Managing practices for maximum safe progress on the road to enlightenment.
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Good morning.
First, I would like to give a heartfelt “thank you” to Yogani and the members of this wonderful community. I have learned much.
To the point, I seem to have developed a great deal of spiritual sensitivity of late. Within the past few years I have had a number of (having read the accounts of others on this site) fairly strong and rather stereotypical kundalini openings.
Right now, it seems like I can’t do the mantra meditation at all - it is like a bomb going off somewhere deep within. Even at 10 minutes of “I AM” twice daily, I have gotten parallel joint rashes, sleeplessness and general irritability, and automatic yoga movements to the point of distraction.
I have backed off from the mantra, and returned to my old practice of breath meditation. Things seem to have smoothed out a great deal.
Now, I begin with the basic AYP asanas, followed by 5 minutes of pranayama, 20 minutes of breath observation meditation, and a 7 minute rest period, which seems stable.
My question - for people who have experienced different degrees of spiritual sensitivity, how long until symptoms reasonably abate?
I’m discouraged because I could clearly feel the power of the mantra meditation (can’t adequately describe what I was feeling subjectively, just lamely that a “whole lot of energy” was moving), and want to benefit, without disintegrating.
Thank you for your guidance and feedback,
-Rich D
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Hi Rich… I had to self-pace from mantra as well… to zero practice for some time and am currently only doing passive awareness.
This is going on for quite some time now and it seems that it will stay like that… at least for now 
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I think its not really possible to tell how long it will take for the individual.
But it’s ok for me now. I was attached to mantra meditation, too. Mourning it when I couldn’t do it due to overload. But in the end it’s about finding a stable plattform of practice that leads to a joyful live.
The situation helped me to approach complete surrender yet another step.
What a gift.
Bhakti found new ways and channels… and will certainly still bring me to the cushion.
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