Posted by Laura on 8/10/2004, 10:10 am, in reply to "Re: Two questions: 1) breathing and 2) energy work" --Previous Message--
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: Sounds like you are experiencing the
: first phase of settling into a
: meditation, which usually involves
: some mind chatter and resistance.
: Accept it and keep breathing into the
: feeling as an experiment. My
: "meditation" practice comes
: from several years as a practicing
: Quaker, and I think I've learned
: something valuable in my spiritual
: practice about just sitting. (This is
: probably also emphasized in Eastern
: meditation traditions) At any rate,
: Quakers sit in silence for a pretty
: long time before a deeper, relaxed
: state emerges. It's called
: "centering down" ......For
: more after about 30 min I feel a
: definate shift into a safer,
: theraputic "higher self"
: type of realm. It doesn't matter what
: you call it or whether or not you
: have a spiritual discipline per se.
: But it probably does matter that
: there's some some kind of meditation
: exercise that allows for levels and
: phases of acceptance, release and
: realization.
: It just takes a lot of practice.
: Feeling the peace and healing aspects
: of the actual RELEASE should keep us
: going.
: I'm not sure if any of this
: information is very relevant to your
: question, but if anything just keep
: sitting and observing. JUst observe
: WHATEVER it is, and stay aware of the
: subtle changes that happen as the
: meditation deepens.
: --Previous Message--
: Any thoughts in answer to the
: following
: questions would be appreciated: : 1)
: When I try to breathe into a
: feeling I feel I'm just suppressing
: it further, like telling it to
: dissipate, instead of just being with
: it and watching it and feeling it.
: Does anyone else feel this way?
: Breathing for me seems good for
: generally lowering resistance to
: feeling and changing patterns of
: holding in energy, but not to work
: with a feeling when it's happening.
: Because when I consciously try to
: breathe into a feeling, it feels like
: I'm trying to change it (make it go
: away) instead of just feeling it.
: 2) Has anyone tried Reiki or other
: energy work as a supplement to the
: emotional clearing work, and was it
: helpful?
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I had a Reiki treatment last night. It helped release a lot of negative energy. I ended up having strange dreams (aren't they all?). I am taking a Level 1 and II class. I'll let you know how it turns out.
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