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Ichigo
Israel
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 Posted - Sep 28 2012 : 08:16:17 AM
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Hello,
I noticed that almost no one in this forum talks about raising the kundalini to the head.. at least not on a daily session which with rapid breathing such as the Bhastrika Pranayama is very likely in certain postures and applying locks..
Do any of you yogis raise at least once a week the kundalini to the head with Spinal Breathing? |
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Shanti
USA
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Posted - Sep 28 2012 : 08:41:33 AM
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We raise it to the head... but to the third eye area, not the crown.
Here is AYP's take on it  :
http://www.aypsite.org/287.html
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The crown is a sort of crossroad in all of this, one that takes a long time to purify completely, because, to do so, everything else has to be purified, and that cannot be done overnight, no matter what has been promised. The good news is that all the purification we achieve in the sushumna (spinal nerve) and throughout the nervous system with our daily deep meditation, spinal breathing pranayama and other practices is crown opening by proxy. When everything is purified and opened, the crown is open too. In that sense all the practices we do are crown practices. We are just being cagey about it to avoid unnecessary mishaps.
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_Yogi_
USA
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Posted - Oct 02 2012 : 9:03:29 PM
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| I raise it to the crown most days. |
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maheswari
Lebanon
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Posted - Oct 03 2012 : 01:50:40 AM
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| in ayp we do not raise the energy to the crown...raising it to the crown is like playing with fire |
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jeff
USA
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Posted - Oct 03 2012 : 08:15:30 AM
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When the time is right, the energy naturally flows to the crown. I would suggest that you follow your inner guru on the matter.
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Christi
United Kingdom
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Posted - Oct 03 2012 : 09:45:49 AM
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Hi Ichigo and all,
Yes, it is possible to raise kundalini to the crown, and there are some people here who do it. But you need to be carefull, because going to the crown too early will cause problems.
If you follow through the main AYP lessons, you can tell that most of the purification work on the subtle body is done by raising the kundalini to the third eye, as Shanti says. When a lot of that work is done, the crown will begin to open spontaneously. In AYP there is a particular strategy that we can use if we want to in order to work out if we are ready to raise kundalini to the crown or not. It is called "testing at the crown" and it is covered in lesson 199:
http://www.aypsite.org/199.html
Personally, I would not recommend anyone to raise kundalini to the crown daily unless they have spent a year or two going through the testing procedure first.
It isn't actually necessary to go to the crown deliberately at all, because as the purification proceeds, the crown and third eye gradually merge. So bringing the kundalini to the third eye becomes the same as bringing it to the crown, without us having to make any changes to our practice. This is covered in lesson 287:
http://www.aypsite.org/287.html
All the best
Christi
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Ichigo
Israel
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Posted - Oct 04 2012 : 09:46:56 AM
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Thanks for the answers all!
Though what I meant by raising the kundalini to the head I didn't necessary mean the crown.
It's just that I got the impression from these forums that raising the kundalini almost daily up to the head is more on the skeptic side, because usually people are talking here about awakening the kundalini, but not necessary actually really raising it up to the head area. |
Edited by - Ichigo on Oct 04 2012 09:51:11 AM |
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Oct 04 2012 : 10:23:46 AM
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Originally posted by Ichigo
Thanks for the answers all!
Though what I meant by raising the kundalini to the head I didn't necessary mean the crown.
It's just that I got the impression from these forums that raising the kundalini almost daily up to the head is more on the skeptic side, because usually people are talking here about awakening the kundalini, but not necessary actually really raising it up to the head area.
Anyone doing spinal breathing is raising kundalini twice a day for 5-10 min to the head... just the 3rd eye area and not the crown.
Thanks Ichigo. |
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Ichigo
Israel
66 Posts |
Posted - Oct 04 2012 : 11:18:27 AM
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@Shanti
Thanks for your answer.
Just for clarification, with raising kundalini twice a day, you actually do mean that you feel this amazing energy down in the mulahara chakra and feeling it rise in the susumna passage, leaving usually orgasmic sensation and waves of bliss? |
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Shanti
USA
4854 Posts |
Posted - Oct 04 2012 : 12:24:05 PM
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Originally posted by Ichigo
@Shanti
Thanks for your answer.
Just for clarification, with raising kundalini twice a day, you actually do mean that you feel this amazing energy down in the mulahara chakra and feeling it rise in the susumna passage, leaving usually orgasmic sensation and waves of bliss?
Yes.
Practices like mulabandha and siddhasana, done along with spinal breathing, are designed to increase this feeling as well.
Other than spinal breathing, the various tantra practices mentioned in the tantra lessons are also are designed to do this.
After a while though, it normalizes and it no longer is an overt orgasmic feeling but just heat rise up the spine, which too normalizes and is just a sensation. |
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Christi
United Kingdom
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Posted - Oct 04 2012 : 3:35:48 PM
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quote:
I noticed that almost no one in this forum talks about raising the kundalini to the head.. at least not on a daily session which with rapid breathing such as the Bhastrika Pranayama is very likely in certain postures and applying locks..
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Though what I meant by raising the kundalini to the head I didn't necessary mean the crown.
Hi Ichigo,
The reason I mentioned the crown is because if you are using practices like bastrika (as opposed to spinal bastrika), and the locks etc, then you are raising kundalini to the crown. It is the natural path it will take unless it is steered in another direction. If you use Spinal Breathing Pranayama (root to ajna chakra) and spinal bastrika (again root to ajna) then you are taking a safe pathway, and you can raise kundalini to the head two or three times a day if you wish. |
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