Kundalini-yoga is an experience of the actualization of human potentialities. Kundalini Shakti, coiled and dormant cosmic energy is a supreme force in the human body. This female energy exists in latent form not only in every human being, but in every atom in the Universe. Every individual is a manifestation of that energy, just like the universe around us is the outcome of the same consciousness. The energy transformation that happens during The passage of awakened Kundalini through the chakras is the process that leads to realization of Oneself and understanding the mysteries of the entire Universe. (As within, so without)
The ultimate goal of this practice is to awaken this cosmic Shakti energy and cause it to unite with Shiva, the male principle or the pure Consciousness, pervading the whole Universe. In human body the seat of Shiva is the Sahasrara, or crown chakra, while Kundalini lies in Muladhara, the root chakra.
Kundalini energy can be awakened and moved up via Sushumna channel with help of Pranayama and is reinforced by such yogic practices as asanas (sustained positions), mudras (gestures), mantras (seed-sound syllables) and bandhas (internal “lock” or muscular contraction).
Chakras are the organs of our subtle, etheric body and each controls and corresponds a different aspect of the being- such as an element, a state of mind, a physiological system, etc.
Through chakras we view the psyche from the standpoint of a fourth dimension, unlimited by time and space; they symbolize the psyche from cosmic perspective.
In the terminology of C.G. Jung, the psyche becomes “whole” when a balance is achieved between four functions: Thinking, feeling, sensing and intuiting. In the system of chakras we find the each phase of energy is represented by an element in ascending order: earth, water, fire, air and ether. Each of the five vortices signifies a new quality.
Muladhara, base chakra, associated with the element “earth” , its quality is inertia,. the level in which one remain content, experiencing no desire to change. In the same time, just like root of a plant, it implies a possibility for growth.
Svadhisthana corresponds to Water element, its energy tends to flow down.
Manipura is the Fire center and has upward, consuming energy just like the flames of fire.
Anahata (from Sanskrit: Unstruck) the Heart chakra, corresponds to Air element and has a tendency to revolve in different directions and relate itself to possibilities. In Anahata, the Air element is not the viral breath, but the immensity of space and the conveyor of mysterious cosmic vibration, as of unstruck sound, the sound beyond the realm of senses. This is the level where a person recognizes itself as Supreme Person
Visuddha corresponds to Ether element and is a source, or a vessel for all the other elements above. In this stage a person is dissolving the union of material, external facts with internal of psychic facts.
At the level of the sixth center, Ajna, located between eyebrows, the dialectical functioning of personality is controlled by the power of command that can harmonize the energies. This is where the person transcends the barrier of polarities within and once balance is achieved, individual finds an entire new awareness.
Sahasrara or the crown chakra has no associated element, color or sound. To reach this center is to attain the world of God in which liberation is attained.
The movement of Kundalini through the chakras is not linear, but dialectical, in each level unfolding the knots of new energies and each successive unlocking brings transformation.
Early scroll paintings depict chakras as vortices of energy or as lotuses. As Kundalini reaches each chakra, the lotus opens; as soon as she lives for a higher chakra, the lotus closes and its petals hang down, symbolizing activation of that energy and its assimilation into Kundalini. The increasing number of lotus petals indicate the rising of vibration frequency of the respective chakra, each functioning like “transformer” from one potency to another.
According to Gandharva Tantra, Kundalini moving up from Muladhara to Anahata chakra, shining like molten gold, is known as Fire Kundalini. From Anahata to Vishuddha, as bright as million stars, is a Sun Kundalini; from Vishuddha center to the end of Sushumna nadi, lustrous as million moons, as Moon Kundalini. The aspect of Kundalini which is beyond Sushumna becomes superconscious, embracing all forms of sound and light.
Terminating her journey in Sahasrara, and piercing the unmanifest, lustrous abode of Shiva, which is in the form of Bindu (the transcendental center) and which is eternal bliss, the Kundalini Shakti returns to its resting place, Muladhara.
How long the aspirant will have to stay at each chakra depends on his or her attachment and karmic action.
Source: “Kundalini, the Arousal of Inner Energy”, by Ajit Mookerjee
Kundalini workshop, this Sunday at 2 pm @ The Sol Oasis.
The ultimate goal of this practice is to awaken this cosmic Shakti energy and cause it to unite with Shiva, the male principle or the pure Consciousness, pervading the whole Universe. In human body the seat of Shiva is the Sahasrara, or crown chakra, while Kundalini lies in Muladhara, the root chakra.
Kundalini energy can be awakened and moved up via Sushumna channel with help of Pranayama and is reinforced by such yogic practices as asanas (sustained positions), mudras (gestures), mantras (seed-sound syllables) and bandhas (internal “lock” or muscular contraction).
Chakras are the organs of our subtle, etheric body and each controls and corresponds a different aspect of the being- such as an element, a state of mind, a physiological system, etc.
Through chakras we view the psyche from the standpoint of a fourth dimension, unlimited by time and space; they symbolize the psyche from cosmic perspective.
In the terminology of C.G. Jung, the psyche becomes “whole” when a balance is achieved between four functions: Thinking, feeling, sensing and intuiting. In the system of chakras we find the each phase of energy is represented by an element in ascending order: earth, water, fire, air and ether. Each of the five vortices signifies a new quality.
Muladhara, base chakra, associated with the element “earth” , its quality is inertia,. the level in which one remain content, experiencing no desire to change. In the same time, just like root of a plant, it implies a possibility for growth.
Svadhisthana corresponds to Water element, its energy tends to flow down.
Manipura is the Fire center and has upward, consuming energy just like the flames of fire.
Anahata (from Sanskrit: Unstruck) the Heart chakra, corresponds to Air element and has a tendency to revolve in different directions and relate itself to possibilities. In Anahata, the Air element is not the viral breath, but the immensity of space and the conveyor of mysterious cosmic vibration, as of unstruck sound, the sound beyond the realm of senses. This is the level where a person recognizes itself as Supreme Person
Visuddha corresponds to Ether element and is a source, or a vessel for all the other elements above. In this stage a person is dissolving the union of material, external facts with internal of psychic facts.
At the level of the sixth center, Ajna, located between eyebrows, the dialectical functioning of personality is controlled by the power of command that can harmonize the energies. This is where the person transcends the barrier of polarities within and once balance is achieved, individual finds an entire new awareness.
Sahasrara or the crown chakra has no associated element, color or sound. To reach this center is to attain the world of God in which liberation is attained.
The movement of Kundalini through the chakras is not linear, but dialectical, in each level unfolding the knots of new energies and each successive unlocking brings transformation.
Early scroll paintings depict chakras as vortices of energy or as lotuses. As Kundalini reaches each chakra, the lotus opens; as soon as she lives for a higher chakra, the lotus closes and its petals hang down, symbolizing activation of that energy and its assimilation into Kundalini. The increasing number of lotus petals indicate the rising of vibration frequency of the respective chakra, each functioning like “transformer” from one potency to another.
According to Gandharva Tantra, Kundalini moving up from Muladhara to Anahata chakra, shining like molten gold, is known as Fire Kundalini. From Anahata to Vishuddha, as bright as million stars, is a Sun Kundalini; from Vishuddha center to the end of Sushumna nadi, lustrous as million moons, as Moon Kundalini. The aspect of Kundalini which is beyond Sushumna becomes superconscious, embracing all forms of sound and light.
Terminating her journey in Sahasrara, and piercing the unmanifest, lustrous abode of Shiva, which is in the form of Bindu (the transcendental center) and which is eternal bliss, the Kundalini Shakti returns to its resting place, Muladhara.
How long the aspirant will have to stay at each chakra depends on his or her attachment and karmic action.
Source: “Kundalini, the Arousal of Inner Energy”, by Ajit Mookerjee
Kundalini workshop, this Sunday at 2 pm @ The Sol Oasis.
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