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At this stage there is a lot of purification going on in the nervous system and the body is responding to the energy surging through by lurching and hopping. In time it will settle down and be much smoother, and the movements will become very subtle. There will be more energy moving inside and less external indication of it.

Movement and dramatic sensations inside (including ecstasy) are caused by friction in the nervous system as the energy moves through, blowing out the obstructions in large quantities. Karmic debris is getting cleaned out in a wholesale fashion. Hence that feeling of having the nerves purged. That's the great power of samyama. It enables us to systematically purge the nervous system from the inside with relatively little discomfort. Getting purged by using samyama is usually very pleasurable. This is because, when samyama becomes functional in our nervous system, we already have sufficient inner silence available to enable it. So it is pure bliss consciousness that is surging out through our nervous system in response to the sutras, and that's why it feels so good. It is silent bliss moving out through us in large quantities. It benefits all of our other practices, and everyone who is within miles of us as well.

With the lightness sutra, as the obstructions become less over time there is less friction and the movements refine. The same happens with the experiences with the rest of the sutras. It all becomes very smooth, pleasurable, and light.

Whatever experiences come as samyama practice advances over time will be a by-product of the purification in our nervous system. By the time we are having more advanced experiences (siddhis), they will not be nearly as pleasurable or attractive as the divine love and joy we will be naturally radiating in every direction in every moment.

The guru is in you.

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Originally posted by loren

Yes agreed... comparing experiences is probably not the best option, since AYP is a self directed practice there is an intentional lack of information on how samyama unfolds. I can accept the "whatever happens during it is fine" approach for most of this, I admit to being more curious about the process than books, tapes and blogs can probably help. Traditionally I am sure a teacher watched over this process carefully with students, directing misunderstandings and blocks into a more productive direction. Maybe that applies to idle comparisons too?

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Originally posted by lalow33

But please notice the lessons are vague, I think it's for a reason.

There's nothing wrong with trying to do a practice "right". For some reason, when someone says samyama is this way or that way, I tend to post in disagreement.

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Originally posted by Dogboy

The sutras for me feel like outward-flowing ripples from my solar center, and have been for more than a year now. Also "Who/what am I?" registers like champagne bubbles in my skull, a nice segway into rest. I try not to have any expectation of these experiences, but samyama seems to have become this for me.

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Originally posted by So-Hi

I disagree.

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Originally posted by lalow33

But please notice the lessons are vague, I think it's for a reason.

There's nothing wrong with trying to do a practice "right". For some reason, when someone says samyama is this way or that way, I tend to post in disagreement.

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