Kundalini

I am creating a powerpoint presentation for a "Now Sound" program I

am giving at Yoga on York, Maine studio May 31. I was asked by

the proprietors Rae Lynn and Jeff to emphasize the Kundalini. All of my

programs imply the Kundalini, but for corporations I have down-played

the concept. Kundalini is the source and force of all experience. It is the

powerful yet subtle energy that mirrors the spine. In the picture above the energy

centers or chakras are represented by the colors associated with the particular chakra.

The seven chakras are usually described as the Muladhara, at the base of the spine; the

Svadishthana, in the pubic region; the Manipura, at the navel; the Anahata, near the heart;

the Vishuddha, in the throat; the Ajna, in the center of the forehead, and the Sahasrara at

the top of the head. This energy is always there, always on. Duhhh! If it is the source and

force of all actions, where would the Kundalini go? Swami Muktananda told me while

there are diverse modes of awakening the Kundalini described in the scriptures, the easiest

and most beneficial is when the Guru transmits his own divine energy into the disciple.

This initiation by the Guru is called Shaktipat. The Guru can transmit the Shakti by touch,

look, thought or word. Baba in fact would come to you in the middle of meditation and

grab the top of your nose between his thumb and fore finger and hit you on the head

with a bunch of peacock feathers. Look, I am not making this shit up! My experience in

that moment was pure unadulterated bliss. However, Baba also said a few thousand times

that the highest Guru is the Sadguru inside each one of us. Therefore, once you honor the

energy within you as you, that energy inside of you will give you the "touch". The thought:

"I am the energy of everything and everyone" is the thought of the Sadguru. Once the

Kundalini is awakened, (I believe it is already awake in most of us, we just don't recognize

it is there or have words to describe the feeling we get as the Kundalini says, "Hey, numb-nuts

I have always been here...feel that bliss?") you are now able to "See". When you look at a

flower, it is no longer just a flower, but a mirror of the divine. It is perfect what it is. That is

the "look" of the guru. I don't want to mitigate the power of the Guru in the form of a great

Master like Muktananda or Anandamaya Ma or Buddha or Paramahansa Yogananda etc.

I just believe we may be missing the experience of our own Kundalini, by waiting around for

someone to awaken us. Love your own inner Self, your Being in this moment. Realize you are

already awake.