| | After a little futher thought, and being more mindful of this process while sitting, i've got a little more to add. Generally, i'm not doing noting. I am using anapanasati. I haven't looked into energetic yoga as I gave blood a few days ago and don't really want to tool with my blood pressure for another week or two.
First, to some extent "kundalini"-like energy (not the factor of faculty of awakening) exists independently of the insight cycle, much like your organs do. The liver doesn't stop functioning during the dukka nanas unless you hang yourself in the shower. Now, it's very clear that the knowledge of the 3 chracteristics and A&P can intensify this energy and drive it on its own, and sometimes, "kundalini" will kick in on its own though this is for me very rare. At the same time, however, at least in my case i can tune into this energy and raise it in a general way and will get some of those effects--the automatic movements or kriya relate closely and seem to follow or precede it, but rarely outside the context of insight or concentration. I have a lot of aversion to raising energy in the willed matter because it feels potentially dangerous healthwise.
That said, I find that tuning into the background and attempting to investigate that or the observer, or just broadening the attention, will usually prevent this from happening and bring up mind-states more than gross physcial stuff like kriya, but subtle physical stuff might still persist--if I make that an object, however, it tends to feed back into the physical stuff, and likewise, if I allow tranquility to slacken, my ability to investigate mind-states like sadness etc. is reduced, and this seems to result in the physical stuff returning. |