Looking for opinions - Sarita

[Guest guest]

Hi Sarita,

 

It seems to me that saying that reiki and kundalini are one and the

same thing is a bit simplistic--they are closely related but they are

not the same. They also *feel* different, at least in terms of

intensity. Not to mention that, by definition, reiki comes from the

crown, whereas kundalini begins in the root chakra. Which could mean

that reiki is, in fact, more closely related to the Shiva principle

than to Kundalini Shakti.

 

Below I am pasting another explanation which I find quite persuasive.

Just replace " prana " with " reiki, " and see if it makes sense to you.

 

Sel

 

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The Kundalini Shakti

 

....there is one energy (Shakti) in the universe that also keeps

changing its form. Each time that that energy changes form, we give it

a new name. Following is a description of how this works. In

reflecting on this, it is important to keep in mind that some schools,

teachers, or lineages use the various terminologies somewhat

differently from one another, though the principles might be

essentially the same. It is the process that we want to clearly

understand, so that we may journey through these levels to their source.

 

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Shakti: The universal energy of consciousness is called Shakti.

*

 

Kundalini-Shakti: The word kunda means a bowl in which fire is

burned. Thus, when Shakti resides in a bowl called kunda at the base

of the spine, it is called Kundalini-Shakti. Going back to the river

metaphor, imagine that you are holding a bowl called kunda in your

hand. When you plunge the bowl into the river, you say, " I have put

the bowl into the river. " However, the moment you pull your hand and

the bowl out of the river, you say, " I have water in the bowl. " In

that moment, the river was given a new name, changing it from river to

water.

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Kundalini: Then, in our common language, the word Shakti is

dropped away, and the energy in the bowl is simply called Kundalini.

In effect, Kundalini-Shakti has been given a new name, simply

Kundalini. Even though it is now called simply Kundalini, it remains

none other than pure Shakti. The only difference, if you can call it a

difference, is that the Shakti is now in the bowl.

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Prana: A tiny amount of the energy called Kundalini radiates off

of its subtle mass, like steam rising from a bowl of boiling water.

That radiating energy is called Prana. Again, once it changes form

slightly, it gets a new name. Just like the water turning to steam,

while still remaining water, the Kundalini, which is still Shakti,

" becomes " Prana.

 

Full article at http://swamij.com/shakti.htm

[Guest guest]

Thank you Sel! That makes perfect sense to me.

 

Sarita

 

, " selena230 "

<selena230 wrote:

>

> Hi Sarita,

>

> It seems to me that saying that reiki and kundalini are one and the

> same thing is a bit simplistic--they are closely related but they

are

> not the same. They also *feel* different, at least in terms of

> intensity. Not to mention that, by definition, reiki comes from the

> crown, whereas kundalini begins in the root chakra. Which could mean

> that reiki is, in fact, more closely related to the Shiva principle

> than to Kundalini Shakti.

>

> Below I am pasting another explanation which I find quite

persuasive.

> Just replace " prana " with " reiki, " and see if it makes sense to you.

>

> Sel