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darvish
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 Posted - Jan 10 2006 : 10:19:01 AM
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Does anyone here have any experience wih mouth of god centre in the back of the head just above the throat center? I've heard claims that it is the only center that actually induces energy and is directly connected to the the pineal, pituitary, and heart center.
Is this an extension of the crown center?
Thanks!
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yogani
USA
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Posted - Jan 10 2006 : 11:03:48 AM
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Hi Darvish:
The medulla is part of the third eye. See "OM" in the glossary for a quick description and reference to the "mouth of God." http://www.aypsite.org/glossary.html
Also see "ajna" and "third eye" in the topic index for lots of lessons touching on this from the point of view of practices. http://www.aypsite.org/TopicIndex.html
Also try a site search on "medulla" http://www.aypsite.org/SiteSearch.html
Anyone who has rising ecstatic conductivity will have experience with the medulla in relation to the opening sushumna and the rest of the neurobiology. This has direct relationship to the AYP practices.
The guru is in you.
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darvish
USA
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Posted - Jan 10 2006 : 11:31:18 AM
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| Thanks for the reply, Yogani. |
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darvish
USA
9 Posts |
Posted - Jan 10 2006 : 11:41:12 AM
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Yogani,
I just found your topic on the medulla and third eye that sum my questions up beautifully.
"It is all of those, and more. The third eye is the spinal nerve
(sushumna) going from the medulla oblongata through the general areas
of the pineal and pituitary glands, and out the front at the center
of the brow. It is more of a functioning zone in and around the
spinal nerve than a specific organ. It could even be considered to
extend down the spinal nerve below the medulla, because inner seeing
is there also, but that is stretching it. Traditionally it is looking
outward, as an eye would be, so that is why the external point
between the eyebrows gets labeled as the third eye most often. The
ecstatic relationship between the pineal gland, pituitary gland, and
brow is probably the most common esoteric labeling. The medulla often
gets labeled as part (or all) of the third eye too. It is pretty
fuzzy yoga because labeling physical counterparts for the spiritual
neuro-biology is not precise.
There's nothing fuzzy about the experience of the ecstatically
awakened third eye though. When it happens there is no doubt about
what it is, or where it is inside. It is just a little difficult to
describe it in physical terms.
The awakening of the third eye is an awakening of the entire spinal
nerve all the way down to the root. As mentioned in the previous
lesson on mantra design, the awakening third eye also is awakening
the crown. So, awakening the third eye is ecstatically awakening the
entire nervous system. That is why the sanskrit word for the third
eye, "ajna," means "command" or "control."
Q: So are you saying it is just as correct to put your attention
on the medulla where you say attention in between eyes?
A: No, the eyes go to the point between the eyebrows (gently
favored), with a slight furrow of the brow in the middle. This is a
physical positioning of the eyes to create a particular stimulating
effect in the brain, which reaches instantly down the spinal nerve
all the way to the root. At the same time, our attention goes with
our practice, up and down the sushumna with spinal breathing. See
lesson #131 – "Coordinating Sambhavi and Spinal Breathing" for a
detailed discussion on this separation of the physical eyes from
attention.
There are no instructions anywhere in the lessons to fix the focus of
our attention in the medulla oblongata. The medulla is a "pass
though" during spinal breathing, and is also stimulated by the
resonating effect of the mantra in deep meditation, without
deliberately focusing the mantra there. So the medulla is constantly
being stimulated, but not by a sustained focus of attention on it in
practices. The medulla is part of the greater whole of the awakening
nervous system, and that is why it is addressed the way it is in
practices.
We have been discussing the several ways how the third eye has been
labeled in relation to the physical body. No particular techniques
are intended in the labeling. The lessons themselves are very
specific on techniques. Pardon me for any confusion on that point. "
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Ananda
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Posted - Jun 11 2009 : 2:47:50 PM
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namaste friends,
i just would like to offer my 2 cents on the subject:
1st concerning my humble experience the medulla is very connected that's true and it's very ecstatic (to the extreme sometimes)
2nd when doing mindfulness\awareness all the stuff in the brain "thoughts, analysis.." seems to go back toward the medulla and burn there in an ecstatic way.
3rd and this is smthg i've been told a long time ago by a friend who lives in Palestine and who is very involved in spiritism and suffism that the mouth of God is considered as a sacred passage way for spiritual entities but for the people who practice effective yoga i think that there's no harm for we seem to be on a whole different level than those entities plus "we are the ones who feeds them with our misunderstanding of there nature, but when we understand them for what they really are and there relation to our brain constitution then they simply melt away and they are no longer there anymore."
"imagination is one hell of a tool, the way you think it becomes."
think of the holy spirit as a white dove who shines the place and fills you up with it's pure white light and provides protection next time someone encounters some unpleasant visions or visual experiences.
light and love,
Ananda |
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