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  1. Open_Minded

    Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

    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????? So... on a personal level ... here is the temptation I am struggling with...
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    Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

    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... Bede Griffiths...
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    Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

    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...
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    Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

    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...
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    Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

    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...
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    Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

    You give good advice Maya, you and Vinayaka... The more I read through this thread, the more I realize maybe the key here is that I don't have to analyze. Maybe all I have to do is enjoy it.... I just want to be able to nurture it, so that it is long lasting. I guess that's why I started this...
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    Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

    Maya - I can sense that you are trying to help. Don't worry about it, I'm not taking it as confrontation. Like I mentioned earlier, communicating by writing can be somewhat limiting... Yeah ... I know what you mean. Pressure being released with a drill was a complete shock to me. I absolutely...
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    Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

    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). But... I'm...
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    Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

    Well ... in regards to the Third Eye Chakra, it started presenting itself during meditation. Just a tingling in the center of my forehead, above and between my eyes. But overtime this sensation started to happen just in my daily routines. I didn't have to be meditating. It seems to have a...
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    Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

    Hello Vinayaka: OK - a couple of questions... You write about fear as a Chakra and Muladara as Chaktra .... what is the difference? If Muladara is the 1st Chaktra (or "root" Chaktra) then how can there be a Chakra BELOW Muladara? This question may take some exploration between us, but I'll...
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    Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

    Vinayaka .... It was not my intent to come across as "debating", and I'm sorry if that's the way it was perceived. Sometimes communication in writing can be a bit misleading, because one can not hear the inflections of the others voice. Thank you for requesting that the thread be moved to...
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    Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

    I don't intend to stop meditation because of the tingling. It is quite normal, on the meditative path, to have new understandings and concepts present themselves along your path. .. This isn't just one Chakra anymore. Another has recently presented itself. And I assume the tingling in my hands...
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    Christian Mystic Wants to Learn About Chakras

    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...
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    Logos and Aum

    This may not be right on topic with the OP, but it is a comparison between the verses relating to Logos and a poem from the Tibetan tradition. I put it together some years ago, when I was leading an interfaith meditative group. The color coding basically shows the parallels.....
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    The "Fear" in Meditation

    Exactly - getting familiar with a meditative practices is important. It's important to get to the point where meditation is a part of your life.... not some great big "mystic mystery".... I think - a lot of times - folks in the mystic traditions sort of put the whole practice on some...
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    The "Fear" in Meditation

    In addition to different types of meditation, experience plays a roll as well. Meditation (as a discipline) is like any other discipline. The longer you practice the discipline, the better you get, and the more you will have different types of experiences within the discipline...
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    The "Fear" in Meditation

    Well... I would agree with what Windwalker wrote But, I would add one more reason for fear. Earlier when I talked about a kind of fear that had a sense of impending danger, this is a different type of fear (to me at least) than what Windwalker refers to. In this situation, I think the danger...
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    The "Fear" in Meditation

    Fear in meditation ... Well, for me anyway, there are a couple areas where I've encountered fear in relationship to my meditative practices. The most intense fear was during a months long Dark Night of the Soul experience. The Dark Night included a lot of negative feelings, but fear was pretty...
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    Word or Phrase Association

    Sacred LIFE is ALL
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    Word or Phrase Association

    Ruah Unfolding into Creation
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