in honor of the goddess of the week! Kundalini shakti!

[Guest guest]

first let me compliment the moderators for this lovely presentation

of maa Kundalini ! i Love the group picture, the choice of colors and

the ascension of 'kundalini' as depicted in the chakras!

 

now, please allow me to prsent two verses from adi shankaracharaya's

saundarya lahari on this divine energy called kundalini!

 

THE INTERNAL WORSHIP OF SHAKTI, CONSISTING IN THE ASCENT OF THE

KUNDALINI BY MEDITATION, THROUGH THE VARIOUS CHAKRAS TO THE SAHASRARA

IS DESCRIBED HERE :

 

 

Mahim muladhare kam api manipure hutavaham

Sthitam svadhisthane hrdi marutam akasam upari;

Mano'pi bhru-madhye sakalam api bhittva kula-patham

Sahasrare padme saha rahasi patya viharase.

 

Having penetrated the Prithvi ( Earth ) element situated in the

Muladhara, the Jala (Water ) element in the Manipura, the Agni (

Fire ) element in the Svadhisthana, the Vayu ( Air ) element in the

Heart or Anahata, the Akasa ( Sky ) element aobov the former in the

Visuddhi, and Manas ( mind ) in the Agnya between the eye-brows,

Thou, ascending through the Susumna or the Central Path, sportest

with Thy Consort in the solitude of Sahasrara the Thousand-Petalled

Lotus ( above in the head ).

 

10. THE DESCENT OF THE KUNDALINI AFTER SAMADHI TO THE MULADHARA IS

DESCRIBED IN THIS VERSE :

 

SHLOK IN SANSKRIT

 

Sudha-dhara-sarais carana-yugalantar vigalitaih

Prapancam sincanti punar api ras'amnaya-mahasah;

Avapya svam bhumim bhujaga-nibham adhyusta-valayam

Svam atmanam krtva svapisi kulakunde kuharini.

 

 

Drenching the whole manifested multiplicity ( The prapanca, here

meaning the seventy two thousand Nadis ( NERVES ) of the Jiva ) with

the nectar flowing from Thy feet, Thou ( the Kundalini representing

Tripurasundari ) descendest from the exuberance of the Nectarine

Radiance of the Moon ( here the Sahasrara where the Kundalini unites

with Shiva ) into the hollow of Thy own sphere in the Muladhara at

the lower end of the Susumna, assuming Thy serpentine form ( of three

and a half coils ) and sleepest therein.

 

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salutions to the divine mother, the kundalini shakti !