Re: [FairfieldLife] A different explanation of stress release
shempmcgurk wrote: > When reading the following passage from Swami Muktananda's "Satsang > with Baba, Volume III" (August 18, 1972, page 122), I thought that it > was another explanation of the mechanics of stress release; that is, > that the thoughts we have during meditation are indications of stress > being released on the physical level: > > "According to the seers of the yogic scriptures, countless impressions > of past lives are embedded in the central nadi, sushumna. After > Kundalini becomes awake, these impressions start rising to the > surface. You should be aware that they are coming to the surface to be > ejected from the system. If you are aware of this truth, you will find > it entirely pointless to be concerned or overwhelmed by the feelings > that come to the conscious surface." A lot of TM'ers including teachers read those books back in the late 70's commenting that Muktananda commented on things that MMY wouldn't. These were questions particularly of interest to householders. Most tantric teaching is much simpler than MMY's attempt to secularize a lot of Indian philosophy and yoga. However I would say that boiling it down to the rose and the sap is pretty simple.
Re: [FairfieldLife] A different explanation of stress release
On May 24, 2007, at 8:53 PM, shempmcgurk wrote: When reading the following passage from Swami Muktananda's "Satsang with Baba, Volume III" (August 18, 1972, page 122), I thought that it was another explanation of the mechanics of stress release; that is, that the thoughts we have during meditation are indications of stress being released on the physical level: "According to the seers of the yogic scriptures, countless impressions of past lives are embedded in the central nadi, sushumna. After Kundalini becomes awake, these impressions start rising to the surface. You should be aware that they are coming to the surface to be ejected from the system. If you are aware of this truth, you will find it entirely pointless to be concerned or overwhelmed by the feelings that come to the conscious surface." This just verifies what I've stated here numerous times, that the TM myth of physical stress release from the physical nervous system was fallacious. Where stress is being released is in the pranic body or vajra body. It is the pranic body that evolves.
