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Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
There is no way I can make any comparison based on your faith's teaching as I have absolutely no sense of Christian mysticism whatsoever. Maybe early mystics verified the same thing independently, and maybe they didn't. I do know that knowledge of chakras in Hinduism have been around for a very long time, but I wish in many ways it would have been kept secret, (open to those who are actually ready) as I think the exploration for those not ready has caused a ton pf pain.

There is no harm in keeping things away from the general public, just as there is no harm in people not knowing where all the gold is in a temple, or a house.

The factor of the spiritual ego plays an important role here. People don't want to be told that their awareness is not where they think it is. Everyone wants to think they're somebody, and operating at a higher rate of consciousness. To prove my point, they often get angry when it is suggested. Anger is another one below the muladhara, and hence without really knowing it, the point gets rather quite proven. Most people of a certain mentality don't even want to admit these lower planes of awareness exist, let alone admit they're prone to going here. But once you've been totally accepted by Ganesha, and the doorway to lower realms is psychically sealed off, you CANNOT go there.

You do seem quite sincere and polite about it though, so there is room for communication, I think. I was just off at my local temple beseeching Ganesha so that's the reason for any delay in responding.

Here's the link to lower chakra info from my deleted post. The Chakras - वेद Veda
 

Ingledsva

HEATHEN ALASKAN
I´m a little confused with what you mean about Chakras presenting themselves?

Kundalini movement is a slow process that starts at the bottom of your spine and moves upwards. It wouldn´t start at the crown Chakra.

If you feel pressure in your head when you meditate, I advice to take it very slow, don´t force anything.

Maya

Actually my very first experience with this, the Kundalini shot like a double helix spiraling upward - actually whiplashing my body, - and when I came back up to meditative position, - it felt like the energy was shooting out of the top of my head, - and curling back downward - like a fountain, - and making a circuit through my body.

I've written about this, here, before. This first experience scared the hell out of me. LOL!

*
 

Open_Minded

Nothing is Separate
There is no way I can make any comparison based on your faith's teaching as I have absolutely no sense of Christian mysticism whatsoever. Maybe early mystics verified the same thing independently, and maybe they didn't. I do know that knowledge of chakras in Hinduism have been around for a very long time, but I wish in many ways it would have been kept secret, (open to those who are actually ready) as I think the exploration for those not ready has caused a ton pf pain.

There is no harm in keeping things away from the general public, just as there is no harm in people not knowing where all the gold is in a temple, or a house.

I understand what you mean. There is some of that sentiment within Christian Mysticism. For instance, the Gnostic Gospels (and other texts) are quite important to the mystic interpretation of Christ. But... all too often ... they are misused by people who don't want to take the time to develop a full understanding of Gnosticism.... (sigh)

You do seem quite sincere and polite about it though, so there is room for communication, I think. I was just off at my local temple beseeching Ganesha so that's the reason for any delay in responding.

Here's the link to lower chakra info from my deleted post. The Chakras - वेद Veda

Thank you - your link. It did help me get a start on understanding the Chakras....

May I ask something that will seem like it is coming out of left field, but I do have my reasons...

From your experience what type of role do the Chakras play in balancing the masculine and feminine energies? I promise I'll give you my reasons for asking later. I just don't want to bias your answer by giving you my reason for asking now.
 
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Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
The sushumna current is the core group of nadis where kundalini rises. Coiled around this current are the ida (feminine) and pingala (masculine) currents. Kundalini cannot go up either of those so the goal is to get so balanced, neither overly emotional, not overly rational, so that kundalini can go where it's supposed to go. But again ... with extreme caution. The chakras don't really pay a role, they're just sort of stepping stones along the way. The goal in Hinduism is to be quiet ... quiet the mind, quiet the flow. We don't want to have active minds or fast spinning chakras. It's like a potter's wheel, or a spinning lathe ... there's a rate that is optimal.

Merging with Siva, Chapter 38: Powers of the Spine
 

ShivaFan

Satyameva Jayate
Premium Member
Perhaps the best place to pursue your interest in chakras is by attending a Siddha Yoga Ashram (there may not be any near you however) such as in Oakland, CA, in the linage of Gurumayi Chidvilasananda from the line of Guru Swami Muktananda. She took the mantle after Swami Muktananda passed away in 1982.

They do not make public everything they actually teach, which is to use Shaktipat with Kundalini Yoga (chakras) because, as others have pointed out it could be dangerous if not under strict guidance and not part of mainstream or lay Hinduism. I am a Village Hindu and not a Shaktipat Kundalini Hindu.

But also, it is very rare that a Christian would have any dealing with Kundalini. To be frank, in a REAL Kundalini meditation session where there are other seasoned practitioners, what you may "feel" around you is probably going to frighten you or stun or seem like someone just dropped some mushroom or something in your koolaid.

Be careful. Perhaps you should read their literature first, then go to their ashram and walk "lightly", only the brave.
 

Aupmanyav

Be your own guru
Hello Vinayaka --- I can totally relate to that statement, but from a different cultural perspective. And to your description of the map vs. actually traveling the road. There are parallels within the Christian tradition. So ... what you are saying makes sense to me (on one level).
With this, the thread certainly belongs to Comparative religions of General Religious Forum. May I request the Mods to kindly consider it moving to one of those forums.
But... I'm afraid my complete ignorance of these things is already side tracking me. For instance, going back to the Christian tradition. I grew up in this tradition, and absorbed it just by living it. ... so... it is quite easy for me to see how a constant fixation on the Crucifixion, for example, might derail me from actually drawing closer to Christ. I grew up with the Crucifixion, it's so much a part of my religious culture that it is a part of who I am. It's not necessary for me to fixate on the Crucifixion for it to have power in my life. It has power in my life, simply because it's always been a part of my life.
If you have a fixation, then that shows a deficiency in meditation.
 
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Maya3

Well-Known Member
Actually my very first experience with this, the Kundalini shot like a double helix spiraling upward - actually whiplashing my body, - and when I came back up to meditative position, - it felt like the energy was shooting out of the top of my head, - and curling back downward - like a fountain, - and making a circuit through my body.

I've written about this, here, before. This first experience scared the hell out of me. LOL!

*

This sounds like Kundalini.

It also sounds like it moved too fast, take it slow and don't force anything.

Maya
 

Open_Minded

Nothing is Separate
The sushumna current is the core group of nadis where kundalini rises. Coiled around this current are the ida (feminine) and pingala (masculine) currents. Kundalini cannot go up either of those so the goal is to get so balanced, neither overly emotional, not overly rational, so that kundalini can go where it's supposed to go. But again ... with extreme caution. The chakras don't really pay a role, they're just sort of stepping stones along the way. The goal in Hinduism is to be quiet ... quiet the mind, quiet the flow. We don't want to have active minds or fast spinning chakras. It's like a potter's wheel, or a spinning lathe ... there's a rate that is optimal.

Merging with Siva, Chapter 38: Powers of the Spine

Vinayaka - thank you for the link. I think I've figured out what may be happening, and an approach that I can take to grow through this...

As I've mentioned earlier, this is confusing to me..... Simply experiencing something that is outside my own tradition is confusing. .There's no way to "get a handle on it" so-to-speak...

But, in addition, I have to find a way to nurture the positive outcomes, so that I find lasting benefit from what is happened. And (for me anyway) I have to nurture those positive outcomes within my own tradition. I really have no desire to go learn another tradition, anymore than all of you have a desire to learn Christian Mysticism. How does one "learn" a lifetime of cultural exposure?????

Anyway ... some years ago.... when I led an interfaith meditative group, I ran across Father Bede Griffiths. I'd forgotten all about Bede Griffiths and his work, until yesterday afternoon, I actually remembered him, while writing a post in this forum. I was mussing that there must be someone out there that could translate what I was experiencing into a western world-view, and his name popped into my head.

So.... I spent some time reviewing a few of his books (that I have on my shelf). And sure enough his writings helped me understand what is happening in my life....

You see, for some time, years now.... I have been under considerable stress when it comes to business. So... much so that I've been working a ton of hours every week, and when I'm not working my mind is still consumed with things that need to be done at work. I'm self-employed, so there really is no one else that I can depend on.

I mean - it's pretty self-evident that this is an unbalanced life-style. I've known it all along and have made sincere attempts to minimize the damage. My family (thankfully) understands whats going on. And they have all been very patient with the situation. The thing is ... something like this can only go on so long before the damage starts asserting itself. I've been praying for guidance through the forest. I know there has to be a path forward, but for the life of me I can't clear it. Every time I think I'm making headway something happens, and I feel as though I'm back at square one.

And then this dream and the sudden release of so much pressure, and the ability to laugh again ..... well ... it's been such a gift....

Anyway, yesterday while reviewing one of Bede Griffiths books I came across the following ....

Then you come to the sixth chakra, which is the mind. We have overdeveloped the mind – we’re all centered on this chakra and we’ve neglected the lower chakras, but we must learn to integrate. It’s no good giving up the mind. The mind has a controlling force and we must use it. All Western science is of great value and we must make use of it. But we must not stop with that. The mind must be integrated with the heart, with the emotions, and with the sexual and physical energies, and finally and above all, with the whole organism. The body and soul have to be opened up to the transcendent. The Tantriks call it the thousand petalled lotus at the crown of the head. You have to open up your whole being, and your being with others, and your being with the universe – open up to the transcendent mystery that in our Christian tradition is “coming down”. The Spirit descends; it came down upon the Apostles at Pentecost. And if we open ourselves to the Spirit, this rushing Spirit comes down upon us. And that is transforming, and that is how the human being is transformed.

When you let your whole being let go and open itself up, you allow in the power of the Spirit, the energy that is in the creation, in the whole of humanity, in the soul, in the body, and yet that transcends it all. I like to relate this to the Holy Spirit. Unfortunately in our Christian tradition we have no feminine aspect of God. It’s because we come out of a patriarchal tradition in which God the Father is a masculine image. The Son is a masculine image, and even the Holy Spirit (though the word is neuter in Greek, it’s masculine in Latin) is still “He, the Holy Spirit.”

But there is no reason why we should not think of and image God the Supreme as Mother
. Many people are doing that today …..

What I take that to me, for me, in this current situation, is that I need to be very intentional about opening myself up to the Divine Feminine. From what Bede Griffiths wrote and the link you provided me, I've been spending most of my time living in the male, pingala, current

I do not take this to mean that I must go find a Goddess to worship. Already, within the Christian tradition ... there is Sophia. Actually - a couple months ago .... I remembered Sophia (Divine Wisdom) and realized that I had been ignoring this aspect of my journey. Sophia has been important to me throughout my Christian journey. But... well.... you know how it is .... we get busy running ourselves in circles ... and we forget what was sacred to us just yesterday.

So.... for me.... I must simply return to Sophia.....

Odd that it took a side trip through another religion to bring that realization back home, to me.....:smirk:

But, it says something about the truth of this energy, that you call sushumna. Sushumna must be quite real, for it is capable of presenting itself to someone who has no idea that it's there.

Vinayaka and Maya, both, thank you .... your willingness to have this conversation with me means more than you can possibly know....
 
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Open_Minded

Nothing is Separate
Father Griffiths was very controversial both in Catholic circles and in Hindu circles. He was lucky not to have been excommunicated, and many Hindus were against his stealing of Hindu concepts. Sita Ram Goel's treatise 'Sannyasins or Swindlers' goes into great detail on it, if you're interested.

Catholic ashrams: Sannyasins or swindlers?: Sita Ram Goel: 9788185990156: Amazon.com: Books

Yeah ... I'm well aware of how controversial he was....

During my years of involvement in interfaith dialog, I came across a lot of folks who were controversial because of their work. He is just one person, of many, who pushed the edges.

I can understand why those in Hindu circles might feel insulted with his work. But, please give him some credit. Where I said earlier that I had no desire to learn another tradition, Bede Griffiths didn't just want to learn, he was willing to immerse himself in another culture, he was willing to live another culture.. And he integrated it with his understanding of Christianity. And his work has helped many people find common ground between two traditions. (His work has just helped me translate something I could not have translated otherwise).

Had he been excommunicated by the Catholic church, it would have made no difference to me (as a Christian Mystic). I'm not Catholic, and the further along I go on my path, the less I identify with any one form of Christian expression.

I've reached a point, where I've realized, we are all searching for the same LIGHT .... and feel very little need to claim one path higher than the other ....
 

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
The problem here is that kundalini is fundamentally Hindu. It goes against any Christian doctrine, as far as I know. Bede Griffiths and his successor, Brother Martin, (who used to frequent this forum) were mischief makers, using and adopting certain Hindu ways and ideas in order to convince Hindus that Christianity, in essence, was no different than Hinduism. It succeeded to some extent, but once exposed, has more or less died out.

I don't think anyone should be in the business of causing confusion. Kundalini, and, more importantly, the lasting insights that come out of it, fit perfectly in the Hindu paradigm, whereas they are actually contradictory to the Abrahamic paradigm.

We are not all searching for the same light. As a very basic example, one of those lights doesn't have Jesus in it, and the other one definitely does. Bede Griffiths could not drop Jesus, despite what he learned. In the process, he caused a ton of confusion for many people there.

That said, it is really to each His/he own. If someone wants to borrow Hindu and contradicting messages to their faith, nobody can stop them. If mix and match works for you, fine. I actually do know quite a few people who have been able to drop all Abrahamic thinking (at least they try very hard) in order to fully adopt Hinduism. it's not impossible, just difficult. I encouraged Brother Martin, whose family was forcefully converted a few generations back, to renounce it and reconvert to his actual way of thinking, Sanatana Dharma. But that was impossible because the damage was already done. The Jesus thing was just too strong.

Info for readers ... Saccidananda Ashram - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 

Open_Minded

Nothing is Separate
Vinayaka ....

I really have no desire to get into a discussion on the differences between our faiths ....I'm capable of it... as I've spent a good number of years involved in interfaith dialog.... but I've no desire for it, right now....

As I mentioned in my earlier post...

But, it says something about the truth of this energy, that you call sushumna. Sushumna must be quite real, for it is capable of presenting itself to someone who has no idea that it's there.

Vinayaka and Maya, both, thank you .... your willingness to have this conversation with me means more than you can possibly know....

Bede Griffiths helped me find the commonalities here, you did as well, so did Maya. ... each of you brought something key to my search.

One last thing ... when I say we are all searching for the same LIGHT, I am not speaking of Jesus. I know that may sound odd coming from a Christian. But Jesus is an incarnation of the ONE above and beyond all .... so please do not take what I wrote and twist it into... "we are all searching for Jesus".
 

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
Not twisting anything, but I don't like to promote confusion.

So ... Is it heaven/hell or reincarnation
... ahimsa leading to vegetarianism, or meat eating
... union with God, or eternal separation
... God is manifest, unmanifest, or both
... culture relates to understanding, or they're independent
... Bible or vedas
... stillness or activity
... actual light within the head, or 'that's a metaphor for understanding'
... chakras spinning on a plane, at an angle or perpendicular to the spine
... Does Ganesha sit on the muladara ... or not, cause He doesn't exist.
... What is the purpose of a house of worship ... a mystical place, or a place to congregate?

You see, there are just so many questions that arise when mixing paradigms.

In my many years of experience, generally these types of questions are just sloughed off by syncretists with fluffy stuff like ... well, it doesn't really matter, now does it ' and other confused like that. Instead of a clear definite POV on some of man's toughest questions, it's just not dealt with.
 

Open_Minded

Nothing is Separate
Vinayaka:

I understand what you are pointing out... the Devil is indeed in the details ...

And how to respond ... there are so many ways....

First .... I think I'm going to go back to the link you provided me?????

The pingala current is quite different. Blue in color, it is the current of the intellect, flowing mostly through the right side of the body. When the pure life energy is flowing through the pingala current, we are not as conscious that we have a physical body. We are aware in the mind. We are inquisitive. We like to talk a lot. We like to argue. We like to reason. We enjoy discussion. It is the intellectual current. We like to read. We like to memorize the opinions of other people. We like to memorize our own opinions and tell them to other people. We like to do business. When the energy is flowing through the pingala, we do not emote much. We think over our emotions. We analyze our feelings and thoughts. This is the aggressive human current.

People living in this current do not pay much attention to the physical body. They let it take care of itself. They also are inclined to let other people do the emoting. They become powerfully strong in that aggressive type of intellectual force. When we are in the pingala current, we are headstrong, somewhat pushy, pushing ideas across to other people, and inclined to be argumentative. We have a strong facility of reasoning. It is a very positive and powerful current.

So... on a personal level ... here is the temptation I am struggling with. There is a very real part of me that wants to "reason" to "enjoy discussion" to be in the "intellectual current".... I want to "memorize the opinions of other people" and my own opinion isn't so bad either.... it would be fun to explore that with you...

But... as you can see, from our entire conversation, I've a bit of healing to do. And the last place I need to spend any more time, than I absolutely have to, is in the pingala current.....

After all is said and done, what matters to me is that:

  1. a dream I had started a transformation.
  2. You, and May and Bede Griffiths helped me find a way to nurture that transformation.
  3. My job now, is to do the work of nurturing this transformation.
  4. At the end of the day ... you, Maya, Bede Griffiths and myself all come from the same SOURCE and we are all trying to find our way back to the same SOURCE. Call this Divine Source whatever you will... it matters not to me. In this thread we were all in it together ... you understood that I was trying to find a connection to the Divine in a way that I could absorb it, and you helped me find that connection. All the rest of it is "detail".


Again - thank you for your kindness, and your willingness to help me sort this out. Now I am going to go reconnect with Sophia. :blush:
 

Vinayaka

devotee
Premium Member
Who is Sophia? Certainly not a Hindu deity. The thread 'Ganesha helps' started by Maya really fits Hinduism, and it is a strong indicator of the beginning of the path along the kundalini. Why not find a beautiful Ganesha temple nearby, and seek out His blessings? In this way there will be no conflict. In mystical terms the inner beings help out the people on this first plane that beseech them. Ganesha would be the best for that, since He is the gatekeeper to the chakras.

I'm sorry, but that's not just some 'detail' as you put it. I'm not surprised, after all, though, as I predicted that response or one similar, in post 34.

I actually felt sorry for Bede Griffiths. He just seemed so confused. Hopefully that soul has been reborn into a nice Tamil Hindu family where his soul can grow without all that inner turmoil of the subconscious fighting with the superconscious.

Shantivanam today is mostly a few locals and lots of western women very much like you searching for the truth without dropping the western paradigm.

Best wishes on your sojourn.
 

Amrut

Aum - Advaita
Hello Folks:

I'm not sure where to start with this, so I'll just plunge right in. I've decades of experience meditating. My path has been Christian Mysticism.

Although I've heard of Chakras I've never really given them much thought. They've not been "on my path" so-to-speak.

But, in the last few years, Chakras have started to present themselves along my path. I became aware that Chakras in the first place, because of my meditation. Some years ago, during meditation, I started to feel a tingling in my forehead. A friend of mine (who is a massage therapist) told me that it was my "third eye". I didn't know what that was, and asked her about it. Then she told me about Chakras. But, still even though the Chakra presented itself in my meditation, I didn't really pursue it.

Anyway in the last year or so other energy things are showing up in my life. The first energy signs to show up have been tingling in my palms and at the bottom of my feet. This is a continuous thing. I have noticed that if I pick up a picture of someone I love, put my hands over the picture and intentionally send healing energy and love their way, that the tingling diminishes.

I've sort of taken all this in stride, and not really pursued it further. But then a month, or so ago, another Chakra presented itself to me. And now I'm thinking I should be more intentional in learning about these things.

The latest Chakra to present itself is the crown Chakra.Currently I am going through a trying spiritual journey and have been praying for guidance. Specifically guidance to come to me in my dreams. Then one night I had a very vivid dream. The crux of which follows:

In my dream there was a lot of pressure in my head, and I was feeling a lot of pain. Then there was this very strong male hand holding a drill. The hand was over the crown of my head, as I lay down. Then the hand drilled through my crown - releasing all the pressure.
I woke immediately after this vivid dream - much of the spiritual pressure I've been feeling had eased - and I was feeling tingling in my crown. So I thought it might be a chakra and looked it up. Sure enough it is. I've found music to help heal the crown Chakra and that music has been helpful to my overall meditation.

But, I'm thinking I need to learn more about all of this, and that is why I'm starting this thread. The thing is, my background is western. I don't understand the eastern traditions, religions, mythologies, and languages. So.. please if you want to help .... keep this in mind.

Thanks in advance - Open_Minded

Namaste,

Yoga is an authentic path and kundalini Yoga deals with chakras.

My apologies for not reading all the responses of you and other members. I have done these kind of meditations and I do have the feeling you you had about 3rd eye and of crown chakra

When you chant God's name you crown chakra activates. So there is downfall or descent of divine energy from above. Thats why you experience tingling sensation. When you have a spiritual emotion like strong faith in God or strong surrender to almighty, then heart chakra opens up i.e. gets activated. When both these chakras are activated there is tremendous flow of energy.

I dont know what kind of meditation you practice, but generally if you tune your self with divine energy, then your aura expands. This divine flow flushes all negative energies. You need to release excess energy, else sometimes your body cannot absorb too much of energy. Hence when you send love (energy) then the sensation stops.

I had practised Pranic Healing and it helped me in understanding what are chakras and about energy body and other subtle bodies.

There is another path called Kriya Yoga in which a Guru activates your Kundalini. Paramhansa Harharananda's Kriya Yoga which is now carreid on by his enlightenend disciple Paramhansa Prajnanananda is very effective.

Pranic Healing is non-traditional technique. But later courses have Kaballah Meditation. They have taken some elements from Buddhism, Hinduism, Kaballah and may be Gnostism. They have a meditation on Twin Hearts, which is a good one.

Chakras are there and you can see them, and even smell the energies, feel the texture of energies and some can even hear the sound of chakras's rotation. They rotate in clockwise and anti-clockwise direction alternatively. When they move clockwise, they absorb energy from atmosphere and send it to the body parts they control to and when they move anti-clockwise, they expel used up energy from the body parts. It all happens in energy body or prANamaya koSa or aura.

Better meditate on Heart chakra, which is at centre of chest. You wont feel heavy. Heart chakra is activated when you are in pleasant mood or recall happy memories or have strong faith in God and when you surrender to God. Touching center of chest with fingers also helps activates heart chakra. Similarly covering your head with a cloth like shawl helps activates crown chakra. When you meditate, please keep an insulator like a cloth or a cushion or meditate on chair in sitting posture or on bed in crossed leg / Lotus posture. This helps preserve energy.

If you wish to know more, please approach both these techniques. Pranic Healing teaches you to experience and activate your chakras and be aware of them. It has good tool called scanning. Only thing is it is non-traditional, while Kriya Yoga is an old technique revived by Sri Lahiri Mahashaya via Mahavatar Babaji.

Another authentic Yoga is Laya Yoga of Nath Sampradaya of Guru Gorakhnath, a great Yogi and disciple of a great Yogi Guru Matsyendranath / Machindranath. They too deal in chakras.

Just to inform you that if you try too hard to focus on 3rd eye, you may get a headache. So if it happens spontaneously, then it is ok, but if you force yourself to activate 3rd eye, it will cause a problem. Better learn from a master or a guru then to ask in public forums. Trust me, this is not a thing to simply do R & D. You need a Guru who can control your chakras and energy flow and correct it if anything goes wrong.

Always pray to God to guide you. This helps you a lot and covers your mistakes.

Oh and yes, dreams and not just dreams. They are a medium through which spiritually developed beings contact you and guide you. Spiritual dreams are not illusions, but they point to something. It doesn't matter if you understand them or not, but generally when you wake up after the dream is over, you are fresh. It is best time to meditate :) , no matter what time it is.

I hope this helps.

OM
 

Maya3

Well-Known Member
I don´t agree Vinayaka,
Either we have bodies and Kundalini lays curled at the base of our spine, or it does not.
If it rises, it rises. It has nothing to do with religion. The only difference is that Hinduism has a language for this, we embrace it and we think it is part of Spiritual Awakening.
If a Christian persons body allows for kundalini to rise, then it does. There is no reason for him or her to be Hindu.

The only thing I would have a problem with would be if that person says that these is Christian teachings and that Hindus are wrong.

I should also add that I think it would be easier for it to rise if someone is Hindu and have practiced yoga and meditation and is familiar with this instead of suppressing it.


Maya
 
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Maya3

Well-Known Member
Namaste,

Yoga is an authentic path and kundalini Yoga deals with chakras.

My apologies for not reading all the responses of you and other members. I have done these kind of meditations and I do have the feeling you you had about 3rd eye and of crown chakra

When you chant God's name you crown chakra activates. So there is downfall or descent of divine energy from above. Thats why you experience tingling sensation. When you have a spiritual emotion like strong faith in God or strong surrender to almighty, then heart chakra opens up i.e. gets activated. When both these chakras are activated there is tremendous flow of energy.

I dont know what kind of meditation you practice, but generally if you tune your self with divine energy, then your aura expands. This divine flow flushes all negative energies. You need to release excess energy, else sometimes your body cannot absorb too much of energy. Hence when you send love (energy) then the sensation stops.

I had practised Pranic Healing and it helped me in understanding what are chakras and about energy body and other subtle bodies.

There is another path called Kriya Yoga in which a Guru activates your Kundalini. Paramhansa Harharananda's Kriya Yoga which is now carreid on by his enlightenend disciple Paramhansa Prajnanananda is very effective.

Pranic Healing is non-traditional technique. But later courses have Kaballah Meditation. They have taken some elements from Buddhism, Hinduism, Kaballah and may be Gnostism. They have a meditation on Twin Hearts, which is a good one.

Chakras are there and you can see them, and even smell the energies, feel the texture of energies and some can even hear the sound of chakras's rotation. They rotate in clockwise and anti-clockwise direction alternatively. When they move clockwise, they absorb energy from atmosphere and send it to the body parts they control to and when they move anti-clockwise, they expel used up energy from the body parts. It all happens in energy body or prANamaya koSa or aura.

Better meditate on Heart chakra, which is at centre of chest. You wont feel heavy. Heart chakra is activated when you are in pleasant mood or recall happy memories or have strong faith in God and when you surrender to God. Touching center of chest with fingers also helps activates heart chakra. Similarly covering your head with a cloth like shawl helps activates crown chakra. When you meditate, please keep an insulator like a cloth or a cushion or meditate on chair in sitting posture or on bed in crossed leg / Lotus posture. This helps preserve energy.

If you wish to know more, please approach both these techniques. Pranic Healing teaches you to experience and activate your chakras and be aware of them. It has good tool called scanning. Only thing is it is non-traditional, while Kriya Yoga is an old technique revived by Sri Lahiri Mahashaya via Mahavatar Babaji.

Another authentic Yoga is Laya Yoga of Nath Sampradaya of Guru Gorakhnath, a great Yogi and disciple of a great Yogi Guru Matsyendranath / Machindranath. They too deal in chakras.

Just to inform you that if you try too hard to focus on 3rd eye, you may get a headache. So if it happens spontaneously, then it is ok, but if you force yourself to activate 3rd eye, it will cause a problem. Better learn from a master or a guru then to ask in public forums. Trust me, this is not a thing to simply do R & D. You need a Guru who can control your chakras and energy flow and correct it if anything goes wrong.

Always pray to God to guide you. This helps you a lot and covers your mistakes.

Oh and yes, dreams and not just dreams. They are a medium through which spiritually developed beings contact you and guide you. Spiritual dreams are not illusions, but they point to something. It doesn't matter if you understand them or not, but generally when you wake up after the dream is over, you are fresh. It is best time to meditate :) , no matter what time it is.

I hope this helps.

OM

Amrut,
Thanks for posting this.
I thought that Kundalini would have to move upward from the base of the spine and that you would not feel this in the crown chakra for example unless it has already moved upward. In my experience it is hard to feel it in the lower chakras, but it moves upward from the third chakra easily.
Or have I misunderstood?

Maya
 
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