Popular Resistances
These are some of the various excuses we use to avoid investing in Self Mastery: No time, no interest in knowing the higher self, too nervous, better things to do, no money to invest in personal growth, can’t be bothered, too tired, social commitments, etc. If you think about it, this list of rationalizations can get very long.

Ways to Consume your Energy
These are ploys to keep your energy level below that of your resistance so awakening and joy cannot occur. A partial lists includes ejaculation, overwork to the point of exhaustion, overeating, over exercise, emotional drama, talking all the time, excess mental activity, TV, movies, web surfing, video games, debilitating drug / alcohol use, anger / violence, depression, etc. Basically, anything that distracts, fatigues, or exhausts your life force so you do not have to experience true self-knowledge and bliss.

Most people are very adept about consuming their energy and keeping their resistance high. Our culture eagerly supports this. Many folks secretly wonder if consuming and resisting is all there is to life, and, for a few, this rises to a conscious inquiry of some importance. A few of these people will be motivated to actually do something to explore higher energy states and self-knowledge. Kriyas always occur in some form when a person is authentically overcoming their resistance. Usually these are quite pleasurable sensations. © 2006, Keith E. Hall. All rights reserved

Part 3: The Irresistible Joy and the Immovable Fear

Instruction & Coaching

Kriyas, Resistance, and Sexual Arousal

DP asks: My query has to do with the…Kriya phenomena…it seems to spontaneously occur when kissing, etc. a date…but, I can imagine that they probably seem either weird and/or overly enticing to male friends. Is it normal for Kriyas to occur when sexually excited?…the kriyas (don’t) feel particularly sensual to me…I am used to sexual feelings…quite distinct from the somewhat abrupt Kriyas. Is this just a phase to go through while the energy overcomes resistance?…seems like there is a big difference between waves of sensual undulation and the kriyas which are more like a jack hammer….My whole reason for taking Tantra is to free up all of my considerable energy. This is happening. I do not want to stifle this process…

Rev. Hall: Yes it is desirable to have these tremors when sexually excited, It is a sign of your vital life force overcoming resistance. Sex energy is an expression of your life force. The neat thing about sex is that it can also stimulate life force in a kind of “feedback” process. More life force results more ecstatic sex and surrender to intimacy. More sex and surrender creates more life force, more freedom and vitality. This is what makes Tantric practices so energizing, healing, and enlightening. We are activating and transmuting our primal life force.

There is a balance needed between the activation and flow of sex energy, of prana and Kundalini, and our resistance to it. Resistance has at its root fear. We can also be quite stubborn about our resistance, and there are many socially supported rationalizations for not being free and flowing with our energy. The reason that it seems that at times the energy is jarring or slightly unpleasant is your anxiety about letting go of your resistance: your fear, your karmic patterns.

Most people do not experience kriyas because their resistance is higher than their available life force. A popular subconscious ploy to avoid knowing oneself and experiencing the power and bliss of who you truly are is to keep stubbornly resisting, and if that begins to fail, dump the excess energy. © 2006, Keith E. Hall. All rights reserved

Part 2: Resistance and Energy Consumption

Instruction & Coaching