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Recieved: 2001/02/22 00:47
Subject: [K-list] Kundalini
From: Christopher Wynter
On 2001/02/22 00:47, Christopher Wynter posted thus to the K-list:
More and more people are beginning to inquire into Kundalini
practices such as Tantra and Kundalini Yoga as paths to Spiritual
Evolution and Enlightenment.
One of the goals of my work is to find a common language to bridge
the gap between the jargon of biology and psychology and the
mystical terms of spirituality and religion. I have found that we
are all talking the same language, but the general public is
getting lost in the vocabulary. Thus I have adopted "a plain man's
plain speak" in my attempt to find a common language.
As the pace of technological innovation and life in general seems
to be increasing exponentially, there is a desire among those
seeking to balance their worldly and spiritual lives for
increasingly efficient tools to achieve that all too elusive
balance. Studying and practicing the Kundalini arts holds such a
promise.
There are many books, a lot of web sites, and a number of
discussion lists on the subject of Kundalini .. so many so that the
simple manipulation of focused thought has created an energy .. a
thought form which behaves according to the projections of those
who created it. This is not the true Kundalini.
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In every culture, and in every time, knowledge of Divine Power
dwelling in each human being has been a closely guarded secret.
The First People knew no sickness. Not until separation entered
the world did people get sick in the body or head. It was then the
medicine man or Shaman, knowing how man was constructed, could tell
what was wrong with a person by examining the "energy centres" of
the body.
Almost all religions or spiritual traditions speak of this Inner
Power in some form or other.
The Japanese call it "ki", the Chinese "chi" and in Christianity,
it is known as "The Holy Spirit". In Mexico, Kundalini was
worshiped as the serpent-god "Quetzalcoatl"; the Kung people of the
Kalahari called this same power "n/um".
Though the names used to describe it may be different, and
although the symbols used to invoke it vary somewhat from culture
to culture, the experience of Kundalini is a Universal phenomenon
which has been experienced in all places and at all times.
Traditionally, the knowledge of Kundalini has been a closely
guarded secret, revealed by the Master to only a few close and
select initiates. It tends to be spoken of in veiled symbolic
language, if it is spoken of at all.
The American Indians know all about the energy that is awakened
at the base of the spine and rises to the top of the head, but it is
regarded as so sacred that they are forbidden even to pronounce its
name. (Shades of the "unpronounceable" name of God.).
The Hopi's believe that each human being is created in the image
of "God" but that the door at the top of the head closes and man
falls from communion into the uninhibited expression of his own
selfish will (This is the mark of "The Beast"). Now man must begin
the slow climb back upward until the door at the crown of the head
finally reopens and he emerges back into the wholeness of creation.
In the West, the knowledge of Kundalini has been transmitted by
the esoteric or mystical branches of all of the great religious
traditions. The knowledge of Kundalini is present in the mystery
religions of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome; in the teachings of
both the Gnostic and Neoplatonic traditions; in the Kabalistic
traditions of Judaism; and in the personal testaments of the great
Christian mystics.
The "Gnostic Gospels", and ancient Christian text says there is
in everyone a Divine Power existing in a latent condition. This,
the root of the universe, is One Power divided above and below,
generating itself, making itself grow, seeking itself, finding
itself, being mother of itself, father of itself, sister of itself,
spouse of itself, daughter of itself. That infinite power exists in
two modes one actual, the other potential.
The Kung believe that "n/um"is not a physical substance, but is
instead energy or power, a kind of supernatural potency. They
describe trance by saying it feels as though they have a hole their
heads, perhaps two inches wide, which extends like an empty column
down the spine.
Various secret societies or "brotherhoods" -- such as the
Rosicrucians, the medieval alchemists and the Freemasons -- have
sprung up specifically to pass on the knowledge of Kundalini to a
few select initiates.
The Masons speak of the energy, or Spirit Fire, that rises through
the spinal column. In Masonry, the science and human
transformation consists of moving the Spirit Fire up through 32
degrees, or segments, of the spinal column, whereupon it enters the
skull.
The Poet-Saints of all traditions have written & sung of classical
Kundalini experiences. One of these poets was Kabir
Lightning flashes without any clouds.
There is no son, but there is radiant light.
The Pearl in that realm forms without a shell.
There is no sound and yet, the Word resounds;
all light is put to shame by the Lord's bright radiance.
The indestructible, unfathomable lies beyond.
The predicament of most human beings, according to the Caballah,
is to identify with Consciousness trapped in matter. Through
intense prayer, meditation and a repetition of sacred syllables,
these buried sparks of Man's Consciousness can be fanned into a
blazing Fire and liberated from their imprisonment in the darkness
of ignorance. Man's consciousness can be raised until it rests in
the crown from whence the "mystic" attains ecstatic visions and
realises his own Divine nature.
The transformation from matter, or darkness, to light and "spirit"
is universally acknowledged as the task of Kundalini, the Divine
conscious serpent power that resides within us. The strength of
Kundalini is what allows us to expand infinitely so that we can see
the whole universe within our own Self. Then, we no longer remain a
limited, bound creature; we achieve total union with Universal
Consciousness.
Christopher Wynter
Hobart Tasmania
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