Kundalini (kuṇḍalinī, Sanskrit: कुण्डलिनी) literally means coiled.
In yoga, a "corporeal energy" - an unconscious, instinctive or Shakti, lies coiled at the base of the spine.
It is envisioned either as a goddess or else as a sleeping serpent, hence a number of English renderings of the term such as 'serpent power'.
The kundalini resides in the sacrum bone in three and a half coils
The kundalini resides in the sacrum bone in three and a half coils
Kundalini is Sanskrit for "snake" or "serpent power," so-called because it is believed to lie like a serpent in the root chakra at the base of the spine.
In Tantra Yoga kundalini is an aspect of Shakti, the divine female energy and consort of Shiva.
KUNDALINI ( THE HOLY GHOST)
The power of kundalini is said to be enormous. Those having experienced it claim it to be indescribable.
The phenomena associated with it varies from bizarre physical sensations and movements, pain, clairaudience, visions, brilliant lights, superlucidity, psychical powers, ecstasy, bliss, and transcendence of self.
Kundalini has been described as liquid fire and liquid light.
Indian yoga, with its emphasis on the transmutation of energy to higher consciousness, was the chief contributor to the cultivation of kundalini and the preservation of its knowledge prior to present times.
Kundalini was a rarity in the West before the 1970s until more attention became centered upon the consciousness.
In 1932, for example, psychiatrist Carl G. Jung and others observed that the kundalini experience was seldom seen in the West.
However, an examination of mystical literature and traditions showed that kundalini, called by various names, seems to have been a universal phenomenon in esoteric teachings for perhaps three thousand years.
Kundalini-type descriptions or experiences are found in esoteric teachings of the Egyptians, Tibetans, Chinese, some Native Americans, and the Kung bushmen of Africa.
HUMAN EVOLUTION
One of the most dramatic instances of classic kundalini awakening was experienced by Gopi Krishna (1903-1984), of India, who meditated for three hours every morning over seventeen years. On Christmas Day, 1937, he had his explosive awakening with kundalini pouring up his spine.
By his personal account, he rocked out of his body and was enveloped in a halo of light. His consciousness expanded in every direction, and a vision of luster unfolded before him ...
He was like a small cork bobbing on a vast ocean of consciousness.
GANESH ( REMOVER OF OBSTACLES )
This extraordinary experienced occurred once again, and then Krishna was plunged into twelve years of misery, during which he "experienced the indescribable ecstasies of the mystics…and the agonies of the mentally afflicted."
Following twelve years his body apparently adapted to the new energy and stabilized, but he was permanently changed. Everything in his vision was bathed in a silvery light.
He heard an inner cadence, called the "unstruck melody" in kundalini literature.
CELTIC DRAGON RING
Eventually he could experience bliss just by turning his attention inward. He became, as he said, "a pool of consciousness always aglow with light."
His creativity soared allowing him to write poetry and nonfiction books.
Krishna devotedly spent most of the remainder of his life learning the secrets of kundalini. He considered it "the most jealously guarded secret in history" and "the guardian of human evolution."
To him it was the driving force behind genius and inspiration. He also thought within the brain is the blueprint to evolve humankind to a higher consciousness, one that makes use of kundalini.
Too, he believed kundalini could improve the health of humankind with its ability to regenerate and restore the body, to lengthen life, and eradicate such conditions as mental retardation.
Too, he believed kundalini could improve the health of humankind with its ability to regenerate and restore the body, to lengthen life, and eradicate such conditions as mental retardation.
