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Didn't you say you hadn't experienced that? Or maybe that was someone else. ?

Hey, where did the dog go?

Surrender.

Shocking. ? ?

@MilenaS I'd look into the anxiety and dullness, sit with these feelings. It's great that these types of negative emotions come up because they can very well be an ego defense mechanism. Yes in the beginning it can be good to choose a technique that you resonate with but changing techniques just because there is resistances might not be a wise thing to do. These resistances is your chance to go deeper. People tend to choose the things that feel good and avoid what feels bad which isn't a bad thing necessarily. We are all hooked up that way. But in practice these resistances are actually good because they reveal your conditioning which can then be looked at and dissolved.

Well my memory isn't quite what it used to be so maybe it's not 6 months. Thank you for your answers. ?

@PenguinPablo It's about connecting deeper into what's real, the experience you're having right now. The average person is usually very disconnected from it and is believing everything the mind tells them.

Ah thank you for your answers! Also, did you see my edit on my last post? ?

Perfect. Thank you. My path has been the path of surrender and let go. There's been alot of activity in the different chakra centres but not as an energy which is strictly moving upwards, rather there's been energy releasing sporadically from different centres mostly on the front of my body and not the spine. Is this kundalini or prannothanna? Yes yoga haven't been my practice but I can see the viability of the chakra model in the path of surrender. It seems like more purification is needed. Still alot of activity in the root chakra and stiffness in feet and legs. Also alot of activity in the heart and crown chakra. Edit: I forgot to mention I've been experiencing a soreness in my tailbone for about half a year. If that have any relevance I don't know?

It can even be a little frightening or sad when this falling away starts to happen.

@Shambhu what are the benefits to awaken kundalini? Will all awakenings awaken this energy? What happens at the end of a kundalini awakening?

Great quote. ?

Yeah, if you're aware of that you're doing good. As a suggestion, take some time off trying to understand the implications of this and just connect deeper into the present moment. Be the aware presence and let the thoughts and feelings just come and go.

This is all you need to wake up. See through the illusion of thought right now. There is no brink of awakening, that's just another hurdle that the mind puts up to prevent awakening from happening.

It seems to me that he is trying to help. I'm just telling my view of it. From your view maybe you could look at the part of you that feels insulted by this.

@Michael Jackson I think it's good to point this out but maybe not point the finger at specific people. If you truly want to help them them perhaps the better alternative is to engage with them and help them see this one on one.

I don't think there's a right answer to that question. ?

That depends on what you want. If you want truth then hedonism is probably something you should avoid and focus on your feelings instead. If you want pleasure then hedonism makes perfect sense but don't think it will give you any long term happiness.

You could try a practice which you implement in daily life such as a mindfulness practice. This will help you tap into your true nature more and more until all of life is lived from that place.

Exactly. I'm not at all for renunciation but I understand that it might sound that way. The difference is that it's not based on lack or need of that thing contrary to desire. As a pointer I'd say that everything is complete right now, if it doesn't feel that way then let go of that feeling.

... and then got back to sleep

Not all actions are based on desire. You might desire a money, a car or a girlfriend end but that's quite different than eating when you're hungry or sleeping when you're tired.

Yes, I sometimes get that feeling and long for eternal rest but other times I experience a great fear of believing that I'm going to die and then I resist. Oh the irony. ?

I would say that the formless beyond time and space. Form might come to an end but the formless will not get impacted by that.

Yes good point. A big difference between the thought "I am God" and the direct recognition of God. It's like a character in a movie would say that it's the whole movie. Each character has a part to play but none of them are the whole movie. Ultimately God is silent, it would never occur to God to proclaim it is God.