Kundalini Energy:
The Sacred Fire
"The purpose of awakening Kundalini energy is to upgrade your physical body and brain"
- Grand Master Choa Kok Sui
So what exactly is kundalini energy? Kundalini is the primal energy that lies coiled at the base of the spine and it’s a GREAT force. It’s the energy of transformative sexual awakening, spiritual enlightenment, and new states of consciousness.
In Hinduism, kundalini is associated with the Divine Feminine energy that’s nestled at the Muladhara or Root Chakra. When the kundalini energy is activated it moves up the spine similar to how a snake moves. It begins in your Root Chakra, where it shakes and stirs, then moves into your Sacral, Solar Plexus, Heart, and Throat, around your neck and up to your Third Eye, winding and winding until it reaches your Crown. When kundalini is awakened in a person, new levels of wisdom, insight, and creative power are reached; the deepest wells of magic are tapped into and harnessed.
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Shiva and Shakti
In the philosophy of Yoga, there is mention of two very powerful energies: Shiva and Shakti. While Shiva is regarded to be a masculine energy, Shakti is feminine. While Shakti is the energy in the physical world, the Shiva energy is related to the spiritual world. Shakti is therefore the manifest tangible counterpart of Shiva. Shiva is formless while Shakti is closely linked with matter.
Kundalini energy is a form of energy that works in unison with the Form, the Manifested, and the Physical Body. Spiritual schools regard Kundalini energy as a sacred fire that requires awakening and which eventually allows spiritual practitioners to register inner experiences as well as attain higher levels of consciousness.
Awakening the Serpent
The Upanishads describe Kundalini energy as a coiled serpent as the base of the spinal cord awaiting awakening. There are various references to this sacred energy in not only the Upanishads, but also various other religious texts and symbols. Even the fairy-tale of The Sleeping Beauty is considered by many to be a garbed reference to the Kundalini energy lying asleep just like the princess. The prince, being a symbol for the spiritually potent energy, awakens the Kundalini with a kiss.
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The ability to experience bliss and the attainment of enlightenment through deep meditation are all results of awakening the Kundalini energy. Grand Master Choa Kok Sui regarded Kundalini energy as the energy that is needed to upgrade the brain cells as well as the physical body. Without an upgraded brain with the ability to register higher vibrations, being able to experience illumination is nearly impossible.
“Evolution of the soul must be accompanied by evolution of the body, just as the evolution of a computer software must be accompanied by the evolution of a computer hardware. We cannot use the latest program on a computer that is 10 years old. They are not compatible."
- Grand Master Choa Kok Sui
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Therefore, this compatibility is the key to awakening the Kundalini energy effectively. Our inner experiences go unnoticed and we remain unaware of them till the brain has been developed enough.
The 49 Layers of Spiritual Awakening
The Kundalini energy is believed to have 7 layers with 7 sub-layers. Awakening this powerful energy results in Kundalini energy rising from the base of the spine, up the central meridian and eventually reaching the Crown Chakra or Sahasrara Chakra which is situated above the head. Fully awakened Kundalini energy involve the awakening of all the 49 layers. The question, with most spiritual practitioners, therefore is how many degrees of awakening the Kundalini have they successfully surpassed..
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You are here to be more. I believe one of the gifts of awakening kundalini is this: The realization that you are vast beyond measure. As you open to the full power of your beingness, you become an empowered vessel through which Spirit can channel more of its goodness, bounty, wisdom, love, creativity, and intelligence.
You become available for Source and what greater gift is there in life than that?