kundalini-l-d Digest Volume 96 : Issue 128 1 Date: Sun, 01 Sep 1996 From: nannuATNOSPAMsuncoastonline.com Subject: Re: Leaving "K has absolutely nothing to do with religion, but rather is a normal part of the evolutionary process,...which sadly, has been interfered with by our unwittingly putting up fences, because, we know better than God, what should and shouldn't be. God being '...that which is...' Civilized man built a cage, ...locked himself in it,... and wonders... 'what's wrong?'. Fearful of what he may find, ...he hides from his own shadow, ...in the sanctity of his ego..." God isn't an entity, but rather 'everything that is', which includes hate, as you call it. When you learn to accept 'that which is' without labelling it one way or the other, you begin to 'see' it for what it truly 'is'. It is the concepts, which we have devised, that keeps us from 'seeing' . Hate, as well as love, is a 'concept' created by man, but in reality does not exist. Because of the many 'concepts' man has created, he has lost sight of reality. Can't see the trees for the woods, so to speak. When Christ said "I am, that I am" he meant EXACTLY that. No more, no less. No concepts, no beliefs, no preconceived ideas, just plain ole 'isness'. It is our preconceived ideas that cause us anguish. We ' think' it should be the way we 'WANT' it to be, and get upset if it isn't. In reality 'it is that it is', ...period. "How do you hope to find, that, which you already have? To seek it, is to lose it, ... the loss being, in the very search." Quote from a Zen master when asked about God As Christ said, "I am, that I am." 2 Date: Sun, 1 Sep 1996 From: JamesBMannATNOSPAMaol.com Subject: kundalini file Here is a file for you. jim mann Kundalini and The Basics of the Spiritual Path A Monograph by James B. Mann of Enlightened Enterprises 1996 - B Please Copy and Freely Distribute this Monograph Copyright 1996 By James Mann of Enlightened Enterprises (ESC, Inc.) 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Table of Contents Introduction 1 - Kundalini 1 Bliss 2 Visions and Images 2 Awareness Of The Divine 2 All You Ever Wanted 3 Purity, Integration, and the Expansion of the Mind 3 Intuitional Knowledge 4 Mystical Powers 4 Love and Protection 4 - Perils Of A Kundalini Awakening 5 Awakening the Kundalini 8 Natural Method 8 Artificial Method 10 Riding The Kundalini 11 Postlog 12 About the Author 13 Products Offered By Enlightened Enterprises 14 Awakening Mind 1 14 Awakening Mind 2 15 Introduction - For centuries stretching back into the dim corridors of time, asian religions have spoken of a mystical force called the kundalini. Knowledge of how to awaken the kundalini, what it does, and what to do after its awakening was a closely guarded secret among spiritual masters of the east. Those spiritual masters had very good reasons for keeping secret their knowledge of this power; it is very easy to hurt yourself very badly with this energy. This monograph records my understanding of the spiritual path based upon my life experiences with kundalini awakenings. - This treatise has become necessary in general because of the increased interest in the kundalini and use of sound and light machines which are capable of awakening the kundalini. In specific, this treatise is necessary because of the Enlightenment light and sound session I have created and recorded in the manual Awakening Mind 1. Kundalini The kundalini is a powerful energy that eastern religions say lies coiled at the base of the spine in humans. The kundalini feels like a warm liquidy magnetic energy when it rises up the spine. Once awakened, you will find that the kundalini gradually rises and then slowly subsides within the spine, only to rise again later on. Each time it rises, it rises further up the spine and will continue rising and subsiding until it eventually reaches the brain. The whole process may take months to complete. There are a number of effects of the rising of this energy. All of these effects are available to those who have awakened the kundalini. Although you may have to ask for some of these qualities. It is for these effects that disciples have committed their lives to raising the kundalini energy over the ages. 1. Bliss: The rising of the kundalini is extremely blissful. Most people have experienced sex. The most common experience to compare another experience to is sex. The answer that something is better than sex is almost a laughable cliche. The kundalini is about 100 time more enjoyable than sex and I am not laughing. It is much more blissful! .c.:: The rising of the kundalini is extremely blissful. Most people have experienced sex. The most common experience to compare another experience to is sex. The answer that something is better than sex is almost a laughable clich=82. The kundalini is about 100 time= more enjoyable than sex and I am not laughing. It is much more blissful! 2. Visions and Images: There are many various visions that appear in the mind once the kundalini has been awakened. Many disciples of the kundalini have written of visions of the chakras and various other forms. Some visions are precognitive; some are not. The most striking vision that ever occurred to me was that of a lovely woman dressed all in white and gently wafting the sweetest love. Not only could I see her form, I also felt her texture and smelled her fragrance. She smelled like the sweetest of roses but more delicate and haunting. Her texture was like the softest of rose petals. . .very ethereal. There are other visions of people and places I have had that possessed a quality that made them feel more real than any sensual impression. It wasn't only that you saw them, or heard them, or smelled them, but that you felt them with every fiber of your being. After feeling these visions, impressions from the external world feel dead in comparison. Many lesser order images also float through the mind of the disciple. Images of memories from days long past. Images of objects, people, books, places, and natural scenes delight the mind of the devotee. 3. Awareness Of The Divine: When I awakened the kundalini the first time, there was always a sense of the nearness of the divine. Very seldom was I able to place a name to the presence, with the exception of some well known to myself presences (such as Christ, Yogananda, etc.). The sense of that nearness of the divine was always a comfort. 4. All You Ever Wanted: Almost every one chases after material objects here and there in the world. Cars, houses, sex, etc. are quite often sought in a vain attempt to fill some inner void within the soul. One of the most remarkable feelings I ever experienced during my experiences with the kundalini was simply the realizations that this was all I ever wanted. Whenever I wanted anything else, I was looking for a substitute for the feelings I was experiencing. There was a complete sense of fullness that satisfies any void within your soul. 5. Purity, Integration, and the Expansion of the Mind: I don't care how religious or pure you are before you awaken the kundalini. Afterwards, the kundalini begins to really make you clean inside. That feeling of being made clean is real purity. When you are going through it, it doesn't feel at all like the sickeningly sweet goodness that many of the religious members of our society have tried to put forth (Self Righteous Purity). That kind of goodness feels counterfeit as compared to the real purity of the genuine spiritual path..c.:: I don't care how religious or pure you are before you awaken the kundalini. Afterwards, the kundalini begins to really make you clean inside. That feeling of being made clean is real purity. When you are going through it, it doesn't feel at all like the sickeningly sweet goodness that many of the religious members of our society have tried to put forth (Self Righteous Purity). That kind of goodness feels counterfeit as compared to the real purity of the genuine spiritual path.; One of the ways the divine accomplishes that purity is through a process known to psychologists as integration. Integration is a fundamental part of the spiritual path. Integration is the process of dissolving memories of ugly past experiences to which the ego has erected barriers. Integration happens when you become fully aware of a past experience. Integration is much easier to perform with the kundalini than without. However, there are things hidden deep inside almost everyone of which the mind could choose to rebel at becoming aware. It is more risky if you choose not to cooperate with integration while undergoing enlightenment. Without integration you get disciples like some televangelists who give voice to spiritual principles, but then are driven to chase after prostitutes, or scam schemes. With integration you cease to be driven by past decisions made in response to bad experiences. This process results in your mind dropping its defenses and expanding its awareness. 6. Intuitional Knowledge: It is hard to say how someone knows things by intuition, however, one of the strongest experiences I had during the awakening of my kundalini was that of receiving (revealed) knowledge. It didn't really matter about what; it could be how to play a physical sport or any other interest, but when I received it, I either knew with every fiber of my being that it was revealed truth (The Lessons of Enlightenment) or I knew with my mind that I were being given a deep insight. The deep insight feelings have stayed with me through the years..c.:: It is hard to say how someone knows things by intuition, however, one of the strongest experiences I had during the awakening of my kundalini was that of receiving (revealed) knowledge. It didn't really matter about what; it could be how to play a physical sport or any other interest, but when I received it, I either knew with every fiber of my being that it was revealed truth (The Lessons of Enlightenment) or I knew with my mind that I were being given a deep insight. The deep insight feelings hav; 7. Mystical Powers: One of the things you are taught on the spiritual path is how to use psychic powers. One of the fundamental laws of psychic powers is that you can't influence psychically that from which you feel separate. By removing the barriers of the ego and expanding the mind, you begin to lose that sense of separateness from everything. The other fundamental law of psychic powers is that if your go around using psychic powers for egotistical purposes, you are glorifying the ego (limited sense of self) and are setting yourself up to lose the positive effects of the kundalini and experience a spiritual fall. An absolute must is to only use exceptional powers when you are directed to by the spirit. After all, even Christ wouldn't perform for Herod's pleasure, when Herod wanted Christ to show him he was God! 8. Love and Protection: When I was experiencing the rise of the kundalini, I always felt a deep abiding sense of being loved and protected. It was almost as if my soul was having a very deep romance with the divine who looked over and protected me from all harm. Indeed, I was left with the impression that the only harm that could come to me was from my own hand. While awakened, these feelings of love and protection are great at removing fears. Perils Of A Kundalini Awakening The Kundalini is by definition a high energy state. Every high energy state has negative side effects if that energy is withdrawn (withdrawal symptoms). Vitality, for example, is a high energy generally stable state. If vitality if withdrawn, as in extreme old age, the body become decrepit, weakened and diseased. Sexual experience is a high energy highly unstable state. Upon climax, sexual energy is withdrawn and you feel tired, weakened, and lose interest in sex for a time. Daily vigorousness is a moderate stable generally high energy state (at least in childhood). When withdrawn at the end of each day, tiredness and sleep is the result. Any energy state, especially a high energy state, upon withdrawal of that energy, has withdrawal symptoms. The kundalini is no exception! The severity of the withdrawal symptoms appear to be related to how long the kundalini has been active. If you awaken the kundalini, and only feel the bliss for a few days, and then shut it down, you may only feel depressed or blue for several days. If the kundalini has been awakened for several weeks, you will probably experience a spiritual fall that lasts for several days to a week or more. The signs and symptoms of a Spiritual Fall are as follows: 1. A collapse sensation felt within the mind. 2. A feeling of fear that grows over time. 3. A feeling of mental anguish or pain that increases over time. 4 Confusion and short term memory loss. 5. A direct and profound confrontation with suppressed subconscious material and dissociated self concepts that may result in a lasting internal conflict or worse. These are all psychological withdrawal symptoms. I am not a physician, but other than symptoms associated with mental shock, I have never felt any symptoms I would associate with physical withdrawal symptoms (shaking, delirium, sweating, etc.) If you survive, most of these symptoms last for several days and then gradually will get better as things stabilize. In my mind, it is not at all certain someone in poor health would survive a really bad fall. A full fledged spiritual fall can be hard on you physically. However, if you survive, you will probably be left with recurring anxiety attacks and after a period of time the kundalini will be trying to burn itself through any psychological block (see Kundalini: The Evolutionary Energy In Man, by Gopi Krishna). So that's is pretty heavy, isn't it! Soon, I will tell you that no one need ever go through a fall again. However, what I have described above is exactly why the specifics of this knowledge has been kept secret for ages. Generally, the knowledge that has been released by those in the know has been pretty watered down. Any one who wanted enlightenment from a valid spiritual master had to go through initiation and years of training. This was to make sure that a disciple really wanted enlightenment more than anything in the world and that he/she was purified enough so that a spiritual fall was unlikely to happen by itself. An awakening before this is what has been termed a premature awakening. What normally shuts the kundalini down is simply the inability or the unwillingness to keep it going. The inability to keep it going results from the subconsciousness mind being unwilling to look at powerful suppressed events. Generally, the subconscious mind uses external material objects that have previously given pleasure to displace the pain and memories of an unpleasant event. Integration is a fundamental part of the kundalini experience. The kundalini, like any stimulative energy, will bring up suppressed material and you have to be willing to let go of that material and any desires (material attachments) you used to repress it. For this situation, it may be better to integrate this material before you awaken the kundalini (see Awakening Mind 2). If you are a user of Light and Sound Sessions, you should know that you can not use another light and sound session without running the risk of shutting down the kundalini. This is an easy thing to do, but any technology that can aid in enlightenment can remove enlightenment! Many people wonder if you can have sex after a kundalini awakening. There have been enlightened people in India who were either a husband or wife and yet had sex. My understanding is that it hinders the rising of the kundalini. I think the only way sex would stop the kundalini is if you really lost yourself in the climax. You will also shut the kundalini down if at some point you decide you don't want to go through it any more and refuse to cooperate with it. Your will is supreme . . at least in the short run. If you decide against even a force as strong as the kundalini, you will shut it down. I have described the effects of the kundalini, if there are some of those effects you don't want, then don't even think of awakening this force. I have described the effects of a spiritual fall, if you don't want to risk those effects, then don't even think about awakening the kundalini. Pass it by and go on with your life. On the other hand, if you are looking for something deeply rewarding, something enlivening, and something that causes spiritual and mental evolution, awakening and enlightenment, then the kundalini experience is for you. These are the risks that have been run by disciples of the kundalini through the ages. Technology has changed all of that. The good news is that many if not all of the effects of a spiritual fall are reversible with the help of light and sound sessions if caught in time. Pre existing psychological conditions aggravated by a fall are not reversible without further integrative work. No one need ever go through what I have described above. I have included full instructions on how to awaken the kundalini and how to stop a spiritual fall in the Awakening Mind 1 manual. - Awakening the Kundalini; Natural Method Although this method is not the only way to do it, the following method is the one with which I am most familiar. In general, to awaken the kundalini naturally, two things are necessary. You must be able to enter a deep meditative trance state and when you do, you must have enough residual energy so that the kundalini will naturally awaken. This is accomplished using the following methods. The first part of this process is to enter a deep meditative trance state. While lying down, take slow deep breaths through your nose. You don't want to become over stimulated while doing this, so don't breath too fast. While you are doing this gently concentrate on your breathing. If your mind wanders and you stop deep breathing, don't let it bother you, just resume again. Eventually, you will slip into a trance state. It is not likely that you will raise the kundalini while lying down. However, this practice is extremely important in learning how to enter the trance state. - The trance state always feels like less time has elapsed than actually has elapsed. However, there are varying degrees of depth to the trance state. Occasionally, you will be aware while in trance. During this experience, time feels like it has been suspended. Sometimes, you will not be aware while in trance; at these times, you will experience a sort of missing time. Once you have mastered the trance state while lying down, you are ready to go to practicing it while sitting up with your back as straight as you can. While practicing the following techniques don't strain and perform them in a quiet, secluded place. If necessary take your phone off the hook and put the kids to bed. I suggest you start by practicing a yoga breathing technique called "alternate nostril breathing." Alternate nostril breathing calms the mind and energizes the third eye chakra. Alternate nostril breathing is performed in the following manner. Rest the base of the palm of your right hand on your chin and your three middle fingers on your forehead; if necessary rest your elbow on a table. Gently press closed your left nostril with your little finger and breath in through your right nostril. Now, close your right nostril with your thumb, and slowly breath out through your left nostril. Next, breath in through your left nostril, while your thumb holds the right nostril closed. Finally, breath out through you right nostril while your left nostril is held closed by your little finger. Repeat the process over and over until your mind clears of thoughts and is relaxed. Once your mind is quiet and relaxed rest your hands on your lap or a table and start slow deep breathing through your nose. Eventually, you will slip into a meditative trance state. If you have enough residual energy from the breathing exercises, your third eye or crown chakra will awaken, you will see brilliant flashes of light in your mind, be brought instantly out of trance state, and feel alot of bliss. While practicing any of the above exercises, you should feel no strain at all. Sit against the side of your bed or in a chair to relax you back if you need to. Don't force yourself to breath in or out rapidly. If any of your muscles feel tense, consciously try to relax them. If your mind is restless keep doing the alternate nostril breathing, but don't force your mind to be calm. Personally, I much prefer the following artificial method. You have much more control over your mental state and can compensate for a fall, if it should occur. Whether the kundalini will awaken with the natural method is hit or miss. It depends upon how much energy exists within you when you enter trance state, how straight your back is, and how complete a trance state you enter. With the artificial method, you have exact control over your energy state. However, with the artificial method, you must have access to a computer, light and sound machine, or a tape player. - Artificial Method The kundalini is easily awakened using light and sound sessions. Indeed it is only the sound portion of light and sound sessions that is needed to awaken the kundalini. The principle involved is quite simple. All you have to do is to use a session to put yourself into a very deep trance like state and then stimulate the mind. Nothing is easier to do with a light and sound session. This works is because the trance like state removes the ego's barriers and the stimulation awakens the kundalini. This is equivalent to saying that the trance state unlocks the door, and the stimulation open it. After the door is open it is up to you to follow through. The session will awaken automatically the kundalini, however you have to be ready to commit to its rising. The following frequencies are the ones used within the enlightenment session: Stage 1 & 3 257 250 236 243 Stage 2 261 254 233 240 Stage 1 & 3 provides the trance state. Stage 2 provides the stimulation. There are a great many things that you need to know before you can begin to successfully use this session: durations, waveform, volume, filters, exact practice, what to do if the trance state doesn't take, etc. All of these things, plus who should or should not use light and sound session, what to expect to occur at various frequencies, how to write effective sessions, and much more is explained in the Awakening Mind manual listed within the back of this monograph. The effects of either the trance or the stimulative state taken separately wear off after a couple of days. After that time it is all your energy and you must either do what it takes to keep the kundalini going or resist it and shut it down. The next section is all about keeping the kundalini going. Riding The Kundalini The way to ride the kundalini is to pay its price. The price of the kundalini is not demanded of you, it is simply asked. It is always your decision whether you will give that price or not. . Always. The price of the kundalini is very simple. Every time you feel the blissful effects of the kundalini simply loose yourself in it, no matter what. This is the same as saying that you give complete devotion to the Spirit of God, nothing more, nothing less. What primarily is asked of any disciple of the kundalini is simply that you surrender yourself to it and loose yourself in it (as you might loose yourself in a good movie at a theater) Also, when the spirit within you asks you to do something; simply do it. I doubt very much that you will be asked to do anything harmful. However, the fundamental price of the kundalini is that you lose the ego within it and fully cooperate with it to the best of your ability. Render unto God, that which is God's (who you are and what you are devoted to (what you want)). It is that simple. Eventually, you will be asked to let go of any material desires or attachments that blocks full awareness. What will be shown to you in return is that you are not who you thought you were and that what you thought you wanted, wasn't what you wanted at all. Postlog The kundalini changes everything. It can alter your life forever. The kundalini is the awakening of true spirituality in humans. It is not without risks, but then nothing in life is. It is however the most remarkable and fulfilling journey you will ever take. I have written this monograph as an aid to those who have, are, or will undergo a kundalini awakening. It is meant to be a reference work to keep any serious student on track and to honestly inform anyone thinking about taking this journey. I wish you all of the best in your spiritual journeys. Sincerely - James Mann About the Author; I have undergone 6 or 7 kundalini awakenings during my life time. After the first awakening at age 15-16 in the spring of 1969, I have spent much of my life exploring the ins and outs of the kundalini and the spiritual path. In 1992, I wrote the Awakening Mind 1 manual that details how to use light and sound sessions to create natural and altered states of mind (OOBEs, and Kundalini states, etc.) Altered states and light and sound sessions are my passion. I don't think of myself as a guru (dispeller of darkness). A guru quite often is the path (as Christ said "I am the way, the truth, and the life"). I am rather a teacher of what I know. I am one who has found the doorway and the key and simply points it out and helps others who want to open it and walk through. Products Offered By Enlightened Enterprises Awakening Mind 1; AWAKENING MIND I is the definitive manual for programming advanced light and sound sessions. Topics include: Session Theories: 1 Brain Wave 6 Chakra 11 Periodic Cycle 2 Combined Mind State 7 OOBE 12 Suggestive States 3 The Fear Barrier 8 Spectrum 13 Schumann Resonance 4 Integration 9 Window 14 Euphoria 5 Activation 10 Harmonic Session Construction Techniques: Main Technique: types: Main Technique: types: 1 Simple Entrainment 2 3 Harmonic 4 2 Straight Offset 4 4 Box X 5 Over 20 Sessions are included: Natural States: OOBE States: Enlightenment Sessions: Early Morning Childhood Mind Awake #1 Chakra Balancing #3 Dreamy Twilight No Time #1 Awakening Session #1 Dreamy Evening No Time #2 Enlightenment #1 Delta Sleep Inspirational Theta #1 and #2 Remedy Sessions: Special Window Sessions: Remedy for Anxiety #1 Euphoria Relax/Recharge Alpha Remedy for Anxiety #2 Peaceful Alpha Power Spiritual Fall Remedy Suggestive States Incr. Metabolic Rate Awakening Mind I also describes natural and altered states of consciousness. It gives you the forms you need to track session experiences. It tells you how to determine what sessions are doing to you. Finally, it shows you how to customize your sessions for your own use. All sessions were geared towards the Synetic Systems PC-Synergizer Board. The sessions are adaptable to other formats. Tips on adapting sessions to other machines are included. Awakening Mind I is the result of many years of research. This is the kind of information most researchers and institutes consider proprietary and not for sale. It is printed in house. - I am currently looking for a publisher that can make it available at less expense. Presently, it can be ordered by persons of legal age for $45 plus $5 for shipping and handling from: Enlightened Enterprises PO Box 452 Davenport, IA 52805 Awakening Mind 2 I am scheduling the release of Awakening Mind 2 for August 1997. I have practically finished research for the sessions included. I currently expect to include sessions on: Electronic Integration Mind Mapping Pattern Matching NDEs Advanced OOBE sessions (extremely easy OOBEs) The light of the mind sessions and Possibly: Advanced Kundalini and Chakra Balancing Sessions