| | I know exactly what you're going through, because I had it really bad. I think the consensus here is that it's related to Cause & Effect, Co-dependent Origination, the Three Characteristics, Kundalini, etc. It's "just an energy release" and "old karma" but it really sucks.
Out of curiosity, are you an abdominal breather?
The trouble I had with it is that in a way it can be self-perpetuating. Right now, I don't experience the physical stuff to any great extent, but I can re-create that raised energy state, so I think there can be an element of intention and self hidden behind it. I.e., I would spend too much energy investigating it, when I probably should have cultivated more tranquility and shifted to a standing or walking position to reduce the energy involved.
You'd think there would be more insight about how to handle this stuff, but I think you'd be better off going to the kundalini yoga people for that. Standard Buddhist advice, I think, would be to eat heavier foods and meat, walk more vigorously and quickly, keep the eyes open, straighten the posture, etc., give the energy a place to go: that's what I was told, but none of it really helped that much. My teacher also said it was indicitive of one-pointedness overwhelming other factors of concentration; sometimes when I sit I just have to resolve to back off and "do nothing" to let it bleed out.
It's also worth noting, at least for me, that it hasn't gone away. I'll still have to sit with it to a certain extent until I get a little further into the vipassana jhanas and even then it can recur, just it's much less likely and not very severe, and usually I think a sign of me losing energy--going from subtle energy to a grosser one, like switching from a hybrid motor to a V8 to move the same speed, the V8 will "feel" stronger but is less efficient--and backsliding. |