"Kundalini" - How it Can Help You??

Kundalini is a sanskrit term which means "circular power". It is an evolutionary energy present in everybody. Each of us is born with some this energy already flowing and the amount this energy decides what a person accomplishes in his or her life.

It is a natural force common to all of us. And it must not be confused with some religion or tribes, although the original roots of this art of kundalini awakening lies in India.

Now you know it very well that in everybody including you and me, there is a drive to excel or to become special at something- to be unique. Sometime people try for this in negative ways but in that path success is not permanent.

Does man really uses his full potential?

NO!! Man barely uses even 10% of his power granted to him by nature, during his lifetime. Even psychologists and medical experts agree to the fact that even a man working twenty hours a day may be utilizing barely 8-9% of his total capability.

Therefore we must find out the way to use our potential to fullest. And the way is "Kundalini".

It is a sleeping dormant force situated at the root of spinal column in the "Root chakra".

When the kundalini starts rising from the root chakra and pierces through different chakras, the consciousness evolves and man's capability keeps on increasing.

Although this energy is said to reside in the root chakra, we all are at the different stages of awakening and in some of it has already reached sacral, heart or solar plexus chakra.

If you are getting confused about the chakra system, you should refer to Seven Chakras.

Kundalini is a creative energy, an energy of self expression. Someone like Einstein used the same energy in a different, more subtle realm to create a theory like relativity. While Leonardo Da Vinci used it make a painting like Monalisa and also several other instances are there.

When someone composes a good music, when someone builds a huge business or fulfills family duties, when someone makes a good painting or any other type of artwork, these all are the expressions pf the same energy i.e. kundalini which is expressing itself in different forms.

Sometimes, this energy awakens spontaneously in some persons and they remain unaware of this fact or they are unable to handle this force at such a short notice. Such persons are generally considered as freaks or crazy and confuses it with some sort of mental illness.

How the Kundalini must be dealt??

There are many persons who have awakened this energy. Kundalini awakening leads to the dawning of creative intelligence and evolved mental faculties and consciousness.

But since it a enormous energy, it should be dealt with care and precaution. Otherwise like any other energy, it may hit you back. You must have heard about "Kundalini Dangers" on internet or anywhere else, but they are nothing but the outcomes of the patienceless approach to Kundalini.

You must be patient and disciplined while you are on the path of kundalini awakening and it is must to have a "Guru" or mentor who is experienced to deal with the experiences that one feels during kundalini awakening.

How Kundalini Yoga can help you??

Here, I am answering this question in laymen terms, not using the higher yogic philosophy and terms.

In general, any type of yoga, for example bhakti yoga, raja yoga, Karma yoga etc. are meant to evolve the human mind, because the human mind is still at a very lower stage of evolution and the problems which we face in our daily life or in our spiritual quest or any other type of the problem can only be solved with the help of an evolved mind.

"Every problem has a solution" is a very famous saying, but the question is how to find that solution. In our life, we sometimes find us in the situations where it seems that there is no way out. So, at that point you can say that how this saying is true??

But I say yes!! this is true, the actual problem is that with our unevolved mind we cannot see that answer and hence using our limited intellect, we presumes that we cannot get out of this problem.

Now, when I use the term "problem", I mean any type of problem which a human faces, it may be related to daily relationships, it may be regarding your business, it may be referring to your family etc. etc.

Yoga has a solution in the way that it evolves you and it makes you more calm and receptive so that you will automatically find out solutions. And it works Yes!!

Thus kundalini awakening is a criterion to see that how much you are evolved, as you keep on crossing higher and higher chakras, you keep on evolving.

Basically kundalini yoga is a higher level science of yoga and it should never be practised without a mentor, that is why other forms of yoga are mentioned in the scriptures so that you can practice them safely and then at a certain point, you will be ready to start with kundalini yoga.

So I am not going in further details of kundalini Yoga. I will discuss more on it in my further articles.

In a nutshell, Kundalini awakening is not something meant only for spiritual discovery and spiritual aspirants, it is very common to all of us and by practicing the kundalini, we can improve overall quality of our life and this is the fact you must understand. Don't run away from kundalini concept just by thinking that it is something very tough and deep.

Yes, there are precautions which needs to be taken but at least start first!! and then as you will feel need, instructions will be given to you. Believe me, there is no such case when the aspirant is truly aspiring for kundalini awakening and he does not find the proper guru. He always finds. :-)