Kunlun Bliss

    I attended the Kunlun seminar in LA, June 7th and 8th. It was in a huge room on top of the Hyatt in West Hollywood. As soon as I sat down, I started feeling the incredible energy. It surprised me that I was so open already; I expected a full day-and-a-half before I felt anything or got any results. At one point this giddy feeling from the bottom of my belly started welling up inside of me and I couldn't control my laughter anymore.

    My first impression of Max – Lama Ngakpa Dorje – was as a tall, imposing figure with crystal blue eyes that didn't seem to focus on anything material. When he started speaking, he was happy and honest and actually quite funny. He also seemed very interested in giving people the tools to wake up as quickly and safely as possible.

    We started out with a simple meditation – thumbs and forefingers touching, hands resting on lap comfortably – learning the One Breath. Once we were in our bodies, we practiced a special alchemical mudra called the Golden Flower placed at three levels on the body:  The navel, the heart, and the 3rd eye. After a break we practiced a meditation called the Red Phoenix which is supposed to bring cosmic energy down into our bodies and minds.

    Max was very insistent that the emphasis be on the downward flow of energy as opposed to Kundalini which is a fiery upward flow of internal body energy. The Kunlun is a cool, watery energy that flows downward from heaven and sweeps you clean, empties you out, and causes your body to move and dance in whatever way it needs to release old karmic detritus and painful cellular memory. There was also much emphasis on surrender, giving yourself permission to do whatever you need to do – laugh, cry, scream, thrash about, fall on the floor, speak in nonsense, etc. – to release those levels of density.

    Assuming the Kunlun posture as a “key” to unlock the door to the energy, the reaction was almost instantaneous. In a group of maybe 100 people or more, the first to start reacting was a man not too far behind me, who as soon as Max said, “Give yourself permission,” started sobbing and sobbing, eliciting reactions throughout the room. Soon others were crying, and then the laughter started, almost as if to balance out the heavy emotions suddenly being displayed.

    Then things got interesting. Women – who in this tradition are much more sensitive and open up much faster than the men – started screaming toward the back of the room and shaking their limbs about. Max's assistants were there immediately to help ground them and make sure they didn't hurt themselves. (In fact, during the entire seminar, they and Max were milling about the room silently helping us both to open up and to stay grounded when the need arose.)

    It didn't take me long to start feeling the energy. It started as that simple giddy feeling, what I call the Cosmic Giggle, welling up inside me for no particular reason. I could feel something sort of pulling me up toward it, but I wasn't shaking or moving around right away. My eyes were closed and I was inside myself, and I didn't think I was feeling much besides giddiness and excitement.

    When Max finally had us come back to ourselves, settle down, and open our eyes, it was like a completely different room to me. Everything was blurry, I was dizzy, and I felt like I had been living in a fantastic dream for years and had just woken up from it feeling refreshed and renewed. I was filled with love and and affection for everyone I laid my eyes on. There was a feeling of “Were you just feeling what I was just feeling?” floating between us, and it almost reminded me of being at a rave and looking around at your fellow trippers after a really moving song.

    They played music over the next few sessions, and it was interesting to see how it affected the mood of the people. The next day I had my real opening. I surrendered enough and let myself go enough to move freely and vocalize as the need arose. It still wasn't as involved as many other people in the room, but I could tell I was in for a wild ride.

    Since then I've been practicing nearly every day. I've had some tremendous openings and I continue to discover things about myself and the Kunlun energy, its potential for awakening me to new worlds, and the battles and traumas I'm working through. Every time I practice I feel a little more at home, and the more I practice the more I carry that feeling of bliss with me into my everyday life and relationships. Thank you, thank you, thank you.