Hi,

I had that happen to me recently.  Went to the doctor I had fluid in my ears.  Causes one to feel off balance and vertigo.  I was given some antihistimines and the problem was resolved.

It can also be part of the ascension process with all the new energies coming in. Here is one website that lists these but there are many. Do a search on google.com and you will find many to read.

http://www.whatsuponplanetearth.com/Ascensionsymptoms.htm

Love, Mairlyn

Thank you all for your responses...I really don't think it's an inner ear problem, I'm a dance major, so I would definetly know if it was that, I'd be falling all over the place!  I think when I described it, it sounded too violent.  It seems very similar to the praying/energy thing that freebird posted, because it usually happens when I meditate or pray.  Again, thanks a lot!

Hi Linsay-

AHA! - To answer your initial question, please permit a digression to set the stage for explanation. - Prayer is "meditation with seed" where the "seed" is God, however understood. Meditation can also be "without seed" in which case it involves participant universal awareness of the "Cosmic Oneness" - also God, but without imposing a definition. Yogis are those who are connected (yog is the Sanskrit root meaning Yoke or Connection) to the Cosmic Oneness. For example Christian Saints, Hindu Saints etc. When yogis meditate, they rouse inner energies commonly called Kundalini. This is a poorly defined and poorly understood global internal energy through which life occurs. When fully aroused, it seems to center in the Kundali Chaka (the lower half of the big energy center in the solar plexus that we usually call the Manipura Chakra), and it turns up All the other chakras to tingle as if you are having a 100% total body orgasm, except stronger, better and spiritual, not sexual. On the way to that experience, Kundalini rises up the spine, subtly, and as it passes through the two minor chakras in the base of the skull and upper neck, and moves toward the Ajna chakra (Third eye region in forehead) it may cause disequilibrium, often as if you are losing touch with the present earth. These effects can be found detailed in Swami Satchitananda's book on the experiences of yogis, in Patanjali's Yoga Sutras, and in Hatha Yoga Pradipika, as well as many other writings.

Having said all that, apply it to your own experiences. When you pray and meditate, it seems as if what is happening is that you are sufficiently spiritually evolved that you are raising your kundalini energy. This is not an inner ear thing, you're right. Instead it is a sign of spiritual progress that your prayer and meditation are leading you into greater spiritual development.

One way to see if this makes sense is to notice that you are probably also having good luck with other aspects of life, like always finding parking places when needed, having friends who are spiritually highly developed, sensing your participation in the Cosmic Oneness (or closeness to God, if you prefer) and so on, the ability to turn off the babble of the mind when not using it (it's just a computer, after all) comes soon, as does the next stage of spiritual growth, called by yogis "sat-chit-ananda" (you can check this out for yourself).

Enjoy!

dave