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KUNDALINI
YOGA : A Divine Power |
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Kundalini yoga is the
personal aspect of the universal life force named prana by
the yogic tradition. Prana has not yet been identified by
modern science, but ancient wisdom maintains that it is the
means for raising human awareness to a higher from of perception,
variously called illumination, enlightenment, and cosmic consciousness,
Samadhi. Kundalini, often referred to as the "serpent power"
because it is symbolized by a coiled snake, can be concentrated
and channelled through the spine into the brain-a process
like-wise not yet identified by modern science. The systematized
process for accomplishing this upward flowing of energy known
as Kundalini yoga.
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energy of the glandular system combines with the nervous system
to become more sensitive so that the totality of the brain
perceives signals and interprets them, so that the effect
of the sequence of the cause becomes very clear to the man.
In other words, man becomes totally, wholesomely aware. That
is way we call it the yoga of awareness. And as the rivers
end up in the same ocean, all yoga ends up by raising the
Kundalini in the man. What is the Kundalini yoga? " The creative
potential of the man ". |
Kundalini yoga…has
recently received a great deal of attention here in the United
States. From this particular branch of yoga comes a highly
structured method of self-development through careful exercises
and meditations, as well as a fascinating way of viewing body/mind
relationships.
Kundalini yoga was designed to assist those
who aspire to higher consciousness. It must be emphasized,
however that the release of more energy is not the goal. The
first goal is self-development, which is achieved through
increasing self-discipline and refinement. This is the only
key that can permanently unlock the door to expanded consciousness.
In each person there is interplay of forces and interaction
between the charkas. The aim of the yogi is to bring the centres
into harmony so that there is a balanced and controlled expression
of energy through them.
Kundalini yoga involves not only awakening
this kundalini shakti but also systematically leading her
through each of the chakras to the sahasrara or crown chakra,
the abode of Shiva. The word yoga means union, and this union
can be understood as the uniting of kundalini yoga shakti
with Shiva (pure consciousness). When this is achieved in
the individual, he becomes fully conscious. When the static
shakti becomes dynamic and travels upward, fully energizing
each of the centers along the way, the polarization of the
body gives way and one attains the highest state of Samadhi.
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