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Dark Night and energetic circuitry
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13 years 3 weeks ago #91834
by NeverSummer
Dark Night and energetic circuitry was created by NeverSummer
Was looking through threads and this jumped out at me:
"I think the beauty of Vajrayana, which is relevant to people here, is that it employs Shamata and Vipassana practices like all Buddhist traditions but also incorporates Tantric practices that don't just work at the level of mind but at the level of energy and body as well; thus one doesn't have to go through the 'dark night' spoken of here, at least not in such a terrible fashion as those who simply observe what is happening without being active in the purification process." (from user mikaelz)
This resonated with me based on experience -- this last spring/early summer, while surrendering my way through a dark night, I started doing the tsa lung/9 breathings purification practices detailed in Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's "Awakening the Sacred Body". I noticed an alleviation of my dark night symptoms almost immediately -- my concentration improved and the molten, anxiety-laden heart chakra activity, while not vanishing entirely, was rendered much more manageable.
Thoughts? Anyone?
"I think the beauty of Vajrayana, which is relevant to people here, is that it employs Shamata and Vipassana practices like all Buddhist traditions but also incorporates Tantric practices that don't just work at the level of mind but at the level of energy and body as well; thus one doesn't have to go through the 'dark night' spoken of here, at least not in such a terrible fashion as those who simply observe what is happening without being active in the purification process." (from user mikaelz)
This resonated with me based on experience -- this last spring/early summer, while surrendering my way through a dark night, I started doing the tsa lung/9 breathings purification practices detailed in Tenzin Wangyal Rinpoche's "Awakening the Sacred Body". I noticed an alleviation of my dark night symptoms almost immediately -- my concentration improved and the molten, anxiety-laden heart chakra activity, while not vanishing entirely, was rendered much more manageable.
Thoughts? Anyone?