--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> On Jul 6, 2007, at 3:54 PM, jim_flanegin wrote:
>
> > --- In [email protected], Bhairitu <noozguru@> wrote:
> > >
> > > The first time I tried meditation which was some three years
> > before
> > > learning TM my kundalini rose (it was like going up into the
> > middle of
> > > the Sun). This from a mantra in a book which morphed as I
> > practiced
> > > it. By the time I came to TM I had tried other techniques and
had
> > read
> > > Ramana Maharishi teachings extensively. I did TM to find out
what
> > an
> > > institutionalized program was like. Even prior to the kundalini
> > > experience I had spiritual experiences as a child. My guru says
> > this is
> > > an indicator that I was on the path in previous lifetimes. I
> > believe
> > > this as I have run into TM practitioners who say even after 30
> > years
> > > they have yet to have a clear experience of transcending.
> >
> > I wonder if my experience with TM is common: For the first 10
> > minutes I am at a very specific place with regard to being aware
of
> > my surroundings, my body, and my surface thoughts. Then as if on
> > cue, the second ten minutes I drop down into a noticably deeper
> > place, thick with silence, rest, and inner spheres of being. Just
> > curious what others' experiences are and if they've had
experience
> > of this marked 10 minute boundary. Been going like that for
years.:-
> > )
>
>
> I had already had clear experiences as a child. But with TM I
would
> only transcend at most 4, 5 minutes absolute max. But once I had
a
> clear awakening up to the heart, white hot completing the circuit
> with spontaneous mudras down the arms. Immediately thereafter I
shot
> up to transcending 10 minutes or longer. Eventually I realized
the
> only the thing that was blocking further progress was the
subliminal
> idea I held somewhere that said I couldn't. As soon as it was
> realized that held-idea was empty of substantiality, impediments
just
> dropped away and I could go up to 35 minutes max transcendent. If
I
> maintain a steady practice I can go up to three hours now. If I'm
not
> well rested, I have to take breaks and can't sustain the straight
2.5
> - 3. Beyond that I began to work with, eyes open and going for
hours,
> days or weeks.
>
> I do a lot of walking meditation now.
>
Sounds like pretty intense practice. After all of that empty mind
time, what do you feel like during the day? Mellow, relaxed,
energetic, introverted, extroverted? Just curious.:-)
