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It is important not to become prisoners of beliefs. I'm glad you said "normally" because exceptions to rules invalidate the rules. Here is a wonderful book by a female householder whom attained levels higher than most monks and nuns. http://www.amazon.com/Pure-Simple-Extraordinary-Teachings-Buddhist/dp/086171492X

Why? From Pure and Simple http://www.amazon.com/Pure-Simple-Extraordinary-Teachings-Buddhist/dp/086171492X

Anderson, That is funny... You quoted this as part of your support that Dzogchen rejects Mahayana: This is the quote from The Practice of Dzogchen Longchen Rabjam’s Writings on the Great Perfection REVISED AND EXPANDED EDITION INTRODUCED, TRANSLATED, AND ANNOTATED BY Tulku Thondup Edited by Harold Talbott SNOW LION BOSTON & LONDON 2014: The funny part is that the author of The Practice of Dzogchen states this at the beginning of that book: You have quoted from a book whose purpose is to support the connection between Mahayana and Dzogchen, yet you claim that Dzogchen rejects Mahayana. Very funny.

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From Merging With Shiva, a free book available online at http://www.himalayanacademy.com/view/merging-with-siva Thursday LESSON 263 An Exercise in Energy Balance Control of the prâ∫a is also guided through nutrition. Food and air contain a great deal of prâ∫a. Prâ∫a is transferred from one person to another, from a person to a plant, from a plant to a person. It is the life of the world of form. We should eat types of food that contain flow awareness in the world of thought. The vibration of certain thoughts upsets the nerve system of this physical-body temple. Also, be careful of the people that you mix with, so that their awareness and vibrations do not pull your awareness into unwholesome areas and the vibrations of their aura do not affect your temple. This is extremely important to ob- serve, especially during the first few years of unfoldment. When we are in ideal surroundings, in the shrine room of our own home, we can bal- ance the passive and active currents of the body—the i∂â and piˆgalâ forces. First, do this simple prâ∫âyâma. Breathe easily, in and out, in an even rhythm, say, four heartbeats to the inhalation and four heartbeats to the exhalation. This steady rhythm will soon begin to balance the i∂â and piˆgalâ. As the piˆgalâ force becomes quieted and regulated, you will hear a ringing about an inch above the right ear. This is the sound of the nerve current of the piˆgalâ nâ∂î. And as the i∂â force becomes quieted and regulated, you will hear a ringing about an inch above the left ear. This is the nerve sound of the i∂â nâ∂î, slightly different from the tone of the piˆgalâ nâ∂î. The direction of energy flow in the piˆgalâ nâ∂î is up, whereas the i∂â nâ∂î flows downward. When the energy in the two nâ∂îs is balanced, a circle is formed, creating a force field in which the sushum∫â nâ∂î is regulated. Now, to bring the sushum∫â force into power, listen to both tones simultaneously. It may take you about five minutes to hear both tones at the same time. Next, follow both tonal vibrations from the ears into the center of the cranium, where they will meet and blend into a slightly different sound, as two notes, say, a “C” and an “E,” blend into a chord. The energy of the nâ∂îs is then flowing in a circle, and you will enter the golden yellow light of the sushum∫â current. Play with this light and bask in its radiance, for in it is your bloom. The unfoldment pro- gresses from a golden yellow to a clear white light. Should you see a blue light, know that you are in the piˆgalâ current. If you see a pink light, that is the color of the i∂â. Just disregard them and seek for the white light in the tone of the combined currents until finally you do not hear the tone anymore and you burst into the clear white light. Thus you enter savikalpa samâdhi—samâdhi with seed, or consciousness, which is the culmination of this particular practice of contemplation. After doing this for a period of time, you will find that you lose interest in the exterior world. It will seem transparent and unreal to you. When this happens, you have to learn to bring your consciousness back through meditation, deliberately into the processes of inner knowing and thought, and back into the exterior world through concentration. It requires a deliberate concentration then to make the exterior world seem real again to you. Now is the time for devotees who have worked diligently in concentration and meditation and in clearing up personal problems to enjoy their yoga and be happy in their attainments, to enjoy the bliss that is their heritage on Earth. Friday LESSON 264 The High “eee” Sound Within the quantum level of consciousness there origi- nates a vibration, a steady vibration, that can be heard with the inner ear as a high-pitched “eeeee,” as if a thousand vî∫âs were playing, as if all the nerve currents in the astral body, physical body and the body of the soul were singing in harmony. It is a divine combination of the i∂â and piˆgalâ tones blended together in the sushum∫â. Each lineage of gurus has embedded within the psyche of tradition a certain combination of sounds, and listening to this mystic sound holds all devotees close to their sat- guru and all those who preceded him. It is also said that when one is in another birth, the sound is the same, and this will eventually lead the aspirant back to his spiritual lineage. Listening to the nâda, as it is called in Sanskrit, or nâda-nâ∂î ßakti, brings the threshold of bliss and shows that the balance of all karmas has been attained. Listening to the nâda and tracing it into its source carries the seeker’s awareness to the brink of the Absolute. There are today mystical orders that do noth- ing but listen to the nâda while looking at and enjoying the darshan of their guru’s picture. Many sincere seekers wonder why they cannot hear eeeeee,” the nâda, during their meditation, whereas others not only hear it during meditation but during the day when talking, shopping or just meandering through the garden. This is to say, it is there when awareness enters that area of the mind. The mind has to be made empty. That means resolving all unresolved conflicts within the subconscious. The striving to hear the nâda will bring up unresolved issues. They may plague the conscious mind until resolved. At first you might disregard them and feel they will go away as abruptly as they came. But later, when they persist, and the major one is deception—yes, we can even deceive ourselves—we are inwardly forced to face up to, admit our secrets and make amends. When deception goes, the nâda comes. When the subconscious is heavy, the nâda and the brilliant colors it radiates fade. Failure on the path puts the nâda out of range of the inner ear of the soul. The mystical nâda, it’s a medley of sounds, and each sound which is there has a color, but may be covered, as is the light of the mind of the soul, the clear white light. It is covered, but not permanently. Admittance of the mistakes, the experience of repentance and the performance of penance, called prâyaß- chitta, lay the foundation for a reconciliation that will release the force of lower nature into the higher and uncloud the veil that hid the inner light, that hid the nâda—that incomprehensible high-pitched “eee,” sounding within the head, that incomparable source of inner security, contentment and outpouring of love. When you hear the nâda, endeavor to project it in love’s outpouring to all those who are in your orbit of communication. They will feel the blessings when your divine love is projected through your nâda into their nâda. This is the height of selfless consciousness, uni- versal love, a constant, mystical outpouring and experience of oneness. The sushum∫â is nâda and more. Nâda ßakti is. It just is. Saturday LESSON 265 Ku∫∂alinî, the Spiritual Force Ha†ha yoga (ha-piˆgalâ and †ha-i∂â) balances the two forces, the i∂â and the piˆgalâ. The straight, erect spine releases the actinodic flow of the sushum∫â current. The mind centered in the contemplative atmosphere, cognizing timelessness, causelessness, spacelessness while sitting in the lotus position, awakens the pineal and pituitary centers, and the door of Brahman at the top of the head. The force of the actinodic causal body, the sheath of cognition, vijñânamaya koßa, a pure actinic force running through the sushum∫â current, is called the ku∫∂alinî. As this ku∫∂alinî force becomes activated, the sushum∫â power begins to grow, or the actinodic causal body begins to grow, and the higher chakras of cognition and universal love begin to spin faster. Once ku∫∂alinî power has been activated, its force expands or contracts consciousness. As man’s consciousness expands into actinic spheres, more ku∫∂alinî power is used. This power is lessened as his consciousness emerges into the limited fields of the odic world. Often known as the serpent power, the ku∫∂alinî is coiled at the base of the spine in the instinctive man who resides mostly in the force fields of memory and fear. When this power becomes uncoiled, the serpent, or ku∫∂alinî, luminously raises its head, and finally, after nir- vikalpa samâdhi, it lifts its power to the top of the head. When nirvikalpa samâdhi has been practiced daily for many, many years—according to the classical yoga teachings, for twelve years—and the golden body has been built, the ku∫∂alinî force coils itself in the sahasrâra chakra of the yogî, at the top of the head. This is known as the manas chakra, located about where the hairline begins at the forehead. This chakra eventually becomes the mûlâdhâra chakra, or the memory-pattern chakra, of the golden body. The manas chakra is fully activated when the golden body is fully unfolded. This is known in Hindu and Egyptian mystic schools as the golden body of light, for it registers in the minds of those who look upon it, to their soul body, as a golden ball of light or a golden body. When the ku∫∂a- linî rises into the realms of pure actinicity, the pineal gland and pituitary center are activated. When these two centers are activated simultaneously, the forces of both of them merge, bringing man into nirvikalpa samâdhi. Therefore, the aggressive odic force merges with the passive odic force, in perfect balance, and the actinodic power of the sushum∫â current comes into perfect balance, poised with the ku∫∂alinî force. The yoga adept finds himself on the brink of the Absolute, cognizing That which he can- not explain, knowing there is something beyond which the mind does not know, conceiving That which cannot be conceived, because form, which is mind, cannot conceive formlessness. Then the yogî touches into the Self and becomes a knower of the Self, merges with Íiva. When the i∂â, piˆgalâ and sushum∫â forces merge and reside in perfect balance, the third eye awakens. When the pituitary, pineal glands and the sushum∫â source are in perfect balance, man is able to perceive consciously into other worlds of the mind. The golden body, as it begins to grow after the renunciate, or sannyâsin, attains nirvikalpa samâdhi, is built by man’s service to his fellow man. Sunday LESSON 266 The Way after Realization When a yoga guru brings others from darkness into light and from light into Self Realization, he is also strengthen- ing his own golden body. When a satguru makes it easy for his sannyâsins to remain in the practice of Self Realization, encouraging them and demanding of them the practice of nirvikalpa samâdhi, he helps them hold their forces in check through the power of his golden body. After nirvikalpa samâdhi, the sannyâsin has a choice to serve mankind or to wait for mankind to unfold into the consciousness that he has attained. This is called being a bodhisattva or upadeßî, one who serves, or an arahat or nirvâ∫î, one who waits. The golden body begins to grow through service and by bringing others in- to enlightenment as a bodhisattva, or through the constant practice of nirvikalpa samâdhi while living a strictly secluded life as an arahat, only mixing with those of his own level of realization. The sahasrâra chakra at the top of the head and the âjñâ chakra at the brow, or the third eye, are the two controlling force centers of the soul body. These force cen- ters become the two lowest chakras of the yoga master’s new golden body, svar∫aßarîra, as this body begins to build after his first nirvikalpa samâdhi. The usual experience before nirvikalpa samâdhi is for the aspirant to become a knower of the Self. This could occur at any time during his training. In order to attain this experience of “touching into the Self,” he must have a complete balance of all odic and actinic forces within him. A noted change in his life pattern often occurs after he becomes a knower of the Self, for the soul body has become released into orbit, and he has then a subsuperconscious control of this body. In other words, the odic-force tie has been released. This body has quickly matured. Then, if practicing contemplation as prescribed by his satguru and finally working out the various karmic binds or holds in the lower odic force field with the help of the guru, he attains complete Self Realization, or nirvikalpa samâdhi. Then the golden body, svar∫aßarîra, is born through the merging of the forces of the pituitary and the pineal gland, setting the sahasrâra into a constant spinning motion. This constant spinning motion generates the force which propels the yoga adept back into nirvikalpa samâdhi. Each time he goes into nirvikalpa samâdhi he intensifies a little the spinning movement of this chakra, unfolding it a little more, and as this occurs, the golden body begins to build. When the yoga adept touches into the Self and becomes a knower of the Self, attains nirvikalpa samâdhi, becomes Self Realized, yoga powers come to him. These yoga powers are often renounced, depending upon the rule of the order to which he belongs, whether it be a teaching order or an order of hermits. According to the need, a power is developed. The powers that a yogî can use are as many as the petals within the sahasrâra chakra. They are 1,008. These powers are conceived through the nâ∂îs—small, elastic-like psychic nerve currents extending out into and through the aura of the body. The nâ∂îs work in conjunction with the chakras, and with the major currents of the body, i∂â, piˆgalâ and sushum- ∫â. Realizing Paraßiva gives you great power, but to use that power very sparingly or not at all is the greater thing to do, because the power itself works of its own accord. If you have powers, siddhis that are unfolded, it is best not to consciously use them. You can demonstrate to yourself to be sure you have them, but these siddhis are all connected with devonic forces that will work totally for righteousness without your demonstrating them. That is why no one wants to come up against a ®ishi. Similarly, a good king does not use his power. He makes everything flourish without appearing to be powerful. His greater power happens in unseen ways. Remember, when the ku∫∂alinî force becomes strong within you during a meditation,just sit and be aware that you are aware—a blissful state called kaîf in Shûm, the language of meditation. You will feel very positive and experience yourself as a great big ball of energy. When the energy begins to wane, try to absorb it into every cell of your external body, then continue your meditation exactly where you left off. In this way you will build a strong, disciplined nerve system and subconscious mind. This will lead you naturally onto the next inner plateau, then to the next and the next. Never allow yourself to be complacent in your spiritual attainments. Always continue to strive. Even rishis, swâmîs and yogîs who have totally realized Paraßiva continue to work on themselves from within themselves. They don’t let down, because if they did it would be many years before they had the next experience of the timelessness, formlessness, spacelessness of the unspeakable Paraßiva experience. The message, therefore, is, at the beginning of meditation and at the end, keep striving. Don’t turn back, but proceed with confidence.

Hi Bindi, It is called nada yoga https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nāda_yoga

Even the greatly respected "Gurudeva" points out the importance of psychic protection. These excerpts from this book demonstrate that entities exist, that they attack your chakras below the muladhara, and that it is necessary to protect one's self. From "Merging With Shiva", Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami And here we see that entities often attach to the grounding chord. http://kundalini-teacher.com/guidance/entit.php So don't be too quick to dismiss subjects or adopt practices you know nothing about.

More reading... http://www.dhammawheel.com/viewtopic.php?t=341 Jhanas are what the Buddha used to get enlightened.

Hi, sounds like you attained access concentration and hit the first jhana (or came close).. The pleasurable sensation is piti. From "Right CONCENTRATION A Practical Guide to the Jhānas Leigh Brasington" Also, here.. http://www.leighb.com/jhana3.htm Further reading.. http://www.accesstoinsight.org/lib/authors/gunaratana/wheel351.html

SEEING, DEEPENING, RESPONDING AND ARRIVING The Heart Advice from the Tibetan meditation master Nyakla Jangchub Dorje: A Concise Teaching on Seeing, Deepening, Responding and Arriving according to Dzogpa Chenpo Kadak Trekcho. KYE HO! dear children, listen closely! what you call mind isn’t anything at all allow your own mind to look at itself. past thoughts are no longer here, and the future’s not yet here and whatever arises now is beyond reckoning. let all thoughts the past, present and future settle, right now, and in this moment see how it is if you see colors & shapes this is a sign you’ve wandered into the house of delusion. if you think “it’s nothing, there’s nothing” you’re trapped in the numb empty state and the richness of your own nature will not emerge. you know, you can investigate meditate for a hundred years and not be moving towards freedom great natural perfection is present awareness right now no thoughts & conditions clear & radiant, like the sky this never changes it is dharmakaya, the primordial clear & radiant awareness is unceasing in its splendor it is sambhogakaya, the rapturous the arising of all possible things, an ever-present vibration it is nirmanakaya, the magical whatever whenever something happens don’t do anything with it let it settle by itself thoughts are fuel flaring up & toxic let them come and go they will dissolve into space coming going no difference when they come look directly how they come when they go look directly how they go it is exactly the same, no favorites no choosing eating sitting walking standing sleeping talking, whatever you do, when you do it look directly how you are this is how ordinary beings become buddhas nothing is more direct than this more profound than this teaching & for those who rely on this teaching causes & conditions are gone this is the space just this directly know every experience is magical the wisdom eye is now open clairvoyance now here your body is no longer solid you can travel unrestrained death time comes & your material and vital forces break down and your elemental energies transmute into the blessings of rainbow remains never changing it’s now dissolved back into the primal state awareness settles back into space Dharmakaya, the primoridal and it activates all tangible dimensions releasing enlightened activities bringing benefit to all who live wide as space itself this is how it is. now bountiful benefits will flow BE HAPPY! GEY- O! This one page text in Tibetan, entitled Nyag bla byang chub rdo rje’i rdzogs pa chen po ka dag khregs chod lta sgom spyod ‘bras don mdor bsdus bstan pa, was translated, at the urging of Lama Wangdor, on 25 June 2005 in Oakland, California. Disciple of Nyag bla Padma bdud ‘dul, Nyag bla byang chub rdo rje, whose dates are sometimes given as 1838–1953, was the principal Dzogchen teacher of the contemporary master Chogyal Namkhai Norbu Rinpoche. http://levekunst.com/seeing-deepening-responding-and-arriving/

Now that you mention it, The topic of this post is pranayama. It is you whom has "spammed the thread" with a non-pranayamic topic. Pranayama is the restraint of prana, produced by controlling the breath. Cleansing pranayamas are practices like bhastrika, breath of fire or other forms of rapid breathing. Instead, you've posted a practice of how to hang your vacuum hose down into the three hells and suck up whatever entities might catch on. You offer no advice about protection and you don't even seem to care about protecting others. Here is an advanced practitioner's advice concerning something similar to what you have brought up... He mentions making the columns impenetratable. He also considers the effect on other beings...

Tom, what a great practice for sucking entities up from the earth into your being!

I found this website from a link at vajracakra, watched some videos of the nuns doing thogal and tummo. http://gebchakgonpa.org/gebchak-nuns/nunnery-of-yoginis/ I also bought this book and read it: http://www.amazon.com/Calling-Lama-Afar-Jampa-Kalden-ebook/dp/B004H4XF2A Truly amazing! Although the book is tedious in places, here are some highlights that I found interesting... Videos are here: http://gebchakgonpa.org/gallery/

Hi Sunshine, Did these recent attacks start after you joined this forum? Is there anyone from this forum whom has befriended you recently, offering any transmission, healing or psychic contact?

Hi Everyone Steve had asked me to show him my custom meditation seat that I built. I built this myself because I was tired of having painful legs during 1 hour meditation sits. I could not find anything like it on the net.. My goal was to be able to sit with crossed legs, like easy posture, but with absolutely no pressure points, no parts of the legs mashed on each other. It took me three tries. I made the seat out of 1/2 inch plywood. The frame is made from 2 X 6's. I wanted a very solid seat that wouldn't move around. Also, when you screw on the 2 X 6's, leave an inch of clearance so that the leather or seat covering can be wrapped around and stapled (don't make the frame flush with the edges of the set). I also wanted to be able to keep the easy-posture cross legged formation so that is why is the front is indented. Also, I wanted to be able to have little or nothing digging in to the muscle just before the knees so I made the depth exactly the length of the distance of the back of my butt to where the lower legs start to bend, so, I can also rest the lower butt on the wall if I have to. The seat is made of 2 inch high density foam covered with black leather. After I built the seat, I brought it to a local upholsterer and had him cover it with the leather. Funny, everyone in the shop wanted to know what it was for. I told them it was for meditation. The cost of getting the top upholstered was $200.00 including labour. I watched him build it. I also purchased a layer of 2 inch high density foam for the bottom piece, which goes on to the ground. This is invaluable for padding the ankle bones. Finally, I put some sheep skin squares on that foam on the bottom.. heaven.. It is so comfortable! I have been using this seat for around 1 year now and I love it. I have no pain whatsoever, even during extended meditation sessions. I used to hate that so much, having pain from blocked circulation in the legs.. Now, I never even think of it anymore. Anyway, the thought had occured to me to patent my design and try to make money off of it. I just can't do it. In my heart I feel I should share it freely in hopes of helping others to benefit their meditation sessions. TI

Hi Kubba, If you want to embrace an all encompassing definition of the term "meditation" that is fine. If you want to include shaktipat and kundalini kriyas too, well it's up to you. What will you tell people if they ask you about shamatha meditation or the jhanas? Can you distinguish between sutra, tantra and non-meditation? The topic of this thread is about furniture that helps alleviate pain during long sits. Let's try to keep it that way... Thanks and all the best...

That's hilarious...

Time for a bump...

I built my own. I love it. http://thedaobums.com/topic/30758-my-no-pain-meditation-seat/?fromsearch=1

Jeff, So let me get this straight. You came to a Daoist forum, recruited several members in the chat room and then gave them all a Gnostic Light Transmission a la Tau Malachi, but didn't tell them what it was?

Does that mean that there is also a cosmic penis? And which came first?

If every one was a monk who would fill their alms bowls? Without common folk, where would you gain a favorable rebirth from? Why would someone whom can manifest fishes and loaves need to work?

Jeff, reference please.

The middle way in dzogchen.... From Golden Letters - Reynolds

Could it be that transmission in Christianity is a tool used to beguile and manipulate? From the book called "Golden Letters"