Kundalini Splendor

Note: I will be going to S. F. for the holidays, and so will be off line until the first week in January.


In his classic work "The Doors of Perception," Aldous Huxley discusses what he calls "the reducing valve." By this he means the ways in which we (of necessity) filter out the mass of information we are constantly receiving from all the planes of existence so that we can live comfortably in this world. The result is good, in that we can remain focused and function in the "real" world, but at the same time this capacity leads us to fall into the "cultural trance" of consensus reality. We assume that that which we perceive is the only reality, and we tend to dismiss reports of other kinds of awareness as false.

However, today, many of us are breaking through the barrier of limited perception. Our "reducing valves" are themselves being reduced. We are breaking through in myriad ways, finding the truth in our own hearts, listening to what our own intuition is telling us.

Kundalini is a major instance of breaking through the barriers. Those still living in the "old paradigm" tend to ignore us completely or consign us to the realm of the "weirdos." But the fact is that there are more and more of the "weirdos" on the loose, and many of us feel that the time is approaching when we will together reach critical mass--when the limits of consciousness will be broken wide open--we will then see with fresh eyes, and hear with new ears. We will not be afraid, for we will realize that this new self is who we are.

I just spoke with Patricia on the phone. (Many of you remember Patricia, who created this blog for me. And you will recall that she is now so limited in her movement that she cannot walk unaided, yet she travels and participates in life with amazing zest and enthusiasm.) She swims daily. She told me that recently she had swum a mile--a goal she had set for herself, but had not expected to achieve until some time in future. But for some reason, she felt she could do it yesterday, and so she simply did it. Afterward, she realized that she had been limited by the expectations of her mind as to what was and was not possible, and that once she transcended these assumptions, she could go beyond her assumed limits.

What could we not do if we breached the limits set by mind? What could we not achieve together if we in unison "broke the mind barrier"? There are many among us already leading the way.

I hope this awareness will set the tone for the new year, as we advance together into this new age. Yes, the world seems to be collapsing all around, but the old structures are giving way to a new paradigm, a way of being we cannot yet know in detail.
But it will happen. We can do it--Yes, we can! In fact, we are doing it already.

Here is a poem many of you know, but I am publishing it again, as it seems appropriate at this time:

Don't Make Lists

Every day a new flower rises
from your body's fresh soil.
Don't go around looking
for fallen petals
in a fairy tale when you've
got the golden plant
right here, now,
shooting forth in light from your eyes,
your awakening crown.

Don't make lists or explore ancient accounts.
Forget everything you know
and open.

(from Marrow of Flame)

So let the watchword for the coming age be Open, Open, allow it to happen. Indeed, this is the time and we are the people we have waited for. How lucky we are!

Radiant blessings to all.

Dorothy