Guest guest Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 My point was that the heat produced from concentration, assuming you have enough energy to be converted, is the heat of Tapas. Regular body heat from exercise or summer weather makes the nerves heated, thus you are more susceptible to lust, anger, passion and drowsy. Tapas- heat may make you drowsy, but I've found that it doesn't induce the qualities of passion (lust, anger) like regular body heat. Over heating through Tapas can unknowingly make you averted to continuing with sadhana. Sometimes the heat is slow to rise, other times it's an immediate after effect of the body shakes (kundalini) from concentration. I think Amma used to cover herself with cool mud or something for relief (check her bio), and traditionally (as mentioned by Muktananda) wearing a garland of fragrant flowers is cooling. My own experiences is that continuing with japa through all the shakes and increasing furnace heat sometimes resulted in a sudden cooling-off, along with the feeling of a thick refridgerated liquid coming out my crown, pouring over my brain. Nowadays, my remedy is wearing a dampened T-shirt, at least one that's wet from the waist up, whenever I feel too tapas-heated to even sit for japa. Sometimes cakras will heat up, which is also a different topic. tom Ammachi, "n2amma" <a1driane> wrote: > > Actually heating up of the physical body increases heat on the brain > as well. This is Ayurvedic. A lot of physical exercise can increase > heat on the brain depending on that person's dosha. > > > Heating up the body > > > > through regular exercise is a different topic altogether. Here > > > I'm > > > > talking about a more psychic-generated heat, or spiritual heat. > > > > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Terms of Service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2006 Report Share Posted April 29, 2006 Thanks for the excellent information, Tom! Sanatani Tom <tomgull (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote: My point was that the heat produced from concentration, assuming you have enough energy to be converted, is the heat of Tapas. Regular body heat from exercise or summer weather makes the nerves heated, thus you are more susceptible to lust, anger, passion and drowsy. Tapas- heat may make you drowsy, but I've found that it doesn't induce the qualities of passion (lust, anger) like regular body heat. Over heating through Tapas can unknowingly make you averted to continuing with sadhana. Sometimes the heat is slow to rise, other times it's an immediate after effect of the body shakes (kundalini) from concentration. I think Amma used to cover herself with cool mud or something for relief (check her bio), and traditionally (as mentioned by Muktananda) wearing a garland of fragrant flowers is cooling. My own experiences is that continuing with japa through all the shakes and increasing furnace heat sometimes resulted in a sudden cooling-off, along with the feeling of a thick refridgerated liquid coming out my crown, pouring over my brain. Nowadays, my remedy is wearing a dampened T-shirt, at least one that's wet from the waist up, whenever I feel too tapas-heated to even sit for japa. Sometimes cakras will heat up, which is also a different topic. tom Ammachi, "n2amma" wrote: > > Actually heating up of the physical body increases heat on the brain > as well. This is Ayurvedic. A lot of physical exercise can increase > heat on the brain depending on that person's dosha. > > > Heating up the body > > > > through regular exercise is a different topic altogether. Here > > > I'm > > > > talking about a more psychic-generated heat, or spiritual heat. > > > > > > Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Links Aum Amriteswarayai Namaha! Terms of Service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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