--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, kaladevi93 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> From the TM Free blog:
>
> Why TM is Dangerous and Blocks the Path to Liberation
>
> Meditate on any mantra long enough and you will awaken kundalini.
Add
> some breathing exercises and some asanas and it makes it even more
> likely. If that doesn't work, one can use an occult yogic technique
> like samyama.
>
> Such an awakening however is both a blessing and a curse.
>
> It's a blessing if one has been gifted with a true Master, one who
can
> guide you through all the possible errors and handle all the
different
> types of students. One who knows the techniques for a balanced
> awakening and how to correct imbalances when they occur.
>
> It's a curse if one is left alone to fend for oneself when
something
> goes awry. Kundalini naturally has several routes it can take. Most
> people have only heard of one, the sushumna nadi. But actually
> sushumna nadi is not the easiest path for kundalini to take. There
are
> other routes which offer a "path of least resistance" and all of
these
> paths have one thing in common: they never "complete" themselves.
They
> are dead ends. They never resolve into the bindu which is the
source
> of the experience of Unity, the One. Once one opens an incomplete
> kundalini path, without expert guidance and assistance, it's
virtually
> impossible to get out of this stuck position. It is highly unlikely
> such a person will achieve liberation in this lifetime. In fact,
one
> will take that particular deflected awakening into their next
> existence since kundalini awakening follows the student from life
to life.
>
> Being in such a position of suspension has it's advantages for the
> false "master" as it virtually assures compliance, dependence and
> someone who's almost guaranteed to hang around for the "next best
> thing". This is really nothing new, tantric masters of the vama
marga,
> the left hand path, have known of such control techniques for
centuries.
>
> Many have heard the oft-repeated yogic maxim "avoid the siddhis",
they
> are nothing but trouble. Few understand the reason. Certain
> meditational methods aimed at such siddhis will force the
kundalini up
> an errant path were it can activate the brain centers which in turn
> activate the siddhis (often the vajra-nadi). Once one has, they are
> trapped. And sometimes that is just the right formula for the
> "master". Then he can utilize any powers the student achieves,
however
> minor, for his own ends. If he can get groups of students to do so,
> all the better for his agenda.
>
> Kundalini shakti which takes it's proper path, the sushumna nadi
and
> it's sequentially finer paths, citrini nadi and brahma nadi, is
> capable of delivering true spiritual experience in a relatively
short
> time. It does not take decades.
>
> What are the signs of an incorrect rising? They are many and they
vary
> depending on the specific path kundalini takes. But a few would
> include obsessive or personality disorders which go away when one
> stops meditating but return when one continues, depression,
> fascination with channelling or other occult powers, feelings of
> heaviness or lethargy, strange food allergies, moodiness or
> sensitivity to others, the need to isolate oneself from others, a
> sense of "being stuck", the inability to separate from the group or
> function in the outer world, physical pain, feeling compelled to
wait
> for the "next thing" the master says or does rather than gain a
sense
> of balanced independence, spiritual experiences which come and then
> go, phobias, hypochondria, etc.
>
> It's a very workable formula for a manipulative guru intent on
> something other than your best interests.
>
> Sound familiar anyone?
>
> Saturday, January 27, 2007 6:33:00 PM
>
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