Guest guest Posted March 2, 2001 Report Posted March 2, 2001 Sadhant wrote, >I think it is important to realize that growth and progress are >ongoing even if you aren't having exciting things happen every day. >In fact, YB refers to this sort of thing as "glitter at the bottom of >the ladder", and says that such things are not the goal of our >practices, but actually are incidental flashes brought on by >weakness, years of bad habits, changes in the pranic flow, etc. A zen monk was enthuastically telling the Master about his wonderful meditation experience. "Then I saw the Buddha and he spoke to me and the K. flowed and there was rainbow plumes and I lifted ou of this body. Then....." The Master interrupted and said, "I think you must of had your spine a little bit out of alignment!" Seems that real progrss has a lot to do with acceptance of slow and steady advances. In the therapy I do, we have noticed that a great sudden gain, that we call 'Ascension' or 'going up th pole' is usually followed by a fall and depression but when one looks back and see how it was 6 mths ago compared with now. That is awareness of real progress! Sat Nam, Huggie Quote
Guest guest Posted March 5, 2001 Report Posted March 5, 2001 When I met the Dalai Llama for the first time and spent a few hours in his company with a small group, I was truck by just how ordinary he seemed. Yet, to me, there was peace and acceptance in his ordinariness. I realized then that enlightenment is really just the luxury of being able to be our ordinary selves without all the mind games, projected self-images and delusions to keep up! I remember Yogi Bhajan once saying something to the effect that, when he became enlightened, it was such a simple realization that he actually asked his teacher if that was all there was to it. (Nevertheless, I must say that Yogi Bhajan's presence always struck me as something more intense and powerful than just "ordinary.") Sat Nam, Steve Porter Eric wrote: > Sadhant wrote, > >I think it is important to realize that growth and progress are > >ongoing even if you aren't having exciting things happen every day. > >In fact, YB refers to this sort of thing as "glitter at the bottom of > >the ladder", and says that such things are not the goal of our > >practices, but actually are incidental flashes brought on by > >weakness, years of bad habits, changes in the pranic flow, etc. > > A zen monk was enthuastically telling the Master about his > wonderful meditation experience. > "Then I saw the Buddha and he spoke to me and the K. flowed and > there was rainbow plumes and I lifted ou of this body. Then....." > The Master interrupted and said, > "I think you must of had your spine a little bit out of alignment!" > > Seems that real progrss has a lot to do with acceptance of slow and > steady advances. > In the therapy I do, we have noticed that a great sudden gain, that we > call 'Ascension' or 'going up th pole' is usually followed by a fall and > depression but when one looks back and see how it was 6 mths ago compared > with now. That is awareness of real progress! > Sat Nam, Huggie > > "OUR DESTINY IS TO BE HAPPY" > - Yogi Bhajan > > You can UNSUBSCRIBE from this list at the eGroups Member Center (My Groups), or send mail to > Kundaliniyoga- > NO UNSUBSCRIBE REQUESTS TO THE LIST PLEASE! > WEB SITE: kundalini yoga > > KUNDALINI YOGA ON-LINE TRAINING. Details from > kundalini yogaclasses.html > > Sponsored by YOGA TECHNOLOGY - Practical books on Kundalini Yoga, Meditation, Chakras, Womens' Empowerment. Meditation & Mantra CDs. > > > Your use of is subject to Quote
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