--- Bronte Baxter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> This is an interesting post. It reminds me of a
> question I've had a long time that maybe some people
> out there can answer. It's about kundulini. What are
> you supposed to do with it?
>
> Sometimes in my life when I've done a lot of
> meditation, back in the days of TM or later through
> other systems, the energy could get very powerful,
> stopping just this side of scary. I had a friend who
> developed burn marks the entire length of his spine
> at a retreat I was on (when I was in the Ramtha
> school). I saw the marks myself, and it was pretty
> awesome.
>
> Kundulini's a natural force, so it shouldn't
> really be frightening, and apparently it's necessary
> for it to do its work for there to be complete
> opening of the chakras. But how does a person
> control the darn stuff? I've sometimes wondered if
> the reports in history of people who mysteriously
> "spontaneously combusted" were really about folks
> who had spontaneous kundulini they had no idea how
> to control.
>
> Of course I know the standard "party line" Indian
> admonition, that "the student needs the master" to
> guide him through the kundulini experience safely.
> But I no longer buy that we have to give our power
> away to gurus to unfold the divinity we naturally
> are. I'm shy to experiment with kundulini on my own,
> though, if I don't have a better idea what a person
> should be doing. Maybe some of you eclectic
> mavericks out there have got some suggestions or
> answers.
>
> Bronte
You make a couple of assumptions that I believe
are not necessarily true. The first is that kundalini
experiences are necessary for Realization. Most
spiritual traditions and individual gurus do not give
kundalini experiences any regard whatsoever regarding
Realization. This includes MMY, SSRS, and Ramana
Maharishi. Kundalini experiences are caused by
"impurities"/stress in various koshas or sheaths that
constitute individuality. By placing ones attention on
these experiences and over-valuing them as "good,"
they will increase in intensity and then you can be
truly up that creek without a paddle. Regular
exercise, sufficiant sleep, engaged relationships and
a 100% focus on activity when engaged in activity will
bring kundalini experiences to an end. Also, in more
extreme cases, masturbation, eating chicken or meat
(horrors!) and intense lengthy exercise will stop the
intense kundalini experiences because it will shift
your attention back into the gross physical body. What
you "do" with kundalini experiences is ignore them.
They are meaningless. Simply physiology of pure
consciousness.
Another point you make that I disagree with is
that a teacher/guru is not necessary for Realization.
You obviously have been burned by gurus so you have an
aversion to them. Very understandable. But there are
good gurus out there and they are needed for
Realization. You may be "divine" but that is just a
waking state concept until you truly are divine. Like
the neo-advatians walking around out there, with no
guru, doing whatever their bound individuality wants
to do and stating it doesn't matter because they are
pure consciousness. Utter nonsense. I think many
peoples problems with gurus is that they think a guru
is there to placate their psychology; to make them
feel good. Many gurus do this. They have a sattvic
personality like SSRS. Other gurus are not like this
at all such as MMY. MMY has rajasic traits in his
personality. But regardless of personality, that
Blazing Brahman radiates from gurus. And that Blaze
has nothing to do with your or their personality. And
it is That which needs to be realized. And they are
critical in this process. Just don't get enslaved to a
guru.
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