Steve, Unfortunately, I'm in Japan and the teacher didn't speak English. I'm just looking now at a few Vipassana sites that seem to be explaining the process quite well. After 10 years of Zen, all this "energy centres" stuff is quite an adventure! Kinda like being in a 'psychic fairground' as one person put it.
My intuition, as well as what I've been able to discern so far, is that it's just a stage (albeit an important one) and not something to become attached to. If JMJM has some advice it would be received warmly. Mike ________________________________ From: SteveW <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 13 April, 2011 7:53:33 Subject: [Zen] Re: Does Zen contain spirituality? --- In [email protected], mike brown <uerusuboyo@...> wrote: > > Thanks ED. Of course, I know about the jhana states, but I didn't know they >were > > associated with the chakras and/or kundalini. I'll take a look and > > see if the research matches my experience. > > Mike > > Hi Mike. I have no experience with energy centres beyond practicing some >exercises that JM sent me. JM is very knowledgable about this sort of thing. >Maybe he has some observations that would be of use. Did the leader of the >retreat have any advice for you about this that could be shared in public? Steve >
