Mother Kundalini - She is pure consciousness itself. She is Brahman. She is Prana Sakti, the Supreme Force!

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The Mysterious Kundalini

 

Manastvam Vyoma tvam Marudasi Marutsarathirasi,

Tvamapastvam Bhumistvayi parinatayam nahi param,

Tvameva Svatmanam parinamayitum visvavapusha

Chidanandakaram haramahishi-bhavena bibhrushe.

 

" O Devi! Thou art the mind, the sky, the air, the fire, the water,

and the earth. Nothing is outside Thee on Thy transformation. Thou

hast become Siva's consecrated queen to alter Thy own blissful

conscious Form in the shape of the world " .

 

Kundalini, the serpent power or mystic fire, is the primordial energy

or Sakti that lies dormant or sleeping in the Muladhara Chakra, the

centre of the body. It is called the serpentine or annular power on

account of serpentine form. It is an electric fiery occult power, the

great pristine force which underlies all organic and inorganic

matter.

 

Kundalini is the cosmic power in individual bodies. It is not a

material force like electricity, magnetism, centripetal or

centrifugal force. It is a spiritual potential Sakti or cosmic power.

In reality it has no form. The Sthula Buddhi and mind have to follow

a particular form in the beginning stage. From this gross form, one

can easily, understand the subtle formless Kundalini. Prana,

Ahamkara, Buddhi, Indriyas, mind, five gross elements, nerves are all

the products of Kundalini.

 

It is the coiled-up, sleeping Divine Sakti that lies dormant in all

beings. You have seen in the Muladhara Chakra that there is Svayambhu

Linga. The head of the Linga is the space where Sushumna Nadi is

attached to the Kanda. This mysterious Kundalini lies face downwards

at the mouth of Sushumna Nadi on the head of Svayambhu Linga. It has

three and a half coils like a serpent. When it is awakened, it makes

a hissing sound like that of a serpent beaten with a stick, and

proceeds to the other Chakra through the Brahma Nadi, which is also

called Chitra Nadi within Sushumna. Hence Kundalini is also called

Bhujangini, serpent power. The three coils represent the three Gunas

of Prakriti: Sattva, Rajas and Tamas, and the half represents the

Vikritis, the modification of Prakriti.

 

Kundalini is the Goddess of speech and is praised by all. She

Herself, when awakened by the Yogin, achieves for him the

illumination. It is She who gives Mukti and Jnana for She is Herself

that. She is also called Sarasvati, as She is the form of Sabda

Brahman. She is the source of all Knowledge and Bliss. She is pure

consciousness itself. She is Brahman. She is Prana Sakti, the Supreme

Force, the Mother of Prana, Agni, Bindu, and Nada. It is by this

Sakti that the world exists. Creation, preservation and dissolution

are in Her. Only by her Sakti the world is kept up. It is through Her

Sakti on subtle Prana, Nada is produced. While you utter a continuous

sound or chant Dirgha Pranava ! (OM), you will distinctly feel that

the real vibration starts from the Muladhara Chakra. Through the

vibration of this Nada, all the parts of the body function. She

maintains the individual soul through the subtle Prana. In every kind

of Sadhana the Goddess Kundalini is the object of worship in some

form or the other.

 

Kundalini Yoga

Sri Swami Sivananda