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n. (context yoga English) An energy said to lie coiled at the base of the spine, which can be released by yoga.
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Kundalini (Sanskrit , , , "coiled one"), in the Dharma religions, is a primal energy, or shakti, located at the base of the spine. Different spiritual traditions teach methods of "awakening" kundalini for the purpose of reaching spiritual enlightenment. Kundalini is described as lying "coiled" at the base of the spine, represented as either a goddess or sleeping serpent waiting to be awakened. In modern commentaries, Kundalini has been called an unconscious, instinctive or libidinal force, or "mother energy or intelligence of complete maturation".
Kundalini awakening is said to result in deep meditation, enlightenment and bliss. This awakening involves the Kundalini physically moving up the central channel to reach within the Sahasrara Chakra at the top of the head. Many systems of yoga focus on the awakening of Kundalini through meditation, pranayama breathing, the practice of asana and chanting of mantras. In physical terms, one commonly reports the Kundalini experience to be a feeling of electric current running along the spine.
Kundalini is a spiritual energy in yogic philosophy.
Kundalini may also refer to:
- Kundalini yoga, a school of yoga
- Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy in Man, the 1967 autobiography of Pandit Gopi Krishna
Usage examples of "kundalini".
Those of the second group are still connected to natural phenomena because the Kundalini, and all that it implies, gets only as far as the etheric double before becoming a metaphysical force instead of an earth-natural force.
In time everyone has to raise the Kundalini in order to progress spiritually and metaphysically.
Raising the Kundalini means that one has to break through these knots, it means that one has to break free from physical lusts, free from physical desires and spites.
A Guru is a Teacher, a spiritual Teacher, and he should be an illumined soul, one who has raised the Kundalini and knows how to raise it in others.
In Eastern mythology the Kundalini is likened to the image of a serpent coiled up below the base of the spine.
The Kundalini is a dangerous thing indeed, and one should not try to awaken that Kundalini without absolutely adequate supervision from an Adept.
If you meddle about and awaken your Kundalini the wrong way it can lead to madness.
It is one of the most dangerous things in this world to try to raise the Kundalini without knowing what you are doing.
The point is that if one can raise the Kundalini one becomes very much more conscious, one can dominate others.
But when one has raised the Kundalini one loses the desire to dominate others for self-gain.
The Kundalini force actually starts midway between the organ of generation and the organ of excretion.
Now, having given you that information it is suggested that you do not try experiments with the Kundalini unless you have a real Guru who can help you, and you must have utter faith in that Guru.
The Bible story of Adam and Eve, complete with serpent and apple, is merely the story of Eve having her Kundalini awakened.
The serpent is the serpent force of the Kundalini, and the apple is the Fruit of Knowledge.
LAYA : The Kundalini, which as we have seen, is also called The Serpent Force, lies below the base of the spine ready to be raised, and to enable a person to flower into awareness of psychic matters.