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 Research Discourse (ISSN: 2277-2014): An International Referred Research Journal, Published by: SARDI, Varanasi, U.P. (IINDIA)
Indexed by: IIJIF, I2OR, SJIF, IIJ Impact Factor: 2.47, Vol, IX,. No. IV, October-December 2019, Page No. : 6-8
Kundalini Awakening: A Technique of Spiritual Development
Dr. KC Barmola*
* Assistant Professor, Amity University Rajasthan, Jaipur
Abstract: Present study is aimed to find the meaning
of spirituality and its development from the process
of the awakening of the Kundalini. The Kundalini is a
serpent power (Shakti) within an individual in
dormant form. Awakening of the Kundalini is a
unique evolutionary experience of an individual. It
passes through Muladhara Chakra to the other six
being Svadhishthana, Manipuraka, Anahata,
Visuddha, Ajna and Sahasrara. Each chakra has its
own sensation feeling in spinal cord and individual
experience in meditation or Samadhi. Current study
reviewed the process of awakening of the Kundalini
from available literature in the social domains.
Having reviewed the literature on the process of the
awakening of the Kundalini, it is found that the path
of attaining the higher level of consciousness and
getting united with cosmic consciousness is
spirituality. Awakening Kundalini is the answer of
"how to attain" process of higher level of
consciousness.
Keywords: Kundalini, Awakening, Spirituality,
Chakras, Consciousness
Acknowledgement: It is my pleasure to
acknowledge that My Spiritual Guru Shree Yogi
Aanad Ji has inspired me to think and write the
present paper on and as he blessed me. The complete
research paper is written only under his inspiration
and dedicated to him only. Besides him I am also
grateful to Shree Shivanada Ji of Divine Society,
Rishikesh, Uttarakhand and Pandit Gopi Krishna of
J&K, India.
Introduction: The physical body of man is made up
of five basic elements (Akash: The Sky, Vayu: The
Air, Agni: The Fire, Prathivi: The Earth and Jal: The
Water) of the Universe. And generally human thinks
that he is this physical body only. Actually this is the
biggest myth of life of an individual. This myth is the
beginning of lots of suffering and pain in life of men.
In Vedic period the goal of Gurukul Education was to
remove this myth by teaching Vedas and Puranas to
disciples. Unfortunately the present education
system is entirely opposite. It means current
education
system emphasized more on external development
than internal development of Gurukul education. This
is the second step of grieves in human lives. Having
educated in modern system of education it becomes
difficult for an individual to believe in ancestral
tradition of Gurukul education. It means having read
in modern system of education which emphasizes
more on understanding and describing natural
phenomenon in nature reduces receptivity of
understanding and describing inner world of an
individual. Therefore one can easily interpret how
this myth of a man believing one as a physical body
of five basic elements ruining his life. So the purpose
of the present study is to understand the meaning of
spirituality and its development through Kundalini
Awakening.
In the microcosmic form the all-powerful
Creative Energy (Shakti) is symbolized in the form of
a coiled serpent, i.e., in a state of inaction, residing at
the base of the spine in the human body. The aim of
Kundalini Yoga is to awaken the serpent and to force
her, stage by stage, to ascend the spinal canal, known
as Susumna, until she reaches the seat of Shiva in the
highest centre in the brain. This ascent, it is stated,
takes years to accomplish, though in exceptional
cases only a short time, constantly attended by divine
manifestations. At each of the five lower Chakras, or
lotuses, the ascending Shakti dissolves one of the five
primordial elements of which the visible cosmos is
constituted (namely, earth, water, fire, air and ether)
into the basic substance, which is consciousness, until
after dissolving the mind and ego, which are also the
forms of primeval Shakti, the liberated spirit finds
itself in ecstatic union with the Eternal Conscious
Reality to which it owes its being. Many modern
writers on the subject have taken the same line and
ascribe the phenomena associated with Kundalini to
the existence of a cosmic, astral, etheric, or psychic
force without any biological connection with the
human body, much in the same fashion as has been
done in the ancient treatises. They override the
physiological objections to the
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existence of lotuses on the spinal cord, or of any
structure in the flesh resembling a coiled serpent at
the base of the spine, or of the other objects
mentioned in the ancient books by saying that all
these formations on the spinal cord and brain, to
which the ancient Scriptures refer with confidence
have no tangible physical reality, but exist in the
astral body or the subtle sheath of Prana, surrounding
the physical frame. In the same manner the term
Nadis, frequently used in the treatises on Hatha Yoga,
is held to signify channels of psychic energy or
invisible Prana that have no identity with the network
of nerves, veins, and arteries distributed over the
whole body. There can be no denial of the fact that
the potent Pranic current generated by the body, on
the awakening of Kundalini, is of such a marvelous
nature, and acts with unerring precision and
superhuman intelligence, that it reaches the province
of the Divine; yet for all practical purposes all its
physical and physiological bearings the foundation
power firmly rests on the biological structure of the
human frame. From the purely scientific view,
therefore, some of the basic assumptions of
Kundalini-Yoga have no existence in reality
according to the interpretation put on the word Nadis
and lotuses by some modern authors. In other works,
however, Nadis are translated as arteries.
In some ancient statues of Buddha the
opened Usnisa-Kamala is depicted by a slight
protuberance on the top of the head. The general
impression prevailing at present that there are seven
Chakras on the Cerebro-spinal axis is of
comparatively recent origin. In the early Upanishads
only one, two, or three centres are mentioned, while
in some texts dealing with Kundalini ten, eleven, and
even more chakras are described. The Brhadarnyka-
Upanishad (2.1.19 and 4.2.3) mentions only the
heart-centre as the seat of origin of the Nadis that
carry Prana energy to every part of the body. In his
exposition of the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, Vacaspati
Misra (i. 36) makes mention of the lotus of the Heart
and Susumna; and Patanjali himself (iii. 29) refers to
Nabhi-chakra as a centre for concentration. The other
chakras mentioned in Tantric texts are Yonisthana,
Lalana, Manas, and Soma Chakras. According to
Shiva-Samhita (ii. 28) besides the six Chakras there
are five other centres with many names. In a
comparatively recent Sanskrit work, Advaita
Martanda, no less than twenty chakras are
enumerated. Meditation on any one of the six
Chakras, it is said, can lead to the
arousal of Kundalini. Different psychic powers are
associated with each chakra.
Discussion: Awakening of the Kundalini is a long
lasting process of spiritual development. The brief
overview as discussed above of the Kundalini
awakening realizes how important is spiritual
development? However it is not accepted much in
rational world but individual experience of the
Kundalini awakening compel us again and again to
accept it as ultimate truth. It is very difficult to make
objectivity in individual experiences. Therefore
individual experience must be given importance in
the path of spirituality. Most of the people of this
world are reared and raised in rational manner. It
means since childhood to adult mostly individual are
trained and tamed as per the norms of rationality.
Whether it is about the parent's beliefs, education and
experience or societal norms, values and culture?
Having brought up with such beliefs, values and
culture it becomes difficult to an individual to think
beyond this mindset of rationality. The principle of
rationality works on logics while the principle of
individual experience is based on individual feeling.
Therefore individual experience can be prior
conditions to understand and realize the world of
spirituality. Similarly the awakening of the Kundalini
can be accepted and endorse by only those who had
some or other such individual experience. The path of
Kundalini awakening is a well defined process which
describes each step (Chakras) of awakening by
physiological (Nerve feelings in Spinal cord
particularly) and psychological (emotions and
experiences) changes within an individual. However
it may not be accepted by objectivity principle of
modern science but individual experiences of great
Sages and Saints and their followers of India have
compelled to modern science to change their
philosophy of science. In same note the example of
the living yogi Shree Yogi Anand Ji proved once
again that how awakening of the Kundalini can lead
an individual to reach its highest potential and
spiritual development. The present study found with
the help of various books (Prantatva, Dhyan Kaise
Kare, Sahaj Dhyan Yog, Tratak, Tattvagyan) written
by Yogi Anand Ji that awakening of the Kundalini is
the process of energizing dormant bio-energy within
an individual to realize highest potential of a person.
This believes in strict adherence of Eight-fold
(Yam/Niyam/Asana/Pranayam/Pratyahar/Dharan/Dh
yan/Samadhi)
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