Facts and Misconceptions
Facts about Kundalini Shakti
Kundalini Shakti:
- Is the divine within, the Holy Spirit, our inner spiritual director.
- Exists within every human being in a released or unreleased state.
- Is revered as the means for spiritual growth in human beings.
- Requires our informed cooperation, skilled support, and spiritual intent.
- Follows the natural laws of subtle body physics and is dependent on our choices.
- Is a sacred power whose process can be improved by spiritual methods.
- Requires having a trained mind and energy system to advance spiritual growth.
- Is safe, beneficial, and transformative when understood spiritually.
- Can be misused and abused by naive or non-spiritual people.
- May yield some discomforts if not properly supported.
- Manifests in many different ways: subtle, extraordinary, blessed.
- May be released and active in a person without their realizing it is.
- Can be released by spiritual methods, life shock, or in a previous birth.
- Can correct blocked process and the resulting strain on the subtle system.
- Is the source of spiritual seeking, inspiration, awareness, discernment, and love.
- Is the essential spiritual science held within all spiritual traditions.
- Is known by many different names in the world’s spiritual paths.
Misconceptions about Kundalini Shakti
Kundalini:
- Exists within every human being in a released or unreleased state.
- Is revered as the means for spiritual growth in human beings.
- Requires our informed cooperation, skilled support, and spiritual intent.
- Follows the natural laws of subtle body physics and is dependent on our choices.
- Is a sacred power whose process can be improved by spiritual methods.
- Requires having a trained mind and energy system to advance spiritual growth.
- Is safe, beneficial, and transformative when understood spiritually.
- Can be misused and abused by naive or non-spiritual people.
- May yield some discomforts if not properly supported.
- Manifests in many different ways: subtle, extraordinary, blessed.
- May be released and active in a person without their realizing it is.
- Can be released by spiritual methods, life shock, or in a previous birth.
- Can correct blocked process and the resulting strain on the subtle system.
- Is the source of spiritual seeking, inspiration, awareness, discernment, and love.
- Is the essential spiritual science held within all spiritual traditions.
- Is known by many different names in the world’s spiritual paths.
Misconceptions about Kundalini Shakti
Kundalini:
- Is just an exotic energy that can be quite unpredictable and unruly.
- Is a very rare event resulting in enlightenment or in difficult symptoms.
- Is always an intense experience with many remarkable features.
- Is risky, probably dangerous, possibly debilitating.
- Leads to a spiritual emergency with odd energy and mental problems.
- Is a pathology to be subdued, treated, and eliminated.
- Can be easily manipulated or fixed with energy work or visualizations.
- Can be made to go away by using lots of external focus and behavior.
- Always gives a feeling of energy going up the spine with inner fireworks.
- Always ascends through a central channel, sequentially opening each chakra.
- Is best utilized to develop special powers, genius, psychic ability, etc.
- Is occult or of the devil; results from bad luck or God’s wrath.
- Might be sexy, is released by sex, enhances sex.
- Is a special path in itself or is just a particular style of hatha yoga.
- Is a yogic or Hindu thing only and cannot happen to others.
- Should be avoided by westerners.
- Can be easily released by a guru to yield enlightenment.
- Automatically makes a person spiritual or virtuous.
- Is a very rare event resulting in enlightenment or in difficult symptoms.
- Is always an intense experience with many remarkable features.
- Is risky, probably dangerous, possibly debilitating.
- Leads to a spiritual emergency with odd energy and mental problems.
- Is a pathology to be subdued, treated, and eliminated.
- Can be easily manipulated or fixed with energy work or visualizations.
- Can be made to go away by using lots of external focus and behavior.
- Always gives a feeling of energy going up the spine with inner fireworks.
- Always ascends through a central channel, sequentially opening each chakra.
- Is best utilized to develop special powers, genius, psychic ability, etc.
- Is occult or of the devil; results from bad luck or God’s wrath.
- Might be sexy, is released by sex, enhances sex.
- Is a special path in itself or is just a particular style of hatha yoga.
- Is a yogic or Hindu thing only and cannot happen to others.
- Should be avoided by westerners.
- Can be easily released by a guru to yield enlightenment.
- Automatically makes a person spiritual or virtuous.
