For a while now I have felt a pressure in my chest that comes and goes. I thought it was a childhood trauma that I would 'feel' soon in meditation.
I listened to some very uplifting music this morning and it made me feel very happy and special. Then I got in the shower and I felt the pressure lift and I felt waves of gratitude flowing out of me and I started crying very happy tears and feeling grateful to to my core. I realised that I have finally found some real pleasure in life that comes from within myself. My whole life I have done things to desperately make people like me so I don't feel worthless, this is the first time I have realised that I make myself happy it doesn't come from what other people think of me.
That pressure was a feeling of self love and happiness, I had totally misinterpreted it. I can feel it now.
Has anyone else had any similar experiences?
Edit - it finally clicked that I have opened my Heart Chakra. Wow! it feels good. Only 2 to go now the solar plexus and sacral and it's full house.
Congratulations @smudgefish! You seem to have a knack for opening chakras. I'm still working on issues that my heart brings up since it opened. But I've got more years on you I suppose and accumulated more crap. Still working on opening the solar plexus. That's my weak spot. I'm really glad for you š
@smudgefish, well done. It may be helpful to place one hand on the pelvic bone the other below the tummy button (sacral) and allow energy to bring healing to the sacral, then after a while move the lower hand to the sacral and the upper hand to the solar plexus and move the energy to the solar plexus. Then repeat the process from the solar plexus to the heart chakra. The purpose is to heal/repair any damage from earlier years and get the chakra open and energy flow moving.
If you find it helpful let the hands stay in each place for say 10 minutes ( this can be done in bed before you sleep or if you wake.
@smudgefish, I can relate to your gratefulness about Aneros and the energies you receive from your sessions.
For me, gratefulness comes in various types of Aless, such as happened throughout today and in various places. Often when that happens, I like to enter into my Aless in a greater and more profound way. š
Thanks @isvara I might try that. Yesterday was a bit mad. I had my first whole body orgasm (definite super-O) in a month or so and I was buzzing! Listened to some music and I didn't just hear it I felt it, like a pre-orgasmic state in my head. Then, and this is what I want to ask about, I was talking to my wife whilst feeling a bit high on all of this, when I felt a very powerful pressure building at the base of my spine.It worried me a bit because I was frightened I was precipitating a full Kundalini, which I am sure I'm not ready for yet, as I don't think all my Chakras are fully opened, so I really tried to calm down and eventually it settled.
Question is if it happens again do I just go with it? Or should I be careful. If I have a real awakening I want it to happen at the right time. I'm a bit confused at the moment to be honest.
@BigGlansDC good to hear someone else feels like I do.
@smudgefish, for what it is worth. I think you action was correct. I feel it is important that events such as you describe remain under your control. There is a time to hold and a time to let go. It would be good as you say to get all the chakras open and running. Energy may not always be cogniscant of an appropriate time. Also see if you are grounded, that is you are aware of your earth connection theoretically this controls the energy flow to the base chakra. I think you are very fortunate in your healing and experiences. Be safe.
Is your wife in the loop?
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@isvara - very appropriate thank you. It is good that there are some people on here, like yourself, with knowledge of these things. I would love to just let it rip, and it's tempting, but better to be cautious and presumably let it come at a time when I am not buzzing with energy and presumably overstimulating the base Chakra un-naturally. I had read somewhere that actually you shouldn't block it if you feel the energy so wasn't totally sure what the right thing to do is.
My wife knows all about it. If not she would think I was manic during a 'buzzy' phase. I told her what to do if I have Kundalini awakening unexpectedly (just in case), I understand sometimes they are sometimes quiet, sometimes a bit violent, and I don't want her calling an ambulance.
@smudgefish, that is all good. I have not had what might be called a high energy kundalini awakening. But I been in groups where it has happened. I think that to be able to control the timing (if possible) is very important even if it seems to slow the process š