Awakening kundalini

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Dear Winner,

 

Indirectly kundalini can be awakened by devotion, by selfless

service, or by intellectual enquiry. In these paths, the blocks to

the awakening of kundalini are slowly removed. Occasionally,

individuals on these paths will experience a sudden awakening of

kundalini but generally because the blocks are slowly and gently

removed kundalini-like experiences evolve slowly in these paths.

 

Broadly speaking there are two radically different direct approaches

to awakening kundalini. One approach requires initiation by a guru

and relies upon a technique called shaktipat, or ``descent of

shakti.'' It is variously called: Siddha Mahayoga, Kundalini Mahayoga

or Sahaja Yoga (Spontaneous Yoga). The other approach uses

intentional yogic techniques . The styles using intentional

techniques include Mantra Yoga, Hatha Yoga, Laya Yoga or Kriya Yoga.

 

Fundamentally, the approach of Siddha Mahayoga and the Kundalini

Yogas are different. In Siddha Mahayoga the guru awakens the

kundalini and after that the core of the practice is the inactive and

non-willful surrender to kundalini. In Kundalini Yogas the will is

used to awaken the kundalini and to guide its progress. Clearly these

are different approaches. Nevertheless, elements of the each approach

occur in the practices of the other. Siddha Mahayogins may use

asanas, pranayamas and other hatha yoga practices. On the other hand

gurus in Kundalini Yoga may give infusions of shakti to their

students to help them at particular points in their practice.

 

Since every practitioner brings his own unique inclinations and

obstacles to the practice of yoga it is very hard to generalize on

this point. In terms of actually awakening kundalini gurus of Siddha

Mahayoga claim that the kundalini is more easily and reliably

awakened by the grace of the guru than by individual effort. While

not every long-term student of either practice necessarily shows

signs of kundalini awakening it is amazing how many people have had

instant awakenings of kundalini through initiation from siddha gurus.

 

In terms of encountering difficulties along the path the siddha gurus

would also claim that fewer problems due to kundalini awakening, such

as mental imbalance, are encountered by students of Siddha Mahayoga.

Here the results are mixed. The guidance of the teacher in either

Siddha Mahayoga or Kundalini Yoga is more a determining factor than

which style of kundalini practice is employed.

 

Generally speaking each style of practice has its strengths and

weakness. The strength of Siddha Mahayoga is the ease with which it

awakens the kundalini. The weakness is that because the kundalini is

so easily awakened by the guru students of Siddha Mahayoga often have

completely undisciplined personal meditation practices. Time is spent

instead to trying to recreate some of their initial experiences by

following the guru around hoping for his or her grace. Some people

spend 20 or more years in this manner without ever developing an

inner core of practice or experience.

 

The strength of the family of Kundalini Yogas is that the progress is

at least apparently more under the control of the student of the

yoga. These students seem more likely to have disciplined personal

practices and more of an understanding of how the practice relates to

their own experience. Unfortunately for some students this leads to a

fairly egotistical approach to their practice and ultimately the

kundalini energy is used to bolster the ego rather than to merge the

ego in bliss.

 

Regards

Kumar

 

 

Shambhavi , " winner " <bbpa2004 wrote:

>

> Dear C P Kumar,

>

> I heard that without the practical guidence of Guru, one should not

> start for awakening the kundlini as during the sadhna period, many

> problems comes into and it requires to be solved immediately

> otherwise it can be result in to mental disorder,body

> pian,fever,death- something like this, which may differ to differ on

> individual basis and can not predefined in advance.

>

> I have desire to begin but the fear of all the above stops me to do

> it.

> Pl tell me - Am i right ? And if not, then what would be the first

> step to begin with over coming all the above fears ?

> Any comment pl ?

>

> Regards,

>

> winner

>