How I Beat Depression & the Real Kriya Yoga

Summary

December 3, 2021, 16 min

How falling fully into depression as a postulant monk dissolved it into light, and why negative emotions transform when felt apart from their story. Compares Kevin's sit-with-it sessions with law enforcement staff, Buddhist psychology and Time Line Therapy, and gives Ashokji's "real Kriya Yoga": OMing into emotions throughout the day.

In this video

Teaches

Negative emotionsKriya Therapy

Discusses

DepressionBuddhismRight amygdalaTime Line TherapyKriya Yoga

Mentions

OM Japa in the ChakrasRoll-Up of ConsciousnessTraumaLeft amygdalaLeft hippocampusLeft and right brainAshok SinghEnlightenment Pathway

Key moments

00:00Another story: beating depression 01:03Loneliness and depression in the first year as a postulant monk 02:42Angry enough to fall into the depression on purpose 04:24A lotus of light at the bottom; the loneliness never returns 05:30Why it worked: Kevin's story from law enforcement work 07:10Sitting with each emotion in turn until it becomes love 09:08Why emotions don't usually transform on their own 10:14Emotion in the right amygdala, the story in the left brain 11:49Time Line Therapy's short form: float before the story 13:10Ashokji: OMing into emotions all day is the real Kriya Yoga 14:07Light beneath the negativity and the enlightenment pathway 14:36Try it: drop the story, sit with or OM into the feeling