ED, Nothing wrong with a bit of 'diddling' as long it's performed by, and on, a consenting adult.
Mike ________________________________ From: ED <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, 16 April, 2011 1:26:15 Subject: [Zen] Re: Does Zen contain spirituality? Diddling your kundalini? 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
