Lesson 65 - Q&A – The pineal and pituitary glands

From: Yogani
Date: Fri Jan 2, 2004 2:09pm

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lesson is, "Why This Discussion?"

Q: When I do sambhavi as instructed, I can feel a pull coming forward
in my brain, and a sexual sensation down below like you said. Does
this connection have something to do with the pituitary or pineal
gland?

A: That is great you are feeling the connection between sambhavi and
below. Something good is happening. There is no doubt the pituitary
and pineal glands are involved in the process of human spiritual
transformation. The spinal nerve passes near both of them, and
sambhavi affects them both directly. We will begin learning another
advanced yoga practice in a week or two called, "kechari" which also
acts on the pituitary and pineal glands, as well as many other
aspects of our physiology and neurology.

The pineal gland is located it the middle of the head near where the
spinal nerve turns forward. If you point your fingers into your head
above the ear holes at the level of the temples, you will be pointing
right at it. The pituitary gland is located between temples, sitting
in a bony structure above the nasal pharynx, the large cavity going
up above your soft palate.

Awakening ecstatic conductivity in the spinal nerve awakens the
connection between the pineal and pituitary glands, and this
corresponds to the opening of the third eye, the opening of inner
sight. It is a complex process involving the entire nervous system.
Someday science will unravel all the chemistry involved in the human
transformation to enlightenment.

For now, we will do best to consider such intricacies to be "under
the hood," much the way it was suggested we regard the chakras in an
earlier lesson. Otherwise, we risk getting too involved with the
internal details and lose focus on the simple procedures of practice
that promote the opening of the nervous system to divine experience.

Our concern in advanced yoga practices is with the main controls that
influence the complex machinery inside, coaxing the nervous system
and all the biology to a higher level of functioning – naturally
giving rise to sustained pure bliss consciousness and ecstatic
experience in daily life.

If you are a doctor, biologist, neurologist, or just plain curious,
all of this will be fascinating stuff. If you decide to do some
research on the internal workings of the enlightenment process, it
would be best to avoid doing it during practices. Better to stick
with the main controls during flight. Then, feel free to reflect on
the machine's inner functioning to your heart's content after you
have arrived back at the landing strip.

The guru is in you.

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