--- In [email protected], "jim_flanegin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], Vaj <vajranatha@> wrote: > > > > > > On Nov 28, 2006, at 2:07 AM, anywho108 wrote: > > > > > This brings up something I've been pondering about "yogic flying" > > > which of course isn't flying at all. Although I've had the > sutras for > > > many many years, I would like to hear some explanation of > exactly what > > > bouncing around, or shaking, or whatever else people are doing > has > > > anything to do with levitation. > > > > > > I've always had the feeling that if tomorrow MMY said, okay, all > this > > > hopping around isn't really necessary, then all of a sudden > people > > > would stop hopping around. > > > > > > What's the point? > > > > > > It's a by product of either pranayama or the most elementary form > of > > kundalini awakening. > > > Dude, you've never even *done* the flying technique! lol! What you > have written has nothing specific to do with the flying sutra. > Pranayama!? That is just absurd- I did pranayama before meditation > for years prior to meditation and never a hint of hopping or > movement.
The yogattava upanishad mentions pranayama just before it mentions levitation. It is unclear TO ME at least as to whether or not this is meant to say that the only way to perform levitation is using pranayama or even if it is meant to imply that pranayama, as a practice (rather than as breath-suspension associated with samadhi) leads to levitation. > > The hopping is a response to the sutra introduced when the mind is > settled in transcendental consciousness. The sutras are introduced > following a period of TM. The hopping is an innocent result of the > specific sutra. If a different sutra is introduced, a different > result will occur. > > The point of the flying sutra is to integrate silence and activity > within the nervous system. Because the flying sutra produces such a > dramatic effect, so is its effect on the nervous system. By > culturing the nervous system's ability to operate in activity while > remaining silent, the physiology of enlightement is brought about > over time. >
