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So-Hi
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 Posted - Jun 22 2015 : 4:00:54 PM
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Hello, Today is Monday June 22nd 2015. Let this serve as an on line journal of one persons work with AYP Practices Primarily solving for the Question how much is enough.
Hope others willing to experiment starting with low amounts of time to firmly establish a base of constant twice daily everyday practice will join in here.
The Neurobiology of this system is described below as a reference starting point how it got to this point is unimportant as this is a fresh start. What to do with it is the focus in the here and now.
This Neurobiology has a measure of Stillness & Silence.
This Neurobiology has Ecstatic Conductivity which rises easily.
This Neurobiology automatically performs the Following without effort to do so.
Sambhavi Mudra
Kechari Mudra level 3 at the Alter of Bliss to Level 4.
Mula Bandha which can become Ashwini Mudra
Uddiyana
There can be head movements similar to Kriya Thokar or Chin Pump happens during longer sessions of Deep Meditation between 15 and 20 Minutes.
Comfortable seat or asana is Siddhasana due to years of practice
Due to years of Practice the first thing done is Talabya Kriya since Kechari is in place for years now it is to get everything warmed up for when Escstatic Conductivity raises the tongue otherwise it can hurt afterwards like running sprints or jumping hurdles without first stretching and warming up in other wards the practice will always be smoother when warmed up.
Next thing done is Maha Mahamudra again due to years of Familiarity and it has been found this helps keep the back supple and free of pain. 1 set each leg only 3 spinal breaths per position perinium seated on Heel while grasping big toe of each foot then middle position both legs out straight.
Next thing:
5 Minutes of Spinal Breathing per Yogani 5 minutes easily favoring the Practice. Allowing Bandhas and Mudras to engauge as ecstatic Conductivity desires all the time favoring the practice.
Next Thing:
5 MInutes of Deep Meditiation easily favoring the Mantra. Same conditions for Mudras and Bandhas easily favoring the Mantra IAM.
Next Thing:
Samyama: No more than 5 minutes, Love is the key Sutra followed by the rest.
Next Thing 1 more round of Mahamudra to realighn the bodies energies often the spine will pop and crack while doing this much more than prior to the practices.
Last thing lie down for a few minutes and allow the momentum of unwinding inner purification to take place.
There are two Practices that are not strictly AYP, Talabya Kriya and Mahamudra. It is not thought that either of them can lead to a doubeling up effect like performing different pranayama in the same sitting and has never been observed to cause overload of any kind.
The first session took place earlier today and the results were very deep had to drag myself out of deep meditation but there is a definate hunger Bhakti to sit again this evening like having kissed a pretty girl once and can't wait for the next date which is in contrast to not having wanted to practice the first sitting session at all today.
Noticed also that unlike with longer sessions of Deep meditation my perceptions afterwards were not as vibrant, trees, sky etc less sharp less vibrant in color less electric neon in hue.
Did notice ecstatic conductivity coming up afterwards strongly but not for long.
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So-Hi
USA
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Posted - Jun 23 2015 : 08:30:37 AM
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June 22nd 2015 second session of the day.
1st Session of the day was late mid day before eating food for lunch.
Typically there is no appetite but the body is fed 1 Avocado and 1 Mango and sometimes 1 boiled egg.
Mid day sitting was as described in earlier post second sitting of the day took place at 5 hours later there was some reluctance to sit as the hours in-between were full of work taking care of a home and getting in some quality time with the treadmill typically 30 minutes to 1 hour per day, cleaning the house and prepping for dinner taking care of the kids etc and a little light gardening Hooray one of the Mango seeds has began to sprout should make a beautiful Champagne Mango tree one day....
Sprouting seeds to me are a metaphor for spiritual practice, so it is with loving interest seeds are cultivated often the plant is given away to a friend or a neighbor.
We have no idea what will happen and it is not up to us all we can do is prepare the seed till the soil and set the right conditions adding the right things at the right time in the right amount then the divine takes over. Will it grow???? Only time and application can reveal the answer.
Final sitting of the day began with Talabya Kriya for 50 repetitions 40 of which are standard 10 of which are more advanced where the tongue is curled back to touch the Uvula before beginning to tension the bottom of the tongue again.
Mahamudra with Ecstatic conductivity rising and falling in the spine Mulabandha and Uddiyana along with Spinal breathing up the the brow which makes the head ecstatically come off the chest where the chin wants to be and straighten like sending water through a limp hose on the exhalation ecstatic conductivity through the spine to the Perineum which is seated upon a heel and the head desires to put chin to chess again shampoo rinse repeat 3 times each leg and finally both legs straight out.
More talabya 10 more of the advanced which helps to settle back in after Mahamudra.
The timer is activated for 10 minutes total with an interval chime set to go off at the 5 minute mark denoting the end of spinal breathing and the beginning of Deep Meditation.
Spinal breathing is done with rising and sinking ecstatic conductivity Bandhas and Mudras occurring as they will no thought given to them other than oh so that is happening then back to favoring the practice in the spine keeping with the practice of spinal breathing easily favoring the practice and when the tone is heard a desire is present to keep doing more but this is not the contract with self so Spinal Breathing is stopped and the tongue is brought out of Level 3 / 4 Kechari because it feels correct to, some swallowing then Kechari level 1 until ecstatic conductivity directs the tongue to go up with the attitude of indifference if it does it is ok if it does not it is ok also.
The tongue is now at level 1 Kechari very comfortably and Deep Meditation begins. Within a few breaths ecstatic conductivity bring the tongue back into level 3 Kechari for the remainder of Deep Meditation and all that follows after.
Easily favoring the mantra and soon the body firm in its asana remembers to give up all its tensions the legs relax arms shoulders etc totally dumping its tension as the ... IAM spikes of ecstatic conductivity reveling the duel poled nature of the mantra IAM as the complement to spinal breathing that it is.
Enormous beautiful flows of Prana sweeping in the spine off the mantra back on the mantra IAM favoring the Mantra but not making an effort to ignore the scenery just favoring the mantra IAM, IAM.
The Anahata Chakra ignites and takes my breath away suspending it and she sends out her love like a concentric wave of bliss Anahata is ground zero of a pranic bomb activating the entire spine into the head in divine ecstasy.
Off the mantra IAM back on the mantra IAM, IAM the ecstatic conductivity gives vision of glowing gold spine and radiant body of the same glowing gold and white color still on the mantra favoring IAM, IAM,IAM
Both occurring at once remaining with easily favoring the mantra and when the ecstatic conductivity goes to ground and all is peace still favoring the mantra IAM, IAM becoming AYAM in AYAM a rope a life ring in a shifting sea a with huge rising and falling waves as can only happen out to sea in the depths far away from land waves hundreds of feet high were they to be measured rising and falling but never crashing just huge undulations on the surface of the depths.
IAM, IAM the still point rides as if a cork bobber unperturbed by the scenery IAM,IAM,IAM.
Heart breaking with joy and love IAM, IAM , IAM The head wants to tilt back so it does mouth opens as if a beam of light is shooting out the spine to join in the heavens above as it exits the open mouth and when this has run desires course it is felt chin should go to chest and it does and when this has run its course the head desires to sit on a straight neck and so it does and IAM,IAM,IAM is favored during it all.
Somehow easily favoring the mantra builds the ecstatic conductivity to greater and great heights as the stillness and the silence is approached.
Then there is stillness there is peace it is as if the sea is calm perhaps a bird flies overhead in a sunlit sky with whispy clouds in a beautiful blue sky with a sun that is not too hot and a breeze that is comfortable with out being too warm or cool enough to chill. Equilibrium IAM,IAM,IAM…. Still easily favoring the mantra.
(None of this is seen it is just given as a visual representation of what is felt, in fact all is darkness and stillness with a golden glow in the forehead and soemtin=mes not even that.)
The chime goes off 5 minutes have passed….
There is reluctance to stop there is only desire to easily favor the mantra and allow the sound to continue as the mantra is easily favored IAM,IAM,IAM
Again this is not the contract with the self so it is time 5 minutes have passed. Now it is Samyamas turn.
There is a desire to place chin to chest so it is observed sitting and being in the stillness for a short time and the first Sutra is released that Sutra is Love then to stillness and Love is released again and from the depths of silence Anahata ignites and ecstatic conductivity must rise and as it does so does the head leave th chest as if water being pushed through a limp hose the head comes up but not all the way straight maybe 3/4 of the way only and the energy and texture of love is felt as it rises and exits via ajna.
Then the chin goes back to chest in complete stillness until the next Sutra is released into the stillness Radiance and sometimes the Sutra echoes and reverberates as it falls down the deep well to stillness and then the second chakra is noticed to radiate even as Anhata did with the Sutra love and the same exact things with the head happen and each Sutra seems to activate the ecstatic conductivity to release from a different center and sometimes more than one before it finds it way up and is released into the ether I know not where as it all falls back to stillness after exiting Ajna at the brow.
The head rarely ever goes all the way up on a straight neck I suspect if it does the sutra will release via the crown and that may be too much.
Soon all of the Sutras have been released and there is a feeling of divine Love and contentment and now it is time for the final round of Mahamudra and the spine cracks and pops sometimes vertebrae realign and the heads of the ribs where they connect can be felt to shift pop and seek alignment Ha, ha this is a funny silly noisy body…
Mahamudra is through now it is time to lay down and let the process of unwinding purification complete.
Rest period is felt as sufficient, get up and notice that this was a very deep session and the effects are still with me have to move very slowly and reengage with the surroundings, Vision is not focused outwards, soon fully present with clarity and good cheer complete dinner preparations feeding the children and taking care of clean up and dishes etc…. with no feeling of effort or care for the doing. |
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So-Hi
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Jun 23 2015 : 08:51:59 AM
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Today is Wednesday the 23rd of June 2015 and I stayed up until nearly 11 PM last night.
Awareness is awake and the alarm goes off confirming it is 5:15 AM after relieving the bladder it is time to sit.
All of the previous evenings practices are performed in the exact amount and the results are very similar. This morning there is the reminder to make this all routine like brushing the teeth.
Set the timer and begin Spinal breathing and it is a powerfully ecstatic conductive session then it is realized it feels like I am going on and on too long!!!! look at timer and realize silly me half awake forgot to actually start the timer, oh well start it now and rely on the interval to know when Deep Meditation should cease and Samyama begin.
Practice has concluded 5 minutes of laying down is plenty and am now wide awake and start to get breakfast ready for the Kids and my self as well.
Ready to get in the shower and leave for the office the shower head erupts sending water everywhere cut the valve and inspect where this has come from tighten one joint and turn on water get sprayed again notice second area turn water on again to confirm yep get sprayed again hand tighten loose fittings and get in the shower. Hmmm gotta remember to tighten those after work with a pair of channel locks.
On my way into the office early Siri remind me to tighten the connections on the shower head tonight at 7 PM.
Huge Bhakti this morning and desire to share with others so here it is in writing reliving it by writing causing huge swells of ecstatic conductivity in head and spine evan as occurs in formal sitting. |
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So-Hi
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2015 : 08:37:01 AM
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Hello, Today is Wednesday June 24th 2015.
Last nights sitting took place 12 hours after the morning session and was a much calmer experience with stillness and less dramatic ecstatic conductivity, all the practices remained the same with the same amounts and times. The sound of the nadis however was very loud but just easily favoring the practices there was no competition for attention.
During Samyama however the chin remained on the chest and even attempting to raise it caused ecstatic conductivity to strongly react and make it known in the neck that the head needed to stay down it felt like if the head attempted to lift the energy in the neck would grow strong and the more the attempt was made the stronger the resistance in the form of electric magnetic pressure and resistance to doing so.
Honoring this the chin was kept locked to the chest for the entire samyama practice. It is considered a purification circuit was in place and not to be altered.
More importantly during the day yesterday there were many different issues competing for attention and there was a greater sense of clarity which enabled effective multitasking without effort or stress each issue was seen as a welcome gift to play with rather than an oh man you gotta be kidding me not one more thing I'm already busy enough kind of feeling.
Oddly enough different co workers would keep walking past my office and exclaiming wow whats going on here it's so quiet today it's too quiet. Did not think much of the first one but the second and third and then all three of them talking about how it was too quiet that got my attention so jokingly yelled out quiet what quiet? all I hear is a bunch of loud talking about silence. 
Then one of the printer repair people decided they just had to talk to me and unload the burden of there coworker just getting up and quitting their job which led to him venting about many other troubles. Often all we can do is just listen and channel it into the stillness.
It appears what we practice does have an effect on our surroundings.
So-Hi is not great Guru sent to channel stillness nor relieve suffering burdens. So-Hi is just So-Hi who does what he does. |
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So-Hi
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Jun 24 2015 : 12:48:26 PM
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Hello, Today is Wednesday June 24th 2015. and a scheduled day off from work. The morning session went well and had a very hard time coming out of both Spinal Breathing and Deep Meditation at the 5 minute marks.
Ecstatic Conductivity During Samyama has gone back to wanting to move the head up and down which is honored and allowed.
REsted after sitting and got up put in a easy 30 minutes on the treadmill then went out side tok care of the yard and some other chores including the plumbing from last night all in a complete state of silence and ease and everythign just flows so nice and easily without even trying order is imposed and things just line up, looking at the garden tools after each was used it was realized they had been lined up like neat soldiers ready to be put away in precise order without effort or premeditated desire. All work done without effort in perfect syncronistic timing how wonderful to have this practice.
Have to travel and will miss this evenings sitting so even though it will be less than 6 hours apart time to signout and sit right now.  |
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So-Hi
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Jun 25 2015 : 08:46:46 AM
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Hello, Today is Thursday June 25th 2015. The second session of yesterday while closer to the first than is preferred was very good there was allot of Bhakti to sit and not miss out due to schedule.
At the end of the 5 minutes of Spinal Breathing Pranayama and the end of Deep Meditation the desire to keep going was present as ever but the time limits were imposed.
A curious thing is happening with Samyama Different Sutras want to come up from the depths of stillness specifically as follows:
Patience
Tolerance
Compassion
Clarity
Will have to ask in a separate post about this. The Akasha Lightness of Air Sutra is ok but the word Akasha does not evoke deep meaning inner space does and with it the understanding of just how far apart the particles really are in the stillness.
Morning sitting 1st session of the day 06/25/2015
Awake before the alarm clock in a state of witness and participant in and to a dreamscape involving pivotal influential people and places in this life and living the life, the road not traveled the actions turned away from.
While witness it is as if the witness developed secondary to having first been in the first person of the character in the narrative in this case my self younger back in my 20's and early 30's. So the witness is carrying the emotional charge of the first person perspective while occupying both point of views simultaneously and the witness continues to emerge and realize this is a dream but to gain more clarity the witness will break the running dreamscape and emerge into the waking state of body mind. So it is decided to see what is going on here and learn whatever maybe gleaned from this vantage point of perception and it is also not missed just how much this is paralleling body waking life and perhaps this layer too will one day be as a dreamscape from which when clarity and separation from the 1st person perspective is sufficient then what next? An emergence in to a supra state of waking but perhaps it will be no different than this is when it does only to discover there is yet another dreamscape from which to emerge and would this not be the definition of enlightenment?
This is a stressful unhappy place in space and time. While verifying correct choices were made and the road not traveled was one angles fear to tread and therefor e wisely shunned in the past it was not a relief to live even in the dreamscape.
It is known that observing this is not even educational really just purification taking place as the subconscious releases what if's from its depths. Waste of time hanging out here now mood is rough, oh well this too shall pass, need to consider self pacing in the areas of Samyama if this continues, Have dropped self inquiry as it was edging close to overloads.
Coming out of the dream scape it is known the alarm is soon to sound, Stretching moving the body it is revealed that while the mental field is disturbed with rough feelings and irritability the body has had sufficient rest.
The alarm goes off, hit the snooze, roll over 3 minutes pass and there is no returning to resolve the dreamscape as it is rapidly fading. Well I have my appointment to sit so might as well get up it is preferable to stewing like this anyway.
Now sitting Legs are stiff hamstrings tight Maha mudra is not so great oh well remind myself make it like brushing teeth quit expecting.
In Spinal breathing Kechari level 1 There is no desire to go to Kechari level 2 and ecstatic conductivity is just not there as it usually is.
Remind myself not to expect and favor the practice instead, still there is some willful defiant something left over from the dreamscape wanting to be in charge, so I place the tongue in kechari level two then three goes on its own and the stillness engages as it finds its accustomed place but this is not the same as when ecstatic conductivity wants and makes the connection, some dissatisfaction. Oh well favor the practice of spinal breathing and let whatever is coming unwound in this purification process do as it will.
The time is up 5 minutes has passed and there is no desire to continue spinal breathing.
Tongue comes out of Kechari level 2 / 3 and goes to level one. Now practicing Deep Meditation, some time passes and Ecstatic Conductivity sends the tongue up into level 3 Kechari and some level 4 later. Ah finally this feels normal oh off the Mantra back on the Mantra, wow this is just like Yogani says oh off the mantra back on the mantra.
(Non verbal thought expressing) Off the Mantra
I am sso glad I got up and sat for this practice this is so much better than lying there this feels so much more relaxing
Back on the Manta
Off the Mantra offering self-congratulation and encouragement
(Non verbal thought expressing)
Anyone can do this why is it so hard to remember how great this is to practice until it is being done.
Back on the mantra easily favoring the mantra
The time passes and am really opening up 5 minutes have been reached disappointment want to stay with deep meditation longer.
Realize must keep commitment in order to progress smoothly understand 5 minutes is not nearly enough even though going deep things are really just setteling down at this point.
Still 5 minutes is good must firmly establish unshakeable twice daily sitting routine.
Starting Samyama letting Sutras come mind can not remember which ones which words, which sutras, Love is always first and easiest to remember.
Love
Deep in silence
Radiance
Deep in silence having to dig into memory for the next one disturbs the stillness
Unity ugh hate that word sounds like Hippie Horse $hitt abused and misused word yickkk, remember respect Yogani he knows best
Immediate reaction passes vibrational quality of the words real meaning and feel connected to everything, as this is being written it is considered there is a need here for a better word without so much personal baggage attached to it in the form of deep rooted feelings and memories of silly people long past from decades ago.
Addition to original post: Just realized the replacement for the word unity it just came up from the depths: For this person the phrase Oneness with All, will replace unity or perhaps unity will come to mean this comes as this is being typed.
Into stillness staying here ahh good What is the next one???
Health
Into stillness
Strength
Into stillness
Abundance
Into stillness
Patience
Into stillness
Tolerance
Into stillness
Compassion
Into stillness
cant remember the proper AYP Sutras may as well end this.......
Into stillness
Akasha Lightness of Air Hmm not good Akasha means inner space
Yogani is right
Inner Space ah much better feel the stillness moving understand feel see the space between molecules and atoms understand I am that stillness
Inner space lightness of air attempting to feel as Yogani says lightness of mind and body and do but this is all wrong this is not easily favoring the technique of Samyama so release this and return to stillness
Inner-space lightness of air ahh that is it return to stillness.
get up then lie down for 5 minutes while lying it is realized that I failed to perform one final round of Mahamudra and instead did exactly what my body wanted me to after Samyama which was lie down.
Will go with it for now..... Consider also no more use of the word Akasha it has past meanings in this mind tied to earlier years of Japanese Mysticism and Martial arts.
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So-Hi
USA
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Posted - Jun 25 2015 : 10:31:43 AM
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June 25th during the day between sittings update:
A little over 5 hours since sitting this morning and stillness is mounting more and more feelings of intensity in the forehead through the skull straight back some slight feeling of not quite dizziness stillness stirring there, enjoying the silence and prefer to keep my own company.
Mood has improved allot since this morning, calm and joyfull.
As Yogani has pointed out not much going on while sitting sometimes but there can be a delayed effect witnessing it now, wise not to do more than is being done twice daily for now.
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Edited by - So-Hi on Jun 25 2015 11:15:29 AM |
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Ecdyonurus
Switzerland
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Posted - Jun 25 2015 : 11:17:18 AM
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Hi So-Hi, I enjoy your journal, even admire your way of describing such subtle details that happen during practices. It's so different from "my way" - that's what makes your journal so interesting and, yes, mysterious to me.  |
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So-Hi
USA
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Posted - Jun 25 2015 : 2:34:19 PM
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Hello Ecdyonurus, Pleased to read you are finding this of interest. Maybe you could describe your way since it is different that would be of interest here to read. Probably to more than just 1 person.
If there is something mysterious feel free to ask and an attempt will be made to respond so it is not a mystery. |
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So-Hi
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Jun 26 2015 : 1:38:44 PM
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Hello, today is Friday June 26th 2015.
Yesterday was such a nice day after a rough start the day kept getting better and better in the late afternoon everything blew up so to speak and my attention was called in many directions at once.
I could not have been happier the clarity was such that it was like being in ecstatic joy working with many people in many different directions all at once an effortless dance filled with the fun of it all and joyful to participate handing off each moment into the next. All work was accomplished and wound up having so much fun that time was forgotten and worked much later than anticipated without strain effort or fatigue. Where did the time go.
On the drive home was eagerly looking forward to sitting and decided to add Cosmic Samyama while resting at the end and before going to sleep as the idea of it seems so natural.
Sat for practice and could tell immediately that ecstatic conductivity was still a bit lower than usual and simply favored the practice of Spinal breathing. Before long the tongue went up into level 3 Kechari and stayed put.
During Deep meditation Kechari went to level 4
Realized that the internal clock is starting to know when 5 minutes are up and predict it before chime goes off. Felt like 5 minutes was good and did not desire more SBP or DM.
Samyama was very still less ecstatic conductivity than usual just fine with that.
Practiced Cosmic Samyama and it is a natural fit during rest wound up drifting off into a sleep like state and watched all kinds of subconscious stuff come up in very real detail and the unwind and dissipate into the stillness. Very interesting to actually see this happen caused me to jerk in the sleep state as it let go then another scene would wind out before the witness. But even during this was more than willing to let go and let the process work as it will.
This morning’s sitting found ecstatic conductivity back to typical levels Kechari was made to occur to level 3 as soon as Talabya practice concluded everything was warm wet and eager to join.
During Spinal Pranayama the breath halted after exhaling all the way at the perineum a decidedly playful female presence was felt this female is very deeply loved and welcome appreciated and thanked for being present.
Pranic energy threaded its way up the spinal nerve without aid of breath to the point between the brows causing the medulla area to vibrate with its passing, arriving at the brow all was harmonized vibrating bliss then the unit of Prana descended the spinal nerve causing the same perception at the perineum.
Seen in inner vision was a field of scarlet deep red at the perineum the spinal nerve a silvery grey and the unit of Prana without any particular color translucent really but its movement clearly felt and yellow white light at the brow.
Easily favoring the practice the breath stopped again at the top of the exhalation and the unit of Prana repeated its behavior again.
Easily favoring the practice returning to correct practice after several breaths it became known the ability now existed to do spinal breathing without breath just as had occurred but can be done so by an act of volition.
So obeying this inner directive I decided to try and to my surprise found the channel open with ease and performed several spinal Pranayama without breath to marvelous effect. Then returned to correct practice easily favoring the technique.
5 minutes passed and it was known right before the chime.
Deep meditation was really smooth and easy more on the Mantra than not Kechari hitting level 4 lots of breath suspension happening on its own, internal clock knew the chime was ready before it struck, reluctance to stop at 5 minutes, did so anyway.
Samyama very ecstatic and the sutras of Compassion, tolerance and patience have been absorbed by the Sutra Love no need for them to come up now, greater affinity for the sutra Unity but still prefer adding Oneness with all to it. Only none AYP Sutra that emerges is Clarity.
Cosmic Samyama during rest very beautiful lots of visuals of the Sutras come up with feeling.
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Ecdyonurus
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Posted - Jun 26 2015 : 2:21:44 PM
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Hi So-Hi, once again, nice post to read! 
What I tried to say is that you are able to describe your experience in nice, long posts with lots of details. I cannot do that, even in my native language. |
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So-Hi
USA
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Posted - Jun 26 2015 : 5:18:52 PM
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quote:
Originally posted by Ecdyonurus
Hi So-Hi, once again, nice post to read!
What I tried to say is that you are able to describe your experience in nice, long posts with lots of details. I cannot do that, even in my native language.
Thank you it was taken for granted here that everyone can, guess it is just an odd memory faculty to be able to recall / relive the doing, there is no effort made to record while doing.
Maybe this is like how artists are able to draw what they see?
By the way there is no way anyone would know English is not your native language unless you pointed it out you write in this language very well. |
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So-Hi
USA
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Posted - Jun 28 2015 : 12:57:05 PM
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Hello, Today is Sunday June 28th 2015.
Friday evening Sitting was very much the same as the earlier sitting at the end of Deep Meditation it was desired to do more but kept to the 5 minutes.
Saturday 06/27/2015
Made a huge mistake Friday Night that cost me a nights worth of sleep and was very hard on the digestive tract.
The mistake was to eat a homemade concoction of my Step Fathers, Green Tomatillos, loads of fresh Garlic and Green Chili Peppers blended with Olive oil salt and Jalapenos.
While there is no denying the flavor is good sometimes it is forgotten that Practices have made changes in the digestive tract and the foods once easily tolerated are like poison now.
So the night was spent with a severe case of Acid Reflux in other words no sleep.
Saturday morning was out of sorts sitting was not an option digestive tract still in turmoil. Practiced 5 minutes Deep meditation only and that was while stuck in the bathroom. No need to go into further details here.
The day wore on and went to see a movie, the theatre was crowded and there was the most obnoxious personality with children behind us kicking the seats and talking through the whole thing reacting to the screen and making a general Nuisance out of themselves.
For the first hour or so just ignored them as much as possible thinking how terrible it must be to have such a mind that is ruffled by every little thing on the screen reacting to what is clearly not real, a motion picture but so lost in it to have had ones manners completely abandon them, at other times they were actually more entertaining than the movie.
Finally towards the end of the movie it was truly ridiculous and getting the seat kicked one too many times started to make this a situation that was no longer worth being a part of.
It was not missed that this multi part show in the theatre was a prime example of movies within movies and a metaphor for life incarnate here on earth itself.
Leaned over whispered to my wife “I think this show is getting old now let’s leave.”
We got up and I turned around and out of curiosity looked at the trouble makers to see if perhaps there were physical signs of their mental infirmity they had just displayed nonstop for the last 1.5 hours or so. The only thing I saw was perhaps a glimmer of fear that perhaps they realized they had gone too far.
We left without saying a word, after all what is the point of saying anything, it is not our place to reprimand an adult and their child even if by behavior the two could not easily be identified as which was which.
What had been thought of as a female child, a male child and an adult was in actuality just a female child with and adult male that was still a child but wore the flesh of an adult.
While exiting words were had with the management of the theatre and it was advised they should patrol their establishment with ushers to prevent this sort of behavior. We were given free passes to come back, and they sent the goon squad to the show we had just exited.
On the way out there was a mother with 2 children going to see a movie the passes were given to them, as there is no intention of returning to this establishment sadly this is not the first time with difficulties there but it is the last.
When we arrived home it was found that my favorite pocket knife was missing, it must have slipped out when I stood up. How odd just last week I ordered it’s identical replacement because it came to me it would become lost.
Reminded myself everything you cherish will one day be no more, has this not always been the case? has life ever showed you anything differently? it will either cease to be or you will so wherein may you place a value upon anything? Here today gone tomorrow all is temporary.
The wife thought it best not to go back looking for it, and expressed this sentiment 3 or 4 times, because there was no reply forthcoming sometimes I can be so selfish just wanting to remain in silence, but she is a reminder to adorn this world and not just float on the surface.
Laughing in reply as the answer perculated up from the stillness and said oh dear it has clearly become the property of the one it was intended for in the first place.
I was only the custodian of it so it could find where it supposed to be, besides that had a feeling it was going to become lost so see here is it’s replacement. She remembered when it was shared earlier in the week when the replacement arrived. This caused silence.
Truly it is amazing how little this mattered there was a time when something like this would have controlled me to the point where going back looking for the lost item no matter what had to be done. Now it is just not so.
I like this way better.
So now the time to sit has come.
Everything flows nicely and Deep Meditation again feels like it is being cut short at the 5 minute mark.
The evening and the night passes uneventfully Awake at 4:45 AM
By 5 AM certain there will be no more sleep, so it is time to sit.
Feel stiff and entertain the idea of just doing Yoga Mudra instead of Maha Mudra, but that idea soon passes as the body slips off the cushion and sits the Perenium on the left heel with the right leg out.
Ha Amusing! Good let’s do Mahamudra then is thought with a smile.
Soon Spinal breathing is being done and there are distracting thought of the day before surfacing, but it is just back to easily favoring the practice and soon 5 minutes have passed and it is time for Deep Meditation Spinal breathing is left behind with just a little desire to do more.
Deep Meditation is very satisfying the entire Spinal column and head takes up the vibration of ecstatic conductivity and the visual of it glowing golden white comes this vibration feels very wonderful like a physical thing, enjoying it through it’s peak keeping with the mantra soon the wave subsides only to be replaced by another with various chakras vibrating and all the while easily favoring the mantra, 5 minutes passes and there is strong desire to favor the mantra and it is ok if this never ends but discipline must prevail.
Samyama begins with Love and each and every sutra is so wonderful to practice each with its own returning Vibratory frequency before grounding in stillness.
Sutra
Love…………… into stillness
Love…………… Into stillness
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Eruption of Ecstatic Conductivity radiating from the heart, wonderful smiling inside thank you is felt then to silence….
Radiance………… Into stillness Eruption of Ecstatic Conductivity faster this time form a bit lower than the heart and so on, favoring the practice favoring the stillness
All in order..
Finally Akasha inner space lightness of air practice repeated twice as all the others. Finally sitting in complete silence everything feels so right so balanced in Siddhasana feel as if can stay here forever and just sit in the stillness.
Keenly aware this may lead to overloads get up and lay down practicing Cosmic Samyama then just lie there resting.
5:45 getting up putting away Sitting gear and get the day rolling. Nice thing about morning practice one is wide awake afterwards.
Reason for edits: General typos cleaned up as well as formatting. |
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So-Hi
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Posted - Jun 29 2015 : 3:58:46 PM
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Hello, Today is Monday June 29th 2015.
Yesterday was spent mostly alone and had a great time taking care of what amounted to chores taking things to the local recycling center and met a person working there who was a friend but one that had never been met before. It was pleasant to chat with a stranger it was as if we just had not seen each other in a long time, this went both ways.
During the early afternoon the body got very tired and had to take a nap for at least 1.5 hours woke up snoring.
It has been noticed since taking up these practices on a regular twice daily schedule rather than once a day for longer periods that there seems to be a greater impact on the body, and sexual discharge puts a huge hit on general vitality.
Another thing that has been noticed is that the body seems to require more nutrients in the form of Vitamin B and taking Swanson’s Brewer’s yeast helps the neurobiology and fatigue factors.
So after getting up it was time to sit in Practice. And there was so much pent up desire to practice more Deep Meditation that the time was increased from 5 minutes to 7 minutes.
A big difference was noted going from 5 minutes to 7 it seems at the 5 minute mark one is really unwinding into I AM
At the 7 minute mark was going very deep and rising inner silence was blending with ecstatic conductivity in a very harmonious way. After the 7 minutes of sitting there was a bigger desire than ever to keep going and going.
Curiously in 1 previous Yoga Tradition the greatest expression of ecstatic conductivity always came from the Spinal Breathing analog simply called Kriya Pranayam which focuses OM in each Chakras going up and down.
In the tradition of another by the same commercialized name where there is no analog to spinal breathing the closest thing to deep meditation was the Paravastha state but unlike Deep Meditation there was no Mantra one would enter Samadhi states based on the previous buildup of practices very predictably but this tradition Lacked Power for lack of a better word that comes from Spinal Breathing and the other tradition lacked tranquility always plowing the field but never sowing a seed.
So here we have Spinal Breathing cultivating the soil and the rise of inner ecstatic conductivity from its practice.
The inner silence rides on this Inner conductivity but strangely enough it seems to flip and one rides the other.
Followed by deep meditation which takes the plowed field and further releases and unwinds subconscious what is particularly interesting about deep meditation is that it is actually far more powerful than Spinal breathing or spinal breathing alone which is quite an ever-growing surprise.
Samyama takes everything and plants the seed even as somehow the inner stillness moves ad expresses the seed.
This is so much more of a complete well rounded practice than either of the other two. |
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So-Hi
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2015 : 4:04:09 PM
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This morning Monday June 29th up early as usual ad am glad to be able to scale this practice while it is quite true that once started it is hard to stop getting started is another story at a quarter till 5 Am in the morning
So it was thought this morning sure am glad only have to commit to 10 minutes of the main practice total before getting ready and heading to the office.
You know this is a big point to keeping a twice daily practice not only self-pacing to prevent overloads but scaling it so that when desire is not perfectly there that it is not so daunting an punishing a task mentally that the mind takes on a feeling attitude of and just says with fatigue not words hey look I feel like I am being pressured and no way once a day is more than enough!
With this less is more approach the attitude is more one of hey anyone can do this and let’s get going and soon the joy in practice takes care of the rest.
It was like this, this morning and wonder of wonders was more relaxed and relieved in and after deep meditation than I was lying around waiting till having to actually get up and get moving. So very nice and this has been carried along all day.
This morning marks a new knowing the feeling of better than lying in bed, with this kind of knowing getting up and sitting is sure to become an accustomed desired procedure in time.
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So-Hi
USA
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Posted - Jun 30 2015 : 4:29:52 PM
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Hello, Today is Tuesday June 30th 2015.
Over all there is not more specific describable things to report as each sitting in AYP practices is fairly similar to what has already been shared. In essence it is just like Yogani said things would be.
For now a baseline has been established and found not to cause overloads.
Here it is outlined below.
For now it has been discovered the practices can be reliably practiced twice daily even when getting up in the morning prior to going to work.
For now sitting in Siddhasana will remain in place with Shambhavi Mudra in all seated practices.
For now 40 repetitions of Talabya followed by 10 advanced repetitions touching the Uvula will remain in place.
For now 1 round of Maha Mudra Seated on Perineum per leg with 3 spinal breaths each position including both legs out with Mudras and Bandhas will remain in place at both the beginning and end of sitting prior to resting and practicing Cosmic Samyama.
For now 10additional repetitions of Talabya touching Uvula after Maha mudra will be practiced as tjis helps calm the body, Talabya only done here in tne beginning.
There is a constant hunger to do more Spinal Breathing but mostly a desire to do more Deep Meditation.
For now the Spinal breathing with Mudras and Bandhas will remain at 5 minutes.
For now the Deep Meditation will be kept on a leash at 5 minutes and allowed to go to 7 when there is a huge desire known before beginning practices.
Samyama was happening on its own so even though it is soon to add it is also natural and is the fullfillment of Spinal breathing and Deep Meditation, in this is neurobilogy it is to be done.
Samyama with the 9 Sutras of AYP will also remain in place, with the addition of two Sutras which have come out of the depths of this Neurobiology to practice and those are shared reluctantly because there are a large percentage of people making up society that do not or will not understand but this is being shared for those that do. No offense is meant towards anyone.
It is accepted, respected and understood that people do not believe in God or have an idea of God in comparison to something else, some are appeasers some are apologetic some are hostile.
I am none of these with me God's reality is never in question nor ever has been there is nothing to compare to direct knowing and direct proof and direct experience, sharing the why the how and the when can only fail to convey true meaning so it is not shared, what is being shared is what is in my heart and so it is. Plain and simple.
Whichever a person’s understanding is perfectly ok with me, this is my understanding but really the word understanding is no good these are my personal deep felt feelings that these phrases evoke and therefore by Yogani’s very definition of Sutra are Sutras for me. In fact there is so much love in these for this person they may even eclipse the Sutra Love and Radiance maybe a few more in time experimenting will tell.
It is known and understood some out there feel the same way and it is for those out there that do this is being shared. Who knows perhaps this will be just what is needed to be read from another.
All Sutras repeated twice.
Sutra #1 God’s will be done.
Sutra#2. Thy will be done.
Sutra #3. Love
Sutra#4. Radiance
Sutra #5. Unity Oneness with all
Sutra#6. Health
Sutra#7. Strength
Sutra#8. Abundance
Sutra#9. Wisdom
Sutra#10. Inner Sensuality
Sutra#11. Akasha Inner Space lightness of Air.
Sutra #12 God’s will be done.
Sutra#13. Thy will be done.
This is shared here for the benefit of others who derive the same deep inner meaning.
For me Gods will be done is different than Thy will be done.
So what do they mean separately then?
Gods Will be done is very formal and respectful acknowledgement of surrender to the highest authority of all The Lord thy / my God, creator of all things including this ever maturing quanta of being, it is acknowledgement of coming back home as a humbled adult child rather than a rebellious know it all teenager demanding and expecting without merit.
This is entering the door to the Kingdom of God.
Thy will be done is a one on one audience with ones creator and the feelings and conversation one would have from the heart.
Thy will be done is a deeply personal surrender in a very one on one directly personal manner an acknowledgement of what is proper and correct that is beyond this limited understanding filled with love and real respect awe and beauty. It is a bowing touching the ground before the feet of God in adoration with ones forehead and in supplication receiving true blessing in love for ones creator as the free will given creation choosing the giver of the gifts over the gifts themselves really meaning it.
Really meaning thy will be done and not my will be done, and letting go , letting God. It is beyond all of these words it is a feeling of being welcomed home at long last a feeling of moving in the proper direction of ones potential endowed by the very creator of ones existance it is a feeling of glad heart from ones creator in welcoming his creation home as it struggles to return be become exist as it was always meant to having worked to fullfill the potential freely given with birth from ones creator
In essence: Thou art the Lord my God thou hast given unto me all things and though this I mercifully lacks the memory of the many years and the many lifetimes from the birth of this quanta of being, this I is sufficiently tired, sufficiently life weary , sufficiently drunk, sufficiently overstuffed with food of ever kind, sufficiently over stimulated with experience of every kind that this I begs your acceptance and humbly seeks thine approval, do with this I as you will, thy will be done whatever is thy will for me is also mine as well. This I trusts you, and acknowledge that thou wert right all along. Take this heart and know it's contents I surrender all to thee my Lord God Amen
Samyama ends.
Next, heart breathing inviting the Savior Jesus Christ into my heart is done as well. So much Love so much beauty. Though art the life the light and the way is felt and expressed in thought seen in appearance redeemer and reminder to hurry home, do not be forgetful, time is running out this life is like grains of sand through an hour glass.
1 More round of Mahamudra as outlined above but by now the spinal nerve is so open there can be felt very little ecstatic conductivity friction just silence moving.
Next: Cosmic Samyama will also remain in place.
Next: rest.
One last thing to add. It has not been shared concerning Amaroli because it is not done every day only when something stirs inside and says hey what a great opportunity don't waste that.
Currently when this desire emerges a glass of midstream is drunk in the following manner. tak a glass to the restroom one you have premeasured so volume of urine is known.
Urinate in toilet, as mid stream approaches squeeze off the penis briefly place cup beneath it and fill when enough is sampled squeeze off the penis again remove cup from under it and finish evacuating the bladder.
Take the cup inhale the aroma, then take a mouth full swish it around and swallow then repeat.
Oddly enough as in hard to believe it tastes pretty good an immediate current moves in the spine and it is often accompanied by an erection and for a while after, increased capacity for inner conductivity and movement of silence in the spinal nerve are felt.
Wait 15 minutes before drinking water rinsing mouth etc...
will do this practice upon inner guidance demand for now before committing to daily practice. Yogani was right mental barrier was the last wall, bottoms up :)
Today is June 30th 2015 and it is the intent to keep this practice as it is now until January 1st 2016. Reevaluating to see what changes if any need to be made until then will self-pace within these parameters without adding any new practices.
Edited to include Amaroli.
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So-Hi
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Jul 04 2015 : 11:50:52 AM
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Hello today is July 4th 2015.
Practice has remain stable twice daily without overload.
Yesterday was a little different and would like to share this for the consideration and perhaps benefit of others, it is thought this will be helpful because it is about doing these practices in light of the real world with, real world difficulties and not some imaginary perfect time, date or place.
All to often it is thought, people think I will do this thing or that thing when the circumstances are thus or such.
I will hold off sitting and doing my practices until I am in a better mood, a better frame of mind, my head doesn't hurt or the sun is shining etc.. and so on.
Well we live in a world that is going to have outside stuff going on, like a dog barking outside, cars going by playing their radio loud enough to give everyone in the vicinity hearing loss, and things just happening out of the blue.
This is my story of yesterday, a story of AYP Practices in face of stuff just blowing up.
Yesterday Morning was supposed to be the second day of a planned vacation, the night before we stayed up late with relatives etc... So woke up much later than usual around 7:30 AM.
Checked the phone for messages and it did not disappoint, there was a message from an upset client threatening to cease continuing services and have another company takeover work on what has been a long term project.
Knowing the party who was communicating this is prone to being emotionaly reactive and the time stamp of 3 AM it was certain the higher ups in the chain of command had chewed this person out pretty heavily and this poor soul had not slept that night.
The old saying stuff roles down hill.
So this was a start to a vacation morning I am certain most would prefer to do without. While waking up made communications in the 3 common manners of today left a message by phone which no one even bothers to pick up these days, e-mail and text. Phone was attempted just for show as it is now known people prefer the telegraph over voice communications they just call it texting now. E-Mail was for record keeping and documentation, business in these United States has become far to litigious and without good documentation well.... nothing more needs to be said.
No reply was received from any attempted form of communication and not a surprise as the person was likely not awake yet after a hard night, and like most people have the best communication tools on the planet but are very , very poor communicators. It is thought that even though people love their toys there is a resentment towards the invasion of privacy they bring as well, especially when it comes to their job.
The attitude here is much different than it would have been years ago prior to daily sadhana practices and especially AYP practices. Back in the day there would have been huge amounts of impatience, stress, anxiety, anger, outrage, and indignation.
Now there is impatience, stress, anxiety, anger, outrage, and indignation, but it all passes before the screen as the witness watches it and then lets it pass while planning appropriate action which as in the words of the higher up I met with later that day "he pulled chocks on his vacation and came here to help us."
In addition there was consideration for the other parties point of view and empathy for their pain which had certainly been fueling the fire of the message.
So due to yesterday being a legal Holiday in the United States it was not known if the person would even be working and all that could be done was document everything and attempt communication, contact and discovery of the root cause of the upset.
After the first part of communication and documentation were done, the wife asked will you have to go in and the answer was in all likelihood yes, sorry to change plans but clients have to come first, little issue those of us who are not financially independent have to cater to ya know, earning a living.
So excusing myself saying the rest of the day is going to do what it will but for now there is time and since there is time I am going to sit see you in a little while.
In ZAZEN there is a saying about you have not practiced ZAZEN until you have sat with a difficulty, this can be translated as there will never be a perfect time to sit so, sit anyway. Another saying is that if we feel pain like a headache we should be grateful we are healthy enough to feel pain and sit anyway, the poor person who has something really wrong with them does not even feel pain and they are dying we should just sit anyway.
So I took a shower brushed my teeth etc, and sat.
During the practice of Talabya it came to me there was a nice minty freshness to the mouth and it was realized that a mistake had been made while getting ready for the day, habit had been permitted to take over and the teeth tongue mouth etc.. were thoroughly brushed.
So why is this a mistake? 
It is a mistake because fine abrasive particles and the fluoridated tooth paste as well as whatever sweetening agents for the toothpaste are still present on the tongue.
While this may be okay in normal use it is most certain there has never been a test done with people practicing Kechari Mudra for the safety or possible discomfort that can come from this as tooth paste is really not meant to find it's way into the nasal septum nor the abrasives in it etc. for prolonged periods of contact.
So it was known that this sitting would have to be done with limited Kechari Mudra stage 1 not the normal stage 3 to 4.
Believe it or not this is a problem because the tongue via ecstatic conductivity literally demands to go up and has to be repeatedly held in check, knowing this it was accepted better to sit than wait for the perfect time when the tongue wold be clear of cleansing abrasives etc...
So within the first few spinal breaths the tongue tried to slip past the elastic band of the soft pallet, and so the effort was made to keep it down then back to easily favoring the practice. Then it could happen again and the tip of the tongue got past the uvula and at that point instead of snapping it back down just prevented it from going up by pressing the elastic band forward.
Current was certainly flowing in the spine.
The current in the spine became so strong by not permitting the tongue to go past level 1 Kechari that it brought back memories of when Kechari first began to occur years ago, it was remembered how strong those currents in the spine would become so demanding, powerful and insistent.
As the timer signified the end of Spinal breathing and the beginning of Deep Meditation something new was discovered. Having never practiced Deep Meditation with forced limited Kechari level 1 was a new experience the ecstatic conductivity soared off the charts and now the body was found rotating around the central axis of the spine as wave after ecstatic wave found it way upwards and downwards in a double helix pattern clearly felt then translated by the brain into imagery.
Then it was back to easy favoring the mantra time and time again and let us not forget the issues of the day to come also would vie for attention and they would simply come up and easily favoring the mantra would be done.
Samyama had allot of ecstatic conductivity as well with limited Kechari and then it was time for some cosmic Samyama then rest.
After 10 minutes of laying down it was time to get up, walked out into the living room and was informed my phone was making noise, Hmmmm funny did not hear it at all smiled knowing who it would be and what was coming, received confirmation that the client wanted a physical presence so replied to the text and deployed.
It was soon discovered due to a lack of understanding compounded by a lack of communication and unrelated project was coming apart at the seams people were delayed in their work due to it and it was misunderstood that our project had to be completed before the other could function, after clearing that up we are now taking charge of the unrelated project and the rest of the day was spent clearing up related issues on site.
Arrived home, that evening wife had texted she would be at the Health Club working out so it was known there would be some quiet time for practices.
It was also known she was likely to arrive home during the practices slam the front door etc...
Over time though it just does not matter and does not bother the practices in the beginning having people in the home was a big problem as people are just noisy by nature.
So while sitting Talabya was completed, Mahamudra Completed, just at the beginning of Spinal Breathing hear the car, the car door slams, easily favoring the practice, door to house opens, a smile forms on my face wham there goes the front door, easily favoring the practice and up goes the tongue CONTACT stillness ecstatic conductivity goes straight up ahhhhhhh satisfaction.
Easily favoring the practice... So much smoother than earlier in the day without Level 3 , 4 Kechari and it can be felt what is happening not only is the current going to the brow but the excess is being shunted out the crown.
Eureka this is why the current is so much smoother and less demanding when in Kechari the excess is shunted into some extra dimensional space for who knows what reason, easily favoring the practice staying with the brow...
Events of the day come up and just easily favor the practice.
this session ends and it is felt that it should be shared with those who can comprehend... this wonderful AYP Family. |
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kumar ul islam
United Kingdom
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Posted - Jul 05 2015 : 01:57:02 AM
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| Thank you for sharing |
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So-Hi
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2015 : 07:48:04 AM
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| You are welcome Kumar thank you for taking the time to give notice you have read. |
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So-Hi
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2015 : 08:41:38 AM
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Hello, today is Thursday July 9th 2015.
On July 7th the second sitting of the day things went very, very deep in IAM meditation and Samyama, lying down to rest afterwards it was soon discovered that deep sleep had come as snoring woke me up. 30 minutes had passed.
So that evening it was like waking up twice in one day.
The next morning, yesterday morning woke up late forgot to set the alarm and had to get to work so missed the morning session.
Yesterday evening had things to do and did not feel like spending the time resting after practices so just got up and went about doing the things needed doing.
Decided well lets experiment with getting up without resting. It was noticed almost immediately that this was a mistake as the unwinding of purification was still happening from the powerful AYP practices.
Still decided to push on with the experiment and it resulted in being witness to very cranky, nasty feelings of unrest and irritation for and with just about everything made for an evening of having to watch my temper.
Decided to skip this mornings practice because it is clear there is an overload condition present due to failure to lay down and rest afterwards.
This evening will sit and practice but this time will remember to rest afterwards, even as this is being written irritation is present just under the skin. |
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yogani
USA
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Posted - Jul 09 2015 : 09:02:47 AM
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Hi So-Hi:
Nothing like direct experience to confirm the importance of each part of our practice. Live and learn.
All the best!
The guru is in you.
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So-Hi
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Jul 09 2015 : 11:39:27 AM
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quote:
Originally posted by yogani
Hi So-Hi:
Nothing like direct experience to confirm the importance of each part of our practice. Live and learn.
All the best!
The guru is in you.
Thank you Yogani |
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So-Hi
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Jul 10 2015 : 4:17:57 PM
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Hello today is Friday July 10th 2015 last nights practices brought everything back on track for the most part, one thing that can never be doubted and that is rest must be taken after these powerful AYP practices.
It appears that the neurobiology gets a very strong usage during practices and to not rest afterwards causes some kind of fatigue which oddly just lying down fully alleviates.
After last night’s practices it was decided to self pace, scale back to once per day for a few days to see what happens as that one instance of missing rest afterwards has had some reverberations carrying forward that were not present before.
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Blanche
USA
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Posted - Jul 11 2015 : 11:31:48 AM
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| Thank you for sharing, So-Hi. You are making a very clear and compelling case for adapting the practice to your needs and for self-pacing. Looking forward to upcoming posts! |
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So-Hi
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2015 : 11:12:34 AM
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Hello Blanche, thank you. I personally have found great value in your posts and recognize the wisdom of experience behind your shared words, you do know and are an inspiration.
Thank you for the nice feelings. Your presence is sweet, kind warm and wise.
Appreciate you.
Please do feel free to step in and make comment as you see fit, help is always appreciated from a nowing wise person. |
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So-Hi
USA
481 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2015 : 11:39:34 AM
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Hello Today is Sunday July 12th.
As of Friday the 10th. It came to me that Heart Breathing, Samyama and Cosmic Samyama are just too much right now.
It has also come to me that Heart Breathing is good after Deep Meditation but for now the neurobiology can not contain so much energy, Ecstatic Conductivity, Kundalini call it what you will in the spinal alter.
In this body when the Istha is inhaled through the third eye into the heart the amount of pure current is very powerfully mixed with attributes words fail to make meaning, very cleansing for the heart very transforming.
Heart Breathing with ones ishta is very special and so powerful.
So for now practice will take on the following form, I am stuck with Kechari and Sambhavi Mudra as it refuses to not happen once practices start so it will remain.
Siddhasana will also remain as it feels most natural.
40 Regular Talabya Kriya followed by 10 Advanced reps as this prevents soreness in tongue and throat from Kechari taking place.
Perhaps some Yoga Mudra in place of Mahamudra here.
Some more Talabya 10 reps of advanced version just to settle in as the tongue will shortly go up better to keep things loose.
5 Minutes Spinal Breathing Allowing Mudras and Bandhas to occur without conscious forceful interaction.
5 Minutes Deep Meditation.
Heart breathing when inner guidance dictates. Very few repetition no more than 5 again inner guidance here on repetitions.
Mahamudra.
Lying down rest. |
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