energy. If I didnt have k, i would be dead I think. So what is this  
other 'spiritual' k that causes evolution of a person's soul? Too bad  
there's "duality" notion in viewing k, which IMO is a holographic,  
pandimensional phenomenon.
 
To study the phenomenon of k in just a physiological way would be to use  
CAT scans. Take a 'before' shaktipat picture and then an 'after'. 
I would think ECGs, before and after. And there are so many  
sophisticated lab tests... But since there are so many kinds of  
Shaktipat (since each receives according to his ability and need..IMO) 
it would almost be easier to find one specific drop of water in the  
ocean. ...and its a place to start.
 
Rather than looking for genuis...how about looking for behavioral  
markers? Dont think moral/virtue markers are necessarily valid..depends  
on the culture. Kinda reminds me of those tool using experiments they  
designed for chimpanzees...will he use the stick to get a hold of the  
banana he cant reach?   :)))
 
I am still having seizures, when the energy runs very high in me. My  
body vibrates like a violin string as an electrical charge runs up thru  
my spine and througout my body. Havent become physiologically  
unconscious, thank god or otherwise i would have been incontinent! 
Last night it was very strong...even having spontaneous continuous  
pranayama. Other times I have stopped breathing all together. Think of  
your body, humming with electricity, as your spine moves in a sine wave  
while simultaneously your pelvis rocks like its in an orgasm while your  
back is fiery flame. Then add seeing the lotus at the top of your head  
while viewing events in different times and different locations. It did  
not hurt; it felt sweet and lovely. This was how I spent last night.  
Today my whole self feels as a vortex of energy.
 
I think it was Kurt that said that k prepares the body for grace. I  
think its grace that brings the rising of K. I did no spiritual  
practices to prepare for the rising of k. I still dont. The descent of  
grace, I think, precedes the rising of k. What happens after is as  
varied as the individual.
 
The rising of k has made me a more pleasant person to be around most of  
the time  ;), but it is by no means the only reason why I am that way. K  
has been more synergestic/catalystic in my life. I am a meatarian :)), i  
meditate when k draws me into it and its the rising k that purifies my  
body bringing about practices that look and feel 'spiritual'. I really  
have grown to love saying mantras. I love the way they vibrate thru my  
body and bring me bliss and quietness.
 
Anyway, my two and a half cents worth.
 
Love, 
Susan
 
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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 22:14:04 +0530 (IST) 
From: Anurag Goel <anuragATnospamBhaskara.ee.iisc.ernet.in> 
To: Jan Barendrecht <janbarenATnospaminfase.es> 
Cc: kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: Re: Gurus and Professors 
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Hi, 
    What is SHABDA YOGA?
 
Love, 
anurag 
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 09:26:48 PST 
From: "Gloria Lee" <samyanaATnospamhotmail.com> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com, lobsterATnospamclara.net 
Subject: Re: Gurus and Professors 
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> 
>on 21 Mar 98, Harsha1MTM wrote... 
> 
>><< It is therefore true to say that people get the Gurus they deserve.  
>> 
>> 
>>Harsha: Well stated. And Gurus get the chelas (disciples) they  
deserve! Ramana 
>>Maharshi once said that the disciple is more important than the Guru.  
If the 
>>disciple has purity, faith and is sincere, even a stone statute will  
serve as 
>>the Sad Guru.    
> 
<snip>  
  
  
>I am incidently involved in a long term project to train my own Guru.  
It has 
>taken several years to overcome his innate worldliness and inclination  
to 
>atheism. However I persevere . . . 
> 
>Lobster 
> 
>ED, you get me rolling on the floor laughing with these little asides  
of profundity that you casually toss around.  Now what does your Guru 
Think of the disciple you have given him to work with??? 
Glo Lee 
PS. Your Crustaceousness is quite charming, ya know??
 
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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 22:53:43 +0530 (IST) 
From: Anurag Goel <anuragATnospamBhaskara.ee.iisc.ernet.in> 
To: Susan Carlson <divine_goddessATnospamhotmail.com> 
Cc: kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: Re: gurus, reptiles, seizures ..oh my! 
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Hi Susan, 
    Are you saying you love reciting mantras ?. If yes then it's  
    the 
    beautiful experience which you have expressed about mantras. 
Love, 
anurag
 
> have grown to love saying mantras. I love the way they vibrate thru my  
> body and bring me bliss and quietness. 
>  
>  
> Anyway, my two and a half cents worth. 
>  
> Love, 
> Susan 
>  
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Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 10:33:38 -0800 
From: Mary Ezzell <maryATnospamsonic.net> 
To: kundalini-lATnospamlists.execpc.com 
Subject: Patanjali and art 
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Someone wrote: 
>>W<<BIG SNIP> (Patanjali etc.) explicitly = 
>>warn against using siddhis: it means the end of spiritual progress. =
 
What passages in Patanjali are you referring to that 'explicitly warn'? He 
lists a number of siddhis and how to achieve them.
 
Many old yoga scriptures were written for monks in monastaries or forest 
herimtages. People who were already doing nothing but meditate in a cave 
with people bringing them rice three times a day. In that situation siddhis 
would probably be a distraction.
 
But I don't think that applies to people like us getting a k boost with our 
art or even business functioning.
 
For example, if a monk discovered a talent for singing, it could attract a 
crowd and cause problems. But if a singer who is already having the 
problems, is led by k to let k take over teh singing, so that the hours 
she's already putting in to singing are now communing with k also.... That 
could be wonderful! (Kind of like Angelique's work situation, maybe. :-)
 
IMO, letting k unfold an artistic talent to the extent that you can quit 
your day job is  very legit. Enables right livlihood that can be a 
meditative sort of work, flexible schedule that lets you travel to 
retreats, etc.
 
Shouldn't we distinguish between 'making' k power a siddhi She doesn't want 
to, and blocking some siddhi She does want to open?  Not force Her to power 
what some book says is the Only True Straight and Narrow Path to the Only 
True Enlightment.
 
K knows what's best for each person at each point.
 
Mary 
Date: Fri, 22 Mar 1996 10:44:19 -0800 
From: Dan Margolis <margolisATnospamtransbay.net> 
To: amckeonATnospamhsmail.nfld.k12.mn.us, 
 Kundalini Mailing List <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com> 
Subject: Re: Personal Genius 
Message-ID: <3152F503.A8966A94ATnospamtransbay.net> 
 
I have a feeling my earlier posting was misread.  I'm sorry I wasn't 
particularly 
clear on what I was saying or why I was saying it.  Here is an answer to 
the 
questions asked by amckeon.
 
 
>Are you uncomfortable with your own "specialness?" I can relate. I felt 
>that way once, sometimes I still do, but less and less as the years pass 
>and I learn more about myself.
 
    I don't think I'm uncomfortable with my own specialness.  I've 
always been 
different.  What I'm more uncomfortable with are manifestations of ego 
which have 
come back to me during my current awakening and that I see reflected in 
this 
list.  The feelings that make me uncomfortable are similar to feelings I 
had back 
in my hyper-corporate days.  These feelings are feelings of power and 
control that I had because I could 
easily manipulate people.  The same feelings of power are resurfacing in 
me as I'm going through 
another round of healing and cleansing.  
 
 There is a Buddhist story that describes this.  I don't remember that 
exactly so many of the details will be off.  A bandit operated in the 
himalayas and was widely known and feared.  Every 
victim he caught, he robbed and slew.  One day he was setting up his 
thieving 
operation in a remote part of the mountains where he had never been 
before.  He 
caught an old woman leaving a nearby village and was getting ready to 
rob and 
kill her.  She asked him for help climbing the mountain because she had 
no idea 
who he was and she had heard of a fierce bandit in the area.  He paused 
and 
thought of his own mother and decided to guide her to the top of the 
mountain. 
When they reached the top she said 'Thank god, the bandit didn't find 
us."  He 
replied, "There was no chance of that, since I am the bandit."  The old 
woman 
died of fright when she found out who he was.  Feeling pangs of guilt 
for 
inadvertantly slaying the woman, he decided to give up his evil ways.  
He became 
a recluse and lived for years in a cave meditating.  The people in the 
nearby village 
discovered him and thought he was a great monk and invited him down to 
the 
village as there own abbot.  He lived for a time as the abbot of the 
village. 
One day a merchant was going out of town for a long journey and asked 
the abbot 
to watch his house.  The abbot came into the house and saw the 
merchant's 
strongbox.  Immediately he thought of robbing the merchant.  Soon there 
was great 
shouting coming from the house.  All the villagers came in and they 
found the 
bandit/abbot in the house shouting. "Thief!!! Thief!!! I've caught a 
thief."  He 
was found standing in the hut with his right hand in the strong-box 
stealing money and his left 
hand grasped around the wrist trying to stop himself.
 
>I am happily married, live in the Midwest, and watch a lot of TV. What 
>would you like to know about living an ordinary life? A while back there 
>was a discussion of soul mates, and I posted about how much I loved my 
>husband. I think that would fall under the "how to live an ordinary life" 
>category.
 
    By ordinary life I didn't mean dull, drab and boring.  I meant how 
people 
take the extraordinary into their lives, how people learn to enjoy their 
breath, 
the people around them, the things they do.  The question I was asking 
was how do you 
integrate this new exciting manifestation into the regular world.  There 
is the 
Zen saying 'There are no ordinary moments.'
 
>Your earlier comment expressed concern about us discussing "obtuse effects" 
>and now you say you joined the list because of your own "side_effects." How 
>can we be helpful to each other if we don't discuss these things? If you 
>want to know *why* these things happen, that's one thing, or if you want to 
>know how to make them *go away* that is another thing. My impression is 
>that one or both of these is your goal, and you are upset that we seem to 
>be enjoying the weirdness rather than finding out how to "cure" it?
 
    I'm sorry, I think there is a misunderstanding here.  I've been 
meditating 
and practicing for quite a while and have had many weird things happen 
to me, 
they weren't specifically associated with K energy though.  When I had a 
manifestation of things that wasn't explained by my practice or my 
teachings I 
sought another explanation.  The side-effects I was discussing were 
Kriya's--trembling and seizures.  The answers to the questions I've 
asked have 
helped me balance the energy and realize that I was entering into 
another 
purification process.  I went through a different type of purification 2 
years 
ago that had different manifestations.  I wasn't seeking a cure, merely 
reassurance that this was a known process, and a discussion of why it 
was 
occuring.
 
    By obtuse effects I meant focusing on electrical and psychic 
manifestations 
of K.  The end of my path is enlightenment not psychic powers.
 
    Thank you for your questions though, they have helped me focus my 
thoughts.
 
    Dan M. 
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 13:57:56 -0500 
From: David Bozzi <david.bozziATnospamsnet.net> 
To: Kundalini <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com> 
Subject: Re: Personal Genius 
Message-ID: <35155F34.D5715118ATnospammail.snet.net> 
 
John Living wrote:
 
>  Never took IQ tests, so how did I know I was a genius ?
 
> Easy - I just knew all the others were stupid !
 
By using this analysis everyone must be a genius. 
Date: Sun, 22 Mar 1998 10:53:35 -0800 (PST) 
From: Maggie Barber <maggie838ATnospamyahoo.com> 
To: Kundalini <kundalini-lATnospamexecpc.com> 
Subject: sudarshan chakra 
Message-ID: <19980322185335.26069.rocketmailATnospamsend1b.yahoomail.com> 
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Hi, does anyone know anything about Sudarshan Chakras? 
I am involved in The Art of Living, a foundation set up by Sri Sri 
Ravi Shankar.  During one of my guided meditations, I saw something 
that was a circle of light that I continued to see when I was no 
longer meditating.  It was a jagged circle and it moved with the sound 
of the birds, wind, etc.  I saw it over my head when I looked in the 
mirror.  Someone told me it was a Sudarshan Chakra, but I am not 
familiar with this.  Thanks, 
Maggie
 
 
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