[QUOTE=godcentred;67240]Kundalini energy is an earth energy that is not from a higher source.[/QUOTE]
That’s not what tantra shastras state. She is portrayed as a serpent at the lowest chakra but as a beautiful goddes at the highest.
Please study Arthur Avalon’s works.
And as to the practices, you say you have explored many systems, to me exploring implies a lifelong practice. Perhaps you didn’t perform things properly, with the due patience and perseverance.
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