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Radharani
USA
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 Posted - Sep 23 2011 : 6:05:33 PM
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| I don't normally use the I Am meditation but it happened spontaneously during our return trip from New York where we had spent a week at a Heart of Yoga retreat. The traffic on I-81 was freaking insane; I am not a timid driver, I was very comfortable driving in Los Angeles, but this East Coast traffic on I-81 with all the huge trucks and everybody weaving in and out, bumper to bumper at 90+ mph, was too much for me and I wimped out, so my partner Hawk took over driving. It actually seemed like a realistic possibility that we might die, given the physics of the situation; not that I am afraid to die, nor did I really think it was our time, but one never knows. So as Hawk was driving I chanted my favorite names of God. There were plenty of Krishna-colored clouds in the sky, which is always nice. So after a couple of hours of this we stopped for a break and to get gas, and as I stepped out of the car my inner silence/Bliss was incredibly deep and expansive. Now, I have been in Love, in the divine romance, for many years but in the last few months it has intensified to a constant sense of "I am so in Love!" I was in love with the cashier and everybody we met. Well, I was not purposely "meditating" at the time, but what happened was the words "I Am" spontaneously arose and dropped into the fathomless Bliss, and then became "I Am Love." Just a subtle change but experientially significant, and this has persisted since. |
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maheswari
Lebanon
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Posted - Sep 24 2011 : 02:06:04 AM
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hello Jamie...i dont love everybody and everything yet ...but i can relate to your post...i love Siva a lot...and absolutely i never wanted to drop the Siva mantra that i was given....i tried different techniques (like Vipassana 10 days silence) but Siva mantra will always come back ....when i was introduced to ayp,the AYAM mantra just happened to me very sponteanoulsy and easily....i spontenously dropped the Siva mantra and felt that AYAM was the mantra that i need in this specific time of my journey
but off course Nataraj Siva still catches my eyes....
much Love |
Edited by - maheswari on Sep 24 2011 03:01:27 AM |
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manigma
India
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Posted - Sep 25 2011 : 12:14:15 AM
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Originally posted by JamieRadha
Well, I was not purposely "meditating" at the time, but what happened was the words "I Am" spontaneously arose and dropped into the fathomless Bliss, and then became "I Am Love." Just a subtle change but experientially significant, and this has persisted since.
I experienced this as well, several times.
Its purification and opening.
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Radharani
USA
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Posted - Sep 26 2011 : 5:41:46 PM
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My Dear Maheswari, I haven't dropped the other mantras. In fact I use several different mantras on different occasions. (Ooh, I'm probably breaking some kind of rule here!) I rarely use any mantra in deep meditation anymore; I just close my eyes. But what has changed is the feeling of "I am in Love" has morphed into "I AM Love" and it kind of manifests spontaneously at times throughout the day. Of course He still catches your eyes, how could He not?! ;)
My Dear Manigma, What specifically have you experienced? The spontaneous I AM meditation per se and/or the other aspects that I described? |
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