The Ascension of Man--Lifting up the Serpent in the Wilderness--Part 6

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The Ascension of Man--Lifting up the Serpent in the Wilderness--Part 6

(Dialogue With Nicodemus, Part II)

 

(p.259) " And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from

heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven. And as Moses lifted up the

serpent in the wilderness, even so must the Son of man be lifted up: that

whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have eternal life. " (John

3:13-15)

 

Common fallacies

about kundalini

awakening

 

(p.268) The true meaning of 'kundalini' awakening is little understood. Ignorant

teachers often associate 'kundalini' with sex force and enshroud it in mystery

to frighten neophytes about the danger of awakening this sacred serpentine

power. To confuse the awakening of 'kundalini' with the arousal of sex

consciousness is an extremely ridiculous and wholly corrupt conception. On the

contrary, in 'kundalini' awakening the yogi's life force is withdrawn from the

sensory nerves, particularly those associated with sex, giving him absolute

mastery over sensory and sexual temptations. [1]

 

To think that this 'kundalini' force can be easily awakened or roused by

accident is another fallacy. Awakening the 'kundalini' force is exceedingly

difficult and cannot be done accidentally. It takes years of concerted

meditation under the guidance of a competent guru before one can dream of

releasing the heavenly astral body from its bondage to physical confinement by

awakening the 'kundalini'. One who is able to awaken the 'kundalini' fast

approaches the state of Christhood. Ascension through that coiled pathway opens

the spiritual eye of spherical vision, revealing the whole universe surrounding

the body, supported by the vibratory light of heavenly powers.

 

The senses of sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell are like five searchlights

revealing matter. As the life energy pours outward through those sensory beams,

man is attracted by beautiful faces or captivating sounds or enticing scents,

flavors, and tactual sensations. It is natural; but what is natural to the

body-bound consciousness is unnatural to the soul. But when that divine life

energy is withdrawn from the autocratic senses, through the spinal path into the

spiritual center of infinite perception in the brain, then the searchlight of

astral energy is cast onto the boundlessness of eternity to reveal the universal

Spirit. (p.269) The devotee is then attracted by the Supernal Supernatural, the

Beauty of all beauties, the Music of all music, the Joy of all joys. He can

touch Spirit all over the universe and can hear the voice of God reverberating

throughout the spheres. The form dissolves in the Formless. The consciousness of

the body, confined to a temporal, little form, illimitably expands into the

formless, ever-existing Spirit.

 

Jesus explains that whosoever believes in the doctrine of lifting the bodily

consciousness (son of man) from the physical to the astral by reversing the life

force through the coiled passage at the base of the spine, will not perish, that

is, be subject to mortal changes of life and death, but will gradually acquire

the immutable state--Christ Consciousness, the Son of God.

 

The Second Coming of Christ (The Resurrection of the Christ Within

You) Volume 1, Discourse 14, pg. 259; 268-269

Paramahansa Yogananda

Printed in the United States of America 1434-J881

ISBN-13:978-0-87612-557-1

ISBN-10:0-87612-557-7

 

Notes:

 

[1] See also Discourse 41.