Re: Strange throbbing

["alvakorn <alvakorn@...>" <alvakorn@...>]

--- In BardonPraxis@yahoogroups.com, 4i81-adq1@s... wrote:
> Nice observation Basim. There is a very good explanation of this
> phenomenon in Itzhak Bentov's Stalking the Wild Pendulum. See the
> appendix on the physio-kundalini syndrome. He notes this experience 
in
> activities that deal with the "accelerating evolution of the nervous
> system" through either meditative disciplines or, even scarier,
> spontaneous occurrences. When your heart beats, blood is pushed out 
from
> the left ventricle, the aorta actually balloons out and creates a 
strong
> pulse that travels down to a point where there is a bifurcation in 
the
> lower abdomen (suspiciously close to the root chakra.) This is the 
place
> where the aorta forks into two to go to the legs. A part of this
> pressure rebounds back to the heart. If the heart beats again before
> this signal returns, you get the typical rhythmic, but irregular
> vibrations that are characteristic of our normal state. This rebound
> also sends vibrations up to the head and whacks the underside, a
> sensation which we've normally tuned out. 
> 
> 
> 
> Now a curious thing happens when you hold your breath. It sets up a
> condition where the heart will not beat again until the signal 
returns
> from the bifurcation point. This creates a very strong resonant sine
> wave of around 7Hz, which is an entrainment frequency of the brain 
right
> on the threshold of alpha and theta (as well as being the famous
> Schumann resonance, the vibrational frequency of our planet.) The
> amplitude of this resonance is about 3x more powerful than our 
regular
> state. Another interesting thing is, this resonance also occurs 
when the
> breath is very still and subtle, a place that most experience 
meditators
> are familiar with. 
> 
> 
> 
> Itzhak goes into more detail and a fascinating discussion of this
> model's application in understand some of the mechanism of Kunalini 
and
> qi. I highly recommend his book for those curious about more 
detail. 
> 
> 
> 
> -emc
> 
This is very interesting. I've noticed something similar happening 
in the last few months, often just before entering sleep. A few days 
ago I was able to delibratly "hold on to it" for quite a while in 
order to get more familiar with the sensation.
Alan