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Kundalini:
A Love Affair
Kundalini
is a subject that evokes universal interest.
The myths and
misunderstandings about it are many. For
some the raising of the Kundalini is a wonderful experience, and for
others it can be frightening. There are Eastern disciplines that work to
“raise it” in meditation and in other practices, and there are those
that strive to keep it controlled. Kundalini awakening is the beginning,
not the end, of a progressive movement of expanding consciousness toward
enlightenment. So let’s shed some light & commonsense on the
process.
Kundalini
is an expression of the life force or chi; it’s the “fire” of spirit
awakening in the body. In most people it lies dormant at the base of the
spine. It is given the name ‘kundalini’ when it begins to ‘move’
within the body. This movement is typically felt as tingling throughout
the body or in the palms of the hands and souls of the feet, or a
twitching or trembling in the legs or the belly. Sometimes the first
intense tremors awaken us from a dream, where it might appear as a snake,
or experienced as being run over, or overtaken, by something profound.
For a complete list of “symptoms” see
http://users.aol.com/ckress/symptoms.html.
It
is commonly awakened during spiritual practices or conscious breathing [in
rebirthing, meditation or yoga], and more and more often these days it
seems to be awakening spontaneously in people who are not following any
set spiritual or meditative practice.
This
whole thing can be a scary experience as most people have little or no
idea of what’s happening as their life force stirs, and feelings of one
self as potentially “dangerous” or “out of control” are not
uncommon. This can especially be scary for men who don’t want to feel
driven by feelings of power or lust. It can be easy to believe that
something is “wrong”.
Life
itself can seem to be intensifying on all fronts. Feeling extremes of heat
& cold are not uncommon, and sensitivity to noise and the surroundings
may become intense. You can become more & more psychically &
emotionally sensitive, or become sleepless, or fall into states of
exhaustion. [If you are
constantly exhausted, look for what it is
you are resisting. Also check iron levels - this especially for women.]
You
may feel as though you can read the minds of others and become very
sensitive to “negative vibes”. Smoking pot increases these
perceptions, and can actually lead to a form of “drug induced
psychosis” that looks and feels like deep paranoia and lack of trust in
your own perceptions. [Suggestion: stop smoking it!]. Most western doctors
will have no idea of what’s happening, & often misdiagnose anything
from schizophrenia or personality disorder to epilepsy or ‘infantile’
fitting. This increases the fear factor, which increases the symptoms!
Drink lots of water and get informed instead of feeling frightened.
The
naturally occurring process is that one chakra after another, from the
base up, will become activated and “open” until the energy reaches the
crown chakra – the seat of self realisation and enlightenment. The
“symptoms” and shaking will coincide with the areas of influence of
the chakras and energy blocks that are clearing. * The opening &
stretching of the crown and third eye chakras can feel like a headache,
sometimes quite painful, and there can also be drawing, tingling, pulling
or burning sensations around the crown, and feelings of the brain and
skull being stretched. This is all normal, so don’t get attached to any
of it!
I
have heard otherwise sensible people refer to Kundalini as “dangerous”
and recommend that in order not to “burn up’, or “short-circuit”
from the amount of electricity in the body that those affected move into
houses made entirely without metal, become vegan, use only organic
products, and leave the city to get off the power grid – not a very
practical or attractive option for most of us! [Try drinking lots of
water* and getting some healthy exercise instead!] I have also heard of
someone in a position to have their opinion taken seriously, describing it
as a “disgusting” experience. If you have no other references for your
experience it’s very easy to take on this kind of fearful negativity and
other misperceptions. So lets look at the bright side & get a bit
sensible about the whole business.
Firstly,
it is a profound spiritual experience that can lead to states of bliss,
psychic development and the ability to heal.
It
will challenge you. But if you were not also able to rise [pun
intended] to the occasion you would not have created or accepted this gift
for yourself in the first place.
The
more you focus on the symptoms, especially fearfully, the more intense
they will become. This is a rule of life – the more you focus on
ANYTHING the more of it you’ll get. Fear limits you in every way. So the
trick is to gracefully allow the process to unfold, monitoring your
progress in a detached way. You may well twitch when your energy is
engaged – relax – it will pass.
Appreciate the peeling away of
layers of old, outworn emotional rubbish, belief systems and general dross
you’ve been carting around for lifetimes. You are being offered FREEDOM
here. Make no mistake, it can be painful to let go of illusions,
especially ones about yourself. It is normal to burst into tears for
almost no reason as old emotional charges release.
Anger may also surface. You will not go mad, become dangerous or otherwise
destructive to self or others! You will not lose yourself.
Find
a sensible outlet for your feelings and the energy on them. You can throw
bricks, break plates, go for a run, cry lots - for all or no reason - or
howl at the moon, or scream in the car with the music up loud – whatever
it takes to move the energy in a healthy responsible manner. But move it
you must; suppressing it will make you sick or cause other problems. You
are being offered a life-enhancing gift and you are required to be
responsible for yourself and own it.
The
only time you can get into trouble is if you go into resistance – into
fear of the process itself, or where it might take you, or what you might
find out about your self beyond your illusions.
Resistance
is the only thing that can lower your vibration or short circuit this
process of spiritual awakening. The
call is to go into the “dark of the soul” and find the light switch.
Face your deepest fears, monsters & nightmares. This is the “eye of
the needle”, and you are being called to pass through it. The only thing
standing in your light is YOU, so learn now how to get out of your own
way!
[Chronic fatigue and other self-immune conditions can be the result of
suppressing this process. This is a power issue – would you rather
be dead than be powerful? Would you rather debilitate yourself than be
annihilated by the repercussions of coming into your power? Is your answer
‘yes’? Ask yourself what you do with your passion?]
As
the kundalini moves in the base chakra it can easily and often feel
sexual. This is normal – the base chakra corresponds to the genitals and
reproduction, and to our survival and connection to Earth/Gaia. The second
chakra is our sexual and power centre. And the third is the Solar Plexus
– our centre of will and of our expression of life. As the energy flows,
we are awakened into our physical spirituality. If you feel sexual during
a healing or on other “inappropriate” occasions it does not mean that
someone is projecting to you, or that you fancy them – it can simply be
that the energy itself feels sexual. It may be rising to “clear out”
old energy. Don’t take it personally. [Conversely, you may wonder what
happened to your sex drive, as it takes a complete holiday!]
Kundalini
often rises spontaneously during the sex act and can causing shaking,
writhing, twitching etc. It may be odd, but it will intensify the
experience, so tell your partner what it is, relax and enjoy it. The more
you tense up, the stronger the muscles can spasm. Unless you manage to
stop the process completely, in which case you’ll wonder what happened
to your libido! It can also be catching – one person’s kundalini often
brings up another’s, so you could be in for a good time. For an even
better time, bring the energy into the heart, cross connect in a figure
eight and go for union through the heart as well as the sex bits... now
you’re cooking! It is here that practices of sacred and tantric sex
begin, as we learn to raise the energy to the heart and to express our
connection to our lover as a sacred act of divine union. This is the
highest expression of physical love.
The
shaking is caused as the energy rises up the spine, through the chakras.
As there is more energy passing through a chakra than there’s ‘room
for’, a spasm will occur in adjacent muscles as the overload is released
‘sideways’. It has to go somewhere. Old blockages, limitations and
contractions in the energy [etheric] field of the body, the ‘cellular
memory’ and the muscles are released as the energy runs through them. So
you shake. And may feel some of the feelings that belong with the ‘imprint’
you were carrying in the body. Again, the tenser you are, the more you
will shake, so allow yourself to relax and go with the flow.
The
best-known Western cultural reference for Kundalini that most of us have
is the Quakers, or Shakers, and the charismatic movement,
where they also speak in tongues – or the Language
of Light as LightWorkers have come to call it. It all helps with the
clearing process, and so facilitates the rising of your vibrational field.
Which is supposed to be the point of all spiritual pursuits…
The
‘clearer’ you are, or become, the less constriction there will be in
your body, and the less you’ll shake. As you develop familiarity with
your kundalini and its processes, the more able you will be to raise it at
will by focusing on the base chakra and drawing the energy up.
You can then hold a feeling or a belief in your focus and direct
the kundalini, simply by your intent, to clear it. This is most efficient
self-healing. Pay attention as you do it. Bringing the energy out the
crown of the head, around down the front of the body and back in through
the second, or sacral, chakra will keep you grounded as you work with this
potent energy.
Focus
on always drawing the energy through the heart and clearing and opening
that chakra fully. Channel it into the “back heart” – the back of
the heart chakra can hold a lot of very old personal and collective grief.
Just be mindful of it, and remember to fill it, too, with the energy. Give
each of your chakras a good bath!
Know
that you cannot possibly do any harm to yourself or any other being as
long as you channel your feelings and energy and intent through the high
heart. Align yourself to the highest good of all beings by aligning yourself
fully with "The Law of One” [ that what effects one, affects all;
you are your neighbour], which will render you absolutely “harmless”.
Anger,
when you learn to channel it effectively, becomes a clear and empowering
expression of will, and grief becomes joy. When this is mastered, the
higher heart begins to open and work actively for you. And another
wonderful journey is embarked upon. This is the journey of the Sacred
Heart - A Love Affair between yourself and YourSelf, in the world of
the Awakened Soul.
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©
Shely Mort 2004
* We are an electromagnetic
energy system and our body requires water to conduct electricity in our
brains, tissues, cells etc. Without water in the battery the car won’t
run! This cannot be over-emphasised – when you are thirsty you are
ALREADY DEHYDRATED. Drink plenty of water – it also helps to detox the
body during this process.
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chakras
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