How can you be sure that the energy is spiritual? How do you know that these vibrations aren't hallucinatory, delusional or imagined?
In an initial meditation session, for example, you would first be told that this energy exists, where it resides and how it flows. Then you're asked to focus on feeling the energy. Now, it may take a few days to a few weeks to experience this sensation; or in some cases, even months. But once you experience it, you can confirm and believe that it exists. Next, you learn about the qualities that are important for each energy center and how energy flow may be inconsistent. You then spend time verifying this by experimenting with your own energy centers.
This process of learning, experiencing and verifying continues, and over time, you learn so many things and hopefully experience at least most of it so that you finally conclude that even those aspects that you have not actually personally verified are true and logically fit in as a piece of the big puzzle that you are continually solving. That puzzle may be What should my life be? or What is spirituality? and so on.
By now, you're likely fully convinced that the energy exists and is spiritual. I realized that it was spiritual because there were a dozen other connecting pieces that I have validated over time that establish, logically, that it is spiritual. Maybe it works something like this…
Suppose I asked someone, "Do you think the country of China exists in the world and is real?"
They'll probably say, "Of course."
"Why? Have you visited China to verify that it exists?"
"Well, no, but I've grown up learning that it exists. I've seen it on a world map. I've read so much about it. I hear about it in the news. I've seen pictures. And of course, my colleague at work is from China and speaks a lot about his country. Putting all this together, I'd be stupid to say that China probably exists, though I haven't seen it to verify it. I'd rather say that I know that it exists."
That's how I know that this inner energy is spiritual. The vast number of data points that confirm so many concepts of spirituality also automatically confirm that the energy is indeed spiritual.
Another analogy is electricity. We all know that it exists. Have we seen it? No. Can we feel it? Yes. And if you don't believe that, stick your finger in a light socket and see what happens! Can we really state with certainty that electricity is the force that causes lights to glow? Not exactly. We only know and assume this based on what we learn and experience, and on what people with expertise in such matters say. Most importantly, the concept of electricity satisfies the scientific criteria of repeatability. Electricity is reliably there for us, helping us in so many different ways throughout our daily lives that we never doubt its existence. I feel exactly the same way about the inner spiritual energy.
Now, let's circle back to the question of how I know that the energy is not imaginary or delusional. First, it's a very real physical sensation, as real as someone touching you.
Second, even if you assumed that something must be very wrong with you if you were feeling this energy — that you must be delusional — consider the fact there are scores of other Sahaja Meditation practitioners who feel these same sensations. Some have been practicing meditation for years, some for only a few months, a few weeks, or even a few hours. Yet, all of them report some similar sensations and experiences. You could even grab a random passerby on the street and teach him the technique of energy awakening (assuming that he genuinely wants to try it), and there's a really good chance that this new person will report similar experiences, as well. I've personally seen this happen in so many of their public programs where experienced instructors were teaching the technique of energy awakening.
Now, this population of people includes normal folks from all walks of life that have varying depths of Sahaja Meditation experience, all reporting similar experiences. It’s then logical to assume that it cannot be some sort of mass hypnosis or co-delusion. Statistically speaking, perhaps a couple of those people are loonies, but a wide range of people practicing and experimenting with this energy simply cannot all be crazy.
The experience is infinitely repeatable, and that's one of the best evidences that it's real.
How long does this sensation typically last for most people?
There is really no "average" start and stop for this sensation, nor is there a definitive time period that it lasts. It's varies between practitioners and from session to session. It usually continues throughout the period that one is in the state of meditation and can be felt strongly during this time. At other times, when one is not meditating, it is somewhat lessened or even non-existent. Sometimes I feel the energy flow sporadically when I am at work or shopping or just sitting around watching TV.
From what I understand, the energy awakening is a one-time event. Once energy awakening occurs, the more you practice meditation, the more open your energy channels are; thus, the energy keeps flowing all the time. You may continue to feel it right on through the day. Then, there is the sensitivity aspect…
For some people, the energy may be flowing, but they don't actually have the sensitivity to feel it yet. In fact, in the early stages, a person's energy may be flowing well, but it takes that person some time to develop sensitivity to it.
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This process of learning, experiencing and verifying continues, and over time, you learn so many things and hopefully experience at least most of it so that you finally conclude that even those aspects that you have not actually personally verified are true and logically fit in as a piece of the big puzzle that you are continually solving. That puzzle may be What should my life be? or What is spirituality? and so on.
By now, you're likely fully convinced that the energy exists and is spiritual. I realized that it was spiritual because there were a dozen other connecting pieces that I have validated over time that establish, logically, that it is spiritual. Maybe it works something like this…
Suppose I asked someone, "Do you think the country of China exists in the world and is real?"
They'll probably say, "Of course."
"Why? Have you visited China to verify that it exists?"
"Well, no, but I've grown up learning that it exists. I've seen it on a world map. I've read so much about it. I hear about it in the news. I've seen pictures. And of course, my colleague at work is from China and speaks a lot about his country. Putting all this together, I'd be stupid to say that China probably exists, though I haven't seen it to verify it. I'd rather say that I know that it exists."
That's how I know that this inner energy is spiritual. The vast number of data points that confirm so many concepts of spirituality also automatically confirm that the energy is indeed spiritual.
Another analogy is electricity. We all know that it exists. Have we seen it? No. Can we feel it? Yes. And if you don't believe that, stick your finger in a light socket and see what happens! Can we really state with certainty that electricity is the force that causes lights to glow? Not exactly. We only know and assume this based on what we learn and experience, and on what people with expertise in such matters say. Most importantly, the concept of electricity satisfies the scientific criteria of repeatability. Electricity is reliably there for us, helping us in so many different ways throughout our daily lives that we never doubt its existence. I feel exactly the same way about the inner spiritual energy.
Now, let's circle back to the question of how I know that the energy is not imaginary or delusional. First, it's a very real physical sensation, as real as someone touching you.
Second, even if you assumed that something must be very wrong with you if you were feeling this energy — that you must be delusional — consider the fact there are scores of other Sahaja Meditation practitioners who feel these same sensations. Some have been practicing meditation for years, some for only a few months, a few weeks, or even a few hours. Yet, all of them report some similar sensations and experiences. You could even grab a random passerby on the street and teach him the technique of energy awakening (assuming that he genuinely wants to try it), and there's a really good chance that this new person will report similar experiences, as well. I've personally seen this happen in so many of their public programs where experienced instructors were teaching the technique of energy awakening.
Now, this population of people includes normal folks from all walks of life that have varying depths of Sahaja Meditation experience, all reporting similar experiences. It’s then logical to assume that it cannot be some sort of mass hypnosis or co-delusion. Statistically speaking, perhaps a couple of those people are loonies, but a wide range of people practicing and experimenting with this energy simply cannot all be crazy.
The experience is infinitely repeatable, and that's one of the best evidences that it's real.
How long does this sensation typically last for most people?
There is really no "average" start and stop for this sensation, nor is there a definitive time period that it lasts. It's varies between practitioners and from session to session. It usually continues throughout the period that one is in the state of meditation and can be felt strongly during this time. At other times, when one is not meditating, it is somewhat lessened or even non-existent. Sometimes I feel the energy flow sporadically when I am at work or shopping or just sitting around watching TV.
From what I understand, the energy awakening is a one-time event. Once energy awakening occurs, the more you practice meditation, the more open your energy channels are; thus, the energy keeps flowing all the time. You may continue to feel it right on through the day. Then, there is the sensitivity aspect…
For some people, the energy may be flowing, but they don't actually have the sensitivity to feel it yet. In fact, in the early stages, a person's energy may be flowing well, but it takes that person some time to develop sensitivity to it.
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