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>Thanks. Are you a guru?

You're welcome. Ask the easy questions, why don't you!! Haha!

As to the word guru, my first reaction to it is EEK, for two reasons. First, it's what all those gurus we put on pedestals have later been caught doing. Second, it's all the bad press that gurus in general have receieved in the North American press (Perhaps there are religious politics involved there). I am ignorant off how gurus are seen in other places.

In India, where the word comes from, gurus are at the top of the caste system, above Kings (Rajas) and princesses, above presidents, judges, doctors, lawyers, millionaire businessmen and women, and so on. They are an elite bunch who are difficult to approach. A poor person might spend ten years earning their way to the front of the line before they access the knowledge and wisdom of the teacher. Those with money can often jump the line, and do.

I am not at all that kind of guru.

The system of Kundalini into which I was introduced does not teach this particular method to the masses. It's a one-on-one way of teaching, so quantity is low. However, the techniques and skills involved give me the understanding to assist those with Kundalini questions at pretty much all levels. I am not formally trained in other systems, though, (Maybe one day), so I cannot give exact advice with respect to something like Kundalini Yoga, as I don't know their repertoire of Kriyas. I would be able to suggest things like, "ask your Kundalini Yoga teacher this question", or "How about trying this idea, this technique, this adjustment to the Kriya". They have a system that works, works well, and for the most part is one of the more "peaceful" ways of entering into a Kundalini path. It's something you might consider. Hint hint.

For what it's worth, my own teacher's teacher was a Sikh in India, and the www.3HO.org system emerged from a teacher in the Sikh community, Yogi Bhajan Singh.

My teacher thus explained to me how he did not quite fit the definition of the word guru. He certainly was not at the top of the caste system of North America!! Yet once in a while, he'd playfully refer to himself as my guru, usually with a big mischivous smirk on his face, and usually some aspect of teaching was involved. He IS a teacher of some cool spiritual techniques, sure. He spent three years going from guru to guru in India before the Rock-and-Rollers got there. He had money, so he jumped the line. Being half Native, he did not feel the necessity, (once back home), to observe the meatless tradition of India, which exists for reasons other than just morals. Surprise, surprise.

In the Kundalini Yoga system, you will see obvious advancement, and two years of active work will yield amazing results, with many years of integrating and evolving still part of the package afterwards.

/ramble

So, no I'm not really a guru. I am just a qualified teacher of an oral tradition Kundalini path. If you stick me up on a pedestal, I'll drag you up there with me then knock you off. When you land, (The higher the pedestal you make, the harder you fall), I'll have my feet firmly on the ground waiting for you at the bottom. Smiles. Maybe I'll record it to post on YT for everyone's amusement. /jkg.

Did you know your question might be such a juicy one when you asked it? Answered well enough?

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>I have been doing meditation on and off for the last 2.5 years and did 1 year everyday before that. The reason for my on and off meditation is my addiction to pornography. I know that when kundalini and porn meets, it's a disaster. I can't sleep on nights when I have watched porn because the energy has been going down to my root chakra.

This speaks of you having good self-knowledge and self-observation skills. Yes, reading this you might go, "Well it's SO OBVIOUS to me". Accepted, yet not everyone will make those connections. Having that self-knowledge equips you with the ability to make choices and try new things.

Have you read /u/JCashish's post on a_tantric_perspective_on_the_use_of_sexual_energy?

You could also try his advanced method. Hint hint.

As soon as you get that horniness twinge... make the time to do the exercise. THEN you use the energy far more constructively.

Have you started developing any understanding about your addiction to porn and what drives it, and what consequences follow? Do you recogise any positives other than the pleasure of orgasm? Asking and working on these ideas could free up your addiction. Porn would then be an aware choice, not a compulsion, as you would also have new choices, new things to do with the energy.

It's a conversation we can have here if you wish.

>I usually do mindful meditation where I try to stay mindful of anything like my breath, sounds etc.

Very good. Have you also done anything which helps you become aware of inner energy flows. Yoga. Taichi. Qi Gong... and often medittaion, etc? In order to have a peaceful Kundalini awakening, one must become able to sense these flows too, and not just observe the reactions of flows such as not being able to sleep after porn. One must be able to notice and then intentionally release tensions, obstructions or reguide the energy, at times.

For this, any of the concentration meditation paths are very useful. Concentration and mindfulness. One for observing, one for focus.

>I like to exercise, run, listen to chanting/Sufi songs.

Super. Any links that you might share? I've not heard many Sufi songs.

>I try to stay active because it feels easier when I am exercising, taking showers twice a day etc.

Perfect! You are adapting and listening to your own needs. This is what Socrates (In Dan Millman's book The Way of the Peaceful Warrior ) refered to as body wisdom. Respecting your temple is a basic place to start.

>I have been to one of the Shaktipat program about 2 years back but it was without a teacher.

I don't understand how you can have a shaktipat program without a teacher, as shaktipat involves the sharing of grace BY a teacher. No teavher, no shaktipat. Was it more like a preparatory course, as in preparing for future shaktipat? If it was the latter, an in-person teacher might also adapt each person's execises to their own specific needs. Humans aren't made with cookie cutters. We all have our differences and obstacles to transform into challenges and sources of learning.

> It was more like an intensive meditation/chanting for a day.

That makes sense. Why the word Shaaaktipat then? Any ideas

>Right now, I don't have a physical teacher but I do listen to Osho whom I consider as my guru. His lectures have helped me tremendously.

I like Osho and much of what he said and wrote, but I'm not too familiar with what he said and wrote about Kundalini. As a guru he made monstrously big mistakes, ones especially deaing with the failure to extend morals to his followers. One could philosophically back up and say he played a role in healing a sexually-repressed and a religiously-repressed society. For sure.

What I see as his big failure, though, has a direct relation to Kundalini which does demand the most respect and the utmost respect of morals, so in a sense, you can use Osho's ideas to get past your own indoctrination, but must not adopt his rebelliousness, as this would, not might, would lead to disaster where Kundalini is concerned for your future. Do you get what I'm trying to share here?

In a very real sense, calling Osho your guru places a significant obstacle to your advancing in Kundalini. So, that becomes a choice for you, and only one you can make for yourself. Go ahead and use his ideas to free yoursef up from the ideas you swallowed up as true in your past. That's a terrific way to honour what he taught. Exercise respectful caution where energy work is concerned. So many women, and a few men, have spoken to me about inappropriate behaviours from Osho followers that I must respect their voices.

The other choice is to enjoy what Osho offered WHILE developing your own deep understanding of the Yamas and Niyamas, and applying them as you can to the best of your abilities. There's nothing wrong with reading a line from a guru or master teacher and coming to a sentence and concuding he/she messed up here. Yes, you are evaluating the quality of the teachings. You're always expected to do this, else you are a blind follower. Kundalini does not tolerate such blindness, so make an effort to find tha hazardous vaguenesses and moments of poor thinking as you read Osho's or anyone's writings... and of course, mine included.

>I used to read books on meditation/kundalini.

That doesn't narrow it down much. On Kundalini, due to the vast ignorance on the topic, some writers took creative liberties at producing much pleasant smelling BS, IMNSHO. Rarely, that BS was dangerous. More often it was merely clutter and confusion which would impair anyone's progress. Totally impair. Again... explore what you've read and accepted as true. Test it in daily life. Throw out the crap - keep what works while continuing to test it.

Re your use of the word peaceful... the further you wish to develop your Kundalini, or that Kundalini draws you forward too, based on your choices and actions, the more intense some of it may be. Intense. If you stand well-grounded and not fight with it, it remains intense. If you resist the learninga nd unlearning process, it won't at all be peaceful. The suggestion here is to really get good at non-attachment. There are some HUGELY important subtleties involved with the concepts or equanimity, non-attachment, "letting go". Go discover these, and peacefulness will be enhanced.

Good peaceful journey, with a few wonderfully exciting bits!!
EDIT: Typos as usual. I'll master typing NEXT lifetime. Edit 2:A few more missing letters found.

Hello my beautiful friend :)

Although I do like to take my time in crafting my responses to posts here, I am choosing to write things down a little more quickly as I am like the rabbit from Alice in Wonderland today... late, late, for a very important date! :)

Not really but I need to attend to an assignment :)

I would like to share with you my experiences in healing my own genital issues. I am a fellow woman.

Most relevant to my journey: I visited a craniosacral practitioner recently and together we helped unblock much stuck energy in my sacral chakra. Craniosacral practitioners help conduct prana (life force energy) to where healing is needed, so that flow can be established. Healing the sacral chakra was a significant part of my first healing. Although I do not think you need to find one of these practitioners (although if this resonates, please do) I would like to suggest sacral chakra healing to you. There are foods one can eat (think orange-colored foods, sweet potatoes, orange red bell peppers, oranges, etc., google is your friend!) meditation music one can listen to (youtube is your friend!) and learning to conduct your own awareness and consciousness in a new way by exploring emotional healing, your sense of creativity, etc:

https://lonerwolf.com/sacral-chakra-healing/

Things that I resonated with for your healing journey:

Marc has given you some very nice advice, and I particularly resonate with changing your laundry soap.

I believe you may have candida yeast over growth. What the heck is that?

Need to caution you, some icky pictures!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candidiasis

Does this interest you? You may take a quiz that may help point you to finding your diagnoses:

https://bodyecology.com/quiz-php/

This is a quiz you can take where you check off your symptoms, the higher the score, the higher the likelihood of yeast overgrowth. Don't feel bad or guilty if you think you have candida. We all have it, and a significant portion of the population has the overgrowth too. Our symptoms just manifest differently, and some are more sensitive than others. Sensitivity is a divine gift, so please do not feel ashamed :)

How to treat?

Yeast feeds on sugar, sugar fermentation leads to increased levels of acid in our body, which lowers our pH and makes us more susceptible to other microorganismal and physical/mental/emotional imbalances :) I think you might be interested in The pH Miracle by Dr. Robert Young:

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https://www.amazon.com/pH-Miracle-Balance-Reclaim-Health/dp/0446556181/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=the+pH+miracle&qid=1572720469&sr=8-1

And although I haven't read it, The Acid-Alkaline Food Guide by Dr. Susan E. Brown and Larry Trivieri, Jr.

https://www.amazon.com/Acid-Alkaline-Food-Guide-Reference-Efffect/dp/0757003931/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_3/137-5120073-1655017?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0757003931&pd_rd_r=aa2f2969-6a60-454c-a025-aeee641d343e&pd_rd_w=6YxDN&pd_rd_wg=5mEga&pf_rd_p=09627863-9889-4290-b90a-5e9f86682449&pf_rd_r=X6N7HRC7CE23BW2T08QP&psc=1&refRID=X6N7HRC7CE23BW2T08QP

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Supplements:

https://health.usnews.com/health-news/blogs/eat-run/articles/2016-07-06/the-5-best-supplements-to-treat-candida

https://www.amazon.com/Supplement-Detoxifies-Eliminates-Overgrowth-Antifungal/dp/B06XSLSJSF

https://www.amazon.com/Solaray-Yeast-Cleanse-180-capsules/dp/B00014DJZI

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Finally, especially towards your bladder concerns, I recommend cranberry:

https://www.amazon.com/BRI-Nutrition-Strength-600mg-CranGel/dp/B06XH58ZXV/ref=sxin_1_af-pna-1_292eb7ece1b39e9843798bc460a75d203b27e635?keywords=cranberry+supplement&pd_rd_i=B06XH58ZXV&pd_rd_r=969c2d56-01cb-4abb-bf1f-2a58101559ef&pd_rd_w=enGRz&pd_rd_wg=o1PWh&pf_rd_p=3892bc23-5fa8-4a18-8855-22c23bd2e202&pf_rd_r=9GF9XB266ET2TSZM42HV&qid=1572720889&s=books

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https://www.amazon.com/Solaray-D-Mannose-Cranactin-1000mg-Count/dp/B000U12I54/ref=sxin_1_af-pna-1_292eb7ece1b39e9843798bc460a75d203b27e635?keywords=cranberry+supplement&pd_rd_i=B000U12I54&pd_rd_r=adb02f17-b355-4b46-a79c-7191801a4582&pd_rd_w=LM42a&pd_rd_wg=4NEVd&pf_rd_p=3892bc23-5fa8-4a18-8855-22c23bd2e202&pf_rd_r=3R4CQP1VCQCK983FCTG6&qid=1572720856&s=books

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Now, I provided a lot of information on candida stuff, but I certainly do not want to limit the possibility that you might have another, or different, root cause for the symptoms you are experiencing. If this does not resonate, you certainly do not have to try anything :) This is just my knowledge that I have gathered over many years of being interested in alternative health :)

May you find the healing that you seek :)

Blessed day, happy weekend :)

The sensation you describe is common, even expected, on the Kundalini Path. Depictions of Shiva typically show the Serpent wrapped around Shiva's neck and he is blue from difficulty breathing. The story of how the Serpent got wrapped around Shiva's neck goes back to the story of the Churning of the Sea of Milk which is a beautiful origin of Creation story. The churning brought up a poison which was going to destroy Creation so Shiva drank the poison. He was going to die, but the Divine Feminine in the form of Parvati intervened and stopped the poison from killing Shiva by encircling his neck. The Serpent represents unconditional love. Shiva is sometimes called Nilakanta which means Blue Throated One because of this.

So in many ways what you describe is an auspicious and positive spiritual development on the Kundalini path that is heralded by the Ancient Texts. It still represents a problem to be solved, but that the issue is emerging signifies that you are moving beyond duality to the underlying substrate of Creation. I would suspect that your Heart Chakra has opened, or is in the process of opening, and now there is a lot of energy flowing up to your Throat Chakra which is blocked.

Whereas the Heart Chakra represents discovering your authentic Self. The Throat Chakra represents the courage to be who You are and express your authentic Self without conditioning. The voice of the open Throat Chakra is directed inward as unconditional love for your Self and outward as the courage to speak Your Truth.

The issue is that due to childhood conditioning most people's throat Chakra is closed. Not being allowed to be your Self and to express your Self freely is a core childhood wounding for many of us.

I had the same throat sensation and breathing issue with my Throat Chakra that kept reoccurring and made meditation difficult. The way I overcame the blockage was by using a modified technique of Vipassana meditation and Inner Child Healing. I have found that these blockages that we feel as somatic sensations are triggers that flash us back to the first time we felt the same primal sensation and developed a fear around it, usually in our childhood.

To over come the sensation I used this technique:

I dropped into meditation and opened my Heart Chakra which sent energy up to the closed Throat Chakra causing the uncomfortable energetic sensation and breathing difficulties. I then scanned the sensation in my throat using meditative awareness which is a Vipassana technique, but is easy to learn.

Most people who meditate already have some sense of this scanning method. It's the same as the meditative awareness that we use to feel sensations like air passing out through our nostrils. If you alternate back and forth between nostrils trying to sense air individually beneath each one then you have a sense of moving your awareness and scanning. It is like a pointer that you can move around your body to investigate somatic sensations.

So when the throat sensation arose I began to scan it with meditative awareness. After just a short bit of scanning a somatic sensation you will usually trigger a flashback. Where typically in meditation you try to stay present, in this technique you lower your guard and allow yourself to dissasociate. In this case, the sensation flashed me back to a childhood memory of sitting on my bed around the age of 4 with my Father threatening to hit me again if I kept crying. Most of us knows what this feels like in some form Trying to suppress uncontrollable crying as a child, feeling like you have a knot in your throat, gasping between cries for air. I then used inner child healing and my inner voice to speak to my inner child within this traumatic flashback. Letting them know that I was with them and that I would always be there for them. That I loved them unconditionally. That it was ok to cry. That I was there to protect them and from now on they could just be them Self. Immediately the energetic sensation lifted and my breathing became easy and regular. Now the sensation rarely arises, but if it ever does, I know what to do. I just quickly imagine my 4 year old Self sitting on the bed and give them the Love they deserve which clears the sensation.

Over time you learn to work with the Serpent, who is the Divine Feminine and represents unconditional love. At first you practice inner child healing and use your inner voice to heal. But then you begin to use the Serpent in the same manner as Vipassana to scan the somatic sensation directly which often heals it directly without flashing back.

This inner child healing technique as well as using the Serpent to heal are both forms of Karmic Yoga. Karmic Yoga is described in the Bhagavad Gita as the weapon we use in the battle that takes place on the Field of Karma to defeat our inner demons. The Field of Karma is where our childhood conditioning is located within our inner realm and self Love is the most powerful weapon we have to fight the inner battle.

🙏💜🙏

Edit: If you feel called the Upanishads would be a beautiful ancient text for this stage of the Journey. The Upanishads are about the relationship between the Trinity of Brahman, Brahma, and Atman. As you begin moving beyond duality, and unlock the Heavenly Chakras, Brahma will likely emerge as an important God for You. My favorite translation of the Upanishads is by Juan Cole. I haven't found a source to download his translation, but it is available here.

Yes, yes and yes. Whoever this highly practiced person is, you can be certain that he is correct in his understanding. Here is an excellent excerpt from a book that covers this very well by Bill Bodri, a student of Master Nan Huai Chin, an enlightened Zen, Taoist and Esoteric Vajrayana Master. This excerpt may help shed some light on the five bodies and what they entail.

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The reason there is a spiritual emphasis on the different parts of your body is because they must all be transformed on the spiritual path. Every atom and cell of your body must be washed with Qi for years to open up all the channels and create an independent deva body.

If you want to succeed on any path of spiritual practice you must cultivate your coarse physical body of bones and flesh through a pathway that purifies its prana and nadis (Qi and Qi) channels, and this is normally called kundalini cultivation. This washing of your body via Yang Qi will purify your underlying subtle Qi body, which is like an invisible scaffolding permeating every atom, cell and tissue of your physical body. Once you sufficiently purify or transform your inner Qi body, which takes at least twelve years after an initial Kundalini Awakening, it can leave your physical shell at will.

Your inner subtle Qi body is basically an etheric energy duplicate of your physical body that leaves during out-of-body experiences and upon death. It is a perfect body double composed of Qi/prana which is an energy more subtle than the material body, and thus it cannot be seen or measured. Because it is made of Qi it has all the powers related to those energies that appears miraculous to humans, whose bodies exist on a lower plane of material condensation.

As of yet, science cannot sense or measure Qi energies at all. Hence, even though we all posses a subtle inner energy body duplicate, since it is not composed of particles modern science does not yet recognize its existence. Qi also has higher energy substance derivatives called Shen, Clear Light and so forth. You can think of them as more subtle forms of matter that are less dense than our own, but still condensed forms of energy. Thus they belong to different spiritual planes of existence.

Through spiritual practice our inner subtle body or etheric double can become an independent deva body, also called an astral body, deity body or yin-shen, that can leave your physical shell whenever you want to roam or do things in the world. Attaining this body is the equivalent to becoming a junior-level spiritual master.

Buddhism calls the subtle body the "will-born" body because with its attainment you can, at will put on and take off the external body as if it were a cloak and use your subtle body for experiencing the astral world. This is the Buddhist stage of Srotapannaa, or "stream entrant", which is the first level of the Arhats. When you can consciously separate the inner subtle body from the physical shell, this makes you feel a greater distinction from being the gross body, but your root nature is not the subtle body either. The root nature of the universe is an ultimate substance/essence or ground energy level.

As Meher Baba and Shakyamuni Buddha explained, upon attaining the subtle deva body achievement you will consider yourself to be this subtle body, which will then become the center of all your activities. Therefore you will now have two bodies you can occupy - a physical and a subtle. A new mode of life will then open up along with new powers and possibilities. You will still live in your physical body but your new life will be centered in this higher subtle body until you cultivate another body yet higher, the Causal or Mental body made of Shen that is derived from cultivating the body of Qi. Then you will simultaneously posses three bodies, each capable of doing different things independently of the others.

Upon attaining this Causal body the same process of purification will repeat itself. You will appear to others as existing in the physical or subtle body while actually living in that Causal body, but you can also use your lower bodies to do indepdent things like extra appendages. For instance, you can use your Causal body to give someone a series of thoughts while using the Qi of your subtle body to be independently working on an individual's Qi to help open its Qi channels.

When you achieve the next higher body composed of Clear Light (Later Heavenly Qi/Prana) you will then take that as the new center of your life while still appearing to others in the lower bodies, and onward it goes. With each new body you identify with it as your life vessel, but you must maintain a connection with all your lower bodies and use them independently.

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There's lots more going into how these five bodies are described in basically all religions and genuine spiritual traditions - but all of it would take a long time to type up. In any case, hope it helps!

Best of luck with your cultivation!

Please read this closely. Kundalini is a practice built on VERY specific instructions from it's founder, Yogi Bhajan. You do not need to pay lots of money to learn the practices. Buy any of the manuals composed by Gururattan Kaur Khalsa. Here is an excellent starter: https://www.amazon.com/Transitions-Heart-Centered-World-Meditations/dp/1888029021 . Once you have a manual, simply follow the exact directions and make modifications as needed.

Yogi Bhajan trained teachers, not students. Khalsa was one of his students, and she relays his teachings with the utmost integrity.

Another thing to note is that Kundalini yoga is an advanced practice and requires excellent core strength, body integration, and a string nervous system. Most teachers would recommend a Hatha pracrice to build the necessary strength. Blessings to you on your journey.

Welcome, and to answer your implied first question...yes. It is a lonely path. While you could find a guru, instructor, or teacher that can help guide you and help you understand when Kundalini is awakening, it is basically what you do in your meditation and what you choose to do to aid in that release.
All the above people can only give you the tools for awakening the Kundalini, you have to be the one to actually use those tools. One such tool that has been recommended in a few threads is a book called Kundalini & the Chakras. I have it myself and it is a good book. It teaches you many techniques to practice to initiate Kundalini awakening. But there are some things in the middle of the book that give too much information, I can see you needing those skills sometime after you have achieved the awakening.
Also there are a lot of really good people in this forum that are more than willing to help you. Good luck on your path. Namasti!!

It sounds like your situation currently involves strong, crisis-level tensions. Until the tensions are reduced, it would be hard to achieve balance. So you don't want to be using high power techniques right now.

At the same time, though, to get off medication and restore control, you would need to reduce those tensions. Doubtless, the simple passage of time will help. But don't underestimate the value of simple guided meditations - chakra balancing and relaxation - in situations like this.

There are many out there. I tried a fair number of them and found this chakra balancing routine by Deepak Chopra available from Amazon digital music to be simple, calming and effective. But it is just one example.

So a dimension that is not open to majority of people has opened up for you. There are two ways how you can you be stuck with such a dimension. One is to resist it and the other is to be overly fascinated by it.

Grounding feels like a good idea if you feel like such a dimension is too much. Good way to ground oneself is to have your attention in your lower belly (three finger widths below the navel) and breath in there. If you get lost in your mind or any other phenomenon just bring your attention gently back to breath. You can also ask from Life/Universe/God to dim it down or just simply to turn off that dimension.

I recommend you check out what Bonnie Greenwell has written about kundalini. I found her book The Kundalini Guide to be really good! If her words resonate with you, it's also possible to have private sessions with her.

I had a really long reply but i accidentally hit cancel.
Short version:
2 Teachers served Adi Da before his Divine reawakening.
Rudi [see great bio here] (http://www.amazon.com/Before-The-Sun-Meeting-Rudi-ebook/dp/B00LNO37WA) who was a Kundalini yogi of the descending type, and Swami Muktananda, who was a Kundalini yogi of the ascending type, and arguably the most popular Kundalini yogi of a Shaktipat tradition that has ever lived.
So clearly, Adi Da was steeped in education and practice of Kundalini, it was just that everything, including this was transcended in the event of the Seventh Stage Awakening.
Kundalini schools and practices are described as part of the fifth stage of life by Adi Da. For more info on the fifth stage see this [link] (http://www.beezone.com/educationseries/fifth_stage_of_life.html)

It is not that Kundalini is wrong or bad, it is that Kundalini based schools reinforce egoity:


"The liability in the fifth stage of life is the tendency toward belief in a fixed psychic identity, or an eternal egoic or independent and personal consciousness. It is the tendency toward belief in eternally extended but finite and personal experience, founded in an experiential state of undifferentiated unity with the causal root of the world, or the manifest gesture of attention at the heart of the body-mind."


"The Fifth Stage Error Of Clinging To subtle phenomena and states Of conditional Ascended Absorption As If they Are The Truth Is Likewise To Be Transcended By The Observation That This Clinging and This conditional Ascent (If It Occurs) Are Part Of The Evidence Of self-Contraction, and That They Are Only passing moments In The Process Of (Eventually, Ultimate, and Inherently Perfect) self-Transcendence."

It is not that Kundalini is not good, it is that it is not the it of It.

The reason I bring this up from time to time, is because I had to undergo a great ordeal to move beyond my Kundalini defined identity and framework. I believe the results of that are worthy of sharing, as they proved absolutely liberating, and could be helpful to one on the cusp of a similar transition. The criticism is not meant to be combative or argumentative, and is always given in the mood of love, it is a criticism of egoity, the total psychophysical act if self-contraction, and it is all of the suffering and self-identity that there is. And it is exactly what is addressed in Adidam, in all of its modes, including the absorptive and the mystical.