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Katrine
Norway
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 Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 11:38:14 AM
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Thanks All
That was very, very peaceful.
I sat outside....wind blowing...birds singing...nabour carpenting.....everything simply drifted off....and I found myself centered and gone at the same time.
May all your Nows be Here |
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Katrine
Norway
1813 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 11:42:40 AM
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Also...
It's the first time in weeks that I haven't "lost silence" to the intensity of the ecstacy.
It will be very interesting to see if I have to "pay" for 13 min of meditation (the longest I've done in weeks/months) with increased Kundalini. Somehow....I think not.
May all your Nows be Here |
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Scott
USA
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Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 11:44:39 AM
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You're welcome...
Just kidding! I joined in as well, and it was good. I don't know if there was any group effect, but it certainly can't hurt to do it at the same time as everyone else on here. When does deep meditation ever hurt? Never!
I hope it was very silencing and centering for others.
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Sparkle
Ireland
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Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 11:55:36 AM
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Hi all
Yes that was beautiful.
Soon after starting the mantra it seemed to increase in size like it was resonating all around me and expanding as if coming out of the sky. I dismissed this as a perceived psychological effect.
But later in the meditation it came back and I allowed it to continue. Very profound and warming.
Thank you all.
Enjoying a bun and coffee 
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Victor
USA
910 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 11:56:13 AM
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| Its funny, I felt a bit choppy in my sit. hard to say if there was a group connection. If anything i didn't go quite as deep as usual but it was good. maybe was hard to go into my bubble with everybody mantra-ing at once :) |
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 11:59:06 AM
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Thanks All. This is the deepest I have gone in a long time (maybe ever). Took me some time to get into it though.. and then it took me forever to get out.. I can still feel the silence.. my third eye is throbbing.. my head and my heart feel "full" (the only word I can think of to describe what it feels like)..
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Etherfish
USA
3615 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:03:06 PM
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Very peaceful for me too. Windows and doors open, a breeze with the birds singing. Oops I fell asleep a little which I never do.
Don't know if there was a group effect but then i'm extremely sceptical anyway.
Of course this gave me the opportunity to "check all of you out energetically." You all have a tiny stuffed animal hovering two cm above your shoulder trying to interfere. He tries to grab your kundalini, but can't due to lack of opposable thumbs. So it turns out to be a kind of spiritual massage. But watch out. . . 
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Victor
USA
910 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:11:48 PM
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etherfish! that explains it! thank you so much!!!!
oh, and for some reason i got a technical teaching that hit me at the end of practice. i had been sitting on a pad and i got a message to slide the pad behind my sit bones instead of under them and then felt better.maybe it was the little stuffed animal giving me a suggestion |
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Wolfgang
Germany
470 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:16:09 PM
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At 5.00 PM I started pranayama.
I felt a strong energy hovering in my chest area.
It was nice, interesting and strong.
I have never felt this energy so distinctly,
I had however similar experiences, but only vaguely.
Then I started iaming/ayaming, but after a few minutes
I drifted off. I tried to gently come back,
but not very successfully.
I then had a strong longing to be in touch
with all of you, and I felt like I am part
of a big brother/sisterhood.
Some tears came to my eyes, a longing to be
connected with you, and a longing to be supported
by you. I felt, you all are so ahead of me ...
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Katrine
Norway
1813 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:28:03 PM
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Wolfgang 
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Some tears came to my eyes, a longing to be
connected with you, and a longing to be supported
by you. I felt, you all are so ahead of me ...
It is not us you are longing for. It is you. Nobody here is ahead of anybody else. We are simply here. And so are you. Rest assured. Our Silence"s" met each other just now. And it's not plural - its singular. When we "meet" like that, we are one. You are one too.
That said - this group meditation is supporting. Thanks for joining in
May all your Nows be Here |
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Manipura
USA
870 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:32:47 PM
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| I didn't have any experiences - just my usual meditation - but it felt great to know that I was a part of a larger group that I've become very fond of. :) Thanks, everyone! See you next week? |
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Jim and His Karma
2111 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:37:09 PM
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Originally posted by Katrine
It's the first time in weeks that I haven't "lost silence" to the intensity of the ecstacy.
see my reply at: http://www.aypsite.org/forum/topic....OPIC_ID=1272 |
Edited by - Jim and His Karma on Jul 02 2006 12:42:53 PM |
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Jim and His Karma
2111 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:40:23 PM
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Originally posted by Victor
oh, and for some reason i got a technical teaching that hit me at the end of practice. i had been sitting on a pad and i got a message to slide the pad behind my sit bones instead of under them and then felt better.
That was me (also: don't slouch).
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Victor
USA
910 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:43:37 PM
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Scott
USA
969 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:45:10 PM
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I think every week this time would be great. I think after each time we should have a review, as well. It could definitely help some "catch up". The more advanced could give suggestions and hints on meditating to people who aren't getting it.
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Richard
United Kingdom
857 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:45:59 PM
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Very deep med at first and then interrupted, I went back and went deep again much more visual disturbances than usual, flashes of people sitting in a circle but probably psychological I dont know. We must keep this up, I'm looking forward to next week already 
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nearoanoke
USA
525 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:48:48 PM
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Mee too no different experiences but felt depeer may be. I started with pranayama 10 mins before the scheduled time sitting with an alarm clock in my hand set to 10 mins. I sat doing pranayama like that with my finger on the button of alarm. When it rang, i immedeatly stopped it by pressing button and starting IAM ing at the correct time.
What is this checking out energetically? I am interested if someone can check me and let me know my progress. It seems there are very little quantitative measures for progress on spiritual path.
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nearoanoke
USA
525 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:51:07 PM
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Richard
United Kingdom
857 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:52:03 PM
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Originally posted by sarah
Yawns for azaz932001
I am quite capable of yawning for myself thank you and its Richard
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Victor
USA
910 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:52:23 PM
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| well near, i think in this case we are just being silly about "checking out energetically". though I think the stuffed animal observation may be dead on |
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Manipura
USA
870 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 12:55:21 PM
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Originally posted by Jim and His Karma
quote:
Originally posted by Victor
oh, and for some reason i got a technical teaching that hit me at the end of practice. i had been sitting on a pad and i got a message to slide the pad behind my sit bones instead of under them and then felt better.
That was me (also: don't slouch).
LOL! I love the idea of this becoming a weekly thing, but not so much the reporting in afterwards, else my mind is going to start manufacturing experiences to tell. I'll be happy to read all of yours, how's that? While I'm eating my coffee and donuts, of course. |
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Richard
United Kingdom
857 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 1:14:51 PM
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Originally posted by sarah
Nice to meet you Richard :)
Nice to meet you too Sarah
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Babaly
USA
112 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 2:14:57 PM
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Hi everyone,
Wow... that was great!!!
At about 5 minutes to 11am I could feel the pull... it was very strong.
I sat and did my pranayama starting at 11:00 and then began meditating at 11:10 - I thought, as it takes me usually a little time to really get 'there'...I would start a little before. I have to say I had a hard time getting through pranayama.... I was being pulled in so deep.
It was beautiful...
Especially samayama.
Thanks.
I think it would be lovely to do every week.... not some big heavy commitment thing, but just a regular date for those who can make it??
Thanks to Shanti for asking me.
It was so cool thinking of all of you meditating at the same time - Katrine in Norway, Wolfgang in Germany, Sparkle in Ireland etc.,
Who is up for next week??
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 2:42:51 PM
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Hi all,
I am just too moved by this, for some reason, not sure if it was the meditation.. or just the fact that so many joined in to do something as a group... thanks to all who did join in and not post.. I did get a few emails from them..
I am still in my silence.. I just don't feel like posting and wasting any of this...
I hope we will do this again, next Sunday.. same time.
Thank you.. all of you.. |
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Scott
USA
969 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 2:52:58 PM
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Shweta,
Congratulations. I am sure that soon, the silence will never leave for you...because, you know, that's the way it actually is!
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Jim and His Karma
2111 Posts |
Posted - Jul 02 2006 : 2:56:58 PM
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Originally posted by Shanti
Hi all,
I am just too moved by this, for some reason, not sure if it was the meditation.. or just the fact that so many joined in to do something as a group... thanks to all who did join in and not post.. I did get a few emails from them..
I am still in my silence.. I just don't feel like posting and wasting any of this...
I hope we will do this again, next Sunday.. same time.
Thank you.. all of you..
Shanti, engagement and worldliness are the yang to the yin of practice (clumsy metaphor, sorry). There's no need to ever lose connection to your silence, but you'll get more mileage by putting that silence through the friction of worldliness. Consider it polishing.
I myself must fight the urge to recede from the world as I reach new openings. It's better for your practice (and, likely, for the world) to resist this urge. Others who I respect would strongly disagree. But this is the AYP way (IMO), and I agree with it (though don't always succeed at practicing it).
As Scott says, silence underpins everything anyway (more correctly, it IS everything). So you needn't accommodate it. See http://www.aypsite.org/forum/topic....OPIC_ID=1137
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Experiences, AYP Group meditation
