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Freerange
United Kingdom
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 Posted - Jun 28 2018 : 3:38:31 PM
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Hi all,
I am several weeks into a kundalini awakening and have a question about one pointed concentration. I have found conflicting messages online about whether one pointed concentration during a kundalini awakening is a good idea. I usually meditate focusing on the third eye (which draws kundalini up). Any thoughts on benefits or dangers? I am currently experiencing some dramatic stuff but am not overloaded.
Many thanks
Ross |
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BlueRaincoat
United Kingdom
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Posted - Jun 28 2018 : 5:32:49 PM
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Hello again Ross
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Originally posted by Freerange
I have found conflicting messages online about whether one pointed concentration during a kundalini awakening is a good idea. I
The answer to this question will vary from one system of practice to another. An AYPer will give you one answer, a Buddhist a different answer, etc. That is because there are fundamental differences between the meditation methods used.
Every practice system has it own internal logic, so it is really best to have this question answered by somebody who is more advanced than you in the method by which you are practising. |
Edited by - BlueRaincoat on Jun 28 2018 5:43:25 PM |
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jusmail
India
491 Posts |
Posted - Jun 28 2018 : 11:39:23 PM
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| Here we recommend not to worry too much and to just practise. |
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albechan
Italy
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Posted - Jun 29 2018 : 02:19:58 AM
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Hi Freerange,
As already pointed out, each system of practice has its own answers to your question and AYP more specifically suggests to consider this sort of experiences just as scenery along the path and to keep focusing on practice without much thought.
Nevertheless, as you mention you focus on the third eye during meditation, I assume you don't follow the AYP stance on the matter as in AYP deep meditation the only object to gently concentrate on is the mantra.
In my very recent experience, it seems to me that the first mantra enhancement (lesson 116) works great to add stability to the energy outbursts as it lowers the barycenter of the inner silence perceived at the base of my skull. It feels like the playground of energy gets more defined so that the ecstatic roaming acts more disciplined and less apt to cause havoc. I'm not sure if this makes sense to you.
In any case, jumping to any mantra enhancement without starting from the fundamental practice of deep meditation is probably not the best idea.
So it is suggested, if interested in what AYP has to offer, to start meditating with the I AM mantra and see for yourself where it leads from there. |
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Dogboy
USA
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Posted - Jun 29 2018 : 9:59:33 PM
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Hi Ross
At this stage, better the third eye than the crown. The third eye is where the shushumna goes beyond the body, and over time, as enlightenment unfolds, this point shifts to the crown
In AYP we trace the shusumna with breath and attention between the root (exhale) and the third eye (inhale). During meditation we favor the mantra rather than the third eye, although it is hard to ignore the third eye when in automatic sambhavi mudra. By favoring the mantra, we are not micromanaging the process, we allow the process to unfold as it should, all we need to do is be disciplined and present.
If you have experienced an automatic awakening and are not meditating, focusing too much on the third eye might not be a good idea if your neurobiology is not prepared for high energy states, which meditation practice can do for you over the long run. Meditation not only opens nadis so prana flows freely, it opens you to the omnipresent silence within the prana, and your experience of this balance when you are ripe enough to appreciate this state is what will sustain a stable practice. At this point, introducing gentle attention on the solar center is also very stablizing. |
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yo_gi
Germany
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Posted - Jun 30 2018 : 01:48:47 AM
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Hey freerange
I think any form of meditation can be considered as a one pointed practice as it involves concentration/favoring with attention on an object - the different styles of meditation are therefore only related to which object you choose. In your case its the 3rd eye (was mine too before ayp). Passive awareness practices (non-one-pointed) imo should be done with the witness present and therefore applied further down the road and although its often proclaimed to be a beginners practice - i regard it as a self inquiry method (just how I see it). So the advice not to do a one pointed practice imo is the advice not to meditate at all. You could simply decrease the duration (even down to 0 for a while if necessary) of your meditation practice if you feel the need to regulate due to energetic experiences.
You could also switch to ayp  but the regulation methods would remain the same.
 
Edit: i didn't ask if you are doing any other practices besides meditation - that are maybe more energy related. If this is the case it makes more sense to cut down duration of them first of course. |
Edited by - yo_gi on Jun 30 2018 02:36:23 AM |
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