(Mobile) Body Awareness Musings

[Tia]

I think MBA is a combination of the above.  To me it's just a focus point, the energy flows from the intention behind the focus.  I think that what you are doing is programing your body to be sensitised to energy movement/flow. From what I gather so far, subject to change, is that all energy follows intention.  The MBA might just be like those training wheels on your first bicycle, once you learn to balance you dont need them.  

What if after having practised NEW for some time, just a quick thought 'about' energy would raise it?  What if after having practised for some time, it just does it's own thing/raises itself just from memory/repetition -  just goes ahead without you?  I dont fancy that idea.

Tom, if you're reading this, have you ever had the Microcosmic orbit start up on it's own, without your intention/MBA?  And I also meant to ask you if you thought that the Microcosmic orbit was a 'safe' way of raising energy as it is claimed?  I read the book but I thought it looked a bit of a serious study, one that I would rather do under guidance.  

Oops, sorry I've run off topic there...

[Donni_Joy]

Howdy howdy howdy

I agree with Tia and Mark -- combination of all!

I used to do the Microcosmic Orbit many years ago -- this is Mantak Chia, yes? I had no problems with it, although I have had lingering problems with Kundalini spikes that would have me in pain, arching my back, since those days. I can't say whether the orbits were the cause, I don't think so as I used to get them, to a lesser degree, in my teens. Actually, certain sounds or my (physical) body being touched certain ways (even hairdressing) would trigger it too. This has been an issue for almost 15 years for me.

I much prefer NEW to Chia's work, although his "Inner Smile" is wonderful!

Also, combining NEW with a biocircuit.... woo wee!!!!!

I have been doing NEW -- sporadically and in dedication -- for maybe 4 - 5 years now and I can say the K spikes have reduced significantly! I still get them, but I believe NEW has adjusted my energy body it doesn't go into overdrive.

I can also say that with practice with NEW, you can "run" a circuit in the back of your mind, whilst focusing on other things -- sorta like watching telly while you sew. I think your energu body is constantly in a state of flux -- like breathing and blood flow, etc -- awareness just accentuates the sensations, and through focus, "strengthens" or "feeds" them -- a boost, I guess.

OK my toddler needs me... well, she just likes to be in control and Mum has been at the pc waay too long, according to her!

Have fun..... enjoying this new forum, I am LOL

Cheers
Donni

'"Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?" In answer to Tennyson, I pose this question: truth lasts while there are dreams, and do we not dream in truth? ' from my whacky novel, "LUST"  http://dreamingspace.homestead.com/

[Tia]

Donni, what is the Bio circuit that you talk about?  I cant seem to guide my energy at all, I might be stirring my kneecaps and will feel the energy going through my stomache.  The sponging action doesn't seem to work for me, however brushing will raise energy.  Is it safe to brush anywhere in your body?  

That Kundalini is quite worrying - I know it's supposed to be a difficult thing to do, but I have read too much literature on people 'accidently' awakening, not through spiritual exercises/practice but through trauma or tragic circumstances.  There should be a seperate board here for Kundalini, it's a big subject.

Today was the first time I felt my navel storage area.  I decided to do NEW when I woke up, as doing it before bed keeps me awake.  I felt my lower abdomen start to get really heavy, the heavyness spread right up to my sternham, it felt like a sandbag was slowly placed on my stomache.  I was thinking this is a mighty large area for storage?  And for the first time, my heart didn't go into overdrive when the energy went into that area, perhaps I had a blockage that has now cleared.  But as for the rest of my body, I found it very hard to follow the path of the energy, or manipulate it as I said above, I stimulate a particular area and the energy rushes through a completely different area altogether, as a seemingly direct response to my MBA - maybe my wires are all crossed...

[kifyre]

What is Mobile Body Awareness (MBA)?

Is it our memory of the shape and feel of our body?

Is it a physical ability (kinesthetic awareness) like sense of sight, hearing, and smell?

Is it (at least partially) our imagination?

Is it the beginning of extra-sensory perception? Once we can "feel" our body, will we start to get better at perceiving things outside our body?

Is it a combination of all the above? What else? Does anyone feel they have vivid MBA inside their bodies? Can anyone feel bones, organs, etc? Sometimes I feel like I can...

Why does "energy flow where the awareness goes"? Why does MBA work? Is MBA a targetting mechanism, a tool? Or is it fundamentally connected with energy movement?

Mark