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Re:Kundalini Yoga
me again · 09/21/02 at 7:51 ET
I am surprised and a bit distressed to see both your responses: if this were purely a meditation gathering place I could see it... but this is a place for mental health professionals... I expected a bit more compassion and sense of inquiry. Lindsay: I was not speaking of practice without a teacher but of a spontaneous opening/awakening...they DO happen... Thus, while I will look for the book, it is off topic... I was not interested in creating the condition but understanding it's "unsolicited" eruption. as for my fellow anonymous poster... yes, people do indeed have issues... and I would suspect that the greater the issues the greater the draw toward practice that is marketed as a stress relief. Again, the flippancy at someone's "issues" on a mental health forum disturbs me I get the distinct impression from both of you that the sufferer be damned in this instance... even if they never knew they were reaching for the fire, or even that they were in it's proximity. I invite both of you to wander into any bookstore and look at the number of books, videos and guides that encourage "ordinary" people to engage in meditative and yogic practice without full knowledge of what they are approaching: the fire. I would think it would be the place of mental health professionals skilled in and knowledgeable about such practices to treat people who do get "burnt". Given your responses, it would seem you'd be happier if they never sought treatment, as they are obviously doing something "wrong" or have previous "issues". I didn't know that being wrong or having issues invalidates someone's spiritual experience or their need for psychotherapy. In fact, I thought that was where the "business" came from...
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