3) Kundalini Experience

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[Appendix 1. Lee Sannella, M.D. Kundalini Experience. Lower Lake CA:

Integral Publishing.]

 

MlCROMOTION OF THE BODY AS A FACTOR IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

by Itzhak Bentov

 

 

Introduction

 

In the last few years, both young and old people in the United

States and in Europe have taken up the practice of meditation. Regular

practice of meditation has a calming and stabilizing effect on its

practitioners (see Wallace and Benson 1972; Banquet 1972; Benson 1975).

With prolonged practice, many physiological changes occur in the body.

Among them is a change in the mode of functioning of the nervous system.

These changes can be monitored by the application of a modified

ballistocardiograph to a seated upright subject.

Theoretically, when meditation is practiced properly, a sequence of

strong and unusual bodily reactions and unusual psychological states is

eventually triggered. The "rising of the kundalini," as described in the

classical literature of Yoga, is a stimulus or "energy" activating a

"center," or chakra, at the base of the spine and working its way up the

spine. The stimulus stops at several centers along the spine, as it rises.

These centers are located opposite the major nerve plexuses in the abdomen

and in the thorax, which are also stimulated in the process. Eventually the

stimulus ends up in the head. Along its path, it often causes violent

motion in some parts of the body, signifying that there is "resistance" to

its passage. The rising of the kundalini may happen suddenly or over a

period of several years. After entering the head, the stimulus continues

down the face into the larynx and the abdominal cavity.

Most meditators realize that these reactions are caused by

meditation and do not become alarmed. However, sometimes this mechanism can

be triggered in nonmeditators. Our observations indicate that exposure to

certain mechanical vibrations, electro-magnetic waves, or sounds may

trigger this mechanism. It is the purpose of this article to bring this

mechanism and some of its symptoms to the attention of the medical

profession.

 

 

Summary

 

The ballistocardiogram of a sitting subject, who is capable of

altering his or her state of consciousness at will, shows a rhythmic sine

wave pattern when the subiect is in a deep meditative state. This is

attributed to the development of a standing wave in the aorta, which is

reflected in the rhythmic motion of the body. This resonating oscillator

(the heart-aorta system) will rhythm entrain four additional oscillators,

eventually resulting in a fluctuating magnetic field around the head.

Our initial experiments indicate that the five resonating systems

are as follows:

 

1. The heart-aorta system produces an oscillation of about 7 Hz in the

skeleton, including the skull. The upper part of the body also has a

resonant frequency of about 7 Hz.

 

2. The skull accelerates the brain up and down, producing acoustical plane

waves reverberating through the brain at KHz frequencies.

 

3. These acoustical plane waves are focused by the skull onto the

ventricles, thus activating and driving standing waves within the third and

lateral ventricles.

 

4. Standing waves within the cerebral ventricles in the audio and

supersonic ranges stimulate the sensory cortex mechanically, resulting

eventually in a stimulus traveling in a closed loop around each hemisphere.

Such a traveling stimulus may be viewed as a "current."

 

5. As a result of these circular "currents," each hemisphere produces a

pulsating magnetic field. These fields are of opposing polarities.

 

This magnetic field--radiated by the head acting as an antenna

--interacts with the electric and magnetic fields already in the

environment. We may consider the head as simultaneously a transmitting and

receiving antenna, tuned to a particular one of the several resonant

frequencies of the brain. Environmental fields may thus be fed back to the

brain, thereby modulating that resonant frequency. The brain will interpret

this modulation as useful information.

This paper presents a preliminary report on the possible mechanism

of the so-called "kundalini." The kundalini effect is viewed by the author

as part of the development of the nervous system. This development can be

elicited by the practice of any of several different types of meditative

techniques, or it may develop spontaneously. Research into this area is

continuing, and investigation of the kundalini effect by different methods

is in progress.

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