Kundalini
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The dormant serpent-power said to lie coiled at the base of the spine, which fully awakens in a practitioner who has mastered a deity's protective mantra at moments of grave danger.
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Why anger rises during mantra japa
Asked why more anger comes from japa of Ma's mantra, the speaker says it happens with any mantra, and gives two explanations. First: when a sadhak sits to jap, Muladhara — right at the seat — is the first chakra to activate, and with it kama and krodha surge; this is the starting phase of sadhana, and the lord of that chakra is Bhagwan Ganesha. That is why he is prathama pujya: when Ganpati controls these, the surge does not trouble the later sadhana. But how much Ganpati sadhana do we do — "Gajananam bhutaganadi sevitam" and done; 11,000 or 21,000 finished in two or three days, then five or nine lakh of Bhagavati's mantra: control will match. The order is Guru, Ganpati, then Bhairava, then Hanuman, then the main sadhana, with the kula devi-devata worshipped too. Second: the mantra's prakriti — with beej mantras, whether you sound gakar or makar and the anusvar correctly matters (he gives the Kalika beej); done backwards it troubles the body. And by shatchakra, an unbalanced chakra raises anger: setting Muladhara aside, the navel chakra is where the imbalance usually is, with Ram, the agni beej. Know your prakriti before large sadhana.
Caution: nobody with an awakened kundalini teaches the process on YouTube
Asked to make a video on Kundalini awakening through Soham, the speaker says plainly that he cannot lie: his kundalini is not awakened and he does not know its vidhan. To those searching YouTube for a kundalini-jagran process he says that whoever has actually had the awakening will not come on YouTube and explain how it is done. He allows only that by guru's grace he has attained certain states of that path; otherwise his whole vidhan is mantrokta and sattvik, he is entirely a grihastha sadhak, and he urges householder sadhanas.
What spiritual sensations indicate the Kundalini centers are awakening through this practice?
Within a fortnight, profound satisfaction and spiritual experiences begin manifesting, directly awakening subtle centers associated with Kundalini — sensations may include tingling in the stomach, chest, or throat, shivers along the spine, and sudden surges of intense bliss; equanimity should be maintained rather than excitement.
How should the Ganga Dashahara snana and japa be done?
All the people of the Kashi region and others who live near Ganga ji, or near any divine rivers, should certainly bathe in those divine rivers that day, and sit in the water in the river itself at least up to the navel — the edge here meaning that one must sit in the water. The water should come up so high that our navel is submerged; the navel should be within the water. That is where our life is from, and that is what has to be strengthened; from there the shaktis are nourished. So to increase the capacity of that manipurak chakra and for the attainment of devi shakti, certainly sit in the river that day and do japa and tapa.
If a child's kundalini has awakened, does the effect of maran end?
Asked whether the effect of maran ends if a child's kundalini has awakened, the speaker says kundalini awakening and maran are two separate subjects. What particular effect tantra-mantra will have on those whose kundalini has awakened will depend; and it may happen, or it may not.
Can trikal gyan and puchha be attempted during a grahan?
Asked about the sadhana of trikal gyan and puchha in the time of the grahan, the speaker tells the questioner by name that one should not go into the chakras through these without a guru.
Which of the ten doors is struck first?
The second process is that it is seen among the ten doors which door the effect is being placed in first. Among these, the region with the maximum effect is our pitta, our Manipurak chakra. It is upon the Manipurak chakra that the effect of any tantra falls first of all.
Why is the Manipurak chakra the first place a prayoga strikes?
Because the Manipurak chakra is our naabhi, and since the base of our birth and coming into being, from where everything is obtained to us, is the Manipurak. Our sushumna nadi begins from the Manipurak itself, and it is upon that that the effect falls first. Whenever the prakshepan of anything happens, it is there in the greatest measure.
Can chakra experiences be settled over YouTube?
A listener says all his chakras go round in circles, on the forehead and on the head as well. He answers that all these things cannot be fully understood or explained through YouTube. Go and sit before some genuine person and take counsel — someone who has knowledge of all these things will be able to give you right guidance, if your chakras have indeed been awakened.
Why is the Mahamudra darshan forbidden to the young?
The speaker's analogy is the form of Uchchhishta Ganapati: what condition would a fifteen or twenty year old be in on seeing that form — the contemplation would never leave his mind and he would never be able to concentrate in worship. Those forms are meant, by the Tantric method, for those with the capacity to restrain the Muladhara and carry the energy upward.
Kavach siddhi and the deity's power manifesting in a crisis
From his own experience, the speaker says that when the mantras of a Kavach are made siddh — he names Kaal Bhairav's — the deity's own tattva enters the sadhak, to the point that ten men together cannot beat him. The condition is that the mantra's Purashcharana is done by its vidhi, with full dedication. Then, when calamity comes — an attack, an attempt on the family's honour — that tattva awakens tenfold; he calls this Kundalini awakening, and says the same capability is given whether one worships Batuk Bhairav, Kaal Bhairav or Mahakal.
How should an awakened kundalini be quieted?
A listener says her kundalini has awakened and asks how to quieten it, since it moves all day. The speaker says this is an entirely practical subject: even if he explains and speaks here, it will not be understood — at what level it is, where what is happening and not happening. It should be done through some yoga guru who is nearby, and along with your guardian, since, as he tells her, you are a woman and should understand this subject.
Why does the head tilt backwards in dhyana?
Asked by Suman Vishwakarma ji why the head only tilts backwards in dhyana, he says the meaning is that the head is becoming heavy and leaning to the back, and that too at the time of dhyana. The first cause of the head tilting back in dhyana is that whatever shakti is connected with your aura is overpowering you; that is why your head is tilting back. And its tilting back means that control is not being formed — you are uncontrolled. As for how control will come: he says it is for this that he speaks of the seven chakras — with which mantra and so on you are doing dhyana, look at that first. If you are doing dhyana without a mantra then it is a matter of great difficulty; doing dhyana without a mantra is dangerous. To do dhyana holding some one mantra or some name, and later for it to begin arising of itself from within without doing any japa, is a different thing. Dhyana has its levels, and it will be better to carry them one at a time.
What is done if one has gone into the tenth avaran?
And if after that you have gone into the tenth avaran, he says, then those shaktis by way of the Aindri shakti — the mahashaktis connected chiefly with the kundalini shakti of the ten Dikpalas — if you are performing their pujan, then for that it stands that the pujan is to be done beside the kalash. But a kalash will not always be installed. So you will do the same thing on the yantra itself with jal and akshat, or whatever else you have used for the rest.
What is a tantric bandhan and how is it done?
Asked by a listener that a sokha had shown him that a bandhan of his body had been done, and how it will open, the speaker explains that for any tantric bandhan the methods are such that it is not necessary for it to be done by coming near. When a person does not know all these things at the start, people do bandhan even by giving prasad. What bandhan means is that our aura becomes polluted in a way. The auspicious shaktis are not able to give their effect — and how would they? The quantity in some one of our shatchakras will have been increased, so that somewhere there is an unbalancing in the body, and we will not be able to get that effect properly.
How can you tell from the nadi that a bandhan has been done?
In the videos he has put on swapna vidya, he says, he has explained how the nadi is to be examined and how the matter is to be understood from the nadi. The same thing can be used here as well. In a person on whom a bandhan has been done, the sushumna nadi will run very little; however much effort he makes it will not run quickly. Difficulties will begin.
What helps with Brahmacharya during a sadhana?
Surya Namaskar first of all — begin it and you get great support in observing Brahmacharya. And second, Kapalbhati. These two, the speaker says, will give an effect very fast, from the very first day.
What does the Guru Gita say about the effect of a mantra anushthan on the body?
Bhagavan in the Dakshinamurti swaroop, who has been called the Vishwa Guru swaroop, the param guru of the entire brahmanda — he has said, and you will come to know it whenever you recite the Guru Gita, that whenever we are doing the mantra anushthan of any devi or devata, then whatever effect is falling on our body at that time, whatever is happening, a change will come in all of it. You have turned the direction of the energy and made it one-pointed; that energy was scattered, and when you do mantra japa it gathered in one place and began to move upon you.
The motion runs upward for moksha, and the Kaul-Shakta view takes the downward
Two kinds of motion have been held: upward and downward. When it goes upward, the path of our moksha is formed. In the Kaul, Shakta and the like, the downward too has been held to give moksha; bhoga has been shown above moksha. But when one is a householder and is walking on a path of sadhana of this kind, then for him it has been said that all these things happen only because of the chemicals being made inside the body, in our brain, the chemical changes taking place, the hormones being made.
What happens to the kundalini shakti at the time of calamity?
When calamity comes, the speaker says, the kundalini shakti awakens very well. You are going along the road peacefully, eating chips, listening to a song, no difficulty — you will go along quite comfortably. But if a dog comes after you and it is a biting dog, then seeing it you will run. The ten-foot wall you could not cross before, you will leap and catch with your hands and climb over. This fear has awakened your kundalini shakti; without the fear, where was that capacity? It did not appear out of the air — it was sleeping within you, what we call the shakti asleep in the muladhara. So when calamity is coming to us, somewhere it is also giving an opportunity: make this disaster into an opportunity, and with this understanding keep yourself prepared. Keep doing sadhana; it will come to work. And transfer this thing to your next generation too.
Is there a simple process for nadi shodhan and chakra balance?
Asked for a simple process by which nadi shodhan and chakra balance would occur, the speaker answers that there is no process simpler than pranayama. Take up just this much — kumbhak, rechak, purak — and it will be a great deal.
Chinnamasta's severed head and streaming blood encode the cutting of ego and the rise of kundalini through the sushumna.
Chinnamasta, depicted holding her own severed head while blood streams into her mouth and those of two companions, is said to encode the spiritual truth of cutting through the ego and transcending the limited self — the flowing blood symbolizing kundalini energy rising through the sushumna nadi.
What is the subtle body's chakra system, and what pathway does Kundalini travel through?
Tantric texts describe six chakras — consciousness nodes where astral nerves converge — arranged along the sushumna nadi (central subtle channel), through which the coiled Kundalini energy is said to gradually unfold, rising from the Mooladhara at the base of the spine toward the state of Shiva above the head.
What is Kundalini awakening, and what happens when it occurs without proper guidance?
Through sustained tantra upasana, Kundalini — a latent spiritual force at the base of the spine — can be awakened to rise through the chakras, energetically transforming the practitioner into the likeness of their worshipped deity; but the author warns this same power can destabilize someone unprepared, especially if awakening occurs accidentally, making guided practice or deep devotional surrender essential.
What happened to a listener who did the Gayatri mantra for a month without diksha?
A listener writes that the speaker is right that the Gayatri mantra should not be done without guru diksha — he did not know, and did it for a month; kundalini jagran occurred, samadhi set in, sleep stopped coming, and then he went to a doctor. So much happened, the speaker exclaims. Asked separately to make a video on the Vedic mantras — who should do them and who should not, and what precautions should be kept — he agrees that it is a correct point and says he will make one.
What causes the upper body to move and the heart chakra to pulse during japa?
Asked about the upper body starting to move forward and back while doing japa in the first half, with a pulsating feeling in the back of the heart chakra, he says the matter turns on whether there is control over it and on which mantra is being done. It can happen from two things: there can be a negative effect and there can also be a positive effect, but unbalanced. When there is no balance over the chakras, this state occurs. It cannot be negative every time.
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