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Dark Night of the Soul? - Yogi Answers

Summary

, 21 min

Saint John of the Cross's Dark Night of the Soul, read as a process of physical and spiritual purification guided by inner intuition rather than a crisis or divine test. Covers rejecting the philosophy of tests for ownership of one's life, accepting ups and downs in meditation, and unsettling deep states such as the nothingness jhana.

In this video

Teaches
Dark Night of the Soul
Discusses
John of the CrossIntuitionGuruBeing at causeProgress in meditationFundamentals of meditationOM Japa in the ChakrasJhana
Mentions
HRV ResonanceLow-Idle-StateTherese of LisieuxRight hippocampusParamahansa YoganandaLeft and right brainTad JamesDietFour Proofs of MeditationTranquil BreathFreeze ResponseSympathetic nervous systemParasympathetic nervous systemThe voidRight amygdalaWriting therapyHigher Self

Key moments

00:00Requests to explain the Dark Night of the Soul00:59Spiritual crisis vs two kinds of purification02:21Saint Therese of the Child Jesus and her Dark Night of doubt03:57The light in the darkness: intuition as the true guru06:00The ashram view: God withdrawing favor as a test08:11Tad James's philosophy of ownership10:38Ups and downs in meditation: fasting, sugar, coffee12:11A student accepts the ebb and flow; stick with the basics14:26Purification through HRV resonance and OM Japa in the chakras15:08Deep states too soon: a DMT experience16:10Nothingness in the immaterial jhanas and nihilism18:00OM Japa on the third chakra to lower fear18:28Doubts about eternity: write them down, ask the higher self20:01Read the poem and the two commentaries