Re: Kundalini in Yoga
hariḥ oṁ
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Namasté
- kuṇḍalinī कुण्डलिनी - circular , annulate ; a noun of śakti
- kuṇḍa कुण्ड- a bowl-shaped vessel , basin , pitcher or pot like a water-pot ; also a round hole in the ground for receiving and preserving water or fire like a agni-kuṇḍa ; is also a noun for of durgā.
- Some talk of this kuṇḍalinī as a quiver (cala चाल moving) or of a vibration; others of a tingle, and some of spanda स्पन्द throbbing , throb , quiver , pulse , tremor , vibration , motion. From this there could be all different experiences i.e. stirring or churning, etc.
That said, I must say I have been around this awakening of kuṇḍalinī for the greater part of my life. I also have been around others daily and for months at a time pursuing the ~same~ goals of unfoldment and spiritual advancement. In all this time I have never had a bad experience - I never have witnessed a bad experience of others. I have never been told from a reliable source of a bad experience that unfolded.
While I have heard all of my life there is a ~danger~ here, that awakening this energy/śakti may have dire consequences, this has never (ever, ever) been my experience.
Does that mean I am saying someone, somewhere will not have a dysfunctional experience? Nope. It is this notion of a 'bad experience' is so foreign to me and so remote a possibility ( for me) I do not have the least reservation of concern or caution on any practice I do to have this śakti rise up ( in me).
I encourage it (in me) and look forward to more of its awakening. Perhaps this is unpopular to some. There will be others that have a completely different POV on this matter and this is fine. Yet my views are different on this matter. Without this kuṇḍalinī from where does the cosmic dance of naṭarāj begin?
When thou begins to stur, thou unfolds the entire universe says Utpaladeva.
For me, let She who moves in kha क (khecarī खेचरी) be part of my every thought and action.
praṇām
Last edited by yajvan; 21 October 2009 at 10:37 AM.
यतस्त्वं शिवसमोऽसि
yatastvaṁ śivasamo'si
because you are identical with śiva
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