A basic question for everybody

[Guest guest]

namasthe to everybody.

 

I am new to the group and I am a medical student from India. I

have been interested in Kundalini since long. I have done enough

research on it. What I wanted was the scientific basis of kundalini

and its revival. It was very disappointing till lately and thank god

finally I found a book by Swami VIvekananda . It is relly amazing how

much knowledge he had about the anatomy of the human body.

He explains that kundalini can be aroused by the process

of "rajayoga" ( one great way wherein one need not believe in God to

practice it). and he explains the whole procedure of things how one

can practice rajayoga.

ALL this sounds theoretically O.K. and even looking at lives

and stories of thousands of saints in India, it appears that such a

power does exist.. But has anybody worked on it? and has anybody

explained scientifically " what is Kundalini and what does the

arousal mean, and what physiological changes occur in the body?". If

anybody has info regarding these please let me know.

Another serious question haunts me. What are the uses of arousing

kundalini? theoretically the uses are innumerable and mind boggling.

But when we see practically , into the lives of the people who have

aroused their kundalini they have suffered and suffered a lot.

Lately I read an autobiography of a person [ from kashmir in India]

who has aroused his kundalini.. Ultimately he only suffers{ his

appetite is lost , he has high fevers etc.} and the advantages are

almost nil. I ask what is the fun in fighting so hard to arouse the

power and in the end to suffer like that?

 

Please do share your ideas.

 

thank you.

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam!

 

> of "rajayoga" ( one great way wherein one need not believe in God

 

KY is a raja yoga, BTW, and any yoga includes the idea that one

should only believe in what we experience for ourselves (see the yoga

sutras of Patanjali).

 

> explained scientifically " what is Kundalini and what does the

 

There are certainly people investigating the physical effects of KY

and meditation (for example, the Kundalini Research Institute or

KRI), but AFAIK there is not yet a scientific way to examine the

subtle energy aspects (chakras, kundalini energy, nadis, etc.).

 

Furthermore, since this sort of work has more to do with the internal

state of the practitioner (how one feels) than the ability to observe

these states from the outside (which may forever remain beyond the

reach of science), any progress along these lines will be slow at

best.

 

> aroused their kundalini they have suffered and suffered a lot.

 

It may appear to the observer that a saint suffers, but the

experience of the saint may be rather different than the observer

might believe.

 

> appetite is lost , he has high fevers etc.} and the advantages are

> almost nil. I ask what is the fun in fighting so hard to arouse

 

There are (quite rare) examples of people who do suffer ill effects

from premature or accidental kundalini arousal. KY as taught by Yogi

Bhajan is carefully designed to avoid premature arousal, and AFAIK

nobody who has followed these teachings has had any such problem.

 

Many blessings,

Sadhant

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam Sadhant:

>

> There are (quite rare) examples of people who do

> suffer ill effects from premature or accidental

> kundalini arousal. KY as taught by Yogi Bhajan is

> carefully designed to avoid premature arousal, and

> AFAIK nobody who has followed these teachings has

> had any such problem.

 

So, you mean that following the lessons from

KY-training or building up a sadhana from Gururattan

books, one can achieve a progressive fitness in the

physical and mental body to avoid an accidental

arousal?

 

I received a video from cherdikala.com called

"chakra yoga" showing 16 exercices to work with the

7 main chakras and the aura.

If you've seen it, ¿what you opinion about this video?

Is it very powerful for a beginner?

 

I'm working with: "set for maintaing a flexible spine"

 

and "Nabhi Kriya to Set the Navel Center" , and I feel

I should stay there for a while before taking a new

step, the thing is that reading books, postings, web

sites about Kundalini, I feel that the ego plays his

part on the show inciting to do a lot of things and

at the end do nothing.

 

Peace to all

 

Carlos

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

I have this video, and I like the set. I have only been practicing KY for 1

year, so I'm no expert as to whether it's especially powerful for a

beginner. Some of the asanas are a bit harder than others, but I always feel

great when done. It is a challenging (but not too strenuous) 70-minute set

that works each chakra and includes meditation w/chanting (Ek Ong Kar) and

deep relaxation. I also got it from cherdikala.com.

 

Sat nam,

 

Kristen

 

 

on 3/19/01 8:27 PM, Sadhant Singh at kundaliniyoga wrote:

 

>> If you've seen it, ¿what you opinion about this video?

>> Is it very powerful for a beginner?

[Guest guest]

Sat Nam Carlos:

 

> physical and mental body to avoid an accidental

> arousal?

 

Exactly.

 

> If you've seen it, ¿what you opinion about this video?

> Is it very powerful for a beginner?

 

I'm sorry, I don't know the video. But don't hesitate to work with

any kriya that you are drawn to.

 

Many blessings,

Sadhant

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 03/19/2001 6:17:43 PM W. Europe Standard Time,

kundaliniyoga writes:

 

> There are (quite rare) examples of people who do suffer ill effects

> from premature or accidental kundalini arousal. KY as taught by Yogi

> Bhajan is carefully designed to avoid premature arousal, and AFAIK

> nobody who has followed these teachings has had any such problem.

>

> Many blessings,

> Sadhant

 

I began k-yoga because I was suffering from some symptoms I

began to think might be k-related. Most notably, I had what I thought

was "restless legs syndrome"- I was waking up often early with

very uncomfortable nerve sensations starting in

my lower back and running down my legs

with the intense urge to kick out with my legs, as in

kick the blankets to relieve the nerve impulses. It sounds strange

I am sure, and it was, and I wasn't getting enough sleep because

this leg-kicking circus nerve thing would start

up around four or five in the morning.

 

Previously I had been doing a (long time) hatha yoga practice.

 

The symptoms have cleared up for me since starting the k-yoga

practice. I am really grateful. I have on occasion

since switching to k-yoga woken up early with a lot

of sensation in my lower back, but it has been a reasonably pleasant

experience and hasn't caused chronic sleep loss.

 

I have found some k-yoga practices to be too stimulating for me right

now, so I avoid them. But there are plenty of other practices.

I feel as if my bodymind is being strengthened to handle the

kundalini energy, and that the energy is flowing better.

 

Ardas