How To Awaken The Kundalini

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How To Awaken The Kundalini

 

One should become perfectly desireless and should be full of Vairagya

before attempting to awaken Kundalini. It can be awakened only when a

man rises above Kama, Krodha, Lobha, Moha, Mada and other impurities.

Kundalini can be awakened through rising above desires of the senses.

The Yogi, who has got a pure heart and a mind free from passions and

desires will be benefited by awakening Kundalini. If a man with a lot

of impurities in the mind awakens the Sakti by sheer force through

Asanas, Pranayamas and Mudras, he will break his legs and stumble

down. He will not be able to ascend the Yogic ladder. This is the

chief reason for people going out of the way or getting some bodily

infirmities. There is nothing wrong in the Yoga. People must have

purity first; then a thorough knowledge of the Sadhana, a proper

guide, and a steady, gradual practice. When Kundalini is awakened

there are many temptations on the way, and a Sadhaka without purity

will not have the strength to resist.

 

A thorough knowledge of the theory is as essential as the practice.

Some are of opinion that theory is not at all necessary. They bring

one or two rare instances to prove that Kundalini has been awakened

even in those who do not know anything about Nadis, Chakras and

Kundalini. It might be due to the grace of a Guru or by mere chance.

Everyone cannot expect this and neglect the theoretical side. If you

look at the man in whom Kundalini has been awakened through the grace

of a Guru, you will not at once begin to neglect the practical side

and actually waste your time in passing from one Guru to the other.

The man who has a clear knowledge of the theory and a steady

practice, attains the desired goal quickly.

 

Kundalini can be awakened by Pranayama, Asanas and Mudras by Hatha

Yogis; by concentration and training of the mind by Raja Yogis; by

devotion and perfect self-surrender by Bhaktas; by analytical will by

the Jnanis; by Mantras by the Tantrikas; and by the grace of the Guru

(Guru Kripa) through touch, sight or mere Sankalpa. Rousing of

Kundalini and its union with Siva at the Sahasrara Chakra effect the

state of Samadhi and Mukti. No Samadhi is possible without awakening

the Kundalini.

 

For a selected few, any one of the above methods is quite sufficient

to awaken the Kundalini. Many will have to combine different methods.

This is according to the growth and position of the Sadhakas in the

spiritual path. The Guru will find out the real position of the

Sadhaka and will prescribe a proper method that will successfully

awaken the Kundalini in a short period. This is something like the

doctor prescribing a proper medicine to a patient to cure a

particular disease. One kind of medicine will not cure the diseases

of different patients. So also, one kind of Sadhana may not suit all.

 

There are many persons nowadays who foolishly imagine that they have

attained purity, commit errors in selecting some methods and neglect

many important items of Sadhana. They are poor, self-deluded souls.

Self-assertive, Rajasic Sadhakas will select some exercises of their

own fancy in an irregular manner and leave all the exercises when

they get some serious troubles.

 

After Kundalini is awakened, Prana passes upwards through Brahma Nadi

along with mind and Agni. You will have to take it up to Sahasrara

Chakra through some special exercises such as Mahabheda, Sakti

Chalana, etc.

 

As soon as it is awakened, it pierces the Muladhara Chakra (Bheda).

It should be taken to Sahasrara through various Chakras. When

Kundalini is at one Chakra, intense heat is felt there and when it

leaves that centre for another Chakra, the former Chakra becomes very

cold and appears lifeless.

 

Freedom from Kama, Krodha, Raga and Dvesha and possession of balance

of mind, cosmic love, astral vision, supreme fearlessness,

desirelessness, Siddhis, divine intoxication and spiritual Ananda are

the signs to denote the awakening of Kundalini. When it is at rest, a

man has full consciousness of the world and its surroundings. When it

is awakened he is dead to the world. He has no body-consciousness. He

attains Unmani state. When Kundalini travels from Chakra to Chakra,

layer after layer of the mind becomes opened and the Yogi acquires

psychic powers. He gets control over the five elements. When it

reaches the Sahasrara Chakra, he is in the Chidakasa (knowledge

space).

 

Awakening of the Kundalini Sakti, its union with Siva, enjoying the

nectar and other functions of the Kundalini Yoga that are described

in the Yoga Sastras are misrepresented and taken in a literal sense

by many. They think that they are Siva and ladies to be Sakti and

that mere sexual union is the aim of Kundalini Yoga. After having

some wrong interpretation of the Yogic texts, they begin to offer

flowers and worship their wives with lustful propensities. The

term " Divine intoxication that is derived by drinking the nectar " is

also misrepresented. They take a lot of wine and other intoxicating

drinks and imagine to have enjoyed the Divine ecstasy. It is mere

ignorance. They are utterly wrong. This sort of worship and union is

not at all Kundalini Yoga. They divert their concentration on sexual

centres and ruin themselves. Some foolish young boys practice one or

two Asanas, Mudras and a little Pranayama too for a few days, in any

way they like, and imagine that the Kundalini has gone up to their

neck. They pose as big Yogis. They are pitiable, self-deluded souls.

Even a Vedanti (a student of Jnana Yoga) can get Jnana Nishtha only

through awakening of the Kundalini Sakti that lies dormant at the

Muladhara Chakra. No superconscious state or Samadhi is possible

without awakening this primordial energy, whether it is Raja Yoga,

Bhakti Yoga, Hatha Yoga or Jnana Yoga.

 

It is easy to awaken the Kundalini, but it is very difficult to take

it to Sahasrara Chakra through the different Chakras. It demands a

great deal of patience, perseverance, purity and steady practice. The

Yogi who has taken it to Sahasrara Chakra, is the real master of all

forces. Generally Yogic students stop their Sadhana half-way on

account of false Tushti (satisfaction). They imagine that they have

reached the goal when they get some mystic experiences and psychic

powers. They desire to demonstrate such powers to the public to get

Khyati (reputation and fame) and to earn some money. This is a sad

mistake. Full realization alone can give the final liberation,

perfect peace and Highest Bliss.

 

Different methods of awakening the Kundalini by Hatha Yoga, Bhakti

Yoga, Raja Yoga and Jnana Yoga will be described one by one. Some

aspirants will not get perfection by only one method. A harmonious

combination of all methods is necessary for the vast majority of

persons. In the following pages I will tell you the different

exercises that are intended to awaken the Kundalini. If you are wise

enough, after a perusal of the different exercises, you can easily

pick up the right method of Sadhana that suits you best and attain

success.

 

Rousing of Kundalini and its union with Siva at the Sahasrara Chakra

effect the state of Samadhi and Mukti. Before awakening the

Kundalini, you must have Deha Suddhi (purity of body), Nadi Suddhi

(purification of Nadis), Manas-Suddhi (purity of mind) and Buddhi

Suddhi (purity of intellect). For the purification of the body, the

following six exercises are prescribed:

 

Dhauti, Basti, Neti, Nauli, Tratak and Kapalabhati. These are known

as Shat-Karma or the six purificatory exercises in Hatha Yoga.