Vaj, I just ran around nude.
And the screams -- wow, I don't think my neighbors are ever going to stop. I'll post the whole event on youtube. Heh, if I did do that, man, I'd be transformed. Why the jail-time alone would punch my ticket. So many therapies out there; how to choose. Geeze I'm posting up a storm -- am I near the posting limit? Too lazy to count. Edg --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Vaj <vajradh...@...> wrote: > > > On Jun 30, 2009, at 3:25 PM, Duveyoung wrote: > > > I'm not sure I buy into the "get the rage all out by screaming" > > concept as a universal therapy. With a psychologist monitoring me, > > I pounded a punching bag and screamed for a bit, and, well, maybe I > > didn't do enough of it to get to the space you say you've entered. > > To me, running energy is fraught with the risk of hardwiring oneself > > with patterns not easily removed because the therapeutic intensity > > sorta burns them into the nervous system as an all time reality, and > > there they are years later still pronging the mind enough to conjure > > up negative ideation. > > > It's not necessarily 'get it out by screaming' IMO. In Mahasandhi or > Dzogchen practice, an important part of the purification necessary in > many people to be able to grok and "hold" the nondual, natural > condition is rather rapid release of atavistic, subconscious material > in a very purgatory but efficient manner. This can often be so > dramatic that the advice is to go, alone, to a solitary place and > perform the practices to trigger this release. Some people may howl, > others may take on various animal forms, screaming, running around in > the nude, etc. Many different variations are possible. Most are > unpleasant enough and offensive enough to consensus mores, that it > often best to just go some place secluded. Some native American > shamans do the same thing. > > Sounds to me like Alex has some very accepting and understanding > friends who also hold very cool parties! >
