My Wonderful Kundalini Experience - A friendly warning

June 25, 2000

> Kundalini. My Kundalini was awakened instantly and safely via Tummo

Rei Ki

A gentleman showed up at my yoga class recently, very worried about

the results of having his chakras opened in a Reiki session. I do

not know the form of Reiki involved, but the intent of the session

was to open the chakras and raise the Kundalini energy. It worked,

but: he was in a state of extreme agitation, with severe pain,

regular seizures, and hot flashes running up and down from root to

crown chakra, and a variety of other unpleasant symptoms. He wanted

me to help him close (!) his chakras, turn off this flow of energy,

or something - anything to make this stop.

I am a relatively new (Kundalini Yoga) teacher, but I knew what this

was - a clear case of unexpected and unprepared Kundalini arousal. I

certainly had no experience dealing with anything like this, so I got

him into the care of some healing professionals right away.

My understanding is that this sort of thing is probably due to not

having developed and strengthened the nervous system, or learned to

control the flow of pranic energy, and so forth (all of which are

features of practicing a regular sadhana).

BTW, the literature is replete with examples of people for whom

Kundalini arousal - that is to say, unexpected arousal - has been an

unfortunate and difficult experience, Gopi Krishna being perhaps the

most well-known example. Obviously, such things are not always the

case (in fact, these rather dangerous arousals are the exception),

but my understanding is that Kundalini Yoga, as taught by Yogi

Bhajan, has never caused this kind of unexpected arousal, and there

are clear benefits to doing it all for yourself, as we have been

taught to do in KY.

For example, my interpretation of reading about the effects of

shaktipat (when somebody raises your Kundalini for you) is that it

can lead to what one might describe as "guru-ism", or personality

fixations, probably related (in my humble estimation) to not having

cleared up personal psychological issues (again, a feature of a

regular sadhana).

As far as "wasting your limited time in this lifetime" goes, well, I

seem to remember a story that goes something like this:

A master was walking through the woods, and met a yogi who seemed

angry. The master asked him what was wrong. The yogi said "my

teacher told me that with strong and faithful practice, I will still

have to come back for at least another one or two lifetimes before I

am liberated."

Later, the master met another yogi in the forest. This yogi was

joyful. He was dancing and laughing. The master asked him why he

seemed so happy. The yogi said "my teacher told me that with strong

and faithful practice, I could be liberated from my body in only a

few hundred more lifetimes!"

Enjoy your sadhana! Love your life! Nothing about it is wasted.

Spiritual growth is a process, not a destination. And remember that

mind-boggling kundalini arousal experiences are, as the dear Siri

Singh Sahib says, "glitter at the bottom of the ladder".

Sat Nam! And lots of love to all,

Sadhant Singh

P.S. I'm just back from Solstice. If you haven't been, go! White

Tantric is an experience not to be missed. This was my first, and

most definitely not my last. I can sum it up very simply: "Wahe

Guru!!!". And I got to take a class from (and meet) Gururattan Kaur

Khalsa, which was a delight.

June 25, 2000

Satnam, My name is Dharm and I am new. Hello to all. I have been observing

and reading mail for 2 weeks now and I have to say that I liked Sadhant

response to the original mail. Well put and I agree with your

interpretation.

Sadhant Singh <kundaliniyoga

Kundaliniyoga <Kundaliniyoga >

Sunday, June 25, 2000 4:25 PM

Re: My Wonderful Kundalini Experience - A friendly

warning

>> Kundalini. My Kundalini was awakened instantly and safely via Tummo

>Rei Ki

>

>A gentleman showed up at my yoga class recently, very worried about

>the results of having his chakras opened in a Reiki session. I do

>not know the form of Reiki involved, but the intent of the session

>was to open the chakras and raise the Kundalini energy. It worked,

>but: he was in a state of extreme agitation, with severe pain,

>regular seizures, and hot flashes running up and down from root to

>crown chakra, and a variety of other unpleasant symptoms. He wanted

>me to help him close (!) his chakras, turn off this flow of energy,

>or something - anything to make this stop.

>

>I am a relatively new (Kundalini Yoga) teacher, but I knew what this

>was - a clear case of unexpected and unprepared Kundalini arousal. I

>certainly had no experience dealing with anything like this, so I got

>him into the care of some healing professionals right away.

>

>My understanding is that this sort of thing is probably due to not

>having developed and strengthened the nervous system, or learned to

>control the flow of pranic energy, and so forth (all of which are

>features of practicing a regular sadhana).

>

>BTW, the literature is replete with examples of people for whom

>Kundalini arousal - that is to say, unexpected arousal - has been an

>unfortunate and difficult experience, Gopi Krishna being perhaps the

>most well-known example. Obviously, such things are not always the

>case (in fact, these rather dangerous arousals are the exception),

>but my understanding is that Kundalini Yoga, as taught by Yogi

>Bhajan, has never caused this kind of unexpected arousal, and there

>are clear benefits to doing it all for yourself, as we have been

>taught to do in KY.

>

>For example, my interpretation of reading about the effects of

>shaktipat (when somebody raises your Kundalini for you) is that it

>can lead to what one might describe as "guru-ism", or personality

>fixations, probably related (in my humble estimation) to not having

>cleared up personal psychological issues (again, a feature of a

>regular sadhana).

>

>As far as "wasting your limited time in this lifetime" goes, well, I

>seem to remember a story that goes something like this:

>

>A master was walking through the woods, and met a yogi who seemed

>angry. The master asked him what was wrong. The yogi said "my

>teacher told me that with strong and faithful practice, I will still

>have to come back for at least another one or two lifetimes before I

>am liberated."

>

>Later, the master met another yogi in the forest. This yogi was

>joyful. He was dancing and laughing. The master asked him why he

>seemed so happy. The yogi said "my teacher told me that with strong

>and faithful practice, I could be liberated from my body in only a

>few hundred more lifetimes!"

>

>Enjoy your sadhana! Love your life! Nothing about it is wasted.

>Spiritual growth is a process, not a destination. And remember that

>mind-boggling kundalini arousal experiences are, as the dear Siri

>Singh Sahib says, "glitter at the bottom of the ladder".

>

>Sat Nam! And lots of love to all,

>Sadhant Singh

>

>P.S. I'm just back from Solstice. If you haven't been, go! White

>Tantric is an experience not to be missed. This was my first, and

>most definitely not my last. I can sum it up very simply: "Wahe

>Guru!!!". And I got to take a class from (and meet) Gururattan Kaur

>Khalsa, which was a delight.

>

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June 26, 2000

hi people,im new in kundalini,wich is te storie of gopi krsna ??

>"Sadhant Singh" <kundaliniyoga

>Kundaliniyoga

> Re: My Wonderful Kundalini Experience - A friendly

>warning

>Sun, 25 Jun 2000 23:25:06 -0000

>

> > Kundalini. My Kundalini was awakened instantly and safely via Tummo