Hi Ben,
I have one doubt in raising kundalini.
What do you think, you will get. if you raise your kundalini to sahasrara or crown chakra ?
I heard many people used to say we will become united with nature or part of nature’s energy. Means your body is no longer exist.
Are You practicing your kundalini yoga for the same purpose ?
If yes, why you want to become like that ?
karthik
Hi Karthik,
There is no ‘getting’ in raising Kundalini. It’s a natural process; part of who we are.
Your body still exists, but your attachment to it is less.
That’s scary for many people, because it threatens the ego. But when you raise your kundalini these fears and doubts and questions are gone, because what is left is just pure joy; bliss.
I am not practicing yoga for any reason other than that it makes me feel good.
With love, Ben
For me, I dont do what most do here on this site in terms of asanas, but I am aware when there is something wrong with the chakras, or at least I have been so far.
You can sense it or even feel it. You can develop illnesses in the areas where the unbalanced chakras are if you dont attend to them in time. As I discovered. The important thing is to trust yourself in what you sense. Thats not easy to do, trust yourself.
If your ida & pingala are not adequately balanced before the commencement of formal yoga practice, then i reckon attending to this and making it a priority in the first instance would be sensible idea. If you didn’t attend to this and there was a slight imbalance before starting yoga it could exaggerate or exacerbate any existing imbalances. Once your ida & pingala are nicely balnced, chakras will open naturally as well as sushumna and kundaliini(the divine intelligence or mysterious force behind this potential energy) will be irresistably drawn upwards- the rising will be safe and sound & smooth.Not making this a first priority might not guarantue a safe sushumna and kundalini rising awakening, i.e it could result in a difficult &/or challenging road ahead (although not neceesarily; they might be already balance enough or you just get lucky).Many of the credible systems out there do lay some emphasis or give some importance to it. Just look here for more info:-
http://www.swamij.com/index-yoga-meditation-kundalini.htm
The stages are broken down here and the dynammics explained.Swami Satyananda Sarswati in his book ‘Kundalini Tantra’ also talks about it and gives no smal emphasis to it.I’m preety sure you’d find the point brought up again and again within say that book alone just to re-inforce it.Many of the basic pranayamas should be enough to address it if done over long enough timescales as changes are accepted,the nadis adequately purified.
iF you add in meditation with pranayama and light asanas then this wil help stabilise the results, i.e effects of the pranayama and enable you to better detach from the process as it is occuringby fostering inner silence. Just watching the inner silence can be enough for this purpose, as a meditation technique.All you doo there is- find a comofrtable postion, in a seat or upright in a meditation pose,close your eyes ,try to relax the whole body incl. the presure at the temples & eyes.If you wish to turbo charge this or make it more potent you could silnetly meditiate on Om or any mantra divinely revealed or given by a guru or one scientifically trialled and approved perhaps(i.e according to yogic “spiritual” science).
There are practices that can work directly on individual chakras & indeed sushumna. But if ida & pingala are not balnced enough or your mind is unstable or noisy, i.e one thought naturally & quickly moves to another(that is probably a great deal of us from what i can observe and infer;‘normal’ life conditions us that way unless we rouitnely meditate sucessfully) , then either nothing much miight happen or it’s going to be a lot diifcult, potentially slower and may not yeild optimal results for everybody practicing it.A universally sounder & more successful aproach for everyone would be to address the balance of ida & pingala as first priority certainly if this merits adressing.I would just prescribe it for everyone because they may work th chakras incl. the third-eye and even sushumna and make rather slow progress, that’s if their goal is to awaken sushumna and kundalini; allow it to rise.
Some people that just give the focus to working with energy it has been said can end up with same ego, i.e it does’nt suddenly dissolve as some might be thinking,( not that the ego i believe ever really goes away;i think this is pretty naive thinking; we just train ourselvles in identifying with it somewhat less) ,and it may not be the most successful approach so a balanced practice that includes some kind of meditation or quiet silent period(does’nt need to be technical-keep it simple! less IS more) just with the eyes shut (basically doing nothing but with awareness,relaxed & easy!) would be a safer approach especially to cultivate the calm quiet mind that will help with the kundalini awakening process.Just watching the silence allows you to detach as well as recognise the subtle effects as prana is allowed to flow more freely and the subtle bodies open up.
You mayl feel the prana often in an unpurified system, i think,freq. as tiny little currents that can be felt flowing particualrly in areas of previous obstruction or indeed anywhere where the energy is being moved. How do we recognise it? It is very subtle but it just comes with practice & experience.It’s not that difficult. Some experiences are rather profound & bigger; i said here before if you get a big opening say like in the suhumna or a chakra it may feel like you’ve just consumed stimulants or feel rather drunk.Typically you will get third-eye activity, master control centre, whenever, i think the energy may be moving and stirrring.It is felt like sensations at the forehead although they say it’s supra-sensible.The manipura belly burns the fire of impurities and can be quite noticeable and can be quite balancing.BUt to me it just makes sense both from experience and combined with what i’ve read that if ida & pingala are not adequately balanced that you do some things to adress this.
Hi Ben,
Thanks. I’m just confused why people want to raise thier chakra’s or to attain nirvana.
Is that what every one’s destiny. I mean the purspose of birth.
May be as you said , with my level of thinking( Kundalini at basic level) its not able realize the system of energy interaction.
karthik
HI Karthik,
Yes it is everyone’s destiny; yours too.
We are all evolving beings. Our destiny is to fully realize our essence, which is divine.
Human being is like half animal half god, although really there is no difference - only we are able to be aware of our divine-ness.
With love, Ben
ps - why people want to attain nirvana? Ultimate happiness
Hi Ben,
Let us say , If everyone reached their destiny or attained ultimate happiness. What next then. Will the living system ends and become void like other planets ?
Don’t mistake me as just i’m opposing your thoughts.
I strongly believe that our present world with its invention, technology and concept of money is traveling in a wrong path. We are strongly bonded to selfish thoughts( My family, my money, My wife etc.etc). I have the feeling that we are not born. just to eat , sleep , talk, be happy/enjoy( what ever mind say so) and die one day with XYZ name. Our birth definitely has some purpose. So called destiny. I thought may be practice of kundalini yoga may help to realize the same.
Since you are practicing , I would like to know your thoughts.
Thanks,
Karthik
Kart
I already told you 
Hi,
The first thing to achieve is the purity of your nadis (pranic channels), as chakras are among other things, prana vortexes. Do an hour of nadi shodhana pranayama daily, until you clearly feel currents of prana running through your trunk. This might take more than one year.
Once achieved this you could try activating your chakras through Kundalini Yoga. I’m experienced with the Kundalini Tantra of the Saraswati lineage (it worked).
Hope it helped.
Hi Panoramix,
Good to hear you made good progress with that particular system.I agree with what you say.I believe that is a sound & effective to go about it- you could get some flow first & balance ida & pingala with nadi shoodhana, nadi purification.An effective approach is to use many or all the teechniques at your disposal, i.e what i mean by that is all of yoga, all the limbs, of course.
It does take time and patience though like you suggest.
Namaskar core789,
It’s been a while!
How’s your chakra work going on?
Namaste Panoramix,
It’s going alright. I was working with Kundalini Tantra for about 3 months solid, then over 6 month or more I lost a bit of momentum with that apporach but i still uitlize and draw on those techniques as my chakras are still not clear.Instead i’m using a range of pranayamas and techniques.I do use them though now & again, I have practically most of the main text books within the Satyananda library. I just acquired the companiion volume to the title ‘Kundalini Tantra’- ‘Kriya & Yoga : 36 Tantric Lessons…’ and have looked at their myriad and dedicated comprehensive approach.I’ve just been exploring all the ins & outs of pranayama.I don’t think my ida & pingala is quite balanced enough.I combine that with meditation,relaxation and an eclectic mix of asana and hatha yoga.It’s fun & re-assuring having all these tools.I think you’ve made more progress with me using that apporach. Living on a retreat might not be a bad idea.
I think i lose my momentum sometimes. Navigating the dilemmas of self-pacing. I think when the firewroks go hopefully they don’t goo all at once. Did you have gradual openings or more marked progression using some of those methods.?
I’d like to be at a stage where i don’t expect results but they come anyway.But i think i’ve got there to some extent anway. It just takes time , patience & application.
It’s like waking up a sleeping ogre, giant otherwise normally fast or deeply-asleep? It can just goo off and then you’re decide how to pace. I notice in that book i tells you to practice regularly but does’nt really cover the notion of pacing or talk about that when things stir and open.
Patience and perseverance, yeah, the road to success.
As to me, finally i’ve ended up activating Ajna and Vishuddhi and performing the basic Kriya Yoga exercise more or less properly. It has taken three years but the fruits worth much!
I’m starting the second part of the Kundalini Tantra soon.
We’ll get in touch.
Bye!
Are they the 21 kriyas?
I know i’ll get there eventually.i got the first 2 and ajna but stalled alittle in terms of making it daily sadhana.Instead i’m focusing my efforts more on learning basic pranayama along with using other practices i’m familiar with and which i may be inclined to practice.
Swami Nischalananda or any one familiar with the full scope of Satyananda yoga would be a good point of contact to get a green light if you wanted or felt the re-assurance would be good or
just to err on the side of caution…
Exactly. The 20 kundalini kriyas.
You made a good point, it’s not a bad idea to be checked before going further… 
Yeah, i think simply being around someone with more knowledge and experience ,or more advanced, can have an effect on your practice because you literally imbibe their vibrations.
Dear Ben ,
I got it. You mean nothing will happen, even if everyone attains nirvana.They still lead their role as long their physical body supports.
But what it meant is , After attaining nirvana we will get enlightenment. Then you will just njoy the bliss till your body life span ends. Hope there wont be a re birth for them. (Since destiny attained,not human at least.) What is the point, in creating something and making it achieve something and destroying the same ?
Living things are not tools of some super conciseness. OR may be we are hypnotized by the super conciseness ?
I understood from your statement " Human being is half animal, half god" that we are evolved from animal and yet have some of its quality . Higher level. Why should they or we evolve . Just attain nirvana ?
One small request. Hope i’m disturbing others chain with my ignorant questions. Could please send me your mail id.Mine is karthisnetzone@gmail.com. Hope I can seek your help and clarify my doubts in my path of yoga practice.
Karthik
Hello Karthik,
I appreciate your sincere and earnest questions…
I understand now why you are confused about the idea of enligtenment. It is a strange idea, when you don’t understand that there is no such thing as death. When death is a stron idea in your mind, enlightenment seems very pointless.
However, death does not really exist.
There is only constant change, which is the nature of this material universe.
We inhabit the material universe fully only with our body - and when the body dies, then we no longer experiece this life / dimension / world, we slip into another dimension altogether - this at least is my understanding and belief.
When we ‘die’, all that dies is the physical body - the astral and causal bodies (energy, mind, and soul) move on to another dimension.
This is very hard for us to understand if we are very much attached to our phys. bodies - as most (99.9%) people are. However, if we think deeply about it, and work on ourselves, the understanding comes.
I’ll send you my email, and if we can continue like that if you wish.
With love, Ben
oh no keep it on here…you are not ignorant by asking questions…I was enjoying learning myself your posts…if you’re worried about the thread side track…start another x
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