Kundalini Energy

​Recently, I have been thinking about how Yogis say that what most of us (especially in the West) experience when we think we’re experiencing a Kundalini awakening is actually a less intense Prana awakening; still important, but not the same thing. They say that of the few people worldwide, who have experienced a Kundalini awakening, few have survived it. They liken a Prana awakening to a 100volt of electricity and a Kundalini awakening to 220 volts of electricity being channelled into a 110 volt wire…the result is that the wire melts. It’s unable to hold the charge. 

The few who have survived the experience needed assistance with every day life: eating, drinking, hygiene, and more. They became dissheveled, neglecting any aspect of self-care. 

Most humans are unable to hold the charge and yet all over Facebook, one can find Kundalini experiences, certifications, retreats, and more. 

What Is Kundalini? 

Kundalini is the dormant feminine energy (Shakti) that lies, coiled at the base of the spine. For most, it can be awakened at least to a degree, through yoga, meditation, and pranayama. For very few- no one in the West, it is believed; it can be awakened spontaneously. 

Sadhguru, renowned Indian Yogi, mystic, author, and founder of Isha Foundation, has stated that while one might want to experience Kundalini, the better question is “why?” Why would one want to push away the beautiful human experience we have been gifted to learn and grow physically, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and energetically for something beyond that?

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It’s a good question that has, I think, an easy answer: ego. 

The ego seeks to be “special.” It seeks to be “other.” It seeks to “rise above,” in its insatiable quest for more, more, more. However, we have been given this body for a reason and what Yoga is teaching me is this: The way to God is through the body and the receiving of God is through the body. 

Yes, we can transcend the body, but in order to experience the gifts of transcendence, we must return to the body, otherwise, all that is left is death in the current human experience.

As I think of this, I turn my thoughts to the Bible. In the Bible, we are told that we cannot gaze upon God for to look upon God would kill us (Exodus 33:20). Is this not similar to the Yogic thoughts of Kundalini? 

Another very similar story is the story of John the Baptist, who wore a loin cloth, had unkept hair, and fed on locusts and other insects (Matthew 3:4 and Mark 1:6). He was an odd bird, who chose a life of isolation and was rejected by most. He was accepted by Jesus and ultimately baptised Jesus in the river. Could John the Baptist have had a Kundalini awakening and survived it? 

I do not mean this to be blasphemous in any way, it’s simply something what has come to mind that I felt worth sharing here in this space. 

There are certainly correlations and as I continue to read the Vedas - the oldest known written spiritual word on earth, I can’t help but wonder. 

I do know one thing, much of what is taught, sold, and purchased in the West is a far cry from what I am reading about in Yoga spiritual books. I am learning that grounding into the body, truly living in the body and experiencing all the body can experience while I am in it, feels as spiritual, if not more so than chasing after the energetic experiences I chased in the past. 

At one time, if I’d have an experience, I’d strive to have it again. Now, I simply observe the moment with emphasis on focusing on my bodily experience. Here, inside my temple, my spirit dwells - the Spirit of God dwells, and I know now that this is enough. 

This is enough, because I am enough. 

I am enough because I am made in the image of God. 

Nothing else matters. 

Namaste & Blessings, 

Resa