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Date Posted: 08:00:33 09/26/04 Sun
Author: PowerRanger - 21 Aug 2004
Subject: Re: kriya yoga and mental illness
In reply to: depressamoy - 18 Aug 2004 's message, "kriya yoga and mental illness" on 03:28:43 09/26/04 Sun


When I first got into SRF I went through some pretty heavy depression. I don't attribute this to any sort of kundalini awakening, etc. I think it was mainly due to the fact that I was trying to force a certain belief system on myself that really was incompatible with my intellectual/emotional nature. I thought I was a bad person and would never attain liberation because I had lots of questions and could not accept some of the SRF "dogma." This is what started the depression but it spiralled out of control until I was questioning everything and could barely discriminate between reality and (very unpleaant) fantasy. It took a few years to work completely through this and when I look back it seems so silly but when I was going through this it was nothing less than all-consuming and suffocating.

I hope that you get better. Don't be hard on yourself and only do whatever amount of spiritual practice that seems natural and healthy for you. Find activities that make your feel good about yourself - healthy and whole.

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