Kundalini

[Guest guest]

Marcia:

I wouldn't dream of defending Gurdjieff one way or the other.

His work stands on it's own. Although personally I don't

believe there was much he didn't understand or was afraid of.

 

But now I have become quite interested in the subject of

Kundalini and the question of reception of energies from

the higher centers in distinction from energy rising up from

the lower centers.

 

[...]

 

Jan: To my knowledge, it is sufficient to know Kundalini can be regarded

as a fire. Burning grass produces a lot of smoke whereas a hydrogen flame is

invisible but can produce a lot more heat. With Kundalini it is the same;

also, no two experiences are the same and even if they are comparable, it is

quite possible they don't occur at the same stage. Then, there isn't

agreement on the number of chakras and their colors. Another factor is one's

"degree" of surrender or being witness. With unconditional surrender,

nothing can go wrong so there is no need to stuff the mind with someone

else's experiences / theory. Without unconditional surrender, at times

things can go wrong and a mind, stuffed with someone else's experiences /

theory wouldn't prevent that from happening Instead, read K. inspired

poetry from San Juan de la Cruz, Jnaneshwar, Rumi, Harsha and many more...

[Guest guest]

Nityananda was forever in the state of samadhi. Established in the divine, he

would sometimes speak. The following is the The Sky of The Heart, which is a

collection written down by his devotees.

 

Nityananda did not want a center, or a following. Nonetheless, devotees wrote

down his words, and the aforementioned book is the result.

 

Some quotes from Nityananda regarding Kundalini:

 

 

The Self in the heart-sky

 

And the heart-sky in the Self are One.

 

Those who know this One sing in ecstasy!

 

They know the bliss-producing kundalini.

 

 

Awaken the kundalini Shakti

 

Through the breath.

 

For when it is roused, liberation is possible.

 

 

The subtle kundalini is comprehended

 

By following the path of thei higher mind.

 

Like milk being boiled,

 

The vital breath in the sushumna channel is

 

heated by intense faith and dis rimination

 

And led toward the shasrara chakra,

 

The still point at the top of the head.

 

As the kundalini power

 

Crosses each subtle energy center,

 

Properties of the energy that evolves

 

As the world change.

 

And as they change--so does one's whole birth.

 

 

Kundalini is the eternal delight.

 

Kundalini is the eternal delight in the heart,

 

The "light of Brahma."

 

Ablaze with the light of a million suns.

 

 

The house of breath is

 

The dwelling place of kundalini,

 

The house of Shiva, the house of fulfillment,

 

The house of balance and harmony.

 

One who lives in this house cares not about

 

Honor or dishonor.

 

This is the home of the yogi who has

 

Renounced everything.

 

This is the home of subtle discrimination,

 

The home of kundalini,

 

The home within the heart.

 

 

The search for truth,

 

Where the subtle merges with the gross,

 

Requires subtle discrimination.

 

The seat of such discrimination is in

 

The sky of the heart.

 

When the kundalini rises

 

To this place in the head,

 

Then the breath is single

 

And the universe is in one's Self.

---Nityananda

 

Mahapremabhakti

M