Wednesday, September 15, 2004
Kundalini and Human Evolution
Is kundalini the primary agent for the evolution of humanity to a new level of consciousness?
Before attempting to answer such a profound question,, we must first step back, think a bit about the implications, and introduce some qualifiers. By looking at the issue from various angles, we may be able to unveil the knowledge we are seeking.
Aren't there other paths to expansion of consciousness, perhaps to enlightenment itself?
Yes, there are many paths to higher awareness, to spiritual growth, and to transcendent states of being. All are valid, all are rich sources of inner development, all contribute immeasurably to the benefit of humankind. But kundalini offers something more, an additional factor which completes the mix and lifts the self to a stage of being not available through other approaches.
How does the kundalini state differ from more familiar "mystical consciousness"? Mystics of all ages report being infused with a sense of divine love, of sensing their own oneness with all that is, and of perceiving the unending beauty of the world which surrounds them.
Kundalini can trigger such states of mystical awareness, and these are for all purposes the same as those reported by the mystics of many traditions. Kundalini thus can include mystical awareness but it embraces more.
How is kundalini consciousness different from the kinds of expanded awareness reported worldwide, such as e. s. p., auras. telepathic communication, precognition, energy healing, sensing sacred earth centers, remote viewing?
Again, kundalini can include some of these capacities as part of the renewal process, but it involves a great deal more. (Some people think such abilities are themselves valid expressions of kundaini manifestation.)
What is the "something more" which kundalini experience provides?
When kundalini manifests most fully, the crown opens and the immensity flows in. This is an indescribably ecstatic moment, where the brain itself seems to be flooded with bliss. The sense of self surrenders to an awareness of a vaster, more comprehensive reality. The ego then confronts its own non-existence, and realizes that its sense of separate identity is a fiction, and that it exists only as a minute atom in an infinitely large, near overwhelming web of being. This reality cannot be adequately described, but it can be experienced as infinite divine love, which holds the human in its ecstatic embrace. From this point on, the lover within becomes a familiar feature of daily experience, something quite real, not a mere metaphor.
Kundalini now infuses every pore, every thought, every deep memory and held emotion of the initiate. There is a thorough inner cleansing, which may go on for months or years, as the human is remade physically and spiritually. Sometimes the reshaping process involves painful readjustment of the psyche and body as the self undergoes deep alchemical transformation.
Is the initiate now in a state of enlightenment?
Perhaps there are a few such examples of saints and others who have reached this exalted state. The vast majority experience significant progress on their inner journey, arriving at a more advanced level, but not that of full enlightenment. The evolutionary shift does not occur all at once for the individual nor for the group. It is an ongoing event, occurring at various speeds and manifesting in various ways .
Why can't one simply accept this realization intellectually (that we are all part of something greater) without undergoing such a demanding process?
Evolution is a tremendous undertaking. It is more than mind. It is soul in the fullest sense. One must experience it at the cellular level of body and in the deepest reaches of spirit for it to achieve its aims.
What are the other benefits of the process ? Are people better, wiser, more compassionate and loving? Are all their personal problems solved and do their lives become one unending experience of bliss?
Once one is filled with such evidence of a divine reality which holds humankind in its embrace, it is all but impossible to return to earlier states of disillusionment or despair. One knows in the most convincing way that such love and power are real, that divine presence is not an untested theory, but a truth which plays out daily in one's life.
What one does with this supreme gift varies with one's own interests and abilities. We are surrounded by people dedicating themselves to helping humankind reach this new level, many working with little concern for personal gain. They become healers, poets, teachers, and helpers of various kinds, committed to "bringing the treasure back home."
Are all kundalini experiences of the type described above?
No. Many kundalini manifestations (such as intense heat or muscle spasms) are symptomatic of the beginning stages . Sometimes the "awakening" is temporary, and disappears after the early encounters.
Why are we hearing so much about kundalini now, when it was almost unknown only a few years ago?
We are creating what Rupert Sheldrake called a "morphogenetic field." Once the phenomenon is established, it occurs more and more frequently, and will become ever more prevalent as time passes. At critical mass, it will become the prevailing form of consciousness.
How do people who have undergone a significant portion of this process recognize each other?
Often through the vibratory level. They sense (in a palpable fashion) the energies of the other person, and often feel these as bliss in their own subtle bodies. (But not every person with beautiful energies has consciously undergone the kundalini transformation process, and vice versa.)
Once one has had such a taste of fuller awareness, nothing remains the same. The moment of awakening is the "moment which changes everything."
Kundalini restructures the nervous system itself. Therefore one hears with new ears, sees with new eyes, and feels with new impulses. In its ultimate and ideal expression, life becomes infused with wonder and delight. We feel at a more basic, essential level. And, because we (as a species) are already so highly developed in our left brain spheres of operation, we can fuse the disparates, logic and intuition, reason and ecstasy, intellect and delight.
Before attempting to answer such a profound question,, we must first step back, think a bit about the implications, and introduce some qualifiers. By looking at the issue from various angles, we may be able to unveil the knowledge we are seeking.
Aren't there other paths to expansion of consciousness, perhaps to enlightenment itself?
Yes, there are many paths to higher awareness, to spiritual growth, and to transcendent states of being. All are valid, all are rich sources of inner development, all contribute immeasurably to the benefit of humankind. But kundalini offers something more, an additional factor which completes the mix and lifts the self to a stage of being not available through other approaches.
How does the kundalini state differ from more familiar "mystical consciousness"? Mystics of all ages report being infused with a sense of divine love, of sensing their own oneness with all that is, and of perceiving the unending beauty of the world which surrounds them.
Kundalini can trigger such states of mystical awareness, and these are for all purposes the same as those reported by the mystics of many traditions. Kundalini thus can include mystical awareness but it embraces more.
How is kundalini consciousness different from the kinds of expanded awareness reported worldwide, such as e. s. p., auras. telepathic communication, precognition, energy healing, sensing sacred earth centers, remote viewing?
Again, kundalini can include some of these capacities as part of the renewal process, but it involves a great deal more. (Some people think such abilities are themselves valid expressions of kundaini manifestation.)
What is the "something more" which kundalini experience provides?
When kundalini manifests most fully, the crown opens and the immensity flows in. This is an indescribably ecstatic moment, where the brain itself seems to be flooded with bliss. The sense of self surrenders to an awareness of a vaster, more comprehensive reality. The ego then confronts its own non-existence, and realizes that its sense of separate identity is a fiction, and that it exists only as a minute atom in an infinitely large, near overwhelming web of being. This reality cannot be adequately described, but it can be experienced as infinite divine love, which holds the human in its ecstatic embrace. From this point on, the lover within becomes a familiar feature of daily experience, something quite real, not a mere metaphor.
Kundalini now infuses every pore, every thought, every deep memory and held emotion of the initiate. There is a thorough inner cleansing, which may go on for months or years, as the human is remade physically and spiritually. Sometimes the reshaping process involves painful readjustment of the psyche and body as the self undergoes deep alchemical transformation.
Is the initiate now in a state of enlightenment?
Perhaps there are a few such examples of saints and others who have reached this exalted state. The vast majority experience significant progress on their inner journey, arriving at a more advanced level, but not that of full enlightenment. The evolutionary shift does not occur all at once for the individual nor for the group. It is an ongoing event, occurring at various speeds and manifesting in various ways .
Why can't one simply accept this realization intellectually (that we are all part of something greater) without undergoing such a demanding process?
Evolution is a tremendous undertaking. It is more than mind. It is soul in the fullest sense. One must experience it at the cellular level of body and in the deepest reaches of spirit for it to achieve its aims.
What are the other benefits of the process ? Are people better, wiser, more compassionate and loving? Are all their personal problems solved and do their lives become one unending experience of bliss?
Once one is filled with such evidence of a divine reality which holds humankind in its embrace, it is all but impossible to return to earlier states of disillusionment or despair. One knows in the most convincing way that such love and power are real, that divine presence is not an untested theory, but a truth which plays out daily in one's life.
What one does with this supreme gift varies with one's own interests and abilities. We are surrounded by people dedicating themselves to helping humankind reach this new level, many working with little concern for personal gain. They become healers, poets, teachers, and helpers of various kinds, committed to "bringing the treasure back home."
Are all kundalini experiences of the type described above?
No. Many kundalini manifestations (such as intense heat or muscle spasms) are symptomatic of the beginning stages . Sometimes the "awakening" is temporary, and disappears after the early encounters.
Why are we hearing so much about kundalini now, when it was almost unknown only a few years ago?
We are creating what Rupert Sheldrake called a "morphogenetic field." Once the phenomenon is established, it occurs more and more frequently, and will become ever more prevalent as time passes. At critical mass, it will become the prevailing form of consciousness.
How do people who have undergone a significant portion of this process recognize each other?
Often through the vibratory level. They sense (in a palpable fashion) the energies of the other person, and often feel these as bliss in their own subtle bodies. (But not every person with beautiful energies has consciously undergone the kundalini transformation process, and vice versa.)
Once one has had such a taste of fuller awareness, nothing remains the same. The moment of awakening is the "moment which changes everything."
Kundalini restructures the nervous system itself. Therefore one hears with new ears, sees with new eyes, and feels with new impulses. In its ultimate and ideal expression, life becomes infused with wonder and delight. We feel at a more basic, essential level. And, because we (as a species) are already so highly developed in our left brain spheres of operation, we can fuse the disparates, logic and intuition, reason and ecstasy, intellect and delight.
