Kundalini Splendor

Today, once more, those of us who feel alienated from "mainstream culture," may feel isolated and perhaps depressed. There are, of course, many ways of feeling alienated. Often this feeling derives from renewed awareness of a childhood lacking in love, perhaps marked by physical or sexual abuse. Such backgrounds can produce a life time of mourning, of grieving for the "lost" parent, the mother or father who failed to extend sufficient tokens of nurturance and acceptance.

Another state of alienation is produced when one is a creator, by definition someone who does not see the world as the majority perceive it, a person who expresses in deeply felt ways a vision unique to the self. Even geniuses can suffer this fate--consider Beethoven who had virtually no one to love or be loved by in his life, who was further isolated by his deafness in his later years. And of course, there is also Mozart, who was buried in a pauper's grave, lacking even the modest fee required for proper burial.

Spiritual alienation is another common state of all who have penetrated to the "secret realms" of spirit, places where the masses often do not go nor even guess exist. Such is often the fate of those who undergo deep spiritual transformation, especially through the process of Kundalini awakening. Often "initiates" who have experienced the sacred inner energies feel quite isolated from family or friends. They are unable even to tell others of their profoundly transformative experiences, for those who are still "unawakened" to this new reality are unable to comprehend or interpret.

Yet, such states also may produce great benefits. The abused child may well develop a sensitivity, an empathy, beyond what is felt by many others. The artist may break through to a new revelation, a stunning vision produced by transcending the bounds of familiar perceptions. And, as for Kundalini, it introduces us to new realms of being and seeing, lifts us to a new level of consciousness, and reveals astonishing insights as to wht the human is capable of.

Here is a little exercise that may help some to overcome feelings of depression or isolation on this day when it seems the entire world (except oneself) is reveling and celebrating: Instead of dwelling on losses and feelings of isolation, find reasons to be grateful. In terms of past negative experiences, be grateful one is no longer caught up in those settings or circumstances. In terms of one's present condition, be grateful that one has a roof over one's head, sufficient food to eat, enough heat to stay warm. Send blessings and hope to the millions driven from their homelands, living perhaps in tents, whole families dying of famine or disease.

Above all, be grateful that one has been "chosen" by grace itself to participate, through Kundalini, in what is perhaps the greatest venture ever conducted on the human species--evolution of consciousness to the next level. Be glad you are here as a participant and do your part to move the effort forward.