Tuesday, June 12, 2018
Loren Roche––The Radian Sutras––pp. 40-41
Follow the path of the life force
As she flashes upward like lightning
Through your body.
Attend simultaneously
To the perineum, that bright spot
Between the legs,
To the crown of the skull
And to that shining star-place
Above the head.
Notice this living current
Becoming ever more subtle as
she rises,
Radiant as the morning sun,
Until she streams outward from
the top of the head
Into all-embracing gratitude.
Thus become intimate with the
life of all beings.
Roche, Lorin. The Radiance Sutras: 112 Gateways to the Yoga of Wonder and Delight (pp. 40-41). Sounds True. Kindle Edition.
This one of the most beautiful descriptions of the passage of the Kundalini energies from root to crown that I know of. Roche calls it the "life force," as indeed do many others. The original text says this current becomes "ever more subtle as she rises." Sometimes, at the beginning of the opening, the currents are as strong at the crown as they are at the root. As time progresses, the energies do indeed become ever more subtle, everywhere in the body. The gratitude that one feels is for being allowed entry into this sacred world of experience, in which one indeed feels deep connection with the divine reality and all that is.
Explanation of this dialogue: "The Bhairava Tantra is framed as a conversation between lovers, Devi and Bhairava. Devi is the Creative Energy permeating the universe. Her nature is power, strength, and might. Bhairava is the infinite consciousness that embraces her. In the initial verses, Devi is speaking from within her awe at existence. She assumes the body of a seeker of truth and dares Bhairava to reveal to her the secrets of yoga. Rising to the occasion, Bhairava accepts her questions as beautiful and invites her to accompany him on the path of intimacy with all life. In verses 1– 23, they converse back and forth in this way."
Roche, Lorin. The Radiance Sutras: 112 Gateways to the Yoga of Wonder and Delight (p. 13). Sounds True. Kindle Edition.
