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is a matter of finding a teacher, studying texts, doing spiritual
practice, cultivating observation, and finally having personal
experience little by little. A major misconception about kundalini
is to think that, once it has been raised, kundalini will
stay there. Like any spiritual flame in oneself, unless it
is nourished and attended to, unless it dominates one’s
life, kundalini will simply disappear like water in quicksand.
It was just a temporary flare-up of creative energy. One can
only produce according to the skills one has. Therefore if
kundalini has been raised inadvertently or unknowingly, one
would still have to acquire the skill to handle that energy. |
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method a seeker should use to raise the kundalini energy is
determined by his or her temperament and inclination and level
of development at the time that the desire comes. It could
be through worship, through chanting, through raja yoga, through
the mystical aspects of hatha yoga (the physical aspects alone
being insufficient). Kundalini cannot be achieved or raised
by drugs. |
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question very often asked by those aspiring to awaken kundalini
is, “What really is purification?” A pure mind
is a mind that does not scheme to fulfill personal desires.
A pure mind does not scheme revenge. A pure mind does not
tale advantage of the weaknesses or needs of another person.
A pure mind will not exploit the emotional dependence of another
person. A pure mind will support rather than undermine another’s
struggles to attain that same purity. |
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would be well to emphasize again that the transformations
that take places in life after the kundalini experience do
not occur suddenly. Neither does the development proceed automatically.
Through his touch, Ramakrishna, an Indian prophet of the last
century, gave an experience to his disciple, Vivekananda.
He told Vivekananda that this was a foretaste but that he
must find the key to the door for himself. The kundalini can
disappear if you do not clear the channel for higher inspiration.
By this is meant building character and seeking self-mastery.
It takes time, training, effort, and persistence. |
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aspirant consciously or unconsciously searches for a teacher—that
person who will help to guide his or her footsteps on the
path of spiritual unfoldment. Be careful and discriminate
in your search. Take a little time; listen to and evaluate
those who are called gurus. That is your right and responsibility.
Your search should be done with prayer and meditation on the
guidance from within, and with a decision to suspend the old
habit of premature criticism. When the aspirant cannot suspend
judgment, the time to find a guru has not yet come. Your guru
will be one to whom you feel drawn, not emotionally, but by
a different attraction: an inner knowing that one can receive. |
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