Pacific Sage

Hahah we definitely need more of this what a trip that was.

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Carrie from Homeland TV series experiences bi polar and with that she's able to make connections as the events unfold. The series shows also how it affects her personal life too.

I'm no artist but do follow a lot of art. Movies, songs and other form of art has an emotional effect on human beings and helps polarize (if intended) in the direction of the story and hence learning important life lessons even in terms of emotions. Here is a popular one intended for illustration - There once was a shepherd boy who was bored as he sat on the hillside watching the village sheep. To amuse himself he took a great breath and sang out, "Wolf! Wolf! The Wolf is chasing the sheep!" The villagers came running up the hill to help the boy drive the wolf away. But when they arrived at the top of the hill, they found no wolf. The boy laughed at the sight of their angry faces. "Don't cry 'wolf', shepherd boy," said the villagers, "when there's no wolf!" They went grumbling back down the hill. Later, the boy sang out again, "Wolf! Wolf! The wolf is chasing the sheep!" To his naughty delight, he watched the villagers run up the hill to help him drive the wolf away. When the villagers saw no wolf they sternly said, "Save your frightened song for when there is really something wrong! Don't cry 'wolf' when there is NO wolf!" But the boy just grinned and watched them go grumbling down the hill once more. Later, he saw a REAL wolf prowling about his flock. Alarmed, he leaped to his feet and sang out as loudly as he could, "Wolf! Wolf!" But the villagers thought he was trying to fool them again, and so they didn't come. At sunset, everyone wondered why the shepherd boy hadn't returned to the village with their sheep. They went up the hill to find the boy. They found him weeping. "There really was a wolf here! The flock has scattered! I cried out, "Wolf!" Why didn't you come?" An old man tried to comfort the boy as they walked back to the village. "We'll help you look for the lost sheep in the morning," he said, putting his arm around the youth, "Nobody believes a liar...even when he is telling the truth!"

Not yet! Unfortunately I haven't been able to execute it for personal reasons, am really looking forward to doing Maha Mudra. I have read so much about it and the your experience has further motivated to do it! Can't wait to experience it. I also want to the KP with visualization but since am unable to do Mahamudra yet I am only doing the 6 oms at the bruhmadya for now. I have read Mahamudra is very important to be accompanied with KP1. I have tried forward bending though, have good experience with this.

It's been months since I have been doing the prep exercises and I still continue to do it. I wouldn't be so sure to dismiss them, just doing the first 3 gives me more silence in my sitting than traditional mediation. Really helps calm the system before the hardcore stuff.

@MountainCactus I second this? Great timing for me! Thank you.

Adding to this, this was my thought process too when I read the topic. 2 types - 1) Absolute - you can master table of 2 in mathematics and you know it's going to be the same. 2) Relative - one can say Usain Bolt has mastered the 100mt Sprint as of this moment. But who's to say this is the peak, am sure this will be broken soon. As Leo says you need to be prepared to put in 10000 hours of practice to really master something which is complicated. In those 10000 hours muscle memory, strategy, implementation, mind set and every other factor will come together and you can relatively be a master.

My ego gets confused too or there might be a boost too when I see a sign. The ego gets Soo happy seeing a sign sometimes and seeing the sign the ego gets more importance. And I don't know who of us but the ego into the self actualization work gets scared of this elevation in feeling. Maybe I need to embrace and practice some self love. Glad I got this off my chest. Going to follow the signs and try be mindful and non dual too about the outcome.

Oh okay! My bad..will check them out.

I am big on affirmations right now and I feel there has been a shift in my reality. Placebo is the magic if you ask me . What have you tried so far? The one I am using right now is " I accept everything that comes to me as an opportunity for further growth".

@Anna1 Thank you for this opportunity to go down the memory lane. Take a bow is one of my favorite songs, just like the way she pulls it off.

TURN AROUND - yes - turn around to the inside. GET OUT - yes - get out of the matrix.

I am coming around to believing in Astrology. If there is no free will then what are the chances the events to unfold are already predetermined. I read an online chart of my birth date and the description of my personality partly matched. I tend to keep an open eye with horoscope too. Haven't really tracked the success of it to respective readings, maybe it's time. Someone knows anyone online, kindly suggest

I felt the same pulsating pressure I could feel it penetrate into my skull. It got too intense towards the end of my vipassana course. I also had two more pressure points but they were above my ears. Instead of feeling they are exploding you can explore an avenue in which you recontextualize this sensation into something more grounded and peaceful.

From my understanding, Kriya yoga and Kundalini yoga both work towards pulling the prana/life force from the Root chakra up until the crown chakra. The difference between the two is Kriya is subtle while Kundalini is dynamic. While both are supposed to be safe and enjoyable, I personally have an opinion on Kriya Being relatively safe as it works with calm activation of the chakras before energy being pulled. All the Chakras are like junctures in the path of prana and all have to be activated for a Kundalini awakening in the crown. If one powers through without activation the prana just gets stuck in the last activated chakra and supposedly, one manifests the outcome related that particular chakra and is the reason why it's good to calmly activate each chakra before pulling the prana (by the power of visualization). Hatha yoga is good for the physical and spiritual.

Ho'oponopono

I see what you are saying. At Green it's more authentic than just following a rule.

I agree and I can see suffering as a driving force to evolve. Suffering might be a driving force but there could be other driving forces too for evolution so I am not exactly following you here. Could you give an example of a healthy step forward which can actually hurt the spiral evolution?

Leo's video on recontextualization speaks of this but I get Light vs Dark. ?

What's the thought process behind the subtle difference with good vs bad and light vs dark ? How good is your feeling with each of these chakras? Have you had a Kundalini awakening? Or any experience? How have you come to this conclusion? Why can't it be in all bodies trying to perceive it? Interesting! Do you mean one has to use the energy at one particular chakra for that particular demanding situation?