The emergence of the non-dual experience through Kundalini Yoga

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Dear "mrrfle" <mrrfle,

 

There are different kinds of Kundalini Yoga. Most of these relate to the

Pratyahar Path, which can be summed up, as the practice of dissolving or

withdrawal. But there is another kind that includes a whole Laya Path, i.e.,

the practice of Radiance, an ancient secret yoga that was taught over a 35 year

period by Yogi Bhajan.

 

The Kundalini yoga taught by Yogi Bhajan, while not for everyone, establishes an

inexorable process that leads to the experience of one's Self as single,

non-dual, pervasive Consciousness Itself, as the Light which lights the mind and

senses, but outshines them, as the moon seen in the crystal blue sky of a risen

sun. Most practices of Kundalini Yoga related to the Pratyahar Path, limit the

idea of the practice to opening of the silver cord chakras and the ajna and

crown chakra. The Yogi Bhajan called the Kundalini Yoga he taught, One Star

Spirituality, the One Star referring to what other yogas call the Hrdayam, but

meaning the awakening of awareness to the "Totality of Being," what has also

been called the "Enlightenment of the Whole Body," including not just the chakra

system along the silver cord (spine) and passages from the throat to the ajna

chakra and crown, but also the chakra system along the gold cord between the

ajna and crown, and the mind nerve (atma nadi) between the Temple of the Heart

(One Star / Hrdayam) and the crown.

 

What happens through the practice of Kundalini Yoga is that voltage throughout

the body field is systematically increased, while the nadi system throughout the

body adjusts and normalizes to the higher voltage. In the process latent

tendencies of the mind encodes throughout the body field are dissolved and the

nadi system begins to become like a filament in a light bulb, where, in the

darkness of the mind the body field begins to become radiant and bright, so that

you begin to loose the identification of focalized attention and awareness and

see pervasively in and around the body without the use of the mind. You see as

a field of consciousness in which the body field appears, and you begin to

notice a shift or "letting go" of attention into non-objective awareness. A

sense of de-contraction pervades, and with it emerges the various awarenesses of

aspects of one's True Self, such as a selfless sense of compassion, an ease of

pervasive clarity, the feelings of bhakti and devotion that emerge simply by

hearing about the life of a Sage, Saint and Savior, the emergence of the

discriminative mind (buddhi) and with it automatic tendency towards vichara.

Then suddenly, the simple word read or heard about the life or teaching of a

Saint, Sage or Savior of any Religion, results in a "recollection" a "hearing"

wherein there is an "impact" between the individual unit of consciousness, the

pure (satvic) atman (the Son), and the Infinite - Brahman (the Father). A sense

of radical relinquishment takes hold, even of the pervasive sense of radiance,

purity, bhakti, stillness, and you abide as single pervasive Being,

reverberating in the soundless sound of the unconditioned - uncaused - unformed,

without time, space-like, beyond space.

 

There are a number of articles about the emergence of the non-dual experience

through Kundalini Yoga in

http://www.kundalini-matashakti.com/kyarticles.html, includinga series in the

link

RADIANT ROAD TO REALITY which related directly to the practice

and

<> recent non-dual articles:

The Non-Dual Experience of Kundalini Yoga Sadhana

Abiding Without Concepts:The Experience of Detachment and Non attachment

Kundalini Yoga and the Experience of the Non-DualState

The Non-Dual Experience and the Practical Means to Return to It

Alleviating Addictions and Attachments

Advaite general yoga practice and Kundalini Yoga of Yogi Bhajan

More about the Non-Dual Kundalini Yoga course

 

I think, if you read through these articles, you'll get the gist of how the Yoga

works in a radically different manner than other yogas to bring about this

non-dual experience.

 

This experience is so remotely different from what people consider the way in

which they see and know that even with considerable conjecture it cannot be

gleaned. And yet it is the basis for all, and easily accessible. You'll see

what I mean as you read through the articles.

 

The main thing, once one gets a grasp on how the yoga works, is to practice with

fervor. Then it all happens very quickly, just as Yogi Bhajan used to say.

 

Pieter

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Sat, 03 Sep 2005 11:15:19 -0000

"mrrfle" <mrrfle

How to awaken kundalini?

 

Can anyone please tell me as many methods as possible of awakening kundalini

without using mantras or physical activity. Thanks in advance.