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Recieved: 2002/02/20 09:20
Subject: [K-list] Kundalini: Destination or Scenery?
From: Copithorne

"Well, I think all religious traditions are based originally on Kundalini
experiences."

Thank you very much for responding, Hillary. This is a big idea and it is
definitely one way of looking at things. I will continue to ponder it. It is
like what Gopi Krishna says: Kundalini is the evolutionary force in the
universe animating people towards the spiritual life. It is like the grace of
God.

At the same time, my gut reaction is that Buddhism is based on the experience
of suffering, not the experience of Kundalini.

It makes a difference whether we understand Kundalini as the destination or as
just more scenery along the way. In theistic traditions, Kundalini can become
the goal and the aim is to get higher and higher and higher. In Buddhism,
whatever experience arises passes away and cultivating Kundalini is simply
creating more karma, more bondage.

We have the miracles of sight, hearing, taste, touch, smell. Then, we have the
miracle of Kundalini perception. [It is disorienting to go through life for 25+
years and then suddenly discover a new sense organ!] Do we understand Kundalini
perception to be senior to the other senses? Or is it just one more? Is what we
see through the eye of Kundalini more true than what we see through the eye of
sight?

At this point, I understand Kundalini as just one more. Not bigger, better,
higher, beyond the other senses.

Because even if you say that Kundalini is the source of religion, Kundalini is
still not enough. Charles Manson, David Koresh and many other destructive
people have powerful Shakti. But they get lost in worshipping their experience
of Shakti as God. All religion may find its source in Kundalini experiences,
but a lot of religion is evil garbage. So what else is there?

I think my own tendencies to set up Kundalini as special, above, beyond tend to
cause suffering.

What do y'all think?

Peace,
Mark

http://www.kundalini-gateway.org
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