Excellent description!
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, bob_brigante <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > In the non-chart evaluation of yogic flying, I always like Nancy de > Herrera's account in her book "Beyond Gurus" (apparently reprinted > as "All you need is love" http://tinyurl.com/jhw7e ), p. 444-5: > > "Oh dear, I can't stop," Doris hopped past me; evidently the Vedic > sound triggered her. It was amazing. > > We repeated the program several times during the two hours. By the > end of the session, about one-fourth of the class was hopping up and > down. It was such a sideshow, I couldn't keep my attention within. I > was in no hurry. I'd promised Helen and my family, "I'm not moving > off this pad unless something pushes me. I am not going to get > carried away by group dynamics." > > The second day, Margareta shot up in the air and landed about three > feet in front of herself, then made another hop of the same > distance, and another. During the rest period, I whispered, "How did > it feel?" > > She was exuberant., "It's very strange. You feel so light and full > of energy. You just have to hop!" > > "But was it you who hopped, or did some force enter you?" > > "I don't know. When it happens again, maybe I'll be able to tell. > This time it was so unexpected." Her reserve had dropped, "Nancy, > this is fun!" > .... > It was on the fifth day that I got my wings. On other occasions when > repeating the sutra, I had experienced dizziness, a loss of > direction, and other unusual sensations, but no urge to rise up. > Now, into the five-minute period, I began to feel strange. My body > started to shake uncontrollably; it started in my bottom and worked > up to my head in spasms. Next came a real shock of Kundalini, a > shaft of heat shot up my spine, it was scary. I'd had some > experience with Kundalini in Rishikesh, but not like this. I thought > of stopping the repetition of the sutra, but no, Maharishi assured > us we'd be all right if we obeyed instructions. These thoughts > flickered through my mind as my head seemed to be held in a vice -- > the vice became tighter. Suddenly, it was as though someone reached > down and pulled me up into the air! > > I went up and down, and up and down -- not forward or sideways, just > up and down. What fun! It was so easy. My legs slipped out of the > lotus position; I went up about two feet in the air just touching > the pad with the outsides of my baby toes." > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/2pRQfA/bOaOAA/yQLSAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
