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scottfitzgerald
USA
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 Posted - Nov 26 2007 : 5:22:00 PM
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Greetings psychonauats.
I had a strange experience in meditation yesterday I wanted to share to see if anyone else had a thought or two. I have found the postings here to be very beneficial and a great augmentation to Yogani's writings--although I am very much looking forward to the new lessons when you get around to them!
I was in my regular sitting pose, which is normally siddhasana when my knees can handle it. My breathing slowed down to almost nothing as I felt the mantra take on a new cadence and rhythm of its own--I did not have to repeat the mantra, it was like it was speaking ME into life. I kept the physical focus on samadhi and I felt my body start to clamp down, tighten all over. It started with a very hard mulabandha, and then moved upwards, a juicy, dry/wet sliver of bliss that pushed upwards, and my stomach pulled up and in, which was fairly common in the past, but this time the contraction was with higher muscles in my stomach, almost to my ribs, and then it was pain and pleasure mixed.
At that time, there was a very strong connection between my root and the third eye, and they were vibrating with the same pulse, and then I felt like my third eye was actually a new rootand that somewhere high over my head was another third eye of sorts. There was a joyous lifting in my skull and above my skull, almost like pulling a thread out of my crown and the feeling like my head was attached to a dunce cap that went up and up and up. I felt very calm, but was not gone--there was still an awareness of "me" but at the same time an expansive, open and very cool (temperature) breeze that seemed to keep the tent of fabric of this dunce hat up in the air.
My tongue was cleaved to the roof of my mouth but was not seeking to go back at all, it just pushed for all it was worth on the palate, and gave my being a new place to focus--like it was the underneath of the third eye, and the combination of pressure from below and the pulling on top created a pleasurable "cramp" in my head, that truly felt like an emotion--that's the only way I can describe it. Almost like the swelling in your heart when you are overwhelmed with love--I couldn't help but focus on it, even though, all the while the mantra was massaging my entire being.
That "cramp" in my head was very small, but I settled into it, and the feeling was like hitting the box at the bottom of your screen when a window is minimized, and then it takes over the monitor...and then another small dot of emotion would appear, and it too would take over the whole monitor. That happened several times.
The next thing I really knew, I was wriggling all over the ball I use as a prosthetic heel, back and forth, side to side, and as my body was doing that, slowly I started bending over, til my forehead was on the ground. I felt several vertebrae in my neck move and crack, in a good way, and then all I could do was lay there and pant. I felt ravaged, calm, and loved. I was very thankful for the experience, and felt good that through it all, the mantra was there with me.
I can still access a bit of the "lift" in my head during normal hours, and the smile is still on my face.
Anybody else had a dunce cap on their head?
Scott
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bewell
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Posted - Nov 26 2007 : 7:17:56 PM
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Hi Scott,
I like energy-experience stories. I could feel a mild version of your "dunce cap" sensation in empathy for your story, but I had not felt that before spontaneously. Glad you are enjoying the process. I find those kinds of experiences are a great encouragement for me to keep up with my twice daily practices. Experiences don't beget experiences, it is, as Yogani says, practices that beget further experiences.
Warm Regards.
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scottfitzgerald
USA
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Posted - Nov 26 2007 : 9:16:34 PM
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I know the reason we do this is not for the experience, however I find the little signs along the way enjoyable to read, and it makes me want to keep on driving.
I begin to wonder if there is a destination at all, or if we just keep trying to perfect the practice, that the passing of time/approaching no time is the best we can do.
Although, that ride was way FAR from bad. The one thing that really hit home, is that it all goes away when you hold on to it. Letting go, letting the monitor maximize again and again is worth the price of admission. Which is basically just twenty minutes, twice a day--give or take when you factor in the asanas, SB and rest.
Thanks Yogani for the easy to read roadmap.
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Christi
United Kingdom
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Posted - Nov 27 2007 : 10:48:37 AM
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Beautiful experience Scott, thanks for sharing it.
I think the "extra third eye" above your head is the eighth chakra, the true seat of the soul. This is where our memories of past lives are stored, and when we access it, the memories are downloaded into our physical mind.
I have never experienced the "dunces cap" thing. My crown just opens, a bit like a flower, and energy either streams down, or up and out.
The "cramping in the head" thing sounds a bit intence. I get that sometimes and I see it as an early warning sign if you know what I mean, especially if there is any pain associated with it. |
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Sparkle
Ireland
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Posted - Nov 27 2007 : 11:58:56 AM
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Hi Scott
That sounds beautiful. I havn't experienced that but wonder if it is what Barbara Brennan calls the Hara Dimension.
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The Hara Dimension
Even deeper than the human energy field and the chakras is the Hara line. This is a place of deep calm due to the fact that it is a zero-point energy field, apparently lacking magnetic polarity. According to Brennan, the Hara line is a solid pole of intentionality that runs vertically through the center of the human body connecting us upwardly to the sky and downwardly to the center of the earth. When working with a person’s Hara line, Brennan tries to connect that person’s intentionality with the center of the earth in order to foster a calm and grounded feeling.
According to Brennan, the Hara dimension is associated with human intentionality and our soul’s incarnational task to be accomplished in this body and lifetime. Brennan emphasized that the energy that she sees in the HEF is never separate from a person’s thoughts and feelings. For example, when someone’s mind is feeling calm and positive that will be reflected in their HEF. In fact, everything a person experiences has a correlation in their HEF. Every thought, feeling, sensation, and emotion can be seen in the field. Brennan noted that when she looks at the HEF, she sees much more information than she could ever possibly communicate. The HEF is robust with information and activity. Brennan also pointed out that most healers work with the HEF without the ability to perceive it and many do not understand the functional relationship between the Hara and the HEF. This discrepancy sometimes has lead to confusion amongst those who are trying to understand the energetic basis of healing.
In her book "Light Emerging" she describes the "dunces hat" at the top of the Hara Line, couldn't find it in Google.
I used to do meditations on the Hara Dimension, visualising the hat and the other components, but never had it happen spontaneously.
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Kyman
530 Posts |
Posted - Nov 27 2007 : 1:00:12 PM
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By dunces cap, do you mean you feel conductivity throughout your entire head, with sensations moving around the crown, which causes your head to spin in circles as if the weight of a cap were perched upon it?
Sounds like you were experiencing flow through your entire body, which can whip your form from head to tail, tail to head, or you can feel both at once as they flow and coil through the spine.
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bewell
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emc
2072 Posts |
Posted - Nov 27 2007 : 4:03:23 PM
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Hm. Interesting to read about the Hara line. That's what we've been working actively with during all my qi gong sessions. The base of the standing position
to keep while training... "The pillar" we call it. Working on the "three center union" - the lower dan tien, the heart and the medulla.
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Edited by - emc on Nov 27 2007 4:04:55 PM |
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scottfitzgerald
USA
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Posted - Nov 27 2007 : 4:21:16 PM
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I have read all of the lessons since poking around here over the past couple of years, and really have avoided much "crown attention." I always place my attention on my heart or on my third eye, and this experience seemed to create foci that had a mind of their own, so to speak.
The funny thing is, I have had to deal with some imbalances in the past, mostly depression and the feeling of "coming down," however this was fairly benign in that regard with nothing bad happening.
Maybe today is the day my lingam will fall off.  |
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Sparkle
Ireland
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Posted - Nov 27 2007 : 5:49:46 PM
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Hm. Interesting to read about the Hara line. That's what we've been working actively with during all my qi gong sessions. The base of the standing position
to keep while training... "The pillar" we call it. Working on the "three center union" - the lower dan tien, the heart and the medulla.
(What is HEF?)
Hi emc, I found this site which gives an idea of it.
Although I don't see mention of the dunces hat. The hat is shown in the book I have called "Light Emerging" by Barbara Brennan.
http://home.xtra.co.nz/hosts/Wingma...lopment.html
HEF is human energy field.
Hope that helps
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bewell
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Posted - Nov 27 2007 : 7:12:09 PM
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Originally posted by scottfitzgerald
Maybe today is the day my lingam will fall off.
Yeah, maybe. |
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