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Dealing with Discouragement - Yogi Explains

Summary

, 22 min

Dealing with discouragement as life and meditation swing up and down. Covers OM Japa into negative emotions as Kriya Therapy, resting on transcendent joy rather than dualistic happiness, life as a pig's tail that never stays straight, bargaining among the chakras' competing desires, and tasting the upper nervous system daily until one "becomes the ocean."

In this video

Teaches
DiscouragementKriya TherapyJoy vs happinessUpper nervous system
Discusses
Ashok SinghOM Japa in the ChakrasSelf-doubtProgress in meditationHunaChakrasBrother PremamoyEmotional stability
Mentions
BlissKriya YogaDream nature of lifeHRV ResonanceLow-Idle-StateSitting Very Still (SVS)Four Proofs of MeditationTranquil BreathFreeze ResponseLeft amygdalaRight hippocampus

Key moments

00:00Life swings both ways: dealing with discouragement01:02Not a bliss bunny: Ashokji's OM Japa into negative emotions02:30"That's the real Kriya": how Kriya Therapy got its name04:12OM into limiting decisions like "I don't think I'm good enough"05:16Ashokji: don't look for happiness, look for joy07:06Life is a pig's tail that winds back up09:27The yogic solution: taste the upper nervous system every day10:03John's meditations still go up and down11:42The kahuna's three selves and the chakras as many selves13:18Parenting yourself: bargaining with lower desires15:34Planets and moon phases versus your inner state16:06The skill: from low-idle-state to bliss and expansion17:46Like a seaman who feels the ocean on land18:49Leonard Cohen: become the ocean or be seasick20:22Brother Premamoy: the ups and downs get smaller