I would sit with a straight back, and feel the music "going into" the point between the eyebrows, or Ajna chakra. By also consciously suggesting that the consciousness should ascend the spine, it did, and the boundary of my body became inside the head only. I felt a delicious peacefulness.
Our consciousness flows into the body in the normal waking state, and we feel our personal boundaries to be the tips of the toes, fingers, and top of the head. Beyond that we consider to be "outside" the body. I discovered that the boundary is variable (in both directions).
When my consciouness-boundary was within the head, the rest of my body felt "external". A phase beyond that is that body-awareness is totally lost, yet the person remains aware -- the practitioner is thus intensely focussed within a boundary close to the "source" of consciousness, or Self. This is samadhi in which bliss and boundlessness are experienced, but there is no physical awareness.
When the practitioner comes back to physical awareness, the samadhi is gone. Yogis claim however that repeated practice will gradually bring Self awareness regardless of where the consciousness flows or how many thoughts occupy the mind.
The gyani (knower of the Truth) tells us that the only thing that keeps us from experiencing our true nature is that we are always "looking out" and differentiating between perceived objects. In deep sleep we are no longer looking out nor are we differentiating, but we are not conscious either (or rather have no recollection of consciousness). The raising of the kundalini in the classical sense I have outlined above, is like going to sleep, except awareness is retained.
The practitioner is consciously aware of the centre of one's being, without distraction of the five "outer" senses. This essentially is what the practitioner of Self-enquiry, or gyana yoga, also aspires to -- that is, to have undistracted Self-awareness.
The problem for me is my sadhana was very haphazard, and I never was able to stabilise the ability to consciously raise the kundalini. I got it back a few times, then it was gone again. I ended up feeling very frustrated. I would dearly love to meet someone who can stabilise me in this practice. I wish to take this sadhana to its end.
I have seen kundalini and kriya yoga practitioners after many years of practice fail to awaken the kundalini. Many have woken It in a fitful fashion, not permanent. Most have some experiences, that soon fade.
Ramana spoke about the "knack" or the "current" felt within. The knack is when it suddenly clicks in your mind that the only thing that exists in your whole universe is your Self. The problem is though that the mind has not been killed, and it comes back, and back, and back. So, "getting it" is only the first (but very important) step. Then it's practice, practice, practice -- no, there is no instant enlightenment, unless you are already "ripe".
The above are some experiences of Sadhaks who practice yoga for enlightenment.
Our consciousness flows into the body in the normal waking state, and we feel our personal boundaries to be the tips of the toes, fingers, and top of the head. Beyond that we consider to be "outside" the body. I discovered that the boundary is variable (in both directions).
When my consciouness-boundary was within the head, the rest of my body felt "external". A phase beyond that is that body-awareness is totally lost, yet the person remains aware -- the practitioner is thus intensely focussed within a boundary close to the "source" of consciousness, or Self. This is samadhi in which bliss and boundlessness are experienced, but there is no physical awareness.
When the practitioner comes back to physical awareness, the samadhi is gone. Yogis claim however that repeated practice will gradually bring Self awareness regardless of where the consciousness flows or how many thoughts occupy the mind.
The gyani (knower of the Truth) tells us that the only thing that keeps us from experiencing our true nature is that we are always "looking out" and differentiating between perceived objects. In deep sleep we are no longer looking out nor are we differentiating, but we are not conscious either (or rather have no recollection of consciousness). The raising of the kundalini in the classical sense I have outlined above, is like going to sleep, except awareness is retained.
The practitioner is consciously aware of the centre of one's being, without distraction of the five "outer" senses. This essentially is what the practitioner of Self-enquiry, or gyana yoga, also aspires to -- that is, to have undistracted Self-awareness.
The problem for me is my sadhana was very haphazard, and I never was able to stabilise the ability to consciously raise the kundalini. I got it back a few times, then it was gone again. I ended up feeling very frustrated. I would dearly love to meet someone who can stabilise me in this practice. I wish to take this sadhana to its end.
I have seen kundalini and kriya yoga practitioners after many years of practice fail to awaken the kundalini. Many have woken It in a fitful fashion, not permanent. Most have some experiences, that soon fade.
Ramana spoke about the "knack" or the "current" felt within. The knack is when it suddenly clicks in your mind that the only thing that exists in your whole universe is your Self. The problem is though that the mind has not been killed, and it comes back, and back, and back. So, "getting it" is only the first (but very important) step. Then it's practice, practice, practice -- no, there is no instant enlightenment, unless you are already "ripe".
The above are some experiences of Sadhaks who practice yoga for enlightenment.
