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Reno2233
USA
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 Posted - Jan 08 2025 : 03:40:33 AM
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Hello Fellow AYPers,
I hope your week is treating you well! I have a quick question on Solar Centering. In lesson 375, Out of Our Heads, Yogani states "Other sensations we may experience when adding solar centering are a sense of being more in the world, while less of the world, and with more energy radiating from us into the world."
Question is, do we radiate energy from the solar center in the early stages of practice too? Or is this experienced over some time? At least to the point that it is felt by others. Let's say early stages are a few weeks to a month into using Solar Centering.
Also, what is meant by "more in the world, while less of the world"? I've heard this phrase in the past but I'm curious of the AYP perspective on this. Thank you in advance!
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TensorTympani
Sweden
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Posted - Jan 08 2025 : 12:43:38 PM
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Hi Reno,
I am also curious about the concept of radiance.
A while back when I first experienced it emanating from another person, I searched the AYP forums and found this thread:
https://www.aypsite.org/forum/topic...OPIC_ID=2096
If you haven't seen it yet, maybe you find it interesting.
Yogani just used the phrase "more in the world, while less of the world" in a recent post in the forum:
https://www.aypsite.org/forum/topic...19712#158202
My understanding of this is that pure bliss consciousness is "not of the world" because it would be that even in the absence of anything manifest, but all other faculties we associate with consciousness, including the sense of "I am", rely on the manifest world being utilized by and within pure bliss consciousness. With rising unity it is more and "more in the world" by getting better at utilizing it, but identifies less and less with it ("not of the world").
Edit: I just wanted to add that the above is my understanding of some yogic philosophy I read, whereas Yogani's explanation I linked to above is experience based. |
Edited by - TensorTympani on Jan 08 2025 1:32:44 PM |
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Christi
United Kingdom
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Posted - Jan 09 2025 : 4:43:09 PM
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quote:
Question is, do we radiate energy from the solar center in the early stages of practice too? Or is this experienced over some time? At least to the point that it is felt by others.
Hi Reno,
Usually ecstatic radiance is something that increases gradually over time, as the purification process takes place and as the body in general becomes increasingly ecstatic. However, this does not mean that someone could not experience the radiance of ecstacy beyond the body soon after adding the solar centering enhancement. It would depend on what they had been doing before they took on the enhancement and at how sensitive they are to practices.
Generally ecstatic radiance is from the whole subtle body, or if it is localised to a certain degree, then it will tend to be mostly from the heart chakra or crown chakra. Solar centering is most likely to increase whole-body ecstatic radiance, or radiance from the heart. Radiance from the heart is experienced by others as divine love and radiance from the crown is experienced by others as bliss. Radiance from the whole of the subtle body is experienced by others in various ways depending on their own inner matrix of obstructions.
Being "in the world but not of the world" means being more present with what is actually real, whilst not being distracted by things that are simply creations of the mind, or by the ways in which the mind colours and alters our perception of things.
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Dogboy
USA
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Posted - Jan 10 2025 : 02:54:41 AM
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| In my practice the solar center acts as a touchpoint and home to my mantra and sutras in samyama. It helps anchor my body in the deepest depths of samadhi. In asana class it is my center of gravity, encouraging loving attention to the diaphragm, as well as the third and fourth chakras, and assists in balance poses. By the end of class the body is primed for radiance. As Yogani says, this is the state that has influence in your daily life and in company of loved your ones. |
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