Hi Seraphita, I like that bog standard phrase. Actually lots of spiritual teachers now talk about embodied awakening. As usual, there's all kinds of opinions about it, especially as it relates to chakras, though some don't talk much about chakras at all. For example, Saniel Bonder who came from Adida's tradition, left it and founded Waking Down in Mutuality. The word *down* there refers to both waking down into the body and down into the so called negative emotions.
OTOH, Kundalini Vidya of Patanjali Kundalini Yoga Center in Knoxville, TN talks about first an ascent, wherein Shakti becomes reunited with Shiva in the crown. And then a descent wherein together they enliven all the chakras. I'm giving you a VERY condensed version of their teaching but can say more if you're interested. Theirs is a very rich teaching IMHO and worth checking out especially if someone feels stuck. In the head or anywhere else too! ________________________________ From: Seraphita <s3raph...@yahoo.com> To: FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 9:57 AM Subject: [FairfieldLife] Re: How to improve TM practice - a heretic's guide Perhaps they're flabbergasted by my temerity : ) Duncan Barford in his delightful (and amusingly-entitled) little book, Handbook for the Recently Enlightened, suggests that those who pursue the bog-standard "head-trip" meditation techniques can end up "enlightened" but their enlightenment can be of a rather "autistic" nature. Think Osho/Gurdjieff/Aleister Crowley/Maharishi/Robin Carlsen/ . . . A fully-rounded enlightenment needs all the chakras opened in sequence. Perhaps those who have genuine but limited, autistic, awakenings end up founding cults - like Osho - but those who have the full complement of awakened chakras - Jesus (?), Buddha (?) - found world-historical religions?
