Diddling your kundalini?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba1V_7dZqt4
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ba1V_7dZqt4>
--- In [email protected], "SteveW" <eugnostos2000@...> wrote:
>
> > Hi Mike. I have Tantric fiends who are really into this stuff. As
you doubtless know, this is the focus of Tantra, both Buddhist and
Hindu. I am not surprised that there are physical correspondances to
mental states as everything is entangled. The question is whether these
phenomena are to be regarded as diagnostic markers, as distractions, or
as something that should be deliberately cultivated.
> I have read that kundalini can be quite dangerous to one's mental,
emotional and physical health if the process is unsupervised by an
experienced guide. In Japan, as you know, Tantric Buddhism is called
Shingon. Maybe you can find some Shingon teacher who speaks enough
English to help.
> Steve
> --- In [email protected], mike brown uerusuboyo@ wrote:
> >
> > 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
