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Dear Friends:

 

Welcome to the list and

thank you for being here. All topics related to Shakti and the Self are welcome

here. Kundalini Shakti is the fundamental life force that gives life to all

perceptions and experiences. Mysteriously, She appears as the Goddess and gives

rise to super conscious visions. Who can really explain all this phenomena by

words? Ultimately She merges in the Heart and reveals Her Self as the Heart as

pure Consciousness-Being-Bliss, Sat-Chit-Ananda. Self and Shakti are ultimately

not two. Many people have beautiful visions and experiences with the Shakti.

 

Sometimes experiences can

be terrible and scary as well making life very difficult. Shakti in its dynamic

form manifesting as perception is also the massive force of the overwhelming

unconscious, that from which the conscious mind springs up and to which it is

connected, being part of it.

 

If the Kundalini eruption

is unexpected and comes without warning, and one is not ready to handle it, it

can leave the mind and the body fragile as too many fears and anxieties are

released involuntarily. The thin path that nature has made between the

conscious and the unconscious to control the passage of information becomes

wide too quickly and the fears from unconscious do not get

censored as they normally would and pass through to the conscious in condensed

forms. So it can lead to perpetual states of anxiety and one does not know the

cause.

 

Sometimes the Shakti comes

unexpectedly as a powerful signal that one needs to get in touch with the

essential issues in life. It can be painful, stressful, and lead to unpleasant

mental states. In those periods, one needs support from friends. One needs

support of the spiritual circle of friends, the sangha, until one feels

comfortable and relaxed again. This is why all spiritual and religious

traditions emphasize the community or the sangha. The collective positive

energy of friends is invisible but lends support to those who are in trouble

and in fear.

 

All of these experiences

are part of the show. Sri Ramana used to say, what is it that you are

experiencing now…is it any different from a vision? So when Seer becomes

focused on the Seer, and not what is seen, Shakti withdraws from perceptual

reality and merges with the Seer, the Heart, the foundation of perception and

experience, and reveals Herself as the Heart, the ultimate Seer that sees

nothing but It Self.

 

bold">But

font-weight:bold"> one must be natural and easy with what one is doing, even

spiritual practice and meditation, and yoga, and prayer. Some traditions emphasize

discipline very much. Every day two hours Zazen or something else and so forth.

Discipline is good if one is naturally inclined to it. But if one does not want

to sit cross-legged, what is the point of trying to do it? Natural and easy,

one does not unnecessarily wrestle with the mind or

the body, and understanding its nature accepts its conditions. In this state of

comfort, the natural and easy state is recognized.

 

May you all find comfort

in your circle of friends.

Love to all.

Harsha