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You were simply learning to let your ego relax. Now the ego itself is a poor term, for individually each individual uses his ego differently. You use yours very restrictively, often, and you are learning to relax it. You experienced a point of consciousness where, momentarily, that barrier was released. Feelings of energy form the inner self were then allowed to bubble up and give you a sense of energy and a release from normal pressures.
[... 5 paragraphs ...]
Ideally, it is indeed. Unfortunately when you bottle up repressions and feelings then often a structured procedure is necessary to help you release them. But all of you sit here very nicely, very spontaneously, very alive, very conscious and none of you know, egotistically, how you do so or what make your thoughts work. When you begin to question how your heart beats or why, then you can encounter difficulties if you lose the faith that they work spontaneously and that your conscious knowledge is not necessary for the fine mechanisms that keep you alive. The ego is a great king. It sits in splendor upon a great throne and it usually does not want to know that the power resides beneath.
[... 7 paragraphs ...]
The humming is harmless. It is merely a physical symptom that you use to let yourself know that something can happen. There is no physical reason for it. There is no need, therefore, for concern. On the other hand, it is perfectly alright to maintain the sensation so that you know at what point of consciousness you are attaining.
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