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Recieved: 2001/11/16 21:26
Subject: Re: [K-list] 100% Awakening
From: L. J. Klinsky


On 2001/11/16 21:26, L. J. Klinsky posted thus to the K-list:

What a WONDERFUL post Hillary. It must've taken a zillion hours to compile these PERFECT quotes about the *process.* I printed 'em out as reminders! Bless you for the info.

Love,

Leslee
  Dear Leslee, List,

  I rather suspect that most of us are suddenly 100% awakened and then
  gradually little by little come to terms with our awakening as we go through
  various physical and psychic experiences. Sometimes we move towards
  "enlightenment" and sometimes we come down to earth to "chop wood, carry
  water." Perhaps they are the same thing. :))

  With so many people becoming K awakened and at the same time having the
  Internet as a means for sharing our experiences, we are on unchartered
  ground. We are learning as we go--discovering which processes are shared
  with others and in what ways our individual awakenings are unique.

  It seems to me though, that once awakened Kundalini becomes a gradual
  enlightenment process.

  Gopi Krishna's autobiography has the telling title of "Living with Kundalini."

  He says: "From my point of view, there is no aspect of my experience so
  important for study and investigation as the *slow metamorphosis* which my
  cerebrospinal system underwent to equip the brain for a new pattern of
  consciousness...p. 363.

  In the Preface to *Kundalini The Secret of LIfe by Swami Muktananda, Swami
  Kripananda writes:

  "...in almost every culture and religious tradition, Kundalini has been known
  and revered, for in Kundalini lies the secret of direct spiritual experience,
  the lifeblood of all true religion. Its *unfoldment* has produced the great
  mystics and men of genius who have flourished in every age..." [emphasis
  mine]

  He goes on to say:

  "Baba explains that Shaktipat involves an actual transmission of energy from
  the Guru to the disciple. This in turn awakens the seeker's dormant
  Kundalini energy and *initiates the process* of spiritual evolution."
  [emphasis again mine]
  ...

  He continues:

  "In this book Baba describes some of the extraordinary experiences which
  follow Shaktipat as *the awakened Kundalini begins to unfold* and purify the
  whole system..."

  Muktananda in *Kundalini the secret of life* writes:
    
  "Though we talk about awakening the Kundalini, the truth is that everyone's
  Kundalini is already awake. ...It is the inner aspect of Kundalini which has
  to be awakened.
  ...
  The awakening of the inner Kundalini is *the true beginning* of the spiritual
  journey. [emphasis mine]. Just as when She is directed outward, Kundalini
  enables us to explore the outer world, when Her inner aspect is activated, we
  are able to experience the inner, spiritual world....It is only when the
  Kundalini is awakened that we become aware of our true nature, of our
  greatness, of the fact that not only do we belong to God, but we are God. "

  In his *Play of Consciousness* Muktananda writes:

  "When this divine power enters a man in the form of grace, he is completely
  transformed. *As he becomes* fully aware of the pervasiveness of his own
  inner Shakti, he develops a deep love...

  Krishnamurti often described his experiences as "the process"

  "..on waking one was aware that ll night *the process* was going but, much
  more, that there was a blossoming of that benediction. One felt as though it
  was operating upon one.
  On waking, there was an outgoing, outpouring of this power and strength. It
  was as a stream rushing out of the rocks, out of the earth. There was a
  strange and unimaginable bliss in this, an ecstasy that had nothing to do
  with thought and feeling."

  [from *Krishnamurit's Notebook*]

  Swami Shivom Tirth writes:

  "When consciousness becomes introverted, as is the case after receiving
  Shaktipat, it is called Pratyak-Chetana. *During this stage*, consciousness
  proceeds in the direction of attaining the state of Conscious Being.
  Kundalini Shakti, defined as the awakened spiritual energy within an
  aspirant, is thus described as "Pratyak-Chetana" in Yoga Darshan [by
  Patanjali]. "

  [from *A guide to Shaktipat*]

  So here we have the phrases: "slow metamorphosis" "unfoldment" "Initiates
  the process" "the awakened Kundalini begins to unfold and purify" "the
  Process" "the true beginning of the spiritual journey" "As he becomes fully
  aware" "During this stage" "consciousness proceeds" Etc.

  Undoubtedly some people's K awakening is so powerful as to propel them
  immediately and irrevocably into full "enlightenment." On the other hand,
  perhaps it *always* does, but we simply don't remember!

  Love, Hillary


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