Kundalini Awakening

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hello ,

 

I am Rashmi. Everyone talks of Kundalini awakening. Can anyone plz tell me

what exactly happens and how do U know that kundalini is awakened. What is

the daily practice/ sadhana to be followed for the same. Waiting for your

reply.

 

Regards,

Rashmi.M

 

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<mwakem

<Kundaliniyoga >

Monday, September 25, 2000 6:11 PM

introduction

 

 

>

> hello;

> My name is Matthew and I have just joined this list. 1 1/2 years ao I

started

> practicing yoga and soon after had a very intense kundalini awakening.

Since

> that day I have spent a great deal of time learning about kundalini and

look

> forward to being apart of this community to further that study.

>

> Sincerely;

>

> Matthew

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[Guest guest]

Sat Nam Rashmi:

 

The kundalini rising experience is different for everybody - however,

one thing seems certain - when it happens, you will know it. Quoting

from Gururattan Kaur's "Intro to KY": "Some experience it as heat

along the spine and others see it as brilliant light. It is

described as spiralling up the spine by some and as shooting straight

up the spine by others. Whatever the individual perception, it is

definitely a delightful and euphoric sensation, often attended by

extraordinary phenomena (and) exalted consciousness".

 

For me it begins with INTENSELY pleasurable feelings at the base of

my spine - I find myself pulling the root lock almost automatically,

and the feelings rise upward. It feels as if my head is expanding,

and I feel an overwhelming connection to everything and everyone. I

feel enervated, glowing, powerful, energetic, loving, open, joyful...

 

Any sadhana will work - if it includes kundalini yoga and meditation

it will work better

 

Here is a link to a posting on the subject:

 

/message/Kundaliniyoga/2903

 

Love & blessings to all,

Sadhant

[Guest guest]

Dear Friends,

 

> From my own research, awakening of the kundalini can happen a right way

and

> a wrong way.

 

Kundalini Yoga is designed so that the Kundalini awakening would happen "the

right way". If you are practicing KY and are not attempting to raise the

Kundalini through non-yogic means, then you are very safe. Sensations of

heat and cold are common Kundalini signs, however staying "out of the body"

for days is not, at least not in KY. Most Kundalini awakenings are in fact

very subtle. Don't expect thunder and lightning - many times a Kundalini

awakening will manifest through a constant sense of well-being, an expanded

consciousness, better intuition and similar signs. You will have physical

kriyas only if you need them. It is said in yogic scriptures that there are

27 different types of Kundalini awakenings. As you can imagine, they can be

quite different.

 

> Most important is the neck lock, which prevents the onset of

> disconnected/depressed feeling after a premature awakening. This info is

not

> from my own experience but from the experience of others I have read

about.

> The best I can gather is that the 'athletic' attitude toward KY and

> meditation can be the cause of a premature awakening, and that if the

three

> locks are not applied then kundalini will not rise up the central channel

> (the spine), but will take alternate routes.

 

The locks are important in unguided Hatha Yoga practice. In KY as well it is

important to follow instructions. If you do KY according to the instructions

and without improvising sets and exercises, then that is sufficient.

 

> One person wrote on a chat room

> that he has had a headache for over a year as a result of premature

> awakening.

 

Ah, the Kundalini horror stories! As far as I know, practicing KY or any

other guided yoga techniques will not result in any bad effects. I have

heard of many ways in which people try to awaken the Kundalini - from hours

and hours of strenuous exercise to electrical stimulation and other wacky

ideas. One word about these: don't. Non-yogic means will merely manage to

irritate the Kundalini. I wouldn't call their result a Kundalini awakening

by any means.

 

> If I may turn this response into a question, I would like to know what is

> the proper attitude / mindset toward awakening one's kundalini? and also

> what particular routines / exercises are best for helping one toward this

> experience?

 

>From the little I know, the first and foremost thing to bear in mind is that

the Kundalini has to be treated with great respect. We aren't talking about

an ordinary organ or a "thing". The Kundalini is the universal

consciousness, the great cosmic energy. I have heard people talking about

raising the Kundalini in the same way they talk about getting strong

muscles - with the same attitude and with the same sense of "mine-ness". As

a matter of fact, you don't raise the Kundalini, and it isn't "yours". You

open yourself up so that the Kundalini can flow through you. It is the

Kundalini who will raise you. If you respect it, it will respect you.

 

About which routines are helpful - everything in KY is helpful, since

everything is designed to open the pathway for the Kundalini. Some exercises

like Sat Kriya and sets or meditations that cover all the chakras are

specifically designed towards a Kundalini movement. The other ones lay the

groundwork so to say, and so all of them are important.

 

Many blessings,

Satsang Kaur