Guest guest Posted October 25, 2006 Report Share Posted October 25, 2006 SPIRITUAL OPPRESSION Itzhak Bentov estimates that as many as 25% of diagnosed schizophrenics may actually be unrecognized cases of Kundalini awakenings. This happens because psychic openings thrust one into multiple realities, creating an information overload where one may " mix and confuse two or three realities " at once (Stalking the Wild Pendulum). B.S. Goel says that during his twenty year Kundalini process, he manifested symptoms of just about every mental illness on record (Third Eye and Kundalini). I know Westerners going through Kundalini awakenings who have had doctors throw everything in the DSM-III at them. When Gopi Krishna was undergoing his own tormented awakening, he said he instinctively knew to steer clear of doctors and psychiatrists, no matter how bad his condition became. He realized they would not have a context to understand his mental and physical symptoms, and that in their ignorance, they might impose treatments which would have a deleterious effect on the process (Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man). In our recent past (and I very much hope it is entirely in the past), even such a natural process as childbirth has been at times treated in barbarous ways. I have heard atrocity stories of delivery room nurses forcibly holding shut the legs of a pregnant woman in advanced labor, because the obstetrician was not yet on the scene to " authorize " the birth. Such practices have resulted in brain damaged or stillborn infants. Just so, a grossly medically mismanaged and violated Kundalini awakening can result in an arrested or aborted process. Stupefying drugs may be administered which reduce the patient to a barely conscious zombie. Or antidepressants and other psychoactive drugs are prescribed which are antagonistic to the process. A temporary episode of apparent psychosis, when allowed to run its course in a supportive environment, most often leads to new levels of inner clarity and awareness. Conversely, bombarding the system with mood-altering chemicals may prevent the erupting unconscious material from being integrated, resulting in a " frozen " condition in which the patient neither returns to normal nor is able to complete the interrupted self-healing process. More brutal than the arsenal of drugs are involuntary incarceration in mental hospitals, shock treatments (which permanently damage brain tissue), and various inhumane restraints. Patients in benign altered states of consciousness, manifesting vigorous kriyas, have been strapped for days or weeks to hospital beds. Even the softer therapies can be hurtful to someone in the midst of a transformational process. Professionals with a know-it-all attitude - - but who have no understanding of spiritual emergence -- can be patronizing at best. At worst, they can plant unnecessary fears in the patient's mind. Those who have no personal experience with mystical states tend to clump all nonordinary consciousness into the same pathological category. Those who are unaware of the correlation between heightened spiritual energy and physical/emotional disturbances will refuse to believe that the individual is undergoing a potentially self- renewing process. Few therapists and psychiatrists have been trained to deal with extraordinary (non-pathological) states of consciousness. Many of them try to force the client's experiences to fit into a reductionistic formula of childhood trauma or unresolved personality issues. Sometimes they are " successful " at this. One woman undergoing profound psychic opening became convinced that all her spiritual experiences were meaningless hallucinations resulting from childhood abuse. It's sad that in the name of healing, so much harm can be done. It's disheartening that we live in a culture which provides so little support for transformational experiences. Until very recently, the phenomena of Kundalini awakenings and other beneficial expansions of consciousness were virtually unheard of in the West. The contributions of Carl Jung, who personally went through a psycho spiritual awakening, have taken a long time to have serious impact on mainstream psychiatric thought. Stanislav and Christina Grof are among the pioneers of the transpersonal psychology movement, yet in many circles, they are still regarded as mavericks. One of the first people to write a detailed personal account of an intense Kundalini awakening was Gopi Krishna. This superb narrative, Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man, was not published until the mid-70's, and even today, it is relatively obscure. There are a dozen or so other autobiographical books by different authors which accurately describe Kundalini phenomena, but they are rare treasures smothered amidst scores of misleading or outright false depictions of the Kundalini. Hopefully, those of us having these powerful and little understood transformational experiences are the vanguard of a new epoch in human awareness. The persecution we suffer is probably much less than what someone in the throes of spiritual emergence must have faced 20, 30 or more years ago. Even if we are unable to get through to those locked in abysmal ignorance, we can stand up for ourselves internally, and not give others the power to interpret our reality for us. Through our networking and our unimpeded completion of our own processes, let us be instrumental in spreading awareness of the true nature of transformation. Let's pray that our children and their children will inherit a better, wiser world in which spiritual evolution is recognized and honored as an authentic, purposeful, and crucial part of human development. -- El Collie © El Collie 1995 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 29, 2006 Report Share Posted October 29, 2006 Yeah I have a kundalini rising. So do I. Me too! (Joke!) , " chrism " <> wrote: > > SPIRITUAL OPPRESSION > > Itzhak Bentov estimates that as many as 25% of diagnosed > schizophrenics may actually be unrecognized cases of Kundalini > awakenings. This happens because psychic openings thrust one into > multiple realities, creating an information overload where one > may " mix and confuse two or three realities " at once (Stalking the > Wild Pendulum). B.S. Goel says that during his twenty year Kundalini > process, he manifested symptoms of just about every mental illness > on record (Third Eye and Kundalini). > > I know Westerners going through Kundalini awakenings who have had > doctors throw everything in the DSM-III at them. When Gopi Krishna > was undergoing his own tormented awakening, he said he instinctively > knew to steer clear of doctors and psychiatrists, no matter how bad > his condition became. He realized they would not have a context to > understand his mental and physical symptoms, and that in their > ignorance, they might impose treatments which would have a > deleterious effect on the process (Kundalini: The Evolutionary > Energy in Man). In our recent past (and I very much hope it is > entirely in the past), even such a natural process as childbirth has > been at times treated in barbarous ways. > > I have heard atrocity stories of delivery room nurses forcibly > holding shut the legs of a pregnant woman in advanced labor, because > the obstetrician was not yet on the scene to " authorize " the birth. > Such practices have resulted in brain damaged or stillborn infants. > Just so, a grossly medically mismanaged and violated Kundalini > awakening can result in an arrested or aborted process. Stupefying > drugs may be administered which reduce the patient to a barely > conscious zombie. > > Or antidepressants and other psychoactive drugs are prescribed which > are antagonistic to the process. A temporary episode of apparent > psychosis, when allowed to run its course in a supportive > environment, most often leads to new levels of inner clarity and > awareness. Conversely, bombarding the system with mood-altering > chemicals may prevent the erupting unconscious material from being > integrated, resulting in a " frozen " condition in which the patient > neither returns to normal nor is able to complete the interrupted > self-healing process. > > More brutal than the arsenal of drugs are involuntary incarceration > in mental hospitals, shock treatments (which permanently damage > brain tissue), and various inhumane restraints. Patients in benign > altered states of consciousness, manifesting vigorous kriyas, have > been strapped for days or weeks to hospital beds. Even the softer > therapies can be hurtful to someone in the midst of a > transformational process. Professionals with a know-it-all attitude - > - but who have no understanding of spiritual emergence -- can be > patronizing at best. At worst, they can plant unnecessary fears in > the patient's mind. Those who have no personal experience with > mystical states tend to clump all nonordinary consciousness into the > same pathological category. > > Those who are unaware of the correlation between heightened > spiritual energy and physical/emotional disturbances will refuse to > believe that the individual is undergoing a potentially self- > renewing process. Few therapists and psychiatrists have been trained > to deal with extraordinary (non-pathological) states of > consciousness. Many of them try to force the client's experiences to > fit into a reductionistic formula of childhood trauma or unresolved > personality issues. Sometimes they are " successful " at this. > > One woman undergoing profound psychic opening became convinced that > all her spiritual experiences were meaningless hallucinations > resulting from childhood abuse. It's sad that in the name of > healing, so much harm can be done. It's disheartening that we live > in a culture which provides so little support for transformational > experiences. Until very recently, the phenomena of Kundalini > awakenings and other beneficial expansions of consciousness were > virtually unheard of in the West. The contributions of Carl Jung, > who personally went through a psycho spiritual awakening, have taken > a long time to have serious impact on mainstream psychiatric > thought. Stanislav and Christina Grof are among the pioneers of the > transpersonal psychology movement, yet in many circles, they are > still regarded as mavericks. > > One of the first people to write a detailed personal account of an > intense Kundalini awakening was Gopi Krishna. This superb narrative, > Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man, was not published until > the mid-70's, and even today, it is relatively obscure. There are a > dozen or so other autobiographical books by different authors which > accurately describe Kundalini phenomena, but they are rare treasures > smothered amidst scores of misleading or outright false depictions > of the Kundalini. > > Hopefully, those of us having these powerful and little understood > transformational experiences are the vanguard of a new epoch in > human awareness. The persecution we suffer is probably much less > than what someone in the throes of spiritual emergence must have > faced 20, 30 or more years ago. Even if we are unable to get through > to those locked in abysmal ignorance, we can stand up for ourselves > internally, and not give others the power to interpret our reality > for us. Through our networking and our unimpeded completion of our > own processes, let us be instrumental in spreading awareness of the > true nature of transformation. Let's pray that our children and > their children will inherit a better, wiser world in which spiritual > evolution is recognized and honored as an authentic, purposeful, and > crucial part of human development. > > -- El Collie > © El Collie 1995 > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Greetings Everyone, Thank you for sharing this writing. I thought it interesting about the tidbit on Bentov. I've read " Stalking the Wild Pendulum " and am familiar with his scientific view points and how it all relates to consciousness. Not many know of his work. Bentov actually studied the Kundalini and the body as a resonance chamber using scientific methods. Quite fascinating I think. " According to Bentov, the 7.5 Hz oscillation of the heart muscle rhythm induces mechanical frequencies in the brain, that in turn create a stimulus equivalent of a current loop. The nerve endings in that loop correspond to the route through which the Kundalini " rises " . [26] This current polarizes the brain part through which it flows in a homogenous way, effectively releasing tremendous amounts of stress from the body. The body then becomes an effective antenna for the 7.5 Hz frequency, which is one of the resonant frequencies of the ionosphere. In layman's terms, you then pick up information from the air. This might account for repeated descriptions of heightened senses as a result of rising Kundalini.. " from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kundalini It is also interesting about the percentage of diagnosed schizophrenics mentioned in the initial post. I would not doubt that. I know the % can be quite high for other " spiritual reasons " for mental/emotional illnesses. If anyone is interested, Carl Jung, the father of psychotherapy and analytical psychology, dove deep into the psyche to explain various dis-eases. In some circles Jung is a considered a shamanic practioner due to his knowledge and insights in soul-healing. I think Jung's writings are a fascinating journey to take. So Jung and Bentov - both of those will keep a person reading for quite a while lol Love and Light, StarStuffs > SPIRITUAL OPPRESSION > > Itzhak Bentov estimates that as many as 25% of diagnosed > schizophrenics may actually be unrecognized cases of Kundalini > awakenings. This happens because psychic openings thrust one into > multiple realities, creating an information overload where one > may " mix and confuse two or three realities " at once (Stalking the > Wild Pendulum). B.S. Goel says that during his twenty year Kundalini > process, he manifested symptoms of just about every mental illness > on record (Third Eye and Kundalini). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 1, 2006 Report Share Posted November 1, 2006 Yes Starstuffs, there was a whole spate of books - lots of good reading, that came out bridging consciousness, awakening experiences, physics, quantum mechanics, etc. in the mid-late 70's, early 80's, like Bentov's Stalking the Wild Pendulum ... Zukav's Dancing Wu Li Masters, Bohm's Wholeness and the Implicate Order, Capra's Tao of Physics, Crack in the Cosmic Egg, are a few others I remember chewing through back then as part of the 'journey' begun back in that era as a fledgling TM'er ... who was 'researching' as a journalism student, the 'Sidhis' program (based on Patanjali's yoga sutras), and delving into their juxtaposition of convergence between unified field theory in quantum mechanics, and the field of pure consciousness as entered into and correlative to their findings in brain wave mapping via EEG's of their 'Sidhas' whilst in peak shakti/k-related experiences (aka 'yogic flying'). I even remember interviewing F. David Peat http://www.fdavidpeat.com/ when he was an NRC scientist here in Canada in the 70's, about his views on the relationship between consciousness and quantum fields, with kundalini-shakti experiences being a bridge ... I think he thought I was a bit 'off' at the time. Metta. Alex Low, Low, Low Rates! Check out Messenger's cheap PC-to-Phone call rates. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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