Prana and Kundalini

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Seems like this is saying that Kundalini starts at the base of the spine and

travels upward, while Prana is essential to the mind and distributes itself

throughout the body, and that the "seat of Prana" is in the heart. It also

mentions that Kundalini is related to subtle prana ...

 

http://www.sivanandadlshq.org/download/kundalini.htm#_VPID_67]

> What Is Prana?

>

> Prana is the sum total of all energy that is manifested in the universe. It

> is the vital force, Sukshma. Breath is the external manifestation of Prana.

> By exercising control over this gross breath, you can control the subtle Prana

> inside. Control of Prana means control of mind. Mind cannot operate without

> the help of Prana. It is the Sukshma Prana that is intimately connected with

> the mind. Prana is the sum total of all latent forces which are hidden in men

> and which lie everywhere around us. Heat, light, electricity, magnetism are

> all the manifestations of Prana. Prana is related to mind; through mind to

> the will; through will to the individual soul, and through this to the Supreme

> Being.

>

> The seat of Prana is the heart. Prana is one; but it has many functions to

> do. Hence it assumes five names according to the different functions it

> performs, viz., Prana, Apana, Samana, Udana and Vyana. According to the

different

> functions they perform, they occupy certain places in the body. The table

> given in the following pages will give you a clear idea.

>

> Breath directed by thought under the control of the will is a vitalising,

> regenerated force which can be utilised consciously for self-development, for

> healing many incurable diseases and for many other useful purposes. Hatha

> Yogins consider that Prana Tattva is superior to Manas Tattva (mind), as Prana

is

> present even when mind is absent during deep sleep. Hence Prana plays a more

> vital part than mind.

>

>

 

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> Kundalini is the Goddess of speech and is praised by all. She Herself, when

> awakened by the Yogin, achieves for him the illumination. It is She who

> gives Mukti and Jnana for She is Herself that. She is also called Sarasvati,

as

> She is the form of Sabda Brahman. She is the source of all Knowledge and

> Bliss. She is pure consciousness itself. She is Brahman. She is Prana Sakti,

the

> Supreme Force, the Mother of Prana, Agni, Bindu, and Nada. It is by this Sakti

> that the world exists. Creation, preservation and dissolution are in Her.

> Only by her Sakti the world is kept up. It is through Her Sakti on subtle

> Prana, Nada is produced. While you utter a continuous sound or chant Dirgha

> Pranava ! (OM), you will distinctly feel that the real vibration starts from

the

> Muladhara Chakra. Through the vibration of this Nada, all the parts of the

body

> function. She maintains the individual soul through the subtle Prana. In

> every kind of Sadhana the Goddess Kundalini is the object of worship in some

> form or the other.

>

> Kundalini has connection with subtle Prana. Subtle Prana has connection with

> the subtle Nadis and Chakras. Subtle Nadis have connection with the mind.

> Mind has connection all through the body. You have heard that there is mind in

> every cell of the body. Prana is the working force of the body. It is

> dynamic. This static Sakti is affected by Pranayama and other Yogic practices

and

> becomes dynamic. These two functions, static and dynamic, are termed

‘sleeping’

> and ‘awakening’ of the Kundalini.

>

> Kundalini, the serpent power or mystic fire, is the primordial energy or

> Sakti that lies dormant or sleeping in the Muladhara Chakra, the centre of the

> body. It is called the serpentine or annular power on account of serpentine

> form. It is an electric fiery occult power, the great pristine force which

> underlies all organic and inorganic matter. Kundalini is the cosmic power in

> individual bodies. It is not a material force like electricity, magnetism,

> centripetal or centrifugal force. It is a spiritual potential Sakti or cosmic

> power. In reality it has no form. The Sthula Buddhi and mind have to follow a

> particular form in the beginning stage. From this gross form, one can easily,

> understand the subtle formless Kundalini. Prana, Ahamkara, Buddhi, Indriyas,

> mind, five gross elements, nerves are all the products of Kundalini.