How To Avoid The Dangers Of Meditation

I spent 6 1/2 years at an Ashram. I had meditated long before that, but only once a week, for about 20 minutes per sit. Once at the ashram, I was beginning to meditate for a min. of an hour a day, with seeing some unusual reactions to those around me as well as myself.

1. The Yoga Nod…the head literally snaps bob forward like a ’start’. This comes from spending too much time in meditation in one sit.
2. Identity crisis problems: many members couldn’t keep it straight where they were, sometimes dazing around into what exactly they were becoming…some lost themselves into psychotic breaks.
3. The unable to feel the body syndrome: this is when the etheric body is being used so often they often ‘come back’ not being able to literally feel their legs, arms, trunk, hands, etc. Not good. This can cause accidents and sometimes even hours later after meditation can cause the person to just ‘nod off’ without reason.
4. lack of grounding…very different than above..Unable to move themselves back into their root chakras and nadis below, causing a ‘floating sensation’ by anyone seeing them, begins to cause all kinds of accidents from car wrecks to constant leg injuries.
5. Heavy meditation that is like fog. It is sluggish, heavy, makes you feel like you are in muck up to your neck and can’t move.

Learning to meditate properly is so important and not learning the proper techniques of getting yourself regrounded, can be harmful.

Years ago, actually decades ago, in an art class we used creative visualization and occult visualization
techniques to connect (conjure up?), create, clarify, and enhance inner imagery for later manifestation into sculptural form.
Leaning in direction of highly developed visual field (outer & INNER) anyhow, this was an elixir for my young mind/psyche.
My art thrived; at times phantasmagorical forms emerged delighting my senses and others as well. The era was rich and ripe for exploration in many dimensions and levels of being. Early Seventies in San Francisco.
In a sense, I became addicted to the imagery of a creative mind, an expanded mind ~ in the sculpture studio many of us artists were tapping into the personal and universal vastness.
Later, after years of transcendent, Zen, and Vipassana meditation, I sat with a Buddhist monk from Thailand. Circa 1997, Minneapolis, MN. Several things were revealed to me following this; one of which was that I thwarted my own development through meditation by internally ’seeking’ (desiring and wishing) phantasmagorical images ~ dreamlike landscapes and creatures for the purpose of exploring colour and form in different media . . . and for sensory delight and entertainment, offering me an escape from more difficult thresholds along the path.
Now I practice Heart Rhythm and must admit that, still, sometimes, I wish for the mystical experiences to present themselves through vision. Yet, the growing foundation beneath my feet and in my heart offer such a trusted stability
that I trust the visions shall appear with far greater resonance and integration in my whole being. Seems like a true unfoldment ~ where once luminous, but disparate images prevailed, an unfurling of a pulsation of one whole plant
connects me to the infinite gossamer threads of a magnificent, stunning tapestry of Oneness.
With Love for All Creation, Roxanna

Thanks so much for this ebook. I very much enjoyed reading it – it answered lots of my questions.

I’m new to all types of meditation, probably because my earlier encounters tended to exaggerate my natural tendency towards spacy-ness. One nice exception was that in my 20s an acquaintance showed me how to imagine a purple bubble of safety when I felt unsupported. This was useful and I did it many times. I’m so pleased to have come in contact with these ideas. I’m looking forward to learning how to meditation to increase the strength of my heart and ground myself into this life further, bringing all that love from far out places into every moment of my daily life.

It seems to me that if meditation is powerful enough to actually increase health, then – when done improperly – it must also be powerful enough to decrease health. That is just logical, right?

I have the idea that what I have been told are ‘OverExcitabilities’ are a gross emotion, so when I find that I am irritated by being too hot/cold/itchy I seek to use Elemental Breathing to refine my sensitivity, so that I can co-exist peacefully in whatever environment I am currently in, to the level that most people can. I wonder if folks with Environmental Sensitivities such as to perfumes have found this useful.

Thank you
Grinity

Dear Reader,

Meditation is NOT about any specific method or path.

The essence of any meditative experience is to feel a sense of freedom and peace and calm… and if done consistently – to feel so at all times….

Anything which is not resulting in the above essence – because of any method or path or combinations thereof – or improper training or teaching or even prolonged experimentations – will surely lead to unwanted and unforeseen results…

There is danger and risk in everything in life… you can swim in water or drown in water tooo… you can cut an apple or you can cut an abdomen for curative surgery too…

But, it does make sense to choose wisely and be wholly attentive to meditative experiential unfolding – in a way that you should adopt and adapt to whatever suits your personality and lifestyle… the inner insight of your discrimination is the most essential inner power that you need to use at all times in the spiritual path…

And, the reason that Meditation is NOT a path or a method is because – the feeling of freedom and peace cannot be restricted to ANY particular path or discipline – which then becomes contradictive in its very nature.

But, in the beginners’ practices – some kind of preparatory processes need to be done – simply because of social conditioning and to break certain patterns that prevent new experiences.

Any change has its own inherent resistance – and anything new will have to come out of some evolving fresh insight and experience.

The Golden Rule in Spirituality – is to Allow Changes Everywhere and Be Still within.

Love and Good Wishes,
Natesh

I started meditating a few months ago. Being that I had very little faith I treated meditation like an activity that may or may not work. After doing it for a few months I began to feel the energy for the first time. I became overly excited when I realize that the meditation was very powerful. Therefore I began to meditate too intensively. It resulted in a psychotic break with the feeling of a huge pressurized ball of energy moving up and down my body. I have recovered to some degree but need a teacher to assist me in recovery. The water breath works but sometimes it makes the energy ball up into a pressurized centre. I need to heal. I invoke for Maharajji to heal my heart but it is Just my karma to play out. Help please!
Thank You,
Perrin P.

I practised yoga for about 5 years. No spiritual experience, mantras,or expectations of evolving. just wanted to stretch and stay limber. For one year I did kundalini yoga. I experienced very dark and disturbing ocurrences. Things developed over the next thirty years. spider-like sensations across my shoulders. burning bones, ulcerative colitus,severe thirst,dry eyes, inner sounds in my head, depressionirritable bowel syndrome,severe fatigue,fibromyalgia.restless leg syndrome. I have overcome or coped with many of these symptoms. I am a born again Christian. I am convinced that yoga has nothing to do with spiritual evolution. It is a deceptive demonic practice. if you claim to be a Christian, stay far away from it. I wish someone had warned me.

Its been months since my last meditation. I had stumbled accross Kundalini Awakening during meditation. During my first experience it felt like a warm “fuzzy/tingling” intense energy that flowed from the root and bursted at the crown chakra. I could literally feel it bursting and rerising several times for a couple minutes. Sort of lost my self in the experience on purpose. After my shoulders felt like they had a pretty good sunburn and had a red tone to them. I tried several times after to experience the same thing but I could not get it to that intensity. I could feel the energy flowing and each time it would make my eyes release alot of tears during the meditation it self. I began reading that Kundalini was very dangerous and stoped the meditations. But I have been thinking about meditating again and was wondering if my experience was anything unusual. Was I on the “right path” or was a being to wreckless and should I consider a guru or something be for meditating again? Sorry for grammer and spelling errors.

This site and your ebook are probably life savers for a lot of people =) my ex suffered from Kundalini Syndrome as a result of a near-death experience, so I have great sympathy for people stuck in the same situation. Anyway I just wanted to say thanks for providing all of this info for free.

I have not had any experiences like mentioned above but sometimes my hands will curl up and can even be painful. Any ideas about this. It starts out feeling like energy.

I am so happy to find this article. I have avoided meditation for many years because of some negative experiences I had. I was a disciple of Kriya Yoga, Temple of Kriya Yoga in Chicago (Goswami Kriyananda). After reading this, I understand what was happening to me and why I could never communicate it. When I was at a camp with Pir Vilayat in 1983, I had a much different experience. I’ve been leading it from the pulpit ever since.I just knew it as breathe in through the top of the head, sweep the breath/love through my body and project out love into the world with the exhale. I have been avoiding individual meditation for a long time. This ebook is a real help to me. Thank you. I have signed up for 101.

Hi! I recently started meditation. I did my first practice about two months ago but didn’t geticy of an experience. I just had my second practice a few hours ago and all I can say is WOW!!! All the tingling and the weight I felt on my abdomen. It got more and more intense the harder and deeper breathes I took. I do.t quite understand that. I only meditated for ten minutes cause I’m still a beginner, but close to that ten minute mark I felt my eyes getting heavier. Like I was about to go in a trance. I didn’t want to go that far without at least knowing what I was getting into. I’ve also heard that the more you meditate a lot of things will start occurring. Such as you will need to eat and sleep less. You will have more lucid dreams. But I don’t know about all that. Do you happen to know why I felt all the weight on my abdomen?

Experienced drug-induced Kundalini rising in 2004. Still seeking an appropriate method of “regrounding”. All I can say is good luck to those who are experiencing difficulties with there inner energy. Picturing a flickering candle in your and uttering a familiar mantra or prayer can sometimes temporarily help you. Unless of course you’ve subjected yourself to too many negative thought forms. I’ve lost my natural flowing mind and therefore have nothing. If thought-forms are a problem, I suggest seeking comfort within the Tao te Ching. I hope this helps somebody. Peace.

Hi all .I am from Bulgaria. I have a Kundalini sindrome from 1 year. My life is terrible.I lost my job.I cant sleep normal. I feel like a dead man walking.Most stuped thing is that nobody warning about danger of spiritual practice. Ther is a many people in the world who suffer from Kundalini sindrome and nobody can help them.I pray every day to Jeses for help .I hope one day I can live a normal life.